Known railroads and their operations for Nevada are listed here. Subdivisions that cross state lines will only contain information and GPS ranges to approximately the state line to prevent unnecessary overlap.
Due to operational changes, mergers and general changes, some railroad radio channels may be reused by the same or adjacent railroads. However, if using RadioReference aware scanners or software, you can reduce seeing or duplicating this information by scanning just the subdivisions or locations that you are interested in.
Railroads are listed by size starting with the largest and ending with historical/tourist operations and in alphabetical order.
Passenger operations can be heard on the respective railroad they are operating on unless passenger stations have specific radio assignments.
Short alpha names are comprised of the railroads AAR reporting mark, AAR channel number and subdivision or major use function. The description field will contain actual use or location information to provide the best possible information for various scanners, users and readability.
Traveling system gangs (Maintenance of Way) will use the area road channel for track authority and for the foreman to grant trains through the work limits. These gangs will typically use their own channels - and such channels should not be submitted to the database as they are only temporary for the area. Signal, communications and other engineering groups will typically only be on the road channel, but may use any other as needs warrant.
Frequencies
Nevada Northern Railway Museum
Nevada Northern Railway Museum
The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is located in Ely.
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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161.370 | WRUU963 | BM | CSQ | NNRY Channel-1 | Nevada Northern Railway Channel-1 | FMN | Railroad |
160.260 | WRUU963 | BM | CSQ | NNRY Channel-2 | Nevada Northern Railway Channel-2 | FMN | Railroad |
160.395 | WRUU963 | BM | CSQ | NNRY Channel-3 | Nevada Northern Railway Channel-3 | FMN | Railroad |
161.505 | WRUU963 | BM | CSQ | NNRY Channel-4 | Nevada Northern Railway Channel-4 | FMN | Railroad |
161.370 | WRUU963 | BM | CC 2 TG * SL * |
NNRY Digital-1 | Nevada Northern Railway DMR Channel-1 | DMR | Railroad |
160.260 | WRUU963 | BM | CC 4 TG * SL * |
NNRY Digital-2 | Nevada Northern Railway DMR Channel-2 | DMR | Railroad |
160.395 | WRUU963 | BM | CC 6 TG * SL * |
NNRY Digital-3 | Nevada Northern Railway DMR Channel-3 | DMR | Railroad |
161.505 | WRUU963 | BM | CC 8 TG * SL * |
NNRY Digital-4 | Nevada Northern Railway DMR Channel-4 | DMR | Railroad |
Union Pacific Railroad
BMI Subdivsion
MP 0 (Boulder Junction) to MP 11 (Henderson)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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160.515 | BM | CSQ | UP27 BMI Sub | Boulder Junction to Henderson | FMN | Railroad |
Caliente Subdivison
MP 334 (Las Vegas, NV) to MP 577 (Milford, UT)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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160.515 | BM | CSQ | UP27 Calient | Las Vegas to Lund | FMN | Railroad | |
160.740 | BM | CSQ | UP42 Calient | Lund to Milford | FMN | Railroad |
Cima Subdivison
MP 162 (Yermo, CA) to MP 334 (Las Vegas, NV)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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160.515 | BM | CSQ | UP27 Cima | Yermo to Las Vegas | FMN | Railroad |
Elko Subdivsion
MP 535 (Weso/Winnemucca) to MP 557 (Elko)
Lakeside Subdivision
MP 557 (Elko, NV) to MP 781 (Cecil Junction, UT). This was the Southern Pacific route over the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Flats.
Mead Lake Subdivison
MP 0 (Moapa) to MP 17 (Mead Lake)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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160.515 | BM | CSQ | UP27 Mead Lk | Moapa to Mead Lake | FMN | Railroad |
Mina Subdivision
MP 0 (Hazen) to MP 43 (Fort Churchill)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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161.280 | BM | CSQ | UP78 Mina | Hazen to Fort Churchill | FMN | Railroad |
Nevada Subdivision
MP 250 (Vista/Reno) to MP 421 (Winnemucca)
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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161.550 | BM | CSQ | UP96 Nevada | Weso to Ocala | FMN | Railroad | |
161.280 | BM | CSQ | UP78 Nevada | Ocala to Vista | FMN | Railroad |
Roseville Subdivision
MP 106 (Roseville, CA) to MP 247 (Vista/Reno, NV)
Shafter Subdivsion
MP 911 (Smelter/Morton Salt, UT) to MP 713 (Alazon/Wells, NV). This was the Western Pacific route south of the Great Salt Lake
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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160.470 | BM | CSQ | UP24 Shafter | Alazon to Smelter | FMN | Railroad |
Winnemucca Subdivison
MP 322 (Portola, CA) to MP 535 (Winnemucca, NV)
Las Vegas Terminal
Operations/Locals in the greater Las Vegas metro area
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Operations
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad operates between Carson City and Virginia City
Frequency | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
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161.370 | WQLL658 | BM | CSQ | VTRR 84 | RRCH-84 V&T Railroad | FMN | Railroad |
151.625 | BM | CSQ | Red-Dot V&T | Red-Dot V&T Railroad | FM | Railroad |