SMS Station Codes Segment

To identify the specific railroad carrier codes associated with the station

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Position

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

4

-

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Freight Station Accounting Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

1

5

-

Code (Freight Station Accounting) (AAR Managed Code for Locations).

Date

Date (DT)

Optional

6

6

-

Date (YYMMDD).

SMS03 is the effective start date for the association of station codes to the station name in the transaction.

Rule 260 Junction Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

5

-

Code indicating railroad interchange locations.

Postal Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

3

11

-

Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States).

SMS05 is the zip code assigned to the Rail Station for rating purposes. It is not meant to be mailing address postal code.

Reciprocal Switch Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

1

-

Code identifying the restriction of service being provided by the serving carrier

Time Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

2

2

-

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time. Since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow.

Location Identifier

String (AN)

Optional

1

30

-

Code which identifies a specific location.

SMS08 is the latitude of the station.

Location Identifier

String (AN)

Optional

1

30

-

Code which identifies a specific location.

SMS09 is the longitude of the station.