Major PAS/NS Service Disruption at Fitchburg April 6&7 2013

[johnpbarlow]

http://www.nscorp.com/nscintermodal/Int ... 40313.html

"Track Work on the PanAm Railroad

Please be advised that the MBTA will be doing a track work project at Fitchburg, MA that will affect train operations on the PanAm RR West of Ayer, MA on Saturday April 6th and Sunday April 7th.

Customer freight on the following trains into and out of Ayer will be delayed as noted below:

22K-05 (Chicago to Ayer) - 24 hour delay. Loads will be available at 5:00am Monday April 8th.

206-05 (Chicago/Toledo to Ayer) - 36 hour delay. Loads will be available at 5:00pm Monday April 8th.

22K-06 (Chicago to Ayer) - 12 hour delay. Loads will be available at 5:00pm Monday April 8th.

206-06 (Chicago/Toledo to Ayer) - 12 hour delay. Loads will be available at 5:00pm Monday April 8th.

23K-07 (Ayer to Chicago) will be annulled Saturday April 6th.

23K-08 (Ayer to Chicago) - 12 hour delay, will depart Ayer Sunday evening April 7th.

23K-09 (Ayer to Chicago) should run on schedule from Ayer Monday morning April 8th.

I05-09 (Ayer to Chicago) will run from Ayer Monday night April 8th with any remaining customer freight that was held from 23K-09.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause our customers."

[Rockingham Racer]

Never heard of train 105 before. An extra?

[johnpbarlow]

I think that symbol is IO5 as in eye-zero-five which I think makes it an extra version of 205. Here's a decoder from Trainorders a few years back:

"for extras sections of regular freights and intermodals:
M=100 series, I=200 series, W=300 series, X=400 series."

[MEC407]

Correct, that is an I (i) not a one (1). Kinda hard to tell them apart at small font sizes.

[CPF363]

What work is being done by the MBTA to close both tracks for two days?