RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0124 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 0145 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg W 7523; Worked Yard From Belt For Almost 6 Hours 0153 Belt East H44 Phila-Atown 0247 Water East H72 Readg-Atown Thr W Worked 11th St Branch 0256 Sinking Spring West 21G Phila-Hburg 0336 Belt East H72 RN Local Thr W 21 Cars For R & N 0346 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Thr W 8171; Working Since 1930; Opposed; Setout Only 0355 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila Opposed 0414 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0449 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg 0451 Belt West H72 RN Local W Back From No Reading 0511 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0601 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila Opposed 0740 Sinking Spring West 201 Atown-Hburg Thr W Opposed; Dropped Cars And Picked Up 6 In Yard 0759 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 0844 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 7532 0907 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W 5630/5265; 3 Cars For Evansville 0946 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown Opposed 1009 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila Via Turkey Path 1035 Sinking Spring East 202 Hburg-Atown 4453; Opposed 1116 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg Opposed; Unconfirmed 1200 Sinking Spring East 62V Atown-Hburg 3650; Opposed 1240 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown W 3658; Opposed; Work Yard From Belt; Tied Down At Laurel 1247 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W From Evansville 1300 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 4188; Opposed 1326 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown 9722; Opposed 1347 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Phila 4197; Opposed; Via Turkey Path; Used To Go Toward Allentown 1543 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 9966 1559 Sinking Spring West 67E Phila-Hburg 7557; Via Turpath; Wyed Power; Trip Optomizer Issues 1606 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown 9741 1613 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 1642 Wyomissing Jct East H49 Readg-Phila W To Cumru Via Wyomissing Jct 1724 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown 1746 Sinking Spring East 20V Hburg-Atown Opposed 1815 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W Opposed; Unconfirmed 1930 Lorane West 521 Phila-Readg 9587; Drop 91 Cars In No Reading Yard 2201 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg Thr W 1067; Opposed 2223 Sinking Spring West 521 Readg-Hburg Opposed; Light From No Reading To Dyers Then Annville 2302 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown Opposed 2359 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Via Turkey Path
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 31 27 12 40
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0745 - Maintainer on main 1 MP54 to MP57 0750 - Maintainer on main 1 & 2 Dunkel to Cumru 0810 - H99 working in yard 0930 - Maintainer on main 2 Cumru to Bird 1130 - Dispatcher reporting issues with software 1130 - H33 working in yard 1315 - Dispatcher reported switch failure at Belt and talking trains by it 1800 - H33 picked up H99 (unsure where, but it was in the yard near Belt) 1825 - 11K reported a trailer on fire near Belt burning wires probably causing switch/communication failure
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