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.

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1. 0100 · ST · Transaction Set Header · Max 1 · Mandatory

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

2. E6 Loop Mandatory Repeat 150

   1. 0200 · E6 · Advance Car Disposition · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment

   2. 0300 · E8 · Blocking and Response Information · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To identify a block of cars and the response information

3. 0400 · 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)