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<p>[quote user="7j43k"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">cuyama</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">7j43k</div> <div class="quote-content">If your railroad is Great Sunset Route, it has to start with G.  Nowadays.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Clearly not true for the transition era -- and maybe not ever. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: reporting mark MILW. There are other examples in the <em>ORER</em>. </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>A good point.  I checked a 2015 one (my latest) just to see if it's true currently:</p> <p> </p> <p>MILW is a reporting mark for Soo Line</p> <p>ABOX is a reporting mark for TTX</p> <p> </p> <p>No real need to go on.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Ed</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Standard Carrier Alpha Codes are issued by the NMFTA.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nmfta.org/pages/scac?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1">http://www.nmfta.org/pages/scac?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</a></p> <p>"<span style="color:#525252;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc., (NMFTA) assigns SCACs for all companies except those codes used for identification of freight containers not operating exclusively in North America, intermodal chassis and trailers, non-railroad owned rail cars, and railroads."</span></p> <p> Railroad SCACs are a type of reporting mark, but are not necessarily the reporting mark for the railroad.  </p> <p><a href="https://www.railinc.com/rportal/documents/18/260641/MARK_Glossary.pdf">https://www.railinc.com/rportal/documents/18/260641/MARK_Glossary.pdf</a></p> <p>"<em>MARK - A two to four alpha character combination (left justified) representing a transportation company. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">A MARK may be a SCAC equaling the CARRIER or may be an equipment identifier transferred to the CARRIER upon acquisition of a former railroad’s equipment</span></em>"</p> <p><em>"CARRIER - A two to four alpha character field (left justified) representing a Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) assigned to a transportation company."</em></p>
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