N8 Waybill Reference

To identify the waybill and to specify the equipment used and the destination details

Position: N8-01 · Element: 186 · Name: Waybill Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: 1

Carrier accounting number of the waybill for the inbound movement

Position: N8-02 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

N802 is the waybill date.

Position: N8-03 · Element: 231 · Name: Cross Reference Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code defining relationship of equipment to equipment cross-referenced

P030405: If either N8-03, N8-04 or N8-05 are present, then the others are required

Position: N8-04 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: N8-05 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: N8-06 · Element: 186 · Name: Waybill Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: 1

Carrier accounting number of the waybill for the inbound movement

P0607: If either N8-06 or N8-07 is present, then the other is required

Position: N8-07 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

N807 is the waybill date.

Position: N8-08 · Element: 19 · Name: City Name · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 30 · Repeat: 1

Free-form text for city name

P0809: If either N8-08 or N8-09 is present, then the other is required

N808 is the destination station of movement.

Position: N8-09 · Element: 156 · Name: State or Province Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

Position: N8-10 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

P1011: If either N8-10 or N8-11 is present, then the other is required

N810 will contain destination railroad initial Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC).

Position: N8-11 · Element: 573 · Name: Freight Station Accounting Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 5 · Repeat: 1

Code (Freight Station Accounting) (AAR Managed Code for Locations)

N811 will contain railroad destination Freight Station Accounting Code (FSAC).