To locate a car in WATSS and create switch lists
STEP 1: Select Equipment.
STEP 2: Your stations and tracks should open up. Hit Locate.
STEP 3: Your search screen should be open. This screen will filter your cars by Equipment Initials and Equipment Number.
STEP 4: You can either click on the car OR type both the initials and number into the search fields and hit enter.
This will add it to the list.
NOTE: IF THE EQUIPMENT INITIAL IS SHORTER THAN 4 LETTERS, YOU WILL NEED TO HIT YOUR TAB KEY TO ADVANCE TO THE EQUIPMENT NUMBER FIELD
STEP 5: After you hit enter, the curser will return to the equipment initial field and you can continue to add cars to your list in the same manner, hitting enter to add a car to your list.
STEP 6: Once you've typed all railcars select the Switch list icon.
This will bring your cars into a switchlist. This enables you to move cars, deliver cars off to another railroad, research the cars, email lists and waybills, look at waybills and car history, load and empty cars plus many other things.