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Radio Frequencies
Used On The Amtrak California Zephyr
www.trainweb.com/radio/route_05.htm
This page provides information about radio communication channels and
frequencies used by Amtrak on the California Zephyr Route.
Listed from West to East:
- 96-161.550-Emeryville - Sacramento........Dispatcher 62
Detectors:
- 96-161.550-MP 17.1 (between Emeryville & Martinez)
- 96-161.550-MP 30.8 (between Emeryville & Martinez)
- 96-161.550-MP 34.1 (between Emeryville & Martinez) Track 2
- 96-161.550-MP 37.3 (between Martinez & Davis)..... Track 2
- 96-161.550-MP 37.1 (between Martinez & Davis)..... Track 1
- 96-161.550-MP 45.1 (between Martinez & Davis)
- 96-161.550-MP 63.2 (between Martinez & Davis)
- 96-161.550-MP 78.7 (between Davis & Sacramento)
- 96-161.550-Sacramento - Roseville......Dispatcher 64
Detectors:
- 96-161.550-MP 98.3 (between Sacramento & Roseville)
- 96-161.550-Roseville - (Loomis)........Dispatcher 74
Detectors:
- 96-161.550-MP 110.2 (between Roseville & Colfax)
- 14-160.320-(Loomis) - Reno.............Dispatcher 74
Detectors:
- 14-160.320-MP 111.0 (between Roseville & Colfax)...Track 2
- 14-160.320-MP 128.8 (between Roseville & Colfax)...Track 1
- 14-160.320-MP 129.5 (between Roseville & Colfax)...Track 2
- 14-160.320-MP 148.6 (between Colfax & Truckee)
- 14-160.320-MP 167.7 (between Colfax & Truckee).....Track 1
- 14-160.320-MP 186.0 (between Colfax & Truckee)
- 14-160.320-MP 196.4 (between Colfax & Truckee)
- 14-160.320-MP 206.0 (between Colfax & Truckee)
- 14-160.320-MP 223.9 (between Truckee & Reno).......Track 1
- 14-160.320-MP 224.0 (between Truckee & Reno).......Track 2
- 14-160.320-MP 231.8 (between Truckee & Reno)
- 14-160.320-MP 238.1 (between Truckee & Reno).......Track 2
- 14-160.320-MP 240.0 (between Truckee & Reno).......Track 1
- 96-161.550-Reno,NV - Elko,NV...........Dispatcher 76
Detectors:
- 96-161.550-MP 251.6 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 260.5 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 270.5 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 283.5 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 297.0 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 310.0 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 323.7 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 334.8 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 347.2 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 358.0 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 368.3 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 377.8 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 387.2 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 395.8 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 412.0 (between Sparks,NV & Winnemucca,NV)
- 96-161.550-MP 427.3 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 437.6 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 452.7 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 469.9 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 491.0 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 512.5 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 529.7 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 96-161.550-MP 547.6 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #5
- 24-160.470-MP 554.4 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #6
- 24-160.470-MP 585.8 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #6
- 24-160.470-MP 615.4 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #6
- 24-160.470-MP 639.1 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV) Train #6
- 24-160.470-MP 662.7 (between Winnemucca,NV & Elko,NV)
- 24-160.470-Elko,NV - Salt Lake City,UT.Elko Dispatcher
Detectors:
- 96-161.550-MP 563.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT) #5
- 96-161.550-MP 581.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT) #5
- 96-161.550-MP 599.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT) #5
- 24-160.470-MP 701.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT) #6
- 24-160.470-MP 733.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 769.4 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 802.8 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 806.0 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 816.3 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 829.8 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 860.4 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 24-160.470-MP 893.7 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 42-160.740-MP 773.4 (between Elko,NV & Salt Lake City,UT)
- 38-160.680-Salt Lake City,UT...........North Yard Yardmaster
- 23-160.455-Salt Lake City - Helper,UT..Dispatcher 78
Detectors:
- 23-160.455-MP 730.7 (between Salt Lake City,UT - Provo,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 711.7 (between Salt Lake City,UT - Provo,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 696.9 (between Provo,UT - Helper,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 688.5 (between Provo,UT - Helper,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 668.1 (between Provo,UT - Helper,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 647.5 (between Provo,UT - Helper,UT)
- 23-160.455-MP 630.5 (between Provo,UT - Helper,UT)
- 54-160.920-Helper,UT - Grand Jct,CO....Dispatcher 78
Detectors:
- 54-160.920-MP 624.3 (between Helper,UT - Green River,UT)
- 54-160.920-MP 606.1 (between Helper,UT - Green River,UT)
- 54-160.920-MP 592.1 (between Helper,UT - Green River,UT)
- 54-160.920-MP 578.9 (between Helper,UT - Green River,UT)
- 54-160.920-MP 563.1 (between Helper,UT - Green River,UT)
- 54-160.920-MP 549.0 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 530.1 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 519.0 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 508.3 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 490.0 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 479.0 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 467.8 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 54-160.920-MP 454.7 (between Green River,UT - Grand Jct,CO)
- 23-160.455-Grand Jct,CO - Denver,CO....Dispatcher 80
Detectors:
- 23-160.455-MP 444.1 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 433.5 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 406.5 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 389.0 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 375.4 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 365.0 (between Grand Jct,CO - Glenwood Spgs,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 344.6 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 157.2 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 148.4 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 136.7 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 125.0 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 113.2 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 098.8 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 079.9 (between Glenwood Spgs,CO - Granby,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 063.7 (between Granby,CO - Fraser,CO)
- 19-160.395-MP 056.4 (Moffat Tunnel) Channels 19 & 97
- 97-161.565-MP 050.2 (Moffat Tunnel) Channels 19 & 97
- 23-160.455-MP 039.2 (between Fraser,CO - Denver,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 022.6 (between Fraser,CO - Denver,CO)
- 23-160.455-MP 006.7 (between Fraser,CO - Denver,CO)
- 70-161.160-Denver,CO...................31st St Yardmaster
- 66-161.100-Denver,CO - Ft.Morgan,CO....Brush Sub Dispatcher
Detectors (between Denver,CO - Ft.Morgan,CO):
- 66-161.100-MP 521.9 Detector "Barr"
- 66-161.100-MP 494.1 Detector "Roggen"
- 66-161.100-MP 470.7 Detector "Bijou"
- 66-161.100-Ft.Morgan,CO - McCook,NE....West Dispatcher
Detectors (between Denver,CO - Ft.Morgan,CO):
- 66-161.100-MP 426.6 Detector "Akron"
- 66-161.100-MP 400.4 Detector "Eckley"
- 66-161.100-MP 368.7 Detector "Haigler"
- 66-161.100-MP 343.8 Detector "Benkelman"
- 66-161.100-MP 312.0 Detector "Trenton"
- 70-161.160-McCook,NE - Holdrege,NE
Detectors (between McCook,NE - Holdrege,NE):
- 70-161.160-MP 258.1
- 70-161.160-MP 223.0
- 70-161.160-Holdrege,NE - Hastings,NE
Detectors (between Holdrege,NE - Hastings,NE):
- 70-161.160-MP 191.1
- 54-160.920-MP 161.1
- 54-160.920-Hastings,NE - Lincoln,NE
Detectors (between Hastings,NE - Lincoln,NE):
- 54-160.920-MP 122.8
- 54-160.920-MP 093.6
- 87-161.415-Lincoln,NE - Omaha,NE
Detectors (between Lincoln,NE - Omaha,NE):
- 87-161.415-MP 039.0
- 66-161.100-Yardmaster-Switching-Omaha
- 64-161.070-Yardmaster-Switching-Omaha
- 66-161.100-Omaha,NE - Osceola,IA
Detectors (between Omaha,NE - Osceola,IA):
- 66-161.100-MP 378.8
- 66-161.100-MP 356.7
- 39-160.695-Osceola,IA - Burlington,IA
Detectors (between Osceola,IA - Burlington,IA):
- 66-161.100
- 39-160.695-MP 229.9
- 39-160.695-MP 213.1
- 39-160.695-Burlington,IA - Galesburg,IL
Detectors (between Burlington,IA - Galesburg,IL):
- 39-160.695-MP 199.8
- 39-160.695-MP 193.3
- 39-160.695-MP 175.6
- 51-160.875-Galesburg,IL - Princeton,IL
Detectors:
- 51-160.875 MP ???.? (between Galesburg,IL & Princeton,IL)
- 85-161.385-Princeton,IL - Naperville,IL
Detectors:
- 85-161.385-MP 085.5 (between Princeton,IL & Naperville,IL)
- 85-161.385-MP 056.9 (between Princeton,IL & Naperville,IL)
- 85-161.385-MP 043.8 (between Princeton,IL & Naperville,IL)
- 66-161.100-Naperville,IL - Chicago,IL
Detectors:
- 66-161.100-MP ???.? (between Naperville,IL & Chicago,IL)
On-Board Services:
- 66-161.100-Salt Lake City, Utah - Denver, Colorado
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