Overview of Industry Reference Files

ACACSO May 11 – 13, 2011 Burlington, VT © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Agenda

• Introduction to IRF • Review of the Files • IRFi • Questions © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Introduction

• Industry Reference Files are: – Centralized Files that Contain Information Critical to Many Railroad Functions • Official Data Dictionaries • Spell Checkers • Thesauruses • Provide Edits for Many Industry Applications • Industry Reference Files are Inter-Related © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

• Current Reference Files – Mark File – Centralized Station Master (CSM) – Junction Interchange File – Route – STCC/HazMat – Customer Identification File (CIF) – Shipment Conditions – Serving Carrier Reciprocal Switch File © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Mark File

• A Mark is an Abbreviation Assigned to a Transportation Company • Also Called a SCAC – Standard Carrier Alpha Code • A Company Must be in the Mark File Before Stations can be Registered © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Mark File

• Types of Marks – RR Class I Railroad – RR2 Regional (Class II) Railroad – RR3 Local (Class III) Railroad – STC Switching & Terminal Railroad – PP Property Mark (Equipment Only) © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Centralized Station Master (CSM)

• Stations Must be in CSM Before Junctions are Registered or SCRS is Populated • Contains Geographic Information About Railroad Stations – Station Name – State – SCAC: Standard Carrier Alpha Code – SPLC: Standard Point Location Code – FSAC: Freight Station Accounting Code © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Centralized Station Master (CSM)

• Types of Stations – Operating • Physically Served by the Registering Carrier • No Revenue Waybills can be Issued To or From the Station – Revenue • Not Physically Served by the Registering Carrier • Revenue Waybills can be Issued To or From the Station © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Centralized Station Master (CSM)

• Types of Stations – Haulage: Served by a Carrier Through a Haulage Arrangement – Junction Settlement: Served by a Carrier Through a Junction Settlement Arrangement – Switch Carrier: Served by a Carrier Through a Switch Agreement © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Junction Interchange File

• Interchanges Must be on the Junction Interchange File Before Routes are Registered and Before SCRS is Populated • Junction Interchange File Contains all Junction Abbreviations • Abbreviations are a Maximum of Five Characters © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Route

• Route Master Defines Revenue Routes • The File Contains – Route Descriptions: SCAC for Each Carrier in the Route and the Interchange Points – Identification Numbers: 5 Digit Number plus the Origin and Destination Carrier © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Customer Identification File (CIF)

• Central Repository for Customer Data – Name – Physical Address – Mailing Address – Corporate Family Structure – Unique Identification Number for each Customer Location • CIF Data Must be Complete to Populate SCRS © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Shipment Condition File (SCF)

• Contains a List of Codes that Facilitate use of Rate EDI Network (REN) – Specify Equipment Types – Define Accessorial Services – Outline Annual Volume Agreements © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Serving Carrier Reciprocal Switch (SCRS)

• Contains Rail Served Industries in the US, Canada and Mexico • Lists the Appropriate Reciprocal Switching Charges Assessed • SCRS Contains Information from all Previously Reviewed Industry Reference Files © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Mark File Centralized Station Master

IRF Relationships

Standard Carrier Reciprocal Switch File Junction Interchange File Route File STCC Haz Mat File Customer Identification File Shipment Condition File © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

IRFi

• Five Industry Reference Files are Available On-Line – Mark – Centralized Station Master (CSM) – Route – STCC/HazMat – Customer Identification File (CIF) © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Accessing IRFi

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• Request Access to IRF Application – First Time Only • Select IRFi Application © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Mark File in IRFi

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Centralized Station Master in IRFi

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Route File in IRFi

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STCC/HazMat File in IRFi

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Customer Identification File in IRFi

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Contact Information

• Rob Drew – Product Manager – 919-651-5156 – [email protected]

• Sarah Taylor – Business Analyst – 919-651-5177 – [email protected]

• Customer Support Center – 877-724-5462 – [email protected]

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Questions

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