The Railfan's Guide to Wisconsin and Illinois Railroad Radio Frequencies
Version 4.0
December 2007
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.
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Alton
& Southern Railway
160.770 44 Road
160.335
15 Yard
East
St. Louis
160.410
20 Inbound/Outbound
160.905
53 North Hump
161.445
89 South Hump
161.145 69 Pulldown
161.175
71 Car Dept.
Amtrak
Chicago
Union Station / 14th 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
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.770
44 Chicago-Milwaukee
(METRA/CP)
Empire
Builder
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.770
44 Chicago-Milwaukee
(METRA/CP)
161.520
94 Milwaukee-River
Jct. West (CP)
160.770
44 River Jct. West-St.
Croix (CP)
161.250
76 St. Croix-Hoffman
Ave. (BNSF)
160.770
44 Hoffman
Ave.-Merriam Park (CP)
160.560
30 Midway Station
(MNNR)
California
Zephyr
160.305
13 Chicago Union Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
161.100
66 Chicago-Aurora
(BNSF)
161.385
85 Aurora-Galesburg
(BNSF)
160.875
51 Galesburg Yard
Control (BNSF)
160.695
39 Galesburg-Burlington (BNSF)
Southwest
Chief
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
161.100
66 Chicago-Aurora
(BNSF)
161.385
85 Aurora-Galesburg
(BNSF)
160.875 51 Galesburg Yard Control (BNSF)
160.695
39 Galesburg-Cameron
(BNSF)
160.650
36 Cameron-Fort
Madison (BNSF)
Illinois
Zephyr / Carl Sandburg
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
161.100
66 Chicago-Aurora
(BNSF)
161.385
85 Aurora-Galesburg
(BNSF)
160.875
51 Galesburg Yard
Control (BNSF)
160.815
47 Galesburg-Quincy
(BNSF)
Texas
Eagle / Lincoln Service
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
161.190
72 Chicago (21st
St.)-Bridgeport (CN)
160.920
54 Bridgeport-Joliet
(CN)
161.280
78 Joliet-Ridgley
(UP)
160.560
30 Ridgley-Iles (UP)
160.440
22 Iles-Hazel Dell
(NS)
160.560
30 Hazel Dell-Wann
(UP)
161.460
90 Wann-WR Tower
(KCS)
160.560
30 WR Tower-Q Tower
(UP)
160.500
26 Q Tower-Grand Ave.
(TRRA) or WR Tower-Grand Ave. (TRRA)
160.305
13 St. Louis Station
(AMTK)
City
of New Orleans / Illini / Saluki
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
161.100
66 Union Ave. (BNSF)
161.190
72
Chicago-Carbondale/Fulton (CN)
Cardinal
/ Hoosier State
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.800
46 Chicago (21st
St.)-CP518 (NS)
160.440
22 CP518-74th
St. (METRA)
160.500
26 74th
St.-81st St. (BRC)
160.410
20 81st
St.-Thornton Jct. (UP)
160.590 32
Thornton Jct.-Maynard (CN Road)
160.530
28 Thornton
Jct.-Maynard (CN Dispatcher)
161.370
84 Maynard-Lafayette
(CSXT Road)
160.320
14 Maynard-Lafayette
(CSXT Dispatcher)
Capitol
Limited / Lake Shore Limited
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.800
46 Chicago-Toledo
(NS)
Wolverine
/ Blue Water
160.305
13 Chicago Union Station
Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.800
46 Chicago-Porter
(NS)
161.505 93 Porter-Kalamazoo (AMTK)
Pere
Marquette
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station Terminal Road (AMTK)
160.800 46 Chicago-Porter (NS)
160.230
08 Porter-Grand
Rapids (CSXT Road)
160.635
35 Porter-Grand
Rapids (CSXT Dispatcher)
Belt
Railway of Chicago
160.695
39 North Dispatcher à Cragin-55th
St., 59th St. Branch
160.500
26 South Dispatcher à 55th
St.-South Chicago
Clearing
Yard
160.965
57 Hump
161.445
89 East Yard
160.380
18 West Yard
161.295
79 Diesel Shop
Bloomer
Line
161.355
83 General Operations
BNSF
Railway
160.335
15 Clyde Diesel Shop
160.365
17 Keokuk, La Crosse
Yards
160.650 36 Chillicothe Sub. à Corwith-Fort Madison
160.695
39 Ottumwa Sub. à
Galesburg-Halpin
St. Croix Sub. à La
Crosse-St. Croix
160.785
45 Corwith Diesel Shop
160.815
47 Brookfield Sub. à
Galesburg-West Quincy
160.875
51 Eola, Rochelle
Yards
160.980
58 West Quincy Yard
160.995
59 Corwith Yard,
Logistics Park Chicago
161.010
60 Maintenance of Way
(former ATSF)
161.100
66 Chicago Sub. à Chicago
Union Station-Montgomery
Aurora Sub. à
Savanna-North La Crosse
Beardstown Sub. à
Beardstown-Neilson, Vienna Jct.-Paducah
Lakes Sub. à
Superior-Chub Lake
Hinckley Sub. à Coon
Creek Jct.-Boylston
161.160
70 Aurora Sub. à Aurora-Savanna
Hannibal Sub. à
Burlington-West Quincy
Beardstown, Centralia,
Cicero, Naperville Yards
161.250
76 St. Paul Sub. à St.
Croix-St. Paul
Allouez Sub. à
Saunders-Allouez
Superior Terminal
161.385
85 Mendota Sub. à
Montgomery-Galesburg
Beardstown Sub. à Bushnell-Beardstown
Peoria Sub. à
Galesburg-East Peoria
Yates City Sub. à Yates
City-Vermont
161.415
87 Barstow Sub. à Galesburg-Plum
River
Hannibal Sub. à West
Quincy-St. Louis
161.505
93 Maintenance of Way
(former BN)
Galesburg
160.875
51 Yard Control
160.365
17 Hump
161.385
85 East Yard
160.695
39 West Yard
161.505
93 Yard
160.395
19 Yard
161.475
91 Yard
160.845
49 Car Inspectors
Burlington Junction Railway
160.950
56 Switching at
Rochelle
Canadian
National Railway
Former DMIR, DWP, WC
160.260
10 Manitowoc Sub. à
Neenah-Cleveland
Plover Sub. à Plover-Wisconsin Rapids
Saukville Sub. à
Mill-Saukville
Shawano Sub. à Shawano Jct.-Shawano
160.335
15 Ashland Sub. à Ashland
Jct.-Ashland
Bradley Sub. à
Ladysmith-Argonne Jct.
Iron Mountain Sub. à
Powers-Antoine
Marinette Sub. à North
Green Bay-Gladstone
Pembine Sub. à
Crandon-Hermansville
White Pine Sub. à Marengo
Jct.-White Pine
160.350
16 Superior Sub. à
Parkland-Carson
160.785
45 Fox River Sub. à
Neenah-North Green Bay
Neenah Sub. à Shops
Yard-Stevens Point
New London Sub. à
Appleton-Manawa
West Bend Sub. à MP99.5-West
Bend
161.295
79 Dresser Sub. à
Withrow-Dresser
Medford Sub. à
Spencer-Medford
Minneapolis Sub. à
Owen-Withrow
Superior Sub. à Stevens Point-Parkland
Valley Sub. à New
Lisbon-Bradley
Waukesha Sub. à Forest
Park-Shops Yard
Whitehall Sub. à Wisconsin
Rapids-East Winona
161.385
85 Plover Sub. à Stevens
Point-Plover
161.550
96 Pokegama Yard
Shops Yard
160.260 10
Yardmaster
160.845 49
Yard South of Lake Shore Dr.
161.385 85
Yard North of Lake Shore Dr.
161.250 76
Southbound Yard
160.680 38
Car Dept.
161.070 64
Car and Locomotive Shops
Green
Bay
161.295 79 Hub Yard and Oakland Ave. Yard
160.845 49
South Yard
161.070 64
Industry Switching
161.250 76
Yardmaster, Mechanical Dept.
161.385 85
North Yard, McDonald Yard, Industry Switching
Neenah
160.335 15
Yardmaster
161.070 64
Yard
161.250 76
Yard
160.845 49
Yard
161.385 85
Neenah Foundry Switching
Kaukauna / Kimberly / Little Chute
161.250 76
Appleton-West Kimberly Industry Switching
Fox River Jct.-West Little
Chute Industry Switching
160.845 49 West Little Chute-Kaukauna Industry
Switching
161.295 79
West Kimberly-South Kaukauna Industry Switching
Stevens Point
160.335 15
Yardmaster
161.070 64
Yard
161.250 76 Yard
160.845 49
Yard
Wisconsin Rapids
160.335 15
Yard
161.070 64
Industry Switching
161.250 76
Industry Switching
161.385 85 Industry Switching
Former IC
161.190
72 Bluford Sub. à
Bluford-Metropolis Jct.
Cairo Sub. à
Cairo-Cairo Jct.
Centralia Sub. à
Centralia-Cairo
Champaign Sub. à
Champaign-Centralia
Chicago Sub. à 16th
St.-Champaign
Dubuque Sub. à
Freeport-Portage, East Dubuque-Waterloo
Edgewood Sub. à Edgewood
Jct.-Bluford
Effingham Sub. à Effingham-INRD
Jct. (Newton)
Freeport Sub. à 16th
St.-Hawthorn
Gilman Sub. à
Gilman-Farmersville
Peoria Sub. à
Mattoon-IC Jct.
160.920
54 Eldorado Sub. à Eldorado
Jct.-Akin Jct., Ferber-Eldorado
Joliet Sub. à
Bridgeport-Joliet
Sparta Sub. à Percy-Baldwin
St. Louis
Sub. à Du
Quoin-East St. Louis
160.755
43 Freeport Sub. à
Hawthorn-Freeport
Glenn Yard
160.815 47
Yard
161.460 90
Yard
161.505 93
Yard
Markham
Yard
160.755 43
Yard
160.815 47
Woodcrest Locomotive Shop
160.845 49 Gateway Intermodal
160.920 54
Car Dept.
161.280 78
Yard
161.460 90
Yard
161.505 93
Moyers Intermodal
Former GTW
160.590 32 Elsdon Sub. Road à Railport-Griffith
South Bend Sub. Road à
Griffith-South Bend
160.530
28 Elsdon Sub.
Dispatcher à
Railport-Griffith
South Bend Sub. Dispatcher à Griffith-South Bend
160.815
47 Yard
160.950
56 Maintenance of Way
Canadian
Pacific Railway
160.770
44 C&M Sub. à
Chicago-Milwaukee
River Sub. à River
Jct. West-St. Croix
Fox Lake Sub. à
Rondout-Fox Lake
161.520
94 Watertown Sub. à
Milwaukee-Portage
Tomah Sub. à
Portage-River Jct. West
M&P Sub. à Portage
Jct.-Madison