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NOTE: This page does not display correctly using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Get Mozilla Firefox here , or MS IE8 here. They're both free. Welcome to the Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, VA Stream. Please check out the Forum dedicated to this stream for additional info pertaining to this stream.
Providing coverage of the railroads of Hampton Roads, VA:
Norfolk Southern "A" Line between Norfolk and Windsor, Virginia
CSX Portsmouth Sub between Portsmouth and Kilby, Virginia
CSX Penninsula Sub from the Massy/Newport News Coal Piers, north Commonwealth Railway between Suffolk and Portsmouth, Virginia
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Hampton Roads, VA is made up of cities on both sides of the confluance of the James River, Elizabeth River and Chesapeake Bay. There are 2 Class I railroads which serve area, NS and CSX Transportation. Several branchlines including the Beltline, Chesapeake and Albermarle, Commonwealth as Eastern Shore Railroads also transfer freight in the area.
Norfolk Southern dominates the area the area; its modern headquarters is located in downtown Norfolk, VA. Traffic on NS consists of Intermodal freight, bound for Norfolk International Terminal and coal, which is loaded aboard ships at NS' Lamberts Point coal facility. Click here to take a video tour of NS' Lamberts Point Coal facility (Broadband & Windows Media Player recommended). CSX serves Portsmouth Marine Terminal and Vulcan Materials.
Channels Currently Scanned
Norfolk Southern Norfolk District (Crewe DS): AAR Channel 72: 161.190 - Road West and Dispatcher AAR Channel 76: 161.250 - Portload Yard and East CSX Portsmouth Subdivision (FB Desk): AAR Channel 32: 160.590 - Road and Dispatcher AAR Channel 94: 161.520 - FB Dispatcher
Commonwealth Railway: AAR Channel 4: 160.050 Peninsula Subdivision (HG Desk): AAR Channel 8: 160.230 - Road AAR Channel 14: 160.320 - HG Dispatcher Cheaspeake and Albemarle: AAR Channel 43: 160.755 AAR Channel 56: 160.950 Defect Detectors: NS (Virginia Division - "A Line"): N 10.5 HBD-DED (Yadkin Road), (Chesapeake) NS (Virginia Division - "A Line"): N 20.0 HBD-DED (Jerico) (Sufflok) CSX (Portsmouth Sub) - SA 21.4 (Kenyon Road) (Suffolk) To help you geographically understand what you're hearing and create a better listening experience, I created a map of the area using TOPO-USA. The various RR signals, bridges and other points you'll hear on the stream are also annotated on the map. The map can be displayed on your monitor or downloaded as its in .pdf format. Bring it along on your next Railfan trip to the area.
The equipment used is built around a high quality, Icom IC-R7000 VHF/UHF receiver feeding the RR audio computer VIA a Radio Shack #270-054 Ground Loop Isolator. This isolates and DC path between the radio and computer, virtully eliminating any hum to provide you the cleanest possible audio. The antenna is a "J-Pole" at approximately 40' elevation fed with RG-213. I may change the antenna to something else, looking for a model with 6db of gain which will focus the "H-Plane Beamwidth" a bit more toward the horizon yet not suffer from "shadowing" issues associated with most 9db gain base antennas.
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