RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Fri, Oct 23, 2015
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0001 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown Wk 2408/5046; 6 Cars To Lyons Then Back To Lentz (11th St Ind) 0036 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 1016 0036 Sinking Spring East 66Z Hburg-Atown Th 0046 Sinking Spring East H72 Hburg-Readg Wk 0049 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 9698 0211 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 0220 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown Opposed 0240 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila Opposed 0248 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 0302 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg Wk 5046/2408; To 11th St Industrial Track For Lentz 0307 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 0328 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 9664 0347 Sinking Spring East 61N Hburg-Phila Th 0350 Leisey West 39G Phila-Atown 7601 0433 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg Opposed 0444 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown Cp8895; Opposed 0522 Sinking Spring East 33A Hburg-Atown Up5428; Recrewed At Belt By 94w At 1430 0541 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0555 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0619 Sinking Spring West 23Q Atown-Hburg 0629 Sinking Spring East 24K Hburg-Phila 0654 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 0707 Sinking Spring East I90 Hburg-Atown 0728 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg Csx217 0738 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 0751 Walnut East H48 Readg-Phila Wk 3038/5355/5064 50 L For Girard Point 0755 Sinking Spring East 64K Hburg-Atown 0822 Oley East 94M Readg-Phila Wk 5125/5304; 6 Cars For Dyers 0825 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 2632 0825 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown 9437 0910 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 9190 0934 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 9418 0954 Sinking Spring East 262 Hburg-Atown 1109 1008 Walnut East H49 Readg-Phila Wk 3031/3001; Work Bulk / Timac / Brown's 1014 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown Wk 2408/5046; 6 L 3 E For Evansville 1018 Sinking Spring West 67Z Phila-Hburg Th 9741; Recrewed At Wyomissing 1030 Titus West 94M Phila-Readg Wk 5304; From Dyers 1032 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 7636 1126 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg Wk Up4291 1156 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg Opposed 1227 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg 9642; Opposed 1239 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown 2730; Opposed 1412 Belt West 38G Atown-Phila 1413 Sinking Spring West 15J Atown-Hburg Opposed 1440 Laurel West H47 Atown-Readg Wk 5046; 8 Cars 1500 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown Wk 9978; 56 L 53 E; To Work Buckeye 1514 Sinking Spring West M9G Atown-Hburg 7554; Opposed; Recrewed At Belt 1551 Titus West H49 Phila-Readg Wk 1627 Bird West 63W Phila-Readg 9509; To Dyers 1706 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown Up4093; Opposed 1725 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 7561; Approx Time 1754 Oley East 520 Readg-Phila Wk Wyed Power In Yard; To Morrisville; Approx Time 1813 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Opposed; Approx Time 1827 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg Wk 3001; Opposed; Approx Time 1835 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 7595; Opposed; Approx Time 1904 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 7591; Opposed; Approx Time 1906 Oley West 39G Phila-Atown Th 2510; Approx Time 1947 Sinking Spring East 290 Hburg-Atown 1955 Sinking Spring West 261 Atown-Hburg 1109 2035 Belt West KH01 RN Local Wk 30 Cars 2103 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg Opposed 2105 Dyers East 62X Readg-Phila 9937; Worked Dyers 2134 Sinking Spring East 927 Hburg-Readg Opposed; To Dyers 2136 Belt East KH01 RN Local Wk Light Power 2159 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg Wk Worked Ppc 2236 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 2249 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 8061 2301 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 49 48 19 68
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
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Special Section: On this date at 23:40 the OSS called 25Z to give the crew information about an extra car in their train as well as position changes and hazardous materials because they were not near enough to a point where they could pick up a written copy of the change order. The event begins while the train is approaching Topton (about MP 19 on the Reading Line, just out of the range of my scanner's reception) and the conversation continues until the 25Z approaches CP-Laurel (approximately 15 miles). While this train is not logged on this date, it will be on Saturday, 10/24. Be advised, however, that this recording is 22 minutes long with very few interruptions. The OSS and the 25Z crew should get a lot of credit for the attempt at pronouncing some of the chemicals described! Listen in as they all get some chuckles out of this whole ordeal.
{Audio Snippet of OSS Giving Hazardous Car Info to 25Z 2340-0002}