Check out UP 5300 West-KG1-LAX17 Intermodal. Filmed by bnsfrailfan, this stacker was well over 12,000ft long, 11,000 tons and running 3X2 on the motors.
Welcome to the UP/BNSF Omaha, Ne Stream! Never a dull moment! So pick your perferred media player, grab a cup of joe, (or beer) get comfortable, this stream runs in notch 8 all the time!!
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.
Check out this YouTube video of UP 7140 East, Unit Coal entering Blair, Ne.
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.
Here is BNSF 9162 East a Unit Coal passing through Ashland near CP 353:
BNSF 6133 West passing CP353 at Ashland, Ne.
South of Ashland, Ne Z-CHIDEN approaches CP 364
BNSF Train Identifiers Commonly heard over this stream:
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 south 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.
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