Listen to this very active live scanner feed from Claremont Ca. (32 miles east of the Los Angeles Union Station).

for direct access:  

Hear UP, BNSF, LAJ, PHL and the Metrolink Commuter trains being dispatched out of the LA area to San Bernardino/Colton/Riverside & other points east and south to the Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach.   It’s then either up the Cajon Pass & on to the Mojave desert or down through the San Timeteo Canyon & on to Yuma.

There’s plenty of overnight yard/switching activity/communications coming out of Montclair & Mira Loma serving local industry in the Pomona, Chino, & Fontana areas.  As for AMTRAK, hear the Sunset Limited, Southwest Chief, & all Pacific Surfliners trains. You might even hear a problem in the making?

Four (4) major UP subdivisions, two (2) BNSF subdivisions & one (3) Metrolink subdivisions are covered by monitoring only 9 frequencies.  Three (3) additional frequencies are monitored covering the Los Angeles Junction Railroad (LAJ),  Pacific Harbor Lines (PHL) and the Alameda Corridor:

You will be able to hear nine (9) or more talking equipment defect detectors:

We extend a special thanks to those at RailroadRadio.net who helped get this live feed up & running: Steve Passmore & Jim Groenke. Please check out: http://www.railroadradio.net for superb live railroad audio streams!  Also, thanks to John Peterson/AlabamaRailfan.com for the excellent tutorial I used to setup the WinAmp and Shoutcast software. And one last thanks...daniel3197 for providing additional encouragement to get this stream going, thanks Daniel!!

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Live feed Coverage maps:

Frequencies & Talking Detectors are listed by Railroad, showing Subdivisions, Spurs & Industrial Leads; with numerical & color cross referencing to the above coverage maps:

Union Pacific

Goto:g Los Angeles Area Subdivision Timetables

1. Los Angeles Subdivision  West of City Industry to West Riverside

2. Alhambra Subdivision   El Monte to Colton (Rancho)         

3. Mojave Subdivision    Colton (Rancho) to Hiland (Cajon Summit)  

4. Yuma Subdivision   Colton (Rancho) to Beaumont

5. Riverside Industrial Lead    Colton to Riverside Jct. (End of Track)  

6. Crestmore Industrial Lead   Pedley to Crestmore (End of Track)

6.1  Chino Industrial Lead   W/O Tower to Chino (End of Track)

6.2  Brea Chem Industrial Lead   Pioneer Blvd to Brea (End of Track)

6.3  Fullerton Industrial Lead   Basta/Fullerton to Fullerton Jct.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Goto:g Southern California Division Subdivision Timetables

7. Cajon Subdivision   San Bernardino to Cajon Summit

8. San Bernardino Subdivision   West Redondo to San Bernardino  

9. San Jacinto Industrial Spur  Highgrove to San Jacinto

Metrolink

Goto:g  Metrolink Subdivision Timetables

10. Pasadena Subdivision   Arcadia to Claremont (CP Cambridge)

11. Azusa Industrial Lead   Orange Ave Jct. to Azusa  

12.  San Gabriel Subdivision    El Monte to San Bernardino

13. Redlands Subdivision    San Bernardino to Redlands (End of Track)  

14. Rialto Subdivision   Bench to Rialto (End of Track)

15. Orange Subdivision   Fullerton to Orange

16. River Subdivision   Terminal Lead, Connecting Tracks, East & West Bank Lines

Pacific Harbor Line

  Goto:g          PHL Timetables

17. Alemeda Corridor Subdivision   West Thenard to LAXT

18. San Pedro Subdivision   Anaheim to Berth 49

19. McFarland Subdivision   G Street to Transfer Jct.

20. Long Beach Subdivision   Long Beach Jct. to Maersk

21. Manuel  Subdivision   Manuel Yard to Badger Bridge

Alameda Corridor

Goto:g          Alemeda Corridor Timetable

22. Alameda Corridor Subdivision   East Redondo to West Thenard

Live Audio Feed Equipment:

The 2-meter VHF scanning radio is an Maxtrac commercial radio which receives the 160 & 161 MHz railroad frequencies.   The PC is Windows XP Professional, hard-wired to a cable modem via a Linksys Wireless Router WRT54G & a 2.4 GHz Wireless USB Network adapter.

The 5 foot TrainTenna is a ˝ wave omni-directional antenna sitting on top of a 30 foot military grade fiberglass mast, wall-mounted 8 feet above the ground; for an overall height of 43 feet above an elevation of 1200ft above sea level.   The lead-in cable is Belden 9913 RG-8 coax tuned to an electrical ˝ wavelength @ 36.225 feet.