418 Rail Advance Interchange Consist (006030)
This is the standard X12 006030 spec, with 6 loops and 36 segment positions, as OpenEDI JSON, an ediFabric C# template and an ediFabric Native model. To change it for a trading partner, customize it in the EDI Spec Builder.
Use the 418 spec in your code
ediFabric .NET
Add the C# template and its common files to your project, or reference the template NuGet package, and read 418 files into TS418 objects. See ediFabric .NET.
ediFabric Native
Map version 006030 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 418 files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See Convert between EDI and JSON.
OpenEDI
Select Customize in Spec Builder to copy the spec under your own name, change it for your partner, and parse files against it in EdiNation, ediFabric Native or ediFabric Cloud. Read about OpenEDI.
Generate 418 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C
ediFabric Native returns each 418 as JSON, with the property names of the OpenEDI schema. To work with that JSON as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language and deserialize the JSON into TS418. Serialize the objects back to JSON to build EDI with ediFabric Native. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats, so validate files with ediFabric Native. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.
Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.
418 structure
Loops and segments of the standard 418, with their usage and maximum repeats.
| ID | Name | Usage | Max use |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Transaction Set Header | Optional | 1 |
| BAX | Beginning Segment for Advance Consist and Transportation Automatic Equipment ID | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Optional | 999 |
| NM1 | Individual or Organizational Name | Mandatory | 1 |
| DMG | Demographic Information | Optional | 1 |
| DMA | Additional Demographic Information | Optional | 1 |
| REF | Reference Information | Optional | 2 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| Loop W1 | Block Identification | Optional | 30 |
| W1 | Block Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop W2 | Equipment Identification | Mandatory | 800 |
| W2 | Equipment Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| W3 | Consignee Information | Optional | 7 |
| IMA | Interchange Move Authority | Optional | 3 |
| W4 | Consignor Information | Optional | 1 |
| W5 | Carrier and Route Information | Optional | 4 |
| W6 | Special Handling Information | Optional | 6 |
| PS | Protective Service Instructions | Optional | 5 |
| REF | Reference Information | Optional | 10 |
| Loop LS | Loop Header | Optional | 1 |
| LS | Loop Header | Mandatory | 1 |
| Loop LH1 | Hazardous Identification Information | Optional | 1000 |
| LH1 | Hazardous Identification Information | Mandatory | 1 |
| LH2 | Hazardous Classification Information | Optional | 4 |
| LH3 | Hazardous Material Shipping Name Information | Optional | 10 |
| LFH | Free-form Hazardous Material Information | Optional | 20 |
| LEP | EPA Required Data | Optional | 3 |
| LH4 | Canadian Dangerous Requirements | Optional | 4 |
| LHT | Transborder Hazardous Requirements | Optional | 3 |
| LHR | Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers | Optional | 5 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| Loop N1 | Party Identification | Optional | 10 |
| N1 | Party Identification | Mandatory | 1 |
| N3 | Party Location | Optional | 2 |
| N4 | Geographic Location | Optional | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 2 |
| LE | Loop Trailer | Mandatory | 1 |
| PER | Administrative Communications Contact | Optional | 5 |
| LH2 | Hazardous Classification Information | Optional | 1 |
| LHR | Hazardous Material Identifying Reference Numbers | Optional | 1 |
| SE | Transaction Set Trailer | Optional | 1 |