Greenbrier Companies Gauge Tables API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Greenbrier Tank Car Gauge Table Gauge Tables API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Public, unauthenticated JSON API behind the Greenbrier Gauge Table Directory at https://tankcar.gbrx.com/.
  contact:
    name: The Greenbrier Companies
    url: https://www.gbrx.com/contact/
  x-derived-from: The provider's own published AngularJS client (https://tankcar.gbrx.com/b/js/ngapp, saved verbatim at openapi/_original/greenbrier-cos-tankcar-ngapp-client.js) and its view template (https://tankcar.gbrx.com/app/js/ng/views/home.view.html, saved at openapi/_original/greenbrier-cos-tankcar-home-view.html), with every route, parameter and enum confirmed by live anonymous HTTP request on 2026-09-12.
  x-derived-on: '2026-09-12'
  x-api-evangelist-note: Third-party profile. Greenbrier publishes no OpenAPI for this service. Every path, parameter, enum and response field below was read from the provider's own shipped client code and then confirmed against a live response — nothing is invented. Write methods do not exist on this surface; it is read-only.
servers:
- url: https://tankcar.gbrx.com
  description: Greenbrier Gauge Table Directory
tags:
- name: Gauge Tables
  description: Innage/outage capacity curves for a specific tank car.
paths:
  /api/car/{mark}/{carNumber}/gauge-table:
    get:
      operationId: getGaugeTable
      summary: Get a gauge table for one car
      description: Retrieve the certified gauge table for a single tank car identified by reporting mark and car number. The response carries the car's tare weight in pounds, the shell full capacity in gallons, the certification date of the table, and the full capacity curve in quarter-inch height increments.
      tags:
      - Gauge Tables
      parameters:
      - name: mark
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The railcar reporting mark, as returned by listReportingMarks.
        schema:
          type: string
          examples:
          - GBRX
      - name: carNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The car number within that reporting mark.
        schema:
          type: integer
          examples:
          - 700000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The gauge table for that car. The server answers 200 with a JSON `null` body when the mark/number pair is not held — it does not return 404 for an unknown car.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GaugeTable'
  /api/car/{mark}/{start}/-/{end}/gauge-tables:
    get:
      operationId: listGaugeTables
      summary: List gauge tables for a car-number range
      description: Retrieve every gauge table Greenbrier holds for a contiguous car-number range under one reporting mark. The literal `-` path segment is the range separator used by the provider's own client.
      tags:
      - Gauge Tables
      parameters:
      - name: mark
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The railcar reporting mark.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: start
        in: path
        required: true
        description: First car number in the range, inclusive.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: end
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Last car number in the range, inclusive.
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of gauge tables, one per car held in the range.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/GaugeTable'
  /api/car/{mark}/{start}/-/{end}/valid-car-number-list:
    get:
      operationId: listValidCarNumbers
      summary: List car numbers held in a range
      description: Retrieve the car numbers within a range under one reporting mark for which Greenbrier actually holds a gauge table. Verified live at 20,049 records for GBRX 700000-724234 on 2026-09-12. An empty array is the correct, expected answer for a range Greenbrier does not cover.
      tags:
      - Gauge Tables
      parameters:
      - name: mark
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The railcar reporting mark.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: start
        in: path
        required: true
        description: First car number in the range, inclusive.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: end
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Last car number in the range, inclusive.
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An array of held car numbers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CarNumber'
components:
  schemas:
    CarNumber:
      type: object
      description: A car number for which a gauge table is held.
      properties:
        number:
          type: integer
          description: Numeric car number.
        carNumberForDisplay:
          type: string
          description: The car number as the provider renders it.
    Capacity:
      type: object
      description: One point on the capacity curve.
      properties:
        height:
          type: number
          description: Measured height in inches from the datum.
        innage:
          type: number
          description: Volume of product below that height.
        outage:
          type: number
          description: Volume of empty space above that height.
    GaugeTable:
      type: object
      description: A certified tank-car gauge table. Field names and types read from a live response for GBRX 700000 on 2026-09-12.
      properties:
        carNumber:
          type: string
          description: Reporting mark and car number, space separated.
          examples:
          - GBRX 700000
        tareWeight:
          type: number
          description: Empty weight of the car in pounds.
          examples:
          - 69600.0
        shellFillCapacity:
          type: number
          description: Shell full capacity in gallons.
          examples:
          - 30100.0
        gaugeTableDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date the gauge table was certified.
          examples:
          - '2012-03-22T00:00:00'
        capacities:
          type: array
          description: The capacity curve, one entry per quarter-inch of height.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Capacity'