RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Thu, Oct 20, 2016
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0008 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg Not Calling Signals Audibly 0038 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 0141 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg W 5669; 8 Cars; To Lentz Then Yard 0309 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 0333 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0350 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 0356 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 7627 0410 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0446 Sinking Spring East 24K Hburg-Phila 2576; Opposed 0454 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 0547 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0707 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 9582 0711 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 8773; Underpowered 0717 Belt East KH02 RN Local W 0746 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 0756 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 0807 Belt West KH02 RN Local W Rn1543; 21 L 16 E 0908 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 8352 0918 Sinking Spring West 94M Readg-Hburg W 8128/8455; Light Power Via Belt; To Dorf Pickup Car For Harrisburg 1034 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg Opposed 1035 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5070/3001; Work Timac, Hammond Lead, Pottstown Industrial 1046 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown Opposed 1059 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 1131 Sinking Spring West 15J Atown-Hburg 1145 Sinking Spring East KH03 Hburg-Readg W Espn1802; 6 Cars 1201 Tulp West 38G Atown-Phila Up4121 1230 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 9490 1250 Oley East K04 Readg-Phila W 1619/4661/5607; 50 L For Port Richmond 1307 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 1418 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr 1084; Worked Yard From Belt 1504 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 9533 1519 Sinking Spring East 61N Hburg-Phila Opposed 1627 Sinking Spring West KH03 Readg-Hburg W Espn1802; Opposed 1655 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg W 6784; Worked Yard, But Backed Out At Belt 1705 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Opposed 1807 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 9925; 29 L 63 E; Three Hours Of Work At Buckeye 1816 Leisey West H49 Phila-Readg W 3001/5070; Back To Yard Via Belt 1838 Belt East 39G Phila-Atown 1902 Sinking Spring West 60N Phila-Hburg 1917 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 8092 1929 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 5669; Opposed 1939 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown 8035; Opposed 2040 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2138 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 2155 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 2212 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 2240 Belt East KH01 RN Local W Lgsr426/rn5014; 33 Cars 2318 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Rn5014/lgsr426 2318 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown Opposed 2331 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 39 37 12 51
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
At 0245 heard HA45 talking at Allentown MOW working at Oley all day replacing turnout. Switch being thrown manually by MOW until 20:00. At about 14:15 19G entered the yard from Belt and set off the height detector which will cause the train to be shoved back out at
Belt when work is done. At the same time KH03 was completing work in the yard, the H68 came in shortly after, and 10N went through
Sinking Spring to work the yard after 19G, but from the Belt end. So four trains were looking to work the yard at the same time around 15:00. H72 was working within the confines of the yard during overnight hours. Unusually light traffic for a Thursday. Several extras ran on Wednesday which might account for this. { RailScan Index }