CIC Car Information Control
To transmit identifying equipment mark and type associated with the cycle or transaction
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
Code maintained by AAR to identify a type of rail car or intermodal equipment type and its general physical characteristics; when using fewer than four characters, the value must include all of the leading or high order characters
E0305: Only one of CIC-03 or CIC-05 may be present
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
CIC04 is the high car number if range is reported.
Association of American Railroads Mechanical Car Code