How does Kalmbach find out scanner frequencies?

[Anonymous]

How do the authors of the Kalmbach scanner frequency books find out the many railroad frequencies?

[cprted]

If you know who to talk to, findind out frequencies isn't to hard. The railroads aren't super secrative about their radio frequencies, they don't care if some railfan is listening in.

[wabash1]

a radio tech once told me that none of the frequencies are held from the public. the law of the fcc is that all channels are to be made to the public. but there transmissions can be scrambled so you dont know what they are saying but you have the right to get them.

[Anonymous]

ALL A PERSON HAS TODO IS KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO TALK TO,IF YOU ASK A BREAKMAN OR A UILITILY MAN ALL THEY WILL TELL YOU IS THAT THEY SWITCH TO CHANNEL # AND THEY ARE THERE,RADIO SHACK ALSO HAS A FREQUENCIE BOOK OUT BUT WITH MAIN RR FREQUENCIES ONLY,"KALMBACH ARE BEST,BUT I ALSO FIND THE RAILROAD'S USE FREQUENCIES THAT ARE NOT PUBLISHED,THAT THE CASE IN TACOMA,WASH.,BNSF YARD,THEY HAVE E.EMD NORTH END & OTHERS=====HUB

[Anonymous]

These frequencies are public information and have been collected by different people. Kalmbach sells an excellent book which is a compendium of railroad radio frequencies. There are also various Web pages that list them, which you can find in a search engine. I have th Kalmbach book, and I suggest you get one.

[Anonymous]

One way I've found to find frequencies, especially in areas I'm visiting to railfan, is to use the search mode on my scanner. I set the limits from 160 to 162 megahertz (where most railroad frequencies are), and listen away. I have had to do that recently even at home, because BNSF has changed their channels here.
Kyle

[Jackflash]

All the above is correct, one additional way
FOR FREQUENCYS FOR ANY INDUSTRY railroad or
other industry is the FCC database, this is
public information, and you can access it via
the web.