RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Mon, Oct 16, 2017
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0003 Sinking Spring East 33A Hburg-Atown Opposed; Barely Calling Signals 0027 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 0156 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila Opposed 0301 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 7593; Opposed; P/u 8 In Bethlehem 0409 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown 0426 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W Ns5664/5070; Push-pull; 18 Cars For Lyons And Lentz 0524 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 9937; Opposed; Also Opposed At Blandon On T A 0644 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 3661; Air Dumped In Tulp - Bad Gasket On Second Engine 0650 Belt West KH02 RN Local W Rn1541/1543; Light To 2 Runner (rn Yjnr) 0656 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 2622 0658 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown 0739 Sinking Spring East I4K Hburg-Phila 0801 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg W 5070/5664; To 11th St Industrial For Lentz 0810 Belt East KH02 RN Local W Rn1543/1541; 56 L 10 E 0824 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 9765 0828 Sinking Spring West 21J Phila-Hburg 9946; Returned Symbol 0856 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 6698; Opposed 0908 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 2705 0930 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 4017 1000 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 9964 1011 Sinking Spring East 24K Hburg-Phila 6939; Opposed 1023 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5663/3001 1030 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5664/5070; 9 Cars 1120 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 8145; Opposed 1124 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 9662; Opposed 1221 Leisey East 38G Atown-Phila 1222 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 1258 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 9562; Detector High At Belt 1055 1344 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown Up2554 1351 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W Ns1034/2735; 8 L 34 E 1401 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W Ns9230; S/o 58 Cars; Left Yard With 27 L 22 E At 1540 1428 Sinking Spring East KH03 Hburg-Readg W Gmtx2801; 7 Cars; Held For 3 Since 1055 1443 Sinking Spring East 94M Hburg-Readg W 5303 1552 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W From Evansville Industrial 1552 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 6990; Opposed; Walked Through Replaced Switch At Wyo 1629 Sinking Spring West KH03 Readg-Hburg W Gmtx2801; Opposed 1716 Oley West 39G Phila-Atown Thr 1807 Sinking Spring East 61N Hburg-Phila 9492 1851 Walnut West H49 Phila-Readg W 1905 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Was Held At Tulp Since 1715 For Track Maintenance 1925 Sinking Spring West 60N Phila-Hburg 9952; Tied Down 1200 Then Recrewed At Leisey 1931 Sinking Spring East I4Z Hburg-Atown 9816 1934 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 5070/5664; 18 L 0 E; Work Elk, Chem, Ppc 2013 Sinking Spring East 33A Hburg-Atown 5611; High And Wide Load In Train 2025 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown Up5013 2053 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 9512; Pickup At General Mills 2106 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 2140 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 9973; Not Calling Signals 2234 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 2735 2259 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 7626; Calling Signals As 24r 2347 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown 9707
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 39 37 12 51
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0130 Heard HA21 working in Allentown Yard 0230 Heard HA25 working in Allentown Yard 0538 Heard 18.8 detector in Topton! 0640 Heard H73 clearly working Lyons (East Penn Mfg) 0810-1440 Maintainer working between MP61 and MP62 preparing for ballasting on track 1 1120 Dispatcher talked to maintainer about switch replacement at Wyomissing 1350 Track 1 from Dorf to Millards under maintainer control until 1530 1450 Track 1 Blandon to Alburtis under maintainer control 1715 Maintainer takes track 1 till 2000 from Wyo to Dorf for track and signal work 1630 Maintainer gave Wyo back with first two trains at 10mph in Wyo then 25mph 2115 All maintainer areas released back to dispatcher 2215 OSS notified 11K of an extra car in the train at position 21 (empty not dangerous) 2305 Maintainer at West Laurel until 0200 to repair broken bar causing TOL
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