Ch. 5: Part 2 - ETAs

Question 1

What are ETAs calculated with?

Answer 1

• Trips stored in Waypoint Statistics Table
• If none exist, the 1st trip uses hours from the Trip Plan

Question 2

How many trips are stored/used in a Trip Plan Waypoint Statistics Table?

Answer 2

Up to 61

Question 3

What triggers the “Ship Date”?

Answer 3

EDI 404 or 417

Question 4

Original ETA

Answer 4

• Static value
• Ship Date + Cumulative Trip Plan Hours

Question 5

Current ETA

Answer 5

• Rolling/Dynamic value
• Most recently posted Trip Event + remaining cumulative trip plan hours

Question 6

Nodes vs Minor Trip Events

Answer 6

• Nodes
  
  • Trip Events that have consistently posted
  • less than 10% of the average Trip Plan
  • have posted to Trip Events for the past 3 consecutive trips assigned to that plan OR has posted at least 50% or more of the total previous trips that have been assigned to that trip plan
• Minor Trip Events
  
  • any Trip Event that has not consistently posted to the Trip Events window
  • over 90% of the average Trip Plan

Question 7

What’s included in a Trip Plan Waypoint Statistics Table?

Answer 7

• Railcar ID
• Trip Start Date
• Trip End Date
• Hours