Rr scanner?

Question

does anyone know where to find a rr scanner for the altoona area on the internet

Answer 1

You can find railroad scanners at Radio Schack, Best Buy, Circuit City, and in TRAINS Magazine there is a company called Railcom (Phone #: [phone])(E-mail address for catalog: [e-mail]).

Scanners from railcom range from $119-$235.

For frequencies on all north american railroads check out this site.

North Amercian Rail Frequencies   (Google This)

It has a list from A-Zof all the railroads.

Answer 2

don't know about penn. but in alabama the scanners only scan the cars on the track. if your looking for a radio scanner then radio shack is the best bet however you'll need to find out the frequencies for the railroads in your area. i know nsrr has track there, but our channels and the other divisions channels may not be the same

Answer 3

The only scanner that I know of is used to scan rail cars as they go by to see if they are in compliance and for the yard crew to have a good list of cars.

Answer 4

Ok, say you dont have a radio shack in Altoona, and you dont want to drive to a city that has one. Amazon.com has the exact kind of RR scanner I use, It's called a Uniden BC60XLT-1 30 channel handheld scanner. Right now it is unavailable, but on EBAY you can find new and used ones for anywhere from 10.00 to 48.00.

I hope this helps and like Hoghead said you might try Radio Shack.

BTW My friend uses a Nascar Scanner and picks up the railroad channels.

Answer 5

I don't know the exact frequencies but I can tell you the FCC has reserved all frequencies between 50 MHz. and 80 MHz for rail road communication. I hope this helps

Answer 6

internet then find freqeucy for that area with is always busy with rail talk

Answer 7

no i don't

Answer 8

Don't know about the net, but you can get the scanners as well as the chips of the right frequency from good ol' Radio Shack.