From: roma@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Roma)
Subject: Re: Rail Freqs. (long)
Keywords: Radio, Frequencies
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:33:39 GMT

rfj@alpha.sunquest.com (RICHARD F. JONES) writes:

>Since I have a mobile radio scanner and have a hangup about trains, I 
>was wondering if anyone knew how I could go about ascertaining the 
>frequencies to listen in on for SP train traffic in Southern Arizona?

>Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Here's a list of railroad frequencies that I compiled some time ago.
Please forward corrections/additions/deletions to me.

The number in brackets is the AAR channel number.  Have fun!

Algiers, Winslow & Western
    160.575  [31] road

Algoma Central
    160.530  [28] channel 1 (road)
    160.575  [31] channel 2 (yard)
    160.605  [33] channel 3 (yard)

Alton & Southern
    161.175  [71] carmen
    160.770  [44] channel 1 (road)
    160.335  [15] channel 2 (yard)
    160.905  [53] north hump
    161.445  [89] south hump

Amtrak
    161.265  [77] carmen
    161.325  [81] MOW
    160.305  [13] passenger services
    160.800  [46] road (Northeast corridor)
    161.280  [78] shop switcher
    160.545  [29] special agents
    160.740  [42] yard (Chicago)

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
    160.650  [36] channel 1 (road)
    161.550  [96] channel 2 (road)
    160.785  [45] hump
    161.010  [60] MOW
    160.830  [48] PBX
    160.245  [09] PBX (Corwith)
    160.260  [10] PBX (Galesburg)
    160.335  [15] PBX (West)
    160.425  [21] PBX (West)
    161.385  [85] piggyback ramp
    161.205  [73] special agents
    160.560  [30] yard
    160.995  [59] yard

Belt Railway of Chicago
    161.295  [79] carmen
    160.965  [57] hump
    160.695  [39] MOW
    160.500  [26] road
    161.445  [89] special agents
    160.380  [18] yard

Bloomer
    160.365  [17] channel 1
    161.355  [83] channel 2

Burlington Northern
    161.010  [60] Allouez docks
    161.100  [66] channel 1 (road)
    161.160  [70] channel 2 (yard, road on ex-Frisco)
    160.335  [15] hump
    160.605  [33] hump
    160.620  [34] PBX
    160.665  [37] PBX
    161.130  [68] PBX
    160.425  [21] PBX (Lakes Region)
    160.560  [30] Superior shops
    160.590  [32] Superior shops
    160.650  [36] yard
    161.250  [76] yard
    161.355  [83] yard

Cadiz
    160.350  [16] road

Canadian National
    161.415  [87] channel 1 (end to end)
    161.205  [73] channel 2 (dispatcher)
    160.935  [55] channel 3 (dispatcher)
    160.665  [37] channel 4 (dispatcher)
    160.365  [17] channel 5 (terminal switching)
    160.485  [25] channel 6 (dispatcher)
    161.025  [61] channel 8 (dispatcher)

Canadian Pacific
    161.475  [91] channel 1 (road and dispatcher 1)
    161.535  [95] channel 2 (train to dispatcher 1)
    160.425  [21] channel 3 (train to dispatcher 2)
    161.115  [67] channel 4 (road and dispatcher 4)
    161.325  [81] channel 5 (road and dispatcher 3)
    160.425  [21] channel 6 (train to dispatcher 4)
    160.845  [49] channel 11 (MOW 2)
    161.175  [71] channel 13 (MOW 1)
    161.265  [77] channel 16 (MOW 3)
    161.505  [93] channel 19 (MOW 4)
    457.9375      channel 507 (ETU rear transmission)
    452.9375      channel 598 (ETU loco transmission)

Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley
    160.695  [39] road

Cartier
    161.130  [68] channel 1 (south dispatcher)
    160.800  [46] channel 2 (north dispatcher)
    160.980  [58] channel 3 (end-to-end)
    160.740  [42] channel 4 (MOW)
    161.070  [64] channel 5 (yard)
    160.920  [54] channel 6 (yard)
    160.860  [50] channel 7 (yard)
    160.680  [38] channel 8 (yard)

Central Indiana & Western
    160.335  [15] road

Chicago & Illinois Midland
    160.290  [12] MOW, yard
    160.950  [56] road
    160.830  [48] yard

Chicago & North Western
    160.890  [52] channel 1 (road)
    160.455  [23] channel 2 (MOW)
    161.040  [62] channel 3 (road, commuter)
    161.175  [71] channel 4 (yard, piggyback ramp)
    160.575  [31] channel 5 (yard)
    160.485  [25] police
    161.205  [73] police
    161.475  [91] Proviso hump

Chicago & Western Indiana
    161.280  [78] road

Chicago Central & Pacific
    160.755  [43] channel 1 (road)
    161.460  [90] yard

Chicago Rail Link
    160.635  [35] road

Chicago Short Line
    160.335  [15] road

Chicago South Shore & South Bend
    161.100  [66] MOW
    161.355  [83] road
    161.025  [61] road, commuter

Chicago, West Pullman & Southern
    160.215  [07] road

Conrail
    160.800  [46] channel 1 (road)
    161.070  [64] channel 2 (road)
    160.860  [50] channel 3 (hump)
    160.980  [58] channel 4 (yard)
    160.245  [09] channel 5
    160.410  [20] channel 6
    160.995  [59] channel 7 (yard)
    161.400  [86] channel 9
    161.430  [88] channel 10 (track crews)
    160.335  [15] channel 11
    160.350  [16] channel 12
    160.470  [24] channel 13
    161.340  [82] channel 14 (carmen)
    161.385  [85] channel 15 (yard)
    161.460  [90] channel 16
    160.680  [38] channel 17 (police)
    160.560  [30] channel 18 (police mobile)
    160.740  [42] PBX (Toledo)
    161.445  [89] PBX, administration
    161.130  [68] PBX, maintenance
    160.545  [29] police
    161.055  [63] track crews
    160.305  [13] yard
    160.365  [17] yard
    160.425  [21] yard
    160.500  [26] yard
    161.295  [79] yard

Crab Orchard & Egyptian
    160.350  [16] road

CSX
    160.275  [11] carmen
    160.890  [52] channel Y1
    160.980  [58] PBX
    160.875  [51] police
    161.295  [79] police
    160.230  [08] road (ex-Chessie)
    160.320  [14] road (ex-Chessie)
    161.370  [84] road (ex-SBD)
    161.520  [94] road (ex-SBD)
    160.740  [42] yard
    161.160  [70] yard
    161.280  [78] yard
    161.145  [69] yard (Chicago)
    160.530  [28] yard (ex-Chessie)

Delaware & Hudson
    160.590  [32] road

Denver & Rio Grande Western
    160.920  [54] channel 2 (road)

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
    160.230  [08] ore dock
    160.350  [16] road

Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific
    161.415  [87] channel 1 (road)
    161.205  [73] channel 2 (yard)

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
    161.475  [91] carmen
    161.550  [96] MOW
    160.350  [16] road
    160.260  [10] yard

Escanaba & Lake Superior
    160.320  [14] road
    160.290  [12] yard
    161.310  [80] yard
    161.550  [96] yard

Ferdinand
    160.275  [11] road

Florida East Coast
    160.650  [36] channel 1 (road)
    160.530  [28] channel 2 (dispatcher)

Fox River Valley
    160.335  [15] channel 1 (road)
    160.845  [49] channel 2 (road)
    160.935  [55] channel 3 (road, yard)
    161.190  [72] channel 4 (yard)
    160.965  [57] channel 5 (yard)

Grand Trunk Western
    160.590  [32] channel 1 (road)
    160.530  [28] channel 2 (road)        	
    160.845  [49] channel 3 (yard)
    160.920  [54] ex-D&TS road
    160.950  [56] MOW
    160.980  [58] PBX
    161.010  [60] PBX
    160.440  [22] police
    161.280  [78] police
    160.905  [53] special agents
    160.740  [42] yard
    161.040  [62] yard

Green Bay & Western
    161.250  [76] channel 1 (road)
    161.070  [64] channel 2 (yard)
    161.385  [85] channel 3 (yard)
    161.445  [89] channel 4 (yard)
    160.680  [38] repeater (channel 1)

Houston Belt & Terminal
    160.770  [44] road

Illinois Central
    161.190  [72] channel F1 (road)
    160.920  [54] channel F2 (road)
    161.460  [90] channel Y1 (yard)
    161.280  [78] channel Y2 (yard)
    160.950  [56] channel Y3 (yard)
    161.010  [60] channel Y4 (yard)
    160.725  [41] piggyback ramps
    161.205  [73] special agents
    160.815  [47] Woodcrest shops
    161.505  [93] yard

Indiana
    161.100  [66] road

Indiana & Ohio
    161.385  [85] road
    160.575  [31] yard

Indiana Eastern
    160.605  [33] road

Indiana Harbor Belt
    160.980  [58] channel 1 (road)
    161.070  [64] channel 2 (road)
    160.665  [37] Gibson hump
    161.400  [86] MOW
    160.545  [29] police
    160.485  [25] Riverdale carmen
    161.565  [97] Riverdale hump

Indiana Hi-Rail
    160.845  [49] road
    160.515  [27] yard
    160.590  [32] yard
    161.355  [83] yard

Indianapolis Union Terminal
    161.220  [74] channel 1 (road)
    161.400  [86] channel 2
    160.965  [57] channel 3

Iowa Interstate
    161.220  [74] road
    160.305  [13] yard

Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern
    160.215  [07] road

Kansas City Southern
    160.260  [10] dispatcher-to-train
    160.350  [16] train-to-dispatcher

Kentucky & Tennessee
    160.800  [46] road

Lake Superior & Ishpeming
    160.230  [08] channel 1 (road)
    160.950  [56] channel 2 (MOW)
    161.205  [73] police intersystem
    161.370  [84] yard
    161.490  [92] yard

Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer
    160.740  [42] road

Louisville, New Albany & Corydon
    160.275  [11] road

Madison
    160.605  [33] road

Manufacturer's Junction
    161.475  [91] road

Marinette, Tomahawk & Western
    160.305  [13] road

Metra
    161.025  [61] electric district
    160.770  [44] ex-CMStP&P commuter district
    161.610       ex-CRI&P commuter district
    160.680  [38] PBX
    161.340  [82] police
    160.635  [35] signal department

Muncie & Western
    160.950  [56] road

Norfolk & Western
    160.485  [25] carmen
    161.415  [87] carmen
    161.115  [67] EOT devices
    160.515  [27] PBX (Danville)
    161.130  [68] PBX (Tilton-St. Louis)
    160.515  [27] piggyback ramp (Chicago)
    160.620  [34] police
    161.190  [72] road (ex-N&W)
    161.250  [76] road (ex-Nickel Plate)
    160.440  [22] road (ex-Wabash)

Paducah & Louisville
    160.455  [23] MOW
    160.215  [07] Paducah shops
    160.740  [42] road
    160.695  [39] yard
    161.325  [81] yard

Peoria & Pekin Union
    160.470  [24] channel 1 (road)
    160.530  [28] channel 2 (yard)

Quebec, North Shore & Labrador
    159.910       channel 1 (end-to-end)
    159.930       channel 2 (yard)
    160.335  [15] channel 3 (dispatcher)
    160.215  [07] channel 4 (yard)
    160.365  [17] channel 5 (MOW)
    160.290  [12] channel 6 (yard)

R. J. Corman
    160.845  [49] channel 1

St. Louis Southwestern
    160.305  [13] carmen
    160.680  [38] PBX
    161.550  [96] road

Soo Line
    161.370  [84] channel 1 (road)
    161.520  [94] channel 2 (road)
    161.085  [65] channel 3 (road)
    160.770  [44] channel 4 (ex-CMStP&P road)
    161.430  [88] channel 5 (ex-CMStP&P yard)
    160.725  [41] channel 6 (ex-CMStP&P yard)
    161.205  [73] police, mutual aid
    160.620  [34] police, piggyback
    160.260  [10] police, piggyback

Southern
    160.365  [17] carmen          
    160.245  [09] channel 2 (dispatcher-to-train)
    160.830  [48] channel 2 (train-to-dispatcher)
    161.490  [92] channel 3 (yard)
    160.770  [44] channel 4 (road)
    160.950  [56] channel 5 (road)
    161.115  [67] EOT devices

Southern Pacific
    161.550  [96] road

SPCSL [ex-CM&W]
    161.010  [60] piggyback ramp
    161.280  [78] road
    161.460  [90] yard

Tennken
    160.365  [17] channel 1
    160.935  [55] channel 2

Terminal Railroad Association [St. Louis]
    160.290  [12] ?
    160.650  [36] Madison hump
    160.425  [21] Madison yard
    160.845  [49] PBX
    161.205  [73] police
    161.310  [80] police, MOW
    160.500  [26] road

Toledo, Peoria & Western
    161.400  [86] road

Tradewater
    160.635  [35] road

Transkentucky
    160.665  [37] channel 1
    161.265  [77] channel 2
    161.445  [89] channel 3

Union Pacific
    160.410  [20] channel 1 (ex-MP road)
    160.470  [24] channel 2 (ex-MP road)
    160.515  [27] channel 3 (ex-UP road)
    160.740  [42] channel 4 (ex-UP road)
    160.590  [32] channel 5 (ex-MKT road)
    161.145  [69] yard (Chicago)

White Pass & Yukon
    160.170       dispatcher
    160.305  [13] end-to-end
    160.425  [21] yard

Whitewater Valley
    160.650  [36] road

Wisconsin & Calumet
    160.215  [07] road

Wisconsin & Southern
    160.575  [31] channel 1 (road)
    161.145  [69] channel 2 (MOW, yard)

Wisconsin Central
    160.785  [45] channel 1 (road west)
    160.260  [10] channel 2 (yard)
    161.295  [79] channel 3 (road east)
-- 
Jon Roma
Computing and Communications Services Office,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Internet:  roma@uiuc.edu      	UUCP:      uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!roma