RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue,
Oct 22, 2019

  Time    Location          Dir     Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0005         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W
  0013    Sinking Spring    West    25T      Phila-Hburg
  0024        Walnut        West    H49      Phila-Readg         W   Did Not Hear Train Leave Yard Earlier
  0049         Belt         East    KH01       RN Local          W
  0054         Belt         East    H44      Phila-Atown             3072
  0111    Sinking Spring    East    20W      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0129         Belt         East    520        RN Local          W   9713 + 2; Light For Pickup
  0139    Sinking Spring    West    25Z      Atown-Hburg             Called P T C With Computer Issue
  0141    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   Work Ppc
  0153    Sinking Spring    West    67Z      Atown-Hburg             6780
  0234    Sinking Spring    East    38G      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  0235    Sinking Spring    East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W   Worked Ppc
  0247    Sinking Spring    East    30A      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0301    Sinking Spring    East    36Q      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0306    Sinking Spring    East    10K      Hburg-Atown    Thr  W   8172; Set Off 35 Cars; Tied Down At 0500
  0334    Sinking Spring    West    63V      Atown-Hburg
  0338         Belt         West    520      Readg-Phila             9864; 94 Cars To Morrisville
  0422    Sinking Spring    West    25V      Atown-Hburg             8078; Ptc Trouble At Tulp
  0426    Sinking Spring    East    26E      Hburg-Phila
  0446    Sinking Spring    East    22V      Hburg-Atown
  0500    Sinking Spring    East    20E      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0525    Sinking Spring    West    23Z      Atown-Hburg
  0530    Sinking Spring    East    62V      Hburg-Atown
  0547    Sinking Spring    West    25R      Atown-Hburg             9621; Reported Ptc Trouble
  0632    Sinking Spring    East    14G      Hburg-Phila
  0651         Belt         West    KH02       RN Local          W   Light Power To Spring Street Yard
  0703    Sinking Spring    East    20Q      Hburg-Phila
  0708    Sinking Spring    West    211      Atown-Hburg
  0734    Sinking Spring    West    21E      Phila-Hburg
  0749    Sinking Spring    West    11J      Atown-Hburg
  0750    Sinking Spring    East    V6Z      Hburg-Atown             New Symbol; Advanced 66z
  0819    Sinking Spring    East    18N      Hburg-Atown
  0824         Belt         East    KH02       RN Local          W   Rn1543; 43 L 13 E
  0834    Sinking Spring    East    294      Hburg-Atown
  0840    Sinking Spring    East    24Q      Hburg-Atown             8097; Opposed
  0918         Belt         West    94M      Readg-Hburg         W   3029/9144; 1 Car For Lawn; Via Belt
  0958         Lawn         East    94M      Readg-Phila             9144; 50 Cars; To Dyers Via Tulp; Then P/u 60 For Stowe
  1114         Belt         East    H47      Readg-Atown         W   5313; 10 Cars For Evansville; P T C Issues
  1138    Sinking Spring    East    24Z      Hburg-Atown
  1153    Sinking Spring    West    243      Atown-Hburg             7588; New Symbol
  1209    Sinking Spring    East    6K4      Hburg-Atown             Unusual Symbol
  1228    Sinking Spring    East    20K      Hburg-Atown
  1245    Sinking Spring    West    21M      Atown-Hburg
  1307    Sinking Spring    West    34A      Atown-Hburg             9843; Had P T C Issue At Tulp
  1407         Oley         West    94M      Phila-Readg         W
  1436    Sinking Spring    West    19G      Atown-Hburg    Thr  W
  1559    Sinking Spring    West    23M      Atown-Hburg             9708; P T C Trouble At Tulp
  1622         Dyers        West    K72      Phila-Readg             Parked Power On Industrial 2 West For 62w Later
  1731         Belt         West    H47      Atown-Readg         W   3001; 20 Cars From Evansville
  1909         Belt         West    H68      Atown-Readg         W
  1922    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   5827/5070; Work Elk Leb Chem 7d Ppc
  2021         Bird         East    62W      Readg-Phila             9682
  2037    Sinking Spring    West    65K      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Recrewed At 1900 By 23m Crew
  2043    Sinking Spring    East    242      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  2109    Sinking Spring    East    66Z      Hburg-Atown             4124; Opposed
  2153    Sinking Spring    West    35Q      Atown-Hburg
  2212    Sinking Spring    East    38G      Hburg-Phila
  2259    Sinking Spring    West    39G      Phila-Hburg    Thr  W   7574/9440/9791/7697/4108/3616/7511/4159; P/u 15
  2316    Sinking Spring    East    20R      Hburg-Atown
  2333        Walnut        West    H49      Phila-Readg         W   5625; Did Not Hear Train Leave Yard Earlier
  2341    Sinking Spring    West    17G      Phila-Hburg

Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
45	41	17	61

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
 
0020 - Heard HA33 working Allentown
0030-0700 - H72 working in yard
0500 - Heard Lehigh dispatcher talking to 23M in So Plainfield, NJ!
0530 - On several occasions trains reported problems with PTC between Tulp and Wyomissing
       It seems that when the trains traverse from the Reading Line to Harrisburg Line
       they need to do some sort of reset of the PTC
0705-1800 - Rail gang working in Topton at Deka on track 2 then track 1
0840 - Maintainer on RN Belt to No Reading
0900-0930 - Maintainer at Werner St Wernersville
1050-1200 - Maintainer at Center
1110-1120 - Maintainer from Laurel to West Laurel
1125 - Maintainer on Evansville Industrial track
1200-1400 - Maintainer on track 2 Dorf to Prescott
1315-1415 - Maintainer at Werner St Wernersville both tracks between Dorf and Wyomissing
1440-1500 - Maintainer working Pottsville Branch from Belt to Walnut
2200 - H72 working in yard
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