RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Wed, Oct 19, 2016
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0008 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 0020 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 3001; Worked Lentz; To Lyons 0022 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 0041 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Rn3053 0102 Sinking Spring West 67Z Atown-Hburg 0106 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 9344 0151 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown Opposed 0201 Belt West H73 Readg-Atown W 5070 0221 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W Worked Ppc And F M Browns 0242 Sinking Spring East Z6Z Hburg-Atown Opposed 0252 Sinking Spring East 24Q Hburg-Atown Thr 1158 0311 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 0327 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg Not Calling Signals Until Sheridan 0343 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 2603 0405 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 0418 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown Unconfirmed Symbol 0431 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0525 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 0540 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 8885 0552 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0608 Sinking Spring East 24K Hburg-Phila 0657 Belt East KH02 RN Local W 0726 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 0742 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg Opposed 0751 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 0802 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg Opposed 0810 Leisey West 521 Phila-Readg 8128; Tied Down At 0320 At Leisey; 94m Crew Delivered To R&n 0930 Belt West KH02 RN Local W 62 L 4 E 0932 Belt West 94M RN Local W Dropped Off The 521 In No Reading Then To Spring Street 1029 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5661/5669; 13 Cars For Evansville 1042 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5070/3001; P/u Dyers Cars At Lawn Then Dyers, Pottstown, Steel 1046 Belt East KH05 RN Local Rn2003; Scissors Move Via Yard Lead For Temple; New Symbol 1052 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 9970; Set Off Height Detector At Belt On Axles 330 & 334 1106 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W 8320; 34 L 87 E After Working Yard 1145 Sinking Spring West 94M Readg-Hburg W 8455/8128; 29 Cars For Annville 1215 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 9643 1229 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 1253 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 3629 1308 Laurel West KH05 RN Local Rn2003; Light Power Back To No Reading Yard Via Belt 1310 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 9509; Recrewed At Tulp Approx 1150 1329 Sinking Spring West 507 Atown-Hburg 9227; Opposed 1353 Leisey East 38G Atown-Phila 9026 1411 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 1507 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg Opposed 1539 Sinking Spring East 94M Hburg-Readg W 8128 1605 Dyers West 63W Phila-Readg 8167; To H & B And Dyers 1655 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 1134; 4 L 38 E 1721 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W From Evansville 1727 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Opposed 1732 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown Opposed 1821 Sinking Spring East 33A Hburg-Atown 8352; Opposed 1839 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 619; Opposed; Elk, Chemical, Ppc 1851 Belt West H49 Phila-Readg W 3001/5070; Via Belt 1913 Sinking Spring West 15J Atown-Hburg 1917 Belt East 39G Phila-Atown 9925 2048 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2055 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 2126 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 2257 Belt East KH01 RN Local W Rn3058; 8 L 39 E 2304 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 4661; Worked Ppc 2307 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 2316 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila Was Held At Sink For H31 To Complete Work At Ppc 2330 Dyers East 62X Readg-Phila 1052/8167; 50 L 2332 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Rn3053/3058; Light Power To No Reading Yard 2334 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 2336 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 5661/5669; Lyons Then Lentz 2340 Wyomissing Jct East 16N Hburg-Atown Did Not Hear Sinky Detector 2342 Sinking Spring West I3M Atown-Hburg 6376
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 46 52 13 68
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
24Q was routed through yard. Might be empty flats or single height trailers/stacks? About 0830 a maintenance crew was working on Womelsdorf siding with a bad order car. Not sure if it was
from the issue on Sunday with the 25Z. MOW working at Center (3rd St crossing). Heard the H91 with the 5664 working in Chapman Yard (Fogelsville, Pa) off the Reading Line.
This is on the C&F Secondary which diverges from CP Alburtis. Beginning at about 2200 - Switch at Oley would not throw toward Walnut. { RailScan Index }