© 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved. Overview of Industry Reference Files ACACSO May 11 – 13, 2011 Burlington, VT

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 –RRClass I Railroad –RR2Regional (Class II) Railroad –RR3Local (Class III) Railroad –STCSwitching & Terminal Railroad –PPProperty 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.

IRF Relationships © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved. Mark File Centralized Station Master Junction Interchange File Standard Carrier Reciprocal Switch File Route File STCC Haz Mat File Customer Identification File Shipment Condition File

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

Mark File in IRFi © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Centralized Station Master in IRFi © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Route File in IRFi © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

STCC/HazMat File in IRFi © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Customer Identification File in IRFi © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Contact Information Rob Drew – Product Manager – Sarah Taylor – Business Analyst – Customer Support Center – © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Questions © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.