[Scan-DC] Train Derailment

Fri Nov 9 18:20:36 EST 2007

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:25:46 -0400 "Euan Fisk" <dc2wheel at gmail.com>
writes:
> Train derailment near Anacostia Park near an ice skating rink - 
> apparently a
> CSX train hauling coal has derailed, 

TV crews are there. I believe that bridge is freight traffic only. Must
be near the Fort Dupont Ice Rink. Possibly the train was headed from or
to the Benning Yard. Hmm, what are good frequencies for that?

It's time for dinner. Let me just hand you everything, as of Sunday,
April 1, 2007. If nothing else, you can set your scanner to search from
160.215 MHz to 161.565 MHz.

				Railroads
      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 2, AU dispatcher
     15	160.335	---
     16	160.350	---
     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; Brunswick YM
     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	CSX NI Dispatcher, Trenton Div., from 03-04-07
     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	Amtrak Northeast corridor
     55	160.935	---
     56	160.950	old Southern Railway dispatcher
     57	160.965	Maryland Midland; NYCTA, Queens
     58	160.980	CSX PBX; CSX NI Road, Trenton Div., from 03-04-07
     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, CSX NI Road; Popes Creek Secondary
     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
     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	CSX NI Disp.; Landover, Herbert, Popes Creek subdivs. 
     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	AAR channel 97, the highest one in common use
     xx	452.900	end of train device
     xx	457.900 
     xx	452.925 
     xx	457.925 
     xx	452.950 
     xx	457.950
     xx	452.9125 
     xx	457.9125 
     xx	452.9375 
     xx	457.9375	end of train device
     xx	151.625	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train ops