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Radio Frequencies
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:11 AM
I just got a new scanner. Does anyone know the frequencies for Norfolk Southern and CSX. Thanks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:41 PM
You may try radio shack or any amaturer ratdo store they have (and some bookstores have a commincations magizines
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Posted by oltmannd on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:33 PM
NS and CSX freqs vary by location and they use multiple freqs in the same locale for different functions.

Kalmbach sells a pretty good book of freqs. You should be able to order it at this web site somewhere.

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Posted by oltmannd on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:53 PM
A list on the web http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/roma/rr-freqs

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:14 AM
Thanks that has what I needed.
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Posted by trainsrus1 on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:39 PM
Not knowing what part of the country you live in it might be a crap shoot looking for the right ones. I have narrowed down the list to a few that I have found to be the most used.
Norfolk Southern
Dispatch to train channel 2 160.245
Train to dispatch channel 2 160.830
These two are used together and you will have to scan both to hear both sides of a conversation.
Road channel 1 161.190
Road channel 2 161.250
Road channel 3 160.440
Road channel 4 160.770
Road channel 5 160.950
CSX
Road / Dispatcher 160.230 161.100
Dispatcher 160.290
160.320
160.920
160.980
Road 160.590

The four dispatcher freq. are used in pairs with the one road freq. so you may have match them for the area you are trying to hear.
I have also found that NS uses repeaters so you can hear them from a greater distance. I'm about 100 miles from Chicago and I can hear NS in and around their yards. Of coarse I do have an outside ant. which helps. Good luck Scanning.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:05 PM
ROBERT: GO TO YOUR LOCAL TRAIN STORE,YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BY RAILROAD FREQUENCY BOOK,IT BREAKS FREQUENCY'S TO WHICH RAILROAD THEY BELONG TO,BOOKS NOT VERY BIG AND EASY TO CARRY I KEEP MINE UNDER MY DRIVERS SEAT,I USE A HANDHELD 50 CHANNEL FROM RADIO SCHACK,VERY GOOD ON BATTERIES.==HUB
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 6, 2001 4:04 PM
ROBERT:THE BOOK YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR AND MAYBE BY,IS TITLED"COMPENDIUM OF RAILROAD RADIO FREQUENCICES",PUBLISHED BY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS WEB SITE,I HAVE THE 15TH EDITION, I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY,VERY MUCH ,HAS MAPS AND MAJOR FREQUENCIES FOR THE TWO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR,AS WELL AS REST OF RAILROADS PLUS ALL PASSENGER FREQUENICES..(AMTRAK) HAVE FUN HUB

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