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Canadian National Railway (MB)

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General Info

CN is the largest railway in Canada and is currently Canada's only transcontinental railway company, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia.

Almost all scanners on the market can receive the railroad band, some have search bands dedicated to the railroad monitoring and will identify frequency by it's AAR channel number.

Background Frequency References

Yards

Symington Yard

Located on the eastern edge of Winnipeg, this large facility includes a hump yard, diesel shops and an Intermodal Terminal. Named after the Honourable H.J. Symington, a former CN Director for 20 years. The yard is connected to the Redditt Subdivision to the east, Rivers Subdivision to the west and Sprague Subdivision to the south-east.

Frequencies in use

  • 161.415 CN 1 Mainline end-to-end
  • 160.665 CN 4 Dispatch
  • 160.365 CN 5 Dispatch
  • 160.485 CN 6 Dispatch
  • 161.025 CN 8 Dispatch