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title: Rail / Intermodal
slug: fourkites-api-reference/FLDL-rail-intermodal
description: Learn about field definitions and recommendations for creating high-quality rail or intermodal shipments for tracking in FourKites. Discover load details, stop details, pallet details, and asset information necessary for accurate tracking. Ensure to sched
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createdAt: 2023-08-03T17:28:09.000Z
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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.

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`appointmentTime` is required for rail loads to track properly
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`railEquipmentStatus` can be sent as empty in case of an empty shipment. (For this, you need to have the empty rail tracking enabled)
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