Butler, WI Regional Railroads and Noaa Weather Alert

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  BUTLER, WI REGIONAL RAILROAD RADIO
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  RAILROADS MONITORED
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▪ UNION PACIFIC "UP"
  { 04 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track Warrant }
  Dispatcher's Office Omaha, NE > Dispatcher 43 > 01 Subdivision >

  {Adams Subdivision: AAR-52. Note! Mile Post 00 starts at
  St. Paul and ends at Butler Jct. South Wye Mile Post 313.8}
  > Brenntag spur (MP 311.6) - Marcy (MP 308) *Detector MP 298.4*
  Rock (MP 286) *Detector MP 268.8* Clyman Jct./Radio (MP 276)
  • {Clyman Sub} > (MP 140 - MP 117) • - Dalton/Radio (MP 240)
  *Detector MP 236.2* Oxford (MP 221) *Detector MP 212.1*
  Adams/Radio (MP 201)

  Dispatcher Northeast > 03 Subdivisions >
  {Milwaukee Subdivision: AAR-25, 62, 80} *Main 1 & 2 MP 0.0 - MP 30
  & MP 76 - MP 96* > Proviso Yard/Radio (CPNO 00) - Deval (MP 12)
  >X CN Waukesha Sub - Shermer Jct./Radio + X (MP 17) > CPKC C&M Sub
  *Detector MP 22.5* KO Jct. (CPN0 29) > Kenosha Sub - Park City
  (MP 35) - Gurnee/Radio (MP 38) *Detector MP 44.2* Waxdale (MP 61)
  *Detector MP 63.2* Airport (CPNO 76) > Mains 1&2 < (CPNO 79) -
  St. Francis Jct. South Wye (CPN0 80) > Kenosha Sub *Detector MP 80.4*
  St. Francis Jct. North Wye (CPNO 80) • {National Spur} >
  (MP 80 - MP 83) • - St. Francis Jct. West Wye (CPNO 80) > Mains 1&2 -
  Mitchell Yard (MP 84) - Belton Jct. North Wye (MP 88) • {Waukesha Spur}
  > (MP 09 - MP 14) • *Dragging Equipment Detector MP 92.4* -
  *Division Headquarters* > Butler Yard/Radio [Burleighs MP 93,
  Shorties MP 94 and Hamptons MP 95.4 are main line yard lead cross
  overs. - Wallboard spur (MP 95) - {Tavern League Railcam MP 95.3}
  Highstand north yard 30 trk lead MP 95.9] - Butler Jct. South Wye
  (CPN0 96) > Mains 1&2 - {Kenosha Subdivision: AAR-62} *Metra operates
  between MP 00 & MP 51* > Chicago/Radio {Steel-Highway Railcam MP 00} -
  Lake Bluff Jct. (CPN0 30) > Milwaukee Sub - Waukegan/Radio (MP 35)
  *Detector MP 46.1* Kenosha (MP 51) - (CPNO 67/Radio) - Oakcreek
  (MP 69.6) WE Powerplant - Cudahy (MP 78) - St. Francis Jct. South Wye
  (CPN0 80) > Milwaukee Sub, {Shoreline Subdivision: AAR-25} Butler Jct.
  East Wye (CPN0 97) > *Detector MP 100.2* Wiscona Jct. (CPN0 102) •
  {Granville Spur} > (MP 92 - MP 99) • *Detector MP 114.7* -
  *Detector MP 128.6* Belgium (MP 131) - Edgewater Jct. (MP 146)
  WE Powerplant - Kohler Jct./Radio (MP 149) > WSOR

  Note! Switch jobs are YBU01, 65 etc. Locals are LBU51, 53 etc.
  Road trains are phonetically listed, some include a number:
  CWSAT, MALG3, MCHAL etc.

▪ WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN "WSOR/WAMX"
  { 03 Subdivisions / Track Warrant }
  Dispatcher's Office Wichita, KS > AAR-31
  {*Whitewater/Janesville radio covers Waukesha, Madison, Janesville
  Regions*}

  {Milwaukee Subdivision} > Grand Avenue Jct. (MP 87) > CPKC Watertown
  Sub - Glendale Yard > North Milwaukee (MP 92) - Junction Switch (MP 93)
  • {Plymouth Subdivision} > (Cedarburg MP 106 - Saukville MP 113 -
  Plymouth/Radio MP 139 - Keil MP 151 - Jct. CN) • - Granville Jct.
  (MP 101) *Milwaukee area yard office* > UP Granville Sub - DBR Jct./Radio
  (MP 103) • {Westbend Subdivision} > (Rockfield MP 105 - Jackson MP 110 -
  Rusco MP 114) • - Rugby (MP 113) - Ackerville (MP 117) > CN Interchange -
  Slinger Jct./Radio (MP 117.65) > CN Waukesha Sub {Steel-Highway Railcam
  MP 117.65} Iron Ridge Jct./Radio (MP 132) • {Mayville Spur} >
  (MP 132 - Mayville MP 140) • - Horicon Yard/Radio (MP 140)

  Note! Switch jobs are Y201, Y202 etc. Locals are L241, L247 etc. and
  L501, L599 etc. Road trains are T1, T3 etc.

▪ CANADIAN NATIONAL "CN"
  { 03 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track Authority / Track and Time }
  RTC's Office ("Rail Traffic Controller") Homewood, IL

  • Desk 15 & 12 = covers AAR-15, 45 Neenah/Green Bay Radio •
  {Neenah Subdivision: MP 160 - MP 249 & Fox River Subdivision: MP 208
  {Tavern League Railcam MP 242.9} MP 243. Note: Heard only during
  proper atmospheric conditions.

  • Desk 11, 12 & 15 = {Waukesha Subdivision: AAR-54, 72, 79, 91}
  *Metra operates between MP 15 & MP 55* > North *Fondulac Division
  Headquarters/Radio* (MP 158) {Tavern League Railcam MP 156.1}
  *Detector MP 144.6* - Lomira/Radio MP 142.8 - *Detector MP 131.2*
  Spur 126 (MP 126) *Detector MP 123.14* {Steel-Highway Railcam MP 122.5}
  Slinger Jct. (MP 122.5) > WSOR Milwaukee Sub - Ackerville/Radio (MP 120)
  > WSOR Interchange - Rugby (MP 118) *Detector MP 108.8* Quad (MP 107) -
  Duplainville X (MP 102) > CPKC Watertown Sub - {Tavern League Railcam
  MP 97.8} - Grand Avenue Jct./Radio (MP 97) > WSOR Waukesha Sub
  *Detector MP 94.0* - *Detector MP 86.15* Midway (MP 75) *Detector/Radio
  MP 78.7* {Steel Highway Railcam MP 72.3} - Nestle (MP 70) *Detector
  MP 64.5* Coach Yard/Radio MP 56.2 - Antioch (MP 55) *Detector MP 54.3* -
  *DRL Detector MP 49.4* Grayslake Jct.+X (MP 44) > CPKC Foxlake Sub
  *Detector MP 39.8* Trafton Jct./Radio +X (MP 38) > Leithton Sub
  (MP 60 - MP 00) *Detector MP 28.6* Deval X X (MP 23) > UP Milwaukee &
  Harvard Subs - Schiller Park/Radio (MP 17.4) Tower B-12 Jct.+ X (MP 15)
  > CPKC Elgin Sub *DRL Detector MP 13.9* - *Detector MP 11.1* Madison
  Street Jct. (MP 10) > CSXT.

  Note! Locals are L504, L510 etc. Road trains are phonetic with numbers:
  M349, Q118 etc. Also, all trains are required to announce location along
  with upcoming restrictions at mile posts ending in 5.

▪ CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY / AMTRAK "CPKC-AMTK"
  { 02 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track and Time }
  Dispatcher's Office Minneapolis, MN

  C&M / Elgin Dispatcher = {C&M Subdivision: AAR-44} *Metra operates
  between MP 00 & MP 32* > Chicago (MP 00) - Pacific Jct./Radio (MP 5.4
  > Elgin Sub MP 5.7 - MP 40) - Shermer Jct. + X (MP 9.0) > UP Milwaukee
  Sub *Detector MP 22.5* Rondout/Radio (MP 32) *Detector MP 36.8*
  Truesdell (MP 52) *Somers Detector/Radio MP 57.5* {Tavern League Railcam
  MP 61.59} Caledonia (MP 69) *Detector MP 72.7* Lake/Radio (MP 77) -
  *Muskego Yard/Radio* (MP 85) - Cutoff (MP 86)

  Wisconsin Dispatcher = {Watertown Subdivision: AAR-84, 94} > Grand
  Avenue Jct. (MP 87) > WSOR Milwaukee Sub - {Steel Highway Railcam
  MP 90.6} - Duplainville/Radio (MP 102) > X CN Waukesha Sub *Detector
  MP 108.2* Nashota (MP 113) {Tavern League Railcam MP 117.95} *Detector
  MP 118.0* - Cooney (MP 121) *Ixonia Radio MP 123.6* Watertown Jct./Radio
  + X (MP 131) X > UP Clyman Sub • Jct. > WSOR Watertown Sub - *Detector
  MP 139.3* Tamarack (MP 143) {Steel Highway Railcam MP 156.1} Dodge
  West/Radio (MP 157) - *Detector MP 159.9* - *Detector MP 172.3*
  Portage/Radio (MP 178).

  Note! Trains are variously numbered 141, 249 etc. Also, all trains are
  required to respond on radio with defect detector readings along with
  upcoming restrictions.

▪ AMTRAK
  Passenger trains operate over and are governed by CPKC radio and rules
  as above.
    Empire Builder     • (Chicago <-> Seattle):     7, 8
    Borealis           • (Chicago <-> Minneapolis): 1333, 1340
    Hiawatha Commuters • (Chicago <-> Milwaukee):
        Northbound: 329, 331, 335, 337, 339, 341, 343
        Southbound: 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 342

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  AAR ROAD CHANNELS  (Channel / Frequency)
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  15 / 160.335 (CN)      54 / 160.920 (CN)
  25 / 160.485 (UP)      62 / 161.040 (UP)
  31 / 160.575 (WSOR)    72 / 161.900 (CN)
  43 / 160.755 (CN)      79 / 161.295 (CN)
  44 / 160.770 (CP/AT)   80 / 161.310 (UP)
  45 / 160.785 (CN)      84 / 161.370 (CP/AT)
  52 / 160.890 (UP)      91 / 161.475 (CN)
                         94 / 161.520 (CP/AT)

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  NOAA WEATHER ALERT
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▪ NWS - MILWAUKEE
  The weather Emergency Alert System (EAS) repeater operates courtesy of
  the National Weather Service Milwaukee, a division of NOAA, which
  broadcasts as KEC60 on 162.400 MHz. "NWS" covers 11 counties within the
  Southeastern Wisconsin region 24/7 - 365. The alert is retransmitted
  through an on-site VHF 5 watt repeater. The emergency alert is set as
  priority but remains in standby mode until activated by "NWS" for the
  issuance of weather watches or warnings. A weekly test is also conducted
  by "NWS" on Wednesdays around noon (CDT).

  FCC • NWS Retransmit Regulations: 47 CFR 73.1207

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  RADIO FEED
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▪ RECEPTION
  Depending on terrain, atmospheric conditions and transmitter strength,
  the feed generally receives various dispatcher / RTC towers, base
  stations, wayside and mobile units within 0 to 50 miles of Butler, WI,
  USA.

▪ RADIO / SYSTEM
  Astron RS20A power supply, one Kenwood TK 7180 narrowband VHF receiver
  monitoring 15 Southeast Wisconsin regional AAR road channels, in tandem
  with a Kenwood TKR 7150 NOAA (EAS) VHF repeater as priority over AAR
  channels.

▪ ANTENNA / SYSTEM
  TK 7180 > 6db attenuator > 25 feet RG8U coax > 22db preamp/pass filter >
  65 feet RG8U coax out to Rohn 25G 50 foot tower > omni directional 3db
  antenna @ 60 feet to tip.

▪ SOFTWARE
  Feed operates 24/7 - 365 through a dedicated Hewlett Packard broadband
  server with a ScannerCast program feeding to Broadcastify. Radio feed is
  located in Butler, Wisconsin USA (Central Daylight Time Zone).

▪ FEED ARCHIVES
  All radio traffic is recorded in condensed 30 minute segments 24/7 - 365
  through Broadcastify's database and is retrievable through Feed Archives
  for one year from the current month/day. To hear desired radio traffic,
  first select Feed Archives, then select date and time (CDT).

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  CONTACT & INFO
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  Established:  04/22/2023
  Last Updated: 08/12/2026
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