[Scan-DC] Rail road question.

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:05:29 -0500 "John Pak, hotmail"
<johnpak2001 at hotmail.com> writes:
> Greetings,
> I am traveling from Newcarrolton Md to Quantico Va via amtrak.
> Does any one know the frequencies that would cover that track area?

Two answers. One, brute force, i.e., all of them, given as AAR,
Association of American Railroad, channels:

Channel	Frequency	Service and AAR channel number
			
      7	160.215	AAR channel 7, the lowest one in common use
      8	160.230	old C&O/B&O dispatcher (AAR channel 8)
      9	160.245	Norfolk Southern ch. 2 dispatcher to train
     10	160.260	---
     11	160.275	---
     12	160.290	west end car department, Cumberland
     13	160.305	signal department, Cumberland
     14	160.320	CSX road
     15	160.335	---
     16	160.350	Amtrak car shops, Ivy City (AAR channel 16)
     17	160.365	---
     18	160.380	---
     19	160.395	---
     20	160.410	RF&P dispatcher, lineside detectors (AAR 20)
     21	160.425	Maryland Midland
     22	160.440	Amtrak red caps, Union Station, DC
     23	160.455	---
     24	160.470	east end car department, Cumberland
     25	160.485	---
     26	160.500	---
     27	160.515	---
     28	160.530	CSX ch. 3, west hump, Cumberland
     29	160.545	Maryland Midland
     30	160.560	---
     31	160.575	---
     32	160.590	---
     33	160.605	WMATA New Carrollton yard (AAR channel 33)
     34	160.620	WMATA Blue Line road (AAR channel 34)
     35	160.635	Norfolk Southern PBX, Manassas
     36	160.650	locomotive shop and ready track, Cumberland
     37	160.665	---
     38	160.680	---
     39	160.695	---
     40	160.710	---
     41	160.725	---
     42	160.740	---
     43	160.755	---
     44	160.770	---
     45	160.785	CSX ch. 8, MofW and signals, Sand Patch (AAR 45)
     46	160.800	Conrail road 1 (AAR channel 46)
     47	160.815	---
     48	160.830	---
     49	160.845	---
     50	160.860	---
     51	160.875	---
     52	160.890	CSX PBX for Sand Patch area
     53	160.905	---
     54	160.920	---
     55	160.935	---
     56	160.950	old Southern Railway dispatcher
     57	160.965	Maryland Midland; NYCTA, Queens
     58	160.980	CSX PBX
     59	160.995	Amtrak Ivy City car yards
     60	161.010	Baltimore MTA Light Rail Control Center
     61	161.025	---
     62	161.040	west end car department, Cumberland
     63	161.055	---
     64	161.070	Conrail road 2
     65	161.085	---
     66	161.100	---
     67	161.115	---
     68	161.130	Conrail PBX, maintenance
     69	161.145	---
     70	161.160	CSX ch. 4, east hump, Cumberland
     71	161.175	---
     72	161.190	---
     73	161.205	Amtrak police (AAR channel 73)
     74	161.220	locomotive shop and ready track, Cumberland
     75	161.235	WMATA Brentwood yard
     76	161.250	WMATA maintenance (channel 3)
     77	161.265	CSX PBX, Baltimore-Martinsburg
     78	161.280	---
     79	161.295	Amtrak Northeast Corridor police
     80	161.310	---
     81	161.325	---
     82	161.340	---
     83	161.355	---
     84	161.370	---
     85	161.385	WMATA police
     86	161.400	---
     87	161.415	WMATA (Alexandria yard?)
     88	161.430	---
     89	161.445	---
     90	161.460	---
     91	161.475	---
     92	161.490	old RF&P train to dispatcher (now 160.410)
     93	161.505	---
     94	161.520	CSX CM dispatcher, for Sand Patch (AAR 94)
     95	161.535	---
     96	161.550	RF&P road channel
     97	161.565	---
     
Two, to answer your question specifically, the ones you need:

     46	160.800	Conrail road 1 (AAR channel 46)
     20	160.410	RF&P dispatcher, lineside detectors (AAR 20)
     96	161.550	RF&P road channel

160.800 will work from New Carrolton to the Potomac River. Once you cross
that, switch to 160.410 and 161.550. The old RF&P is now CSX, and you
will be on it to Quantico.