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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

Ch # Usage
72 Road
54
43

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)

  • Formerly DNE
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
Ch # Usage
95

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)

Ch # Usage
55 Road

Northern Lines Railway

  • Owned by Anacostia & Pacific

St. Cloud to Cold Spring, St. Cloud to St. Joseph (ex-BNSF, ex-BN, ex-GN)

Ch # Usage
72 Road/Yard

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
Ch # Usage
95

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