RailScan - Railroad
Traffic Around Reading, PA
Recorded Tue, Oct 19, 2021
Time Location Dir Symbol Route Yard Engine # & Notes
0024 Sinking Spring West 21V Atown-Hburg 0047 Sinking Spring West 25V Atown-Hburg Picked Up 10k Crew At Laurel 0052 Belt East H68 Readg-Atown W 5265/5630; 15 Cars For Deka 0133 Sinking Spring East 18N Hburg-Atown Opposed 0137 Sinking Spring East H31 Hburg-Readg W 5313; Worked Ppc 0247 Sinking Spring West 23Z Atown-Hburg 0338 Sinking Spring East ??? Hburg-Readg Not Calling Most Signals 0344 Belt West H68 Atown-Readg W 5630; Worked Deka Then 11th St Industrial 0453 Sinking Spring East 30A Hburg-Atown Opposed 0604 Sinking Spring East 20E Hburg-Atown Opposed 0744 Sinking Spring West 201 Atown-Hburg Thr W 3658; Opposed 0749 Sinking Spring East 62V Hburg-Atown Opposed 0835 Sinking Spring East 202 Hburg-Atown Opposed 0859 Sinking Spring East 20R Hburg-Atown Opposed 0901 West Laurel East H47 Readg-Atown W 5265/5630; 4 Cars To Evansville 0939 Sinking Spring West 23M Atown-Hburg Opposed 0957 Dyers East HM01 Readg-Phila 3608; New Symbol; Working Cumru To Bird 1000 Sinking Spring West 211 Atown-Hburg 9834; Opposed 1015 Oley East H99 Readg-Phila W 4655; To Pottstown, Drop 80, To Dyers Then To Reading 1015 Sinking Spring West 21E Phila-Hburg Opposed 1023 Sinking Spring East 66E Hburg-Phila 1172; Opposed 1037 Sinking Spring East 24Z Hburg-Phila 9811; Opposed 1107 Sinking Spring West 21G Phila-Hburg 3619 1110 Sinking Spring East KH03 Hburg-Readg W Gmtx2801; High Car Alarm At Wyomissing Detector 1204 Sinking Spring West 21M Atown-Hburg 9938; Opposed 1214 Belt West H47 Atown-Readg W 14 Cars 1250 Sinking Spring West KH03 Readg-Hburg W Gmtx2801 1326 Sinking Spring East 6K4 Hburg-Atown 7708; Opposed 1333 Sinking Spring East 294 Hburg-Atown 4238 1424 Sinking Spring East 20K Hburg-Atown 9891; Opposed 1429 Reading West H99 Phila-Readg W 5619 1454 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W Picked Up 1 Engine & 4 Cars; Recrewed; Opposed 1502 Sinking Spring West 11N Atown-Hburg 8121 1513 Belt East H47 RN Local W 5265/5630; 100 Cars For No Reading Yard 1621 Sinking Spring West 67E Phila-Hburg Opposed 1623 Belt West H47 RN Local W 67 Cars From No Reading 1629 Sinking Spring East 38G Hburg-Phila Opposed 1651 Reading East H49 Readg-Phila W 3138/5827; 10 Cars To Tymac Then Bulk Term In Pottstown 1833 Sinking Spring West 11K Atown-Hburg W 4226; Opposed; Worked Yard From Belt 1840 Sinking Spring East 20V Hburg-Atown Opposed 1856 Sinking Spring West 19G Atown-Hburg Thr W Opposed; Second Today 1903 Sinking Spring West 15T Atown-Hburg Opposed; Unconfirmed 1931 Bird East 62W Readg-Phila Working Dyers; Departed At 2300 1940 Sinking Spring East 10K Hburg-Atown W 4047; Opposed; Work Yard From Belt 2032 Belt West H44 Atown-Phila 2049 Sinking Spring East 10N Hburg-Atown 2125 Sinking Spring East 20W Hburg-Atown 2222 Sinking Spring West 25Z Atown-Hburg 2302 Reading West H49 Phila-Readg W 2316 Sinking Spring West ??? Readg-Hburg Not Calling Signals 2334 Sinking Spring West 39G Phila-Hburg Thr W 7597
Traffic Density (Trains Through): Sinky Belt Bird Area 38 33 14 51
Unconfirmed means "best guess" of unheard symbol.
Yard column shows if trains passed through and/or worked Spring Street (Reading) yard.
Notable Events:
0800 - Maintainer Walnut to Bird 0830 - Maintainer Wyomissing to Tulp 0830 - Dispatcher mentioned a truck flipped over on track somewhere east of Bird stopping two trains 0900 - Maintainer west of Dorf on 2 0950 - Maintainer reported power is restored for switches in Belt 1430 - H33 working in yard
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