We hear the Centralia North Dispatcher running BNSF, UP. Amtrak and Sounder Commuter trains between Tukwila, Wa and Nisqually, Wa. Weekday volumes on the north end of the Seattle Sub are high due to the 18 Sounder trains that run between Seattle and Tacoma. Trains traveling on the Seattle Sub often are on their way to or from BNSF's famous Stevens Pass Route to points east. Amtrak, Sounder, and the Union Pacific have trackage rights over the BNSF on the Seattle Sub.

BNSF Seattle Sub frequencies

• 161.415 AAR ch87 (Centralia North Dispatcher - From Tukwila, Wa to Tenino, Wa)
• 161.160 AAR ch70 (Seattle Terminal Dispatcher - From Seattle, Wa to Tukwila, Wa) <not active in scan list>
• 161.100 AAR ch66 (Centralia South Dispatcher - From Tenino, Wa to Vancouver, Wa) <not active in scan list>
• 160.620 AAR ch34 PBX/MRAS <not active in scan list>
• 160.920 AAR ch54 M of W <not active in scan list>

Defect Detectors Heard 

• MP 15.1X - Mains 1&2 Dragging Equipment (talk on defect only)
• MP 20.8X - Mains 1&2 Dragging Equipment (talk on defect only)
• MP 26.4X - Mains 1&2 Hot box, Dragging Equipment & Axle Count
• MP 31.4X - Mains 1&2 Dragging Equipment (talk on defect only)
• MP 35.2X - Mains 1&2 Dragging Equipment (talk on defect only)
• MP 10.12 - Mains 1&2, Dragging Equipment & Axle Count
• MP 18.5 - Mains 1&2, Dragging Equipment

We hear UP Dispatcher 1 running UP trains between Tukwila, Wa and Fife, Wa. volumes on the UP Seattle Sub are moderate with around 10 trains a day. Trains traveling on the UP often are Seattle bound container trains destined for ships in the Port of Seattle. You will often hear the Argo tower directing trains in and out of argo yard.

BNSF Seattle Sub frequencies

• 160.515 AAR ch27 (UP Dispatcher 1 - From Tukwila, Wa to Fife, Wa)

Defect Detectors Heard 

• MP 164.3 - Hot Box, Dragging Equipment, & Axle count.

The steam receiver is a Motorola Maxtrac connected to a home built J-Pole antenna mounted 30 feet above the house. The house is located in Edgewood, Wa. approx 460ft above the valley. We also have an Advanced Receiver P150VDG RF Preamp to help boost the signal into the receiver. The receiver is connected to a Compaq Proliant DL580 4x700mhz rack mounted server which is running VMWare. This stream is being ran on a virtual instance of Windows 2003 enterprise Server and Winamp/Shoutcast DSP 1.9.1 to encode the audio which is fed to the Shoutcast Distributed Audio Server. 


This stream is broadcasting courtesy of Rick Canady (property owner) in Edgewood, Wa