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