BNSF freq list

Last updated: 1-12-00


Here is a BNSF freq list with channel numbers

         Burlington Northern
         Pacific Division Radio Channels
         (Seattle - Portland Region)

The radio frequency used by all Northwest railroads for their rear end
devices is 457.9375 MHZ. The broadcasts consist of a half-second "chirp"
every 15 seconds.


12        99
Ch.       Ch.
    Radio       Freq      Assignments
 1        66   161.100   Main Line (Channel 1)
 2        70   161.160   Main Line (Channel 2), MRL, Some Yards
 3        76   161.250   Portland Area (Channel 2), Harbor Island, Car Dept.
 4        36   160.650   Balmer Yard (Seattle), Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
 5        80   161.310   Balmer Hump (Seattle), Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
 6        60   161.010   Delta Yard, Tacoma Yard, W.Seattle, Vancouver(NP) Yard
 7        48   160.830   Stacy Yard (Seattle), Yardly Yard (Spokane)
 8        41   160.725   Willbridge Yard (Portland)
 9        96   161.550   Seattle International Gateway, SP Mainline
10        58   160.980   South Seattle Ramp
11        57   160.965   Portland Hub Center, Spokane Hub Center
12        92   161.490   Portland Terminal RR
          54   160.920   Maintenance of Way
          96   161.550   SP Main Line
          27   160.515   UP Main Line 1
          42   160.740   UP Main Line 2
          87   161.415   CN Joint Vancouver BC
          34   160.620   PBX
          37   160.665   Dispatch - Operations/PBX Ch. 3 (Green Mountain)
          26   160.500   Yard - Gardiner, Wenatchee
          93   161.505   Yard - Western Oregon, Pasco, Seattle

                          BN MAINLINE REPEATERS
          10   160.260  Pasco, WA - Wishram, WA
          10   160.260  Spokane, WA - Providence/Moscow, ID
          14   160.320  Spokane, WA - Kettle Falls, WA
          18   160.380  Cascade Tunnel (Merritt - Skykomish)
          18   160.380  Whitefish, MT area
          18   160.380  Klamath Falls, OR - Bieber, CA
          23   160.455  Davenport, WA - Hanson, WA (CW Branch)
          26   160.500  Wenatchee, WA area
          32   160.590  Bend, OR - Klamath Falls, OR





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