What is this?
Route identifies individual legs in the transportation of a shipment involving more than one railroad, including origin, intermediate and destination switches.
When is it used?
Used for any shipment travelling over multiple roads. The block is not required if the shipment is only travelling on CN.
Information available
The following information can be provided in this block:
| Origin Road |
Required |
Railroad which picks up the shipment at origin. |
| Type |
Optional |
Service the railroad provides. |
| Origin Switch |
Optional |
Indicates which carrier is switching the car out of the siding. |
| Destination |
Optional |
Indicates which carrier is switching the car into the siding. |
| Roadhaul |
Optional |
Indicates the carrier that's moving the shipment from origin to destination |
| Junction |
Optional |
Location where the shipment passes to the next railroad. |