This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Railroad Event Report Transaction Set (451) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by a service provider to communicate activities associated with the movement of goods.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To supply information regarding movement of shipments
To identify further the equipment referenced
To supply information regarding movement of shipments
To cross-reference additional equipment to a primary piece of equipment.
To specify the chassis equipment details in terms of identifying numbers, weights and ownership
To identify the network address of parties to receive notification
To provide detail information regarding the dynamic condition of equipment
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).