RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Wed, Oct 24, 2018
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0015 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 0016 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 5661/5304; 8l 0 E; Has Hazardous In Consist 0024 Belt West KH01 RN Local W 68 Cars 0051 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown 6973; Reported Loss Of P T C On Reading Line 0107 Sinking Spring East ??? Hburg-Readg Not Hearing Symbol 0119 Belt East KH01 RN Local W 0135 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 9321; Opposed 0149 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg Not Calling Signals; Unconfirmed 0233 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg W 5661; To Work Lentz 0258 Belt West H89 Atown-Readg W 37 Cars 0329 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 3001; Worked Seven D, P P C 0345 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila Opposed 0421 Belt East H89 Readg-Atown W 0444 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 9327; Bad Radio 0450 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 0458 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 0510 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 3884 0530 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 7592; Not Calling Signals 0604 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 9064 0649 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 7296 0650 Belt West KH02 RN Local W 0708 Sinking Spring West 60N Phila-Hburg 0717 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 4004 0728 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 8443 0742 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 9684 0755 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 9725 0782 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown Opposed 0811 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 8119 0813 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 9816 0834 Oley West 94M Readg-Hburg W 9880/4039; Light To Lawn Then Empties To Dyers 0839 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 9849; Opposed 0910 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 1000 0936 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 8138 1006 Belt East KH02 RN Local W Rn1541; 26 L 17 E 1017 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 1031 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 6797 1044 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5304/5661; To Bengal Paper & Chappell Steel 1214 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 9064 1240 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg Opposed 1252 Wyomissing Jct East 94M Readg-Phila 9880; Worked Lawn; To Dyers 1253 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5303/3001; 5 Cars For Evansville 1309 Sinking Spring West 905 Phila-Hburg Thr W 4074; Ran Through Yard Walnut To Belt Then Through Center 1429 Tulp West 38G Atown-Phila 6759 1431 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 2677 1433 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 1443 Reading West H49 Phila-Readg W 5661; Reading Is M P 57 Signal 1551 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg 8163 1612 Walnut West 94M Phila-Readg W 37 Cars From Dyers 1733 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W Tie Down At Center 1751 Sinking Spring West H33 Readg-Hburg W 2105; Might Be H31; Not Calling Signals 1758 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W 3001; Worked Evansville 1828 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 1913 Lorane West 39G Phila-Atown 1928 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 9700; 145 Cars P/u 28 Cars; Height Det Abt 83 Deep 1933 Sinking Spring East 6K4 Hburg-Atown 2681; New And Unusual Symbol 1950 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 7705 2026 Sinking Spring East 66Z Hburg-Phila 7701 2136 Sinking Spring East H33 Hburg-Readg W Not Calling Signals 2203 Sinking Spring West 65E Atown-Hburg Opposed 2215 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown 2693; Opposed 2316 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 9247; Opposed; Hold At Wyo For 34a Stallout 2330 Belt West KH01 RN Local W 48 Cars 2359 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 1022; Oss Reported Extra Car In Train; 82 Cars; H73 Pushed
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 44 44 16 63
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0000 - H72 working yard 0810 - Maintainer requesting one track in Belt for switch testing for 45 minutes 0900-1300 - Maintainer requesting track one from Phoenix to Cromby 0950 - Maintainer requesting track 2 Prescott to Dorf then siding for an hour 1000 - Six trains in yard area at one time! KH02, H47, H49, H68, 94M, and 905 1015 - Maintainer requesting Cumru for half an hour 1020 - Maintainer requesting all tracks in Belt for 40 minutes, but H68 needed headroom and had to wait 1250 - Maintainer called to Leisey for switch failure 2240 - Dispatcher informed 16N that a train (6T4) was in emergency in front of him 2245 - 34A called dispatcher to report the train stalled between Tulp and Dunkel (82 cars)-- They only had one working engine. Dispatcher asked H73 to assist by shoving 34A at Belt. 34A expressed concern that no train had ever been shoved through the tight curve. Trainmaster, chief, and road foreman all concur it should be okay to shove.
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