RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Sat,
Oct 22, 2016

  Time    Location         Dir Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0022         Belt         West   KH01      RN Local           W   Light Power
  0102    Sinking Spring    West   17G     Phila-Hburg
  0118    Sinking Spring    West   11K     Atown-Hburg
  0125    Sinking Spring    East   62V     Hburg-Atown
  0132    Sinking Spring    West   63V     Atown-Hburg
  0212    Sinking Spring    East   290     Hburg-Atown
  0240    Sinking Spring    East   20R     Hburg-Atown
  0334         Dyers        West   63X     Phila-Readg              8167; Ran Opposed
  0402    Sinking Spring    East   16T     Hburg-Atown
  0418    Sinking Spring    West   23Z     Atown-Hburg
  0533    Sinking Spring    East   I2V     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  0619    Sinking Spring    East   20E     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  0629    Sinking Spring    East   16N     Hburg-Atown    Thr       9497; Went Into Emergency At 65 Signal; Recrew At Center
  0646    Sinking Spring    East   24K     Hburg-Phila              Opposed
  0708    Sinking Spring    East   212     Hburg-Atown              9353; Opposed; Mechanical Trouble - Leaking Oil
  0800    Sinking Spring    West   21E     Phila-Hburg
  0814    Sinking Spring    West   25R     Atown-Hburg              8156; Recrewed At Dorf
  0835    Sinking Spring    East   22V     Hburg-Atown              9253
  0942    Sinking Spring    West   25V     Atown-Hburg              9777; Recrewed In Fleetwood
  0951    Sinking Spring    East   20W     Hburg-Atown              9892
  1000    Sinking Spring    West   34A     Atown-Hburg              3360
  1016    Sinking Spring    West   23M     Atown-Hburg              9769
  1029    Sinking Spring    West   11J     Atown-Hburg              9438
  1121    Sinking Spring    West   25Z     Atown-Hburg              9231; 18th Car Detected With Heat; Held At Tulp At 0400 For Recrew
  1144    Sinking Spring    West   21M     Atown-Hburg              Opposed Around 25z
  1206    Sinking Spring    West   15J     Atown-Hburg              8464
  1322         Bird         West   63W     Phila-Readg              9513; To H & K
  1357    Sinking Spring    East   10N     Hburg-Atown    Thr   W   2609; Set Off 71 Cars
  1506    Sinking Spring    West   211     Atown-Hburg              Opposed
  1542    Sinking Spring    East   20K     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  1558    Sinking Spring    East   20W     Hburg-Atown
  1635    Sinking Spring    West   19G     Atown-Hburg              7298; Opposed
  1659         Belt         West   38G     Atown-Phila              9516
  1713         Belt         West   H68     Atown-Readg          W
  1717        Laurel        East   39G     Phila-Atown              7506
  1756    Sinking Spring    East   36Q     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  1809    Sinking Spring    East   18N     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  1831    Sinking Spring    West   15T     Atown-Hburg
  1914         Belt         East   H68     Readg-Atown          W   7562; 15 L 11 E
  2014    Sinking Spring    East   506     Hburg-Atown
  2040    Sinking Spring    West   35Q     Atown-Hburg
  2121         Bird         East   62W     Readg-Phila              1041; Worked H & K Quarry
  2126    Sinking Spring    West   17G     Phila-Hburg              Opposed
  2203    Sinking Spring    East   11K     Atown-Hburg              Opposed
  2209    Sinking Spring    East   20Q     Hburg-Phila              1014; Opposed; Mechanical Problems
  2326    Sinking Spring    East   14G     Hburg-Phila              Opposed
  2344    Sinking Spring    East   16T     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
  2358    Sinking Spring    East   294     Hburg-Atown              Opposed
 
 
Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
40	39	11	48

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
 
Actually heard the 46.9 detector at 00:20!

In the wee hours a logjam ensued as 16N went into emergency at signal 65 and 212 developed an oil leak at CP-Dorf.
 Several westbounds had to wait for two eastbounds running around the 16N. Several trains had recrews due to delays.

16N (key train - 3 engines & 120 cars) was brought through town knowing they had a 17' 1" high car which did set off
 the detector at Wyomissing.  The bridge height is 17' 2" on track 2 and 17' 10" on track 1.  The train was routed
 on track one from Wyomissing to Center and recrewed at Center.

19:30 - 62W couldn't run around train at H&K so they pulled the train onto the Turkey Path and ran around it
 the long way-- Cumru-Titus-Bird and back.

23:59 - 60N had been parked at Leisey since 15:30 with 9086. It was recrewed about 22:30 on the 8167/1052, which came
 out of Dyers to pick up train and will drop units off in Harrisburg.  Engines had to wait at Cumru for traffic to pass through.


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