Norfolk Southern last month made several changes in its train symbols for intermodal operations. The following information was posted on the Facebook page of a Chicago Line group.
All premium intermodal trains have 20-alpha series symbols with the exception of the two RoadRailers between Detroit and Kansas City
The alpha code correlates to a train’s destination. The codes are A: Atlanta Inman; B: Buffalo Bison; C: Chicago Calumet; E: Erail, New Jersey; F: Florida East Coast Bowden Yard; G: Chicago 47th Street; H: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; J: Jacksonville, Florida; K: Meridian, Mississippi; L: Chicago Landers Yard; M: Morrisville, Pennsylvania; N: Charlotte, North Carolina; P: Chicago 63rd Street; R: Rutherford, Pennsylvania; S: Union Pacific at Shreveport, Louisiana; U: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; V: Baltimore Bayview; and X: Croxton, New Jersey.
All standard intermodal trains that have the numerical 200-series symbol and are grouped by origin/destination.
•21* – Originate or terminate Kansas City (Exception Rutherford trains)
•23* – Originate or terminate Rickenbacker
•24* – Originate or terminate Atlanta (Exception Rossville/Memphis trains)
•25* – Originate or terminate Rutherford
•26* – Originate or terminate Chicago Area
•27* – Originate or terminate Norfolk
•28* – Originate or terminate Memphis/Rossville
•29* – Originate or terminate Georgia/South Carolina ports
The following are the new symbols for the Chicago Line. The old symbols are in parentheses. All trains operate daily.
20X (22W) Chicago 47th Street-Croxton
22X (20E) Chicago 47th Street-Croxton
23G (new) Croxton- Chicago 47th Street
25G (21Q) Harrisburg-Chicago 47th Street
26X (20W) Chicago Ashland Avenue (BNSF Z LACNYC)-Croxton
27G (21E) Morrisville-Chicago 47th Street
27P (new) Harrisburg-Chicago 63rd Street
28B (206) Chicago 63rd Street-Buffalo
28E (new) Chicago Ashland Avenue-Erail
28M (26E) Chicago 47th Street-Morrisville
28U (294) Chicago 47th Street-Bethlehem
28V (24M) Chicago 63rd Street-Baltimore
28X (20K) Chicago 47th Street-Croxton
29G (21M) Croxton- Chicago 47th Street
29P (205) Buffalo-Chicago 63rd Street
261 (23M) Port Newark-Chicago Corwith (BNSF)
263 (new) Bethlehem-Chicago 47th Street
264 (22K) Chicago 63rd Street-Mechanicville, New York
265 (23K) Mechanicville-Chicago 63rd Street
266 (26N) Chicago Ashland Avenue-Sandusky, Ohio
267 (25N) Sandusky-Chicago Global 2 (Union Pacific)
268 (20R) Chicago Landers-Port Newark
269 (25V) Port Newark-Chicago Landers
Using a portion of the Chicago are the following trains and their new symbols.
236 (20N) Columbus Rickenbacker-Detroit North Yard
258 (20T) Kansas City-Rutherford
259 (21T) Rutherford-Kansas City Voltz Yard 271 (21N) Detroit Livernois-Norfolk, Virginia