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Radio Frequencies



SUNSET LIMITED
Segment Host AAR
Chan
Frequency
Segments east of New Orleans temporarily omitted1 2 3      
New Orleans Station (NOUPT) Amtrak 22 160.440
New Orleans-Huey P. Long Bridge4 CN/IC 72 161.190
East Bridge Jct.-West Bridge Jct4 NOPB 40 160.710
Huey P. Long Bridge4-Lake Charles (Iowa Jct) BNSF 12 160.290
Lake Charles-Beaumont TX UP 17 160.365
Beaumont-Near Houston (westbound)5 UP 17 160.365
Near Houston5-Houston (westbound) UP 59 160.995
Houston-Beaumont (eastbound) UP 27 160.515
Houston area and station UP 44 160.770
Houston-San Antonio UP 37 160.665
San Antonio city limits UP 27 160.515
Station Services
San Antonio
Amtrak 22 160.440
San Antonio-Alpine UP 96 161.550
Alpine-El Paso UP 14 160.320
El Paso-West El Paso6 UP 96 161.550
West El Paso6-Razo AZ7 UP 08 160.230
Raso7-Tucson-Gila Bend UP 96 161.550
Gila Bend-Yuma AZ UP 14 160.320
Yuma-Thermal CA UP 14 160.320
Thermal-Colton Tower UP 96 161.550
Colton Tower-El Monte UP 42 160.740
El Monte-CP Mission
(12 miles; normal route)
SCAX 87 161.415
El Monte-CP Mission
(13 miles; alternate route)
UP 42 160.740
CP Mission-Los Angeles LAUS (0.7 miles) SCAX 47 160.815
Station Services
Los Angeles
Amtrak 23 160.455
Station Services
Some other stations
Amtrak 23 160.455
Notes:
1 Not currently applicable - refers to route east of New Orleans.
2 Not currently applicable - refers to route east of New Orleans.
3 Not currently applicable - refers to route east of New Orleans.
4 - Channel 40 used only briefly by westbound trains as they cross the bridge. Channel 72 is used by eastbound trains after entering the bridge, and channel 12 by westbound trains, with the switch point on the bridge.
5 - Channel 59 is used briefly, from about 10 miles east of Houston into the city.
6 - Channel 96 used for about 12 miles in the El Paso area
7 - Raso is 8 miles east of Wilcox AZ, and about 25 miles west of the New Mexico-Arizona state line
Updated 4/2/2006 with data from Randy Jenkins; updated 8/10/06 in California with data from Ray Olesen; updated 3/19/2007 with data from Randy Jenkins.


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