Greater Sacramento Area Union Pacific and BNSF Railroads

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	Greater Sacramento Area Union Pacific and BNSF Railroads Live railroad communications on Union Pacific radio frequencies around Roseville, Donner Pass, and the greater Sacramento,CA area. Also, hear BNSF trackage-rights trains and Amtrak operating on UP lines in the coverage area.	Rail	4			Online

Feed Notes

Monitors the Union Pacific (UP) railroad around Roseville, Donner Pass, and the greater Sacramento, CA area.

UP frequencies monitored:

160.320 (Ch.014)
160.740 (Ch.042)
160.800 (Ch.046)
160.875 (Ch.051)
161.310 (Ch.080)
161.550 (Ch.096)
161.400 (Ch.086) Roseville Yard (Train Receiving/Departure, & Round House) *Not always monitored.
160.230 (Ch.008) Local Switching
160.680 (Ch.038) " "
160.290 (Ch.012) PBX - still active and used mostly by MofW in areas of the Feather River Canyon where cell service is poor.
160.605 (Ch.033) PBX

Other frequencies occasionally monitored:

BNSF Road Ch. 030 and 036 (160.560 & 160.650) Stockton Sub.
California Northern Ch. 085 (161.385) West Valley Sub.
Other Sacramento area shortlines SAV and SNRY

Feed covers railroad communications from the feed receiver located in Rocklin,CA. Typical coverage is North to Marrysville, South to Elk Grove, East to Colfax, and West to Davis. Depending on various conditions in weather, receiver performance can vary where increased or decreased reception range may be encountered.

UP Subdivisions covered fully or in-part by this feed are: Roseville (Dispatcher 74), Valley (Dispatcher 57 & 66), Canyon (Dispatcher 57), Sacramento (Dispatcher 56), Fresno (Dispatcher 57 & 56), Martinez (Dispatcher 57 & 62), Oakland (Dispatcher 58).

UP detectors that can be heard on this feed are located at the following mile posts (shown in red):

44.6 @ North Florin, 55.5 between Elk Grove and Need, and 91.1 Between Hunter St. and N. Lathrop (Fresno Sub).
111.9 track 1, 111.0, 112.2 track 2 in Rocklin/Loomis and 131.7 track 1, 130.8 track 2 near Bowman (Roseville Sub).
97.7 track 1 & 2 between Citrus Heights and Swanston, 78.7 between Mikon and East Davis, 63.2 between Pitt and Tolenas, 37.1 between Marsh and Benicia (Martinez Sub)
116.9 @ Lincoln and 136.4 between Ostrom and Binney Jct. (Valley Sub).
148.0 between Del Paso and Pleasant Grove and 161.1 between Pleasant Grove and Mounkes (Sacramento Sub).
69.5 between Ayala and Midway (Oakland Sub)
Additional detector, train, and dispatcher transmissions can be heard when tropospheric ducting and other phenomanon allow reception beyond typical receiver coverage. This occurs primarily during Spring and Summer months.