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The Railfan's Guide to Wisconsin and Illinois Railroad Radio Frequencies This guide has been developed from a wide variety of sources, and it is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. However, to help make this guide as current, complete and accurate as possible, please send any additions or corrections to Dan Grudzielanek. Any updates are greatly appreciated and will be applied to all future versions of this guide.
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Alton & Southern Railway 160.335 15 Yard
East St. Louis Chicago Union Station / 14 th St. Yard 160.305 13 Terminal Road 160.740 42 Yard 161.265 77 Car Dept. 161.280 78 Shop 160.395 19 Maintenance of Way
Hiawatha Service
Empire Builder
California Zephyr
Illinois Zephyr / Carl Sandburg
Texas Eagle / Lincoln Service
City of New Orleans / Illini / Saluki
Cardinal / Hoosier State
Capitol Limited / Lake Shore Limited
Wolverine / Blue Water
Pere Marquette
Belt Railway of Chicago Kenton Line Sub. Cragin-55 th St. 59 th St. Sub. 55 th St.-Clearing Yard West Sub. Clearing Yard-IHB connections at Argo and 71 st St. 22 nd St. Yard, Elsdon Industrial Lead, Argo Industrial Lead 160.500 26 South Dispatcher Kenton Line Sub. 55 th St.-South Chicago
Clearing Yard
Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad ("Bloomer Line") 160.500 26 Repeater at Chatsworth BNSF Railway 160.335 15 Clyde Diesel Shop 160.365 17 Keokuk, La Crosse Yards 160.380 18 Chillicothe Sub. Williamsfield-Fort Madison 160.605 33 Ft. Madison Yard 160.650 36 Chillicothe Sub. McCook-Williamsfield 160.695 39 Ottumwa Sub. Galesburg-Halpin St. Croix Sub. La Crosse-St. Croix 160.785 45 Corwith Diesel Shop 160.815 47 Brookfield Sub. Galesburg-Birmingham 160.830 48 Willow Springs Yard 160.875 51 Eola, Rochelle Yards 160.980 58 West Quincy Yard 160.995 59 Corwith Yard, Willow Springs Yard, Logistics Park Chicago 161.010 60 Maintenance of Way (former ATSF) 161.100 66 Chicago Sub. Chicago Union Station-Montgomery Aurora Sub. Savanna-North La Crosse Beardstown Sub. Beardstown-Neilson, Vienna Jct.-Paducah Lakes Sub. Superior-Chub Lake Hinckley Sub. Coon Creek Jct.-Boylston 161.160 70 Aurora Sub. Aurora-Savanna Hannibal Sub. Burlington-West Quincy Beardstown, Centralia, Cicero, Naperville Yards 161.250 76 St. Paul Sub. St. Croix-St. Paul Allouez Sub. Saunders-Allouez Superior Terminal 161.385 85 Chillicothe Sub. Corwith-McCook Mendota Sub. Montgomery-Galesburg Beardstown Sub. Bushnell-Beardstown Peoria Sub. Galesburg-East Peoria Yates City Sub. Yates City-Vermont 161.415 87 Barstow Sub. Galesburg-Plum River Hannibal Sub. West Quincy-St. Louis 161.505 93 Maintenance of Way (former BN)
Galesburg
Burlington Junction Railway Calumet Transload Railroad 462.2625 Unknown Use 462.3125 462.4125 467.2625 467.4125 Canadian National Wisconsin Division 160.260 10 Manitowoc Sub Neenah-Cleveland Plover Sub. Plover-Wisconsin Rapids Saukville Sub. Mill-Saukville Shawano Sub. Shawano Jct.-Shawano Whitehall Sub. Wisconsin Rapids-East Winona 160.335 15 Ashland Sub. Ashland Jct.-Ashland Bradley Sub. Ladysmith-Rhinelander Iron Mountain Sub. Powers-Antoine Manistique Sub. North Green Bay-Soo Yard Pembine Sub. Crandon-Hermansville Valley Sub. Wausau-Bradley White Pine Sub. Marengo Jct.-White Pine 160.350 16 Superior Sub. Pokegama Yard-Carson 160.785 45 Fox River Sub. Neenah North-North Green Bay Neenah Sub. Shops Yard-Hoover New London Sub. Appleton-Manawa West Bend Sub. MP99.5-Rusco 161.295 79 Dresser Sub. Withrow-Dresser Medford Sub. Spencer-Medford Minneapolis Sub. Owen-Withrow Stinson Sub. Ambridge-Stinson Yard Superior Sub. Hoover-Pokegama Yard Valley Sub. New Lisbon-Wausau Waukesha Sub. Stateline-Shops Yard 161.385 85 Plover Sub. Stevens Point-Plover
Shops Yard
Green Bay
Neenah
Kaukauna / Kimberly / Little Chute
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Superior
Central and Chicago Divisions
Glenn Yard
Markham Yard
Joliet Yard
Kirk Yard
Gary Mill
Michigan Division Canadian Pacific Railway 160.770 44 C&M Sub. Chicago-Milwaukee River Sub. River Jct. West-St. Croix Fox Lake Sub. Rondout-Fox Lake 161.520 94 Watertown Sub. Milwaukee-Portage Tomah Sub. Portage-River Jct. West M&P Sub. Portage Jct.-Madison Elgin Sub. Tower A5-Randall Road 161.085 65 Maintenance of Way
Milwaukee
Superior
Central Illinois Railroad 160.980 58 General Operations 161.460 90 General Operations
Chicago Chemung Railroad Chicago Rail Link 160.935 55 General Operations
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad
Chicago Terminal Railroad 161.565 97 Elk Grove Switching Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad 160.350 16 General Operations CSX Transportation 160.230 / 160.290 08 / 12 Road / Dispatcher Altenheim Sub. Ogden Jct.-Madison St. Blue Island Sub. Blue Island Jct.-Ogden Jct. Garrett Sub. Willow Creek-Albion New Rock Sub. Joliet-Utica
160.230 / 160.320 08 / 14 Road / Dispatcher
160.230 / 160.980 08 / 58 Road / Dispatcher
160.230 / 161.070 08 / 64 Road / Dispatcher
Chicago
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Davenport Sub. Sabula Jct.-Nahant Bay Sub. Lake-Island 161.370 84 Marquette Sub. Sabula Jct.-La Crescent Mason City Sub. Marquette-Mason City 160.770 44 Rockford Sub. Rockford-Janesville Ottumwa Sub. Nahant-Ottumwa 161.430 88 Nahant, Savanna, Marquette Yards 160.530 28 West Davenport Yard Decatur Junction Railway 161.220 74 General Operations Eastern Illinois Railroad 160.815 47 General Operations 160.950 56 Switching
Effingham Railroad
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad 161.310 80 Yard
Evansville Western Railway 161.055 63 Switching
Illini Terminal Railroad System
Illinois & Midland Railroad 160.290 12 Yard
Illinois Railway 161.355 83 Montgomery and La Salle Lines
Illinois Western Railroad
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad West Dispatcher, Blue Island Yardmaster 160.485 25 IHB Mainline CP Grove-CP Ivanhoe Kankakee Line CP 502-Osborn East Dispatcher, Calumet City Industrial, Michigan Ave. Yardmaster 161.565 97 Blue Island Hump Yardmaster 161.535 95 Gibson West End Yardmaster
Indiana Railroad 161.055 63 Chicago Sub. Fayette-Bedford 161.535 95 Yard 160.620 34 Yard 160.260 10 Switching
Iowa Interstate Railroad Subdivision 2 Bureau-Peoria 160.305 13 Yard
Joppa & Eastern Railroad
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad 161.490 92 Switching Kansas City Southern Railway 161.460 90 Springfield Sub. SP Jct.-Roodhouse Roodhouse Sub. Roodhouse-Mexico Godfrey Sub. Roodhouse-Godfrey East St. Louis Terminal Sub. Godfrey-Church 161.025 61 Yard
Keokuk Junction Railway 161.430 88 General Operations 160.395 19 unknown use
Manufacturers’ Junction Railway
Metra 160.890 52 Chicago-Clybourn 161.040 62 Clybourn-Kenosha
Union Pacific—Northwest Line
Union Pacific—West Line
Milwaukee District—North Line
Milwaukee District—West Line
North Central Service
BNSF Railway
Heritage Corridor
Southwest Service
Rock Island District
Metra Electric
Southern/West District Luther (East St. Louis)-East Douglas
Chicago
Shawnee Terminal Railway 160.845 49 Yard South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway 160.335 15 General Operations
Tazewell & Peoria Railroad 160.530 28 Yard 161.235 75 Yard
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 161.310 80 Maintenance of Way
Madison Yard
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway 161.310 80 Yard
Tomahawk Railway 160.740 42 General Operations Union Pacific Railroad 160.890 52 Geneva Sub. Chicago-Meredith Rockwell Sub. Kedzie-Global One Kenosha Sub. Chicago-Clybourn Belvidere Sub. West Chicago-Rockford Troy Grove Sub. De Kalb-Troy Grove Adams Sub. Butler-Adams Altoona Sub. Adams-East Minneapolis Clyman Sub. Clyman Jct.-Fort Atkinson Chippewa Falls Sub. Cameron-Yukon Jct. Winona Sub. Wyeville-Tunnel City 161.040 62 Geneva Sub. Meredith-Clinton Harvard Sub. Clybourn-Janesville McHenery Sub. Crystal Lake Jct.-Ringwood Kenosha Sub. Clybourn-St. Francis Shoreline Sub. Butler-Sheboygan 160.485 25 Milwaukee Sub. Proviso-Butler Lake Sub. KO-Lake Bluff 161.265 77 Peoria Sub. Nelson-I&M Jct. 161.175 71 Belvidere, Global 3, Global 4, Waukegan, West Chicago Yards 160.410 20 Villa Grove Sub. 81 st St.-Woodland Jct. Pana Sub. Findlay Jct.-Lenox Tower Salem Sub. Findlay Jct.-Salem Mt. Vernon Sub. Salem-Gorham Marion Sub. Benton Jct.-West Vienna 161.085 65 Villa Grove Sub. Woodland Jct.-Villa Grove Pana Sub. Villa Grove-Findlay Jct. 161.550 96 Pickneyville Sub. Mt. Vernon-Chester Chester Sub. Valley Jct.-Charleston Jct. Sparta Sub. Hoyleton-Gage Jct. 161.280 78 Joliet Sub. Joliet-Bloomington Springfield Sub. Bloomington-Iles, Hazel Dell-Carlinville Pequot Sub. Pequot-Mazonia 160.560 30 Springfield Sub. Carlinville-Valley Jct. 160.455 23 Sheboygan Yard/Switching
Chicago
Janesville
East St. Louis
Vandalia Railroad
Vermilion Valley Railroad
Wisconsin Northern Railroad 160.440 44 Sand Plant Switching
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad 161.145 69 Yard
"Hot Spots" Blue Island Jct. 160.980 58 IHB Mainline 160.230 08 CSXT Blue Island Sub., Barr Sub. Road 160.290 12 CSXT Blue Island Sub. Dispatcher 160.320 14 CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher 160.590 32 CN Elsdon Sub. Road 160.530 28 CN Elsdon Sub. RTC
Brighton Park 160.230 08 CSXT Blue Island Sub. Road 160.290 12 CSXT Blue Island Sub. Dispatcher 160.920 54 CN Joliet Sub.
Centralia 160.950 56 NS Southern-West District Road 160.245 09 NS Dispatcher to Train 160.830 48 NS Train to Dispatcher 161.100 66 BNSF Beardstown Sub. 161.160 70 BNSF Yard
Danville 160.320 14 CSXT Woodland Sub. Dispatcher 161.370 84 CSXT CE&D Sub. Road 161.520 94 CSXT CE&D Sub. Dispatcher 160.290 12 CSXT Brewer Yard 160.440 22 NS Lafayette District 160.215 07 KBSR Road
Deval Tower 161.040 62 UP Harvard Sub. 160.920 54 Waukesha Sub. Road 161.295 79 CN Waukesha Sub. RTC
Dolton Tower 160.320 14 CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher 160.980 58 IHB Mainline 160.410 20 UP Villa Grove Sub.
Duplainville 161.520 94 CP Watertown Sub.
Franklin Park / Tower B12 160.920 54 CN Waukesha Sub.Road 161.295 79 CN Waukesha Sub. RTC 160.980 58 IHB Mainline
Galesburg Area (BNSF) 161.385 85 Mendota Sub., Peoria Sub. 161.415 87 Barstow Sub. 160.695 39 Ottumwa Sub. 160.815 47 Brookfield Sub. 160.875 51 Yard Control
Gorham 160.410 20 UP Mt. Vernon Sub.
Hayford 160.590 32 CN Elsdon Sub. Road 160.530 28 CN Elsdon Sub. RTC
Joliet Union Station 161.280 78 UP Joliet Sub. 160.920 54 CN Joliet Sub. 161.340 82 METRA Joliet Sub District 160.230 08 CSXT New Rock Sub. Road 160.290 12 CSXT New Rock Sub. Dispatcher
Milwaukee Area 160.485 25 Milwaukee Sub. 161.040 62 Kenosha Sub., Shoreline Sub. 160.890 52 Adams Sub., Granville Industrial Lead 161.175 71 National Ave. Industrial Lead 161.265 77 Butler Yard
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Wisconsin & Southern
Rochelle 161.175 71 UP Global 3 Yard 161.160 70 BNSF Aurora Sub. 160.875 51 BNSF Yard
Rondout 160.920 54 CN Leithton Sub. Road 161.475 91 CN Leithton Sub. RTC
State Line 160.320 14 CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher 161.250 76 NS Chicago District 160.485 25 IHB Calumet City Industrial 161.355 83 CSS Road
Valley Jct. 161.460 90 KCS East St. Louis Terminal Sub. 161.010 60 KCS Yard 160.770 44 ALS Road 160.410 20 ALS Gateway Yard (Inbound/Outbound) 160.335 15 ALS Gateway Yard 161.550 96 UP Chester Sub. 160.560 30 UP Springfield Sub. 160.470 24 UP Dupo Yardmaster (All UP trains contact yardmaster) |