---------------------SECONDARY DESCRIPTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DETAILED ACCOUNT OF RAILROAD'S MONITORED------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎UNION PACIFIC "UP" - { 04 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track Warrant } Dispatcher's Office Omaha, NE > Dispatcher 43 > 01 Subdivision > {ADAMS Subdivision : AAR-52 , Note ! Mile Post 00 starts at St.Paul and ends at Butler Jct. South Wye Mile Post 313.8} > Brenntag spur (MP 310) - Marcy (MP 308) *Detector MP 298.4* Rock (MP 286) *Detector MP 268.8* Clyman Jct./Radio (MP 276) • {Clyman Sub} > (MP 140-MP 117) • - Dalton/Radio (MP 240) *Detector MP 236 2* Oxford (MP 221) *Detector MP 212.1* Adams/Radio (MP 201) Dispatcher Northeast > 03 Subdivision's > {MILWAUKEE : AAR-25 ,62,80}*Main 1 & 2 MP 0.0 - MP 30 & MP 76 - MP 96* > Proviso Yard/Radio (CPNO 00) - Deval (MP 12) >X CN Waukesha Sub - Shermer Jct./Radio + X (MP 17) > CPKC C&M Sub *Detector MP 22.5* KO Jct. (CPN0 29) > Kenosha Sub - Park city (MP 35) - Gurnee/Radio (MP 38)*Detector MP 44.2*Waxdale (MP 61) *Detector MP 63.2* Airport (CPNO 76) > Mains 1&2 < (CPNO 79) - St.Francis Jct. South Wye (CPN0 80) > Kenosha Sub *Detector MP 80.4* St.Frances Jct. North wye (CPNO 80) • {National Spur} > (MP80 - MP 83) • - St.Frances Jct. West Wye (CPNO 80) > Mains 1&2 - Mitchell Yard (MP 84) - Belton Jct. North Wye (Mp 88) • {Waukesha Spur} > (MP 09-MP 14) • *Dragging equipment detector MP 93.0* - *Division Headquarters* > Butler Yard/Radio [Burleighs MP 93, Shorties MP 94 and Hamptons MP 95.4 are main line yard lead cross overs. - Wallboard spur (MP 95) - { Tavern League Live Rail Cam MP 95.3 } Highstand north yard 30 trk lead MP 95.9] - Butler Jct. South Wye (CPN0 96) > Mains 1&2 - {KENOSHA : AAR-62} *Metra operates between MP 00 & MP 51* > Chicago/Radio { Steel-Highway Live Rail Cam MP 00 } - Lake Bluff Jct. (CPN0 30) > Milwaukee Sub - Waukegan/Radio (MP 35) *Detector MP 46.1• Kenosha (MP 51) - (CPNO 67/Radio) - Oakcreek (MP 69.6) WE Powerplant - Cudahy (MP 78) - St. Francis Jct. South Wye (CPN0 80) > Milwaukee Sub , {SHORELINE : AAR-25} Butler Jct. East Wye (CPN0 97) > *Detector MP 100.2* Wiscona Jct. (CPN0 102) • {Granville Spur} > (MP 92-MP 99) • *Detector MP 128.6* Belgium (MP 131) - Edgewater Jct. (MP 146) WE Powerplant - Kohler Jct./Radio (MP 149) > WSOR - Switch jobs are 01, 65 etc. Note ! Locals are 51, 53 etc. Road trains are phonetically listed , some include a number CWSAT, MALG3, MCHAL etc.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN "WSOR/WAMX" - { 03 Subdivisions / Track warrant } Dispatcher's Office Wichita KS > AAR-31 {*Whitewater/Janesville radio covers Waukesha, Madison, Janesville Regions*} {MILWAUKEE Subdivision} > Grand Avenue Jct. (MP 87) > CPKC Watertown Sub - Glendale Yard > North Milwaukee (MP 92) Note ! Switch jobs are Y201, Y202 etc , locals are L241, L247 etc. - Junction Switch (MP 93) • {PLYMOUTH Sububdivision} > (Cedarburg MP 106 - Saukville MP 113 - Plymouth/Radio MP 139 - Keil MP 151- Jct. CN) • - Granville Jct. (MP 101) *Milwaukee area yard office* > UP Granville Sub - DBR Jct./Radio (MP 103) • {WESTBEND Subdivision} > (Rockfield MP 105 - Jackson MP 110 - Rusco MP 114) • - Rugby (MP 113) - Ackerville (MP 117) > CN Interchange - Slinger Jct./Radio (MP 117.65) > CN Waukesha Sub { Steel-Highway Live Rail Cam MP 117.65 } Iron Ridge Jct./Radio (MP 132) • {Mayville Spur} > (MP 132 - Mayville MP 140) • - Horicon Yard/Radio (MP 140) Note ! Locals are L501, L599 etc. Road trains are T1, T3 etc.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎CANADIAN NATIONAL "CN" - { 03 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track Authority / Track and Time } RTC's Office = "Rail Traffic Controller" Homewood IL > • Desk 15 & 12 = covers AAR-15,45 Neenah/Greenbay Radio • NEENAH Subdivision : MP 160 - MP 249 & FOX RIVER Subdivision : MP 208 { Tavern League Live Rail Cam MP 242.9 } MP 243 - Note ; Heard only during proper atmospheric conditions • Desk 11,12 & 15 = {WAUKESHA Subdivision : AAR-54,72,79,91} *Metra operates between MP 15 & MP 55* > North *Fondulac Division Headquarters/Radio* (MP 158) { Tavern League Live Rail Cam MP 156.1 } *Detector MP 144.6* - Lomira/Radio MP 142.8 - *Detector MP 131.2* Spur 126 (MP 126) *Detector MP 123.14* { Steel-Highway Live Rail Cam MP 122.5 } Slinger Jct. (MP 122.5) > WSOR Milwaukee Sub - Ackerville/Radio (MP 120) > WSOR Interchange - Rugby (MP 118) *Detector MP 108.8* Duplainville X (MP 102) > CPKC Watertown Sub - { Tavern League Live Rail Cam MP 97.8 } - Grand Avenue Jct./Radio (MP 97) > WSOR Waukesha Sub *Detector MP 94.0* - *Detector MP 86.15* Midway (MP 75) *Detector/Radio MP 78.7* Nestle (MP 70) *Detector MP 64.5* Coach yard/Radio MP 56.2 - Antioch (MP 55) *Detector MP 54.3* - *DRL Detector MP 49.4* Grayslake Jct.+X (MP 44) > CPKC Foxlake Sub *Detector MP 39.8* Trafton Jct./Radio +X (MP 38) > Leithton Sub (MP 60-MP 00) *Detector MP 28.6* Deval X X (MP23) > UP Milwaukee & Harvard Sub's - Schiller park/Radio (MP 17.4)Tower B-12 Jct.+ X (MP 15) > CPKC Elgin Sub *DRL Detector MP 13.9* - *Detector MP 11.1* Madison Street Jct. (MP10) > CSXT. Note ! Locals are L504, L510 etc , road trains are phonetic with numbers M349, Q118 etc. Also all trains are required to announce location along with upcoming restrictions at mile posts ending in 5.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY / AMTRAK "CPKC-AMTK" - { 02 Subdivisions / PTC / CtC / Track and Time } Dispatcher's Office Minneapolis MN > C&M / Elgin Dispatcher = {C&M Subdivision : AAR-44} *Metra operates between MP 00 & MP 32* > Chicago (MP 00) * - Pacific Jct./Radio (MP 5.4 > Elgin Sub MP 5.7 - MP 40) - Shermer Jct. + X (MP 9.0) > UP Milwaukee Sub *Detector MP 22.5* Rondout/Radio (MP 32) *Detector MP 36.8* Truesdell (MP 52) *Somers Detector/radio MP 57.5* Caledonia (MP 69) *Detector MP 72.7* Lake/Radio (MP 77) - *Muskego Yard/Radio* (MP 85) - Cutoff (MP 86) Wisconsin Dispatcher = {WATERTOWN Subdivision : AAR-84,94} > Grand Avenue Jct. (MP 87) > WSOR Milwaukee Sub - { Steel Highway Live Rail Cam MP 90.6 } - Duplainville/Radio (MP 102) > X CN Waukesha Sub *Detector MP 108.2* Nashota (MP113) { Tavern League Live Rail Cam MP 117.95 } *Detector MP 118.0* - Cooney (MP121) *Ixonia radio MP 123.6* Watertown Jct./Radio + X (MP 131) X > UP Clyman Sub • Jct. > WSOR Watertown Sub - *Detector MP 139.3* Tamarack (MP 143) { Steel Highway Live Rail Cam MP 156.1 } Dodge West/Radio (MP 157) - *Detector MP 159.9*-*Detector MP 172.3* Portage/Radio (MP 178). Note ! Trains are variously numbered 141, 249 etc also all trains are required to respond on radio with defect detector readings along with upcoming restrictions.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎AMTRAK ; Passenger trains operate over and are governed by CPKC radio and rules as above ; Empire Builder • (Chicago <-> Seattle) : 7,8 / Borealis • (Chicago <-> Minneapolis) : 1333,1340 / Hiawatha Commuters • (Chicago <-> Milwaukee) ; Northbound : 329,331,335,337,339,341,343 / Southbound : 330,332,334,336,338,342.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOAA WEATHER EMERGENCY ALERT REPEATER--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎NOAA•NWS,SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN ; Weather emergency alert system•(EAS) repeater operates courtesy of the National Weather Service Milwaukee a division of NOAA, which broadcasts as KEC60 on 162.400 Mhz. "NWS" covers 11 counties within Southeastern Wisconsin region 24/7 - 365, the alert is rebroadcast thru an on-site vhf 5 watt repeater to Broadcastify with their standard 30 second delay. The emergency alert is set as priority but remains in stand by mode until Activated by "NWS" for the issuance of weather watches or warnings. There is also a weekly test conducted by "NWS" on Wednesdays around noon (CDT).--------------------‐----------------------------------------------------FCC•NWS - Retransmit Regulations : 47 CFR -73.1207------‐‐--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ELEMENTS OF THE FEED SITE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎AAR RAIDIO CHANNELS•FOLLOWED BY FREQUENCY ; 15•160.335=(CN), 25•160.485=(UP), 31•160.575=(W&S), 43•160.755=(CN), 44•160.770=(CP), 45•160.785=(CN), 52•160.890=(UP), 54•160.920=(CN), 62•161.040=(UP), 72•161.190=(CN), 77•161.265=(UP), 79•161.295=(CN), 84•161.370=(CP), 91•161.475=(CN), 94•161.520=(CP).‐‐‐-----------------------------------------------‐---------------------------------- ▪︎RECEPTION ; Depending on terrain, atmospheric conditions and transmitter strength, feed generaly receives various dispatcher / RTC towers, base stations, wayside and mobile units within 0 To 50 miles of Butler, WI, USA.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎RADIOS ; Astron RS20A powering a Motorola CDM 1250 narrowband vhf receiver with 14 AAR channels in tandem with a Kenwood 1 channel TKR 7150 (NOAA/NWS) vhf repeater as priority over AAR channels.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------‐-----------------------------------------------------------▪︎ANTENNAS ; RG 8U feedline with N connectors out to Rohn 25G 50 foot tower with Sinclair 2 bay omni directional dipole @ 60 feet to tip.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎SOFTWARE ; Feed operates 24/7 - 365 thru a dedicated Hewlett Packard broadband server with A ScannerCast program feeding to Broadcastify. Radio feed is Located in Butler , Wisconsin USA - (Central Daylight Time Zone)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎FEED ARCHIVES ; All radio traffic is recorded in condensed 30 minute segments 24/7 - 365 thru Broadcastify's data base and are retrevable thru Feed Archives for one year from current month/day.To hear desired radio traffic first select Feed Archives then select date and time (CDT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▪︎Feel free to chatt on any railroad or weather related radio transmission's heard here, at this radio feed discussion group ;------------------------------------------------------------------------www.groups.io/g/butlerwirr-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Established : 04/22/2023 ----- Last updated : 08/18/2025