RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0018 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 9613 0041 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 0042 Oley East H72 Readg Yard W 3038/5625; 2 Cars For 11th St Branch Lentz 0132 Sinking Spring East V6Z Hburg-Atown 9259 0138 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 0157 Oley West H72 Readg Yard W 5625/3038; Worked11th St Branch Lentz 0238 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown 0331 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila 0333 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 9421 0338 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 4203 0400 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 9797 0430 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 0441 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 4138 0453 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown 0508 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0557 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 0600 Sinking Spring West 67Z Atown-Hburg 4124; Opposed; Recrewed By K73 Crew At Tulp 0609 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila Opposed 0700 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown Thr W 1166; Set Off 72 Cars 0715 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0752 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 7628 0802 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 9801 0842 Oley East 94M Readg-Phila W 3038; 68 Cars For Turkey Path Via Bird 0903 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 9318 0917 Sinking Spring West 243 Atown-Hburg 0936 Belt East 521 Phila-Readg Thr 95 Cars For No Reading Yard 1007 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 3001; 8 Cars To Mertztown 1035 Belt West 521 Atown-Readg W Light Power To Spring St Yard 1104 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown Opposed 1229 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 9660 1326 Sinking Spring West 19G Hburg-Atown Thr W 9611; Opposed 1420 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 1456 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 4146 1554 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg Thr 9432 1656 Oley East 68M Readg-Phila W 9864/9578/9713; Light To Stowe; Then To Morrisville Via Septa 1734 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 1747 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W Opposed; Elk & Lebanon Chemical 1943 Sinking Spring East 6K4 Hburg-Atown Opposed 1959 Sinking Spring East 242 Hburg-Atown Opposed 2020 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 2050 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 2121 Reading West H49 Phila-Readg W Did Not Hear This Train Leave The Yard Earlier 2131 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2208 Sinking Spring West 39G Atown-Phila Thr W 4183; Opposed 2231 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila Opposed 2258 Belt West KH01 RN Local W 44 Cars 2353 Belt East KH01 RN Local W Light Power To No Reading
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 37 33 12 47
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0045 - H72 shown as Rdg to Allen, but really only working 11th St Branch. (Not going through Belt although the log says it did). 0730-1110 - (MP67.2) Werner St crossing malfunctioning-- trains getting slow orders. 0830-1630 - Maintainer working Dorf to Prescott on both tracks 0900-1115 - Maintainer working Bird to Cromby on track 2 0930-1045 - Maintainer working Bird to Cromby on track 1 1045-1105 - Maintainer working in Belt on track 2 1220-1330 - Maintainer working Tulp to Cumru 1245-1415 - Maintainer working Tulp to Belt on track 2 1450-1600 - Maintainer working Dunkel to Belt on track 2 1540-1700 - Maintainer working Belt to West Laurel on track 2 1600-1655 - Much radio interference from R&N feed; difficult to hear anything 1745 - Heard detector at Wyomissing announce as "Conrail..."! 1810-1920 - Much radio interference from R&N feed; difficult to hear anything 2225 - H72 working in yard at Oley
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