6-3-3
The first 6 characters of the first part of a company name, plus the first 3 characters of the second part (if there is one) of a company name, plus the first 3 characters of the third part (if there is one) of a company name – with no spaces in between. Always spell out completely the last part of the company name, but only so much until you have a total of 12 characters. For example, General Motors Corporation would be GENERAMOTCOR. Another example, Intel Corporation would be INTELCORPORA. Type in any other information desired in the rest of the text boxes provided.
Event Codes
AAR Description CLM
ALR Actually Loaded on Rail
ALV Actually Loaded on Vessel
ARD Actual Arrival Date at Final Destination
ARI Arrival Transit Location A
ARR Arrival Final Destination D
BAD Bad Order B
BFR Release from Bad Order G
BHV Bad Order Heavy Repair B
BLG Bad Order Light Repair B
BOH Bad Order - Hours to Repair B
CG1 Car Grade By Inspection
CRD Cargo Receipt Date
CSL Cargo Stripping
DDL Delivery Attempt
DEA Deactivate Railcar
DFL Departure from Location P
DRM Deramped V
EAD Estimated Arrival Date
EDD Estimated Departure Date
EFT Estimated Free Time
ERD Estimated Arrival at Final Destination
ETA Advanced Estimated Time of Arrival 3
EWI Early Warning Inspections
EWL Early Warning Letter (AAR Only)
FTE Free Time Expired Date
HAR Highway Arrival RR Facility C
HMI Hold or Miscellaneous H
HRE Release from Hold or Miscellaneous 9
IBD In Bond
ICH Interchange Delivery J
ICR Interchange Receipt R
IGT Intermodal In-Gate C
INV Inventory Move (AAR Only)
IRD Intransit
IRI Ingate from Rail Interchange K
ITS Ingate from Rail Terminal or Satellite L
MWY Move Away M
NOB No Bill at Location N
NOT Notified at Destination Party Y
OGT Intermodal Out-Gate
ORI Outgate to Rail Interchange
OTS Outgate to Rail Terminal or Satellite
PAC Placement Actual Z
PCH Pool Change
PCO Placement Constructive Y
PFP Pulled from Patron X
Layover
A term used to indicate the time it takes a railcar to be loaded or unloaded. The measurement begins at the constructive placement event (if this event is reported) or actual placement event and ends with the following release event.
Permanent railcar
The railcar is permanently assigned to your company. Typically this means that the railcar is owned or leased by your company, thus you wish to track its loaded and empty movements. It could also mean that a railroad has assigned a set of railcars to be used exclusively by your company. When you add a railcar to the RMS fleet, it is, by default, a permanent railcar. RMS will track its loaded and empty movements indefinitely.
SCAC
Serving Carrier Alpha Code. This is how railroads identify themselves in a standard way. Up to 4 alpha characters are allowed.
SPLC
Standard Point Location Code. A 6 digit number identifying a station.
SQL
Abbreviation for Structured Query Language. It is an industry standard, english-like language for selecting, inserting, updating and deleting database records. You may query the RMS database directly by clicking on the Data Mgmt | Advanced | Ad Hoc Query menu.
STCC
Standard Transportation Commodity Code. It is a seven digit numeric code representing 38 commodity groups.
Temporary railcar
The railcar is temporarily assigned to your company. Typically this means that the railcar has been assigned to your company by the railroad just for one particular shipment. After the railcar is unloaded and returned to the railroad, it may never be used by your company again; it goes back into a general pool that is used by many railroad customers. Also known as "system cars" or "free runners". When you add a railcar to the RMS fleet, you must check the Temporary box to properly identify a railcar as a temporary. RMS will automatically deactivate temporary railcars immediately after they are unloaded. Deactivation means that movements of the railcar are no longer tracked and the railcar does not display on Daily Reports (i.e. any report that shows just the last location of railcars).