This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Rail Industrial Switch List Transaction Set (423) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set is intended solely for producing switch lists and equipment notifications.
It is not for recording release times and the ordering of empty equipment. It is also to provide switching information agreed to between customer and carrier to show car identity, placement, pull and destination information.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify standard industry codes
To specify quantity information
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To define the status and positioning of cars within the location
To identify the equipment
To identify and answer yes and no questions, including the date, time, and comments further qualifying the condition
To specify pertinent dates and times
To define the status and positioning of cars within the location
To specify carrier and routing sequences and details
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify the line item in terms of description, quantity, packaging, and marks and numbers
To identify the rail destination of the shipment
To identify the rail origin of the shipment
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify the hazardous notation and endorsement information
To specify the name of the person certifying that the shipment complies with the regulations and/or the actual certification
To specify quantity information
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To specify the hazardous commodity identification reference number and quantity
To specify the hazardous notation and endorsement information
To specify the hazardous material shipping name and additional descriptive requirements
To uniquely identify the variable information required by government regulation covering the transportation of hazardous material shipments
To specify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) information relating to shipments of hazardous material
To specify additional Transport Canada requirements covering transportation of dangerous goods in Canada
To specify the placard information required by the second government agency when shipment is to cross into another country
To transmit specific hazardous material reference numbers
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
