EDI 420 Car Handling Information
Functional Group CH
X12I Transportation Subcommittee
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Car Handling Information Transaction Set (420) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide a carrier which is going to receive a rail car from another rail carrier the means to redirect a home route or pre-block a rail car prior to actual interchange.
Heading
Position
Segment
Name
Max use
- 010Transaction Set HeaderMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
- E6 Loop MandatoryRepeat 150
- 020Advance Car DispositionMandatoryMax 1
To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment
- 030Blocking and Response InformationMandatoryMax 1
To identify a block of cars and the response information
- 020Advance Car DispositionMandatoryMax 1
- 040Transaction Set TrailerMandatoryMax 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)