It is very unusual for them to annul a train out there. I presume a crew shortage or the "dead" consist had a problem that prohibited it from being moved past Paoli without repairs. They can swap a dead locomotive out pretty quickly at Paoli due to the interlockings.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:28 am Off topic, but where in heavens did Mr. Blizzard come up with his screennameThe blizzard of January 1996 was right around the time when I first got internet access. We were off of school for a week due to that and I loved it. So that is when I started using that screen name