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
Elgin Sub. à Tower
A5-Randall Road
161.085
65 Maintenance of Way
Milwaukee
161.430 88 Muskego Yard (West End)
161.370
84 Muskego Yard (East
End/Burnham Bridge)
160.725
41 Menomonee Belt
Line
161.085
65 Bay View Spur
switching
Madison
161.430 88 Madison switching area
Bensenville
Yard
161.430
88 General
Yardmaster, east end of yard
161.085
65 West Yard
(industry yard west of UP bridge)
Bensenville Intermodal
Yard
Industry Yardmaster,
Intermodal Operations Coordinator
Schiller Park (CP
Intermodal Yard)
160.620
34 Hump Yardmaster,
Hump Operations, west end of yards east of UP bridge
160.470
24 Mechanical Dept.
(Car Dept. and Diesel Services)
Superior
161.520
94 Superior Terminal
160.770
44 Dispatcher
Central
Illinois Railroad
160.920
54 Hennepin Switching
160.980
58 Hennepin Switching
161.130
68 Elk Grove
Switching
161.310
80 Elk Grove, Chicago
Switching
161.400 86 Elk Grove, Chicago Switching
161.460
90 Hennepin Switching
161.490
92 Chicago Switching
Chicago
Chemung Railroad
No known radio operations
Chicago
Rail Link
160.935
55 General Operations
Chicago
South Shore & South Bend Railroad
161.355
83 Road à
Kensington-South Bend Airport
Chicago Terminal Railroad
161.550
96 General
Operations
Crab
Orchard & Egyptian Railroad
160.350
16 General
Operations
CSX
Transportation
160.230 / 160.290 08
/ 12 Road / Dispatcher
Altenheim Sub. à Rockwell St.-Madison St.
Blue Island Sub. à Blue Island Jct.-Rockwell St.
Garrett Sub. à Willow Creek-Auburn
New Rock Sub. à Joliet-Bureau
160.230 / 160.320 08
/ 14 Road / Dispatcher
Barr Sub. à Blue
Island Jct.-Willow Creek
Chicago Heights Sub. à Harvey-Thornton/end of track
Illinois Sub. à East St. Louis-Washington
Lake Sub. à Pine Jct.-Buff,
Hick-100th St.
Porter Branch à Ivanhoe-Porter (NS CP482)
161.370 / 161.520 84
/ 94 Road / Dispatcher
CE&D Sub. à Danville-Evansville
Decatur Sub. à Decatur-Hillsdale
Woodland Sub. à Woodland Jct.-Danville
161.370 / 160.320 84
/ 14 Road / Dispatcher
Monon Sub. à
Maynard-Lafayette
160.230 / 160.635 08
/ 35 Road / Dispatcher
Grand Rapids Sub. à Porter-Grand Rapids
161.070
64 St. Louis Line à St.
Louis-Indianapolis
Danville Secondary à Danville-Terre Haute
160.290
12 Brewer Yard
(Danville)
Chicago
161.310
80 Barr Yard (Ashland
Tower/West End)
160.395
19 Barr Yard (Halsted
Tower/East End)
160.275
11 Barr Yard Ready
Track (Diesel Shop Tracks)
161.370
84 59th
St. Yard
161.280
78 Bedford Park
Intermodal
East
St. Louis
161.280
78 Yard
160.530 28 Intermodal facility
160.875
51 Car Dept.
161.325
81 Rose Lake Yard
Decatur
Junction Railway
161.220
74 General Operations
Eastern
Illinois Railroad
160.815 47 General Operations
160.950
56 Switching
Effingham
Railroad
161.355
83 General Operations
Elgin,
Joliet & Eastern Railway
160.350
16 Eastern Sub. à
Joliet-Kirk Yard
Whiting Line à
Cavanaugh-Whiting Yard
Lakefront Line à South
Chicago-Kirk Yard
161.475
91 Western Sub. à
Waukegan-Joliet
Illinois River
Line à Goose
Lake-Walker
160.260
10 Kirk Yard
160.725
41 Steel Mill
Switching
161.550
96 Maintenance of Way
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
160.320 14 Road
161.310
80 Yard
Evansville
Western Railway
160.815
47 Road
161.055
63 Switching
Illinois
& Midland Railroad
160.950
56 Road
160.290
12 Yard
Illinois
Railway
161.055
63 Mt. Morris and Rockford Lines
161.355
83 Montgomery and La Salle Lines
Illinois
Western Railroad
161.355
83 General Operations
Indiana
Harbor Belt Railroad
160.980
58 IHB Mainline à B12-CP
Grove, Argo Industrial Track
West Dispatcher, Blue
Island Yardmaster
160.485
25 IHB Mainline à CP
Grove-CP Ivanhoe
Kankakee Line à CP
502-Osborn
Calumet City Industrial,
East Dispatcher, Michigan Ave. Yardmaster
161.565
97 Blue Island Hump
Yardmaster
161.535
95 Gibson West End
Yardmaster
Indiana
Railroad
161.100
66 Indianapolis Sub. à
Indianapolis-Lis
161.055
63 Chicago Sub. à
Fayette-Bedford
161.535 95 Yard
160.620
34 Yard
160.260
10 Switching
Iowa,
Chicago & Eastern Railroad
161.085
65 Chicago Sub. à Randall
Road-Sabula Jct.
Rockford Sub. à Rockford-Janesville
River Sub. à Sabula
Jct.-Nahant
161.370
84 Marquette Sub. à Sabula
Jct.-La Crescent
Mason City Sub. à Marquette-Mason
City
160.770
44 Kansas City Sub. à
Nahant-Kansas City
161.430
88 Nahant, Savanna,
Marquette Yards
160.530
28 West Davenport
Yard
Iowa
Interstate Railroad
161.220 74 Subdivision 1 à Bureau-Iowa City
Subdivision 2 à
Henry-Peoria
160.305
13 Yard
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad
160.215
07 Road
161.490 92 Switching
Kansas
City Southern Railway
161.460
90 Springfield Sub.,
Roodhouse Sub.
161.025
61 Yard
Keokuk
Junction Railway
160.395
19 General Operations
161.430
88 General Operations
Manufacturers’
Junction Railway
161.475
91 General Operations
Metra
Union
Pacific—North Line
160.890
52 Chicago-Clybourn
161.040
62 Clybourn-Kenosha
Union
Pacific—Northwest Line
160.890
52 Chicago-Clybourn
161.040
62
Clybourn-Harvard/McHenry
Union
Pacific—West Line
160.890
52 Chicago-Elburn
Milwaukee
District—North Line
160.770
44 Chicago-Fox Lake
Milwaukee
District—West Line
160.770
44 Chicago-Tower A5
161.520
94 Tower A5-Elgin
North
Central Service
160.770
44 Chicago-Tower A5
161.520
94 Tower A5-Tower B12
161.295
79 Tower B12-Antioch
BNSF
Railway
161.100
66 Chicago-Aurora
Heritage
Corridor
160.305
13 Chicago Union Station
161.190
72 Chicago-Bridgeport
160.920
54 Bridgeport-Joliet
Southwest
Service
160.305
13 Chicago Union
Station
160.440
22 Chicago-Manhattan
(Southwest Sub District)
Rock
Island District
161.340
82 Chicago-Joliet
(Joliet and Beverly Sub Districts)
161.610
-- 47th
St. Yard
Metra
Electric
161.025
61 Chicago-University
Park (University Park Sub District)
67th St.-South
Chicago (South Chicago Sub District)
CP15.21-Blue Island (Blue
Island Sub District)
160.470
24 18th
St. M.U. Facility
161.610
-- KYD Yard
Norfolk
Southern Railway
160.800
46 Chicago Line à
Chicago-Toledo
Kankakee District à
Osborn-Hennepin
161.070
64 CR&I
Industrial Tracks à
CP518-Ogden Jct.
161.250
76 Chicago District à 81st
St.-Fort Wayne
160.440
22 Lafayette District
à
Peru-Decatur
Brooklyn District à
Decatur-East St. Louis (Brooklyn Yard)
Springfield/Hannibal
District à
Decatur-Moberly
Bloomington District à
Bement-Peoria
SouthWest Line à 74th
St.-Manhattan
St.
Louis District à East St.
Louis-Louisville
160.950
56 Road
160.245
09 Dispatcher to Train
160.830
48 Train to Dispatcher
Chicago
161.250
76 Calumet Yard
161.070
64 Ashland Ave.,
Colehour Yards
160.860
50 51st
St., 55th St., Park Manor Yards
160.440
22 Landers Yard
Decatur
161.250
76 Yard
161.490 92 Yard
East
St. Louis
160.350
16 Yard
161.490
92 Yard
160.335
15 Former IT at
Alton, Wood River, Granite City
161.250
76 A&E District
Peoria
& Western Railway
161.430 88 Road
160.395
16 Yard
Pioneer
Industrial Railway
160.680
38 General Operations
Shawnee
Terminal Railway
161.070
64 Road
160.845
49 Yard
South
Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway
160.335
15 General Operations
Tazewell
& Peoria Railroad
160.470
24 Road
160.530
28 Yard
161.235 75 Yard
Terminal
Railroad Association of St. Louis
160.500
26 Road
161.310
80 Maintenance of Way
Madison
Yard
160.425
21 Pulldown
160.650
36 Hump
Toledo,
Peoria & Western Railway
161.400
86 Road
161.310
80 Yard
Tomahawk
Railway
160.290
12 General
Operations
160.740
42 General
Operations
Union
Pacific Railroad
160.890
52 Geneva Sub. à
Chicago-Meredith
Rockwell Sub. à
Kedzie-Global One
Kenosha Sub. à
Chicago-Clybourn
Belvidere Sub. à West
Chicago-Rockford
Troy Grove Sub. à De
Kalb-Troy Grove
Adams Sub. à
Butler-Adams
Wyeville Sub. à
Adams-Altoona
Altoona Sub. à
Altoona-East Minneapolis
Clyman Sub. à Clyman
Jct.-Fort Atkinson
161.040
62 Geneva Sub. à
Meredith-Clinton
Harvard Sub. à
Clybourn-Janesville
McHenery Sub. à Crystal
Lake Jct.-Ringwood
Kenosha Sub. à
Clybourn-St. Francis
Shoreline Sub. à Butler-Sheboygan
160.485
25 Milwaukee Sub. à
Proviso-Butler
161.265
77 Peoria Sub. à
Nelson-Barr
161.175
71 Belvidere, Global
Three, Waukegan, West Chicago Yards
160.410
20 Villa Grove Sub. à 81st
St.-Woodland Jct.
Pana Sub. à Findlay
Jct.-Lenox Tower
Salem Sub. à Findlay
Jct.-Salem
Mt. Vernon Sub. à
Salem-Gorham
Marion Sub. à Benton
Jct.-Vienna Jct.
161.085
65 Villa Grove Sub. à Woodland
Jct.-Villa Grove
Pana Sub. à Villa
Grove-Findlay Jct.
161.550
96 Pickneyville Sub. à Mt.
Vernon-Chester
Chester Sub. à Valley
Jct.-Poplar Bluff
Sparta Sub. à
Oakdale-Kellogg
161.280
78 Joliet Sub. à
Joliet-Bloomington
Springfield Sub. à
Bloomington-Iles
160.560
30 Springfield Sub. à Hazel
Dell-Valley Jct.
160.605
33 Maintenance of Way
160.455
23 Maintenance of Way
(Former CNW), Sheboygan Yard/Switching
161.400
86 Maintenance of Way
(Former SP)
Chicago
161.175
71 Proviso Yard
Terminal Coordinator
160.575
31 Proviso Yard Tower
Yardmaster, Global One
160.725
41 Proviso Yard Tower
Hump Yardmaster
160.455
23 Proviso Diesel
Shop
161.145
69 Yard Center
161.505
93 IMX Yard
Milwaukee
160.890
52 Granville
Industrial Lead
161.175
71 National Ave.
Industrial Lead
161.265
77 Butler Yard
Janesville
161.175 71 Yard
161.220
74 Yard
160.455
23 Hill Job
160.980
58 GM Job
Superior
160.890
52 Road
161.175
71 Itasca Yard
East St. Louis
160.470
24 Dupo Yardmaster
160.590
32 Dupo Yard
160.410
20 Car Dept.
160.875
51 Valley Yard
161.280
78 Valley Yard
Vandalia
Railroad
160.545
29 General Operations
Vermilion
Valley Railroad
Unknown
Wisconsin
Northern Railroad
160.350
16 General Operations
Wisconsin
& Southern Railroad
160.575
31 Road
161.145 69
Yard
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