Understanding Vehicle Type Setup

Use the Vehicle Type Maintenance program (P4931) to set up vehicle types to record each type of vehicle that is operated by the company. You can then define further information about the vehicles.

The system enables you to set up extra features for vehicles in a private fleet such as a vehicle ID. You can also set up license and out-of-service dates for specific physical vehicles. You can set up physically connected vehicles as a single logical entity called a connected vehicle. A connected vehicle can be rail cars that are joined temporarily as a train, or trucks and trailers that are attached to one another. You can use connected vehicles to streamline the trip building and load confirmation processes.