Rail / Intermodal
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The following section details samples and recommended fields to create quality rail or intermodal shipments for tracking. The fields shown in these samples follow recommendations, but the full list of available fields can be found in the fields list below.
FourKites supports creating purely rail movements or intermodal. In the examples below, both types of loads are displayed.
appointmentTime is required for rail loads to track properly
railEquipmentStatus can be sent as empty in case of an empty shipment. (For this, you need to have the empty rail tracking enabled)