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NOTE: This page may not display correctly using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Get Mozilla Firefox here , or MS IE8 here. They're both free. Providing continuous coverage on CSX's North End Subdivision between Richmond and Emporia, Virginia. Also covering more than 40 miles of Norfolk Southern's Norfolk District in the Petersburg area, along with the Richmond District in Richmond, and limited coverage the Franklin District in Emporia.
|  | Amtrak Auto Train at Chester, Virginia. July 1, 2009
| CSX V369-29 at Carson, Virginia. May 30, 2009 |
Chester, Virginia is located about halfway between Richmond and Petersburg on CSX's North End Subdivision. This is a busy line hosting more than 2 dozen freight trains and 8 Amtrak passenger trains each day, including Amtrak's AutoTrain (PO52/53) and CSX's "Juice Train" (Q740/741). Radio communications also include trains traversing CSX's Bellwood, Peninsula, and Rivanna Subdivisions in and around the Richmond area. Buckingham Branch operates westward from AM Junction in downtown Richmond. | | Carson, Virginia is located on CSX's North End Subdivision between Petersburg and the Virginia/North Carolina state line. Most of the same trains traveling between Petersburg and Richmond on CSX also pass through Carson. In addition to CSX, trains on Norfolk Southern's Norfok District can be heard as they pass through and around the Petersburg area. |
Visit my Chester Railfan website for photos in the Richmond and Petersburg areas, along with a few others.
CSX and Buckingham Branch traffic can be monitored on the Hunton audio feed. For additional railroad radio coverage of Southeast Virginia, visit the Norfolk audio feed. Monitor Norfolk Southern action in the Roanoke, Virginia area on the Roanoke audio feed. Norfolk Southern activity in the Manassas, Virginia area can be monitored on the Bristow audio feed.
Channels Currently Scanned on the Chester Feed
| Channels Currently Scanned on the Carson Feed
| | CSX Richmond Terminal, North End, Bellwood, and Hopewell Subdivisions (FB Desk): AAR Channel 32: 160.590 - ACCA Yardmaster, road and dispatcher AAR Channel 45: 160.785 - MOW AAR Channel 94: 161.520 - dispatcher | CSX North End and Portsmouth Subdivisions (FB Desk): AAR Channel 32: 160.590 - road and dispatcher AAR Channel 94: 161.520 - FB dispatcher | | CSX Rivanna and Peninsula Subdivisions (HG Desk): AAR Channel 8: 160.230 - Fulton Yardmaster and road AAR Channel 14: 160.320 - dispatcher |
Norfolk Southern Norfolk and Franklin Districts (Crewe DS): AAR Channel 72: 161.190 - road and dispatcher AAR Channel 76: 161.250 - yard | Norfolk Southern Richmond District (Crewe DS): AAR Channel 72: 161.190 - road and dispatcher |
| Defect Detectors: CSX (North End Sub - "A Line"): A3.0 (Broad Rock Road), A17.5 (Petersburg) CSX (Bellwood Sub - "S Line"): S0.39 Hi_Wide DD (Brown Street), S4.0 (Marlboro) CSX (Peninsula Sub) - CA79.8 (Miller Road) | Defect Detectors/Track Side Analyzers: CSX (North End Sub - "A Line"): A33.7 (Carson), A58.2 (Fox) NS (Norfolk District): N61.4 (Waverly), N75.0 (New Bohemia), N89.0 (Jack), and N104.4 (Ford) |
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