Train Feeds

New Jersey - Essex - Freight Rail Lines

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.

FEED NOTES

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

• AAR 60 - 161.010 - NEC CETC Dispatch
• AAR 74 - 161.220 - Road #2

NJ Transit

• AAR 75 - 161.235 - Newark Division (Raritan Valley and North Jersey Coast Lines)
• AAR 22 - 160.440 - Maintenance of Way

Conrail (CSAO)

• AAR 50 - 160.860 - North Jersey Dispatch (Lehigh Line east of Manville, and Manville Yard)
• AAR 55 - 160.935 - South Jersey Dispatch (Port Reading Secondary, Chemical Coast, Other Secondary Lines)
• AAR 46 - 160.800 - Oak Island Yard, and misc communications
• AAR 58 - 160.980 - Metuchen Yard / Browns Yard (Shared with CSX Road)

Norfolk Southern

• AAR 64 - 161.070 - Lehigh Dispatcher (Lehigh Line west of Manville)
• AAR 88 - 161.430 - Maintenance of Way

CSX

• AAR 42 - 160.740 - Trenton Line (NI Desk - Selkirk)
• AAR 58 - 160.980 - Road (Shared with CSAO Metuchen / Browns Yard)
• AAR 52 - 160.890 - Unk Use
• AAR 34 - 160.620 - Unk USe

Detectors Heard:

• Conrail      - Middlesex, NJ - MP 30.5 - AAR 50 - 160.860
• Conrail      - South Plainfield, NJ -        AAR 55 - 160.935
• NJ Transit - Middlesex, NJ - MP 20.5 - AAR 75 - 161.235

New Jersey - Somerset - Passenger Rail Lines

Passenger Rail Feed in Somerset County, NJ that will monitor NJ Transit's Newark Division (Raritan Valley Line & North Jersey Coast Line), and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

FEED NOTES

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

This feed, located in South Bound Brook, NJ, less than 3,000ft from NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line, and 5 miles away from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor will feature the following channels in this feed:

Amtrak

• AAR 60 - 161.010 - NEC CETC Dispatch
• AAR 74 - 161.220 - Road #2

NJ Transit

• AAR 75 - 161.235 - Newark Division (Raritan Valley and North Jersey Coast Lines)
• AAR 22 - 160.440 - Maintenance of Way

Detectors Heard:

• NJ Transit - Middlesex, NJ - MP 20.5 - AAR 75 - 161.235

PA - North East - NS and CSX Railroads

FEED NOTES:

This feed includes CSX and NS traffic passing the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA

PA - NS Harrisburg East Dispatcher

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.

New Jersey - Mercer - Freight Rail Lines

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.

FEED NOTES

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

• AAR 60 - 161.010 - NEC CETC Dispatch
• AAR 74 - 161.220 - Road #2

NJ Transit

• AAR 75 - 161.235 - Newark Division (Raritan Valley and North Jersey Coast Lines)
• AAR 22 - 160.440 - Maintenance of Way

Conrail (CSAO)

• AAR 50 - 160.860 - North Jersey Dispatch (Lehigh Line east of Manville, and Manville Yard)
• AAR 55 - 160.935 - South Jersey Dispatch (Port Reading Secondary, Chemical Coast, Other Secondary Lines)
• AAR 46 - 160.800 - Oak Island Yard, and misc communications
• AAR 58 - 160.980 - Metuchen Yard / Browns Yard (Shared with CSX Road)

Norfolk Southern

• AAR 64 - 161.070 - Lehigh Dispatcher (Lehigh Line west of Manville)
• AAR 88 - 161.430 - Maintenance of Way

CSX

• AAR 42 - 160.740 - Trenton Line (NI Desk - Selkirk)
• AAR 58 - 160.980 - Road (Shared with CSAO Metuchen / Browns Yard)
• AAR 52 - 160.890 - Unk Use
• AAR 34 - 160.620 - Unk USe

Detectors Heard:

• Conrail      - Middlesex, NJ - MP 30.5 - AAR 50 - 160.860
• Conrail      - South Plainfield, NJ -        AAR 55 - 160.935
• NJ Transit - Middlesex, NJ - MP 20.5 - AAR 75 - 161.235

New Jersey - Warren - Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line -

This feed covers the NS Lehigh Line from Allentown Yard to Bloomsbury, NJ. In addition, the entire Washington Secondary, Portland Secondary, Cement Secondary and Bel Del line are also covered. Please read feed notes for more info!

FEED NOTES

INFO:

This feed is located out of Alpha, NJ and is adjacent to the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line at MP 72. This specific rail line sees up to 30 trains a day in traffic and is the gateway to the ports of New Jersey and New York. The feed ranges westward to Allentown yard (beginning of the Lehigh Line) and eastward to Flemington. This feed will be a big help for the many railfans in the area who are wanting locations on the next train in the area.

Frequencies Used:

161.070 - NS Lehigh Line Main

160.800 - NS Washington Secondary

              NS Portland Secondary

              NS Cement Secondary

160.470 - Belvidere & Delaware Railroad

160.860 - NS & NJT 

***REMEMBER*** This feed costs $$$ to operate! Donations are greatfully appreciated for continuous operation and improvements to the feeds! If you would like the feed to be stronger with a broader range, donating even just a few dollars will come a long way! Donations can be made at paypal at conrailenola@yahoo.com

 Special thanks to these facebook pages for their contributions on keeping this stream running!

https://www.facebook.com/AltoonaPaRailfan?fref=ts (AltoonaPaRailfan)

Any questions, feel free to contact me!

Connor Frasier

connor_frasier@yahoo.com

PA - Cumberland - NS Harrisburg Terminal Dispatch

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.

FEED NOTES

• Harrisburg Chapter - National Railway Historical Society:   www.HarrisburgNRHS.org

• Dan Rapak - WA3ATV
• and Jeff Vinton - W2JSV for their efforts in making this feed possible.

• The Buffalo Line from STONEY at milepost BR 302.8 in Dauphin, PA to its terminus/junction with the Pittsburgh Line at ROCKVILLE at milepost BR 306.2.
• The Harrisburg Line from BURKE interlocking at milepost HP 104.2 near Hummelstown, PA to HARRISBURG at milepost HP 112.9 at Harris Tower in downtown Harrisburg.
• The Lurgan Branch from SHIP at milepost LG 40.1 in Shippensburg, PA to PAXTON and CAPITOL at LG 0.0 in Harrisburg.
• The Pittsburgh Line from McVey at milepost PT 179.6 at McVeytown, PA to HARRISBURG at milepost PT 105.1 at Harris Tower in downtown Harrisburg.
• The Port Road Branch between Enola Yard and its connections with The Pittsburgh Line at MARY at milepost EP 73.7 / PT 110.9 and at BANKS at milepost EP 76.1 / PT 113.2.
• The Royalton Branch from ROY at milepost RY 11.0 in Royalton, PA to PAXTON at milepost RY 21.9 in Harrisburg.
• The Hill Industrial Track (what’s left of it) in Harrisburg, PA
• The Rutherford Industrial Track which serves the Rutherford Intermodal Yard.
• The Steelton Industrial Track from Harrisburg to Steelton, PA.

• Traffic for Enola Yard connecting to The Pittsburgh Line at MARY at milepost EP 73.7 / PT110.9 and at BANKS at milepost EP 76.1 / PT 113.2.
• Traffic for Harrisburg Yard at ROCKVILLE at PT 109.9 and HARRISBURG interlocking at HP 112.9.
• Traffic for Rutherford Intermodal Yard via the Tower, Fare and Ford hand switches on the Rutherford Industrial Track. The Rutherford Industrial Track connects to The Harrisburg Line at RUTH at HP 108.8 and BEAVER at milepost HP 105.0.
• Interconnection with Amtrak at HARRISBURG interlocking at milepost HP 112.9. This is the western terminus of the electrified northeast corridor's Keystone Line. Amtrak trains continuing west beyond Harrisburg use Norfolk Southern trackage and connect to NS at HARRISBURG interlocking.
• Trains at the Harrisburg Fuel Pad. This fueling station is located on the mainline for east-west trains at milepost PT 107.5 of the Pittsburgh Line between ROCKVILLE and HARRISBURG interlockings.

• MP 103.3 - DE, HB, HW (BURKE interlocking)
• MP 105.0 - HC  (BEAVER interlocking - Thorofare Track and Rutherford Siding, eastbound only)
• MP 112.9 - DE, HB, HC (HARRISBURG interlocking)

• MP 6.8 - DE, HB
• MP 28.0 - DE, HB

• MP 113.2 - DE, HB, HC   (BANKS interlocking)

• MP 73.1 - HC  (Track G)
• MP 73.3 - HC  (Tracks C and D)
• MP 73.5 - HC

PA - Dauphin - NS Harrisburg East Dispatcher

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.

FEED NOTES

• Harrisburg Chapter - National Railway Historical Society:   www.HarrisburgNRHS.org
• Central Pennsylvania Repeater Association:   www.w3nd.org/
• South Mountain Communications, Inc.:   home.ptd.net/~bauker/smc.htm

• Brian Auker - N3JYD
• Gary Blacksmith - WA3CPO
• Kevin Maglouglin - KA0JQO
• Dan Rapak - WA3ATV
• and Jeff Vinton - W2JSV for their efforts in making this feed possible.

• The Harrisburg Line from PHOENIX interlocking at milepost HP 27.5 near Phoenixville, PA to BURKE interlocking at milepost HP 104.2 near Hummelstown, PA.
• The Reading Line from WYOMISSING JUNCTION at milepost HP 61.2 / TW 9.4 at Wyomissing, PA to BLANDON interlocking at milepost RV 7.5 / TK 0.0 at Blandon, PA.
• The Pottsville Branch
• The Cornwall Industrial Track (what’s left of it)
• The Evansville Industrial Track
• The Pottstown Industrial Track
• The Reading Industrial Track
• The Richmond Street Industrial Track
• The Spruce Street Industrial Track
• The 11th Street Industrial Track

• Traffic in and out of Reading Yard between BELT interlocking and OLEY interlocking.
• Interchange traffic with the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad through BELT interlocking to Reading Yard.
• Work at Dyer’s Quarry on the Harrisburg Line Main Track (the “Turkey Path”) at Milepost GV 16.5.
• PRL’s Lancaster & Northern exercising trackage rights between their connection to the NS Harrisburg Line at Sinking Springs (between WYOMISSING JCT and DORF interlocking on Track 2) and Reading Yard for interchange.
• Work at the PPC ethanol terminal at Sinking Springs, also between WYOMISSING JCT and DORF interlocking on Track 2.
• Work by the “Hershey Shifter” moving cars between the various plants of Hershey Foods by way of several hand crossovers and hand switches between BURKE interlocking and MALLARDS interlocking.
• You may also hear the NS Harrisburg Terminal Dispatcher on this frequency giving required verbal authorizations for trains to enter the Rutherford Industrial Track at BEAVER interlocking (only 0.8 miles west of the division post at BURKE interlocking.)

• MP 34.5 - DE, HB
• MP 46.9 - DE, HB
• MP 56.0 - HC (TITUS interlocking)
• MP 60.9 - HC (WYOMISSING JCT)
• MP 63.5 - DE, HB
• MP 79.8 - DE, HB
• MP 90.5 - DE, HB
• MP 103.3 - DE, HB, HW (BURKE inerlocking)
• MP 105.0 - HC (BEAVER interlocking - Thorofare Track and Rutherford Siding, eastbound only)

•  MP 61.3 - HC (BELT interlocking.)

• MP 0.8 - DE, HB

After joining, the NS Harrisburg Division monitoring kit can then be downloaded at:

PA - Erie - NS and CSX Railroads

FEED NOTES

This feed includes CSX and NS traffic passing the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA

PA - Lancaster - Lancaster County Rail

161.235 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.

FEED NOTES

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.