Railroad Radio Frequencies
Used On The Amtrak Southwest Chief Route
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This page provides information about radio communication channels and
frequencies used by Amtrak on the Southwest Chief Route.
Listed from West to East:
- 47-160.815-Los Angeles.................River Sub Dispatcher
- 36-160.650-Los Angeles - (Riverside)...San Bernardino Sub DS 15
Detectors:
- 36-160.650-MP 32.0 (between Fullerton & Riverside)
- 72-161.190-(Riverside)-Barstow.........Cajon Sub Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 72-161.190-MP 06.0 (between Fullerton & San Bernardino)
- 72-161.190-MP 64.1 (between San Bernardino & Victorville)
- 72-161.190-MP 57.3N(between San Bernardino & Victorville)
- 72-161.190-MP 48.5 (between San Bernardino & Victorville)
- 72-161.190-MP 28.5 (between Victorville & Barstow)
- 72-161.190-MP 08.5 (between Victorville & Barstow)
- 32-160.590-Barstow - East Barstow......Cajon Sub Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 32-160.590-Barstow (Needles Sub Dispatcher)
- 27-160.515-Barstow (California Dispatcher)
- 55-160.935-East Barstow - Needles......Needles Sub Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 55-160.935-MP 733.3 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 711.1 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 690.3 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 665.0 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 644.5 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 628.1 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 612.4 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 55-160.935-MP 607.5 (between East Barstow & Needles)
- 36-160.650-Needles - (W Seligman)......Seligman Sub Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 36-160.650-MP 561.5 (between Needles & Kingman)
- 36-160.650-MP 536.0 (between Needles & Kingman)
- 36-160.650-MP 512.5 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 36-160.650-MP 493.3 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 36-160.650-MP 473.9 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 36-160.650-MP 452.1 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 55-160.935-(W Seligman) - Winslow......Desk 7 Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 55-160.935-MP 426.9 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 55-160.935-MP 377.1 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 55-160.935-MP 377.6 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 55-160.935-MP 358.3 (between Kingman & Flagstaff)
- 55-160.935-MP 336.8 (between Flagstaff & Winslow)
- 55-160.935-MP 315.5 (between Flagstaff & Winslow)
- 55-160.935-MP 294.2 (between Flagstaff & Winslow)
- 72-161.190-Winslow - Gallup............Desk 6 Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 72-161.190-MP 270.4 (between Winslow & Gallup)
- 72-161.190-MP 247.4 (between Winslow & Gallup)
- 72-161.190-MP 225.2 (between Winslow & Gallup)
- 72-161.190-MP 202.4 (between Winslow & Gallup)
- 72-161.190-MP 176.5 (between Winslow & Gallup)
- 36-160.650-Gallup - (Dalies)...........Desk 5 Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 36-160.650-MP 153.9 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 131.3 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 111.1 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 090.5 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 065.8 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 044.5 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 36-160.650-MP 028.3 (between Gallup & Albuquerque)
- 50-160.860-(Dalies)....................Desk 4 Dispatcher
- 32-160.590-(Dalies) - (Las Animas).....Desk 9/Raton/Denver Disp
Detectors:
- 32-160.590-MP 874.5 (between Albuquerque & Lamy)
- 32-160.590-MP 843.4 (between Albuquerque & Lamy)
- 32-160.590-MP 809.2 (between Lamy & Las Vegas)
- 32-160.590-MP 774.9 (between Lamy & Las Vegas)
- 32-160.590-MP 753.6 (between Las Vegas & Raton)
- 32-160.590-MP 728.0 (between Las Vegas & Raton)
- 32-160.590-MP 702.1 (between Las Vegas & Raton)
- 32-160.590-MP 675.8 (between Las Vegas & Raton)
- 32-160.590-MP 657.0 (between Raton & Trinidad)
- 32-160.590-MP 649.8 (between Raton & Trinidad)
- 32-160.590-MP 618.5 (between Trinidad & La Junta)
- 32-160.590-MP 594.5 (between Trinidad & La Junta)
- 85-161.385-(Las Animas) - (Elinor).....
Detectors:
- 85-161.385-MP 566.5 (between La Junta & Lamar)
- 85-161.385-MP 538.4 (between La Junta & Lamar)
- 85-161.385-MP 499.0 (between Lamar & Garden City)
- 85-161.385-MP 466.1 (between Lamar & Garden City)
- 85-161.385-MP 435.2 (between Lamar & Garden City)
- 85-161.385-MP 418.1 (between Lamar & Garden City)
- 85-161.385-MP 397.7 (between Garden City & Dodge City)
- 85-161.385-MP 355.0 (between Garden City & Dodge City)
- 36-160.650-(Elinor) - (Emporia)........Newton Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 36-160.650-MP 221.4 (between Dodge City & Hutchinson)
- 36-160.650-MP 180.9 (between Hutchinson & Newton)
- 36-160.650-MP 121.1 (between Newton & Topeka)
- 69-161.145-(Emporia) - (Holiday).......
Detectors:
- 69-161.145-MP 104.6 (between Newton & Topeka)
- 69-161.145-MP ???.? (between Newton & Topeka)
- 69-161.145-MP ???.? (between Topeka & Lawrence)
- 65-161.085-(Holiday) - Kansas City
- 30-160.560-Kansas City - Ft. Madison
Detectors:
- 30-160.560-MP 432.0 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 426.3 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 420.7 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 407.5 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 382.8 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 373.0 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 366.5 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 344.5 (between Kansas City & La Plata)
- 30-160.560-MP 326.4 (between La Plata & Ft. Madison)
- 30-160.560-MP 306.4 (between La Plata & Ft. Madison)
- 30-160.560-MP 282.3 (between La Plata & Ft. Madison)
- 30-160.560-MP 257.9 (between La Plata & Ft. Madison)
- 30-160.560-MP 241.4 (between La Plata & Ft. Madison)
- 36-160.650-Ft. Madison - Galesburg
Detectors:
- 36-160.650 MP 226.9 (between Ft. Madison & Galesburg)
- 36-160.650 MP 211.8 (between Ft. Madison & Galesburg)
- 36-160.650 MP 188.3 (between Ft. Madison & Galesburg)
- 51-160.875 MP ---.- (between Ft. Madison & Galesburg)
- 85-161.385-Galesburg - Naperville
Detectors:
- 85-161.385-MP 142.6 (between Galesburg & Princeton)
- 85-161.385-MP 125.9 (between Galesburg & Princeton)
- 85-161.385 MP 110.9 (between Galesburg & Princeton)
- 85-161.385-MP 085.5 (between Princeton & Naperville)
- 85-161.385-MP 056.9 (between Princeton & Naperville)
- 85-161.385-MP 043.8 (between Princeton & Naperville)
- 66-161.100-Naperville - Chicago
Detectors:
- 66-161.100-MP ???.? (between Naperville & Chicago)
On-Board Services (I have yet to hear any of these used on board.):
- 20-160.410-Los Angeles, California - Kingman, Arizona
- 23-160.455-Los Angeles, California - Kingman, Arizona
- 27-160.515-Kingman, Arizona - La Junta, Colorado
- 94-161.520-Kingman, Arizona - La Junta, Colorado
- 27-160.515-Raton, New Mexico - La Junta, Colorado
