Welcome to the UP/BNSF/CN-IC/Iowa Interstate Omaha, Ne Stream!

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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. 

5 UP Subdivsions are located near Omaha, they are: Omaha, Blair, Falls City, Sioux City and Boone Subs.       

   

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Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)

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.

Amtrak:

Amtrak has 2 scheduled trains into Omaha. #6 from Emeryville, Ca 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.

 Iowa Interstate and Illinois Central/Canadien National:

Both of these railroads have small operations in Council Bluffs, Ia.  Both with interchange traffic with UP.

More information will be available soon.

Frequencies Monitored

Union Pacific-

160.7400-Dispatcher 399-Council Bluffs Sub, East of MP 16.95 and Blair Sub.

161.4900-Dispatcher 20-Council Bluffs Sub, West of MP 16.95 to Fremont, Ne, MP 39.0   

161.7500-Dispatcher 47-Sioux City Sub

160.4100-Dispatcher 50-Falls City Sub

160.8900-Dispatcher 19-Boone Sub/Council Bluffs Hostlers/Diesel House

160.6800-Council Bluffs Tower-Channel, used also for train yarding.

UP Detectors:

MP 335.3, Loveland, Ia-Council Bluffs Sub, dragging and hot bearing detector, female voice.

MP 332.0, Missouri Valley, Ia.-Blair Sub, dragging and hot bearing detector, male voice. 

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

BNSF Railway:

161.4150-Creston/Omaha/Council Bluffs and Bayard Subs.

161.3850-Sioux City and Napier Subs.

BNSF Detectors:

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

Iowa Interstate Railway Co.

160.3050-"Channel 1"

161.2200-"Channel 2"-Yard Channel

Canadien National/Illinois Central: 

161.1900-Road Channel

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*Niether CN/IC and IAIS has detectors noted in the area.

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