Sightings
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Provides a view with fields primarily oriented to where the railcar was reported. The dataset is based mostly on the Sighting records in RMS.

List of fields

City

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

CityState

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

Comments

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

DestCity

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

Destination

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

DestState

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

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

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

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

SightingID

Unique identifier of sighting record. Used mostly by RMS. Source: Sighting (RMS). Format: 00

Source

Three character abbreviation indicating the source of the sighting record. Source: Sighting (RMS).

State

Two character state abbreviation where the railcar was reported. Source: Sighting or if a match is made on a Station Alias, Station.

TrainID


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