Fort Wayne Rail Frequencies

Overview

To keep tabs on the rail action in Fort Wayne, monitor these 8 main frequencies.

160.380	161.250	161.190	160.440
161.490	160.800	161.070	160.950

Usage of these is broken down in the table below, as well as some additional frequencies:

Norfolk Southern

New Castle District

161.490 - Junction to Hugo (Chicago District dispatcher)
160.380 - Hugo to Winters Rd. (Huntington District dispatcher)
160.440 - Winters Rd. and south

Chicago District - Fostoria District

161.490 - Four Mile and west (Chicago District dispatcher)
160.380 - Four Mile to West Dawkins (Huntington District dispatcher)
161.250 - West Dawkins and east (Fostoria District dispatcher)

Huntington District

160.380 - Entire line

Other

161.190 - East Wayne Yd., Woodburn Branch, Snake Track, GM Yard (Roanoke)
160.515 - PBX 9 (Maintainence of way)
161.205 - NS Police
161.115 - EOT devices (NS only)
457.9375 - EOT devices (AAR)
151.865 - Triple Crown - base operations
160.950 - Triple Crown Yard
161.490 - GR&I Industrial Track

RailAmerica/CF&E

Chicago Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad

161.490 - Mike and west (NS Chicago District dispatcher)
160.380 - Mike interlocking (NS Huntington District dispatcher)
160.800 - Mike to Adams (NS Kankakee dispatcher)
161.070 - Adams and east (NS Pittsburgh West dispatcher)
160.545 - Road Channel used by crews

Decatur Line

160.800 - Adams to Decatur & Erie Lackawanna segment (NS Kankakee dispatcher controls from Adams to HARR)

Other

457.9375 - EOT devices
161.130 - Maintenance of way
161.070, 160.800 - Piqua Yardmaster

Click here for a graphical illustration
of the above frequencies

**Some local lingo**
1100 Switch	Switch near the East end of Roanoke siding. Allows movement in and out of the GM yard.
Casad	Casad Depot. Located east of New Haven on the Fostoria District.
End of the double	East end of double track on the Huntington District just west of Hartzell Rd. in New Haven.
Estella	Estella Ave. in New Haven
Hump and Belt	The Hump is the track that runs across the old hump at Piqua Yd. (part of the Union Belt). The Belt is short for the Union Belt track.
Lumbard	Lumbard St. crossing on the Huntington District. A place to hold westbound trains approaching Mike.
Mullinix	Mullinix packaging off Engle Rd.
PC Side	CFE (ex-PRR) from Mike westward. NS owned this track for a short while and it was known as the Fort Wayne District or PC line (Pittsburgh to Chicago).
The News	Fort Wayne Newspapers (corner of Van Buren and Main St.)
Reduction Center	Along Old Maumee Rd. west of Estella Ave; a holding spot for eastbounds on the NS Chicago District.
Winters Rd.	Crossing on the southeast side of the Fort Wayne Int'l Airport on the New Castle District. A popular holding spot for northbounds.

Notes

If you spend any time monitoring the Norfolk Southern frequencies in this area you'll get to know this dispatcher tone very well!
Important: Indiana Law requires you to have a valid Amateur Radio or FCC license to operate a radio scanner in your vehicle.
Since trains in the area will often use several frequencies as they pass through town the easiest thing to do is scan all frequencies to find out what's going on.

Have questions about scanning?
Visit Rich Wells' Strong Signals page.

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