Shipping Instructions (formerly Bills)
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Provides a view with fields primarily oriented to the Shipping Instruction records in RMS. A shipping instruction is either a bill of lading or waybill.

List of fields

AARCarType
Type of railcar using the AAR type codes. For more information about type codes, see Exhibit D, Section IX of the AAR Equipment Register.

BOLDate

Date the bill of lading was created (format: mm/dd/yyyy).  Source: Shipping Instruction

BOLDttm
   
Date and time bill of lading was created (format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm).  Source: Shipping Instruction

BOLNum

Bill of lading number assigned to the shipment by the shipper.  Source: Shipping Instruction

CareOfName

Company name listed as the care of party by the shipper.  Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Party Alias, Party

Commodity

Description of the commodity carried in the railcar.  Source: Shipping Instruction unless it matches an alias of a proprietary Commodity - in that case, it will display the proprietary Commodity Name.

ConsigneeAddress1

First line of address of consignee party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ConsigneeAddress1

Second line of address of consignee party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ConsigneeCity

City location of consignee party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ConsigneeName

Company name listed as the consignee party by the shipper.  Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Party Alias, Party

ConsigneeState

Two character state abbreviation location of consignee party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

Contract
Number identifying the contract between the freight payor and the rail carrier.  Source: Shipping Instruction

Correction
Code representing a correction to the shipping instruction.  (Example: AI = Addidtional Information; CO = Correction) Source: Shipping Instruction

DestCity
City / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

DestState
State / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

Destination
City / station (Format: City, ST) where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

DocCreated

Date that the shipping instruction electronic document was created. Source: Shipping Instruction

GrossWeight

Total weight of the shipment including the weight of the railcar and lading. Source: Shipping Instruction

Imported

Date and time that the shipping instruction was inserted into the RMS database. Source: RMS

IsAttached

True or False indicating whether the record has been assigned to an existing trip cycle record. Source: RMS

IsDuplicate

True or False indicating whether there is another record that is already assigned to a trip cycle record that this record should be assigned to. Source: RMS

LE

Indicates whether the shipment is for a railcar that is empty (E) or loaded (L). Source: Shipping Instruction

LEDesc   

Indicates whether the shipment is for a railcar that is empty (EMPTY) or loaded (LOAD). Source: Shipping Instruction

NetWeight

Weight of the lading. Source: Shipping Instruction

Origin

City / station (Format: City, ST) where the shipment originated. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

OriginCity

City where the shipment originated. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

OriginState

City where the shipment originated. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

PaymentMethod

Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges. 11 - Rule 11; CC - Collect; NC - No Charge; NR - Non Revenue; PP - Prepaid (by Seller). Source: Shipping Instruction

PONUm

Displays the purchase order number that was entered on the bill of lading. Source: Shipping Instruction

Pool

Railcar sub-fleet / pool that the railcar belonged to at the time of this shipment. Source: Railcar Pool

Railcar

Initial and Number of the equipment used for the shipment (XXXX 123456); there is always one space between the initials and number with no trailing or leading spaces or zeros. Note: This is not a good field to use for sorting. If you wish to sort by the railcar initial and number, it is recommended to use the fields RailcarInitial and RailcarNumber. Source: Shipping Instruction

RailcarInitial

Initial of the equipment used for the shipment. Source: Shipping Instruction

RailcarNumber

Number of the equipment used for the shipment. Source: Shipping Instruction

Route

Includes SCAC abbreviations of railroads that are involved in the shipment and Rule 260 junction abbreviations indicating interchange points. Source: Shipping Instruction

RTADttm
Requested time of arrival date and time. This is a date/time that the shipment is requested by the consignee to arrived. Source: Shipping Instruction (hand entered or may be imported automatically using the ISG System).

SenderCode

Indicates the organization that sent the shipping instruction electronic document to RMS. Source: Shipping Instruction

ShipmentDesc

User maintained field of up to 30 alpha numeric characters. May also be imported automatically using the ISG System. Source: Shipping Instruction.

ShipmentID

User maintained field of up to 6 alpha numeric characters. May also be imported automatically using the ISG System. Source: Shipping Instruction.

ShipperAddress1

First line of address of Shipper party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ShipperAddress1

Second line of address of Shipper party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ShipperCity

City location of Shipper party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

ShipperName

Company name listed as the Shipper party by the shipper.  Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Party Alias, Party

ShipperState

Two character state abbreviation location of Shipper party.  Source: Shipping Instruction

Source

Indicates where the shipping instruction came from. Source: RMS

STCC

A seven digit numeric code representing 38 commodity groupings. Source: Shipping Instruction

STCCDesc

A description related to the seven digit numeric code representing 38 commodity groupings. Source: RMS Commodities

TareWeight

Weight of the railcar unloaded. Source: Railcar.

TransMethod

X - Intermodal; R - Railcar

UserField1

User maintained field of up to 50 alpha numeric characters. Source: Shipping Instruction.

UserField2

User maintained field of up to 50 alpha numeric characters. Source: Shipping Instruction.

UserField3

User maintained field of up to 4000 alpha numeric characters. Source: Shipping Instruction.

WaybillDate

Date the waybill was created. Source: Shipping Instruction

WaybillNum

Waybill number assigned to the shipment by the rail carrier. Source: Shipping Instruction