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Railfanning & Radio Monitoring
How to begin monitoring and spotting trains using radio
A. Straatveit
K3NHT
Getting Started
The local railroads
Railmaps
Finding railfan spots
Finding railfans
Tuning in
Listening
Freight Timetables & Schedules
Passenger Railroads
Waiting...
What can be heard?
Data Channels
EOT Device
ATCS Monitor
Online Resources
Questions?
The Local Railroads
Google & Bing Maps
North American Railroad Map
Finding Railfan Spots
Finding Railfans
Where:
Local Examples:
Museums
Railfan Groups
Rail Modelers
Train Shows
Historical Societies
Volunteer Railroads
By The Tracks
National Railroad
Historical Society
Riverdale Park Railfans
Baltimore Streetcar
Musuem
Walkersville Southern
Railroad
Pope's Creek Railfan
Group
RF&P Historical Society
Tuning In (Voice)
Current AAR Channels
12.5/6.25 kHz Spacing
Local Railroads
CSX
Norfolk Southern (NS)
Amtrak
MARC
VRE
DC Metro
Listening: Freight
Defect Detector
Channels Box
14: 160.320
08: 160.230
Listening: Passenger Railroads
Metrorail
Amtrak, MARC, VRE
Constant Communications
Use road channels of track owners
RadioReference.com
Database search
Waiting...
What can be heard?
Engineers &
Crew
Signal Calls
Dispatchers
Train
Numbers
Defect
Detectors
Data Channels
EOT (End Of Train)
Device
No more caboose
Little red box
ATCS (Signaling)
Monitor
EOT (End Of Train) Device
What is the EOT?
What do you hear?
How Can I use EOT
Data?
Frequencies:
457.9375 MHz (Tail)
452.9375 MHz (Head)
ATCS Monitor
Realtime updates of train
locations
Interactive “dispatcher”
view
Web interactive data
Receiver updates (Icom
R1500)
EOT Monitoring Possible
1+ Hour lead time on
trains
Only works in certain
areas
800 MHz & 900 MHz
Channel – 2
CSX
MCP – 896.9375
BCP - 935.9375
Channel – 5
Norfolk Southern
MCP – 897.9375
BCP - 936.9375
ATCS Monitor
Online Resources
http://www.on-track-on-line.com/
http://www.modernrailroading.com/DigitalLibrary/CSX/i
ndex.htm
http://www.atcsmon.com/
http://www.railroadmap.com/
http://maps.bing.com
http://maps.google.com
http://www.dpdproductions.com
http://thesquirrelconspiracy.com
http://youtube.com/fedoramentok/
Some Frequencies
Capitol Sub:
Road: 160.230
Disp: 160.320
Old Main Sub:
Road: 160.230
Disp: 160.320
Metro Sub:
Road: 160.230
Disp: 160.320
Baltimore Term Sub:
Pope's Creek Sub:
Road: 160.230
Disp: 161.100
R&D: 161.070
RFP Sub:
Road: 161.550
Disp: 160.410
A few more Frequencies
Yards:
Jessup 161.490
Benning 160.800
Amtrak
NEC
160.920
Be safe and
photograph every
train!
[email protected]
A. Straatveit
K3NHT