On Sept. 24th at 10pm CDT, the UP/BNSF/IAIS Omaha stream has ceased operations. Thank you to those that have supported, listened, and chimed into the forum!!!!

Some quick facts about railroading around Omaha:  

Omaha, a crossroads where 4 railroads meet and pass. Rich in railroad history, from the humble start of the UPRR in the late 1800's, the rise and fall of fallen flags such as the Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, Chicago Great Western, to name a few. Omaha, not really considered a mecca for railroading, but a very important hub for the midwest.


Railroads that traverse Omaha are:

Union Pacific Railroad Company: 

Started in 1862, initiated by the Pacific Railroad Act, has a large yard at Council Bluffs, Iowa, several smaller yards, at Seward St, Seymour, MP 8.90, and Woody, MP 11.10. Union Pacific has grown to be the largest transcontental railroad in the United States. Union Pacific Headquarters and Harriman Dispatching Center are all located here.  UP runs several unit coal trains, intermodals, and manifest (garbage trains as known to train crews) across their system. 

3 UP Subdivsions are featured on this stream, they are: Council Bluffs, Blair and Falls City.

The majority of UP traffic into Omaha is trains approaching from the west over the Council Bluffs Sub, calling out signal indications at points such as "Pamida",MP 10.0, "Omaha Bed" MP 7.0, "Summit", MP 5.0. Trains also call Council Bluffs Tower near Summit for yarding instructions. Trains also clear and recieve Track Warrants over on the Falls City Sub near "Wilson" MP 472.1, which is in fact 1/2 mile away from the stream location! 

UP Train Identifiers Commonly Heard Over this stream:              

YCB 75-Works Seymor, MP CPB10.0 and  Woody, MP CPB11 

LNB 41-Council Bluffs-Blair, Ne Local

M-CBNP-Counci Bluffs-North Platte

M-NPCB-North Platte-Council Bluffs

M-CBPR-Council Bluffs-Proviso, Il 

M-PRCB-Proviso, Il-Council Bluffs

M-KCCB-Kansas City (Murray Yard)-Council Bluffs

M-CBKC-Council Bluffs-Kansas City

                                                            UP 5876 near CPB 003, Downtown Omaha, glides past a westbound autorack train. 

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway

Many small railroads make up the BNSF Railway, while headquartered in Ft. Worth, Tx. BNSF plays a very large role south of Omaha. BNSF is the largest transporter of grain products, not to mention coal. BNSF's Gibson yard in Omaha plays a vital role. Soon to be an exchange area for ethanol, trains Z-CHIDEN and Z-DENCHI make occasional stops to drop off and pickup UPS and other hot intermodal destined for Denver or Chicago.

6 BNSF Subdivisions are located south of Omaha, they are: Creston, Omaha, Sioux City, Bayard, Council Bluffs, and Napier.

                                   South of Ashland, Ne Z-CHIDEN approaches CP 364

BNSF Train Identifiers Commonly heard over this stream:

        Mainfests:                                                     Loaded Unit Coal:

Z-CHIDEN-Chicago-Denver UPS/Intermodal                                    C-NAMPHP                   

Z-DENCHI--Denver-Chicago                                                            C-BKMSLC

M-LINLIN--Lincoln-Lincoln Local Manifest                                         C-SBMMA

M-KCKOMA--Kansas City-Omaha                                                     C-ATMCNM

M-OMAKCK--Omaha-Kansas City, Manifest                                     C-BKMSKO

Q-GALLIN--Galesburg-Lincoln                                                          C-JRMCXE

Q-LINGAL--Lincoln-Galesburg, Quality Mainfest                               C-CDMRTR

Q-NWTKCK--Newtown, Mn-Kansas City                                           C-BTMCXC                                             

Q-KCKNWT--Kansas City-Newtown, Quality Mainfest                       C-BTMSAI

G-SIOLIN--Sioux City, Ia-Lincoln, Unit Grain Shuttle                         C-NAMCEB

G-LINSIO--Lincoln-Sioux City, Ia                                                      C-BTMCGK                             

Q-DILLIN--Dilworth, Mn-Lincoln                                                       C-ATMCSS

Q-LINDIL--Lincoln-Dilworth, Mn. Quailty Manifest                           C-CDMSAI

H-DENGAL--Denver-Galesburg                                                       C-BTMMHK

H-GALDEN--Galesburg-Denver, High Priority                                   C-NAMCNT 

 BNSF Omaha Local Jobs:

BN 2960, a GP39V and BN 2122, a GP38ac rest at BNSF's Omaha Gibson Yard.  

Y-410, Y-212, Y-810, Y-210, Y-202, Y-203, Y-412, Y-422. 

Amtrak:

Amtrak has 2 scheduled trains into Omaha. #6 from Denver and #5 from Chicago.
#5 arrives generally between 2100-2300 nightly and #6 arrives between 0500-0700 daily.

BNSF hosts Amtrak, which runs over the Creston and Omaha Subs.

Amtrak #6 Swings around East Wye Oreapolis and Ducks beneath Hwy 75 viaduct at Oreapolis.

Frequencies Monitored & Detectors:

UP Harriman Dispatching Center, Omaha, Ne., located 10 miles north of the stream reciever location.

Union Pacific-

160.7400-AAR 4242-Omaha East Dispatcher-Council Bluffs Sub, East of MP 16.95 and Blair Sub.

160.4100-AAR 2020-Dispatcher 50-Falls City Sub

161.6800-AAR 3838, Council Bluffs Yardmaster/Tower

UP Detectors:

MP 335.3-Loveland, Ia, Council Bluffs Sub, dragging equipment and hotbox detector-female voice-heard only during favorable radio propagation conditions.  

MP 468.3-La Platte, Ne, Falls City Sub, dragging equipment and hotbox detector-female voice.

MP 452.7-Murray, Ne, Falls City Sub, dragging equipment, car count and hotbox detector-female voice. Heard only during favorable radio propagation conditions.

MP 10.0-Omaha, Ne, Council Bluffs Sub, dragging equipment and hotbox detector-Talk on defect only, female voice.

BNSF Railway:

161.4150-AAR 8787-Creston/Omaha/Council Bluffs and Bayard Subs-Ashland, Ne and Pacific Jct. Ia. Radio.

161.3850-AAR 8585-Napier Sub-Glenwood and Hamburg, Ia. Radio. 

161.2350-AAR 7575-Sioux City Sub-Ashland, Ne. and Pacific Jct. Ia. Radio. 

161.1000-AAR 6666-BNSF Omaha (Gibson) Yard & Lincoln (Hobson) Yardmaster/Tower.

BNSF Detectors:

MP 0.3-Creston Sub, Pacific Jct. Ia., main track, westward movement only, dragging equipment, and hot bearing detector.

MP 3.4-Creston Sub, Plattsmouth, Ne. main track, dragging equipment and hot bearing detector, talk on defect only. 

MP 8.6-Creston Sub, South Bend, Ne. Main 1 and 2, dragging equipment/hot bearing/axle count detector.

MP 16.0-Creston Sub, Cullom, Ne main track, dragging equipment/hot bearing detector/axle count detector.

MP 18.3-Sioux City Sub, Leshara, Ne main track, dragging equipment and hot bearing detector. This detector is heard only when local propagations allows. 

MP 39.0-Creston Sub, Greenwood, Ne. Main 1 and 2, dragging equipment and hot bearing detector. This detector is heard only when local propagation allows. 

MP 164.2-Napier Sub, Mc Paul, Ia, dragging equipment/hot bearing/axle count detector. This detector only heard when local propagation conditions allows.  

Thank You for listening to the UP/BNSF/IAIS Stream. Any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me via Personal Message.