RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Sun, Oct 20, 2019
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0010 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 0022 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown Held At Wyo For Two 0026 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg New Route! 0037 Dyers East 92X Readg-Phila 8014/1811; 40 Cars From Dyers; New Symbol 0037 West Laurel East H68 Readg-Atown W 6943; 18 Cars 0051 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 0059 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 0127 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 0134 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 0140 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 0205 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg Hard To Hear Symbol 0216 Sinking Spring West 92X Readg-Hburg 8014/1811; 40 Cars From Dyers; New Symbol 0222 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila 0237 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown 9678 0306 Sinking Spring West M9G Atown-Hburg Unconfirmed; Not Calling Signals 0403 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0427 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0435 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 0600 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed; Hit Trespasser Around Mp67; Stopped At Belt 0647 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown Thr W New Symbol; 1056; Departed Yard At 08:40 0717 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 9570 0721 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 0749 Belt West KH02 RN Local W Light Power (yjnr); Pickup On 16 & 19 Tracks 0815 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 0830 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 0858 Belt East KH02 RN Local W 32 L 16 E To No Reading 0917 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 4123; P T C System Trouble 0951 Sinking Spring East 66Z Hburg-Atown 1003 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila Opposed 1140 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 3001/5313; 13 L 2 E; Work Elk, 7d, Ppc 1156 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg 7652 1224 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg 7527 1231 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5070; 10 Cars For Evansville; Wait For 20k 1232 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 1259 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 1345 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 1414 Sinking Spring East I6E Hburg-Phila 1457 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 1533 Belt West H47 Readg-Atown W From Evansville 1544 Lawn West H72 Readg-Hburg W Dropped Cars At Lawn And Returned To Yard 1547 Lawn East H72 Hburg-Readg W Dropped Cars At Lawn And Returned To Yard Light Power 1631 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown Opposed Around H31 1653 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 5313; Worked Ppc 1756 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown Opposed 1927 Sinking Spring West 67Z Atown-Hburg 1939 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg 1944 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W Already Working In Yard 2005 Belt East 67X RN Local W 9844/3634; Waiting Since 1725 2009 Sinking Spring East 242 Hburg-Atown 2118 Sinking Spring West 25W Atown-Hburg New Symbol 2125 Reading East H72 Readg Yard W 3001; Working In Yard 2128 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 2136 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2219 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 2319 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 2333 Sinking Spring East 66Z Hburg-Atown 1824; Signal Trouble At Mp71 2336 Leisey West H44 Phila-Atown New Symbol 2348 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown To Tie Down At Wyomissing Jct 2354 Belt West 67X Readg-Phila W Light Power To Yard Then East With 101 Cars
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 46 42 14 59
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0100 - H33 working yard for several hours 0125 - Heard 30A call 17-2 signal (rare to hear it) 0155 - Heard 25T call 75-1 signal (rare to hear it) 0400 - H72 working yard 0600 - Dispatcher called 18N & 10K to safely stop due to trespasser reported being hit by 18N 18N stopped at Belt & 10K stopped at MP 66; 10K released at 0630 18N did not recall seeing anything where the hit was reported 0725 - YJNR working No Reading Yard (R&N)
Approximately a 30% increase in traffic relative to the same time period last year
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