FAC Facing Direction

To identify the direction the equipment is facing

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

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

Position: FAC-02 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · 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: FAC-03 · Element: 40 · Name: Equipment Description Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment

Position: FAC-04 · Element: 1273 · Name: Direction Facing Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the direction of the locomotive

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

Code indicating status of equipment

Position: FAC-06 · Element: 1073 · Name: Yes/No Condition or Response Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

FAC06 indicates whether the car is manned or unmanned. A "Y" indicates the car is manned; an "N" indicates the car is unmanned.

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