RailScan - Railroad Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue,
Oct 17, 2017

  Time    Location         Dir Symbol   Route          Yard     Engine # & Notes
  0017    Sinking Spring    East    20Q      Hburg-Phila             2269; Opposed
  0028         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W   Rn3051; 66 Cars
  0049    Sinking Spring    East    H31      Hburg-Readg         W   5664; Worked Ppc; Via Walnut To Back In
  0100    Sinking Spring    West    25V      Atown-Hburg
  0118         Belt         East    KH01       RN Local          W   Rn3054/3051; Light Power; Rn Symbol Is Qaff
  0308    Sinking Spring    East    20W      Hburg-Atown             7625
  0322         Belt         East    H73      Readg-Atown         W   5171; 14 Cars; To Lyons
  0330    Sinking Spring    East    290      Hburg-Atown
  0438    Sinking Spring    East    14G      Hburg-Phila
  0438    Sinking Spring    West    25Z      Atown-Hburg             8343; Recrewed By 63v At Tulp; Mechanical Issues
  0500    Sinking Spring    East    22V      Hburg-Atown             8329
  0506    Sinking Spring    West    25T      Phila-Hburg             Unconfirmed; Not Calling Signals
  0523    Sinking Spring    West    23Z      Atown-Hburg
  0553    Sinking Spring    West    25R      Atown-Hburg
  0624    Sinking Spring    East    20E      Hburg-Atown             9673; Not Calling Signals
  0654         Belt         West    KH02       RN Local          W   Rn1541; Light Power; Rn Symbol Yjnr
  0709    Sinking Spring    East    24K      Hburg-Phila
  0732    Sinking Spring    East    24Z      Hburg-Atown             6954; Will Hold At W Laurel For Two Westbounds
  0757         Belt         East    KH02       RN Local          W   Rn1543/1541; 41 L 11 E
  0806    Sinking Spring    West    35Q      Atown-Hburg
  0823    Sinking Spring    West    211      Atown-Hburg
  0848         Belt         West    H73      Atown-Readg         W   5827
  0849    Sinking Spring    East    24Q      Hburg-Atown             9629
  0852    Sinking Spring    West    21E      Phila-Hburg
  0905    Sinking Spring    West    11J      Atown-Hburg             6975
  0929         Water        East    H47       Readg Yard         W   H73 Recrew Going To Lentz Then Back To Yard Via Belt
  0933    Sinking Spring    West    23M      Atown-Hburg
  0954         Dyers        East    94M      Readg-Phila             3038; Train Pulled Apart
  1000    Sinking Spring    East    10N      Hburg-Atown    Thr  W   7599; 40 Cars Into Yard
  1039        Walnut        East    H49      Readg-Phila         W   5661/3001; Work Hammond, Pottstown Industrial
  1141    Sinking Spring    East    18N      Hburg-Atown             9811; Pick Up 2 Cars In Allentown
  1217         Belt         West    H47       Readg Yard         W   Back To Yard From 11th St Industrial
  1219    Sinking Spring    East    20K      Atown-Hburg             Opposed
  1221         Belt         West    38G      Atown-Phila             9707
  1244    Sinking Spring    West    19G      Atown-Hburg    Thr  W   9770; Not Hearing Signal Calls
  1318    Sinking Spring    West    21M      Atown-Hburg             8066
  1334    Sinking Spring    West    63V      Atown-Hburg             1137/1028; Wyed Power; Tied Down To Recrew 25z At 0225
  1338    Sinking Spring    East    36Q      Hburg-Atown             9791; Not Hearing Signal Calls
  1356    Sinking Spring    East    64T      Hburg-Phila             9763; Tie Down On 4 Storage In Stowe Yard Until 1935
  1449         Belt         West    H68      Atown-Readg         W   9084
  1645         Titus        West    H49      Phila-Readg         W
  1741         Belt         East    H68      Readg-Atown         W   9428/9084; 10 L 49 E
  1747    Sinking Spring    West    15T      Atown-Hburg             6952; Ran On Track Auth Albur To Bland Track 2
  1748         Titus        West    39G      Phila-Atown    Thr      8039
  1904    Sinking Spring    West    H31      Readg-Hburg         W   5661/3001; 23 L 0 E; Work Elk, Chemical, Cargill, Rigiply, 7d, Ppc
  2018    Sinking Spring    West    34A      Atown-Hburg             7599; Pick Up 5 Cars At Hershey
  2024    Sinking Spring    East    14G      Hburg-Phila             9674; Stalled Twice In 10mph At Wyomissing
  2111    Sinking Spring    West    63V      Atown-Hburg             3631
  2157         Bird         East    62W      Readg-Phila             7209/7025
  2245    Sinking Spring    West    11K      Atown-Hburg             9791?
  2303    Sinking Spring    West    17G      Phila-Hburg
  2333         Belt         West    KH01       RN Local          W   Rn3051; 71 Cars For Spring St

Traffic Density (Trains Through): 
Sinky	Belt	Bird	Area
35	38	14	52

Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
 
Notable Events:
 0100 Maintainer placed 25mph restriction at CP-Laurel
 0200 Heard HA21 & HA25 working in Allentown Yard area
 0445 25Z (63V crew) reported they can't hold track speed and 63V crew only has an hour
 0900 Hearing HA11 working in Allentown Yard area
 1005 Maintainer at West Laurel on track authority until 1150
 1330 Maintainer at Lawn (track 1) until 1500
 1450-1645 Lull in activity and maintainer at Wyomissing
 1730 Maintainer released Wyomissing with 10mph restriction
 1745 Maintainer at Wyomissing until 1840 then 10mph restriction for two tonnage trains
 1800 Dispatcher gave crossing protection in Topton on Reading Line to H68 and 39G

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