RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Fri, Oct 22, 2021
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0022 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 0038 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W To Deka Then Back To Lentz 0050 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg Not Calling Signals 0138 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Thr W 4270; Opposed; Over 5 Hours Working Yard 0242 Reading West H49 Phila-Readg W 0250 Reading West H44 Phila-Atown Thr 0259 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila Opposed 0306 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 5608; Worked Ppc 0323 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown Opposed 0419 Sinking Spring East ??? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0424 Sinking Spring West 94Z Readg-Hburg 7533; Opposed; Dyers To Annville; Spun Power 0459 Sinking Spring West 21G Phila-Hburg Opposed 0500 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown Opposed 0535 Sinking Spring East 26E Hburg-Phila Opposed 0603 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 0631 Sinking Spring West 21V Atown-Hburg 7544; Recrewed At Tulp; Spun Power 0638 Sinking Spring West 201 Atown-Hburg Thr W Opposed 0657 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 0719 Sinking Spring East 212 Hburg-Atown 0741 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown Encountered Trespasser Without Incident 0923 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 0957 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Phila 1019 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg Unconfirmed; Not Calling Signals 1039 Belt West H99 Atown-Readg W 5360 1049 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg Opposed 1214 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 1197; Opposed 1238 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown 1245 Belt East H99 Readg-Atown W 5265/5630; 12 Cars For Evansville 1250 Sinking Spring East 202 Hburg-Atown Opposed 1255 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W Opposed 1349 Dyers West 63W Phila-Readg 1408 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg 1432 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 1509 Sinking Spring West 11N Atown-Hburg Stopped At Reading Alloy Crossing For Recrew 1509 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 1602 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown W 4340; Work Yard From Belt; Keeping Four Readings As Buffers 1641 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 5313/5827; 5 Cars To Timac, Potts, Bengal, Work Train 1742 Belt West H99 Atown-Readg W 16 Cars From Evansville 1749 Sinking Spring West M1N Atown-Hburg W 4283; Worked Yard From Belt 1801 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 5608; Opposed; Worked Ppc Then West 1848 Belt East H33 RN Local W 5619; 44 L 4 E For No Reading Yard 1913 Sinking Spring East 95Z Hburg-Readg Opposed; New Symbol; To Dyers 1929 Belt West H33 RN Local W 37 L 55 E From No Reading Yard 1933 Sinking Spring East 95V Hburg-Phila Opposed 2203 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 2249 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 2315 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg Thr W Opposed; In Yard 4.5 Hours 2318 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W Opposed; Worked Yard From Belt 2342 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 38 34 10 49
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0150 - Dispatcher says there is a mess between Wyomissing and Burke so 21V held at Tulp
0320 - H72 working yard
0735 - 62V reported trespasser that stepped in front of the train and brakes were applied.
Trespasser not hit, but detector announced train too slow as expected.
1010 - Maintainer working on detector or track at MP61.3 causing detector to announce high car
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