RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Sat, Aug 3, 2002
Time Location Dir Symbol ex-CR Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0019 Sinking Spring East 20R TV-12 Hburg-Atown 9460 0029 Sinking Spring West 11A REPI Readg-Hburg Wk 9556 0032 Sinking Spring East 18G PIOI A Hburg-Atown 2578 0041 Sinking Spring West 21G Atown-Hburg 9189 0110 Sinking Spring East 24V TV-62A Hburg-Atown 0131 Sinking Spring West 21Q TV-1 Phila-Hburg 0148 Sinking Spring West 25V TV-61H Atown-Hburg 0204 Sinking Spring West 921 BAL Phila-Hburg 5376; 12 H’burgs 62 Mingo Jcts 0216 Sinking Spring West 11K ALPI Atown-Hburg 2576 0322 Sinking Spring West 25K TV-265 Atown-Hburg 0328 Sinking Spring West 507 NS507 Phila-Hburg Thr Opposed; 95 Cars; Pick Up 65 At Womelsdorf 0355 Sinking Spring East 20Q TV-2M Hburg-Phila Opposed 0425 Sinking Spring East 214 TV-214 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0457 Sinking Spring West 41T ALCN Atown-Hburg 0500 Sinking Spring East 212 TV-212 Hburg-Atown 0527 Sinking Spring West 23K Atown-Hburg 0543 Wyomissing Jct East H48 WPRE-21 Readg-Phila Wk Ran Wyo - Tulp - Valley; To Pottstown 0546 Sinking Spring West 21V TV-21 Phila-Hburg 4101 0605 Sinking Spring East 20K TV-10 Hburg-Atown 9157 0618 Sinking Spring East 262 RR-262 Hburg-Atown 0650 Sinking Spring East 10A PIRE Hburg-Readg Wk 9317 0655 Sinking Spring West 65Q XAN Phila-Hburg Thr Wk 8392; Drop 51 E In Yard For Birdsboro 0702 Sinking Spring East 20E MAIL-8M Hburg-Phila 0740 Sinking Spring West 34A ALBA Atown-Hburg Opposed 0748 Sinking Spring West 23M TV-207 Atown-Hburg 0802 Sinking Spring West 21E MAIL-9 Phila-Hburg 0819 Sinking Spring West 69J PMT-01 Phila-Hburg 0911 Sinking Spring East 685 NS685 Hburg-Readg Wk Drop Train At R N; Drop 5381 In Yard; Power To H48 0913 Belt West RN RNLocal RN Local Wk Rn4321; 5 L 24 E 0928 Belt East H47 WPRE-10 Readg-Atown Wk 3009/1424; 20 Cars; To Lyons, Fleetwood 1014 Sinking Spring East 10N PIBE Hburg-Atown 9740; 117 Cars; Crippled At Belt 1026 Belt West 262 RR-262 Atown-Readg Wk 8345; Light Power To Turn And Go Back To Allentown 1117 Belt East RN RNLocal RN Local Wk Rn3054 1118 Titus West 44A EDAL Phila-Atown Thr Wk 9454; Opposed Around Crippled H48 1149 Valley Jct East 48G ALCA Atown-Phila 6799 1208 Belt West H47 WPRE-10 Atown-Readg Wk 1424/3009 1214 Belt West ??? EXTRA Atown-Readg Thr Wk 6705; Change Crew; Wye Unit; P / U 5381 For A-town 1240 Sinking Spring West 21M TVLA Atown-Hburg 1321 Sinking Spring West 19G OIPI-A Atown-Hburg 9309; 7 Cars For Hershey; Pick Up 6 At Hershey 1333 Sinking Spring West 213 TV-213 Atown-Hburg 1346 Belt East ??? EXTRA Readg-Atown Thr Wk 9295; A-town Change Crew; Rescued 10 N 1352 Titus East H47 WPRE-10 Readg-Phila Crew Called It H49, Dispatch Says H47 1424 Sinking Spring West H73 WPMH-41 Phila-Hburg Thr 6605; 685 Power; Rescued H48; 47 Cars; Name Given 1433 Titus West 49G CAAL Phila-Atown Thr Wk Arrived With 138 Cars; Departed With 83 Cars 1606 Titus West H47 WPRE-10 Phila-Readg Wk Light Power 1703 Sinking Spring East 14G PIML Hburg-Phila 1703 Sinking Spring East 33A BAAL Hburg-Atown Opposed 1750 Sinking Spring West 15T ALBI Atown-Hburg 1843 Sinking Spring West 261 RR-261 Atown-Hburg 1940 Belt West 45A ALED Atown-Phila Thr Wk 9238; Drop Readings & Lebanons; Pick Up 17 Cars 2009 Sinking Spring East 16T BIAL Hburg-Atown 2130 Sinking Spring East 68J MTP-04 Hburg-Phila 9329; Opposed 2212 Sinking Spring West 25V TV-61H Hburg-Atown Opposed 2232 Sinking Spring East 18N ML-440 Hburg-Atown Opposed 2237 Sinking Spring West 21R TV-11 Atown-Hburg Opposed 2343 Sinking Spring East 534 USD Hburg-Readg Wk 9656; Light Power; Dropped Train At Womelsdorf 2354 Sinking Spring West 11K ALPI Atown-Hburg 2356 Sinking Spring East 24V TV-62A Hburg-Atown Total trains through Sinking Spring (Detector 64.6): 44 Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Special Notes:
At 2200 45A struck a vehicle in Pottstown near MP 38.5 closing both tracks. At 2315 21Q went into emergency near Hammer (MP 38) - just east of the new crossovers.
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