AI4100 Portable AEI Reader
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March 2, 2015
5
Equipment group code
One to two digits
5 = locomotive
19 = railcar
(see AAR Specification S-918 for all
codes)
6
Vehicle initial (reporting marks) Four
alpha
characters
The field is filled with spaces if the
vehicle initial is less than four
characters
7
Vehicle number
One to six digits
8
Side indicator
Left or Right
9
Length in decimeters
1 to 4 digits
10
Number of axles
1 to 2 digits
11
Bearing code
1 digit from 0 to 7
(see AAR Specification S-918 for
codes)
12
Platform code (for railcars only)
1 to 2 digits from 0 to 15
(see AAR Specification S-918 for
codes)
The following are examples of RAIL records:
01/16/2006 10:58,RAIL,"51",”1”,"5","NS ","1526","Left","183","4","1"
01/16/2006 10:58,RAIL,"51",”1",”19","UP ","123456","Left","161","4","1","0"
01/16/2006 10:58,RAIL,"51",”1”,"19","CSX ","987654","Right","193","6","1","0"
01/16/2006 10:58,RAIL,"51","1”,”19","DEFX","112344","Left","185","4","1","0"