RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0048 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0049 Leisey West H44 Phila-Atown 0150 Belt West KH01 RN Local W 114 Cars 0156 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Thr W Ns4301; Opposed 0217 Robesonia East 18N Hburg-Atown Ns4821; Opposed 0222 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg Opposed 0233 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0256 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0343 Belt East KH01 RN Local W 30 L 13 E Cars 0359 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Thr W 0425 Sinking Spring West 231 Phila-Hburg To Tie Down At Prescott 0440 Robesonia East 268 Hburg-Atown 0613 Bird West 63W Phila-Readg To Quarry 0617 Sinking Spring West ?? Readg-Hburg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0705 Sinking Spring West 289 Atown-Hburg Opposed 0748 Sinking Spring West 25P Phila-Hburg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0837 Lorane West H99 Phila-Readg Ns6321; To Turkey Path 0840 Robesonia East 38G Hburg-Phila Ns3635; Opposed; Not Calling Signals 0909 Robesonia East 10K Hburg-Atown W Ns3635; Opposed; Not Calling Signals; Work From Belt 0937 Robesonia East 22X Hburg-Atown Opposed; Not Calling Signals 1018 Robesonia East 6K4 Hburg-Atown Opposed; Not Calling Signals 1046 Belt East H47 Readg-Atown W To Evansville 1056 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg Opposed 1117 Sinking Spring West 11N Atown-Hburg Opposed 1135 Sinking Spring West 29G Atown-Hburg Opposed 1200 Tulp East H99 Phila-Readg W From Turkey Path; Work From Belt 1227 Sinking Spring West 21W Atown-Hburg Opposed; Unusual Detector Event Announced Track 1 1235 Bird West H17 Phila-Readg To Turkey Path 1236 Sinking Spring West ?? Readg-Hburg Not Calling Signals 1348 Bird East H17 Readg-Phila From Turkey Path 1421 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 1436 Laurel West H47 Atown-Readg W From Evansville 1437 Sinking Spring East KH03 Hburg-Readg W Gmtx2801; 0 L 4 E; Held For 4 Wbs Since 10:45 1553 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W Ns5827/5265; 4 L 0 E; Leb Chem, Cargill, Rigiply, 7d, Ppc, Browns 1604 Sinking Spring West KH03 Readg-Hburg W Back To East Penn Rwy 1615 Cumru West 69M Phila-Readg To Tulp To Wye Entire Train 1729 Robesonia East 28X Hburg-Atown 1748 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Not Calling Signals 1825 Bird East 69M Readg-Phila Light Power To Abrams Yard 1851 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Not Calling Signals 1853 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W Ns5355; Turkey Path Via Bird Then Pottstown 1928 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Not Calling Signals 2018 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 2019 Sinking Spring West 23G Atown-Hburg Opposed 2026 Cumru East H44 Atown-Phila 2031 Robesonia East 6K4 Hburg-Atown Not Calling Signals 2042 Robesonia East H31 Hburg-Readg W Work Ppc And Brown's 2101 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 2130 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W To Deka 2141 Robesonia East 20X Hburg-Atown 2147 Robesonia East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed; Not Calling Signals 2237 Robesonia East ?? Hburg-Readg Opposed; Not Calling Signals 2239 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W From Deka 2250 Sinking Spring West 260 Atown-Hburg 2319 Robesonia East M8N Hburg-Atown Opposed; Not Calling Signals 2327 Leisey East H49 Phila-Readg W Work Yard From Belt 2359 Robesonia East 22M Hburg-Phila Opposed Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 40 27 7 57
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
10/24:
1145 Maintainer working at Lorane
1225 Maintainer working at Sinking Spring Track 1 caused detector bad call mixup with 21W
21W was stopped for 80 minutes fouling crossings in Sinking Spring
1445 KH03 had high car at 60.9; Inspected OK
1915 H73 working yard
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