EDI 423 Rail Industrial Switch List

Functional Group RL

X12I Transportation Subcommittee

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Rail Industrial Switch List Transaction Set (423) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set is intended solely for producing switch lists and equipment notifications. It is not for recording release times and the ordering of empty equipment. It is also to provide switching information agreed to between customer and carrier to show car identity, placement, pull and destination information.

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1. 010 · ST · Transaction Set Header · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

2. 020 · DTM · Date/Time Reference · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To specify pertinent dates and times

3. 030 · N1 · Name · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

4. 040 · N2 · Additional Name Information · Max 1 · Optional

   To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length

5. 050 · N3 · Address Information · Max 1 · Optional

   To specify the location of the named party

6. 060 · N4 · Geographic Location · Max 1 · Optional

   To specify the geographic place of the named party

7. 070 · PER · Administrative Communications Contact · Max 1 · Optional

   To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

8. LX Loop Mandatory Repeat 150

   1. 080 · LX · Assigned Number · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To reference a line number in a transaction set

   2. 085 · NTE · Note/Special Instruction · Max 1 · Optional

      To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction

   3. 090 · XD · Placement/Pull Data · Max 10 · Mandatory

      To define the status and positioning of cars within the location

   4. N7 Loop Mandatory Repeat 150

      1. 100 · N7 · Equipment Details · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To identify the equipment

      2. 105 · XD · Placement/Pull Data · Max 1 · Optional

         To define the status and positioning of cars within the location

      3. 107 · NTE · Note/Special Instruction · Max 1 · Optional

         To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction

      4. 110 · L5 · Description, Marks and Numbers · Max 5 · Optional

         To specify the line item in terms of description, quantity, packaging, and marks and numbers

      5. 120 · D9 · Destination Station · Max 1 · Optional

         To identify the rail destination of the shipment

      6. 130 · F9 · Origin Station · Max 1 · Optional

         To identify the rail origin of the shipment

      7. 131 · PER · Administrative Communications Contact · Max 2 · Optional

         To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

      8. 132 · LH2 · Hazardous Classification Information · Max 2 · Optional

         To specify the hazardous notation and endorsement information

      9. 133 · LH6 · Hazardous Certification · Max 6 · Optional

         To specify the name of the person certifying that the shipment complies with the regulations and/or the actual certification

      10. LH1 Loop Optional Repeat 100

          1. 150 · LH1 · Hazardous Identification Information · Max 1 · Mandatory

             To specify the hazardous commodity identification reference number and quantity

          2. 160 · LH2 · Hazardous Classification Information · Max 4 · Optional

             To specify the hazardous notation and endorsement information

          3. 170 · LH3 · Hazardous Material Shipping Name · Max 10 · Optional

             To specify the hazardous material shipping name and additional descriptive requirements

          4. 180 · LFH · Freeform Hazardous Material Information · Max 20 · Optional

             To uniquely identify the variable information required by government regulation covering the transportation of hazardous material shipments

          5. 190 · LEP · EPA Required Data · Max 3 · Optional

             To specify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) information relating to shipments of hazardous material

          6. 200 · LH4 · Canadian Dangerous Requirements · Max 1 · Optional

             To specify additional Transport Canada requirements covering transportation of dangerous goods in Canada

          7. 210 · LHT · Transborder Hazardous Requirements · Max 3 · Optional

             To specify the placard information required by the second government agency when shipment is to cross into another country

          8. 220 · LHR · Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers · Max 5 · Optional

             To transmit specific hazardous material reference numbers

          9. 230 · PER · Administrative Communications Contact · Max 5 · Optional

             To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

9. 300 · SE · Transaction Set Trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)