Idaho - Bonner - Sandpoint Area Railroads

Mainline Road Channels through Sandpoint, ID UP AAR-42 160.740 MHz "Dispatcher #41" BNSF AAR-54 160.920 MHz "Boyer East Dispatcher" MRL AAR-56 160.950 MHz "Missoula West Dispatcher" BNSF AAR-76 161.250 MHz "Boyer West Dispatcher" POVA AAR-87

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BNSF:

• BNSF AAR-54  160.920 MHz  Boyer East Dispatcher Kootenai River Sub Sandpoint to Whitefish
• BNSF AAR-76  161.250 MHz  Boyer West Dispatcher Spokane Sub Sandpoint to Spokane
• BNSF AAR-66  161.100 MHz  Switching
• BSNF AAR-70  161.160 MHz  Commonly used by POVA & BNSF when switching the
  Sandpoint yard off of Boyer.

Union Pacific:

• UP AAR-42  160.740 MHz  Dispatcher #41  Ayer / Spokane Sub  Hinkle OR to Eastport ID
      UP has trackage rights from UP Crossing to Dover ID on BNSF. UP Dispatches this line.

Montana Rail Link:

• MRL AAR-56  160.950 MHz  Missoula West Dispatcher Sandpoint to Missoula
• MRL AAR-47  160.815 MHz MRAS #9 @ Clark Fork

Pend Oreille Valley Authority

• POVA AAR-87  161.415 MHz
      Shortline from Sandpoint along the river west to Newport on former BNSF (GN) tracks,
      then north to Metaline Falls on former Milwaukee (I&WN) tracks. Interchanges with
      BNSF at Boyer. POVA has trackage rights from the BNSF yard, west to Dover. UP dispatches the line as far as Dover. It does not have interchange privileges with UP.

Equipment:

• Antenna: 5/8 whip @ 20 ft
• Radio: Motorola Spectra A5
• Location: Sandpoint ID

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Massachusetts - Hampden - CSX Railroad - Westfield and Vicinity (MP108)

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Monitored Frequencies:

160.800 MHz - CSX Road Channel

160.560 MHz - CSX NC Dispatcher

161.070 MHz - CSX Yard 

Equipment: Uniden BCT15X Scanner with a 'Train Tenna Blade' indoor antenna.

Webcam located at QB108: http://www.westfieldwebcam.com/index.php/green-bridges

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Massachusetts - Hampden - CSX, NEC, Amtrak and PanAm Rail Roads - Western MA

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This Uniden BCT-8 and its dedicated PC are physically in Hampshire county (Huntington), although most monitored activity is in Hampden county. The following frequencies are monitored;

- 160.920 Amtrak MRS (Hartford) line dispatcher

- 161.295 Amtrak MRS line police

- 160.560 CSX NC (Berkshire sub dispatcher (Agawam, Russell and Chester bases)

- 160.680 CSX NC (Boston sub dispatcher (Agawam base)

- 161.070 CSX W. Springfield yard

- 160.800 CSX road

- 160.770 NEC dispatcher (Palmer)

- 161.160 PanAm District 3 dispatcher (Springfield base)

Alpha tags are provided. Most of what you'll hear is CSX between CP105 (Westfield) and CP123 (Chester) on the Berkshire; the other freqs will become more active and useful once we solve some interference issues affecting our planned replacement antenna (it's about sixty feet higher).

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Wyoming - Albany - UP Railroad Laramie Subdivision

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UP Railroad Laramie Subdivision radio traffic: AAR 20/Yardmaster, AAR 24/Dispatcher 13 (Cheyenne-Laramie), AAR 38/Yardmaster, AAR 42/Dispatcher 14 (Laramie-Rawlins)

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New York - Cayuga - CSX Rochester Sub and Finger Lakes Area Railroads

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A Kenwood TK-7180 is providing this feed.

Coverage is good for Wayne, Ontario and Seneca Counties and decent for Monroe and Cayuga.

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I also host the Wayne County Law,  NYS Thruway Syracuse Division, Finger Lakes Region Fire, EMS and Medevac, Massena Area Marine and Wayne County Fire and EMS Dispatch feed.

CSX 

161.400 (AAR 86/86) NF Dispatcher - Rochester Subdivision all Dispatcher bases

160.800 (AAR 46/46) Road Channel (East Palmyra detector, Lyons detector, Savannah detector (response))

160.560 (AAR 30/30) NF Syracuse

160.650 (AAR 36/36) NB St. Lawrence Sub

160.9500 (AAR 56/56) NG Dispatcher - West of CP382 (heard on occasion)

Norfolk Southern (NS)

161.0700 (AAR 64/64) D&H Dispatcher & Geneva Yard operations for FGLK (Generally only pick up the NS dispatcher)

Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK)

160.7400 (AAR 42/42) Channel 1 Backup to Geneva Yard operations

161.5200 (AAR 94/94) Channel 2 Geneva East (Sometimes hearing work at Senca Falls and Auburn)

161.2200 (AAR 74/74) Channel 3 Geneva West (Phelps to Shortsville switching, sometimes Canandaigua)

160.9500 (AAR 56/56) Channel 4 Penn Yan to Watkins Glen (Nothing heard as of yet)

161.3400 (AAR 82/82) Channel 5 Dispatcher & Fulton Operations (Dispatcher and crews using more)

Ontario Midland (OMID)

161.3700 (AAR 84/84) All operations 

Rochester & Southern (R&S)

160.7700 (AAR 44/44) Road Channel - Can hear Dispatcher giving/clearing track warrants

Livonia Avon & Lakeville (LAL)

160.8300 (AAR 48/48) Road Channel

New York Susquehanna & Western (NSYW)

160.6200 (AAR 34/34) - Dispatch

161.2950 (AAR 79/79) - Road

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Iowa - Grinnell Iowa Rail

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This feed will monitor the Grinnell, Iowa area.  Frequencies monitored include Iowa Interstate Railroad on AAR 74 (161.220 mHz) and the Union Pacific Railroad on AAR 71 (161.175 mHz) 

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Iowa - Ottumwa Area Railroads

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This feed monitors the Candian Pacific and BNSF railroads near Ottumwa, IA  Radio frequencies monitored:  AAR 44 - 160.770  and AAR 39 - 160.695 mHz  

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Iowa - Calmar Rail

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This feed monitors the Canadian Pacific Mason City Sub from Calmar, IA  Frequency monitored is AAR 84 - 161.370

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New York - Chemung - Norfolk Southern Railroad

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This feed monitors the Norfolk Southern operations in and around Elmira NY. Primarily from Wellsburg NY (MP 264.1) to Horseheads NY. The feed is using a Uniden BCT15X scanner with a Laird FG1563 antenna mounted on my house about 4 miles from the local yard. The computer is a Lenovo desktop running Windows 10 pro.

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New York - Onondaga - CSX and NYS&W Rail - Solvay Jct

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SX road and dispatch at MP 293. CSX St. Lawrence subdivision. NYS&W road, dispatch & yard, Northern division. Finger Lakes RR Solvay yard.

CSX Road Channel 160.800.

CSX NF Dispatcher 160.560 & 161.400

CSX DeWitt Yard 160.860.

CSX St. Lawrence Sub 160.650 & 161.070.

NYS&W: dispatcher to train 160.620; train to dispatcher 161.295; yard 160.485

Fingerlakes RR: road 160.740; dispatch 161.340; yard 161.520

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