Analog Scanner for Rail Monitoring

[iceman977th]

I'm thinking about picking up a cheap analog scanner for scanning rail only. Are there better options? What would you all recommend? I was thinking the BC75XLT with a good high gain antenna.

[captncarp]

If you only want a few railroads programed the BC75XLT would be fine. If you want them all I would suggest the BC75's upgrade replacement the BC125XLT. It has all the railroad frequencies preprogramed. It also has Alpha Tags which are nice for knowing which railroad is talking.

[Rt169Radio]

Would you want a HT or a mobile/base scanner?

This is the lowest cost for a HT that Uniden has:

Uniden Bearcat BC72XLT Police Scanner Radio

And this is a good low cost base Uniden scanner:

Uniden Bearcat BC355N Police Scanner