
The NS Harrisburg East territory operates on AAR Channel 050 - 160.8600 MHz. This stream provides single-channel, wide area coverage. It does not scan. See "Feed Notes" for some interesting information about this stream.

After joining, the NS Harrisburg Division monitoring kit can then be downloaded at:
This feed includes CSX and NS traffic passing the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA
Read more161.235 Strasburg Railroad, Steam Passenger line, freight & #10. 160.635 Amtrak Keystone Service + Norfolk Southern locals using AKS rail + SRC freight PU/D + 160.800 Reading/Harrisburg Main.
Lancaster County Rail online "feed" scanner frequencies
*Actually "online" 11/18/2013 --- If NO "*", these frequencies are, generally, "locked-out".
If known "Special Event"(Eg: Thomas the Tank Engine is running on the SRR, "Special" train, emergency, etc.), more frequencies may be "locked-out", or others un-locked or added, to concentrate LCR on the event.
YOU are welcome to suggest "events"/frequencies/corrections! I am, too often, not listening - sigh...
Note: During certain weather/solar/seasonal events, "other" railroads, sometimes from great distances, may appear on any frequency. Even "local" frequency reception can "change" - Eg: When I started this, Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern came in STRONG. Lately --- nothing heard(We'll leave it in there - for now...). Conversations can, often, seem "one-sided". One radio may be a high-power base, with its antenna on a mountain, or a medium-power mobile, while others are low-power handhelds, for instance. Sometimes, one seems to "hear it all", when we know, due to distances involved, we shouldn't hear it all. These are, primarily, radios operating through "repeaters", "up high", receiving and re-broadcasting, at high power, all radios on the system.
Please let us know what you hear - AND what you don't hear!
Amtrak Keystone Service - Philadelphia-Harrisburg
*160.635 - Road 1(Formerly in our area "Cork Tower"), Lancaster
*160.515 - MOW, Catenary/Power
161.295(160.365) - Police Disp.
161.205(PL 146.2) - Police car-car #1
160.815(PL 146.2) - Police car-car #2
160.830(123.0) - Police CID
*160.935 - East Penn (Can YOU verify if the frequency is being used and/or "heard" on LCR?)
East Penn Railroad operates the following railroad lines(Copied from a source I forget? Thankyou!):
Lancaster Northern – Ephrata, Pennsylvania northeast to interchange with NS in Reading, Pennsylvania, using trackage rights on NS between Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, and Reading.
Manheim – Manheim, Pennsylvania area, interchanging with NS.
Octoraro – (the former Octoraro Branch) From end-of-track in Sylmar, Pennsylvania east to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania where they connect to the Wilmington & Northern line. SEPTA still owns the passenger rights on the Octoraro Line.
Wilmington & Northern – From interchange with CSX Transportation in Elsmere Junction, Delaware north to an interchange with NS in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Also, the Octoraro Line connects with the Wilmington & Northern line in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
York Industrial Track - Operates trackage from an interchange with NS in York, Pennsylvania to Stony Brook, Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg & Northern Railroad Co.
*160.800(Primarily for NS)
*161.235(Primarily for Strasburg Railroad)
Landisville Railroad & Transfer Co.
*160.485
Maryland Midland Railway
160.425
160.545
160.965
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
160.335
160.695
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad
*161.505 (Can YOU verify if being used - or any other frequencies being used?)
National Railway Historical Society
*160.440 Can YOU verify if ever used in(Possibly near) Lancaster County, Pa.?)
*160.470 Can YOU verify if ever used in(Possibly near) Lancaster County, Pa.?)
New Hope And Ivyland Railroad
161.475
Norfolk Southern Railway (operates most former Conrail routes in PA)
BUFL - Buffalo Line; HARL - Harrisburg Line; LEHL - Lehigh Line; REAL - Reading Line; SOUL - Southern Tier Line; LURB - Lurgan Branch; PORB - Port Road Branch. Secondary lines usually use the same radio channel as the mainline segment to which they connect. The four main road channels also alternate as yard channels for the smaller yards.
Harrisburg Division
*160.800 - NS Rd 1 - Road 1/Disp. - Lehigh Line, Harrisburg - Reading(Also: Gettysburg & Northern)
*161.070 - NS Road 2/Disp.
Reading Line(Lehigh Line, Harrisburg - Reading) Disp.
Port Road Branch Disp.(entire)
Columbia Secondary Disp.(entire)
Lititz Secondary Disp.(entire)
New Holland Secondary Dispatcher(entire)
Also: Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern, Road Dispatcher, Lehigh Division
*160.860 - NS Road 3/Dispatcher
Harrisburg Line (Harrisburg East Dispatcher)(partial)
Reading Line (Harrisburg East Dispatcher)(partial)
Pottsville Branch (Harrisburg East Dispatcher)(entire)
Abrams Yard YM (King of Prussia, PA)
Edgemoor Yard YM (Edgemoor, DE)
Chrysler Yard (Newark, DE)
*160.980 - NS Road/Dispatcher
Buffalo Line (Harrisburg Terminal Dispatcher)(partial)
Harrisburg Line (Harrisburg Terminal Dispatcher)(partial)
Pittsburgh Line (Harrisburg Terminal Dispatcher)(partial)
(Former)Dillerville Yard YM (Lancaster, PA)
Spring Street Yard YM (Reading, PA)
161.445 - NS Enola Yard Master, Primary
160.305 - Enola Yard Diesel Shop
*160.410 - (New 2013)Lewis Yard YM, Lancaster / Also: Harrisburg Yard Master, Primary
160.560 - NS Police Disp.
160.680 - NS Police - Car to Car
160.710 - NS MoW
161.130 - NS MoW
161.430 - NS MOW
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) Also operates Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, Jim Thorpe, PA.
*160.470 - RBMN Ch. 1 - Road/Dispatcher/Switching, Reading Division South
*160.770 - RBMN Ch. 2 - Road/Dispatcher/Switching, Reading Division North
*161.310 - Yard Operations, Port Clinton. (Said to be RBMN "primary", by some - can YOU confirm any/all RBMN frequencies?)
*160.800 - Road/Dispatcher, Lehigh Division(Primarily NS)
SEPTA Regional Rail Division - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
*160.290 MoW/Trouble Desk/Catenary/Power/Signals(May affect Amtrak Keystone Service)
*160.350 South Road Repeater - Dispatcher 5 and 6 - Rail Operations Center “ROC” - South Conductor (SEPTA Regional Rail route, operating, West from 30th. St. station, Philadelphia, over Amtrak Keystone Service line, is called "R5"(Thorndale to Doylestown)
160.365 - SEPTA Yard (Powellton and Roberts Yards)
*160.380(161.340)- City Road Repeater - Dispatcher Desks 4 & 5 - City Conductor
160.395 - Yard Operations (Powellton & Roberts Ave Yards)
160.590(PL?) - North Road Repeater - Disp.1, 2, & 3, North Conductor
*160.635 - Keystone Service Road - SEPTA Frazer Yard(Along Amtrak mainline at Frazer, Pa.)
160.920 - AMTRAK Northeast Corridor Road(North/South through Philadelphia)
160.980 - CSX Road 1(Heard/used, locally, mostly as NS "yard" frequency, various locations.)
161.010 - AMTRAK Northeast Corridor Road, Trenton(New Jersey)
161.070 - CSX Road 2
161.460 - North Road Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 disp.
Strasburg Railroad
*161.235
A good "radio check", for LCR, is the SRR "radio check"! Every morning, generally between 9 and 10 am(Year-round), one can hear the SRR "locomotive of the day", check-in! Or maybe 2 engines? Or, if you're really lucky, "#10" is rolling, the SRR's super-refurbished, and super-historical, gas-powered railcar - the former "Little, Old & Slow" - Lancaster, Oxford and Southern, car, runs mostly in low-passenger traffic seasons(Making it even more fun!). If you haven't had a ride on #10, you haven't had a ride..!). Anyhow, "check-in" with the Strasburg, mornings, to confirm "all is well" with the radios, train(s), tracks, crews, and station. Yes, trains use locomotive numbers(Which, if one doesn't know already, can be looked-up on the web to see "what's running", today!). Exception: When Thomas the Tank Engine is running, the name "Thomas" is used by engineer, crew, and station for reporting on the radio. Go, Thomas! The SRR also does real freight hauling, which you can hear, too.
West Chester Railroad(Tourist Railroad)
160.605 Can YOU confirm is in use by WCR?
Wilmington & Western(Delaware Tourist Railroad)
???.??? (Any knowledge?)
York rail
*160.500 (Can YOU confirm "in use"?)
*161.370 (Can YOU confirm "in use"?)
Some frequencies, like York rail, maybe " in use" by YR, but not "hearable" from LCR scanner location, at least with current equipment? Or, so lightly used as to be "missed" by me. Please "confirm" you hear/have heard such frequencies ON LCR - or not.
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The feed is Primarily Somerset County, However, you can hear train movements from the following counties on here: Middlesex, Union, Essex, Monmouth, and Mercer counties. See feed info page for Rail Lines covered.
Scanner Model: Uniden BC785D
Antenna: TrainTenna Vertical Outdoor Model fed with LMR-400 Coax
Computer Info: HP T5630 Thin Client
Internet Connection: Verizon FIOS
Rail systems covered: Amtrak, NJ Transit, Conrail (CSAO), Norfolk Southern, CSX
This feed, located in South Bound Brook, NJ, less than 3,000ft from the busiest freight mainline in NJ, and 5 miles away from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor will feature the following channels in this feed:
Amtrak
NJ Transit
Conrail (CSAO)
Norfolk Southern
CSX
Detectors Heard:
Railroad traffic in the Washington DC area - monitored from Arlington Virginia. Includes Amtrak, CSX and Norfolk Southern frequencies on standard AAR channels Display Frequency 12 ATK DCTrmOps1 160.29000 16 ATK DCTrmOps2 160.35000 22 ATK Union Sta 160.44000 27 ATK MOW 160.51500 36 ATK C&S 160.65000 46 ATK Road1 160.80000 54 ATK NEC 160.92000 64 ATK Road2 161.07000 67 ATK Road3 161.11500 08 CSX Road 160.23000 12 CSX Yard 160.29000 14 CSX DSP 160.32000 16 Conrail12 160.35000 20 CSX CQ DSP 160.41000 58 CSX NIDS Phly 160.98000 59 CSX Road 160.99500 64 CSXT 161.07000 66 CSXAVDS-train 96 CSX Road 161.55000 92 CSX Jessup YM 161.49000 09 NS Dsp2train 160.24500 11 NS PBX 160.27500 20 NS Yard 160.41000 27 NS PBX 160.51500 35 NS PBX 160.63500 46 NS Main DS 160.80000 48 NS train2dsp 160.83000 50 NS Yard 160.86000 56 NS Road 1 160.95000 58 NS Yard 160.98000
Read moreThis audio feed provides coverage of Norfolk Southern's Roanoke District and the Buckingham Branch Railroad around Waynesboro and Afton, VARail
This audio feed provides coverage of Norfolk Southern’s Roanoke District “H-Line” between Shenandoah, VA and Stuarts Draft, VA. Audio is provided by a Motorola commercial radio coupled to a Traintenna mounted high atop Afton mountain. Coverage is extensive with continuous action. Radio scans AAR channels 22 (160.440), 23 (160.455) and 56 (160.950). Coverage also includes the Chesapeake Western (NS Subsidiary) between Elkton, VA, and Harrisonburg, VA as well as the Buckingham Branch Railroad between Crozet, VA and Staunton, VA.
Read moreThe NS Harrisburg East territory operates on AAR Channel 050 - 160.8600 MHz. This stream provides single-channel, wide area coverage. It does not scan. See "Feed Notes" for some interesting information about this stream.

After joining, the NS Harrisburg Division monitoring kit can then be downloaded at:
The NS Harrisburg East territory operates on AAR Channel 050 - 160.8600 MHz. This stream provides single-channel, wide area coverage. It does not scan. See "Feed Notes" for some interesting information about this stream.

After joining, the NS Harrisburg Division monitoring kit can then be downloaded at:
The NS Harrisburg Terminal territory operates on AAR Channel 058 - 160.9800 MHz. This stream provides single-channel, wide-area coverage from a high elevation. It does not scan. See "Feed Notes" for some interesting information about this stream.

Scanner Feed covering the CSX Cumberland, Metropolitan, Old Main Line Subs, Shenandoah Subs. As well as the Norfolk Southern H & B Lines from Hagerstown, MD to Charles Town, WV. Scanner is located near Brunswick, MD.
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