SMS Station Codes Segment

To identify the specific railroad carrier codes associated with the station

Position: SMS-01 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Position: SMS-02 · Element: 573 · Name: Freight Station Accounting Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

Code (Freight Station Accounting) (AAR Managed Code for Locations).

Position: SMS-03 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD).

SMS03 is the effective start date for the association of station codes to the station name in the transaction.

Position: SMS-04 · Element: 638 · Name: Rule 260 Junction Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

Code indicating railroad interchange locations.

Position: SMS-05 · Element: 116 · Name: Postal Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 3 · Max: 11 · Repeat: -

Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States).

SMS05 is the zip code assigned to the Rail Station for rating purposes. It is not meant to be mailing address postal code.

Position: SMS-06 · Element: 674 · Name: Reciprocal Switch Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the restriction of service being provided by the serving carrier

Position: SMS-07 · Element: 623 · Name: Time Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time. Since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow.

Position: SMS-08 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code which identifies a specific location.

SMS08 is the latitude of the station.

Position: SMS-09 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code which identifies a specific location.

SMS09 is the longitude of the station.