RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Mon,
Oct 19, 2020

  Time    Location          Dir     Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0002    Sinking Spring    West    34A      Atown-Hburg
  0028    Sinking Spring    West    25T      Phila-Hburg
  0033    Sinking Spring    East    26E      Hburg-Phila
  0036         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W   To Spring St Yard
  0114    Sinking Spring    East    6K4      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0120         Belt         East    KH01       RN Local          W   Light Power Back To No Reading Yard
  0223    Sinking Spring    West    25V      Atown-Hburg
  0338    Sinking Spring    East    22V      Hburg-Atown             8262; Opposed
  0440    Sinking Spring    East    20E      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0654    Sinking Spring    East    26T      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  0722         Belt         West    KH02       RN Local          W   Rn1540; For Spring St Yard
  0754    Sinking Spring    West    21E      Phila-Hburg             Opposed
  0810    Sinking Spring    East    212      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0819    Sinking Spring    West    23M      Atown-Hburg             Opposed
  0831    Sinking Spring    East    18N      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  0846    Sinking Spring    East    14G      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  0911    Sinking Spring    West    65K      Atown-Hburg             9428; Opposed
  0940    Sinking Spring    East    20K      Hburg-Atown             9515; Opposed
  1009        Lorane        West    94M      Phila-Readg         W
  1021    Sinking Spring    East    10K      Hburg-Atown         W   4038; Opposed; Work Yard From Belt; 48 Car Set Out
  1026    Sinking Spring    East    KH03     Hburg-Readg         W   Gmtx2801; 5 Empties
  1029         Belt         East    H47      Readg-Atown         W   5268/5265; To Topton
  1546    Sinking Spring    West    15T      Atown-Hburg    Thr
  1754    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   Opposed
  1812    Sinking Spring    East    30A      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  1831    Sinking Spring    East    20V      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  1921    Sinking Spring    West    17G      Phila-Hburg
  1924         Belt         West    H68      Atown-Readg         W
  2028         Belt         East    570        RN Local          W   4059/7689; Light To No Reading For 90 Car Pickup
  2038         Oley         West    H49      Phila-Readg         W   Did Not Hear The Eastbound Leave Earlier
  2045         Oley         East    961      Readg-Phila         W   8051 Light To Falls Yard After Spinning Power
  2156    Sinking Spring    West    39G      Phila-Hburg    Thr  W   1185/4154;  28 L 43 E Pickup
  2208    Sinking Spring    East    38G      Hburg-Phila
  2239    Sinking Spring    West    21V      Atown-Hburg
  2322    Sinking Spring    West    34A      Atown-Hburg
  2329         Belt         East    H68      Readg-Atown         W
  2343    Sinking Spring    West    ???      Readg-Hburg             Not Calling Signals
  2346    Sinking Spring    East    62V      Hburg-Atown

Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
28	25	10	38

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
 
 0000-0740 - Radio interference locking up scanner in different time periods
 0000-0600 - H72 working yard with 5313/5827
 0730 - H33 working yard with 5313/5827
 0810 - 19G came into yard with 4 units and never left. Two units went out on other trains.
 0900-1500 - Maintainer working at Dorf both tracks
 
Approximately a 20% decrease in traffic relative to the same time period last year

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