Tennessee Railroads (Tennessee) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Tennessee Railroads (Tennessee)

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Regional Transit Lines

Music City Star Commuter Passenger Service

The Music City Star commuter train travels from Wilson County, to Davidson County.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.070	WQDU204	BM	CSQ	MCS	Primary Operations	FMN	Railroad

Major Railroad Companies

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)

Frequency	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.160	BM	AAR 070	Memphis Terminal Road	FMN	Railroad
160.695	BM	AAR 039	Birmingham Subdivision Road	FMN	Railroad
160.965	BM	BNSF ARES	Multi State ARES (Dispatcher Switch Control)	FMN	Data

Canadian National

The Canadian National Fulton Subdivison (formerly Illinois Central) runs from Fulton, KY to Memphis, TN. Major yard operations are in Memphis, TN.

Frequency	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.190	BM	AAR 072	CN Road Channel 1	FMN	Railroad
160.920	BM	AAR 054	CN Road Channel 2	FMN	Railroad
161.280	BM	AAR 078	CN Yard Channel 1	FMN	Railroad
161.460	BM	AAR 090	CN Yard Channel 2	FMN	Railroad

CSX Transportation (east)

AC Dispatcher:
KD Subdivision, Corbin to Etowah
Etowah Subdivision, Etowah to Junta (junction with W&A Sub)
W&A Subdivision, Chattanooga to Atlanta
SC Dispatcher:
Chattanooga Subdivision, Nashville to Chattanooga
SE Dispatcher:
S&NA North Subdivision, Nashville to Decatur, AL

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.520	WQXW207	BM		AAR 094	AC Dispatcher (Etowah Sub, W&A Sub)	NXDN48	Railroad
160.320		BM	CSQ	AAR 014	AC Dispatcher (KD Sub)	FMN	Railroad
161.370		BM	CSQ	AAR 084	Road, ex LN lines	FMN	Railroad
161.100		BM	CSQ	AAR 066	SC Dispatcher (Chattanooga Sub)	FMN	Railroad
160.410		BM	CSQ	AAR 020	SE Dispatcher (S&NA North Sub)	FMN	Railroad

CSX Transportation (west)

SD Dispatcher:
Memphis Subdivision (Memphis to Bruceton)
Bruceton Subdivision (Bruceton to Nashville)

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.370		BM	CSQ	AAR 084	Road, ex-LN lines	FMN	Railroad
161.520		BM	CSQ	AAR 094	SD Dispatcher	FMN	Railroad

CSX Chattanooga Terminal

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.440		BM	CSQ	AAR 022	Wauhatchie Yard - Chattanooga	FMN	Railroad

CSX Knoxville Terminal

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.620	KJA984	BM		AAR 034	Knoxville Yard operations	NXDN48	Railroad

CSX Memphis Terminal

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.530		BM	CSQ	AAR 028	Road/Yard-Memphis	FMN	Railroad

CSX Nashville Terminal

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.230	BM	CSQ	AAR 008	Nashville Terminal - PTI Taxi Vans	FMN	Railroad
160.260	BM	CSQ	AAR 010	Nashville Terminal - Radnor Yard Operations	FMN	Railroad
160.440	BM	CSQ	AAR 022	Nashville Terminal - Radnor Yard Transfers	FMN	Railroad
160.485	BM	CSQ	AAR 025	Nashville Terminal - Radnor Yard Switching	FMN	Railroad
160.710	BM	CSQ	AAR 040	Nashville Terminal - Radnor Yard B Tower	FMN	Railroad
160.770	BM	CSQ	AAR 044	Nashville Terminal - Kayne Avenue Yard Locals	FMN	Railroad
161.550	BM	CSQ	AAR 096	Nashville Terminal - Radnor Yard Hump	FMN	Railroad

Norfolk Southern

The old Southern Railway standard frequencies (Channel 1 160.950 road, and Channel 2 160.245 Dispatcher to Train / 160.830 Train to Dispatcher, half duplex) are being phased out in favor of a dedicated road channel ("Channel 1") and dedicated simplex dispatcher channel ("Channel 2") for each dispatcher desk.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.575	BM	CSQ	AAR 031	3rd District (Chattanooga-Oakdale) Channel 1	FMN	Railroad
160.995	BM	CSQ	AAR 059	3rd District (Chattanooga-Oakdale) Channel 2	FMN	Railroad
160.740	BM	CSQ	AAR 042	CT Dispatcher (Chattanooga Terminal) Channel 1	FMN	Railroad
161.160	BM	CSQ	AAR 070	CT Dispatcher (Chattanooga Terminal) Channel 2	FMN	Railroad
161.535	BM	CSQ	AAR 095	NS3 Signal Maintainers	FMN	Railroad
161.490	BM	CSQ	AAR 092	NS C&S Construction	FMN	Railroad
160.950	BM	CSQ	AAR 056	Southern 1 - Road Channel	FMN	Railroad
160.245	BM	CSQ	AAR 009	Southern 2 - Dispatcher to Train	FMN	Railroad
160.830	BM	CSQ	AAR 048	Southern 2 - Train to Dispatcher	FMN	Railroad

NS Chattanooga Terminal

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.500	BM	CSQ	AAR 026	Yard Channel	FMN	Railroad
160.365	RM	CSQ	AAR 017/079	Car Department (Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
160.905	RM	CSQ	AAR 053/007	Classification Yard (Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
160.920	BM	CSQ	AAR 054	Diesel Shop (Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
161.085	RM	CSQ	AAR 065/015	Diesel Shop (Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
161.250	BM	CSQ	AAR 076	Hump (Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
161.325	BM	CSQ	AAR 081	Cimarron Coach Vans (Crew Taxi, Debutts Yard)	FMN	Railroad
160.275	RM	CSQ	AAR 011/069	ARN8 / PBX (Chattanooga)	FMN	Railroad

NS Memphis Terminal

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.410		BM	CSQ	AAR 020	NS Operations	FMN	Railroad
161.160		BM	CSQ	AAR 070	NS Operations	FMN	Railroad

Union Pacific

Memphis Subdivision: Bald Knob, AR to Memphis (former MoPac)
Brinkley Subdivision: Brinkley, AR to Memphis (former Rock Island)

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.320	BM	CSQ	AAR 014	UP Brinkley Subdivision	FMN	Railroad
160.410	BM	CSQ	AAR 020	UP Memphis Subdivision	FMN	Railroad
160.260	BM	CSQ	AAR 010	UP Road (location unknown)	FMN	Railroad
160.470	BM	CSQ	AAR 024	UP Sargent Yard (Memphis)	FMN	Railroad

Shortline Railroad Companies

Caney Fork & Western Railroad (CFWR)

Tullahoma to McMinnville and Sparta, TN (61 miles).

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.545	KB52534	M	CSQ	AAR 029	Operations (AAR 29)	FMN	Railroad

East Tennessee Railway (ETRY)

Elizabethton, TN to connections with CSX and NS in Johnson City, TN (11 miles).

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.425	KNHK468	RM		AAR 021	ETRY Operations	FMN	Railroad

Heritage Railroad

Oak Ridge, TN

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.425		BM		Heritage RR	Operations (AAR 021)	FMN	Railroad

Knoxville & Holston River Railroad (KXHR)

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.190	WPNV384	BM		AAR 072 KXHR	AAR Channel 72	FMN	Railroad

Nashville & Eastern (NERR)/Nashville & Western (NWR)

Nashville & Eastern/Nashville & Western are subsidiaries of RJ Corman Railroad.

Nashville & Eastern - Nashville to Algood, TN
Nashville & Western - Nashville to Ashland City, TN

Frequency	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.365	WQDU204	BM	AAR 017	NERR/NWR Operations	FMN	Railroad
160.530	WQEH419	BM	AAR 028	NERR/NWR Operations	FMN	Railroad
160.560	WQDU204	BM	AAR 030	NERR/NWR Operations	FMN	Railroad
161.070	WQDU204	BM	AAR 064	NERR/NWR Operations	FMN	Railroad
161.475	WQDU204	BM	AAR 091	NERR/NWR Operations	FMN	Railroad

RJCR - RJ Corman Railroad Memphis Line

RJC may use a repeater on 161.385 out/161.235 in to contact the dispatcher. This needs to be verified.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.455	WQWL539	BM	CSQ	AAR 023	RJ Corman Railroad Ops	FMN	Railroad

SQVR - Sequatchie Valley Railroad

Jasper, TN to Bridgeport, AL

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.600		M	CSQ	SQVR 154.600	SQVR Switching	FMN	Railroad
160.530	WRAF859	M	CSQ	AAR 028 SQVR	SQVR Operations	FMN	Railroad

TKEN - Tennken Railroad

The Tennken Railroad operates the former ICG line from Dyersburg, TN to Tiptonville, TN and Hickman, KY.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.365		BM		AAR 017	TKEN Operations	FMN	Railroad
160.935		BM		AAR 055	TKEN Operations	FMN	Railroad

TVRM - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.425	KNCS622	BM	CSQ	AAR 021 TVRM	Museum Operations	FMN	Railroad

West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Based in Jackson, TN operating the following former ICG lines:

- Fulton, Kentucky, to Corinth, MS via Jackson (leased from NS)
- Jackson, TN to Kenton, TN via Trenton & Humboldt
- Various industrial trackage in Jackson

(Note: The listed NXDN frequencies may need to be verified; they are licensed to Norfolk Southern).

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.560	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	AAR 030/062	Road / Dispatcher Base (Sharon)	FMN	Railroad
160.560	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	AAR 030/080	Road / Dispatcher Base (Jackson)	FMN	Railroad
160.560	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	AAR 030/097	Road / Dispatcher Base (Selmer)	FMN	Railroad
160.290	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	AAR 012	Yard / Switching	FMN	Railroad
161.070	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	AAR 064	Yard / Switching	FMN	Railroad
153.215	WNBR364	BM	CSQ	WTNN Ops	Operations Repeater	FMN	Railroad
160.950	WPYR636	BM	CSQ	AAR 056	Hotbox Detectors on Fulton-Corinth Mainline	FMN	Railroad
160.245	WQOP858	BM		AAR 311 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Bethel Springs)	NXDN48	Railroad
160.950	WQOP858	BM		AAR 056 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Bethel Springs)	NXDN48	Railroad
161.115	WQOP858	BM		AAR 427 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Bethel Springs)	NXDN48	Railroad
160.260	WQUB839	M		AAR 313 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Guys/Ramer)	NXDN48	Railroad
160.380	WQUB839	M		AAR 329 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Guys/Ramer)	NXDN48	Railroad
161.535	WQUB839	M		AAR 483 NXDN	Road / Dispatcher Base (Guys/Ramer)	NXDN48	Railroad