LFI Beginning Segment for Locomotive Information
LFI Beginning Segment for Locomotive Information
To provide locomotive information between rail carriers
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
LFI-01
Standard Point Location Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
6
9
-
Code specifying the Standard Point Location code 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
LFI-02
Date
Date (DT)
Mandatory
8
8
-
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
LFI02 and LFI03 are the equipment status date and time.
LFI-03
Time
Time (TM)
Mandatory
4
8
-
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)
LFI-04
Equipment Status Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
1
2
-
Code indicating status of equipment
LFI-05
Industry Code
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
30
-
Code indicating a code from a specific industry code list
LFI05 through LFI07 are the Locomotive Information Codes (see Code Source 461).
LFI-06
Industry Code
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Code indicating a code from a specific industry code list
LFI-07
Industry Code
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Code indicating a code from a specific industry code list
LFI-08
Interchange Train Identification
String (AN)
Optional
1
10
-
Train identification (free-form)