RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS Amtrak
Amtrak Police Department (APD) Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use Tone
161.295 R (160.365) A Amtrak Police Dispatch 88.5 161.295 R (160.365) B Amtrak Police Dispatch 100.0 161.295 R (160.365) C Amtrak Police Dispatch 114.8 161.295 R (160.365) D Amtrak Police Dispatch 131.8 161.295 R (160.365) E Amtrak Police Dispatch 156.7 161.295 R (160.365) F Amtrak Police Dispatch 94.8 161.295 R (160.365) G Amtrak Police Dispatch 192.8 161.295 R (160.365) H Amtrak Police Dispatch 107.2 161.205 (simplex) Amtrak Police Car-to-Car Primary 146.2 160.815 (simplex) Amtrak Police Car-to-Car Secondary 146.2 160.830 R (160.215) Amtrak Police CID 123.0 173.375 Amtrak Police On-Train Use 203.5
Amtrak Police Area Repeater Locations
Chan Location
A Wilmington, DE B Morrisville, PA (and Trenton Station) C Philadelphia, PA D Gap, PA E Paoli, PA H Race
Amtrak Police 10-Codes
10-0 Emergency Broadcast 10-21 Call By Telephone 10-1 Receiving Poorly 10-22 Disregard 10-2 Receiving Well 10-24 Alarm 10-3 Priority Service 10-26 Prepare to Copy 10-4 Affirmative 10-33 Does Not Conform to Regulation 10-5 Repeat Message 10-36 Time Check 10-6 Busy 10-41 Begin Tour of Duty 10-7 Out Of Service 10-45 Accident 10-8 Back In Service 10-47 Train Protection 10-10 Vehicle/Person Check 10-48 Vandalism 10-11 Request Additional APD Units 10-49 Passenger/Patron Assist 10-12 Request Supervisor 10-50 Disorderly 10-13 Request Local Jurisdiction Police 10-77 Estimated Time of Arrival 10-14 Request Ambulance or Rescue Squad 10-82 Hostage 10-15 Request Fire Department 10-88 Bomb Threat 10-16 Prisoner In Custody 10-90 Arrived on Scene 10-17 Check Wants or Warrants 10-95 En-route 10-18 Report to Headquarters 10-99 Assist Officer 10-19 Telephone Headquarters 10-20 Location
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RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS Amtrak
Amtrak Northeast Corridor Road Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.920 (simplex) AAR 54/54 Northeast Corridor – Mid-Atlantic Division (Washington, D.C.-Morrisville, PA) 161.010 (simplex) AAR 60/60 Northeast Corridor – Metropolitan Division (Morrisville, PA-New Rochelle, NY) 160.515 (simplex) AAR 27/27 Trains Simplex “Channel 4”
Amtrak Keystone Route Road Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.635 (simplex) AAR 35/35 Harrisburg Main Line (Zoo Int., Phila.-State Int., Harrisburg)
Amtrak Operations and Yardmaster Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.515 R (161.115) AAR 67/27 Maintenance of Way Staff 161.505 R AAR 93 Car Department Staff, Penn Coach Yard (Philadelphia) 160.455 (simplex) AAR 23/23 Race St. Yard and Engine Terminal (Philadelphia) 160.650 (simplex) AAR 36/36 30th St. Station Management/Customer Service Staff 160.425 (simplex) AAR 21/21 30th Street Station Staff 161.445 R (160.425) AAR 21/89 Bear, DE Equipment Shops
Amtrak Northeast Corridor Dispatcher Responsibilities
Dispatcher Section State
CETC Section 7 Ham to Morris NJ/PA CETC Section 6 Morris to Zoo PA Zoo (inclusive) to Penn PA CETC Section 5 Old Penn Tower Area PA (lower level 30th St. Station area but not including Phil and Zoo) CETC Section 4 Phil to Ragan PA/DE CETC Section 3 Ragan to Gunpow DE/MD
CETC stands for Centralized Electrification & Traffic Control
Amtrak Harrisburg Line Dispatcher Responsibilities
Dispatcher Section State
CETC Section C Entire Line PA Zoo Tower Zoo to Stiles PA Overbrook Tower Valley to Haverford PA Paoli Tower Bryn Mawr to Malvern PA Thorn Tower Frazer to Leaman PA
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RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS Amtrak
Amtrak Line Details and Location Names
Amtrak Northeast Corridor New York-Philadelphia Main Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
Metropolitan Division 47.1 Princeton Jct. Passenger Station 55.7 Ham 56.4 Fair Jct. CR Bordentown Secondary 56.7 Trenton Passenger Station 57.7 State Line NJ/PA 58.3 Morris Jct. CR Morrisville Line 58.8 Division Post End Metropolitan Division
Mid-Atlantic Division 63.3 Levittown-Tullytown Passenger Station 65.3 Grundy 66.5 Bristol Passenger Station 68.3 Croy 69.6 Croydon Passenger Station 71.3 Eddington Passenger Station 72.5 Cornwells Heights Passenger Station 73.7 Andalusia Passenger Station 74.6 Torresdale Passenger Station 77.2 Holmesburg Jct. Passenger Station 78.2 Tacony Passenger Station 79.3 Wissinoming Passenger Station 80.1 Bridesburg Passenger Station 80.9 Frankford 81.8 Frankford Jct. 82.1 Shore Jct. CR Delair Branch, NJT A.C. Line 85.0 North Philadelphia Passenger Station, Jct. SEPTA CHW Line, SEPTA Main 88.0 Zoo Jct. Amtrak P-W Main, Amtrak P-H Main, SEPTA Main Line
Amtrak Northeast Corridor Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Main Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
0.0 Zoo Jct. see above 1.5 Penn Jct. 36th St. Connection 1.5 30th St. Sta, (lower level) Passenger Station 2.7 Arsenal (SEPTA) Int. on tracks 1, 4 (SEPTA) only. 3.6 Phil Jct. SEPTA Airport Line 6.1 Darby Passenger Station 6.8 Curtis Park Passenger Station 7.2 Sharon Hill Passenger Station 7.7 Folcroft Passenger Station 8.3 Glenolden Passenger Station 9.0 Norwood Passenger Station 9.5 Moore/Prospect Park Passenger Station 10.4 Ridley Park Passenger Station 11.2 Crum Lynne Passenger Station 11.7 Baldwin 12.3 Eddystone Passenger Station
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RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS Amtrak
Amtrak Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Amtrak Northeast Corridor Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Main Line (continued)
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
13.4 Chester Passenger Station 14.4 Lamokin St., Chester Passenger Station 15.5 Highland Ave, Chester Passenger Station 16.8 Hook Jct. CR Linwood Br. from Stony Creek Yd 17.1 Marcus Hook Passenger Station 18.2 State Line PA/DE 19.6 Claymont Passenger Station 20.3 Holly 22.5 Bell Jct. NS Edgemoor Yard Lead Track 25.4 Landlith 26.6 Wine 26.8 Wilmington Passenger Station 26.9 Brandy 28.2 Yard 29.7 Ragan Jct. NS New Castle Secondary 38.4 Davis Jct. NS Delmarva Secondary 38.9 Newark Passenger Station 41.4 State Line DE/MD
Continues to Washington D.C. and connection to CSX at CP-Virginia.
Amtrak Harrisburg Line (Keystone Route)
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
1.9 Zoo Jct. (see above) 3.5 Stiles 4.0 Valley Jct. SEPTA Cymwyd Line 4.1 Paxon 5.1 Woodbine Jct. SEPTA Overbrook Maintenance Facility 5.4 Overbrook Passenger Station, Tower in operation 6.0 Merion Passenger Station 6.8 Narberth Passenger Station 7.5 Wynnewood Passenger Station 8.5 Ardmore Passenger Station 9.1 Haverford Passenger Station 10.1 Bryn Mawr Passenger Station, Interlocking 10.9 Rosemont Passenger Station 12.0 Villanova Passenger Station 13.0 Radnor Passenger Station 13.8 St. Davids Passenger Station 14.5 Wayne Passenger Station 15.4 Strafford Passenger Station 16.5 Devon Passenger Station 17.5 Berwyn Passenger Station 18.6 Daylesford Passenger Station 19.9 Paoli Passenger Station, Tower in operation 21.6 Malvern Passenger Station 23.9 Frazer Jct. SEPTA Frazer Yard
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RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS Amtrak
Amtrak Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Amtrak Harrisburg Line (Keystone Route - continued)
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
25.3 Glen Jct. NS Dale Secondary 27.5 Exton Passenger Station 28.3 Whitford Passenger Station 32.1 Downs Jct. NS Chester Valley Running Track 32.4 Downingtown Passenger Station 35.0 Thorn Tower in operation; east end Thorndale Yard 36.6 Caln West end Thorndale Yard 38.4 Coatesville Passenger Station 39.1 W&N Junction Jct. Brandywine Valley Railway 43.9 Park Jct. NS Enola Branch (O.O.S.) 44.2 Parkesburg Passenger Station
Continues to State Interlocking, Harrisburg, PA and Jct. with NS Pittsburgh Line at CP-Harris.
Northeast Corridor Passenger Stations
Princeton Junction, NJ Trenton, NJ North Philadelphia, PA 30th Street Station Philadelphia, PA Wilmington, DE
Northeast Corridor Train Numbering
12 to 99 Amtrak Long Distance Trains 100 to 129 Amtrak Metroliner Service (Weekdays) 131 to 199 Amtrak NortheastDirect and Acela Regional Service 200 to 229 Amtrak Metroliner (Weekends and Holidays) 601 to 669 Amtrak Keystone Service 2150/2175 Amtrak Acela Express Service 3801 to 3897 New Jersey Transit Trains on Northeast Corridor (Daily Service - Trenton to NYC) 7801 to 7885 New Jersey Transit Trains on Northeast Corridor (Weekend/Holiday Service -Trenton to NYC)
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Road Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.350 (simplex) AAR 16/16 South Road Channel - Ex-PRR Commuter Lines (A Tower, Mark Tower, Broad Tower, Rail Ops. Center) 161.460 (simplex) AAR 90/90 North Road Channel - Ex-Reading RR Commuter Lines (Wayne Tower, Wind Tower) 160.920 (simplex) AAR 54/54 SEPTA Trains on Amtrak NEC South of Morrisville, PA 161.010 (simplex) AAR 60/60 SEPTA Trains on Amtrak NEC North of Morrisville, PA 160.635 (simplex) AAR 35/35 SEPTA Trains on Amtrak Keystone Route
Mark Tower Operator, Broad Tower Operator, and Rail Operations Center are all located at SEPTA Headquarters. Wayne and Wind Tower Operators located at Wayne Jct.
In the near future, all “tower” positions will be abolished and replaced over the radio by the different dispatching desks. Currently, the dispatchers operate “behind the scenes”. When on air, they will ID as Desk A, B, C, etc. The migration process is under way. A Tower is slated for closure in early to mid 2002.
SEPTA Regional Rail Yardmaster and Operations Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.395 (simplex) AAR 19/19 Powellton Yard (30th St.), Robert's Ave. Yard (Wayne Jct.), Frazer Yard, Rail Operations Center 160.290 (simplex) AAR 12/12 Trouble Desk (Power, Signals, Maintenance of Way) 160.635 (simplex) AAR 35/35 Frazer Yard
SEPTA South Road Channel Responsibilities
Line Section State
Main Line Zoo to Brown PA Airport Line Entire Length PA Chestnut Hill West Line Entire Length PA Ivy Ridge Line Entire Length PA West Chester Line Entire Length PA
ROC and/or A Tower will communicate with SEPTA trains operating over Amtrak’s NEC or Keystone Route via the South Road Channel for updates on reasons for delay and/or mechanical problems.
SEPTA North Road Channel Responsibilities
Line Section State
Main Line Brown to Dale PA Chestnut Hill East Line Entire Length PA Doylestown Line Entire Length PA Fox Chase Line CP-Cheltenham to N. Fox Chase PA Neshaminy Line Jenkin to Neshaminy Falls PA Norristown Line 16th St. to Kalb PA Warminster Line Entire Length PA
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names
Septa Main Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
1.9 Zoo Jct. Amtrak 1.1 West Jct. Powellton Ave. Yard 0.9 30th Street Passenger Station 0.8 Schuylkill 0.6 20th Street 0.4 Broad 0.0 Suburban Station Passenger Station 0.2 Juniper 0.4 Mark 0.5 Market East Passenger Station 0.8 Vine 1.6 Brown End mileage from Suburban Station 1.1 Brown Begin mileage from Reading Terminal 2.1 Temple University Passenger Station 2.4 Diamond 2.9 North Broad Street Passenger Station 3.5 16th Street Junction Jct. Norristown Line, Amtrak NEC 4.0 Tioga 4.5 Hunt 5.1 Wayne Jct. CHE Line; CSX Blue Line Branch 5.1 Wayne location of Wayne and Wind Towers 5.2 Wayne Jct. Passenger Station 5.9 Logan Passenger Station 6.2 CP-Newtown Junction Jct. CSX Trenton Line 7.0 Fern Rock Trans.Ctr. Passenger Station 7.1 Tabor Junction 8.4 Melrose Park Passenger Station 9.2 Elkins Park Passenger Station 10.7 Jenkintown-Wyncote Passenger Station 10.8 Jenkin Jct. Neshaminy line 11.9 Glenside Passenger Station 12.1 Carmel Jct. Warminster Line 13.0 North Hills Passenger Station 13.7 South Ore Jct. south leg Oreland wye 13.8 Oreland Passenger Station 14.0 North Ore Jct. north leg Oreland wye 14.8 Fellwick 15.9 Fort Washington Passenger Station 17.1 South Ambler 17.2 Ambler Passenger Station 18.8 Penllyn Passenger Station 20.0 Gwynedd Valley Passenger Station 20.2 Gwyn 22.4 North Wales Passenger Station 23.5 Pennbrook Passenger Station 24.2 Dale Jct. – Doylestown Line, Bethlehem R.T., Stony Creek Branch, Lansdale Yard. Local freight service in the Lansdale area is provided by CSX on SEPTA owned tracks. Base of operations is Lansdale Yard.
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Airport Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
3.6 Phil Jct. Amtrak NEC 4.2 Elmwood Ave. Jct. Escape track 4.4 60th Street North 4.5 A Tower 4.8 60th Street South Jct. Conrail Chester Secondary 7.2 Eastwick Passenger Station 7.7 90th Street North Jct. Conrail Chester Secondary 8.8 Airport Junction 9.1 Airport Terminal A-B Passenger Station 9.3 Airport Terminal C-D Passenger Station 9.4 Airport Terminal E-F Passenger Station
Bethlehem Running Track
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
24.2 Dale See above 24.4 Lansdale Passenger Station 27.1 Hatfield 29.6 Souderton 30.9 Telford 33.6 Sellersville 35.0 Perkasie 37.2 Rockhill 40.2 Quakertown 44.8 Hilltop 45.4 Division Post - NS Harrisburg Division
Freight service provided by CSX north to Telford and by EPRY from Telford to Quakertown. No passenger service exists north of Lansdale.
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Chestnut Hill East line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
5.1 Wayne Jct. Main Line, CSX Blue Line Branch 5.2 Wayne Jct. Passenger Station 5.7 Fishers 6.1 Wister Passenger Station 6.8 Germantown Passenger Station 7.8 Washington Lane Passenger Station 8.6 Stenton Passenger Station 8.7 Gorgas 8.9 Sedgwick Passenger Station 9.3 Mt. Airy Passenger Station 10.0 Wyndmoor Passenger Station 10.3 Gravers Passenger Station 10.5 Spring 10.8 Chestnut Hill East Passenger Station, storage yard
Chestnut Hill West Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
0.0 North Philadelphia Passenger Station, Jct. Amtrak NEC 0.8 Westmoreland Station service discontinued 1.8 Midvale Jct. Conrail Midvale Yard 2.2 Queen Lane Passenger Station 2.8 Chelten Ave. Passenger Station 3.3 Tulpehocken Passenger Station 3.8 Upsal Passenger Station 4.1 Clive 4.4 Carpenter Passenger Station 4.8 Allen Lane Passenger Station 5.2 Cresheim 5.6 St. Martins Passenger Station 6.1 Highland Passenger Station 6.7 Chestnut Hill West Station Passenger Station
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Doylestown Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
0.0 Dale See above 0.1 Lansdale Passenger Station 0.3 Land 1.5 Fortuna Passenger Station 2.4 Colmar Passenger Station 3.0 Link Belt Wood Siding 3.1 CP-Link 5.3 Chalfont Passenger Station 5.9 CP-Forest Forest Siding 7.1 New Britain Passenger Station 8.4 Delaware Valley College Passenger Station 9.9 CP-Doyle Long Siding 10.0 Doylestown Passenger Station, Storage Yard
Fox Chase Line (CSX Trenton Line, CP-Newtown Jct. to CP Cheltenham Jct.)
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
6.2 CP-Newtown Jct. Jct. Main Line 7.3 Olney Passenger Station 9.0 Lawndale Passenger Station 9.6 CP-Cheltenham Jct. Jct. Fox Chase Line 9.7 Cheltenham Passenger Station 10.1 Ryers Passenger Station 11.0 S. Fox Chase South end of siding 11.1 Fox Chase Passenger Station 11.3 N. Fox Chase North end of siding
Ivy Ridge Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
4.0 Valley Jct. Amtrak Keystone Line 4.5 Jeff Train Register – report to A Tower 4.9 Wynnefield Ave. Passenger Station 5.7 Bala Passenger Station 6.0 Cyn 6.1 Cynwyd Passenger Station, end of passenger service 6.8 Barmouth out of service 7.8 Manayunk West out of service 8.2 Man out of service 8.4 Ivy Ridge out of service 8.6 end of track out of service
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Neshaminy Line (CSX Trenton Line, CP-Wood to Trent)
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
10.8 Jenkin Jct. Main Line 11.7 Steel 12.0 Noble Passenger Station 12.8 Rydal Passenger Station 13.8 Meadowbrook Passenger Station 15.1 Bethayres Passenger Station 15.2 Beth 16.4 Philmont Passenger Station 17.7 Forest Hills Passenger Station 18.2 Somerton Passenger Station 19.9 Trevose Passenger Station 21.1 Neshaminy Falls Passenger Station 21.2 Neshaminy Line parallels CSX Trenton Line to CP-Wood (use CSX Rd Freq) 23.9 Langhorne Passenger Station (use CSX Road Freq) 25.3 CP-Fairless Jct. Jct. CSX Fairless Br., Woodbourne Yard (use CSX Road Freq) 26.4 CP-Woodbourne Jct. CSX Fairless Br., Woodbourne Yard (use CSX Road Freq) 26.5 Woodbourne Passenger Station (use CSX Road Freq) 26.9 CP-Wood Jct. NS Morrisville Line and CSX Trenton Line (use CSX Road Freq) 30.7 Yardley Passenger Station (use CSX Road Freq) 32.5 West Trenton Passenger Station (use CSX Road Freq) 32.6 Trent Jct. Trenton Industrial, West Trenton Yard (use CSX Road Freq)
Norristown Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
3.5 16th Street Jct. Jct. SEPTA Main, Amtrak NEC 4.0 Allegheny Passenger Station 5.5 East Falls Passenger Station 6.2 Drive 6.4 Wissahickon Passenger Station 7.5 Manayunk East Passenger Station 8.2 Ivy Ridge Passenger Station 9.4 Shawmont Station service discontinued 10.6 River 10.7 Miquon Passenger Station 12.3 Spring Mill Passenger Station 13.5 Conshohocken Passenger Station 13.8 Creek 14.2 Plymouth Jct. 15.3 Ivy Rock 15.8 Mogees Station service discontinued 16.8 Ford Jct. NS Morrisville Connecting Track 17.0 Sawmill 17.2 Norristown Trans. Ctr. Passenger Station 17.3 Kalb Jct. NS Harrisburg Line via Island and CP-Norris 17.7 Main Street Passenger Station 17.9 Elm Jct. Stony Creek Branch (jointly operated by NS and CSX) 18.1 Elm Street Passenger Station
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RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Line Details and Location Names
Warminster Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
0.0 Carmel Jct. Main line 0.9 Ardsley Passenger Station 2.0 CP-Lynn 2.1 Roslyn Passenger Station 3.3 Crestmont Passenger Station 4.1 Willow Grove Passenger Station 4.2 Grove South South end of siding 4.9 Grove North North end of siding 5.8 Fulmor 6.5 Hatboro Passenger Station 7.9 CP-Warm 8.0 Warminster Passenger Station 8.3 Johnsville Jct. New Hope & Ivyland RR
West Chester Line
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
0.8 Schuylkill 0.9 30th Street Passenger Station 1.1 West Jct. Powellton Ave. Yard 1.4 Walnut 1.7 University City Passenger Station 2.3 Arsenal Jct. Amtrak NEC 3.2 49th Street Passenger Station 4.4 Angora Passenger Station 5.4 Fernwood-Yeadon Passenger Station 6.3 Lansdowne Passenger Station 6.9 Gladstone Passenger Station 7.5 Clifton-Aldan Passenger Station 8.1 Primos Passenger Station 8.8 Secane Passenger Station 9.1 Cane 9.9 Morton Passenger Station 12.3 Swarthmore Passenger Station 13.2 Moylan-Rose Valley Passenger Station 14.0 Media Jct. Media Yard 14.8 CP-N. Elwyn 15.0 Elwyn Station Passenger Station, end of passenger service 15.3 Elwyn out of service 15.8 Williamson School out of service 16.0 CP-S. Elwyn out of service 16.6 Glen Riddle out of service 17.3 Lenni SEPTA training facility 18.0 Wawa out of service 18.7 Darlington out of service 20.1 end of track Bumper post erected at MP 20.1 line continues to West Chester.
Special Amtrak service operates to a quarry in Glen Mills for ballast stone loading. Tourist line operated out of West Chester. Philadelphia Area Communications © 2002 Page 12
RAILROAD SEPTA Regional Rail Operations
SEPTA Regional Rail Train Numbering
Prefix (optional) plus Line Number plus Run Number
Prefix
0 added to normal three digit runs to differentiate them from Amtrak runs of the same number 1 Saturday-only runs of a particular train 2 Sunday-only runs of a particular train 3 unassigned 4 denotes trains that originate on one route, run through Center City tunnel, and terminate on another route (i.e. Norristown to Wilmington will originate as an R6 line train and terminate as an R2 line train.) 5 denotes trains that originate or terminate at either Wayne Jct. or the Fern Rock Transportation Center 6 denotes trains that originate or terminate at Powelton Ave Yard 7 denotes trains that originate or terminate at Suburban Station 8 denotes trains which originate or terminate at Market East Station 9 denotes trains which originate or terminate at Roberts Ave. Yard
Line Number
1 Airport 2 Warminster through to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark 3 West Trenton through to Media/Elwyn 5 Lansdale/Doylestown through to Paoli/Thorndale 6 Norristown through to Cynwyd 7 Chestnut Hill East through to Trenton 8 Fox Chase through to Chestnut Hill West
Run Number
The run number is sequential 2-digit number that increases through the daily schedule. The last digit of the run number is even for trains inbound on ex-PRR lines/outbound on ex-RDG lines, and odd for trains inbound on ex-RDG lines/outbound on ex-PRR lines.
Example:
Train 4624 originates on the R6 Norristown Line (hence the 6 in place two) and runs through to termination on the R2 Wilmington Line (via Amtrak NEC) (hence the 4 in place one). As previously stated, the 24 is simply the next trip number used on the timetable (see top of SEPTA timetables for run numbers) and, being even, denotes a run inbound to Philadelphia via an ex-Reading Railroad commuter route and outbound from Philadelphia on an ex-Pennsylvania Railroad commuter route.
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RAILROAD New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
New Jersey Transit Police VHF Frequency Plan
Freq Use Tone
160.830 NJ Transit Police (Central) 123.0 161.370 NJ Transit Police (Camden City Area)
New Jersey Transit Rail Road Frequency Plan
Freq Use
161.400 Atlantic City Rail Line, Road Channel (Atlantic City Line Dispatcher) 160.215 Atlantic City Rail Station Operations/Switching
NJT Raritan Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Atlantic City Line CP-Shore to Atlantic City (Entire Length) NJ
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RAILROAD New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
NJT Atlantic City Line Details and Location Names
Mile Location Name Interlocking/Station Notes
Mileage from Shore Interlocking 80.0 Shore Jct. Amtrak NEC 82.1 PA/NJ State Line 82.3 CP-Jersey Delair Bridge, Jct. Conrail Jersey-Hatch Running Track
Mileage from CP-Jersey 0.8 Morrisville 2.6 Jordan 4.3 North Race North end of siding 4.6 Cherry Hill Passenger Station 4.7 Race 5.5 South Race South end of siding 6.2 West Haddonfield 9.5 Ashland 10.5 Osage 11.7 Lindenwold Passenger Station 13.2 North Lucas North end of siding 14.8 South Lucas South end of siding 15.2 Berlin 17.8 Atco Passenger Station 19.9 North Fish North end of siding 20.8 South Fish South end of siding 24.6 Ancora 25.7 North Wins 27.2 Winslow Jct Jct. Southern RR of NJ 27.8 South Wins 30.7 Hammonton Passenger Station 36.7 North Lica North end of siding 37.6 South Lica South end of siding 41.8 Egg Harbor Passenger Station 46.7 North Pomo North end of siding 47.5 South Pomo South end of siding 52.1 Absecon Passenger Station 55.9 Griff 57.5 Beach Moveable bridge 57.8 Atlantic 58.0 Atlantic City Passenger Station, end of track
NJT Atlantic City Line Train Numbering
4600 to 4629 Atlantic City Service (Philadelphia to Atlantic City)
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RAILROAD Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail South Jersey Shared Assets Operation Road Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
161.070 AAR 64/64 Philadelphia Area/Southern NJ Operations (South Jersey Dispatcher)
Conrail South Jersey Shared Assets Yardmaster Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.860 AAR 50/50 Pavonia Yard (Camden, NJ) Primary Morrisville Yard (shared w/NS) Stony Creek Yard (Trainer, PA - controlled by CR South Philly YM), 161.160 AAR 70/70 Pavonia Yard Hump (As Needed) 161.490 AAR 92/92 South Philly Yard (shared w/CSX) 161.070 AAR 64/64 Midvale Yard (Philadelphia - controlled by CR Morrisville YM) Frankford Jct. Yard (Philadelphia - controlled by CR Morrisville YM) 161.040 AAR 62/62 Morrisville Yard Paulsboro Yard
South Jersey Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Morrisville Line Morris to CP-MA PA Delair Branch/Trenton Line CP-Hatch (NJ) to CP-Park (PA) PA/NJ Chester Secondary Eastwick to 60th Street South PA 90th Street North to Lester PA Beasleys Point Secondary Entire Length NJ Bordentown Secondary Entire Length NJ Penns Grove Secondary Entire Length NJ Salem Secondary Entire Length NJ Vineland Secondary Entire Length NJ
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RAILROAD Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail South Jersey Shared Assets Line Details and Location Names
Morrisville Line
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
0.0 Morris Jct. Amtrak NEC, East end Morrisville Yard 4.7 CP-MA Jct. CSX Fairless Branch, NS Morrisville Line, West end Morrisville Yard
Delair Branch/Trenton Line
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
78.9 CP-Hatch Jct. Bordentown Secondary, #1&2 Runners to Pavonia 79.5 CP-Jersey Delair Bridge, Jct. Pennsauken IT, NJT A.C. Line 79.7 NJ/PA State Line 80.3 Viaduct 81.8 Frankford Jct. Jct. Frankford Jct. Yard 82.1 Shore Jct. Amtrak NEC 85.0 North Philadelphia 86.3 Monty 87.5 CP-Park Junction Jct. CSX Philadelphia Subdivision, CSX Trenton Line
Beesley’s Point Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
2.3 CP-Brown Jct. Vineland Secondary 4.5 West Collingswood 5.1 Oaklyn 6.9 Haddon Heights 7.6 Barrington 9.0 Eve 12.0 Laurel Springs 13.4 Clementon 17.4 Man 18.0 Williamstown 19.4 Flo 22.5 Braddock 24.0 Anchor 25.9 Winslow Jct. Jct. NJT A.C. Line, SRRNJ 29.4 Folsom 41.7 Milmay 44.4 Dorothy 54.0 Tuck Jct. SRRNJ 57.2 Petersburg 58.7 Pal Jct. Beesley’s Point IT, Palermo IT 59.5 Palermo
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RAILROAD Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail South Jersey Shared Assets Line Details and Location Names (cont)
Bordentown Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
2.5 Pavonia Jct. North end Pavonia Yard 4.3 CP-Hatch Jct. Trenton Line/Delair Branch, #1&2 Runners 5.0 Delair 5.7 Minson 7.0 Trail 8.3 Riverton 11.0 Riverside 12.0 Ran 12.3 Delanco Moveable Bridge 14.6 Beverly 17.2 Keim 17.4 Burlington 21.3 MJ 22.4 Florence 23.2 Roebling 24.1 Kinkora 25.1 BO 26.0 Fieldsboro 26.7 Rob Jct. Robbinsville IT 27.0 Bordentown 27.3 Flynn 31.7 Lalor Street 33.0 Hamilton Ave. 33.2 Light 34.7 Coal Port 35.8 Port Jct. Amtrak NEC
Chester Secondary (Eastwick to 60th Street South; 90th St. North to Lester)
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
0.0 Eastwick Jct. CSX Philadelphia Sub. 1.2 CP-60th St. South Jct. SEPTA Airport Line (CR mileage from Eastwick) 4.8 CP-60th St. South (SEPTA mileage from Suburban Station) 7.2 Eastwick Pass Station (SEPTA mileage from Suburban Station) 4.6 CP-90th St. North Jct. SEPTA Airport Line (CR mileage from Eastwick) 7.7 CP-90th St. North (SEPTA mileage from Suburban Station) 4.9 CP-90th St. South 6.1 Lester Jct. Chester IT to Wanamaker Ave Yard, Stony Creek Yard
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RAILROAD Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail South Jersey Shared Assets Line Details and Location Names (cont)
Penns Grove Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
8.8 CP-Woodbury Jct. Vineland Secondary 9.0 Woodbury Jct. Salem RT to Swedesboro (Jct. SRRNJ) 10.4 Shell 11.2 DED (Thorofare) 11.6 Thorofare 13.7 Paulsboro Moveable Bridge 13.8 Paul Jct. north end Paulsboro Yard 14.3 Paulsboro 17.2 Gibb Jct. south end Paulsboro Yard 20.7 Bridgeport 20.8 Bridgeport Moveable Bridge 24.0 Jumbo Moveable Bridge 24.8 Rick 25.0 Pedricktown 28.7 Penns Grove 30.0 Deep Jct. Deepwater Point IT
Vineland Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
0.0 Cooper Jct. south end Pavonia Yard (River Rd.) 1.2 CP-Mill 2.2 South Camden 2.3 CP-Brown Jct. Beesley’s Point Secondary 4.0 Gloucester Jct. Grenloch IT 4.6 South Gloucester 5.8 Westville 6.3 South Westville 7.6 North Woodbury 8.8 CP-Woodbury Jct. Penns Grove Secondary 9.8 Woodbury Heights 11.0 Glass 11.6 Wenonah 13.4 Sewell 16.0 Pitman 17.9 Glassboro Jct. Glassboro IT 18.6 South Glassboro 24.5 Franklinville 25.4 Iona 27.9 Malaga 29.2 Home 30.1 Newfield 31.4 North Vineland 32.5 Land Jct. Millville IT 34.0 Landis Jct. Vineland IT
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RAILROAD Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail Train Symbols
Train Type Designator plus District Designator plus Originating Yard Designator
Example: WPCA11
Train Type Designators
W Local/Switching Assignments Y Yard Duty
District Designators
P Conrail Philadelphia District (Conrail Philadelphia/South Jersey Operations)
Originating yard Designators
Des. Yard Name Location
BU Burlington Yard Burlington, NJ CA Pavonia Yard Camden, NJ FJ Frankford Junction Yard Philadelphia, PA MI Millville Yard Millville, NJ MO Morrisville Yard Morrisville, PA MV Midvale Yard Philadelphia, PA PA Paulsboro Yard Paulsboro, NJ SC Stony Creek Yard Chester/Trainer, PA SP South Philly Yard Philadelphia, PA
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RAILROAD CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation Road/Dispatcher Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.230 AAR 08/08 Road Channel for Philadelphia Subdivision (AV Dispatcher) 161.100 AAR 66/66 Dispatcher Channel for Philadelphia Subdivision (AV Dispatcher) 160.980 AAR 58/58 Road/Dispatcher Channel for Trenton Subdivision (NI Dispatcher)
CSX Transportation Yardmaster Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Yard Name Location
160.530 AAR 28/28 Eastside Yard (RG Tower Yard Office) Philadelphia South Philly Yard Philadelphia Wilsmere Yard Elsmere, DE 160.860 AAR 50/50 Lansdale Yard Lansdale, PA 161.490 AAR 92/92 South Philly Yard Philadelphia 160.725 AAR 41/41 South Philly Intermodal (truck jockeys) Philadelphia
CSX Transportation Operations Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.785 AAR 45/45 Maintenance of Way, Philadelphia and Harrisburg Subdivisions 161.130 AAR 68/68 Maintenance of Way, Trenton Subdivision 160.890 AAR 52 Maintenance of Way, PBX system 160.410 AAR 20/20 Eastside Yard Engine Servicing/Turntable
CSX Transportation Police Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.875 AAR 51/51 CSX Police Dispatch
CSX AV Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Philadelphia Subdivision CP-Park to DE/MD Stateline PA/DE 58th Street Conn. Track 58th St. to CP Field PA
AV dispatcher territory continues through Baltimore, MD
CSX NI Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Harrisburg Subdivision CP-Penrose to CP Belmont PA Trenton Subdivision CP-Park to CP-Port Reading Jct. PA/NJ Blue Line Branch Entire Length PA Fairless Branch Entire Length PA
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RAILROAD CSX Transportation
CSX Line Details and Location Names
Philadelphia Subdivision
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
BBF 1.3 Park Junction, PA Jct. Trenton Sub. BBF 0.2 Vine Street BAK 0.5 Locust Street BAK 2.0 RG Tower Jct. Eastside Yard, Harrisburg Sub. BAK 2.2 Bridgeboard Schuylkill River Bridge BAK 2.4 Eastwick Jct. Conrail Chester Secondary BAK 3.1 58th Street Jct. 58th Street Connection BAK 4.9 Darby BAK 6.4 Collingdale BAK 8.6 Holmes BAK 11.4 Chester BAK 13.9 East Feltonville Jct. Twin Oaks auto unloading facility BAK 17.2 West Feltonville BAK 21.0 Silverside BAK 21.0 Dragging Equipment Detector (DED) BAK 22.4 Cliffs BAK 24.6 Brandywine BAK 27.2 Elsmere Junction Jct. Brandywine Valley Railway, Market St. IT, East end Wilsmere Yard BAK 29.4 Landenburg Junction Jct. Wilmington & Western RR West end Wilsmere Yard BAK 31.8 Stanton BAK 34.2 Harmony BAK 37.4 Newark BAK 39.2 State Line
Philadelphia Sub continues to BAK 89.6, Jct. Baltimore Terminal Sub.
Harrisburg Subdivision - Delaware Extension
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QHE 2.7 CP-Penrose Jct. Eastside Yard, Phila. Sub, S. Philly Yard QHE 0.1 CP-Gray Jct. 58th Street Connection QHE 0.0 CP-Field Jct. Harrisburg Sub. Main, CP-Arsenal
Harrisburg Subdivision - 58th Street Connection
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QH 0.0 58th Street Jct. Philadelphia Sub QH 1.2 CP-Arsenal Jct. CP-Field QH 1.5 CP-Gray Jct. Delaware Extension
Harrisburg Subdivision - Amtrak Connection
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QH 0.0 CP-Field QH 1.2 Phil Jct. Amtrak NEC Philadelphia Area Communications © 2002 Page 22
RAILROAD CSX Transportation
CSX Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Harrisburg Subdivision - Main Line
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QH 0.0 CP-Field Jct. Delaware Ext., CP-Arsenal, Amtrak Jct. QH 0.0 DED/Open Plug Door Detector (PDD) (Field) QH 2.3 Zoo Zoo locates on Amtrak. Physical connection removed. QH 2.3 PDD (Zoo) QH 4.0 CP-Belmont Jct. Trenton Subdivision QH 5.2 CP-River Jct. Trenton Subdivision, NS Harrisburg Line
Trenton Subdivision
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QA 0.0 CSXT Jct. Philadelphia Subdivision QA 0.3 CP-Park Jct. Conrail Delair Branch QA 1.2 CP-Belmont Jct. Harrisburg Subdivision QA 1.2 DED (Belmont) QA 2.5 CP-River Jct. Harrisburg Subdivision, NS Harrisburg Line QA 2.9 CP-Laurel Hill Jct. NS Harrisburg Line QA 3.0 High Car Detector(HCD) -17'3" (Laurel Hill) QA 3.1 Bellevue QA 4.4 CP-Nice Jct. Blue Line Branch, Conrail Richmond Industrial Tk. QA 6.2 CP-Newton Junction Jct. SEPTA Main Line QA 7.3 Olney QA 9.0 Lawndale QA 9.6 CP-Cheltenham Junction Jct. SEPTA Fox Chase Line QA 13.3 Bustleton QA 13.8 DED (MP 14) QA 16.2 CP-Berry QA 18.8 CP-Nesh QA 19.2 Neshaminy QA 21.1 Jct. SEPTA Neshaminy Line QA 23.9 Langhorne QA 24.0 Hot Box Detector(HBD)-DED (Langhorne) QA 25.3 CP-Fairless Junction Jct. Fairless Branch, south end Woodbourne Yard QA 26.4 CP-Woodbourne Jct. Fairless Branch, north end Woodbourne Yard QA 26.5 Woodbourne QA 26.9 CP-Wood Jct. Wood Connecting Track to NS Morrisville Line QA 28.7 Roelofs QA 30.7 Yardley QA 32.5 West Trenton QA 32.6 Trent Jct. Trenton Industrial Track, West Trenton Yard QA 33.6 Ewing QA 35.7 P-Wing QA 37.9 Pennington QA 38.5 HBD-DED-HCD-17’3” (Glenmoore) QA 38.6 Glenmoore QA 42.6 Hopewell
Trenton Sub. continues to QA 57.3, CP-Port Reading Jct. (Jct. - Conrail North Jersey SAA, NS Lehigh Line)
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RAILROAD CSX Transportation
CSX Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Blue Line Branch
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QAB 0.0 CP Nice Jct. CSX Trenton Subdivision QAB 0.7 Wayne Jct. SEPTA Main Line
Fairless Branch
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
QAF 0.0 CP-Fairless Junction Jct. Trenton Sub. Main QAF 0.9 Woodbourne Woodbourne Yard QAF 2.9 CP-MA Jct. Conrail Morrisville Yard, NS Morrisville Line
Stony Creek Branch
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
0.0 Dale Jct. SEPTA Main Line 2.5 West Point 3.9 Stony Creek 4.9 Belfry 6.6 Custer 7.1 JN 7.5 Hartranft 9.9 Elm Jct. SEPTA Norristown Line
The Stony Creek Branch is owned by SEPTA. CSX provides local freight service in the Lansdale area. The Stony Creek Branch is used to transport high cars to/from Philadelphia (via NS trackage rights) that cannot traverse north of CP-Laurel Hill HCD. Normal freight movements operate via the Blue Line Branch connection to/from SEPTA at CP- Nice.
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RAILROAD CSX Transportation
CSX Train Symbol Identifiers
Q100 to Q199 Intermodal Q200 to Q299 Automotive Business Unit Q300 to Q399 Northern Region East/West Corridor Manifest Q400 to Q499 Eastern Region North/South Corridor Manifest Q500 to Q599 Western Region North/South Corridor Manifest Q600 to Q699 Cross Corridor Manifest
K100 to K199 Unit Ore K200 to K299 Unit Trash K300 to K399 Unit Coke K400 to K499 Unit Ore, Phosphate, Rock, etc. K500 to K599 Unit Steel K600 to K699 Unit Orange Juice K700 to K799 Unit Misc. K800 to K899 Bulk Unit Agriculture K900 to K999 Bulk Unit Stone
B700 to B799 Locals in PA/NJ C700 to C799 Locals in PA/NJ (most are to/from Conrail Shared Assets Area) D700 to D799 Locals in PA/DE
Prefix Letters:
A Local freights, switchers, etc., Southern Region B Local freights, switchers, pushers, etc., Central, Northeast & Western regions C Local freights, switchers, etc., Central, Northeast & Western regions D Local freights, switchers, etc., Midwest, Northeast & Western regions E Empty coal hoppers F Local freights, switchers, etc., Central & Southern regions G Grain trains, including empties H Local freights, switchers, pushers, etc., Central, Midwest & Western regions I Re-billable jobs, including flagging J Local freights, switchers, etc., Central, Midwest & Western regions K Unit trains of a single bulk commodity, ore, coke, steel, etc. L Alternate schedules of Q train M Local freights, switchers, etc., Midwest & Southern regions N Unit coal trains O Local freights, switchers, Florida Business Unit P Passenger trains Q Manifest trains, including intermodal, automotive, manifest R Rerouted Q trains, special manifest trains S Second sections of Q trains T Unit coal trains U Unit coal trains V Unit coal trains W Work trains, non-unit coal trains, miscellaneous X Third sections of Q trains, Special makeup trains, lite power moves, miscellaneous Y Yard engines Z Foreign trains operating on CSXT
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Road Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.800 AAR 46/46 NS Harrisburg Subdivision (Main Line Dispatcher) NS Delmarva Subdivision (Main Line Dispatcher) 160.860 AAR 50/50 NS Harrisburg Subdivision (Harrisburg East Dispatcher)
Norfolk Southern Yardmaster Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Yard Name Location
160.860 AAR 50/50 Abrams Yard King of Prussia, PA Morrisville Yard (controlled by Abrams YM) Morrisville, PA Falls Yard (controlled by Abrams YM) Philadelphia, PA Edgemoor Yard Edgemoor, DE
Norfolk Southern Police Frequency Plan
Freq Input Chan Use
160.560 (simplex) AAR 30/30 Police Dispatch (NS1000 – Central Dispatcher) 160.680 (simplex) AAR 38/38 Police Car-to-Car
Norfolk Southern Maintenance Frequency Plan
RX Freq TX Freq Chan Use
161.130 160.710 AAR 40/68 NS Maintenance of Way PBX system 161.130 161.130 AAR 68/68 NS Maintenance of Way (old Conrail MOW Ch 3) 160.710 160.710 AAR 40/40 NS Maintenance of Way (old Conrail MOW Ch 4)
Norfolk Southern Main Line Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Harrisburg Line CP-River to CP-Phoenix PA Morrisville Line CP-MA to CP-King PA Dale Secondary CP-King to CP-Dale PA Delmarva Secondary Entire Length DE Indian River Secondary Entire Length DE New Castle Secondary Entire Length DE
Norfolk Southern Harrisburg East Dispatcher Desk Responsibilities
Line Section State
Harrisburg Line CP-Phoenix to Chester PA County/Berks County line
Harrisburg East dispatcher territory continues west through Reading to CP Tara (Hummelstown, PA)
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Line Details and Location Names
Harrisburg Line
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
HP 5.2 CP-River Jct. CSX Trenton Sub HP 6.1 CP-Falls Jct. West Falls Yard, CSX Trenton Sub (via wye track to CP-Laurel Hill) HP 6.7 Pencoyd Jct. Venice IT HP 7.8 West Manayunk HP 8.7 CP-Rock Flat Rock Tunnel HP 8.7 DED-HCD-17’10” HP 10.0 Gladwyne HP 10.8 HBD-DED HP 13.6 West Conshohocken HP 15.8 Swedeland Jct. Upper Merion & Plymouth RR HP 17.0 Bridgeport Jct. Bridgeport IT (PRL), Bridgeport Scale Track HP 18.0 CP-Norris Jct. SEPTA Norristown Line (via CP-Island), east end Abrams Yd HP 19.1 Abrams Yard HP 20.6 North Abrams Jct. North Abrams IT (out of service) HP 21.5 Port Kennedy HP 22.0 CP-Forge Jct. west end Abrams Yard HP 23.7 Valley Forge HP 24.5 HBD-DED HP 24.9 Perkiomen Jct. Jct. Phoenixville IT HP 27.5 CP-Phoenix Black Rock Tunnel HP 30.6 Cromby HP 32.0 Royersford HP 34.4 Linfield HP 34.5 HBD-DED HP 36.1 Limerick HP 40.5 Pottstown HP 40.8 CG Jct. Pottstown IT, PRL Boyertown Branch, east end Pottstown Yd HP 42.2 Stowe Jct. west end Pottstown Yard HP 42.9 Tillys
Harrisburg Line continues to HP 112.9, CP-Harris (Jct. NS Pittsburgh Line, Harrisburg Yard)
Morrisville Line
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
MV 4.7 CP-MA Jct. Conrail Morrisville Yard, CSX Fairless Branch MV 6.3 CP-Lang MV 6.7 CP-West Lang Jct. Wood Connecting Track to CSX Trenton Sub. MV 8.6 Langhorne MV 16.0 Southampton HBD-DED MV 18.2 Heaton MV 22.0 Dresher MV 24.0 Blue Bell MV 24.5 Fort Hill MV 28.2 CP-Plymouth MV 30.1 CP-King Jct. Morrisville Conn. Track to SEPTA Norristown Line, Dale Secondary
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Line Details and Location Names (continued)
Dale Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
30.1 CP-King Jct. Morrisville Line, Morrisville Conn. Track 33.5 Henderson 34.0 King of Prussia 41.0 Knickerbocker 45.3 CP-Dale 46.0 Glen Jct. Amtrak Harrisburg Main
Delmarva Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
FK 0.0 Davis Jct. Amtrak NEC, Chrysler Yard FK 5.0 Glasgow FK 5.5 Del Pro Jct. Del Pro Yard FK 5.9 Del FK 6.3 Porter Mileage changes DM 14.4 Porter Jct. New Castle Secondary DM 16.5 Kirk DM 18.3 Canal Moveable Bridge DM 20.6 Mt Pleasant DM 22.6 DED DM 24.0 Frog DM 24.8 Middletown DM 28.7 HBD-DED DM 29.0 Townsend Jct. Maryland and Delaware RR DM 35.0 Clay
Delmarva Secondary continues to DM 128.2, Pocomoke, MD (Jct. Eastern Shore RR).
New Castle Secondary
Mile Location Interlocking Notes
WO 0.0 Ragan Jct. Amtrak NEC WO 1.2 Jct. Newport IT WO 1.7 Ward Moveable Bridge WO 2.6 Castle Jct. Shellpot IT WO 6.0 Term WO 8.4 Tasker Jct. Battery IT WO 13.8 Bear WO 15.1 Road WO 16.2 DP Jct. Del Pro Switch WO 16.4 Bold Jct. Reybold Running Track WO 16.6 Porter Jct. Delmarva Secondary
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Train Symbol Identifiers
Normal Train Symbols
H01 to H9Z NS Local Assignments – Harrisburg Division HD01 to HD99 NS Yard Jobs – Edgemoor Yard HM01 to HM99 NS Yard Jobs – Abrams and Morrisville HR01 to HR99 NS Yard Jobs – Reading, Pa and Pottstown, PA F01 to F99 Shared Assets Area Local Freight/Switching Assignments FS01 to FS99 South Jersey Shared Assets Area Local Yard Assignments 001-040 Amtrak Passenger Trains Operating Over NS 041-042 Office Car Inspection Trains 043-044 Operation Lifesaver Trains 045-046 Marketing Inspection Trains 047-051 Circus Trains; Special Passenger Car Move 052-055 High/Wide Load Trains 056-059 Military Trains 060-063 Steam Powered Excursion Trains 064-067 Diesel Powered Excursion Trains 068-069 Deadhead Excursion Train 070-080 Foreign Railroad Detour Trains 081-099 Special Unit Train Movements 100-106 Terminal Interchange/Transfer Trains 107-109 Haulage Rights Trains on Foreign Road 200-239 Conventional Intermodal Trains 240-269 Triple Crown Roadrailer® Trains 270-289 Multi-Divisional Intermodal Trains handling freight forwarder traffic 290-299 Single-Division Intermodal Trains handling freight forwarder traffic 300-469 General Merchandise Through-Freight traffic 470-499 Non-Local Misc. Through-Freight movements 500-699 Coal Trains; Former Conrail Territory 700-899 Coal Trains; Original NS Territory
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Train Symbol Identifiers (continued)
Divisional Special Train Symbols
498-499 Special Freight Train Movements 58Z-59Z Special Unit Grain Train Movements 68Z-69Z Special Unit Train Movements 798-799 Special Unit Coal Train Movements 90Z Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-101 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 91A Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-102 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 91E Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-401 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 91G Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-402 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 91J Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-501 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 91K Former Conrail Circus Train; CIR-502 (Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey) 901-903 Sperry Rail Test Car 904-908 Geometry Train/Car Testing 909-917 Rail Trains 918-925 Ballast Trains 926-929 Loram Ballast Cleaner 930-935 Work Trains 936-937 Track Equipment Trains 938-939 Jordan Spreader 940-941 Pile Driver 942-945 Weed Sprayer Trains 946-949 Signal Cable Train 950-954 Office Car Inspection Trains 955-956 Office Car Deadhead Trains 957-958 Passenger Excursion Trains 959 Transportation Training 960-973 Light Engines 974-975 Marketing Inspection Trains 976-979 Pusher/Helper Engines 980-981 High/Wide Load Trains 982-987 Wreck Train 988-994 Damaged Cars/Wrecked Engines 995 Geometry Train/Car Testing 996-999 Special Unit Train Movements
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RAILROAD Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Train Symbol Identifiers (continued)
Train Symbol Prefix Meanings
F Shared Asset Areas; Former Conrail H Harrisburg Division; Former Conrail I Additional Sections of 200-299 series M Additional Sections of 100-199 series O Additional Sections of 900-999 series Q Additional Sections of 700-799 series R Additional Sections of 000-099 series S Additional Sections of 800-899 series W Additional Sections of 300-399 series X Additional Sections of 400-499 series Y Additional Sections of 500-599 series Z Additional Sections of 600-699 series
Example: M9G is a second section of the 49G. Second sections of a train may be dispatched is traffic levels between two terminals are high. The prefix is used to avoid having two trains with the same symbol operating on the same trackage on the same day.
Any train number may end in a letter designation (A-Z). The designation does not signify any particular special movement. The use of letters in the third place allows for a greater number of train symbols. Most trains carrying a letter in the third place of the train symbol are general and intermodal freight trains operating over former Conrail lines.
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RAILROAD Short Line Operations
Pennsylvania Short Line Operations
Brandywine Valley Railway (BVRY) Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.545 AAR 29/29 BVRY Operations (former DVRY) 160.605 AAR 33/33 BVRY Operations (former DVRY) 456.2375 BVRY Plant Operations 467.7875 BVRY Plant Operations
BVRY is a subsidiary of Bethlehem-Lukens Steel and operates terminal switching operations at the Bethlehem- Lukens Plate facility in Coatesville, PA. BVRY is also the designated operator of the former DVRY. DVRY operated trackage between Coatesville, PA (Jct. w/NS), Chadds Ford, PA, and Elsmere, DE (Jct. w/CSX) and also a Chadds Ford, PA, Nottingham, PA, to Colora, MD spur. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania owns Former Delaware Valley trackage within Pennsylvania.
East Penn Railway (EPRY) Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.935 AAR 55/55 EPRY Operations
In the Philadelphia area, EPRY provides freight service on the SEPTA owned Bethlehem Branch between Telford, PA and Quakertown, PA. The EPRY interchanges with CSX Transportation in Telford. CSX provides freight service on the SEPTA Bethlehem Branch from Telford south.
Penn Eastern Rail Lines (PRL) Frequency Plan
Freq Chan Use
160.335 AAR 15/15 PRL Operations
PRL is a subsidiary of Emons Transportation and operates several branches in eastern PA. Lines operated in the Philadelphia area include: Bridgeport, PA (Jct. w/ NS) to BFI Transfer Center, King of Prussia, PA; Pottstown, PA (Jct. w/ NS) to Boyertown, PA; Pennsburg, PA to Emmaus Jct., PA (Jct. w/NS); Bristol, PA to Morrisville, PA (Jct/ w/NS, CSX).
Penn Jersey Rail Lines (PJRL)
PJRL provides service on approximately 3 miles of track serving the Penn Warner Industrial Park near Morrisville, PA. Since beginning operations in 2000, another mile of track was added to serve additional customers within the park and to provide for future rail access. Interchange occurs at Morrisville Yard with NS and CSX.
Tyburn Railroad (TYBR)
Freq Chan Use
160.335 AAR 15/15 TYBR Operations 161.385 AAR 85/85 TYBR Operations
TYBR operates terminal trackage in the Morrisville, PA area. Freight is interchanged from NS approx. three times weekly.
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RAILROAD Short Line Operations
Pennsylvania Short Line Operations (continued)
Upper Merion & Plymouth (UMP)
Freq Chan Use
160.485 AAR 25/25 UMP Operations
UMP is a subsidiary of Bethlehem-Lukens Plate and provides terminal switching at the Bethlehem-Lukens Plate facility in Plymouth Township, PA. Interchange traffic is switched with NS across the Schuylkill in Swedeland, PA. Limited local freight service is also provided by UMP on the Swedeland side of the river.
New Jersey Short Line Operations
Southern Railroad of New Jersey (SRNJ)
Freq Chan Use
160.335 AAR 15/15 SRNJ Operations Ch 1 161.385 AAR 85/85 SRNJ Operations Ch 2 161.400 AAR 86/86 SRNJ Operations on NJT
SRNJ operates freight service on trackage between Winslow Jct. (Jct. w/Conrail and NJT) and Buena (Jct. w/Conrail) and provides freight service on the Salem Branch, owned by Salem County, between Swedesboro and Salem. SRNJ also has freight rights to the NJT owned Cape May Branch.
Winchester and Western – New Jersey Division (WW)
Freq Chan Use
161.310 AAR 80/80 WW Operations 161.370 AAR 84/84 WW Operations
W&W is a subsidiary of Unimin Corporation and provides freight service on several branches in the Millville area. Lines served include: Main Line (Millville-Haleyville), Seashore Line (Millville-Dorchester), Deerfield branch (Bridgeton Jct.- Seabrook), and the Bridgeton Port Branch (Bridgeton Jct.-Port of Bridgeton). W&W has trackage rights over Conrail in the Millville area to connect its different lines and to interchange traffic to/from Conrail at Millville Yard.
SMS, Inc.
Freq Chan Use
161.490 AAR 92/92 SMS Operations 161.535 AAR 95/95 SMS Operations
Shortline Marketing Services leases and provides freight service on the 4.5 mile railroad throughout the 3,000 acre Pureland Industrial Park. SMS also provides 24 Hour, 7 Day contract switching for the Valero Refining Company in nearby Paulsboro, NJ. SMS performs all in plant switching moves and interchanges cars with Conrail in the Paulsboro Yard.
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RAILROAD Short Line Operations
Delaware Short Line Operations
Maryland & Delaware RR (MDDE)
Freq Chan Use
160.695 AAR 39/39 MDDE Operations
MDDE operates freight service along several branches on the Delmarva Peninsula. The only branch falling within the coverage of this publication is the Townsend, DE to Centerville and Chestertown, MD branch.
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RAILROAD Tourist Operations
Pennsylvania Tourist Operations
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
Freq Chan Use
160.425 AAR 21/21 Tourist Operations 161.475 AAR 91/91 Tourist Operations
NH&I operates regular tourist service along its line originating in New Hope. NH&I also provides limited freight service from its connection with SEPTA (and CSX) at Warminster.
West Chester Railroad
Freq Chan Use
160.605 AAR 33/33 Tourist Operations
The West Chester Railroad operates limited tourist train service on SEPTA owned trackage between West Chester and Glen Mills.
New Jersey Tourist Operations
Cape May Seashore Lines
Freq Chan Use
160.815 AAR 47/47 Tourist Operations 161.160 AAR 70/70 Tourist Operations
CMSL operates regular tourist trips along its line from Cape May. CMSL trackage runs to Tuckahoe where interchange is possible with NJT and Conrail for possible freight service.
Delaware Tourist Operations
Wilmington & Western RR
Freq Chan Use
160.755 AAR 43/43 Operations
W&WRR operates regular steam tourist service through the Red Clay Creek valley between Landenberg Jct. and Hockessin.
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