RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue, Oct 18, 2016
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0011 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 5661/5669; 10 Cars To Lyons Then Lentz 0021 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 5607; 10 Cars; Worked Fm Browns And Ppc; Height Det Sounded 0123 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W 9901; Set Off 7 Cars 0243 Oley East H72 Readg Yard W Assisting 10n In Yard 0243 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila Opposed 0245 Oley West H72 Readg Yard W Assisting 10n 0301 Belt West H73 Atown-Readg W 5669/5661; Worked East Penn Mfg; To Lentz On 11th St Industrial 0412 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg 9286 0430 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0437 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown 0456 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 0534 Sinking Spring East 22V Hburg-Atown 9591; Work Bethlehem 0541 Sinking Spring West 25R Atown-Hburg 0625 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg 0648 Belt East KH02 RN Local W Rn1542/1543; Light To Yard 0650 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 0707 Sinking Spring East 36Q Hburg-Atown 1069 0723 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 2717; Recrewed At Tulp At 04:00 0742 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg 2769 0759 Sinking Spring West 11J Atown-Hburg 3618 0824 Sinking Spring West 34A Atown-Hburg 0847 Belt West KH02 RN Local W Rn1543/1542; 75 L 5 E 1019 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Atown Opposed 1026 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W 9819; Opposed 1037 Oley East H49 Readg-Phila W 3001/5070; Hammond Lead, Pottstown Industrial 1046 Sinking Spring East 16N Hburg-Atown Opposed 1100 Oley East 94M Readg-Phila W 5304/5827/5607; To Dyers And Back 1109 Sinking Spring East 61N Hburg-Phila Opposed 1117 Sinking Spring West 15J Atown-Hburg 9521; Opposed 1127 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 8051; Opposed 1157 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 2628; Opposed 1249 Sinking Spring West 63V Atown-Hburg Thr 8035; Recrewed At Wyo; Was Parked At Wyo Since 0435 1252 Belt East KH01 RN Local W 11 L 60 E 1305 Oley West 38G Atown-Phila Thr 9533 1307 Westt Laurel West H47 Readg-Hburg W 5661; Unusual Routing; To Womelsdorf 1315 Sinking Spring East KH03 Hburg-Readg W Gmtx2801; Tank Cars For Yard; Held For Traffic Since 11:00 1336 Titus West 94M Phila-Readg W 32 Cars From Dyers 1433 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 1448 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 1537 Sinking Spring West KH03 Readg-Hburg W Gmtx2801 1607 Sinking Spring East H47 Hburg-Readg W 5661; Worked Womelsdorf Siding 1639 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Opposed 1714 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown Thr W 9872; Opposed; Tied Down 1915 At Belt After Work For Recrew 1725 Leisey West 39G Phila-Atown 8125 1749 Oley West H49 Phila-Readg W 5070 1758 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 9949/9262; 50 L 3 E; Picked Up 5171 For Allentown Shop 1824 Sinking Spring West 65K Atown-Hburg 1844 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown 1845 Sinking Spring West H31 Readg-Hburg W 5669/5661 1901 Sinking Spring West 60N Phila-Hburg 2005 Sinking Spring West 35Q Atown-Hburg 2133 Sinking Spring West 65E Atown-Hburg 2200 Sinking Spring East 960 Hburg-Atown 2230 Sinking Spring East 14G Hburg-Phila 9564 2238 Sinking Spring West 17G Phila-Hburg 2300 Sinking Spring East M6N Hburg-Atown 2318 Sinking Spring East 20Q Hburg-Phila 2320 Belt East H73 Readg-Atown W 3001/5070; 6 L 0 E; Lentz First Then Lyons 2341 Sinking Spring East 16T Hburg-Atown 2342 Sinking Spring West 25T Phila-Hburg 2357 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 47 41 14 61
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
KH03 at Sink ready to open up at 11:00 with tank cars for Spring Street. Dispatcher informs them that there's a lot of traffic and CP Center is out of service for crossing maintenance so they would have to go in via Cumru/Titus. Crew replies they are not qualified any other way. Dispatcher says they will have to sit for a while. H31 rundown-- Work at Elk, drill 2 cars at Farmer Boy (Myerstown), shift cars at Lebanon Seaboard, set out three at Rigiply, set out 3 at 7D, set out 1 at PPC, set out 1 at FM Brown's. At 1922 the dispatcher called the 60N and informed him that a train ahead hit a tree at Reeses (Hershey) and he should watch out for debris. Throughout the day radio traffic at Allentown Yard was heard (HA21, HA11 crews).
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