[Scan-DC] live train site?

[Sean Hoyden]

Most of CSX is done via landline or SATCOM now, at least in the DMV and
pretty much all the way to Cumberland.  The CSX RF&P Sub to Richmond has
always been cab signaled, and thus no signal data is available to be
captured for ATCS Monitor.  AMTRAK is exclusively on cab signals across the
entirety of the Northeast Corridor to Boston.

I believe the CSX Philly Sub may still be on over the air signaling, but I
haven't checked in on that in a few years.  Norfolk Southern is almost
exclusively ATCS over the air, and can be viewed if you have the software
and the radio to get the data packets.  That would cover from CR Tower
(Alexandria) all the way to Front Royal and/or Lynchburg and most of the
rest of the NS lines in the mid-Atlantic.

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 9:08 AM Daniel Brown <daniel.h.brown at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> ATCS won’t get you much in the DC metro, at last check, due to CSX using
> Fiber connections for the data, not RF.  I’ve not messed with it for a
> while though, so that may have changed.  I’d be happy to be wrong :-)
>
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> > On May 12, 2022, at 8:35 AM, Bruce Harper <brucebharper at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 1:48 AM Scott wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a site to see live train data like flightradar24 or
> adsbexchange?
> >>
> >
> > There is a do-it-yourself monitoring program that runs on Windows and
> > allows you to track trains on a variety of railroads. See
> > http://www.atcsmon.com/ for information about the ATCS program and check
> > into the ATCS group on groups.io. The railroads use the Advanced Train
> > Control System to communicate via radio with lineside signals and
> switches.
> > The program displays this information on a track layout of the area being
> > monitored, either yourself feeding the radio signals to your computer and
> > the program or by connecting to a server run by someone else who makes
> the
> > data available. Because of agreements about the monitoring (the signals
> are
> > pulled from the open airwaves) the information isn't really
> > publicly shared, such as on a website as ADS-B Exchange or FlightAware.
> You
> > need to run the program to participate. The downside in areas that are
> > served by CSX is that those signals are shared via satellite, so are
> > unavailable to monitor -- leaving you in the dark if the train you hear
> is
> > on CSX tracks. At any rate, check it out, there is a robust community of
> > users who are (mostly*) willing to help.
> >
> > *There are some grumpy people on the email list who will jump on someone
> > who asks basic questions. They feel that someone should read all the
> > documentation and watch all the tutorial videos before asking for help.
> >
> > Bruce in Blacksburg
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