ID-plaatje

Bijna alle spoorvoertuigen hebben aan de zijkanten een identificatieplaatje met informatie over hun type, uniek identificatienummer, conditie en identificatie van hun opdracht. Als het voertuig beladen is, worden ook het type lading en de conditie vermeld. De waarden worden constant bijgewerkt.

De vermelde ID's worden gebruikt om specifieke samenstellingen te lokaliseren en ernaar te verwijzen bij het maken van opdrachten of bij het bekijken van de kosten.

Unique ID number of a vehicle can look something like “L-049”. The characters before the dash indicate the vehicle’s role:

L – Main unit of a motorized rail vehicle

C – Secondary unit of a motorized rail vehicle

BK – Car designed to transport bulk material

FF – Flatbed car designed to transport large objects

FS – Flatbed car with stakes designed to transport stackable objects

FC – Flatbed car with centerbeam designed to transport tied objects

FB – Flatbed car with bulkheads designed to transport heavy large objects

BX – Enclosed car designed to transport small objects

RF – Enclosed car with air conditioning designed to transport small objects

OL – Tank car designed to transport fossil fuel derivatives in liquid form

GS – Tank car designed to transport fossil fuel derivatives in gas form

CH – Tank car designed to transport chemicals in liquid form

FD – Tank car designed to transport food in liquid form

PD – Car designed to transport powders

VT – Car designed to transport road vehicles

LS – Car designed to transport animals

PS – Car designed to transport passengers

XB – Enclosed military car designed to transport boxes

XF – Military flatbed car designed to transport large objects

XN – Military car designed to transport nuclear flasks