Stream Has Been Discontinued due to change of housing circumstances.

 Welcome to the Ft. Wayne Indiana Area Stream!

This is a stereo stream covering all the active frequencies used in Ft Wayne.
Ft Wayne is the headquarters for NS's Lake Division as well as home to NS's East Wayne yard and Triple Crown Roadrailer Services main hub and headquarters.
Four Districts converge in Ft Wayne with trains taking several different routings through town.

The Equipment

The equipment that makes this feature possible consists of the following:

- 400Mhz IBM computer. Pentium II, 128MB/Ram, Windows 2000, Winamp & Shoutcast Audio server software.

- Radio Shack Pro-2048 200 channel base scanner (kindly donated by Mike Meisner)

- Radio Shack Pro-2026 200 channel mobile scanner.

- Wireless connection to Linksys network attached to 16mb/512kb cable modem.

- 18' fiberglass antenna tuned to 154mhz, 6db gain. 

- Outdoor mast-mount antenna @ 6ft (sorry about the height, I live in an apartment!)

What You'll Hear

During the latest update to the audio rig I installed the 2026 for addition coverage. Each scanner is plugged into a specially made Y cord. One leg is for left channel audio and the other leg is the right channel. You'll notice that some audio will come from your left hand speaker and other sounds will come from the right hand speaker. Each scanner is plugged into one end of the cable and scans a different set of frequencies.

The main feed, or the right speaker, is connected to the Pro-2048 and scans the following frequencies:

160.380 - Huntington District *Set as Priority Channel*
160.440 - New Castle District
161.250 - Fostoria District
161.490 - Chicago District

The left audio channel coming from the Pro-2026 scans the secondary frequencies in the area which include the following:
*CF&E Frequencies
161.190 - East Wayne Yard (also used by locals switching in the area.)
151.865 - Triple Crown - base operations
160.950 - Triple Crown Yard
160.545 - CF&E Road channel
160.800 - Mike to Adams (NS Kankakee dispatcher)
161.070 - Adams and east (NS Pittsburgh West dispatcher)

Actual coverage of the area consists mainly of the Huntington District and Chicago District. On the Chicago Dist you'll hear trains clearing Dunfee on their way into the Summit City, most of which diverge at Sand onto the CF&E tracks to Junction where they turn south on the New Castle District. Most trains stop at Thomas Rd to change crews before continuing on their way. The bulk of the audio traffic is centered around the Huntington Dist, especially between Mike and NE. You'll hear trains hustling in and out of the Triple Crown yard, local jobs, through trains, maintenance clearance blocks and everything else that happens on the railroad.