RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Sat, Oct 22, 2016
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0022 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Light Power 0102 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 0118 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 0125 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown 0132 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 0212 Sinking Spring East 290 Hburg-Atown 0240 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 0334 Dyers West 63X Phila-Readg 8167; Ran Opposed 0402 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 0418 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0533 Sinking Spring East I2V Hburg-Atown Opposed 0619 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown Opposed 0629 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown Thr 9497; Went Into Emergency At 65 Signal; Recrew At Center 0646 Sinking Spring East 24K Hburg-Phila Opposed 0708 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 9353; Opposed; Mechanical Trouble - Leaking Oil 0800 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 0814 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 8156; Recrewed At Dorf 0835 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 9253 0942 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 9777; Recrewed In Fleetwood 0951 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown 9892 1000 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 3360 1016 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 9769 1029 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 9438 1121 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 9231; 18th Car Detected With Heat; Held At Tulp At 0400 For Recrew 1144 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg Opposed Around 25z 1206 Sinking Spring West 15J Atown-Hburg 8464 1322 Bird West 63W Phila-Readg 9513; To H & K 1357 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W 2609; Set Off 71 Cars 1506 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg Opposed 1542 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown Opposed 1558 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown 1635 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg 7298; Opposed 1659 Belt West 38G Atown-Phila 9516 1713 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 1717 Laurel East 39G Phila-Atown 7506 1756 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown Opposed 1809 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 1831 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg 1914 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 7562; 15 L 11 E 2014 Sinking Spring East 506 Hburg-Atown 2040 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2121 Bird East 62W Readg-Phila 1041; Worked H & K Quarry 2126 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg Opposed 2203 Sinking Spring East 11K Atown-Hburg Opposed 2209 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 1014; Opposed; Mechanical Problems 2326 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila Opposed 2344 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown Opposed 2358 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown Opposed
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 40 39 11 48
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
Actually heard the 46.9 detector at 00:20! In the wee hours a logjam ensued as 16N went into emergency at signal 65 and 212 developed an oil leak at CP-Dorf.
Several westbounds had to wait for two eastbounds running around the 16N. Several trains had recrews due to delays. 16N (key train - 3 engines & 120 cars) was brought through town knowing they had a 17' 1" high car which did set off
the detector at Wyomissing. The bridge height is 17' 2" on track 2 and 17' 10" on track 1. The train was routed
on track one from Wyomissing to Center and recrewed at Center. 19:30 - 62W couldn't run around train at H&K so they pulled the train onto the Turkey Path and ran around it
the long way-- Cumru-Titus-Bird and back. 23:59 - 60N had been parked at Leisey since 15:30 with 9086. It was recrewed about 22:30 on the 8167/1052, which came
out of Dyers to pick up train and will drop units off in Harrisburg. Engines had to wait at Cumru for traffic to pass through. { RailScan Index }