Chicago Area Railroads
Monitoring Chicago-area railroad transmissions; included are BNSF, CN, Metra & UP. Cook & DuPage counties. Updated FEB25.
Live Audio
Feed Details
| Feed ID | 35293 |
| Genre | Rail |
| Status | Online (2d 1h) |
| Listeners | 2 |
Listeners — Last 24 Hours
Min 2
Max 4
Now 2
Feed Archives
Archives Page| Start | End | Plays |
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| Jun 6, 6:13 PM | 6:43 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM | 6:13 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 5:13 PM | 5:43 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 4:43 PM | 5:13 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 4:13 PM | 4:43 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM | 4:13 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 3:14 PM | 3:44 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 2:44 PM | 3:14 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 2:14 PM | 2:44 PM | 0 |
| Jun 6, 1:44 PM | 2:14 PM | 0 |
Times in CDT
Feed Notes
Update February 2025: Updated scanning software and added new frequencies.
This feed expands the coverage of Northern Illinois Railroads into DuPage & Cook counties as well as Chicago operations.
Feed frequencies:
- 160.485 - UP Road Milwaukee Subdivision
- 160.575 - UP Global 1 and 2 and Proviso Yards
- 160.725 - UP Proviso Yard
- 160.755 - CN Road Freeport Subdivision
- 160.890 - UP Road Geneva Subdivision and Metra West Line
- 160.920 - CN Road Freeport Subdivision
- 161.040 - UP Road Geneva-Kenosha-Milwaukee Subdivisions
- 161.100 - BNSF Road Aurora and Chicago Subdivisions
- 161.175 - UP Proviso and West Chicago Yards
- 161.190 - CN Chicago and Freeport Subdivisions
Feed Info:
The feed's receiver is located in Lombard (using a Laird 156-162mhz antenna (FG1560), streaming from a Raspberry Pi 4 and an SDR), along Union Pacific's Geneva Subdivision, which was Chicago's very first railroad line!
Please use the form to submit feedback - happy to add more frequencies and/or make corrections.
Online since April 2021. Last updated February 2025.