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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