AAR Frequency List
Burlington Northern Santa Fe RR Co. (BNSF)
Regional Channels
| CH # |
Usage
|
| 15 |
Road Authority Channel West Hump
|
| 17 |
Yard, LaCrosse Yard
|
| 20 |
Yard 35th Tower, Dilworth Yard, East Grand Forks, input Northtown Yard (output is 82)
|
| 25 |
Yard
|
| 33 |
Duluth Yard Master, Yard Rices Point
|
| 36 |
Yard, Willmar, Midway Intermodel, Northtown Industries
|
| 38 |
Yard
|
| 39 |
Road
|
| 48 |
Engineering, MOW
|
| 54 |
Road Willmar Dispatcher
|
| 60 |
CTC Signal Data Link? ARES Data
|
| 61 |
Midway Yard (St. Paul)
|
| 66 |
Road
|
| 70 |
Road West Hump Dispatcher, St. Cloud Yard, Road Jobs in Northtown Yard, Yard East Winona
|
| 90 |
Remote Control Locomotives Duluth
|
| 76 |
Road Authority Channel East Hump,Superior Terminal, Dilworth Terminal Dispatcher
|
| 78 |
Road
|
| 82 |
Yard, Remote Control Switching Output Northtown Yard (input is 20)
|
| 85 |
Road
|
| 87 |
Road Staples Dispatcher
|
| 80 |
Yard
|
| 96 |
Yard St. Paul Midway Intermodal, Duluth Yard
|
| 37 |
MRAS Ch # 3 (Red) {input is 161.5050}
|
| 34 |
MRAS Ch # 4 (Blue) {input is 161.5650}
|
| 68 |
MRAS Ch # 5 (Green) {input is 160.5450}
|
| 13 |
MRAS Ch # 6 (Orange) {input is 160.2900}
|
| 92 |
MRAS Ch # 7 (Yellow) {input is 160.2450}
|
| 21 |
MRAS Ch # 8 (White) {input is 160.9350}
|
| 32 |
MRAS Allouez Dock, WI {input is 161.5650}
|
| 20 |
Taconite # 1
|
| 40 |
Taconite # 2, ARES Data
|
| 26 |
Signal Department
|
| 27 |
Ship Loader
|
| 33 |
Wisconsin Section, Duluth Terminal
|
| 32 |
Car Department
|
| 60 |
ARES digital LINK
|
|
452.950 Hump locomotive remote control digital
|
|
457.950 Hump locomotive remote control digital
|
| 15 |
Authority Channel West Hump Dispatcher, Minneapolis Jct to Wayzata
|
| 36 |
Road Minneapolis Junction to Dale Street
|
| 39 |
North La Crosse to St. Croix (St. Croix Sub.)
|
- AAR Ch 54
- Wayzata to CP. 98 (Wayzata Sub.)
- CP. 98 (Willmar) to E. Breckenridge (Morris Sub.)
- Morris to Beardsley (Browns Valley Sub.)
- South Moorhead to Breckenridge (Moorhead Sub.)
- AAR Ch 66
- Superior to Chub Lake (Lakes Sub.)
- Boylston to Coon Creek (Hinckley Sub.)
- La Crosse to Savanna (Aurora Sub.)
- Garretson to Sioux Falls (Corson Sub.)
- Benson to State Line (Appleton Sub.)
- Appleton to La Bolt (Watertown Sub.)
- AAR Ch 70
- Hanley Falls to Madison (Hanley Falls Sub.)
- St. Cloud (Staples Sub.)
- Lyndale Jct. to Monticello (Monticello Sub.)
- Mpls Jct. to Wayzata (Wayzata Sub.)
- St. Croix to University (St. Paul Sub.)
- Seventh St. to University (Midway Sub.)
- Doon to Willmar (Marshall Sub.)
- Chub Lake to Staples (Brainerd Sub.)
- East Dilworth to Fargo (K O Sub.)
- S. Moorhead to Fargo (Prosper Sub.)
- Coon Creek to University (Staples Sub)
- AAR Ch 76
- Superior Terminal (Lakes Sub.)
- Authority Channel East Hump Dispatcher
- Saunders to Allouez (Allouez Sub.)
- Road Dale Street to St. Croix
- Road Midway to St. Croix
- AAR Ch 85
- Cass Lake to DL Switch (Grand Forks Sub.)
- Warroad to St. Hilaire (Warroad Sub.)
- Coon Creek to Staples (Staples Sub.)
- North Crookston Jct. to Noyes (Noyes Sub.)
- Brookston to Gunn (Casco Sub.)
- Ada to Crookston Jct. (Ada Sub.)
- Chub Lake to Cass Lake (Lakes Sub.)
- Redland Jct. to Fertile (Fertile Sub.)
- Kelly Lake to Clay Track (Hib Tac Sub.)
- Moorhead to Perley (P Line Sub.)
- Superior Dispatcher
- AAR Ch 87
- Staples to East Dilworth (Staples Sub.)
- Lyndale Jct. to Monticello (Monticello Sub)
BNSF Base Station locations/ Dispatcher call
| BNSF Base Station Locations |
Dispatcher Call
|
| Appleton |
57
|
| Bay City, WI |
47
|
| Bagley |
82
|
| Bemidji |
72
|
| Benson |
31
|
| Brainerd |
83
|
| Breckenridge |
45
|
| Brookston |
97
|
| Cambridge |
87
|
| Carlton |
84
|
| Cass Lake |
93
|
| Chub Lake |
79
|
| Corson |
65
|
| Dassel |
51
|
| Delano |
50
|
| Deerwood |
90
|
| DMIR Iron Jct. |
95
|
| DMIR Steelton |
96
|
| Elk River |
80, 26
|
| Floodwood |
94
|
| Fosston |
81
|
| Garretson, ND |
65
|
| Genoa, WI |
48
|
| Grafton, ND |
48
|
| Grand Forks |
96,73
|
| Grand Forks Yard |
35
|
| Grand Rapids |
92
|
| Granite Falls |
62
|
| Grove City |
46
|
| Hallock |
78
|
| Halstad |
74
|
| Hawley |
30
|
| Hickley |
86
|
| Kelly Lake |
98
|
| LaCrosse, WI |
45
|
| McGregor |
89
|
| M N Jct. |
75
|
| Marshall |
63
|
| Morris |
54
|
| Nassau |
58
|
| Nelson, WI |
46
|
| Nickerson |
85
|
| Nolan, ND |
23
|
| North Crookston |
75
|
| Perham |
29
|
| Pipestone |
64
|
| St. Cloud |
27
|
| St. Croix |
49
|
| Saunders |
95
|
| N. Sioux City |
53
|
| Sioux Center, IA |
67
|
| Schley |
93
|
| Staples |
24
|
| Summit, SD |
54
|
| Tilden Jct |
75
|
| Tintah |
56
|
| Warren |
76
|
| Wayzata |
03
|
| Willmar |
52, 73
|
| Wolverton |
47
|
BNSF MRAS
| Bases Location |
Channel
|
| Allouez, WI |
7
|
| Bagley |
4
|
| Beauty Lake |
4
|
| Breckenridge |
4
|
| Carlton |
3
|
| Duluth |
5
|
| Fargo, ND |
3
|
| Garretson, ND |
4
|
| Hinckley |
4
|
| Holland (Pipestone) |
5
|
| La Bolt, SD |
4
|
| La Crosse, WI |
8
|
| Marshall |
3
|
| McGregor |
5
|
| Northtown |
5
|
| Morris |
3
|
| North Benton |
3
|
| Pugh Lake (Staples) |
4
|
| Richdale (Wadena) |
5
|
| St. Paul |
3
|
| Stockholm (Cokato) |
7
|
| Superior, WI |
5
|
| Thief River Falls |
5
|
| Nelson, WI |
4
|
| Willmar |
5
|
| Wolverton (Dilworth) |
7
|
Canadian National Railway (CN)
Warroad to Baudette
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 87 |
Ch #1
|
| 55 |
Ch #3 Dispatcher
|
| 23 |
Ch #32
|
Cedar River R. R. Co. (CRAR)
Albert Lea to Lyle and south
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Ry. Co. (DMIR)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 46 |
Ch #1 Road
|
| 16 |
Ch #2 Road
|
| 8 |
Ch #3 Yard
|
| 78 |
Ch #5 Two Harbors Dock Workers, Duluth Docks
|
| 38 |
Ch #6 Maintenance
|
| 12 |
Ch #7 Duluth Dock Workers
|
| 82 |
MOW Repeater {Input is 160.3200}
|
- Ch #1 Proctor to Duluth Docks,
- MP 51 to Shelton Jct.,
Two Harbors to Minntac (and all other ex-DMIR Range Lines)
- Ch #2 Road Pokegama to to MP 51, Proctor to MP 51
- Ch #3 Yard
- Ch #5 Car unloading crew on the Two Harbors dock.
- Ch #7 Car unloading crew on the Duluth dock.
- Automated talking scales at Highland, Proctor, and EVTAC.
Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. (DWP)
International Falls to Superior
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 87 |
Ch #1 Yard Pokegama
|
| 55 |
Ch #3 Yard
|
| 79 |
Pokegama Yard South.
|
| 50 |
Nopeming Jct. to Rainer
|
| 16 |
Dispatcher
|
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 10 |
Ch #2 Road
|
| 79 |
Ch #3 Road
|
Ch. # 3 Withrow to Stevens Point, Superior to Stevens Point, Withrow to Dresser, East Winona to Wisconsin Rapids
Canadian Pacific (CP)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 84 |
Ch #1 Road, Yard Duluth
|
| 94 |
Ch #2 Road, Humbolt Yard, Superior Yard, Shoreham House Job
|
| 65 |
Ch #3 Road, Engineering St. Paul, Humbolt, Shoreham
|
| 44 |
Ch #4 Road, Duluth
|
| 88 |
Ch #5 Yard, Mpls, St. Paul Yard
|
| 41 |
Ch #6 Yard, St. Paul Hump
|
| 10 |
PBX (Glenwood) {Input is 161.4000}
|
| 58 |
Shoreham Intermodal Yard
|
| 38 |
Yard
|
| 08 |
Car Dept. Repeater Output, {Input is 161.4000}
|
| 24 |
Yard
|
| 28 |
Roundhouse
|
| 13 |
General Electric Service St. Paul Roundhouse
|
- Ch #1 Glenwood to CP University, Central Ave. to Withrow,
- Ch #2 Glenwood to Emerson, LaCrosse to Milwaukee,
MN&S Jct. to Northfield
- Ch #3 Dakota lines west of Glenwood and Thief River Falls
- Ch #4 St. Paul to River Jct. West
Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. (DME)
- Winona (Goodview) to Elkton, Waseca to Mason City
Winona to Elkton
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 19 |
Ch #2
|
| 57 |
Ch #1
|
| 52 |
Winona Yard (UP Channel)
|
| 62 |
Mankato Yard (UP Channel)
|
- Ch #1 Road Winona to Waseca, Waseca to Tracy, Waseca to Mason City
- Ch #2 Yard Winona, Tracy, Road Tracy to Huron
- DM&E Base Stations - Lewiston, Byron, Meriden, Eagle Lake, New Ulm, Sanborn, Tracy, Lake Benton
Iowa Chicago & Eastern (ICE)
- (ex Soo Line, ex Milwaukee, ex IMRL)
New Albin, IA to La Cresent
Mason City, IA to Comus
Austin to Jackson
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 84 |
Ch #1 Sabula - River Jct., Marquette - Mason City
|
| 65 |
Ch #3
|
| 44 |
Ch #4 Mason City - Austin, Austin - Wells, Austin to Comus
|
| 88 |
Ch #5 All Yards
|
| 28 |
Ch #6 Yard
|
Cliffs Northshore Mining Co. (NSMX)
Babbitt to Silver Bay
- (formerly Cyprus Northshore, formerly Reserve Mining)
| Output |
Input |
Tone |
Usage
|
| 451.9000 |
456.9000 |
|
Railroad Operations
|
| 451.7250 |
456.7250 |
|
Railroad Operations
|
| 451.8250 |
|
|
Mine Maintenance
|
| 460.0750 |
465.0750 |
|
Railroad Operations
|
Cloquet Terminal Railroad Co. (CTRR)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 53 |
Road / Yard
|
| 92 |
Road / Yard (old DNE)
|
Lake Superior & Mississippi RR Co. (LSMR)
West Duluth
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 18 |
Road / Yard
|
Minnesota Commercial Ry. Co. (MNNR)
St. Paul to Minneapolis, Hugo, Stillwater, South Minneapolis, Union Yard
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 11 |
Yard
|
| 30 |
Ch. # 1, Yard
|
| 42 |
Ch. # 2, Road
|
Minnesota Dakota & Western Ry. Co. (MDW)
International Falls Terminal
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 28 |
General Operations
|
| 20 |
General Operations
|
| 38 |
General Operations
|
- Each switch crew uses a different frequency.
Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.
- St. Hilaire to Warroad
- Tilden Junction to Strata
- Crookston to Beltrami
- Crookston to Shelly
- Trackage rights on the CP from Thief River Falls to Erskine, BNSF from Erskine to Crookston
Minnesota Northstar Metro Transit (MNRX)
Big Lake to Minneapolis
- Uses BNSF Line
- May Possibly have Talkgroups on ARMER, but that is unconfirmed
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 85 |
Coon Creek to Big Lake
|
| 70 |
Coon Creek to Minneapolis
|
Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc.
- Operated by TCW (Formerly MCTA, MNVA, CNW, MStL)
Hanley Falls to Norwood
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 77 |
Ch. # 1 Road / Yard, Morton Repeater Output
|
| 13 |
Ch. # 2 Morton Repeater Input
|
Minnesota Southern
- Formally Nobles Rock RR (NRR)
Worthington to Manley, MN
| Output Ch # |
Input Ch # |
Usage
|
| 46 |
11 |
Repeater
|
Minnesota Transportation Museum, Inc. (MNTX)
- St. Paul, Osceloa & Special Trains
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 83 |
Road / Yard
|
| 79 |
WC Ch. # 3 Road
|
Northern Plains Railroad
Thief River Falls to Oslo (ex Soo)
Northern Lines Railway
- Owned by Anacostia & Pacific
St. Cloud to Cold Spring, St. Cloud to St. Joseph (ex-BNSF, ex-BN, ex-GN)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTK)
(Amtrak) La Cresent to Moorhead
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 15 |
BNSF West Hump west of Midway Station & East of Coon Creek
|
| 85 |
BNSF Coon Creek to Staples
|
| 87 |
BNSF Staples to Dilworth
|
| 70 |
St. Croix to St. Paul
|
| 44 |
CP St. Croix to La Crosse
|
| 13 |
Midwest Division Train Service
|
| 30 |
Yard (Midway Station)
|
North Shore Scenic Railroad (NSSR)
Duluth to Two Harbors (ex DMIR), and Special Trains
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 54 |
Road / Yard
|
Ottertail Valley (OTVR)
- Owned by Railamerica (ex BN, ex GN)
Fergus Falls to Fargo
Fergus Falls to Foxhome
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 21 |
Road / Yard
|
Progressive Rail
- Lakeville (Airlake Industrial Park) (Auto club to 60th St. (Mpls) (ex SOO, ex MNS)
- Randolph Industrial Park (ex-UP,ex-CNW)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 67 |
Lakeville
|
| 74 |
Highline
|
- High Line Serving Bloomington, Richfield, and south Minneapolis on the branch off the CP.
- Begins at Auto Club Jct in Bloomington and ends near 58th St S. and Lyndale in Minneapolis
- Lakeville to Airlake Industrial Park
- Northfield to Lakeville Brings traffic to the Lakeville
- Northfield to Faribault Runs from the Northfield yard south to Faribault
- Northfield to Cannon Falls with the Randolph Industrial Park
- Eagandale Runs from Eagan to Rosemount
Red River Valley & Western (RRVW)
- Breckenridge terminal and North Dakota branchlines (ex GN, ex NP)
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 79 |
Ch #1 Yard
|
| 22 |
Ch #2 Yard
|
| 17 |
Ch #3 Road
|
| 89 |
Ch #4 Road Repeater Input is 08 160.2300
|
| 28 |
Ch #7 MOW
|
St. Croix Valley Railroad Company (SCXY)
- (ex BN, ex NP)
- 60-mile rail line, Hinckley to North Branch
Twin Cities & Western RR (TCW)
Tower E-14 (Minnetonka) to Appleton (ex Soo, ex Milw)
- Affiliated with the Red River Valley & Western
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 51 |
Ch. #1 Yard
|
| 90 |
Ch. # 2 Road
|
| 50 |
Ch. # 3 MOW
|
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Formerly Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
| Ch # |
Usage
|
| 52 |
Ch. # 1 Road, Winona Yard
|
| 23 |
Ch. # 2 Utility, MOW
|
| 62 |
Ch. # 3 Road,
|
| 71 |
Ch. # 4 Road, S. St. Paul Yard, Mason City, Valley Park Yard, Mankato Yard, Branchlines
|
| 14 |
Ch. # 5 Yard
|
| 25 |
Ch. # 6 MoW
|
| 31 |
Bricelyn to Esterville, Butterfield to Mason City
|
| 49 |
Road, Hoffman Ave to Mason City, Hartland to Curtis
|
| 91 |
Hump
|
| 10 |
Yard Repeater input Mason City
|
| 75 |
PBX?, Yard Repeater output Mason City
|
- Ch. # 1 Altoona to East Mpls, Stillwater Sub., Itasca, Roseport Sub., Valley Park to St. Paul, Merriam to Montgomery,
- Ch. # 3 Valley Park to Sioux City, MP 36 to Mankato, St James to Bigelow