AAR?

Glossary for Model RailRoad Manager

Term Definition

AAR American Association of Railroads

AAR Codes Characters uniquely defining a type of rolling stock

Actors People who you allow to operate your trains

Base Schedule Schedule of arrival, dwell and departure times for train stops in sequence not yet adjusted for actual train starting time

Building A Structure on your layout

Car Order Queue List of rolling stock car types ordered by one yard from all the other yards on the layout

Car Order Status Status is set to Ordered when placed by the requesting yard. Status is changed to Sending when the providing yard initiates a shipment of the car to the requesting yard.

City Code Abbreviated name of a city or town.

CityTown A city or town

Class (Priority) Priority of the train types supported by MRRM. 1^St class is reserved for passenger trains. 2^nd class is used for Fast freights (also known as manifest and sometimes as through freights). 3^rd class is for Way freights. 4^th class is for local freights. No other classes are supported at this time

Commodity Goods produced and shipped by rail or other mode of transportation

Consignee An industry that order goods from a supplier and receives these good, typically by rail car

Consist A Train comprising at least one locomotive. If multiple locomotive are used, the lead locomotive is specified as well as all of the slave locomotives.

Destination Train or Interchange The yard or interchange stop ID where the train ends it travels

Dispatcher Advance Train to Next Stop Dispatcher advances train from the current stop to the next stop

Dispatcher Loco Icon (Start Train) Dispatcher clicks Loco icon button to begin train operation

Dispatcher Quick Run Dispatcher clicks this button to immediately run the train from start to end and acknowledge its completion. Typically used when batched switchlists are used instead of dispatcher using console during real time session operations.

Dispatcher Train Actual Start Shows actual train start time

Dispatcher Train Completed Acknowledge Dispatcher indicates that train run is complete and that dependent activities can continue

Division A geographic region managed by a railroad owner

Dock A Stop along an industrial siding for a specific customer facility. E.g. ABC Receiving Dock

Extra Train A Train that only runs when ordered to do so.

Fast Freight Train Moves full or empties along a route from one yard to any other yard or interchange reachable by a contiguous path.

Goods Preferred IC Name Interchange reserved for advanced configurations.

Goods: Batch Order Car Delta randomly modifies the number of cars requested or produced per batch

Goods: Batch Order Cars Number of car loads produced per shipper’s batch or requested per consignee’s order

Goods: Last Batch/Order automatic date and time of last batch produced or last order placed

Goods: Load Time Delta randomly modifies the time required to load or unload a batch of cars

Goods: Load Unload Time Time shipper requires to load all cars in a batch or for Consignee to unload a batch of cars

Goods: MB/O Freq Delta randomly modifies the time point for a batch production or order

Goods: Mfg Batch/Order Rate Hours between point in time when a batch is finished by a Shipper or an order is placed by a Consignee

Goods: Mode Rail, Truck, Air, Sea

Goods: On Hand automatic count of cars on hand at each Shipper

Goods: On Order automatic count of all cars on order at each Consignee

Goods: Ops Status Working or Stopped. Used for each Shipper and Consignee activity to

Goods: Shipper Car Reorder number of cars that local yard will try to keep at a Shipper’s industrial siding

Goods: Start Offset Industry first batch starting time relative to all other industry starting times

Goods: Stop ID Shipper’s car pickup point or Consignee’s set out point

Goods: Volume Lading volume per car

Goods: Weight/Car Lading pounds per car.

Grade Number of degrees defining the climb or descent of a track segment

Home Yard Stop Name of a yard, interchange or industry stop where rolling stock is normally located when not assigned to a waybill for movement

Industry A business that uses your railroad to ship its products to its customers or receives its raw materials from its vendors

Industry GMT Greenwich Mean Time used to indicate Industry wide clock. Standardizing on GMT supports multiple time zone Internet feature

Interchange Location where rail heads from two or more railroad divisions meet. Cars may be transferred from one locomotive consist to another. Cars may be setout by one train for pick up by another train possibly at a much later time.

Interchange Home Division Division having a yard closest to the interchange

Intermodal A facility that supports the movement of goods between rail and truck, aircraft or ships

Inventory Collection of rolling stock, sidings, turnouts, divisions, citytowns, industries, buildings, interchanges, intermodal facilities, or miscellaneous layout objects such as air/sea/road vehicles, scenery, platforms, or wiring/electronic components comprising you railroad.

Lading Commodities carried by rail or other mode of transportation

Latitude Longitude A point on the earth. Used for internet operations

Local Freight Train Train that serves a specific collection of industries. Usually runs out from the yard and returns to the yard. Can be defined to serve all Citytowns in its area or just selected ones. Brings empties to Shippers, full back to yard, fulls from yard to Consignees, empties from Consignees

Locomotive Lead/Slave Lead locomotive is DCC mode specifies decoder equipped locomotive that leads the other MU’d locomotives

Maintenance Scheduled or unscheduled work needed to keep your railroad operational. Unscheduled actions can be tracked. Using rolling stock on dispatcher run trains increments the usage counter for each piece of rolling stock. Preventative maintenance can be triggered by usage count or by time duration.

Manifest Collection of Waybills assigned to a specific train

Manifest # Digital number assigned to a manifest.

Manifest Current Stop Automatically managed. Shows Dispatcher where the train is currently (last) stopped

Manifest Finish Date/Time Actual date and time that the train finishes its run

Manifest Schedule ID Schedule associated with this manifest

Manifest Scheduled Date/Time Date and time that manifest is initially scheduled to run

Manifest Sequence # Automatically managed. Based on switchlist sequence for this train

Manifest Start Date/Time Actual date and time that the train begins to run

Manifest Status Tracks each train’s progress from initial waybill assignments to train run completion. When cars are added to a manifest, the status becomes ‘RSassigned’. When the sequence of stops for the train is assigned, the status becomes ‘ MnfstDraft’. When the baseline schedule times are computed for this stop sequence, the status becomes ‘BaseSched’. When the actual train start time is computed, the status becomes ‘ActualSchd’. When the Switchlist for the train is computed, the status becomes ‘Ready2Roll’. When the Dispatcher authorizes the train to start, the status becomes ‘Running’. When the train competes its run, the status becomes ‘Completed’.. In future release, when the Dispatcher orders the Train to Stop, the status will become ‘Stopped’ as in weather constrains, accidents, or other emergencies.

Manifest Train # Number of the train associated with this manifest

On Internet Division, City/Town, Industry or other entity that you make available to other layouts or that is available to you from other layouts via the internet service.

On Layout Division, City/Town, Industry or other entity exists on your layout. Not on layout could refer to a virtual entity you are modeling or an entity on another real layout accessible via the internet service.

Origin Train or Interchange The yard or interchange stop ID where the train begins it travels

Picture File(name) name of the file storing a picture or image of some part of your railroad. JPEG and GIF files can also be used with a website built with MRRM. Files are stored in the ‘pix’ subdirectory of MRRM.

Platform Layout construction superstructure typically comprising lumber, foam, homosote, nuts, bolts, screws, nails, and other materials supporting your track system and scenery.

Power on Grade Pulling power in pounds per total consist horsepower for a given grade from 0 to 4%

Providing Yard Yard providing the car for a shipment on hold

Railroad Assigned Actors People assignments for specific trains for a session

Railroad Employees Names of virtual railroad employee

Railroad Jobs Railroad job titles

Railroad Staff People who perform other than train crew jobs on the railroad

Regular Train A train that runs every day

Reporting Marks Characters uniquely defining a railroad

Requesting Yard Yard requesting the car for a shipment on hold

Roadname Name of a railroad

Rolling Stock any freight car, passenger car, caboose, locomotive, or other equipment designed for rail use

Scenario Weather and other conditions defining reduced pulling capacity of a train. Reserved for advanced usage.

Scenery Various materials, stains, paints which, on your railroad, mimic a real life scene

Schedule Arrival Time Time, based on a 00:00 start, that a train will arrive at a given stop

Schedule Departure Time Time, based on a 00:00 start, that a train will depart from a given stop

Schedule Dwell Time Time a train waits after arriving at this stop and before departing for the next stop

Schedule ID identifies a unique schedule of stops for a train on a day

Schedule Sequence # automatic. Is the stop sequence

Service Yard A yard serving a specific and unique collection of industries in a geographic area.

Shipment # of car loads Number of cars comprising a shipment. If only some cars are available for a shipment, the shipment is divided into two shipments. Available cars are kept with the original shipment. The missing cars are ordered from other yards. When all ordered cars arrive at the requesting yard, a second shipment is initiated using the cars received from other yards. Returning empties can get tricky but is managed by MRRM

Shipment Completed Date Date that all shipment legs are completed

Shipment Freight Forwarder Party responsible for coordinating car orders for a shipper and consignee.

Shipment Leg Shipments generally take several movements for Shippers to deliver full cars to Consignees. Each move will typically be performed by a distinct train. In advanced operations movements may be made by truck, air, or sea transportation mode.

Shipment Leg # Number of a train move. Leg zero is reserved for moving the requested number of empties from the current car locations to the shippers specified stop. Leg 99 is reserved for moving the empties from the Consignee’s specified stop to the Consignee’s service yard. Legs 1 to 98 specify the moves needed to move loaded cars from shipper to consignee. Generally leg 1 moves full cars from the shipper’s dock to its service yard. Leg 2 moves full cars from this service yard to the Consignee’s service yard, if that yard is the same as the Shipper’s service yard. Otherwise leg 2 moves the full car to the Consignee’s service yard via Way or Fast freight train as appropriate. If the Consignee service yard is many interchanges away, multiple shipment legs are required to move the goods.

Shipment Leg BOL/Waybill # First waybill of this movement or only waybill if only one car being moved

Shipment Leg Carrr ID Railroad roadname for this leg

Shipment Leg Destination Stop ID Siding stop where car(s) is set out

Shipment Leg Freight Fee not used in this version

Shipment Leg Goods Status not used at this time

Shipment Leg Name Automatically named if you are using the automatic session generation features

Shipment Leg Start Stop ID Siding stop where car(s) is picked up

Shipment Leg Transportation Mode Rail only in automatic session generation mode. (Truck, Air, Sea are reserved for advanced operations)

Shipment Leg Vessel # Rolling stock ID for a waybill used for this move

Shipment Leg Vessel Name/Code AAR car type for this shipment

Shipment Leg Vessel Status only used to indicate Done or not done at this time

Shipment Net Volume The total lading volume for a shipment

Shipment Net Weight The total lading weight for a shipment

Shipment Number automatically assigned when shipment is created

Shipment Order Date Date that the shipper receives the order from the Consignee.

Shipment Shipping Date Date that the shipper orders empties from the railroad (which may be at the shipper’s siding) Railroad waybill is set to ‘Eligible’ for a manifest and thus for pick up.

Shipment Status Shipment status progresses from Pending, possibly to Car Ordered, to In Process and then Completed. A shipment is pending when the Shipper accepts an order from a Consignee. If the railroad has no cars currently at the shipper’s industrial siding not in the home yard than the car or cars must be ordered from other yards in the same division or from foreign yards in other divisions. After the needed empty cars are assigned to a shipment, the shipment status changes to ‘In Process’. Empties are shipped to the shipper if needed and movement of empties from the consignee to the car home yard are provisioned. When all legs of an In Process shipment are completed, the shipment status is changed to Completed.

Shipper An industry that ships goods to a consignee based on an order from a customer

Siding Length of track used for a primary purpose such as industry siding, interchange, yard, bypass, main line section, branch line section

Stop A specific location on a siding. Sidings may have multiple stops

Stop to Stop Actual Feet Track length measured distance between stops in fee. Two decimal places accuracy

Stop to Stop Average Speed Smph Your choice of average speed allowed on your railroad between these two stops

Stop to Stop Metrics Distance, speed and time to travel between pairs of stops on the railroad, Advanced users only

Stop to Stop Smiles calculated scale miles for distance between the two stops

Stop to Stop Stop1 ID From Stop for measurement

Stop to Stop Stop2 ID To Stop for measurement

Stop to Stop Transit Fasttime fast time clock time, if used

Stop to Stop Transit Wallclock time, using normal wallclock, for train to travel between these two points

Switchlist Specification of pickup and setout for each freight car referenced in the manifest

Switchlist Conductor Sequence A detailed format of Switchlist for a Conductor. Sequence #2 is an abbreviated form of Conductor switchlist. Yardmaster Arrival and Departure switchlists are available on the Train Schedule tabpage.

Switchlist Conductor Sequence P# Prints all switchlists for a given day based on the currently selected switchlist’s day.

Switchlist Full? ‘F’ indicates that car is Full at this stop. ‘E’ indicates that the car is empty

Switchlist ID identifies a unique switchlist for a train on a day

Switchlist Ignore Not Full/Empty If car is not yet full or empty, as appropriate, waybill stays on the manifest. Otherwise waybill is removed from the manifest

Switchlist Ignore Siding Full If siding is full, waybill stays on the manifest. Otherwise waybill is removed from the manifest

Switchlist Manifest # Manifest # associated with the switchlist

Switchlist Pickups Pickup activity specified for a switchlist

Switchlist Sc# Stop sequence number for Pickup or Setout activity

Switchlist Sequence, Time, … Button to finalize the switchlist based on waybills, schedules, siding length computations, and full/empty car determinations

Switchlist Setouts Setout activity specified for a switchlist

Switchlist Train # Train # associated with the switchlist

Train Caboose ID Rolling stock ID of a caboose, if any, attached to a train

Train Crew Conductors, Engineers, Firemen and other train crew assignments

Train Direction you decide

Train Lock reserved for advanced usage. Train cars are not unassigned at end of train run

Train Maximum Cars Limit the number of cars that can be assigned to a train by the manifest builder

Train Name Whatever you want it to be

Train Number A digital number between 1 and 999 assigned to a specific train for a given day.

Train Schedule Schedule of arrival, dwell and departure times for train stops

Train Schedule Arrival Time Time, based on a the actual train start, that a train will arrive at a given stop

Train Schedule Departure Time Time, based on a the actual train start, that a train will depart from a given stop

Train Starting Time Choose from midnight (00:00) to a second before midnight next (23:59)

Vehicle Aircraft, Ships, Trucks, or other non-railroad vehicles

Way Freight Train Moves full or empties between two yards in the same division or a yard and an interchange in the yard’s division

Waybill Document authorizing movement of a car from one stop to another stop

Waybill Date Date waybill is created

Waybill Done Timestamp Time when this waybill is completed

Waybill Fee not used for this version

Waybill From Stop A Stop on a Siding where car is picked up

Waybill Loaded/Empty Flag Car associated with waybill is full if a shipper has previously filled the car and the consignee has not yet emptied the car

Waybill Net Load Volume Net volume of car specified for this waybill

Waybill Net Load Weight Net weight of car specified for this waybill

Waybill Pickup Car/LCL not used in this version. LCL is less than car load

Waybill Ready2Roll Flag Status in ‘N’ when waybill is not eligible to be assigned to a manifest. Status is ‘E’ when waybill is eligible for assignment to a manifest that makes sense. Status is ‘Y’ while a waybill is on a manifest until train is run. Status is ‘D’ or done when train is run and manifest completes specified setout.

Waybill Setout/LCL not used in this version. LCL is less than car load

Waybill Start Timestamp Earliest time, not including loading or unloading time, that this waybill becomes eligible

Waybill Start Wait (Time) Load time for this car if waybill is from a Shipper. Unload time for this car if waybill is from a Consignee

Waybill To Stop A Stop on a Siding where a car is set out

Wiring Power/turnout/lighting/control wirelines and related electronics including transformers, turnout components, auto-reversers, power region managers, transponders, block detectors.

Yard A railroad service area comprising buildings, facilities and track siding(s) where most railroad rolling stock is normally located when not assigned to a waybill for movement. The yard name is the primary stop assigned to the yard siding track.

Term	Definition
AAR	American Association of Railroads
AAR Codes	Characters uniquely defining a type of rolling stock
Actors	People who you allow to operate your trains
Base Schedule	Schedule of arrival, dwell and departure times for train stops in sequence not yet adjusted for actual train starting time
Building	A Structure on your layout
Car Order Queue	List of rolling stock car types ordered by one yard from all the other yards on the layout
Car Order Status	Status is set to Ordered when placed by the requesting yard. Status is changed to Sending when the providing yard initiates a shipment of the car to the requesting yard.
City Code	Abbreviated name of a city or town.
CityTown	A city or town
Class (Priority)	Priority of the train types supported by MRRM. 1^St class is reserved for passenger trains. 2^nd class is used for Fast freights (also known as manifest and sometimes as through freights). 3^rd class is for Way freights. 4^th class is for local freights. No other classes are supported at this time
Commodity	Goods produced and shipped by rail or other mode of transportation
Consignee	An industry that order goods from a supplier and receives these good, typically by rail car
Consist	A Train comprising at least one locomotive. If multiple locomotive are used, the lead locomotive is specified as well as all of the slave locomotives.
Destination Train or Interchange	The yard or interchange stop ID where the train ends it travels
Dispatcher Advance Train to Next Stop	Dispatcher advances train from the current stop to the next stop
Dispatcher Loco Icon (Start Train)	Dispatcher clicks Loco icon button to begin train operation
Dispatcher Quick Run	Dispatcher clicks this button to immediately run the train from start to end and acknowledge its completion. Typically used when batched switchlists are used instead of dispatcher using console during real time session operations.
Dispatcher Train Actual Start	Shows actual train start time
Dispatcher Train Completed Acknowledge	Dispatcher indicates that train run is complete and that dependent activities can continue
Division	A geographic region managed by a railroad owner
Dock	A Stop along an industrial siding for a specific customer facility. E.g. ABC Receiving Dock
Extra Train	A Train that only runs when ordered to do so.
Fast Freight Train	Moves full or empties along a route from one yard to any other yard or interchange reachable by a contiguous path.
Goods Preferred IC Name	Interchange reserved for advanced configurations.
Goods: Batch Order Car Delta	randomly modifies the number of cars requested or produced per batch
Goods: Batch Order Cars	Number of car loads produced per shipper’s batch or requested per consignee’s order
Goods: Last Batch/Order	automatic date and time of last batch produced or last order placed
Goods: Load Time Delta	randomly modifies the time required to load or unload a batch of cars
Goods: Load Unload Time	Time shipper requires to load all cars in a batch or for Consignee to unload a batch of cars
Goods: MB/O Freq Delta	randomly modifies the time point for a batch production or order
Goods: Mfg Batch/Order Rate	Hours between point in time when a batch is finished by a Shipper or an order is placed by a Consignee
Goods: Mode	Rail, Truck, Air, Sea
Goods: On Hand	automatic count of cars on hand at each Shipper
Goods: On Order	automatic count of all cars on order at each Consignee
Goods: Ops Status	Working or Stopped. Used for each Shipper and Consignee activity to
Goods: Shipper Car Reorder	number of cars that local yard will try to keep at a Shipper’s industrial siding
Goods: Start Offset	Industry first batch starting time relative to all other industry starting times
Goods: Stop ID	Shipper’s car pickup point or Consignee’s set out point
Goods: Volume	Lading volume per car
Goods: Weight/Car	Lading pounds per car.
Grade	Number of degrees defining the climb or descent of a track segment
Home Yard Stop	Name of a yard, interchange or industry stop where rolling stock is normally located when not assigned to a waybill for movement
Industry	A business that uses your railroad to ship its products to its customers or receives its raw materials from its vendors
Industry GMT	Greenwich Mean Time used to indicate Industry wide clock. Standardizing on GMT supports multiple time zone Internet feature
Interchange	Location where rail heads from two or more railroad divisions meet. Cars may be transferred from one locomotive consist to another. Cars may be setout by one train for pick up by another train possibly at a much later time.
Interchange Home Division	Division having a yard closest to the interchange
Intermodal	A facility that supports the movement of goods between rail and truck, aircraft or ships
Inventory	Collection of rolling stock, sidings, turnouts, divisions, citytowns, industries, buildings, interchanges, intermodal facilities, or miscellaneous layout objects such as air/sea/road vehicles, scenery, platforms, or wiring/electronic components comprising you railroad.
Lading	Commodities carried by rail or other mode of transportation
Latitude Longitude	A point on the earth. Used for internet operations
Local Freight Train	Train that serves a specific collection of industries. Usually runs out from the yard and returns to the yard. Can be defined to serve all Citytowns in its area or just selected ones. Brings empties to Shippers, full back to yard, fulls from yard to Consignees, empties from Consignees
Locomotive Lead/Slave	Lead locomotive is DCC mode specifies decoder equipped locomotive that leads the other MU’d locomotives
Maintenance	Scheduled or unscheduled work needed to keep your railroad operational. Unscheduled actions can be tracked. Using rolling stock on dispatcher run trains increments the usage counter for each piece of rolling stock. Preventative maintenance can be triggered by usage count or by time duration.
Manifest	Collection of Waybills assigned to a specific train
Manifest #	Digital number assigned to a manifest.
Manifest Current Stop	Automatically managed. Shows Dispatcher where the train is currently (last) stopped
Manifest Finish Date/Time	Actual date and time that the train finishes its run
Manifest Schedule ID	Schedule associated with this manifest
Manifest Scheduled Date/Time	Date and time that manifest is initially scheduled to run
Manifest Sequence #	Automatically managed. Based on switchlist sequence for this train
Manifest Start Date/Time	Actual date and time that the train begins to run
Manifest Status	Tracks each train’s progress from initial waybill assignments to train run completion. When cars are added to a manifest, the status becomes ‘RSassigned’. When the sequence of stops for the train is assigned, the status becomes ‘ MnfstDraft’. When the baseline schedule times are computed for this stop sequence, the status becomes ‘BaseSched’. When the actual train start time is computed, the status becomes ‘ActualSchd’. When the Switchlist for the train is computed, the status becomes ‘Ready2Roll’. When the Dispatcher authorizes the train to start, the status becomes ‘Running’. When the train competes its run, the status becomes ‘Completed’.. In future release, when the Dispatcher orders the Train to Stop, the status will become ‘Stopped’ as in weather constrains, accidents, or other emergencies.
Manifest Train #	Number of the train associated with this manifest
On Internet	Division, City/Town, Industry or other entity that you make available to other layouts or that is available to you from other layouts via the internet service.
On Layout	Division, City/Town, Industry or other entity exists on your layout. Not on layout could refer to a virtual entity you are modeling or an entity on another real layout accessible via the internet service.
Origin Train or Interchange	The yard or interchange stop ID where the train begins it travels
Picture File(name)	name of the file storing a picture or image of some part of your railroad. JPEG and GIF files can also be used with a website built with MRRM. Files are stored in the ‘pix’ subdirectory of MRRM.
Platform	Layout construction superstructure typically comprising lumber, foam, homosote, nuts, bolts, screws, nails, and other materials supporting your track system and scenery.
Power on Grade	Pulling power in pounds per total consist horsepower for a given grade from 0 to 4%
Providing Yard	Yard providing the car for a shipment on hold
Railroad Assigned Actors	People assignments for specific trains for a session
Railroad Employees	Names of virtual railroad employee
Railroad Jobs	Railroad job titles
Railroad Staff	People who perform other than train crew jobs on the railroad
Regular Train	A train that runs every day
Reporting Marks	Characters uniquely defining a railroad
Requesting Yard	Yard requesting the car for a shipment on hold
Roadname	Name of a railroad
Rolling Stock	any freight car, passenger car, caboose, locomotive, or other equipment designed for rail use
Scenario	Weather and other conditions defining reduced pulling capacity of a train. Reserved for advanced usage.
Scenery	Various materials, stains, paints which, on your railroad, mimic a real life scene
Schedule Arrival Time	Time, based on a 00:00 start, that a train will arrive at a given stop
Schedule Departure Time	Time, based on a 00:00 start, that a train will depart from a given stop
Schedule Dwell Time	Time a train waits after arriving at this stop and before departing for the next stop
Schedule ID	identifies a unique schedule of stops for a train on a day
Schedule Sequence #	automatic. Is the stop sequence
Service Yard	A yard serving a specific and unique collection of industries in a geographic area.
Shipment # of car loads	Number of cars comprising a shipment. If only some cars are available for a shipment, the shipment is divided into two shipments. Available cars are kept with the original shipment. The missing cars are ordered from other yards. When all ordered cars arrive at the requesting yard, a second shipment is initiated using the cars received from other yards. Returning empties can get tricky but is managed by MRRM
Shipment Completed Date	Date that all shipment legs are completed
Shipment Freight Forwarder	Party responsible for coordinating car orders for a shipper and consignee.
Shipment Leg	Shipments generally take several movements for Shippers to deliver full cars to Consignees. Each move will typically be performed by a distinct train. In advanced operations movements may be made by truck, air, or sea transportation mode.
Shipment Leg #	Number of a train move. Leg zero is reserved for moving the requested number of empties from the current car locations to the shippers specified stop. Leg 99 is reserved for moving the empties from the Consignee’s specified stop to the Consignee’s service yard. Legs 1 to 98 specify the moves needed to move loaded cars from shipper to consignee. Generally leg 1 moves full cars from the shipper’s dock to its service yard. Leg 2 moves full cars from this service yard to the Consignee’s service yard, if that yard is the same as the Shipper’s service yard. Otherwise leg 2 moves the full car to the Consignee’s service yard via Way or Fast freight train as appropriate. If the Consignee service yard is many interchanges away, multiple shipment legs are required to move the goods.
Shipment Leg BOL/Waybill #	First waybill of this movement or only waybill if only one car being moved
Shipment Leg Carrr ID	Railroad roadname for this leg
Shipment Leg Destination Stop ID	Siding stop where car(s) is set out
Shipment Leg Freight Fee	not used in this version
Shipment Leg Goods Status	not used at this time
Shipment Leg Name	Automatically named if you are using the automatic session generation features
Shipment Leg Start Stop ID	Siding stop where car(s) is picked up
Shipment Leg Transportation Mode	Rail only in automatic session generation mode. (Truck, Air, Sea are reserved for advanced operations)
Shipment Leg Vessel #	Rolling stock ID for a waybill used for this move
Shipment Leg Vessel Name/Code	AAR car type for this shipment
Shipment Leg Vessel Status	only used to indicate Done or not done at this time
Shipment Net Volume	The total lading volume for a shipment
Shipment Net Weight	The total lading weight for a shipment
Shipment Number	automatically assigned when shipment is created
Shipment Order Date	Date that the shipper receives the order from the Consignee.
Shipment Shipping Date	Date that the shipper orders empties from the railroad (which may be at the shipper’s siding) Railroad waybill is set to ‘Eligible’ for a manifest and thus for pick up.
Shipment Status	Shipment status progresses from Pending, possibly to Car Ordered, to In Process and then Completed. A shipment is pending when the Shipper accepts an order from a Consignee. If the railroad has no cars currently at the shipper’s industrial siding not in the home yard than the car or cars must be ordered from other yards in the same division or from foreign yards in other divisions. After the needed empty cars are assigned to a shipment, the shipment status changes to ‘In Process’. Empties are shipped to the shipper if needed and movement of empties from the consignee to the car home yard are provisioned. When all legs of an In Process shipment are completed, the shipment status is changed to Completed.
Shipper	An industry that ships goods to a consignee based on an order from a customer
Siding	Length of track used for a primary purpose such as industry siding, interchange, yard, bypass, main line section, branch line section
Stop	A specific location on a siding. Sidings may have multiple stops
Stop to Stop Actual Feet	Track length measured distance between stops in fee. Two decimal places accuracy
Stop to Stop Average Speed Smph	Your choice of average speed allowed on your railroad between these two stops
Stop to Stop Metrics	Distance, speed and time to travel between pairs of stops on the railroad, Advanced users only
Stop to Stop Smiles	calculated scale miles for distance between the two stops
Stop to Stop Stop1 ID	From Stop for measurement
Stop to Stop Stop2 ID	To Stop for measurement
Stop to Stop Transit Fasttime	fast time clock time, if used
Stop to Stop Transit Wallclock	time, using normal wallclock, for train to travel between these two points
Switchlist	Specification of pickup and setout for each freight car referenced in the manifest
Switchlist Conductor Sequence	A detailed format of Switchlist for a Conductor. Sequence #2 is an abbreviated form of Conductor switchlist. Yardmaster Arrival and Departure switchlists are available on the Train Schedule tabpage.
Switchlist Conductor Sequence P#	Prints all switchlists for a given day based on the currently selected switchlist’s day.
Switchlist Full?	‘F’ indicates that car is Full at this stop. ‘E’ indicates that the car is empty
Switchlist ID	identifies a unique switchlist for a train on a day
Switchlist Ignore Not Full/Empty	If car is not yet full or empty, as appropriate, waybill stays on the manifest. Otherwise waybill is removed from the manifest
Switchlist Ignore Siding Full	If siding is full, waybill stays on the manifest. Otherwise waybill is removed from the manifest
Switchlist Manifest #	Manifest # associated with the switchlist
Switchlist Pickups	Pickup activity specified for a switchlist
Switchlist Sc#	Stop sequence number for Pickup or Setout activity
Switchlist Sequence, Time, …	Button to finalize the switchlist based on waybills, schedules, siding length computations, and full/empty car determinations
Switchlist Setouts	Setout activity specified for a switchlist
Switchlist Train #	Train # associated with the switchlist
Train Caboose ID	Rolling stock ID of a caboose, if any, attached to a train
Train Crew	Conductors, Engineers, Firemen and other train crew assignments
Train Direction	you decide
Train Lock	reserved for advanced usage. Train cars are not unassigned at end of train run
Train Maximum Cars	Limit the number of cars that can be assigned to a train by the manifest builder
Train Name	Whatever you want it to be
Train Number	A digital number between 1 and 999 assigned to a specific train for a given day.
Train Schedule	Schedule of arrival, dwell and departure times for train stops
Train Schedule Arrival Time	Time, based on a the actual train start, that a train will arrive at a given stop
Train Schedule Departure Time	Time, based on a the actual train start, that a train will depart from a given stop
Train Starting Time	Choose from midnight (00:00) to a second before midnight next (23:59)
Vehicle	Aircraft, Ships, Trucks, or other non-railroad vehicles
Way Freight Train	Moves full or empties between two yards in the same division or a yard and an interchange in the yard’s division
Waybill	Document authorizing movement of a car from one stop to another stop
Waybill Date	Date waybill is created
Waybill Done Timestamp	Time when this waybill is completed
Waybill Fee	not used for this version
Waybill From Stop	A Stop on a Siding where car is picked up
Waybill Loaded/Empty Flag	Car associated with waybill is full if a shipper has previously filled the car and the consignee has not yet emptied the car
Waybill Net Load Volume	Net volume of car specified for this waybill
Waybill Net Load Weight	Net weight of car specified for this waybill
Waybill Pickup Car/LCL	not used in this version. LCL is less than car load
Waybill Ready2Roll Flag	Status in ‘N’ when waybill is not eligible to be assigned to a manifest. Status is ‘E’ when waybill is eligible for assignment to a manifest that makes sense. Status is ‘Y’ while a waybill is on a manifest until train is run. Status is ‘D’ or done when train is run and manifest completes specified setout.
Waybill Setout/LCL	not used in this version. LCL is less than car load
Waybill Start Timestamp	Earliest time, not including loading or unloading time, that this waybill becomes eligible
Waybill Start Wait (Time)	Load time for this car if waybill is from a Shipper. Unload time for this car if waybill is from a Consignee
Waybill To Stop	A Stop on a Siding where a car is set out
Wiring	Power/turnout/lighting/control wirelines and related electronics including transformers, turnout components, auto-reversers, power region managers, transponders, block detectors.
Yard	A railroad service area comprising buildings, facilities and track siding(s) where most railroad rolling stock is normally located when not assigned to a waybill for movement. The yard name is the primary stop assigned to the yard siding track.