Live from Upstate New York...

THE MOHAWK VALLEY RAILFAN SCANNER
(A free service from Broken Knuckle Video Productions)

Perched over 400 feet above the Mohawk River and the CSX Chicago mainline
(ex-NYC Water Level Route) is the antenna bringing live scanner transmissions
from the areas railroads!  This ultimate vantage point for a receiving antenna
overlooks the valley from one of the highest points in Montgomery County!
The antenna is 1.4 miles south of CP 198 on CSXT's Mohawk Subdivision.

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What you will hear when connected to the scanner feed...

CSX
Road channel 160.800 broadcasts transmissions from trains and defect detectors. This is the main signal from the scanner and dominates the airwaves. Transmissions have been heard clearly from mile post 173 to mile post 215, an east-west spread of over 40 miles!  Even stronger radios can also be heard (although not as clearly) beyond this range.  You will hear train crews calling signals as they travel. Some crews will clearly ID the location, train symbol, lead engine number, and other information. Other crews can barely be heard.  Trains will also on occasion use this channel to communicate with MOW crews, and the ND Dispatcher, located at Selkirk, NY, about 56 rail miles to the east.  The MP 200.7 (Fort Plain, NY) defect detector is clear as a bell, and will announce the track number (#1 is the north track), and axle count.  The detector in Amsterdam at MP177.4 (over 20 miles to the east) can also be heard, although weather and atmosphere conditions will affect the clarity.

CP Rail
The radio is tuned to the CP North End and South end frequencies.  The dispatcher can clearly
be heard talking to trains or MOW crews when he/she transmits over the Balston radio station.
Other transmissions from the Richmondville radio to the Fort Edward radio have been heard,
but the clarity is subject to atmospheric conditions. 

Guilford / Pan Am Railway
The District 3 dispatcher and road channels are monitored.  The dispatcher is heard clearly,
and transmissions on the road channel are sometimes heard.

Vermont Rail System
The VTR Repeater channel is available, but due to very loud and too frequent transmissions, it is not currently monitored.

The scanner feed is hosted by RadioReference.com
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PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH FEEDBACK ABOUT THE AUDIO FEED
csxmp198@frontiernet.net