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Last Updated: November 7, 2009, 7:52 pm
US > Michigan > Railroads

Railroads


Trunked Radio Systems for Railroads
Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)   
Project 25 Standard    		 Currently, the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railway Police, use this system for wide-area communications. In the future, the Amtrak, CSXT, and Norfolk Southern Police, plan on using this radio system as well.

Frequency Display Options


Input Frequencies:
 

Adrian & Blissfield
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.21500  WPZX522  RM 07/97 Road  NEXEDGE  Railroad 
160.65000  WPZX522  BM 36 Road  FM  Railroad 


Amtrak
Operations

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)    
Project 25 Standard    		 Amtrak Police plan on using this system in the future.

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.36500    BM 17 Police  FM  Transportation 
160.81500  WPTU629  M 47 Maintenance - (ex-Michigan Central) Kalamazoo-to-Chicago line  FM  Transportation 
160.92000    BM 54 Operations  FM  Transportation 
161.20500    BM 73 Police - Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.32500  WPTU629  BM 81/39 Road - (ex-Michigan Central) Kalamazoo-to-Chicago line  FM  Transportation 
161.50500    BM 93 Road - (ex-Michigan Central) Kalamazoo-to-Chicago line  FM  Transportation 


Ann Arbor
Operations

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.35500  BM 83 Switching  FM  Railroad 
161.44500  BM 89 Switching  FM  Railroad 
161.49000  BM 92 Road - Primary Ops  FM  Railroad 


Canadian National North America (CNNA)
Operations

Primary Operations Frequencies.

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)    
Project 25 Standard    		 CNNA Police use the the MPSCS, as their primary communications system.

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.59000    BM 32 Road - Primary (Ex-GT&W Lines)  FM  Railroad 
160.53000    BM 28 Road - Secondary (Ex-GT&W Lines)  FM  Railroad 
160.84500    BM 49 Battle Creek - West Tower  FM  Railroad 
161.22000    BM 74 DT&I Road / Port Huron-to-Flint Dispatcher  FM  Railroad 
160.26000  WQAR975  BM 10 Switching/Yard - (Ex-Wisconsin Central)  FM  Railroad 
160.26000    BM 10 Battle Creek - Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.33500  WQAR975  BM 15 Road - (Ex-Wisconsin Central) Sault Ste. Marie west line  FM  Railroad 
160.44000    BM 22 Police - Port Huron-to-South Bend line  FM  Railroad 
160.47000    BM 24 Police - Secondary [Primary Ops is on the MPSCS TRS]  FM  Railroad 
160.75500    BM 43 Police - Pontiac area  FM  Railroad 
160.78500  WQAR975  BM 10 Police - (Ex-Wisconsin Central)  FM  Railroad 
160.81500    BM 47 Pontiac Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.92000    BM 54 Road - Detroit-to-Toledo "Shoreline"  FM  Railroad 
160.92000    BM 54 Pontiac PBX  FM  Railroad 
161.20500    BM 73 Police - Nationwide Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.28000    BM 78 Police - Tactical  FM  Railroad 
161.29500  WQAR975  BM 79 Police Tactical - (Ex-Wisconsin Central)  FM  Railroad 
161.38500    BM 85 Flat Rock PBX  FM  Railroad 

Grand Trunk & Western Division

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.59000  BM 32: GT&W 1 Road All Divisons [Except Shoreline]  FM  Railroad 
160.53000  BM 28: GT&W 2 Dispatcher/Shoreline Road  FM  Railroad 
160.84500  BM 49: GT&W 3 Yard Operations  FM  Railroad 
161.43000  BM 88: DT&I 1 Flat Rock Yard - Hump Tower  FM  Railroad 
161.22000  BM 74: DT&I 2 DT&I Road / Port Huron-to-Flint Dispatcher  FM  Railroad 
161.34000  BM 82: Crew Cabs  FM  Railroad 


C.P. Rail/Soo Line
Operations

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)    
Project 25 Standard    		 The Canadian Pacific Police, use this system for wide-area communications.

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.08500  BM 65 Road - Secondary  FM  Railroad 
161.20500  BM 73 Police - Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.37000  BM 84 Road - Primary  FM  Railroad 


CSX Transportation
Operations

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)    
Project 25 Standard    		 CSXT Police plan on using this system in the future.

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.23000  KAX303  BM 08 Road - Primary  FM  Railroad 
160.29000  KKD425  BM 12 Dean/Rougemere/Wayne Yards  FM  Railroad 
160.39500  KNNR649  BM 19 Plymouth Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.54500  KFA865  BM 29 Police - Tactical  FM  Railroad 
160.63500    BM 35 RL Dispatcher - Grand Rapids Subdivison  FM  Railroad 
160.63500    BM 35 RL Road/Dispatcher - Detroit-to-Carelton & Toledo line (former PRR Red Arrow route)  FM  Railroad 
160.69500  KKD425  BM 39 Dean/Rougemere/Wayne Yards  FM  Railroad 
160.78500    BM 45 Signal Maintenance  FM  Railroad 
160.87500    BM 51 Police - Primary  FM  Railroad 
160.90500  KOL932  BM 53 Wixom Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.92000    BM 54 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
160.98000    BM 58 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
161.10000    BM 66 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
161.16000  KAX303  BM 70 Plymouth Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.20500    BM 73 Police - Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.37000    BM 84 RN Dispatcher - Detroit-to-Grand Rapids/Saginaw-to-Plymouth  FM  Railroad 
161.52000    BM 94 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
452.90000  WPEH393  RM Rougemere Yard - Detroit/Wyoming Yard GRR  FM  Railroad 
452.91250  WQAS337  RM Yard - Grand Rapids  FM  Railroad 
452.92500  WPEH393  RM Rougemere Yard - Detroit  FM  Railroad 
452.95000  WPEH393  RM Rougemere Yard - Detroit  FM  Railroad 
461.81250  WPEK534  M Police - Rougemere Yard area  P25  Railroad 
463.46250  WPEK534  M Police - Rougemere Yard area  P25  Railroad 
467.86250  WPEK534  M Police - Rougemere Yard area  P25  Railroad 
468.26250  WPEK534  M Police - Rougemere Yard area  P25  Railroad 


Conrail
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
156.60000    BM 99 Conrail Bridge [Used to alert the bridge operator]  FM  Railroad 
160.80000  KFF797  BM 46 Detroit Dispatcher North Yard-to-Sterling Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.86000  KNNY469  BM 50 River Rouge Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.98000  KFF797  BM 58 North Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.07000  KFF797  BM 64 Detroit Dispatcher CP-Townline-to-CP-Bay City Jct/CP-YD-to-CP North Yard.  FM  Railroad 
161.10000    BM 66 Livernois Yard Hump  FM  Railroad 
161.32500    BM 81 Crewcab  FM  Railroad 


Coopersville & Marne
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.69500  WPFE248  BM 39 Road  FM  Railroad 


DTE Energy - Rail Services
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
150.89000  WPMS966  M Switching  FM  Railroad 
151.62500  WPMR481  M Switching  FM  Railroad 
153.06500  WPMS966  M Switching - Power plant  FM  Railroad 


Grand Elk Railroad
Operations
Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.33500  WQKK856  RM Dispatch  FM  Railroad 


Great Lakes Central
Operations

Formerly, the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railroad Company.

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.57500  BM 31 Road  FM  Railroad 
161.00000  BM 66 Yard  FM  Railroad 


Huron & Eastern
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.38000    BM 18 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
160.44000    BM 22 Road  FM  Railroad 
161.35500    BM 83 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
161.40000    BM 86 Dispatcher - Future Use  FM  Railroad 
462.38750  WQAR948  M Future use  FM  Railroad 
467.38750  WQAR948  M Future use  FM  Railroad 


Indiana Northeastern
Operations

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.10000  BM 66 Road  FM  Railroad 
161.40000  BM 86 Maintenance  FM  Railroad 


Indiana & Ohio
Operations

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.22000  BM 74 Road (ex-D.T.&I. Mainline)  FM  Railroad 


Lake State Railway
Lake State Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.35000  WPEN914  BM 16 East Tawas Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.65000  WPEN914  RM 36/92 Saginaw Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.28000  WPEN914  BM 78 Alpena Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.31000  WPEN914  BM 80 Road  FM  Railroad 

Saginaw Bay Southern Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.26000  WQEB592  BM 10 Road  FM  Railroad 
160.98000  WQEB592  BM 58 Saginaw Yard  FM  Railroad 


Lake Superior & Ishpeming
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.23000  KZQ747  BM 08 Road  FM  Railroad 
160.95000  KZQ747  BM 56 Maintenance  FM  Railroad 
161.20500  KZQ747  BM 73 Police - Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.37000  KZQ747  BM 84 Switching  FM  Railroad 
161.49000  KZQ747  BM 92 Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.55000  KZQ747  BM 96 Police  FM  Railroad 
462.23750  WQCU978  M Locomotive System  FM  Railroad 
462.28750  WQCU978  M Locomotive System  FM  Railroad 
462.31250  WQCU978  M Locomotive System  FM  Railroad 
462.36250  WQCU978  M Locomotive System  FM  Railroad 
467.36250  WQCU978  M Locomotive System  FM  Railroad 


Marquette Railway
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.44000  WQDU224  BM 22 Road  FM  Railroad 
161.31000  WQDU224  M 80 Switching  FM  Railroad 


Michigan Air-Line Railway Company
Operations

Formerly known as COE Rail, Inc.

Frequency  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.02500  BM 61 Road - Dinner Train Ops  FM  Transportation 


Michigan Southern Railroad
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.75500  WPFS313  BM 43 Road  FM  Railroad 


Michigan Transit Museum
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.52000  WQIN242   BM AAR Ch 94 Operations  FM  Railroad 


Norfolk Southern
Operations

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)    
Project 25 Standard    		 NS Police plan on using this system in the future.

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.30500  WNKX351  BM 13 Police - Car-to-Car  FM  Railroad 
160.38000  KVI456  BM 18 Road - (ex-Wabash) Oakwood-to-Montpelier line  FM  Railroad 
160.44000  WNGV325  BM 22 Road - Delray Jct-to-Oakwood  FM  Railroad 
160.56000  KNF858  BM 30 Police - Dearborn Dispatcher  FM  Railroad 
160.62000    BM 34 Melvindale Yard  FM  Railroad 
160.80000  WNWQ404  BM 46 Road - (ex-Michigan Central) Detroit-to-Elkhart line  FM  Railroad 
160.80000  WNYB405  BM 46 Road - (ex-New York Central) Detroit-to-Toledo line  FM  Railroad 
160.86000  KEO860  BM 50 Monroe & Wayne Yards  FM  Railroad 
160.98000  KEO860  BM 58 Wayne Yard  FM  Railroad 
161.05500  WQCB533  BM 62 Road - (ex-New York Central) Detroit-to-Toledo line [Future Use]  FM  Railroad 
161.20500    BM 73 Police - Nationwide Mutual Aid  FM  Interop 
161.28000  WNKX351  BM 78 Police  FM  Railroad 
160.38000  WQIV892  M 18/91 Dispatcher: Train-to-Dispatcher  FM  Railroad 
161.47500  WQIV892  B 91/18 Dispatcher: Dispatcher-to-Train  FM  Railroad 
161.52000  WQIV892  BM 94 Jackson Yard  FM  Railroad 


Saginaw Valley Railroad Historical Society
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.68000  WPQJ384  M Ops  FM  Transportation 
161.05500  WPQJ384  M Ops  FM  Transportation 


Southern Michigan Railroad Society
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
160.26000  WQCU455  BM 10 Road  FM  Transportation 
161.07000  EXPIRED  BM 64 Road - Secondary  FM  Transportation 


West Michigan Railway Company
Operations

Frequency  License  Type  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
161.02500  KNNN251  BM 61 Road  FM  Railroad 



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