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Feed Notes
Conrail Shared Assets Radio Frequency Monitoring:
- Frequencies Monitored: 161.07 MHz and 160.86 MHz with 160.845 MHZ, and 160.935 MHZ
- Primary Focus: Monitoring Conrail freight traffic
- Locations: Philadelphia and South Jersey
- Detectors Heard:
- Chester Secondary: 1.1, 6.4
- Penns Grove Secondary: 11.0
- Additional: 4.1 Hatch, 87.1 Ingleside
CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) Rail Activity Monitoring (Updated on 8-26-2023):
- Norfolk Southern (NS) Frequency: 160.800 MHz
- CSX Frequencies: 160.23 MHz, 160.980 MHz, 161.100 MHz, 160.740 MHz
- Focus Areas:
- NS: Falls Yard
- CSX: Trenton Sub (QA 4.4 to 9.7)
- Philly Sub (BAK 6.4 to BAK 0.0 | QA 0 to QA 4.4)
- Operations:
- NS: Dispatch operations at Falls Yard and Abrams
- CSX: BE Dispatcher (CP Nice on west), NI Dispatcher (CP Nice on east)
- Antenna Setup: Near Falls Yard, connected to a Kenwood transceiver
- Milepost Detectors (CSX):
- BAK 21.0, 6.4; QA 3.1, 9.7, 1.5 (gone); QH 4.0 (gone), 2.3, 0.1
- NS: HP 8.7, 10.8
Feed Purpose: To bridge communication gaps and enhance coverage, not to replace existing feeds.