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This stream covers four of the Puget Sound Area's freight-only shortlines in addition to a very well-known Tourist Stream Railroad. We are listening to Tacoma Rail, Puget Sound and Pacific, Meeker Southern Railroad, Ballard Terminal Railroad, and the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. There is alot of traffic to be heard from these five railroads. Tacoma Rail is our main focus with their seven channels and many switch jobs. Tacoma Rail is owned by the City of Tacoma and is a part of Tacoma Public Utilities. Tacoma Rail has a long history that includes the city acquiring a few different railroads. Formally the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line, Most of Tacoma Rail’s trackage is ex Milwaukee Road. When the Milwaukee Road met its demise, the tracks in the Tacoma’s tide flats, now known as the “Tidelands" Division, were acquired by the city, while what is now known as the “Mountain" Division was acquired by Weyerhaeuser and used to haul logs from Centralia to Tacoma. The city acquired that portion of the line in the late 90’s. In 2004 Tacoma Rail acquired the “Capitol” division and serves various industries in the downtown Olympia area. This scheduled-job also has trackage rights from Centennial to Nisqually over BNSF Mainline which enables it to serve industries on BNSF’s Lakeview Sub. Tacoma Rail has a nice google map of their service territory on their website. The map can be accessed here. Tacoma Rail frequencies:
- 161.070 AAR ch64 (Tacoma Rail Channel 1)
- 161.145 AAR ch69 (Tacoma Rail Channel 2)
- 161.295 AAR ch79 (Tacoma Rail Channel 3)
- 161.190 AAR ch72 (Tacoma Rail Channel 4)
- 161.445 AAR ch89 (Tacoma Rail Channel 5)
- 161.475 AAR ch91 (Tacoma Rail Channel 6)
- 160.575 AAR ch31 (Tacoma Rail Channel 7)
- 161.415 AAR ch87 (BNSF Centralia North Dispatcher - From TR Junction to D Street. for accessing the Mountain Division) <not active in scan list>
- 161.100 AAR ch66 (BNSF Centralia South Dispatcher - From Nisqually, Wa to Centennial, Wa) <not active in scan list>
- 160.515 AAR ch27 (UP Seattle Sub Dispatcher. for accessing the Mountain Division) <not active in scan list>
Tacoma Rail does not use train numbers. Trains are identified by the crew start time. ie... Job 730 refers to 7:30am crew start time Tacoma Rail Locomotive Roster: - 1203 - 1204 (2 - SW1200s)
- 1521 - 1524 (4 - MP15s)
- 2000 - 2006 (6 - GP20s {no 2004})
- 3000 - 3001 (2 - SD40-3s)
- 3801 - 3802 (2 - GP38s)
- 4000 - 4001 (2 -GP40s)
The Meeker Southern is a 4.5 mile shortline from Meeker, WA to McMillin, WA. Their roster consists of an EMD SW9, a former BN steel caboose, and a former SP&S Steel Caboose. The RoW they operate on was the old NP Mainline to StampedePass before the Auburn Cutoff was built. In later years it was NP's "Buckley" branch. What's left of the line was maintained by BNSF until bought by Meeker Southern in November of 2000. Though they dont have an exact schedule, they operate about three times a week, usually in the mornings. Meeker Southern frequencies:
- 161.385 AAR ch85 (Primary Channel)
- 160.635 AAR ch35 (Secondary Channel)
Meeker Southern Locomotive Roster:
The Ballard Terminal Railroad is a 3 mile shortline operating in Ballard, Wa. They operate over the old GN Ballard low line which was GN's 1918 fomer mainline before the Ballard bridge was built. The line used to go from Ballard to Woodinville and connect with the Snohomsh to Renton line. The Ballard Terminal now has only one customer: Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel. Their running schedule is very sporadic but they tend to run once a week, usually in the evening. Ballard Terminal frequencies:
- 161.385 AAR ch85 (Primary Channel)
- 160.635 AAR ch35 (Secondary Channel)
Ballard Terminal Locomotive Roster:
The Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad is an 80 mile shortline that is headquartered in Elma, Washington. Coverage range for this railroad is between Elma and Bremorton. They began operations on August 30, 1997. It is a division of RailAmerica . The PS&P interchanges with the BNSF and the UP near Centralia, Washington. From there, the line reaches west to Grays Harbor, Washington and Northeast to Bangor, Washington. The line operated by the PS&P was purchased from BNSF in August of 1997. Much of the line was originally constructed by the Puget Sound & Grays Harbor Railroad in 1890. The NP purchased this line from Summit to Montesano shortly after the PS&GH started operations. The NP then completed a line from Centralia to Elma and from Montesano to Grays Harbor bringing rail service to Grays Harbor in 1892. The PS&P primarily operates Monday through Friday, interchanging with BNSF and the UP each night at Centralia. This train returns to Elma where it is separated into trains for Grays Harbor and Bangor, both leaving Elma in the mornings. PS&P frequencies:
- 160.935 AAR ch55 (Channel 1)
- 161.475 AAR ch91 (Channel 2)
The Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad is an awesome steam tourist railroad out of Mineral, Wa. They use Tacoma Rail trackage between Eatonville and Morton. However the Nisqually River bridge near Park Junction washed out in 2006, so they only operate between Mineral and Morton until the bridge is fixed. MRSR operates mostly on the weekends in the summer months, however there are alot of special events throughout the year so check their website for details. MRSR frequencies:
- 160.635 AAR ch35 (Primary Channel)
- 161.335 AAR ch85 (Secondary Channel)
MRSR Locomotive Roster: - 17 (2-8-2t - Hammond Lumber Company {operational})
- 91 (3 truck Heisler - West Fork Timber Company {operational})
- 10 (3 truck Climax - Hillcrest Lumber Company {operational})
- 2 (3 truck Willamette - Rayonier Lumber Company {restoration})
- 70 (2-8-2 - Rayonier Lumber Company {restoration})
- 5 (2-8-2 - Port of Grays Harbor {non-operational})
- 45 (2-6-2 - Rayonier Lumber Company {non-operational})
- 10 (3 truck Heisler - Blue Jay Lumber Company {non-operational})
- 11 (3 truck Shay - Pickering Lumber Company - {non-operational})
- 481 (NW2 - Great Northern Railway {operational})
- 7012A (F9 - Northern Pacific Railway {operational})
- 41 (RSD1 - US Army {non-operational})
- 42 (S1 - US Army {non-operational})
Technical info: The steam receiver is a Motorola Spectra connected to a TrainTenna™ outdoor antenna mounted 30 feet above the house. The house is located on the West Hill of Des Moines, Wa approx 200ft 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 run 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. For setup photos Click Here
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