Last Sightings
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Provides a view with fields primarily oriented to where the railcar was last reported. The dataset is based mostly on the Sighting records in RMS, but also contains a lot of information from the Shipping Instruction.

List of fields

BOLDate

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

BOLNum

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

CareOf

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

Comments

Up to 4 characters that may be entered by the user when inserting or updating a sighting record. Source: Sighting

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.

Consignee

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

ContractNum

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

DaysFromDest

Number of days until the railcar is estimated to arrive at the final destination: Source: Trip Plan. Format: 00.0

DestBill

City and state / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: Mycity, NA

DestCity

City / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station; if there is no shipping instruction available, then it is from the Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station.

DestCityCLM

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

DestCLM

City and state / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: Mycity, NA

Destination

City and state / station where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station; if there is no shipping instruction available, then it is from the Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: Mycity, NA

DestState

Two character state abbreviation where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Shipping Instruction or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station; if there is no shipping instruction available, then it is from the Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station.

DestStateCLM

Two character state abbreviation where the shipment is to terminate. Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station.

ElapsedTime

The number of days between EventDttm (event date and time) and the date and time the report was run. Source: Calculated by RMS. Format: 00.0

ElapsedTimeSinceRlse

The number of days between RlseDttm (Release date and time that begins the currrent Cycle that the railcar is in) and the date and time the report was run. Source: Calculated by RMS. Format: 00.0

ETADttm

Date and time that the railcar is estimated to arrive at the final destination. EventDttm plus DaysFromDest or if DaysFromDest from the Trip Plan is not available, the ETA provided by the railroad is used (ETARRDttm). Source: Calculated by RMS. Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm

ETARRDttm

Date and time that the railcar is estimated to arrive at the final destination according to the railroad. Source: Sighting (Note: CLM Format H is the sighting format that will provide this). Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm

ETASource

Identifies the ETA source. Source: RMS. Format: RMS - if the ETA was calculated using Trip Plans and RMS' Enhanced ETA feature; RR - if the ETA was provided by the railroad via the Sighting record.

Event

One character code identifying the event last performed on the railcar. Source: Sighting. Format: See Event Codes in the Glossary

EventDate

When the event last performed on the railcar happened. Source: Sighting. Format: mm/dd/yyyy

EventDesc

Phrase describing the event last performed on the railcar. Source: Event Descriptions. Format: See Event Codes in the Glossary

EventDttm

When the event last performed on the railcar happened. Source: Sighting. Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm

EventTime

When the event last performed on the railcar happened. Source: Sighting. Format: hh:mm:ss am/pm

IsCarTemp

Indicates whether the railcar is a Temporary fleet assignment. Source: Railcar. Format: True or False

LastCity

Station city where the railcar was last reported (i.e. the location of bad order). Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: Mycity.

LastCityState

Station city and state where the railcar was last reported (i.e. the location of bad order). Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: Mycity, NA.

LastState

Station state where the railcar was last reported (i.e. the location of bad order). Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station. Format: NA.

LE

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

LeaseNum

Railcar lease contract number. Source: Railcar Lease.

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

NoSighting

Indicates if there is no sighting information for a particular railcar. Source: RMS. Format: 1 for yes, 0 for no. 1 and 0 were used so that by summarizing the field with the Sum function, a count of railcars without sightings could be displayed.

Origin

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

Origin Cycle

City / station where the cycle originated. Source: Cycle or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station

PONUm

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

Pool

Railcar sub-fleet / pool to which the railcar belongs. 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

Railroad

SCAC railroad abbreviation for the railroad which last reported the location of the railcar. Source: Sighting

RlseDate

Date the railcar was released to start the cycle. Source: Cycle. Format: mm/dd/yyyy

RlseDttm

Date and time the railcar was released to start the cycle. Source: Cycle Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm.

RlseTime

Time the railcar was released to start the cycle. Source: Cycle. Format: hh:mm:ss am/pm

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 date and time of arrival. Source: Shipping Instruction. Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm

ShellCapacity

Capacity of the tank car shell. Source: Railcar. Format: 0

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.

Shipper

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

SIUserField1

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

SIUserField2

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

SIUserField3

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

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

TrainID

Identifier of the train that the railcar is in. Source: Sighting.

TransitStatus

If the EventDesc is Placement Constructive, Placement Actual, Arrival at Final Destination or the LastCityState = Destination, then it will display "At Destination", otherwise, "In Transit". Source: RMS.

TransitStatus2

If the EventDesc is Placement Constructive, Placement Actual or the LastCityState = Destination, then it will display "At Destination", otherwise, "In Transit". Source: RMS.


WaybillDate

Date the waybill was created. Source: Shipping Instruction

WaybillNum

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