Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Back to scanning instead of being locked on a channel. Adjusted the schelch a bit, so let me know if it's not picking up engine chatter from as far away.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Power is out at home, wifey said the power when out and within seconds heard some loud bang outside... hope the sump doesn't back up..ground is wet but currently not raining.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Power back on at home, didn't remember to turn on the computer until just now, so scanner stream is back up. Thanks cnw8835
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
FYI, scanner feed is down this morning. Tried to get on it, and appears my PC in the basement isn't firing up correctly. Rebooted a couple times, no dice. Hope to get time to work on it tonight to find out why it's not running.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Turns out it wasn't a problem with my PC itself, but my free dynamic dns service decided to ditch my hostname so now I have a new address to connect to the scanner feed. I updated the three links at the beginning of this thread, but the new address is railroadfan.dyndns.org instead of the old railroadfan.ath.cx. Please update your bookmarks.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- amtrak1007
- MP 25 Productions Co-Founder
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:55 am
- Location: Fisher FB97
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
sure now i'm gonna have to figure out how to do that on my phone LOL!
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Will likely have worse reception today, as last nights storm toppled my antenna tower over. Thankfully antenna, tower, and coax look fine. Just need a few new wood screws and some zip ties. If I can get to the store tonight, I'll get it repaired.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Antenna is upright again. Put a couple larger screws in, and used metal clamps instead of zipties to hold the pole to the railing. Let's hope that'll keep the pole in place. Should have bought another extension to get it higher while I had it down, bah, oh well.
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- trnwatcher
- My name ain't Steven
- Posts: 4855
- Joined: Sun May 11, 2008 6:22 pm
- Location: Grandville MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Sounding 5X5 here in Grandville. Just hear P37010 call Vreisland and heard Q33410 go through the detector at Clarksville.
Steven F. Shick
http://www.youtube.com/user/trnwatcher
http://www.trnwatcher.net
I.T. guy/Railfan
"The true railfan has two favorite railroads....the Baltimore & Ohio and another one." - Charles S. Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/user/trnwatcher
http://www.trnwatcher.net
I.T. guy/Railfan
"The true railfan has two favorite railroads....the Baltimore & Ohio and another one." - Charles S. Roberts
- Saturnalia
- Authority on Cat
- Posts: 15394
- Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:54 pm
- Location: Michigan City, IN
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
If thats the case, maybe it should fall over more often. Good Job getting it back up within 24 hours, in the snow!trnwatcher wrote:Sounding 5X5 here in Grandville. Just hear P37010 call Vreisland and heard Q33410 go through the detector at Clarksville.
You are--
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
And thanks to the pole for missing your grill and your table, or Mrs. Admin may have not allowed it to go back up.railroadfan wrote:Antenna is upright again. Put a couple larger screws in, and used metal clamps instead of zipties to hold the pole to the railing. Let's hope that'll keep the pole in place. Should have bought another extension to get it higher while I had it down, bah, oh well.
Jeff O.
Celebrating 11 years dial-up free!
(18:36:45) MagnumForce: Railfanning is way more fun when you stop caring about locomotives and signals
(19:11:29) cbehr91: I can't believe I'm +1ing Brent but +1
Celebrating 11 years dial-up free!
(18:36:45) MagnumForce: Railfanning is way more fun when you stop caring about locomotives and signals
(19:11:29) cbehr91: I can't believe I'm +1ing Brent but +1
-
- D to the O to the double G
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:59 am
- Location: south carolina
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Good work on your antenna to keep the fans in service!! Glad no one was hurt.
- ~Z~
- Sofa King Admin
- Posts: 12940
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:14 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids, MI
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Changed the scanner to scan using narrowband since that's what CSX is running on now. Anyone know if CN, Grand Elk, or Marquette Rail have done the same?
Webmaster
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
Railroad photos on Railroadfan.com
- amtrak1007
- MP 25 Productions Co-Founder
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:55 am
- Location: Fisher FB97
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Mqt, would have gone with csx...
- amtrak1007
- MP 25 Productions Co-Founder
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:55 am
- Location: Fisher FB97
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
lots of static on the scanner feed this morning...
- Saturnalia
- Authority on Cat
- Posts: 15394
- Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:54 pm
- Location: Michigan City, IN
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Is the CSX yard channel still off? I think it might be helpful in being able to tell when trains are about to leave.....but you guys might know more....
- amtrak1007
- MP 25 Productions Co-Founder
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:55 am
- Location: Fisher FB97
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
if you like hearing the "CSXT 2....6....5....9.... Brake pipe fully charged..." then sure, the road ch, and the carmen are prolly better indicators of train departure readiness than the remotes in the yard.MQT3001 wrote:Is the CSX yard channel still off? I think it might be helpful in being able to tell when trains are about to leave.....but you guys might know more....
- Saturnalia
- Authority on Cat
- Posts: 15394
- Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:54 pm
- Location: Michigan City, IN
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Oh...that's what those annoying transmission are...amtrak1007 wrote:if you like hearing the "CSXT 2....6....5....9.... Brake pipe fully charged..." then sure, the road ch, and the carmen are prolly better indicators of train departure readiness than the remotes in the yard.MQT3001 wrote:Is the CSX yard channel still off? I think it might be helpful in being able to tell when trains are about to leave.....but you guys might know more....
So why is it sometimes you can hear that on the road channel....is that when sayvthe west side job is running with remotes?
- SD80MAC
- Ingersoll's Mr. Michigan
- Posts: 10464
- Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:59 pm
- Location: Grand Rapids
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Yes, if Y297 or whichever RC job ventures out of the yard, they're going to be on the road channel.
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
http://flickriver.com/photos/conrail680 ... teresting/
- Saturnalia
- Authority on Cat
- Posts: 15394
- Joined: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:54 pm
- Location: Michigan City, IN
- Contact:
Re: Grand Rapids MI railroad scanner
Windows Media player is giving an error message---something about the file is unable to be played....any thoughts?