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Current Car #
MWCX 101167 |
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Car # 1271 |
Equipment Owner # 294 |
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| 13 |
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check digit |
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| 12 |
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The stop label will be on line twelve. |
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| 11 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. |
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| 10 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. |
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| 9 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. |
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| 8 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. |
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| 7 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. On locomotives,
line six indicates the type of unit and line seven the suffix number. |
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| 6 |
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Lines six through eleven are the car
number, padded with leading zeros as necessary. On locomotives,
line six indicates the type of unit and line seven the suffix number. |
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| 5 |
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Lines three, four and five are a number
indicating the equipment owner, with each reporting mark given a
separate number. |
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| 4 |
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Lines three, four and five are a number
indicating the equipment owner, with each reporting mark given a
separate number. |
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| 3 |
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Lines three, four and five are a number
indicating the equipment owner, with each reporting mark given a
separate number. |
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| 2 |
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The second line is the equipment code number. "0" is used for
railroad-owned equipment, "1" for privately-owned equipment, and
"6" is used for non-revenue equipment. |
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The first (bottom) line is the start label. |
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The last (top) line
is used for the . This check digit is calculated according the following
formula: multiply the first digit by 1, the second by 2, the third by 4,
the fourth by 8, the fifth by 16, the sixth by 32, the seventh by 64,
the eighth by 128, the ninth by 256, the tenth by 512. Add the results
together and divide by 11. The remainder after the last full division by
11 (0 to 10) is the validity digit. |
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