RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Wed, Oct 23, 2019
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0013 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 0026 Tulp East H44 Phila-Atown 0030 Oley East H72 Readg Yard W 3001; To 11th Av Industrial For Lentz 0125 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown Opposed 0134 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W Worked Ppc And Brown's Feed 0139 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown Opposed 0145 Belt West KH02 RN Local W 88 Cars 0203 Oley West H72 Readg Yard W 3001/5313; Worked 11th Ave Industrial Lentz 0225 Belt East KH02 Readg Yard W 0252 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 9678; Opposed; Had P T C Trouble At Tulp 0406 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 4088; "red Fence" Ptc Issue At Tulp; Opposed 0407 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown Opposed 0422 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0441 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown Opposed 0504 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown Thr W 0532 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila Opposed 0554 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 0606 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0634 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0654 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 0720 Sinking Spring West 67Z Hburg-Atown 8713; Had Brake Issue At Belt 0730 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 9950; Opposed; Was Recrewed At Tulp 0430 0739 Sinking Spring West 11J Hburg-Atown 0757 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 0805 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 0817 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 0828 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 0830 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 0843 Belt West KH02 RN Local W Rn1540/1543; Light To Spring St Yard; Already In Yard 0855 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 0922 Sinking Spring West 243 Atown-Hburg 4078 0931 Belt East KH02 RN Local W Rn1543/1540; 51 L 10 E 0943 Belt East 94M RN Local W I Car; Pick Up 100 Car Oil Train From Rn To Harrisburg 1035 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5827; 3 Cars For Evansville 1038 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 6605; Opposed 1147 Sinking Spring West 94M Readg-Hburg 8087/1155; 100 Empty Tank Cars To Harrisburg From R N 1224 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 1232 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 1056; Opposed 1330 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown Opposed 1415 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 7680 1532 Sinking Spring East MNTS Hburg-Readg Maintainance Train 1618 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown 7559; Opposed 1724 Lorane East H49 Readg-Phila W 1754 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W Opposed 1759 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown Opposed 1828 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W 5070; 16 Cars From Evansville 1857 Oley East K72 Readg-Phila W 3029/9144; Light To Dyers Via Bird For 49 Stone To Girard Point 1910 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 6942 2007 Titus West H49 Phila-Readg W 5625; Worked Turkey Path Then Titus At 2030 2018 Cumru West H44 Atown-Phila 2036 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 2104 Sinking Spring West 49A Atown-Hburg 7500; New Symbol! ( Maybe An Old Symbol Reused ) 2126 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila 2148 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Thr W 4095; 72 Car Pickup; See Notables For Issue In Yard 2202 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2238 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 2253 Belt West KH01 RN Local W Drop 42 Cars 2301 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 2326 Belt East KH01 RN Local W Light Power Back To No Reading 2338 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W Worked Ppc
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 42 43 14 60
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0135 - Heard Wyomissing detector! 0350 - PTC desk speaking to 25V about the 'red fence" issue of PTC at Tulp. A yellow line should appear and when it touches the red fence PTC can be disengaged. It is a known problem that should be corrected in a few days. 0530 - H72 working in yard 0700-1200 - Maintainer on track 2 from MP 14 to MP 17 on Reading Line 0750-0830 - Maintainer working Walnut to Lorane 0750-0830 - Maintainer working Oley to Center 0750-0900 - Maintainer working Center to Wyomissing Jct track 1 0900 - H33 working in yard 0920-1500 - Maintainer working Wyomissing Jct to Dorf track 2 1500-1600 - Maintainer working Dorf to Wyomissing Jct track 1 1630-1645 - Maintainer working Dunkel to Wyomissing Jct 1645-1715 - Maintainer working Dunkel to Cumru 1645-1715 - Maintainer working Leisey to Tulp 1740 - 39G given instructions to pull through Oley toward Center, drop the conductor off at the west end of Center, and uncouple the trailing two (of five) engines leaving the entire train between Center and through Walnut. The front three engines will then go into track 3 and double to 4 to make the pick up. Train will then be assembled with the two engines becoming the mid-train DPUs. But as the train was pulling through Walnut and approaching Center the H31 which had just passed through Center called the dispatcher to report that a tractor-trailer was stuck under the bridge between Center and Walnut. 39G had pulled out the first track and was told to stop and reverse back to clear crossings. Local PD was also reported at the scene. Train was walked across bridge and was in yard area for several hours. 2130 - H72 working in yard
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