Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) X12 404 Rail Carrier Shipment Information

Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set

Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the shipper that uniquely identifies the shipment from origin to ultimate destination and is not subject to modification; (Does not contain blanks or special characters)

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

Sender's assigned number for referenced transaction set

Date of referenced transaction set expressed in format CCYYMMDD

Code used to indicate that the transaction set contains information which corrects previous information

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Code specifying the method or type of transportation for the shipment

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Code specifying the method or type of transportation for the shipment

Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the shipper that uniquely identifies the shipment from origin to ultimate destination and is not subject to modification; (Does not contain blanks or special characters)

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Code specifying the weight unit

Code defining relationship of this shipment with respect to other shipments given to the carrier at the same time

Code indicating applicability of section seven option (if not transmitted assume not in effect)

Code specifying type of capacity load

Code defining method of handling for documentation

Code used by the shipper to request that the carrier inhibit origin identification information from the invoice transaction sets and/or rate and charges from waybill documents and transaction sets when shipment moves under confidential contract rates

Code required to identify the reason for a 0% rated goods and services tax

Code indicating the way by which weights are obtained for a particular shipment

Identification of a repetitive pattern that is to be used as a basis for creating a shipment record or a new pattern; or identification of a pattern requiring change or deletion

Code indicating type of Bill

RWC number composed of a four-digit number with a fifth digit being a modulus 10 check digit

Code signifying whether or not the shipment information transaction set includes instructions for pick-up and movement of the shipment; (This code provides a means for the shipper to transmit billing data along with the movement instructions, transmit billing data ahead of the movement instructions, or follow movement instructions with complete billing data at a later date)

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

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

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Free-form descriptive text

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

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

Identifying designator for the particular flight or voyage on which the cargo travels

Code defining function performed at the port or terminal with respect to a shipment

Free-form name for the place at which an offshore carrier originates or terminates (by transshipment or otherwise) its actual ocean carriage of property

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

Number assigned by the carrier for space reservation

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

Name of ship as documented in "Lloyd's Register of Ships"

Identifying number for the pier

Free-form name of the pier

Free-form field for terminal name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

Code identifying the country

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

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

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

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

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

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

Code (Standard Point Location) defined by NMFTA point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

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

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

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

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

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

Code (Standard Point Location) defined by NMFTA point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

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

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Code describing the relationship of a carrier to a specific shipment movement

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard Point Location) defined by NMFTA point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

Code identifying the Intermodal Service Plan

Code specifying the method or type of transportation for the shipment

Code defining a road which neither originates nor terminates the shipment but provides a switching service between two roadhaul rail carriers (SCAC code for rail switch carrier)

Code defining a road which neither originates nor terminates the shipment but provides a switching service between two roadhaul rail carriers (SCAC code for rail switch carrier)

Code specifying special transportation handling instructions

Association of American Railroads (AAR) Protective Service that applies to shipment

Code specifying perishable protective service- rail carriers only

Code specifying the units in which a value is being expressed, or manner in which a measurement has been taken

Temperature

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

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

Free-form text for city name

Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency

Code indicating whether or not the shipment was precooled per Association of American Railroads Protective Service Rule 710

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response

Numeric value of weight

Code defining the type of weight

For a line item: freight or special charge; for the total invoice: the total charges -- expressed in the standard monetary denomination for the currency specified

Incidental charges occurring during transportation which are not generally considered to be freight charges (examples - stop charges, diversion and reconsignment, icing) expressed in the standard monetary denomination for the currency specified

Money paid at point of origin (usually by shipper) expressed in the standard monetary denomination for the currency specified