N5 Equipment Ordered
To specify carrier equipment.
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
N5-01
Equipment Length
Numeric (N0)
Optional
4
5
-
Length (in feet and inches) of equipment ordered or used to transport shipment. (The format is FFFII where FFF is feet and II is inches. The range for II is 00 through 11.)
N5-02
Weight Capacity
Numeric (N0)
Optional
2
3
-
Capacity of car ordered (stated in 1000 pound units or 1000 kilogram units).
N5-03
Cubic Capacity
Numeric (N0)
Optional
2
4
-
Capacity of car ordered (cubic feet unless otherwise specified).
N5-04
Car Type Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
4
-
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
N5-05
Metric Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
1
-
Code used to indicate that measurements are given in metric units.
N5-06
Height
Decimal number (R)
Optional
1
8
-
Vertical dimension of an object measured when the object is in the upright position.
N506 is expressed in inches.
N5-07
Lading Percentage
Numeric (N2)
Conditional
2
4
-
Commodity percentage for rating.
N5-08
Lading Percent Qualifier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
1
1
-
Code identifying type of lading percentage.
N5-09
Equipment Description Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
2
-
Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment.