W2 Equipment Identification

To identify equipment and the commodity being carried

Position: W2-01 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

Position: W2-02 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

Position: W2-03 · Element: 22 · Name: Commodity Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code describing a commodity or group of commodities

Commodity code (W203) is STCC.

Position: W2-04 · Element: 40 · Name: Equipment Description Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment

Position: W2-05 · Element: 578 · Name: Equipment Status Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating status of equipment

Position: W2-06 · Element: 577 · Name: Net Tons · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Net weight in tons

Position: W2-07 · Element: 177 · Name: Intermodal Service Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the Intermodal Service Plan

Position: W2-08 · Element: 240 · Name: Car Service Order Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 3 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

Code specifying car service order

W208 is to contain the proper code when an empty car is being returned per ex parte 346, sub. 8. If proper code is unknown, default to 34617.

Position: W2-09 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD)

P0910: If either W2-09 or W2-10 is present, then the other is required

W209 is the event date.

Position: W2-10 · Element: 502 · Name: Type of Locomotive Maintenance Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Value defining locomotive maintenance schedule

Position: W2-11 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

P1112: If either W2-11 or W2-12 is present, then the other is required

W211 (when available) is the chassis initial if W204 equals "CC". If unknown, use NONZ for chassis initial.

Position: W2-12 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

W212 (when available) is the chassis number if W204 equals "CC".

Position: W2-13 · Element: 761 · Name: Equipment Number Check Digit · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Number which designates the check digit applied to a piece of equipment

Position: W2-14 · Element: 219 · Name: Position · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Relative position of shipment in car, trailer, or container (mutually defined)

Position: W2-15 · Element: 301 · Name: Car Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

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

Position: W2-16 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

W216 indicates if equipment needs repair. A "Y" indicates equipment needs repair; an "N" indicates equipment does not need repair.