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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