The Railfan's Guide to Wisconsin and Illinois Railroad Radio Frequencies Version 8.0 January 2015

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1 The Railfan's Guide to Wisconsin and Illinois Railroad Radio Frequencies Version 8.0 January 2015 This guide has been compiled from a wide variety of sources, and it is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. However, to help make this guide as current, complete and accurate as possible, please send any additions or corrections to dlanek78@att.net. Any updates are greatly appreciated and will be applied to all future versions of this guide. Alton & Southern Railway Road Yard East St. Louis Inbound/Outbound North Hump South Hump Pulldown Car Dept. Amtrak Chicago Union Station / 14 th St. Yard Terminal Road Yard Car Dept Shop Maintenance of Way Hiawatha Service Chicago-Rondout (METRA/CP) Rondout-Milwaukee (CP) Empire Builder Chicago-Rondout (METRA/CP) Rondout-Milwaukee (CP) Milwaukee-Medary East (CP) Medary East-St. Croix (CP) St. Croix-St. Paul Union Depot (BNSF) California Zephyr Chicago-Aurora (BNSF) Aurora-Galesburg (BNSF) Galesburg Yard Control (BNSF) Galesburg-Burlington (BNSF) Southwest Chief Chicago-Aurora (BNSF) Aurora-Galesburg (BNSF) Galesburg Yard Control (BNSF) Galesburg-Cameron (BNSF) Cameron-Fort Madison (BNSF)

2 Illinois Zephyr / Carl Sandburg Chicago-Aurora (BNSF) Aurora-Galesburg (BNSF) Galesburg Yard Control (BNSF) Galesburg-Quincy (BNSF) Texas Eagle / Lincoln Service Chicago (21st St.)-Joliet (CN) Joliet-Iles (UP) Iles-Hazel Dell (NS) Hazel Dell-Carlinville (UP) Carlinville-Wann (UP) Wann-Q Tower Track 1 (UP) Wann-Q Tower Track 2 (UP) Q Tower-St. Louis (TRRA) St. Louis Station (AMTK) City of New Orleans / Illini / Saluki Chicago-Carbondale/Fulton (CN) Cardinal / Hoosier State Chicago (21 st St.)-CP518 (NS) CP th St. (METRA) th St.-81 st St. (BRC) st St.-Thornton Jct. (UP) Thornton Jct.-Maynard (CN Road) Thornton Jct.-Maynard (CN RTC) Maynard-Lafayette (CSXT Road) Maynard-Lafayette (CSXT Dispatcher) Capitol Limited / Lake Shore Limited Chicago-Toledo (NS) Wolverine / Blue Water Chicago-Porter (NS) Porter-Kalamazoo (AMTK) Pere Marquette Chicago-Porter (NS) Porter-Grand Rapids (CSXT Road) Porter-Grand Rapids (CSXT Dispatcher) Belt Railway of Chicago North Dispatcher South Dispatcher Kenton Line Sub. Kenton Line Sub. Cragin-55 th St. 59 th St. Sub. 55 th St.-Clearing Yard West Sub. Clearing Yard-IHB connections at Argo and 71 st St. 22 nd St. Yard, Elsdon Industrial Lead, Argo Industrial Lead 55 th St.-South Chicago Clearing Yard Humpmaster East Yardmaster, South Clearing Industrial District (SCID)

3 West Yardmaster, North Clearing Industrial District (NCID) Diesel Shop, Car Dept. Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad ( Bloomer Line ) General Operations Repeater at Chatsworth BNSF Railway Clyde Diesel Shop Keokuk, La Crosse Yards Chillicothe Sub. Williamsfield-Fort Madison Ft. Madison Yard Chillicothe Sub. McCook-Williamsfield Ottumwa Sub. Galesburg-Halpin St. Croix Sub. La Crosse-St. Croix Corwith Diesel Shop Brookfield Sub. Galesburg-Birmingham Willow Springs Yard Eola, Rochelle Yards West Quincy Yard Corwith Yard, Willow Springs Yard, Logistics Park Chicago Maintenance of Way (former ATSF) Chicago Sub. Chicago Union Station-Montgomery Aurora Sub. Savanna-North La Crosse Beardstown Sub. Beardstown-Neilson, Vienna Jct.-Paducah Lakes Sub. Superior-Chub Lake Hinckley Sub. Coon Creek Jct.-Boylston Aurora Sub. Aurora-Savanna Hannibal Sub. Burlington-West Quincy Beardstown, Centralia, Cicero, Naperville Yards St. Paul Sub. St. Croix-St. Paul Allouez Sub. Saunders-Allouez Superior Terminal Eola Yard Chillicothe Sub. Corwith-McCook Mendota Sub. Montgomery-Galesburg Beardstown Sub. Bushnell-Beardstown Peoria Sub. Galesburg-East Peoria Yates City Sub. Yates City-Vermont Barstow Sub. Galesburg-Plum River Hannibal Sub. West Quincy-St. Louis Maintenance of Way (former BN) Galesburg Yard Control Hump Yard Yard Car Inspectors Burlington Junction Railway Rochelle Division Calumet Transload Railroad Unknown Use

4 Canadian National Wisconsin Division Barron Sub. Ladysmith-Poskin Manitowoc Sub. Neenah-Cleveland Plover Sub. Plover-Wisconsin Rapids Saukville Sub. Mill-Saukville Shawano Sub. Shawano Jct.-Shawano Whitehall Sub. Wisconsin Rapids-East Winona Ashland Sub. Ashland Jct.-Ashland Bradley Sub. Ladysmith-Rhinelander Iron Mountain Sub. Powers-Antoine Manistique Sub. North Green Bay-Soo Yard Pembine Sub. Hermansville-Argonne Jct. Valley Sub. Wausau-Bradley Superior Sub. Pokegama Yard-Carson Fox River Sub. Neenah North-North Green Bay Neenah Sub. Shops Yard-Hoover New London Sub. Appleton-Manawa West Bend Sub. MP99.5-Rusco Dresser Sub. Withrow-Dresser Medford Sub. Spencer-Medford Minneapolis Sub. Owen-Withrow Stinson Sub. Ambridge-Stinson Yard Superior Sub. Hoover-Pokegama Yard Valley Sub. New Lisbon-Wausau Waukesha Sub. Stateline-Shops Yard Plover Sub. Stevens Point-Plover Shops Yard Yardmaster Yard Tracks & Northbound Trains Southbound Trains RIP Tracks (Tracks & 51-54) Car and Locomotive Depts., Eden Spur, WSI Spur, Quad Lead Green Bay Yard Yard Yard Neenah Yardmaster Yard Yard Kaukauna / Kimberly / Little Chute Appleton-West Kimberly Industry Switching Fox River Jct.-West Little Chute Industry Switching West Little Chute-Kaukauna Industry Switching West Kimberly-South Kaukauna Industry Switching Stevens Point Yardmaster A Yard Switching B Yard Switching Roundhouse, Uptown Mill Wisconsin Rapids

5 Yard Industry Switching Industry Switching Industry Switching Superior Pokegama Yard Central and Chicago Divisions Lakefront Sub. RTC South Chicago-Kirk Yard Matteson Sub. RTC E. Bridge Jct.-Kirk Yard Freeport Sub. Crawford Yard-Alworth Bluford Sub. Bluford-Metropolis Jct. Cairo Sub. Cairo-Cairo Jct. Eldorado Sub. Eldorado Jct.-Akin Jct., Ferber-Eldorado Freeport Sub. 16th Street-Crawford Yard Illinois River Sub. Road River-Divine Joliet Sub. Bridgeport-Jackson St., South Joliet-Plaines Lakefront Sub. Road South Chicago-Kirk Yard Leithton Sub.Road Trafton-E. Bridge Jct. Matteson Sub. Road E. Bridge Jct.-Kirk Yard P&I Railroad Burlington Jct.-P&I Jct. Sparta Sub. Percy-Baldwin St. Louis Sub. Du Quoin-Church (East St. Louis) Waukegan Sub. Road Lake-Waukegan Waukesha Sub. Road Forest Park-Stateline Bluford Sub. Edgewood Jct.-Bluford Centralia Sub. Sandoval Jct. (Centralia)-Illinois (Cairo) Champaign Sub. Leverett Jct. (Champaign)-Sandoval Jct. (Centralia) Chicago Sub. 16 th St.-Leverett Jct. (Champaign) Dubuque Sub. East Jct. (Freeport)-Portage, East Dubuque-Waterloo Effingham Sub. Effingham-INRD Jct. (Newton) Freeport Sub. Alworth-East Jct. (Freeport) Gilman Sub. Gilman-Farmersville Peoria Sub. Mattoon-IC Jct Waukesha Sub. RTC Forest Park-Stateline Illinois River Sub. RTC River-Divine Leithton Sub. RTC Trafton-E. Bridge Jct. Waukegan Sub. RTC Lake-Waukegan Glenn Yard Yard Yard Yard Markham Yard Yard Woodcrest Locomotive Shop Gateway Intermodal Car Dept Yard Yard Moyers Intermodal Joliet Yard Yard Yard Yard Kirk Yard Yard

6 Michigan Division South Bend Sub. Road Griffith-Emmett Street South Bend Sub. RTC Griffith-Emmett Street Maintenance of Way Canadian Pacific Railway West Davenport Yard C&M Sub. Chicago-Rondout Fox Lake Sub. Rondout-Fox Lake Ottumwa Sub. Nahant-Ottumwa River Sub. Medary East-St. Croix Rockford Sub. Rockford-Janesville C&M Sub. Rondout-Milwaukee Chicago Sub. Randall Road-Sabula Jct. Davenport Sub. Sabula Jct.-Nahant Bay Sub. Lake-Island Maintenance of Way Marquette Sub. Sabula Jct.-La Crescent Mason City Sub. Marquette-Mason City Nahant, Savanna, Marquette Yards Elgin Sub. Tower A5-Randall Road Watertown Sub. Milwaukee-Portage Tomah Sub. Portage-Medary East M&P Sub. Portage Jct.-Madison Milwaukee Muskego Yard Muskego Yard Muskego Yard General Yard Master Madison Madison switching area Bensenville Yard General Yardmaster, east end of yard West Yard (industry yard west of UP Bridge) Bensenville Intermodal Yard Industry Yardmaster, Intermodal Operations Coordinator Schiller Park (CP Intermodal Yard) Hump Yardmaster, Hump Operations, west end of yards east of UP Bridge Mechanical Dept. (Car Dept. and Diesel Services) Superior Superior Terminal Dispatcher Central Illinois Railroad General Operations General Operations General Operations Chicago Chemung Railroad No known radio operations Chicago Rail Link General Operations

7 Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad Kensington-South Bend Airport Chicago Terminal Railroad General Operations Elk Grove Switching Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad General Operations CSX Transportation / / 12 Road / Dispatcher Altenheim Sub. Ogden Jct.-Madison St. Blue Island Sub. Blue Island Jct.-Ogden Jct. Garrett Sub. Willow Creek-Albion New Rock Sub. Joliet-Utica / / 14 Road / Dispatcher Barr Sub. Blue Island Jct.-Willow Creek Woodland Sub. Woodland Jct.-Danville Elsdon Sub. Griffith-Elsdon Chicago Heights Sub. Blue Island Jct.-Material Service Lake Sub. Pine Jct.-Buff, Hick-100 th St. Porter Branch Ivanhoe-Porter (NS CP482) / / 58 Road / Dispatcher Illinois Sub. Black Lane (East St. Louis)-Washington / / 64 Road / Dispatcher St. Louis Line Sub. Willows (East St. Louis)-Gale (Indianapolis) Danville Secondary Danville-Terre Haute / / 94 Road / Dispatcher CE&D Sub. Danville-Evansville Decatur Sub. Hillsdale-Decatur / / 12 Road / Dispatcher Monon Sub. Maynard-Lafayette / / 35 Road / Dispatcher Grand Rapids Sub. Porter-Grand Rapids Chicago Barr Yard (Ashland Tower/West End) Barr Yard (Halsted Tower/East End) Barr Yard Ready Track (Diesel Shop Tracks) th St. Yard Bedford Park Intermodal Danville Brewer Yard East St. Louis Yard Intermodal facility Car Dept Rose Lake Yard

8 Decatur Junction Railway General Operations Eastern Illinois Railroad General Operations Switching Effingham Railroad General Operations Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Road Yard Evansville Western Railway Road Switching Gary Railway General Operations General Operations Illini Terminal Railroad System General Operations Illinois & Midland Railroad Road Yard Illinois Railway Mt. Morris and Rockford Lines Montgomery and La Salle Lines Illinois Western Railroad General Operations Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad IHB Mainline B12-CP Grove, Argo Industrial Track West Dispatcher, Blue Island Yardmaster IHB Mainline CP Grove-CP Ivanhoe Kankakee Line CP 502-Osborn East Dispatcher, Calumet City Industrial, Michigan Ave. Yardmaster Blue Island Hump Yardmaster Gibson West End Yardmaster Indiana Railroad Indianapolis Sub. Indianapolis-Lis Chicago Sub. Fayette-Bedford Yard Yard Switching Iowa Interstate Railroad Blue Island (BI) Sub. MP95-Silvis Iowa City (IC) Sub. Silvis-South Amana Peoria (PO) Sub. Bureau-Peoria

9 Yard Joppa & Eastern Railroad Unknown Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad Road Switching Kansas City Southern Railway Springfield Sub. SP Jct.-Roodhouse Roodhouse Sub. Roodhouse-Mexico Godfrey Sub. Roodhouse-Godfrey East St. Louis Terminal Sub. East St. Louis Yard Keokuk Junction Railway General Operations General Operations unknown use Manufacturers Junction Railway General Operations Metra Union Pacific North Line Chicago-Clybourn Clybourn-Kenosha Union Pacific Northwest Line Chicago-Clybourn Clybourn-Harvard/McHenry Union Pacific West Line Chicago-Elburn Milwaukee District North Line Chicago-Fox Lake Milwaukee District West Line Chicago-Tower A Tower A5-Elgin North Central Service Chicago-Tower B Tower B12-Antioch (Road) Tower B12-Antioch (RTC) BNSF Railway Chicago-Aurora Heritage Corridor Chicago Union Station Chicago-Joliet Southwest Service Chicago Union Station Chicago-Manhattan (Southwest Sub District)

10 Rock Island District Chicago-Joliet (Joliet and Beverly Sub Districts) th St. Yard Metra Electric Chicago-University Park (University Park Sub District) 67 th St.-South Chicago (South Chicago Sub District) CP15.21-Blue Island (Blue Island Sub District) th St. M.U. Facility KYD Yard Norfolk Southern Railway Chicago Line Chicago-Toledo Kankakee Branch Osborn-Hennepin CR&I Industrial Tracks CP518-Ogden Jct Chicago District 81 st St.-Fort Wayne Springfield-Hannibal District Decatur-Moberly Lafayette District Peru-Decatur Brooklyn District Decatur-WR Interlocking Bloomington District Bement-Peoria SouthWest Line 74 th St.-Manhattan Southern/West District Coapman West (East St. Louis)-East Douglas Road Dispatcher to Train Train to Dispatcher Chicago Calumet Yard Ashland Ave., Colehour Yards th St., Park Manor Yards Landers Yard Decatur Yard Yard East St. Louis Area Alton Operations Alton, Granite City Operations A&E District Granite City Operations Decatur Dispatcher Pioneer Industrial Railway General Operations Shawnee Terminal Railway Road Yard South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway General Operations Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Road Yard Yard

11 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Road Maintenance of Way Madison Yard Pulldown Hump Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Road Yard Tomahawk Railway General Operations General Operations Union Pacific Railroad Geneva Sub. Chicago-Meredith Rockwell Sub. Kedzie-Global One Kenosha Sub. Chicago-Clybourn Belvidere Sub. West Chicago-Rockford Troy Grove Sub. De Kalb-Troy Grove Adams Sub. Butler-Adams Altoona Sub. Adams-East Minneapolis Clyman Sub. Clyman Jct.-Fort Atkinson Chippewa Falls Sub. Cameron-Yukon Jct. Winona Sub. Wyeville-Tunnel City Geneva Sub. Meredith-Clinton Harvard Sub. Clybourn-Janesville McHenery Sub. Crystal Lake Jct.-Ringwood Kenosha Sub. Clybourn-St. Francis Shoreline Sub. Butler-Sheboygan Milwaukee Sub. Proviso-Butler Lake Sub. KO-Lake Bluff Peoria Sub. Nelson-I&M Jct Belvidere, Global 3, Global 4, Waukegan, West Chicago Yards Villa Grove Sub. 81 st St.-Woodland Jct. Salem Sub. Findlay Jct.-Salem Mt. Vernon Sub. Salem-Gorham Marion Sub. Benton Jct.-West Vienna Villa Grove Sub. Woodland Jct.-Villa Grove Pana Sub. Villa Grove-Findlay Jct Pickneyville Sub. Mt. Vernon-Chester Chester Sub. Valley Jct.-Charleston Jct. Sparta Sub. Hoyleton-Gage Jct Joliet Sub. Joliet-Bloomington Springfield Sub. Bloomington-Iles, Hazel Dell-Carlinville Pequot Sub. Pequot-Mazonia Springfield Sub. Carlinville-Valley Jct. (Track 2 Wann-Q Tower) Pana Sub. Findlay Jct.-Lenox Tower Springfield Sub. Wann-Q Tower (Track 1) Sheboygan Yard/Switching Chicago Proviso Yard Terminal Coordinator Proviso Yard Tower Yardmaster, Global Proviso Yard Tower Hump Yardmaster Proviso Diesel Shop Yard Center

12 Milwaukee Granville Industrial Lead National Ave. Industrial Lead Butler Yard Janesville Yard Yard Hill Job GM Job Superior Road Itasca Yard East St. Louis Dupo Yardmaster Dupo Yard Car Dept Valley Yard Valley Yard Vandalia Railroad General Operations Vermilion Valley Railroad Unknown Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad General Operations General Operations Wisconsin Northern Railroad General Operations Sand Plant Switching Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Road Yard Hot Spots Blue Island Jct IHB Mainline CSXT Blue Island Sub., Barr Sub. Road CSXT Blue Island Sub. Dispatcher CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher CN Elsdon Sub. Road CN Elsdon Sub. RTC Brighton Park NS CR&I Industrial Tracks CSXT Blue Island Sub. Road CSXT Blue Island Sub. Dispatcher CN Joliet Sub.

13 Centralia CN Champaign Sub., Centralia Sub NS Southern-West District Road NS Dispatcher to Train NS Train to Dispatcher BNSF Beardstown Sub BNSF Yard Danville CSXT Woodland Sub. Road CSXT Woodland Sub. Dispatcher CSXT CE&D Sub. Road CSXT CE&D Sub. Dispatcher CSXT Brewer Yard NS Lafayette District KBSR Road Deval Tower UP Milwaukee Sub UP Harvard Sub Waukesha Sub. Road CN Waukesha Sub. RTC Dolton Tower CSXT Barr Sub. Road CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher IHB Mainline UP Villa Grove Sub. Duplainville CN Waukesha Sub CP Watertown Sub. Franklin Park / Tower B METRA/CP Elgin Sub CN Waukesha Sub. Road CN Waukesha Sub. RTC IHB Mainline Galesburg Area (BNSF) Chillicothe Sub Mendota Sub., Peoria Sub Barstow Sub Ottumwa Sub Brookfield Sub Yard Control Gorham UP Chester Sub UP Mt. Vernon Sub. Hayford BRC South Dispatcher CN Elsdon Sub. Road CN Elsdon Sub. RTC

14 Homewood CN Chicago Sub METRA University Park Sub District Joliet Union Station BNSF Chillicothe Sub UP Joliet Sub CN Joliet Sub METRA Joliet Sub District CSXT New Rock Sub. Road CSXT New Rock Sub. Dispatcher Matteson CN Chicago Sub CN Matteson Sub. Road CN Matteson Sub. RTC METRA University Park Sub District Milwaukee Area Union Pacific Milwaukee Sub Kenosha Sub., Shoreline Sub Adams Sub., Granville Industrial Lead National Ave. Industrial Lead Butler Yard Canadian Pacific C&M Sub Watertown Sub Muskego Yard Muskego Yard Muskego Yard General Yard Master Canadian National Saukville Sub West Bend Sub Waukesha Sub. Wisconsin & Southern Milwaukee Sub. Pine Jct NS Chicago Line CSXT Barr Sub. Road CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher CN Matteson Sub. Road CN Matteson Sub. RTC Rochelle UP Geneva Sub UP Global 3 Yard BNSF Aurora Sub BNSF Yard Rondout METRA/CP C&M Sub., Fox Lake Sub CP C&M Sub CN Waukegan Sub. Road

15 CN Waukegan Sub. RTC State Line CSXT Barr Sub. Road CSXT Barr Sub. Dispatcher NS Chicago District IHB Calumet City Industrial CSS Road Valley Jct TRRA Terminal West Belt Dispatcher KCS East St. Louis Terminal Sub KCS Yard ALS Road ALS Gateway Yard (Inbound/Outbound) ALS Gateway Yard UP Chester Sub UP Springfield Sub UP Dupo Yardmaster (All UP trains contact yardmaster) West Chicago UP Geneva Sub CN Leithton Sub. Road CN Leithton Sub. RTC