This stream is brought to you by

The Harrisburg Chapter - National Railway Historical Society.

Help support this stream and support our education, restoration and preservation activities

by making a tax deductible donation at

https://HarrisburgNRHS.square.site/

Welcome to the NS Harrisburg East Railroad Dispatcher stream!

If You See Something, Say Something!

Railroad enthusiasts can provide many additional pairs of eyes and ears to keep our railroads safe. You can help!

Report problems such as track obstructions, trespassers, vehicles stalled on the tracks, possible mechanical issues with moving trains, malfunctioning crossing protection, suspicious activity or other security issues. Contact the NS Railroad Police at 800-453-2530 or call 911.

About this Stream:

This stream is provided under the auspices of the Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and Broadcastify.com as a service to the community of railroad enthusiasts. For more information about the Harrisburg NRHS please visit our website at:

• Harrisburg Chapter - National Railway Historical Society:  www.HarrisburgNRHS.org

Special thanks go to:

• The Berks Amateur Radio Club
• Keith Kachel - N3QAM
• and Dan Rapak - WA3ATV for their efforts in making this feed possible.

The NS Harrisburg East territory is an important nexus in Norfolk Southern’s railroad. The Reading area sees a convergence of trains from the Harrisburg area to the west on the NS Harrisburg Line, from the Philadelphia area to the southeast on the NS Harrisburg Line and from the Allentown and northern New Jersey areas to the northeast on the NS Reading Line.

There are two radio frequencies involved:

AAR Channel 058 - 160.9800 MHz and

AAR Channel 064 - 161.0700 MHz.

This stream scans these two channels and provides wide area coverage. It does not receive yard channels or the road channels of adjacent territories. Radio signals are received from the Lebanon, PA area to the west, the Pottstown area to the southeast and the Alburtis area to the northeast.

The NS Harrisburg East desk controls the following rail lines:

• the Ashmore Secondary
• the C&F Secondary
• the Cement Secondary
• the Dale Secondary
• the Harrisburg Line from BURKE near Hummelstown, PA (milepost HP 104.2) to FALLS in Philadelphia (milepost HP 5.4)
• the Hazelton Running Track
• the Lehigh Line
• the Morrisville Line
• the Pottsville Branch
• the Reading Line

Defect Detectors in this territory (not all of which can be received on this stream) include:

Harrisburg Line:

• HP 8.7 - DE, HC
• HP 10.8 - DE, HB
• GV 14.0 - DE, HB (Turkey Path)
• AV 14.1 - DE, HB (Belt Line)
• HP 24.5 - DE, HB
• HP 34.5 - DE, HB
• HP 46.9 - DE, HB
• HP 54.6 - DE, HB
• HP 56.0 - HC
• HP 60.9 - HC
• HP 63.5 - DE, HB
• HP 71.1 - DE, HB
• HP 79.9 - DE, HB
• HP 90.5 - DE, HB
• HP 103.3 - DE, HB, HW
• HP 105.0 - HC  (BEAVER interlocking - Thorofare Track and Rutherford Siding, eastbound only)

Pottsville Branch:

• FR 61.3 - HC

Reading Line:

• TK 0.8 - DE, HB
• RV 18.8 - DE, HB
• RV 31.9 - DE, HB, HW

Adjacent Territories:

The Harrisburg Chapter of the NRHS also maintains a radio stream of the NS Harrisburg Terminal Dispatcher. This is the adjacent territory to the west of the Harrisburg East Desk and compliments this feed. It is also available on Broadcastify at:

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/15142

Key locations on this territory are very well documented in

“The Railfan’s Guide for Google Earth” available for download at:

https://groups.io/g/RailfansGuide

You need to join the group to download the file. Note that this is a large file and may take some time to load in Google Earth.

Happy Monitoring!

Harrisburg Chapter - National Railway Historical Society