ER Rail Event Reporting

To supply information regarding movement of shipments

Position: ER-01 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: ER-02 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

ER02 is the reporting carrier (also the delivering carrier if interchange is being reported).

Position: ER-03 · Element: 304 · Name: Event Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the event about which a report is made

Position: ER-04 · Element: 154 · Name: Standard Point Location Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 6 · Max: 9 · Repeat: -

Code (Standard Point Location) defined by NMFTA point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

ER04 is the event location.

Position: ER-05 · Element: 374 · Name: Date/Time Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time

Position: ER-06 · Element: 1250 · Name: Date Time Period Format Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the date format, time format, or date and time format

Position: ER-07 · Element: 1251 · Name: Date Time Period · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 35 · Repeat: -

Expression of a date, a time, or range of dates, times or dates and times

Position: ER-08 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

ER08 is the receiving carrier if the value in ER03 is required for interchange.

Position: ER-09 · Element: 41 · Name: Interchange Train Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Train identification (free-form)

C0910: If ER-09 is present, then ER-10 is required

Position: ER-10 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD)

ER10 is the train origination date.