FSAC, SPLC and OPSL abbreviations

[Anonymous]

I have come accross these abbreviations relating to stations/depots. E.g. Hillside, AZ on the Phoenix Sub of BNSF has FSAC: 20297; SPLC: 794274; OPSL: 40420.

However I don't know what they mean or how they are used.

Could someone please shed some light on this for me?

Cheers,

Mike

[kenneo]

FSAC = Freight Station Accounting Number. A computer database ID.

OPSL = Our freindly "Open and Shut" Tarrif. "Open and Prepay Station List." An "open" station has an agent and can accept shipments with all types of payment options. The "Shut" or "Prepay" stations can receive or forward shipments on which the charges have been paid prior to the car(s) having been removed from the origin shippers loading tracks.

SPLC = The only solution to this accronym I can think of would not apply here. On the SP we used SPLC for "Standard Product Lading Code", but that would not apply here because the number is in the wrong format. Is this an ATSF thing or a new station number post-BNSF? I suspect a BNSF station number in which case the "LC" would stand for "Location Code", but I draw a blank on the "SP".

Mudchicken would likely know the answer to this.

[bobwilcox]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo

FSAC = Freight Station Accounting Number. A computer database ID.

OPSL = Our freindly "Open and Shut" Tarrif. "Open and Prepay Station List." An "open" station has an agent and can accept shipments with all types of payment options. The "Shut" or "Prepay" stations can receive or forward shipments on which the charges have been paid prior to the car(s) having been removed from the origin shippers loading tracks.

SPLC = The only solution to this accronym I can think of would not apply here. On the SP we used SPLC for "Standard Product Lading Code", but that would not apply here because the number is in the wrong format. Is this an ATSF thing or a new station number post-BNSF? I suspect a BNSF station number in which case the "LC" would stand for "Location Code", but I draw a blank on the "SP".

Mudchicken would likely know the answer to this.

SPLC=Standard Point Location Code. This isimilar in structure to zip codes but gives every rr station a distinct ID.

[kenneo]

Thanks, Bob. I know you have some sort of railroad connection, so what is yours in this area of knowledge?

Ah, yes. I remember now about this just being brought on-line about 10 years ago or so when I left active railroading. Well, if it's worth anything, my original guess was Standard Place Location Code. It was close.[:I][bow]

I don't ever remember having to use it. The system we were using at the time was the ICC Billing Road Code (721 for SP) and then the roads station number. So, Eugene, Oregon, was 721-03858. This system was used for Origin, Destination and Interchange station numbers. OGDUP (Ogden, Utah, Union Pacific) would have used the UP's BRC and Ogdens station number. I don't recall exactly, but I think UP's BRC is 802, so when we input OGDUP into the route, the computer saw it as 802-10000. Arcane stuff that probably is not used anymore.