To define actual switch accomplishments
Code identifying type of switch movement desired or accomplished
Code to indicate if the car is to be or was placed or pulled from the industry
To identify zone
To identify track
To identify spot
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Date (YYMMDD)
Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)