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07-28-2009, 09:29 AM
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Anyone listen to the Union Pacific?
Anybody listen to the RR in central Iowa? Hoping someone can tell me who is using 160.6800 around Marshalltown. Sounds like maint. crews, but I thought one guy was talking about a welding crew. Are they the same? Also lots of good skip on the rail band this morning. I have been getting the BNSF on 161.1000 all morning . Mike
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07-28-2009, 10:10 AM
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I used to work for UP in that yard even! Let me find my timetable for ya, then you can have an up-to-date list of the channels.
38-38 sounds right for the road crews from memory
14-14 is marshalltown yard
52-52 is the road channel
71-71 is the branch line to osky
I'll find my timetable and get you the real info...
KCØGIK
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07-28-2009, 10:29 AM
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That would be great! They must be replacing track somewhere close, or repairing existing track. I usually just scan the the whole RR band, never know what might pop up (like today). Mike
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07-28-2009, 02:11 PM
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Maintenance in the way commonly uses 38-38 (160.68) for their operations, but they must clear trains on the road channel.
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07-28-2009, 02:44 PM
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Jason, do these crews(maint.) come from all over, or are they local? Do certain ones specialize in certain tasks? Mike
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07-28-2009, 02:45 PM
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Just caught that, "in the way",pretty funny.LOL Mike
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07-28-2009, 08:55 PM
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I've heard the UP do track maint. quite often on 151.625mhz. in northwest ill.
N9ZAS.
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07-29-2009, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Haley
Jason, do these crews(maint.) come from all over, or are they local? Do certain ones specialize in certain tasks? Mike
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It really depends on what they're doing. Certain gangs specialize in certain things... Bridges, Curves, Etc, Etc.
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Just caught that, "in the way",pretty funny.LOL Mike
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07-29-2009, 09:22 AM
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Thanks for the help guys, still catching them today on CH.38(160.6800). Mike
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07-30-2009, 03:42 AM
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If you ever get around the TRT909 machine, they use at least a half of a dozen frequencies, if not more. Google TRT 909. It pulls out wooden ties, lays down a concrete one, and changes out both rails all at the same time. I'm sure it does more, but that is what I recall off hand.
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07-30-2009, 09:07 AM
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Thanks for that Info Tim, I will check it out! I have heard of the TRT909, just never seen it. I need to get down by the yard, they usually stage a bunch of maint. crews and equipement down there.(couple of empty industrial parking lots). I have been using the 346XT, with a RR band search (Diamond Antenna) does a pretty good job for Railroad freq. Mike
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08-02-2009, 06:37 PM
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Is there any reason to listen to rail frequencies unless they are doing track work in your area? I have a very busy set of tracks right here in my town (the tracks that parallel hwy 30) and I never hear anything.
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08-02-2009, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kc0jar
Is there any reason to listen to rail frequencies unless they are doing track work in your area? I have a very busy set of tracks right here in my town (the tracks that parallel hwy 30) and I never hear anything.
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Turn the volume up
Try 160.89 for Tama/Toledo. You should at least be able to hear the dispatcher with a halfway decent antenna...
Then again... maybe not. Tama sits in kindof a black hole for RF... Couldnt talk simplex from downtown tama to battleground crossing locomotive to locomotive...  |
08-03-2009, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by burner50
Turn the volume up
Try 160.89 for Tama/Toledo. You should at least be able to hear the dispatcher with a halfway decent antenna...
Then again... maybe not. Tama sits in kindof a black hole for RF... Couldnt talk simplex from downtown tama to battleground crossing locomotive to locomotive... |
I don't live there anymore, I'm in Blairstown. Same tracks though. Just nothing else around. |
08-04-2009, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kc0jar
I don't live there anymore, I'm in Blairstown. Same tracks though. Just nothing else around.
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Boy....................you moved to the BIG CITY.
I haven't been to B'town for years......... |
08-04-2009, 06:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IowaGuy1603
Boy....................you moved to the BIG CITY.
I haven't been to B'town for years.........
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It's actually a really nice little town, I was surprised. T/T is a shit-hole and I work there, so I split the different and moved halfway back home. |
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