RMS Events
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Provides a view with fields primarily oriented to events tracked by RMS for railcars; not to be confused with sightings (CLM). RMS events are when a railcar is activated, reactivated, added to a pool, or removed from a pool. The dataset is based mostly on the RMS Events in RMS.

List of fields

EventDate

Date of event. Source: RMS Event. Format: mm/dd/yyyy

EventDesc

Description of event. Source: RMS Event. Format: There are 4 options:

Assign railcar to pool
Remove railcar from pool
Activate railcar
Deactivate railcar

EventDttm

Date and time of event. Source: RMS Event. Format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm

EventTime

Time of event. Source: RMS Event. Format: hh:mm

Pool

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

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