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This page is a shot-gun format presentation of various frequencies, originally developed during the Conrail era. For a more current, ordered, and readable format for the yard and the immediate area, see the Selkirk Radio Frequencies page.
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Albany Area
Active Frequencies
Selkirk Yard Primary:
160.860
[AAR 50]
Hump, East End, & Top End Yardmasters
Auto Facility
Fuel Plant & Car Deptartment as needed for train communications
Auto Facility
Fuel Plant & Car Deptartment as needed for train communications
Top End Yardmaster:
161.565
[AAR 97]
Other Local Frequencies
Other Selkirk/CSX Frequencies
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freq AAR comments: see codes at bottom
161.460 [90] (c) Selkirk Fuel Plant, Diesel Shop [ex-CR chan. 16]
161.325 [81] (c) Selkirk Car Dept
160.920 [54] (c) Selkirk Hump controller; also, Amt: NEC road south of Trenton [see also AAR60, road north]); LI: East River Tunnels
160.860 [50] (c) Selkirk Yard Primary [ex-CR chan. 3 (yard)]; also, CSX DeWitt yard; NS Seneca Yard; CR SAA North Jersey
160.335 [15] (r) Selkirk pulldown #1 [ex-CR chan. 11]
160.245 [09] (r) Selkirk pulldown #2 [ex-CR chan. 5]
160.440 [22] (r) Selkirk pulldown #3, paired w/pulldown 4; NJT Rail Operations MOW
161.430 [88] (r) Selkirk pulldown #4, paired w/pulldown 3 [ex-CR chan. 10 (track crews)]
160.875 [51] (o) CSX police
161.205 [73] (o) CSX police
161.070 [64] (c) CSX Hudson Subdivision [ex-CR chan. 2 (road)]; MN shop
160.980 [58] (r) CSX River Subdivision [ex-CR chan. 3 (yard/road); also, Frontier Yard (primary), Rochester (Goodman St.) Yard, DeWitt Yard
160.800 [46] (c) CSX Boston, Berhshire, & Post Road Subdivisions [ex-CR chan. 1 (road)]
Albany downtown area
freq AAR comments: see codes at bottom
160.455 [23] (r) Amt: shop (Rensselaer)
156.650 [--] (o) CSX (ex-CR): LAB, Albany/Rensselear harbor maritime users "channel 13"
161.100 [66] (c) D&H: North System (road N. of Central Bridge; Kenwood & Mohawk yards; E. Bing. yard) (see also South, AAR91)
160.530 [28] (r) D&H: yard (Kenwood & Saratoga)
160.320 [14] (o) D&H: Police
161.355 [83] (r) Albany Port RR
Other Frequencies Listed Variously for the Albany Area
freq AAR comments: see codes at bottom
161.130 [68] (r) CSX (ex-CR): PBX (maintenance, radio maintainer, B&B, C&S: "channel 3," "channel 4" } CR 161.13/160.71 paired
160.710 [40] (o) CSX (ex-CR): PBX } CR 160.71/161.13 paired
161.265 [77] (o) Amt: M of W, carmen; also, LI: yard/road
160.515 [27] (o) Amt: M of W; also, NS: ARN
160.635 [35] (o) Amt: station services (including Albany/Rensselaer), PHL-HAR road
160.275 [11] (o) Selkirk car dept. (always identical to AAR-81, but not always on the air); also, NS: ARN
160.380 [18] (o) Selkirk diesel shop (always identical to AAR-90, but not always on the air; also, LI: road
160.740 [42] (u) CSX (ex-CR): PBX (administration) }CR 160.74/161.565 paired
161.565 [97] (u) CSX (ex-CR): PBX }CR 160.74/161.565 paired
161.475 [91] (d) D&H South System (road & dispatch) south of Central Bridge
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Selkirk Yard
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freq AAR comments
161.860 [50] Primary Yard Frequency: Hump, East End, & Top End Yardmasters (including Auto Facility); as needed: Car Department & Fuel Plant
161.460 [90] Fuel Plant, Diesel Shop
161.325 [81] Car Dept
160.920 [54] Hump Controller
160.335 [15] Pulldown #1
160.245 [09] Pulldown #2
160.440 [22] Pulldown #3
161.430 [88] Pulldown #4
160.680 [38] CSX (ex-CR) Police
161.070 [64] CSX (ex-CR) NC (ex-Hudson) Dispatcher: Selkirk Subdivision (from CP-SW in Selkirk Yard to CP-175 on the Chicago Line)
160.800 [46] CSX (ex-CR) NB (ex-Berkshire) Dispatcher: Berkshire Subdivision; NC (ex-Hudson) Dispatcher: Castleton & Schodack Subdivisions
160.980 [58] CSX (ex-CR) NJ (ex-River Line) Dispatcher: River Subdivision
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Frequency Usage Westward from Albany
(west from Hoffman's)
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freq AAR comments 160.800 [46] CSX (ex-CR) ex-Chicago Line (ND, ex-Mohawk; NF, ex-Main Line; NG, ex-Terminal Dispatchers) 160.860 [50] CSX (ex-CR) ex-Chicago Line (Niagara Dispatcher) 161.070 [64] CSX (ex-CR) ex-Belt Line, Bridge, Lockport, Niagara Branch (Niagara Dispatcher) 160.680 [38] CSX (ex-CR) Police
DeWitt Yard, Syracuse
freq AAR comments 160.860 [50] Primary Yard Frequency: East End Yardmaster 160.350 [16] 160.410 [20] (not confirmed) 160.770 [44] Car Dept 160.980 [64] 160.155 (not confirmed: odd freq. -- not AAR -- maybe just local noise) 160.680 [38] CSX (ex-CR) Police 160.800 [46] CSX (ex-CR) ND (ex-Mohawk) Dispatcher; NF (ex-Main Line) Dispatcher west of MP 293.50 161.070 [64] CSX (ex-CR) NE (ex-St. Lawrence) Dispatcher (for Montreal Secondary)
CR Goodman Street Yard, Rochester
freq AAR comments 160.980 [64] Yard Frequency
Frontier Yard, Buffalo
freq AAR comments 160.980 [64] Primary Yard Frequency: Hump & West End Yardmasters 160.245 [09] Pulldown #1 160.410 [20] Pulldown #2 160.890 [52] Pulldown #3 161.055 [63] Pulldown #4 161.310 [80] Car Dept. 161.355 [83] 161.370 [84] Hump Controller 160.650 [36] 160.680 [38] CSX (ex-CR) Police 160.800 [46] CSX (ex-CR) NG (ex-Terminal) Dispatcher (NF [ex-Main Line] Dispatcher east of MP 427.1) 161.070 [64] CSX (ex-CR) Niagara Branch Dispatcher
Norfolk Southern, Buffalo Area
freq AAR comments 161.190 [72] Buffalo yard 161.250 [76] Ch 2 Road/Yard 160.440 [22] Ch 3 Yard 161.490 [92] Ch 4 Yard 161.145 [69] Ch 8 ARN (Telephone) 160.275 [11] 161.235 [75] Ch 9 ARN (Telephone) 160.515 [27] 161.205 [73] Police, Car to Car 160.995 [59] Seneca Yard switching channel
Delaware & Hudson, Buffalo
freq AAR comments 160.590 [32] SK Yard, Buffalo
New York, Susquehanna, and Western
freq AAR comments 161.295 [79] NYS&W channel 2 (road duplex, Northern Division) 160.620 [34] NYS&W channel 3 (road duplex, Northern Division)
Various Western N.Y. Short Lines
(more or less east to west)
freq AAR comments 161.070 [64] FG (Geneva) 161.100 [66] FG 161.370 [84] OM (Sodus) 161.370 [84] ON (Victor) 160.830 [48] LA (Avon) 160.305 [15] KP (Rochester) 160.770 [44] RS Road (Rochester) 161.100 [66] RS Yard 161.445 [89] RS 160.920 [54] FR (Lockport/Brockport) 160.500 [26] GW Road (various near Rochester) 161.100 [66] GW Yard 160.590 [32] GW Shop 161.355 [83] AR (Attica) 160.365 [17] AR 160.920 [54] DL (Batavia/Lancaster/Depew) 160.260 [10] BS (Buffalo) 161.190 [72] SB (Buffalo) 161.280 [78] SB
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Frequency Usage Northward from Albany
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freq AAR comments 161.100 [66] D&H North System (road N. of Central Bridge, Kenwood & Mohawk yards (see also South, AAR91); [3] D&H E. Bing. yard 160.530 [28] D&H yard (Kenwood & Saratoga) 161.160 [70] ST (ex-B&M) disp to train } paired freqs 161.520 [94] ST (ex-B&M) train to disp } 161.400 [86] ST (ex-B&M) road and yard 161.370 [84] ST (ex-B&M) maintenance 161.250 [76] ST (ex-B&M) police 160.965 [57] Bk 160.290 [12] VT 161.010 [60] VT 160.710 [40] C&P
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Frequency Usage Southward from Albany
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freq AAR comments
CSXT Hudson Subdivision (ex-CR Hudson Line)
161.800 [64] (road) CSXT Hudson Subdivision
161.070 [64] (disp) CSXT NC (ex-CR Hudson) DS
CSXT River Subdivision (ex-CR River Line)
160.980 [58] (road) CSXT River Subdivision
160.260 [10] (disp) CSXT NJ (ex-CR Delaware DS)
Metro North
160.950 [56] Metro North Hudson Division (road & dispatch)
- - - - -
160.800 [46] NS (ex-CR) Delaware Line, NJT (Suffern) to CP-Johnson
160.485 [25] NYS&W road, Southern Division
161.400 [86] NJT ch 6, Hoboken Division (to Suffern)
- - - - -
161.010 [60] Amt NEC north: Spuyten Duyvel to Penn Station (Penn Station Central Controller)
160.650 [36] Amt Station Services Penn Station
Frequency Usage Southward from Penn Station to Washington, D.C. (Amtrak Northeast Corridor)
freq AAR comments
Amtrak
161.010 [60] Amt NEC north: Penn Station to Morris interlocking (south of Trenton)
160.920 [54] Amt NEC south: Morris interlocking (south of Trenton) to Union Station/CP-Virginia (Union Station Central Controller)
160.440 [22] Amt Station Services Union Station (D.C.)
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CSXT Philadelphia Subdivision, AV DS
160.230 [08] Road
161.100 [66] AV DS
160.530 [28] Wilsmere yard
CSXT Baltimore Terminal Subdivision, AV DS
160.230 [08] Road
161.100 [66] AV DS
160.530 [28] Bayview Yard
161.055 [63] Penn Mary YM
160.470 [24] Locust Point YM
161.160 [70] Curtus Bay YM
CSXT Capital Subdivision, AU DS
(Northeast of D.C.)
160.320 [14] Road
160.230 [08] AU DS
161.490 [92] CSXT Jessup Yard YM
CSXT Metropolitan Subdivision, AU DS
(Northwest of D.C.)
160.800 [46] Road
161.340 [82] AU DS
CSXT Landover Subdivision, NI DS
(South side of D.C.: east into MD & Amtrak; through CP-Virginia; west into VA to CP-RO & RF&P Sub.)
160.800 [46] Road
161.340 [82] NI DS
CSXT RF&P Subdivision, CQ DS (CP-RO to Richmond, VA.)
161.550 [96] Road
160.410 [20] CQ DS
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Norfolk Southern
160.980 [58] NS Washington
Metro North
freq AAR comments 160.950 [56] Hudson Division (road & dispatch) 161.280 [78] Harlem Division (road & dispatch) 160.545 [29] New Haven Division (road & dispatch) 160.410 [20] New Haven Division (department resides) 161.220 [74] MTA Police 161.160 [70] dispatch (??)
Long Island
freq AAR comments 160.380 [18] LI ch 1, road: towers west of Hicksville; Montauk Branch (Valley, Babylon) 161.445 [89] LI ch 2, dispatching 161.265 [77] LI ch 3, yard/road: east of Hicksville, Port Jefferson Branch; Maspeth & Fresh Pond 161.535 [95] LI ch 4, train info 160.455 [23] MTA Police
Conrail (SAA) North Jersey
freq AAR comments 160.740 [42] North Bergen Yard 160.770 [44] Elizabeth Yard 161.355 [83] South Amboy Yard 160.800 [46] Oak Island Yard 160.245 [09] Oak Island Yard 160.800 [46] Trenton Line 161.070 [64] Lehigh Line 160.860 [50] Branch Line DS 160.980 [58] River Line
Various Philadelphia Area
freq AAR comments 160.860 [50] CSX (ex-CR) switching (S Philly Yd) 161.070 [64] CSX (ex-CR) road (Philly disp) 160.530 [28] CSX switching 160.230 [08] CSX road (AV disp) 160.875 [51] CSX PD 160.590 [32] D&H switching 160.425 [21] Amtrak: 30th Street Station area 160.650 [36]
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Frequency Usage Southwestward from Albany
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freq AAR comments 161.100 [66] CP (ex-D&H) D&H North System (road & dispatch north of Central Bridge, N.Y.) 161.475 [91] CP (ex-D&H) D&H South System (road & dispatch south of Central Bridge, N.Y.) 161.295 [79] NYS&W channel 2 (road duplex, Northern Division) 160.620 [34] NYS&W channel 3 (road duplex, Northern Division) 160.800 [46] CR Delaware Line, NJT (Suffern) to CP-Johnson
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Other Railroad Frequencies
(by principal road, with full notations:
some duplicates from directional lists, some odds-and-ends)
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Amtrak
freq AAR comments
160.920 [54] eastern U.S. operations; NEC Boston to New Haven & Morrisville, Penn., to Washington, D.C. (CP-Virginia)
161.010 [60] NEC: Morrisville to Penn Station; Penn Station to Spuyten Duyvil; Penn Station to New Rochelle
160.305 [13] western U.S. operations
160.650 [36] station services NEC (Penn Station [N.Y.])
160.440 [22] station services NEC (Union Station [D.C.])
452.900 [--] terminal services
457.900 [--] station administration
Amt, see also MN AAR78 below: [2], [3] Amt shop
CSX
ex-CR Freqs, in a nut-shell
freq AAR comments 160.800 [46] road 1 (road) 161.070 [64] road 2 (road) 160.860 [50] road 3 (yard/road) 160.980 [58] road 4 (yard) 161.130 [68] MoW 1 160.710 [50] MoW 2
CSX Frequencies, generally
freq AAR comments 160.230 [08] road 1 (ex-Chessie) 160.320 [14] road 2 (ex-Chessie) 160.530 [28] channel 3 (ex-Chessie) 161.160 [70] channel 4 (ex-Chessie) 160.800 [46] road 1 (ex-CR) 161.070 [64] road 2 (ex-CR) 160.860 [50] road 3 (ex-CR) 160.980 [58] road 4 (ex-CR) 161.100 [66] road (ex-Seaboard) 160.875 [51] police 161.280 [78] police 161.295 [79] police 160.710 [40] MoW 161.130 [68] MoW 161.175 [71] signal department 161.265 [77] / 160.395 [19] channel 1 PBX 161.430 [88] / 160.350 [16] channel 2 PBX 160.890 [52] / 161.415 [87] channel 3 PBX 160.290 [12] various (e.g., yard channels, RF&P) ... 160.410 [20] 160.590 [32] 160.740 [42] 161.100 [60] 161.355 [83] 161.490 [92] 161.520 [94] 161.550 [96]
Norfolk Southern
freq AAR comments 161.190 [72] NS Buffalo yard 161.250 [76] NS Ch 2 Road/Yard 161.490 [92] NS Ch 4 Yard 161.205 [73] NS Police - Car to Car 161.145 [69] NS Ch 8 ARN (Telephone) 160.275 [11] 161.235 [75] NS Ch 9 ARN (Telephone) 160.515 [27] 161.250 [76] NS road; NS Ch 2 Road/Yard; ST police
New York, Susquehanna, and Western
freq AAR comments 160.485 [25] NYS&W channel 1 (road, Southern Division) 161.295 [79] NYS&W channel 2 (road duplex, Northern Division) 160.620 [34] NYS&W channel 3 (road duplex, Northern Division)
Springfield Terminal
freq AAR comments
161.160 [70] ST (ex-B&M) disp to train } paired w/161.520
161.520 [94] ST (ex-B&M) train to disp } paired w/161.160
161.400 [86] ST (ex-B&M) road & yard; NJT ch 6, Hoboken Division (to Suffern); NJT Systemwide
161.370 [84] ST (ex-B&M) maintenance
160.620 [40] ST (ex-MC) road
160.380 [26] ST (ex-MC) road
161.250 [76] ST (ex-MC) yard
ST, see also NS AAR76 above: ST police
CN
freq AAR comments 160.935 [55] CN rail traffic control 161.415 [87] CN train-train
CP
freq AAR comments 160.425 [21] CP dispatch; CP ch 6 (train to dispatch)
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AAR Frequency Assignments
Railroad Channels & Frequencies
| Ch | Freq | Ch | Freq | Ch | Freq | Ch | Freq | ||||
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| 02 | 159.810 | 03 | 159.930 | 04 | 160.050 | 05 | 160.185 | ||||
| 06 | 160.200 | 07 | 160.215 | 08 | 160.230 | 09 | 160.245 | ||||
| 10 | 160.260 | 11 | 160.275 | 12 | 160.290 | 13 | 160.305 | ||||
| 14 | 160.320 | 15 | 160.335 | 16 | 160.350 | 17 | 160.365 | ||||
| 18 | 160.380 | 19 | 160.395 | 20 | 160.410 | 21 | 160.425 | ||||
| 22 | 160.440 | 23 | 160.455 | 24 | 160.470 | 25 | 160.485 | ||||
| 26 | 160.500 | 27 | 160.515 | 28 | 160.530 | 29 | 160.545 | ||||
| 30 | 160.560 | 31 | 160.575 | 32 | 160.590 | 33 | 160.605 | ||||
| 34 | 160.620 | 35 | 160.635 | 36 | 160.650 | 37 | 160.665 | ||||
| 38 | 160.680 | 39 | 160.695 | 40 | 160.710 | 41 | 160.725 | ||||
| 42 | 160.740 | 43 | 160.755 | 44 | 160.770 | 45 | 160.785 | ||||
| 46 | 160.800 | 47 | 160.815 | 48 | 160.830 | 49 | 160.845 | ||||
| 50 | 160.860 | 51 | 160.875 | 52 | 160.890 | 53 | 160.905 | ||||
| 54 | 160.920 | 55 | 160.935 | 56 | 160.950 | 57 | 160.965 | ||||
| 58 | 160.980 | 59 | 160.995 | 60 | 161.010 | 61 | 161.025 | ||||
| 62 | 161.040 | 63 | 161.055 | 64 | 161.070 | 65 | 161.085 | ||||
| 66 | 161.100 | 67 | 161.115 | 68 | 161.130 | 69 | 161.145 | ||||
| 70 | 161.160 | 71 | 161.175 | 72 | 161.190 | 73 | 161.205 | ||||
| 74 | 161.220 | 75 | 161.235 | 76 | 161.250 | 77 | 161.265 | ||||
| 78 | 161.280 | 79 | 161.295 | 80 | 161.310 | 81 | 161.325 | ||||
| 82 | 161.340 | 83 | 161.355 | 84 | 161.370 | 85 | 161.385 | ||||
| 86 | 161.400 | 87 | 161.415 | 88 | 161.430 | 89 | 161.445 | ||||
| 90 | 161.460 | 91 | 161.475 | 92 | 161.490 | 93 | 161.505 | ||||
| 94 | 161.520 | 95 | 161.535 | 96 | 161.550 | 97 | 161.565 | ||||
(for railroad assignments to these channels see the links page)
UHF Channels used by Railroads
452.900/457.900 . . . . . Amtrak 452.925/457.925 452.950/457.900 452.9125/457.9125 452.9375/457.9375 . . . . EOT devices (FREDs, train telemetry)
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Other Frequencies
Amateur Radio -- Railfan Frequencies
146.490 2m primary
146.565 2m secondary
223.620 1.25 meter
446.050 70 cm
1294.425 23 cm
notes: (1) on 2m, the calling frequency (146.52) may be more useful.
(2) listen for the webmaster, NC2S (ex-KA2GZT), on 2m.
Other Useful Frequencies
453.425 New York State Thruway 453.525 New York State Thruway
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References, Notes, and Abbreviations
References
| A number of these links are no longer active (e.g., Fordice, "Penny Bridge") but are retained here for historical note; they should be retrievable at the Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/ | |
| Note | Reference |
|---|---|
| [1] | mine |
| [2] | Gary Sturm & Mark Landgraf, The Compendium of American Railroad Radio Frequencies, 14th Edition (Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing, 1996). |
| [3] | John Roma |
| [4] | Scanner Pages of Jim Fordice |
| [5] | Penny Bridge |
| [6] | CR rule book |
| [7] | Trains Magazine |
| [8] | Grater Capital District Railfan Association |
| [9] | B,N,&LE |
| [10] | various other sources |
Activity Notes
(c) continuously active (r) regularly active (o) occassionally (infrequently) active (rare) rare (u) unconfirmed (d) distant frequency, not readilly heard in Albany proper
Abbreviations
Amt Amtrak AR Arcade & Attica (Attica) Bk Battenkill BS Buffalo Southern Railroad C&P Clarendon and Pittsford CN Canadian National CP CP Rail (Canadian Pacific) . D&H Delaware and Hudson CR Conrail DL Depew, Lancaster & Western (Batavia/Lancaster/Depew) DeWitt CSX (ex-CR) DeWitt Yard (Syracuse) FG Finger Lakes Railway (Geneva) FR Falls Road Railroad (Lockport-Brockport) Frontier CSX (ex-CR) Frontier Yard (Buffalo) GW Genesee & Wyoming KP Kodak Park Railroad LA Livonia, Avon & Lakeville (Avon) LI Long Island Rail Road MN Metro-North Commuter Railroad NJT New Jersey Transit (Rail Operations) NS Norfolk Southern OC Ontario Central (Victor) OM Ontario Midland (Sodus) RS Rochester & Southern SB South Buffalo Selkirk CSX (ex-CR) Selkirk Yard Seneca NS (ex-CR) Seneca Yard (Buffalo) ST Springfield Terminal NYS&W New York, Susquahanna, & Western VT Vermont Railroad
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