This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Estimated Time of Arrival and Car Scheduling Transaction Set (421) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to allow railroads to exchange car scheduling and estimated time of arrival data between carriers.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To transmit basic data relating to car scheduling information
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To identify the service commitment schedules
To identify the waybill and to specify the equipment used and the destination details
To transmit scheduled events such as arrivals, departures, and interchange times
To identify the rail origin of this shipment.
To identify the rail destination of this shipment.
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify location details for a stop-off
To specify carrier and routing sequences and details
To specify the line item in terms of description, quantity, packaging, and marks and numbers.
To specify special handling instructions in coded or free-form format
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
