This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Rail Carrier Waybill Interchange Transaction Set (417) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide the rail carrier with detailed movement instructions pertinent to a rail carrier shipment and is used by all Class I rail carriers in the United States and Canada.
| Changes maximum usage in table/position 1/7200. | I | 088202 |
| Notes | |
| 1/0300 | BX05 contains the Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) of the original roadhaul carrier receiving the shipment. |
| 1/6800 | If the hazardous endorsement (LH204) is "NONE", then use of LH204 is mandatory. However, the receiver must consider it to be blanks when printing a paper document. |
| 1/7700 | If the hazardous endorsement (LH204) is "NONE", then use of LH204 is mandatory. However, the receiver must consider it to be blanks when printing a paper document. |