RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Fri,
Oct 21, 2016

  Time    Location         Dir Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0013    Sinking Spring    East   290     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  0035         Belt         East   H73     Readg-Atown          W   5827/5304; 9 Loads For Lyons Then Lentz
  0130    Sinking Spring    West   25T     Phila-Hburg
  0147    Sinking Spring    West   25Z     Atown-Hburg              7247; Long Train - Called 65 Signal Before Detector Heard
  0152    Sinking Spring    East   H31     Hburg-Readg          W   5661; Worked Ppc; Detector At Wyomissing Announced
  0209    Sinking Spring    East   20R     Hburg-Atown              9362
  0224         Belt         West   H73     Atown-Readg          W   5304; Detector Announced; To 11th Ave Industrial For Lentz
  0231    Sinking Spring    West   25R     Atown-Hburg
  0336    Sinking Spring    West   65T     Phila-Hburg    Thr
  0349    Sinking Spring    East   22V     Hburg-Atown              2769
  0354    Sinking Spring    West   25V     Atown-Hburg              8368
  0419    Sinking Spring    West   23Z     Atown-Hburg              1088
  0424    Sinking Spring    East   36Q     Hburg-Atown              9185
  0448    Sinking Spring    East   294     Hburg-Atown
  0506    Sinking Spring    East   212     Hburg-Atown
  0600    Sinking Spring    West   25W     Atown-Hburg              Unconfirmed; Not Calling Signals
  0620    Sinking Spring    East   24K     Hburg-Phila
  0638    Sinking Spring    East   14G     Hburg-Phila              7326; Experiencing Some Sort Of Mechanical Failure
  0724         Belt         East   KH02      RN Local           W   Rn1543/1542; Light Power
  0739    Sinking Spring    West   21E     Phila-Hburg
  0814         Belt         West   KH02      RN Local           W   Rn1542/1543; 37 Cars
  0818        Walnut        East   94M     Readg-Phila          W   5070/3001; 18 For Dyers; P/u 54 Richmonds For Stowe
  0821    Sinking Spring    West   34A     Atown-Hburg              1068
  0851    Sinking Spring    East   24Z     Hburg-Atown
  0856    Sinking Spring    West   11J     Atown-Hburg              8347
  0936         Belt         East   H47     Readg-Atown          W   5661/5669; 1 Car For Evansville
  0943    Sinking Spring    West   23M     Atown-Hburg
  1108         Oley         East   H49     Readg-Phila          W   3383/5827; To Fm Browns Via Bird
  1111         Tulp         West   38G     Atown-Phila              Via Turkey Path
  1116    Sinking Spring    West   19G     Atown-Hburg    Thr   W   1134
  1119    Sinking Spring    East   18N     Hburg-Atown              8464
  1141    Sinking Spring    West   67Z     Atown-Hburg
  1207         Oley         West   94M     Phila-Readg          W   Light Power
  1211    Sinking Spring    West   21M     Atown-Hburg
  1257    Sinking Spring    West   15J     Atown-Hburg              Opposed
  1335         Belt         West   H68     Atown-Readg          W
  1412    Sinking Spring    East   20K     Hburg-Atown              1172; Opposed; Works Bethlehem
  1413         Titus        West   H49     Phila-Readg          W
  1438         Belt         West   H47     Atown-Readg          W
  1558        Leisey        West   39G     Phila-Atown              9162
  1611         Belt         East   H68     Readg-Atown          W   3099; 12 L 24 E
  1650    Sinking Spring    West   15T     Atown-Hburg
  1702    Sinking Spring    East   10N     Hburg-Atown    Thr   W   1156; Spent Two Hours In Spring St Yard
  1713    Sinking Spring    West   211     Atown-Hburg              7514
  1856    Sinking Spring    East   33A     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  1953    Sinking Spring    East   294     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  2006    Sinking Spring    West   H31     Readg-Hburg          W   5070
  2116    Sinking Spring    East   M4G     Hburg-Phila              8039; Opposed; Called In Issue With Computer
  2133    Sinking Spring    East   20Q     Hburg-Phila
  2218    Sinking Spring    West   35Q     Atown-Hburg              1105
  2302         Belt         East   KH01      RN Local           W   51 Cars
  2340    Sinking Spring    West   25T     Phila-Hburg
  2359    Sinking Spring    East   H31     Hburg-Readg          W   Worked Ppc
 
 
Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
38	38	14	53

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
 
34A had the 1068 [ERIE] heritage unit on the point.

MOW blacktopping Third St crossing (CP-Center).

About 1345 the 20K called a restricting at 71 signal which was caused by an obstruction.  It was cleared quickly.
 
A problem with the computer on the M4G was not allowing the crew to log on.  There was confusion with the symbol
 in that the consist was built for the M4G, but the crew picked up the train as 14G.

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