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 #1513437  by tboyer99
 
I have been very curious about suffixes on BNSF's train IDs (e.g. the "A" at the end of H-BRCGAL1-09A"). Anybody know what all of these suffixes mean and/or what all of their uses are? Just curious. Hopefully, I'm not asking for too much.

Thanks in advance,
Thomas B.
 #1549144  by Engineer Spike
 
The prefix tells what type of train it is. Some examples are B for bare table empty intermodal cars, C of coal, E for Empty coal G for grain, S for a stack train , U for unit train, Z for high priority intermodal. I have forgotten the whole list, but those are some examples.
 #1549160  by Rockingham Racer
 
Train Symbol Format: A BBBCCC1 01


A Train Type
B Originating Station
C Destination Station
1 Section Number (General)
1 - 1st section
2 - 2nd section
3 - Unscheduled train
4 - HAZMAT train
5 - Unscheduled train
7 - Electric Brake or Distributed Power
8 - Critical Arrival 2nd Section
9 - Critical Arrival 1st Section

Section (Grain)
1 – Unit Grain
2 – Section Section
3 – Extra Section : Haulage, Privates, Foreign Equipment or Contract
4 – Fertililzer
5 – Feed (Sweet Bran & Pellet)
6 – Corn Syrup
7 – Ethanol
8 – Empty Shuttle to Storage/Second Section Shuttle or Scoot
9 – Priority Grain/Shuttle & Scoots

Section (Double Stack)
2 - 2nd Section
3 - Cosco or Extra Section
4 - NYK or Hanjin
5 - Maersk
6 - K Line or Sealand
7 - OOCL
8 - Hyundai

Section (Intermodal)
2 - 2nd Section Lower Truckload volume trains [Q2]
1 – 1st Section Lower Truckload volume trains [Q1]
6 - Smaller volume of LTL/Expedited loads, hig volume of Truckload loads [Q6]
6 – 2nd Section - Trains carrying high number of LTL and Expedited loads, Cold day UPS & UPS Air Loads with longer goals [Z6]
7 -1st Section - Trains carrying high number of LTL and Expedited loads, Cold day UPS & UPS Air Loads with longer goals [Z7]
7 – 3rd Section - - Hot UPS/FedEx & Air Loads, select high volume LTL trains [Z7]
8 - 2nd Section - Hot UPS/FedEx & Air Loads, select high volume LTL trains [Z8]
9 - 1st Section - Hot UPS/FedEx & Air Loads, select high volume LTL trains [Z9]

Section (Vehicle)
3 - Extra
7 - AutoMax
8 – Critical Arrival
9 - Critical Arrival

Section (Manifest)
2 - 2nd Section
3 - Extra
5 - Extra
9 - Critical Arrival

Section (Unit MOW)
5B = Ballast train
5D = Derrick?
5G = track gang?
5R = Rail
5T = ties
5Z = track geometry train

01 Calendar date of origination (coal trains - yearly sequence)











Train Type:


A Amtrak Train
B Bare Table Intermodal Train
C Loaded Unit Coal Train
D Light Engines
E Empty Unit Coal Train
F Foreign Railroad Detour Train
G Loaded Unit Grain Train
H High Priority Merchandise Train
I Deadhead Crew Moves
J High/wide Dimensional Special
K Helpers
L Local Train (regularly scheduled)
M Normal Priority Merchandise Train
N Hours Of Service Relief Crew
O Officer Special
P Premium Service Intermodal Train
Q Guaranteed Service Intermodal Train
R Road Switcher (regularly scheduled)
S Intermodal Stack Train
T Transfer Service (Interchange Delivery / Receipt)
U Unit Train other than Coal or Grain
V Vehicle Train (Auto Parts / Automobiles)
W Work Train
X Empty Unit Grain Train
Y Yard Job (regularly scheduled)
Z UPS - LTL Guaranteed Service Intermodal Train