[net.railroad] Scanner Radio info wanted

pat@pyuxqq.UUCP (Pat M. Iurilli) (04/21/86)

Does anyone have a listing of popular/most frequently used radio
frequencies used by railroads, or if they're are different for each
railroad, how about a listing of a few in various regions?  Also what
source can be used to obtain particular frequencies of particular
train lines?  Thanks in advance.
-- 
Pat M. Iurilli  Bell Communications Research  Piscataway, NJ
{allegra, ihnp4, topaz}!pyuxqq!pat

harryw@plx.UUCP (04/23/86)

> Does anyone have a listing of popular/most frequently used radio
> frequencies used by railroads, or if they're are different for each
> railroad, how about a listing of a few in various regions?  Also what
> source can be used to obtain particular frequencies of particular
> train lines?  Thanks in advance.
> -- 
> Pat M. Iurilli  Bell Communications Research  Piscataway, NJ
> {allegra, ihnp4, topaz}!pyuxqq!pat


Here are a few RR frequencies for the San Francisco Bay Area (and can be
applied to these railroads in general...)

Southern Pacific

161.55 Mhz	Main Road Channel (The one used by train<->dispatcher and
			train-train communication )
160.95		PBX 1	(Radiotelephone repeater freq used by track crews
			 and executive types to talk to dispatchers and others)
160.89		PBX 2	( same thing.. The main PBX frequency used around 
				Southern California)
160.400 (or 161.400?)  Railroad Police and track gang

Union Pacific

160.74		Main Road Channel (and yard channel used in Oakland)

Santa Fe

160.65 Mhz	Main Road Channel (systemwide)