RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue,
Oct 22, 2024

  Time    Location          Dir     Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0005    Sinking Spring    East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W   Worked Ppc
  0007         Belt         East    H44      Phila-Atown
  0042         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W   Rn1540/1541/1543; 63 Cars
  0045    Sinking Spring    West    39G      Phila-Hburg    Thr  W   Ns4397; 36 L 84 E
  0112    Sinking Spring    West     ??      Readg-Hburg             Not Calling Signals
  0121       Robesonia      East    268      Hburg-Atown
  0218    Sinking Spring    West    231      Phila-Hburg
  0252       Robesonia      East    18N      Hburg-Atown             Not Calling Signals
  0302    Sinking Spring    West    63V      Atown-Hburg
  0327         Belt         East    KH01       RN Local          W   80 Cars To No Reading
  0351    Sinking Spring    West    15T      Atown-Hburg    Thr  W   Not Calling Signals
  0402         Belt         West    H68      Atown-Readg         W   Worked Deka, Topton
  0407    Sinking Spring    West     ??      Readg-Hburg             Not Calling Signals
  0431    Sinking Spring    East    22M      Hburg-Phila             Not Calling Signals
  0440       Robesonia      East    62V      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0500    Sinking Spring    West    289      Atown-Hburg             Opposed
  0514         Belt         East    H74      Readg-Atown         W
  0633    Sinking Spring    West    25A      Atown-Hburg
  0825       Robesonia      East    16T      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0849    Sinking Spring    West    25P      Phila-Hburg             Opposed; Nicely Calling Signals!
  0926         Lawn         East    H99      Readg-Phila         W   Ns5605/5664; Picked Up Cars And Took Them To Dyers
  0927         Belt         East    H47      Readg-Atown         W   To Evansville
  1123    Sinking Spring    West    29G      Atown-Hburg
  1142    Sinking Spring    West    21W      Atown-Hburg             Nicely Calling Signals!
  1157    Sinking Spring    West    11K      Atown-Hburg             Unconfirmed; Not Calling Signals
  1220       Robesonia      East    28X      Hburg-Atown
  1239        Lorane        West    H99      Phila-Readg         W   From Dyers
  1301        Leisey        West    H18      Phila-Readg             Wyed Train At Dunkel
  1337       Robesonia      East    230      Hburg-Phila             Not Calling Signals
  1345    Sinking Spring    West    11N      Atown-Hburg
  1353       Robesonia      East    10K      Hburg-Atown    Thr  W   Ns3672
  1423       Robesonia      East    30A      Hburg-Atown
  1453         Belt         West    H47      Atown-Readg         W   From Evansville
  1533         Bird         East    H18      Readg-Phila             Ns4849; Picked Up 62w With 98 Loads
  1638    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   Opposed; Ns5827/5265; Work Rigiply, Seven D; Ppc
  1726       Robesonia      East    I60      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; To Bethlehem
  1804       Robesonia      East     ??      Hburg-Readg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  1807         Oley         East    H49      Readg-Phila         W   To Timac
  1842       Robesonia      East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W   Worked Ppc; Not Calling Signals
  1954       Robesonia      East    20X      Hburg-Atown
  1959    Sinking Spring    West    65T      Phila-Hburg
  2027    Sinking Spring    West    H73      Readg-Hburg         W   Not Calling Signals
  2049       Robesonia      East    250      Hburg-Atown
  2108       Robesonia      East    H74      Hburg-Readg         W   Opposed; Not Calling Signals; High & Wide
  2125    Sinking Spring    West    269      Atown-Hburg             Opposed
  2133       Robesonia      East    22M      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  2229       Robesonia      East     ??      Hburg-Readg             Not Calling Signals
  2235    Sinking Spring    West    65K      Atown-Hburg
  2254       Robesonia      East    18N      Hburg-Atown             Not Calling Signals
  2311    Sinking Spring    West    I60      Atown-Hburg
  2323         Oley         West    H49      Phila-Readg         W
  2326         Belt         East    H68      Readg-Atown         W   Ns5664/6312; To Deka Then Return
 
Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
38	30	 8	52

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
New defect detector added at MP71.1 in Robesonia in 2023
New defect detector added at MP14.1 in Gibralter (Turkey Path) in 2024
New defect detector added at MP54.6 in Lorane in 2024
About ten minutes between Robesonia and Sinking Spring
More trains are not calling signals since line from Sinking Spring west converted to cab signaling

10/22:
 1000-1020 Maintainer working at Dunkel
 1730 H73 working yard

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