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Providing continuous coverage between Richmond and Emporia, Virginia on CSX.

Buckingham Branch Railroad coverage in downtown Richmond. 

Norfolk Southern coverage provided in the Petersburg area and Richmond, along with limited coverage of the Emporia area.

Chester Area Receiver Stream	Carson Area Receiver Stream
LISTEN - WinAmp, iTunes, XMMS	LISTEN - WinAmp, iTunes, XMMS
LISTEN - RealPlayer	LISTEN - RealPlayer
LISTEN - Windows Media Player 9 only	LISTEN - Windows Media Player 9 only
There are 0 people listening to this channel.	There is 1 person listening to this channel.

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NS 823 at Petersburg, Virginia.  June 9, 2008	CSX Q74119 at Centralia, Virginia.  Sept. 20, 2008

ATCS Monitoring

You can enhance your railroad scanning by subscribing to the ATCS Monitor Yahoo Group (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ATCS_Monitor/).  There are live feeds for both CSX and Norfolk Southern in the areas covered by the Chester and Carson Scanner Feeds, and beyond.  The Norfolk Southern Norfolk District ATCS monitoring feeds are hosted from Walt's Hobby Shop in Petersburg, Virginia and Arthur Transport Services, Inc. in Suffolk, Virginia

Visit http://www.ctb.virginia.gov/projects.asp for Virginia Commonweatlth Transportation Board studies, maps, proposals, etc.  There is a lot of interesting information to be found here.

Vist Rails in Virginia for very accurate information on the railroads in the area.  Many thanks to Jeff Hawkins for his long hours and attention to detail on this site.

Thanks also to Jeff Allgood for additional information on frequencies and coverage.

Below is a summary of all channels currently scanned on the Chester Feed.

Buckingham Branch Railroad (BBRR)

AAR Channel 23: 160.455 - road and Control Center

The Buckingham Branch now controls train movements on the former C&O Piedmont Subdivision from AM Junction. 

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 Rivanna and Peninsula Subdivisions (HG Desk):

AAR Channel  8:  160.230 - Fulton Yardmaster and road 

AAR Channel 14: 160.320 - dispatcher

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)

Below is a summary of all channels currently scanned on the Carson Feed.

CSX North End and Portsmouth Subdivisions (FB Desk):

AAR Channel 32:  160.590 - road and dispatcher

AAR Channel 45:  160.785 - MOW 

AAR Channel 94:  161.520 - FB dispatcher

CSX South End Subdivision (FA Desk):

AAR Channel 84:  161.370 - FA dispatcher

The FA dispatcher's territory is outside of the immediate area covered by the Carson feed, but may aid in monitoring trains entering Rocky Mount.

Norfolk Southern Norfolk, Franklin, and Richmond Districts (Crewe DS):

AAR Channel 18:  160.380 - MOW

AAR Channel 72:  161.190 - road and dispatcher

AAR Channel 76:  161.250 - yard

Norfolk Southern Danville District (Greensboro DS):

AAR Channel 56:  160.950 - NS Piedmont District dispatcher can often be heard, although it is not technically covered by the Carson feed.

Defect Detectors/Track Side Analyzers:

CSX (North End Sub - "A Line") - A33.7 (Carson - Actually closer to Reams, but still referred to as "Carson" by train crews.)

NS (Norfolk District) - N61.4 (Waverly), N75.0 (New Bohemia), N89.0 (Jack), and N104.4 (Ford)