Standard Carrier Alpha Code

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

Date (YYMMDD)

SMS03 is the effective start date for the association of station codes to the station name in the transaction.

Code indicating railroad interchange locations

Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States)

SMS05 is the zip code assigned to the rail station for rating purposes. It is not meant to be the mailing address postal code.

Code identifying the restriction of service being provided by the serving carrier

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow

Code which identifies a specific location

SMS08 is the latitude of the station.

Code which identifies a specific location

SMS09 is the longitude of the station.