CHICAGO RAILROAD RADIO FREQUENCIES
AAR (Association of American Railroads) channels and actual frequencies, listed in numerical sequence.
- 07 160.215 Chicago West Pullman & Southern - Yard
- 08 160.230 CSX - Road - Former B&O/C&O
- 10 160.260 CN/EJ&E - Yard
- 11 160.275 CSX - Ready Track
- 12 160.290 CSX - Dispatcher-RB (Calumet City)/RM (Garrett SD)
- 13 160.305 Amtrak - Terminal Operations
- 13 160.305 Iowa Interstate - Yard
- 14 160.320 CSX - Dispatcher-RA (Calumet City)/SA (Monon)
- 15 160.335 BNSF - Engine House - Cicero
- 16 160.350 CN - Road - Matteson Subdivision
- 18 160.380 Belt Railway - West Yard
- 19 160.395 CSX - Yard - Barr-Westbound
- 20 160.410 Union Pacific - Road - Villa Grove Subdivision
- 22 160.440 Metra - Road - Southwest Subdistrict
- 25 160.485 Indiana Harbor Belt - Road - Dispatcher-East
- 25 160.485 Union Pacific - Road - Milwaukee Subdivision
- 26 160.500 Belt Railway - Road - Dispatcher-South
- 28 160.530 CN - Dispatcher - Elsdon Subdivision/South Bend Subdivision
- 31 160.575 Union Pacific - Yard - Global One/Proviso Tower
- 31 160.575 Wisconsin & Southern - Road
- 32 160.590 CN - Road - Elsdon Subdivision/South Bend Subdivision
- 35 160.635 Chicago Rail Link - Yard/Transfer
- 35 160.635 CSX - Dispatcher-AW (Grand Rapids)
- 36 160.650 BNSF - Road - Chillicothe Subdivision
- 39 160.695 Belt Railway - Road - Dispatcher-North
- 42 160.740 Amtrak - Yard
- 43 160.755 CN - Road - Freeport Subdivision
- 44 160.770 CP Rail - Road - C&M Subdivision/Fox Lake Subdivision
- 46 160.800 Norfolk Southern - Road - Chicago Line (former Conrail)
- 49 160.845 CN - Yard - Gateway Intermodal
- 52 160.890 Union Pacific - Road - Geneva Subdivision/Rockwell Subdivision
- 54 160.920 CN - Road - Joliet Subdivision
- 57 160.965 Belt Railway - Hump Yardmaster
- 58 160.980 Indiana Harbor Belt - Road - Dispatcher-West
- 59 160.995 BNSF - Yard - Corwith
- 60 161.010 NICTD - Road/Mobile
- 61 161.025 Metra - Road - Electric District
- 62 161.040 Union Pacific - Road - Kenosha Subdivision/Harvard Subdivision
- 64 161.070 Norfolk Southern - Yard - Ashland/Colehour
- 65 161.085 CP Rail - Road - Davenport Subdivision
- 66 161.100 BNSF - Road - Chicago Subdivision
- 69 161.145 Union Pacific - Yard - Dolton
- 70 161.160 BNSF - Yard - Cicero/Road - Aurora Subdivision
- 71 161.175 Union Pacific - Yard - Proviso
- 72 161.190 CN - Road - Chicago Subdivision
- 77 161.265 Amtrak - Car Department
- 78 161.280 Union Pacific - Road - Joliet Subdivision
- 79 161.295 CN - Road - Waukesha Subdivision
- 80 161.310 CSX - Yard - Barr-Eastbound
- 82 161.340 Metra - Road - Rock Island District
- 83 161.355 NICTD - Road/Repeater
- 84 161.370 CSX - Road - Monon Subdivision
- 84 161.370 CSX - Yard - 59th St. Intermodal
- 85 161.385 BNSF - Road - Mendota Subdivision
- 88 161.430 CP Rail - Yard - Bensenville
- 89 161.445 Belt Railway - East Yard
- 91 161.475 CN - Road - Leithton Subdivision
- 91 161.475 Manufacturers Junction - Yard
- 92 161.490 Norfolk Southern - Road - Chicago District
- 93 161.505 Amtrak - Road - Michigan Line
- 94 161.520 CP Rail - Road - Elgin Subdivision
- 95 161.535 Indiana Harbor Belt - Yardmaster-Gibson West End
- 97 161.565 Indiana Harbor Belt - Hump Yardmaster-Blue Island
Link to a page at the "On Track On Line" Web Site, covering radio frequencies on all Amtrak routes.
"Railfan Timetable" pages covering nearly all of the railroads in the five states surrounding Chicago.
The above list was last updated in 2012. The above link includes more timely information, covering road and dispatcher frequencies in use on each line of each railroad.
Some information is from the CORA (Chicago Operating Rules Association) guide. Information is subject to change.