RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue,
Oct 21, 2025

  Time    Location          Dir     Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0008         Belt         East    H68      Readg-Atown         W   Ns5636/5035; 11 Cars; Work Pollock, Deka, Brown's
  0040        Lorane        West    H49      Phila-Readg         W
  0045       Robesonia      East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W   Ns5611; Via Belt; Not Calling Signals
  0102       Robesonia      East    16T      Hburg-Atown             Not Calling Signals
  0157         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W   Rn1542; 70 Cars
  0248    Sinking Spring    West    289      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0331    Sinking Spring    West    39G      Phila-Hburg    Thr  W   Opposed
  0446    Sinking Spring    West     ??      Readg-Hburg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0454       Robesonia      East    H74      Hburg-Atown
  0505       Robesonia      East    22X      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0527       Robesonia      East    38G      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  0536         Belt         East    KH01       RN Local          W   49 Cars
  0542       Robesonia      East    260      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0604    Sinking Spring    West     ??      Readg-Hburg             Not Calling Signals
  0621         Belt         West    H68      Atown-Readg         W
  0633    Sinking Spring    West    15T      Atown-Hburg    Thr  W   Opposed
  0712    Sinking Spring    West    25A      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  0714    Sinking Spring    West    25P      Phila-Hburg
  0750       Robesonia      East    10K      Hburg-Atown         W   Work Yard From Belt
  0821       Robesonia      East    62V      Hburg-Atown             Ns3638
  0841         Oley         East    H99      Readg-Phila         W   Ns1067; 22 Cars To Dyers
  0920       Robesonia      East    18N      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  1047         Belt         East    H47      Readg-Atown         W   To Evansville
  1153       Robesonia      East    202      Hburg-Atown             Ns1415; Abolished Sometime After This Record
  1233    Sinking Spring    West    29G      Atown-Hburg             Ns7643; Opposed; Detector Announced, But Failed
  1315    Sinking Spring    West    65K      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Ns1125
  1334         Belt         West    H99      Phila-Readg         W   Light Power; Picked Up Two Engines From Dyers; Via Belt
  1345         Cumru        East    68M      Readg-Phila             Working Birdsboro
  1510       Robesonia      East    28X      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  1522    Sinking Spring    West    269      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals; To Outlaw At East Lebanon
  1539    Sinking Spring    West    11N      Atown-Hburg             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  1625         Belt         West    H47      Atown-Readg         W
  1630       Robesonia      East    26X      Hburg-Atown             Opposed; Not Calling Signals
  1749         Oley         East    H49      Readg-Phila         W   Ns5823; Timac, Pottstown, Chappel Steel
  1750    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   Ns5835; Opposed; Elk, Valspar, Cargill, Ppc
  1801       Robesonia      East    6K4      Hburg-Atown             Opposed
  1847         Belt         West    H73      Atown-Readg         W
  1936         Tulp         West    H44      Atown-Phila
  2005       Robesonia      East    32A      Hburg-Phila    Thr  W   Ns4539; Opposed
  2047       Robesonia      East    230      Hburg-Phila             Opposed
  2159    Sinking Spring    West    23G      Atown-Hburg
  2217       Robesonia      East    6K4      Hburg-Atown
  2224    Sinking Spring    West    39G      Phila-Hburg             No Yard Work
  2232       Robesonia      East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W
  2258        Lorane        West    H44      Phila-Atown
  2345    Sinking Spring    West     ??      Readg-Hburg             Not Calling Signals
Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
32	29	 8	46

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
More trains are not calling signals since line from Sinking Spring west converted to cab signaling

10/21:
 0330 15T, H72, KH01 all working yard
 0605 H74 stalled at Blandon; 22X to assist in push
 0840-1140 Maintainer Wyomissing to Dorf track 2 (affecting detector in Sinking Spring)
 0855 Maintainer Laurel to Lyons
 0930 H33 working yard
 1230 Sinking Spring detector is not working on track 2
 1315-1530 Maintainer Center to Wyomissing track 2
 1535 Trespasser reported at MP73.5; Trains being held back
 2100 H73 working yard


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