E6 Advance Car Disposition
E6 Advance Car Disposition
To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
E6-01
Equipment Initial
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
4
-
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number
E6-02
Equipment Number
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
15
-
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
E6-03
City Name
String (AN)
Mandatory
2
30
-
Free-form text for city name
E603 is the station or city name at which carriers interchange shipments.
E6-04
Standard Point Location Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
6
9
-
Code (Standard Point Location) defined by National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city
E6-05
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
4
-
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
E6-06
Intermediate Switch Carrier
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
4
-
Code defining a road which neither originates nor terminates the shipment but provides a switching service between two roadhaul rail carriers (SCAC code for rail switch carrier)
E6-07
Commodity Code
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities
E6-08
Car Type Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
4
-
Code specifying type of rail car or intermodal equipment type and its general characteristics
E6-09
Equipment Status Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
1
2
-
Code indicating status of equipment