Cant get RR on my scanner

[scannernut09]

Hey you guys I have a uniden bc15x scanner in my pickup. I live about 5 miles from one the busiest Union Pacific rails lines in the county and I cant get them on my scanner. Could someone help me? Thanks!!!!

 

[timkilbride]

Do you have the railroad frequencies programmed into your scanner?

Tim K.

 

[burner50]

Where are you located and what frequencies are you monitoring?

 

[wb0qqk]

What are some examples of the radio traffic one might hear on railroad frequencies?

 

[SCPD]

What are some examples of the radio traffic one might hear on railroad frequencies?

"What stripper is humping the pole tonight at the titty bar?"

Thats some of the stuff you'll hear on railroad radio.

 

[KF0SKV]

"What stripper is humping the pole tonight at the titty bar?"

Thats some of the stuff you'll hear on railroad radio.

That is just the tip of the iceberg......

 

[wb0qqk]

Mmmkay. I can hear that on 3.950 LSB during the "Free Thinker's Net." LOL !

 

[scannernut09]

I am located in bruning nebraska and do not have them programmed into my scanner which ones would i need to program and thanks!!

 

[burner50]

I am located in bruning nebraska and do not have them programmed into my scanner which ones would i need to program and thanks!!

Best bet is to program all 97 railroad frequencies in, but you dont live next to the extremely busy up line. Maybe the BNSF line, but I'm not sure how much traffic there is...

Railroad - The RadioReference Wiki


What will you hear on railroad frequencies.... 99.9999% boring average traffic (UP 5784 passing approach signal milepost 123.4 track two, out / UP DETECTOR MILEPOST EIGHT FIVE POINT FOUR TRACK ONE......... NO DEFECTS............ TEMPERATURE ONE NINE NINE DEGREES......... DETECTOR OUT)



With the remaining .0001% being something interesting to listen to (derailment, break in two, etc.)

 

[wb0qqk]

Okay, thanks. With most of public safety migrating to 800 trunked systems,
I was looking for some other services to program into my older VHF/UHF monitors.

 

[burner50]

Okay, thanks. With most of public safety migrating to 800 trunked systems,
I was looking for some other services to program into my older VHF/UHF monitors.

Where you're located, you'll get tired of the mundane traffic and lock out those channels before you hear anything interesting....

 

[Baylink]

"What stripper is humping the pole tonight at the titty bar?"

Thats some of the stuff you'll hear on railroad radio.

What; cause railroaders think there's only *one* stripper on the pole on any given night?

 

[timkilbride]

Best bet is to program all 97 railroad frequencies in, but you dont live next to the extremely busy up line. Maybe the BNSF line, but I'm not sure how much traffic there is...

Railroad - The RadioReference Wiki


What will you hear on railroad frequencies.... 99.9999% boring average traffic (UP 5784 passing approach signal milepost 123.4 track two, out / UP DETECTOR MILEPOST EIGHT FIVE POINT FOUR TRACK ONE......... NO DEFECTS............ TEMPERATURE ONE NINE NINE DEGREES......... DETECTOR OUT)



With the remaining .0001% being something interesting to listen to (derailment, break in two, etc.)

When I rode UP 844 to North Platte from Omaha, I didn't hear any detectors. I wasn't monitoring the road channel the whole trip, but I monitored a good portion of the time.

Tim K.

 

[KF0SKV]

When I rode UP 844 to North Platte from Omaha, I didn't hear any detectors. I wasn't monitoring the road channel the whole trip, but I monitored a good portion of the time.

Tim K.

3 years ago when 844 went into Missouri Valley, detector 335.3 melted down for about 5 minutes straight about dragging equipment, integrity failures, and hot journals.

 

[burner50]

When I rode UP 844 to North Platte from Omaha, I didn't hear any detectors. I wasn't monitoring the road channel the whole trip, but I monitored a good portion of the time.

Tim K.

I know for a fact that the three in Omaha are talk on defect only. And I just glanced.... There is 24 more along the way that are talk on defect only or equipped with hold signals.

 

[jasonkw]

Try these frequencies:
160.290
160.515
161.025
161.520

I found these in the FCC database licensed to Union Pacific in Thayer County.