RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Mon, Oct 22, 2018
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0006 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 0030 Sinking Spring East ??? Atown-Hburg Not Calling With Symbol 0036 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 0108 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 0113 Sinking Spring East I12 Hburg-Atown 0144 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 5661/5304; 12 L 0 E; Lions Then Lentz 0207 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 0213 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 0253 Belt West H89 Atown-Readg W 0403 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Atown 0408 Belt East H89 Readg-Atown W 0435 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg W 5304/5661; Worked Lyons; To Lentz 0439 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 0442 Sinking Spring West 24Z Hburg-Atown Opposed 0604 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0632 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0641 Sinking Spring East 965 Hburg-Atown Thr 5611; Light Engine; Via 2 Runner 0709 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W 3001/5303; From Evansville 0709 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown Not Calling Signals 0712 Sinking Spring West I5Z Atown-Hburg 9753/8407 0716 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Rn1541/1540; Light Power 0802 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 0838 Belt East KH01 RN Local W Rn1540/1541; 45 L 22 E 0858 Sinking Spring West 21J Phila-Hburg Opposed 0910 Walnut East 94M Readg-Phila W 9129/9675/5314/5296/3031; To Bird For Turkey Path Then Abrams 0926 Sinking Spring West 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 1013 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5304/5661; Timac, Lead, Steel, Bengal 1025 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 1112 Tulp West 905 Atown-Phila 4074 1124 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 7323; Opposed 1222 Laurel East H47 Readg-Atown W 5303/3001; To Evansville 1303 Cumru East 38G Atown-Phila 7675 1326 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 3039 1400 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg 9444; Recrewed At Tulp At 1215 1422 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown Not Calling Signals; Unconfirmed 1427 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 9502/9926; Spun Power; Parked Belt 0300; Recrewed 1457 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 9395 1529 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg 6960 1552 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 1025 1639 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 6710/736/3039/5618/3038/5316; 1 L 34 E; No Buckeye Work 1855 Oley West H49 Phila-Readg W 5661 1928 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg 9180 1944 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 3001/5303 2100 Sinking Spring West M7G Phila-Hburg 2302 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 9931 2312 Bird East 62X Readg-Phila 9563/6306; Worked Dyers; To Cromby
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 30 37 10 46
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0005 - Dispatcher spoke to 506 in Stowe (train was parked) 0027 - Heard 14G call signals all the way to signal 39! 0250 - 11K was waiting at the east side of Belt for a taxi; Dispatcher said the taxi had no radio for communications; Taxi was actually parked over at the west side of Belt in the Kia parking lot; Dispatcher asked H89 to stop at the west side of Belt to inform the taxi to go to the east; H89 stopped at the east side and picked up the crew of the 11K to take them west; Just about then the 20R had pulled up to a stop at Belt west side; 20R reported to H89 that the taxi just left the parking lot to Clover Farms!; Dispatcher was not impressed that the 11K did not inform him! 0930 - Maintainer to do welding at CP-Lorane on both tracks until 1100 1100-1800 H33 worked yard only
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