About Us:

Christina and Jeffrey Rossi started this site back on July 02, 2011. Our main focus was to publish digital photos and videos for the RailFan Hobby. In late 2014, we opened our site up as a General Forum for RailFans in Arizona. At the same time, we continued to post our photos and videos to the site. Near the end of the year of 2020, we changed to RailFanAZ.com | SouthWest as we are now opened to Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

Then we got into the ATCS Monitoring Project, by helping out Jon Adams with one of his sites that went down due to a Lightning Strike. We got the PC back online until we can replace the damaged PC. With the ATCS Project we (Christina and Jeffrey) as a team completed the following projects for Arizona and have more to come:

Updated: 2021.07.07

• Installed a new PC at the Parks, AZ.

• Installed a new receive site at Casa Grande.

• Installed a new PC at Vail, AZ.

• Installed a new receive site at Valentine, AZ.

• Installed a new PC at Yuma, AZ

• Installed a new receive site at Williams, AZ with Grand Canyon Railroad Audio Feed.

• Installed a new receive site at Flagstaff, AZ.

• Installed a new receive site at Kingman, AZ.

• Developed and Released TrainMon5 Layout.

• Installed a new, stronger Antenna at Casa Grande, AZ.

• Installed a new, 2nd Antenna at Valentine, AZ.

• Testing Dual-SDRs at Valentine, AZ.

• Setup Temporary Site for UP Arizona.

• Upgraded ATCS Routers for Better Performance using U4 Rack Server.
• Installed a new receive site at Fortuna, AZ.
• Upgraded Server with Audio Feed at Kingman, AZ.
• Installed new receive site at Winslow, AZ for ATCS and AudioFeed.
• Installed new receive site with Temporary Antenna for ATCS at West Flagstaff.
• Upgraded Winslow to Moto Maxtracs.
• Installed new RadioShack Pro 2055 Scanner and Tram 1500 Antenna at Winslow.
• Installed new RadioShack Pro 2055 Scanner at Williams.
• Installed a new 2nd receive site at Flagstaff, AZ for ATCS and AudioFeed.
• Installed Goffs, CA. (01/2020).
• Installed a Site at Lake Havasu, AZ. (01/2020).
• Installed a Site at South Kingman, AZ (01/2020).
• Upgraded PCs to i5s and New Generation SDR at PARKS and East Flagstaff. (05/16/2020).
• Upgraded Antenna to a Comet KP-20 and New Generation SDR at East Flagstaff. (05/16/2020).
• Upgraded Antenna to a Comet KP-20 and New Generation SDR at Winslow. (05/25/2020).
• Installed Temporary Equipment at Joseph City, AZ. (06/21/2020).
• Upgraded Parks Location to Comet KP-20 Antenna / New SDR. (06/27)2020)
• Installed new Daggett Site with Comet KP-20 Antenna / New Dell PC / New 2x SDRs. (07/20/2020).
• Upgraded Crozier with New SDR and Comet KP-20. (07/20/2020).
• Upgraded Kingman with New PC and New SDR. (07/20/2020).
• Installed Kingman AudioFeed location. (07/20/2020).
• Upgraded Crozier with new Dell PC. (07/25/2020).
• Installed new site at Phelan, CA with Yagi, Dell PC, and SDR. (07/25/2020).
• Replaced PC and 900 MHz Yagi Antenna. Replaced 2x VHF Scanners with 1x SDR.  Setup RadioFeed for the area at Vail, AZ. (09/19/2020).
• Installed new (Thanks Rory!) SDR V4, PC and Yagi and AudioFeed with RadioShack Pro 2055 Scanner at Phelan for BNSF Cajon/UP and BNSF Mojave Subs. (10/28/2020)
• Install new SDR V4, PC and Comet KP-20 at Goffs for the East End of Needles Sub. (11/01/2020)
• Install new SDR V4 and Comet KP-20 at Lake Havasu for Needles Area of the Needles Sub and West End of the Seligman Sub.(11/01/2020).
• Install new Pre-Amp at Crozier for Seligman Sub. (11/01/2020)
• Replace Damaged PC at Kingman for AudioFeed. (11/01/2020)
• Installed new site at Newberrry, CA with new Dell PC and Comet KP-20.
• Installed Online Audio Feed at Daggett, CA with Arrow 164 beam and RadioShack Pro 2055 Scanner.
• Upgraded Casa Grande, AZ with new Antenna, SDR and PC.
• Installed new site at Benson, AZ with Comet KP-20 Antenna / New Dell PC / New 1x SDR / 1x SD9. (01/23/2021).
• Installed new site at Maricopa, AZ with temporary Antenna and temporary PC.  Also, site is hosting an AudioFeed.(01/27/2021).
• Installed new site at Albuquerque, NM with Comet KP-20 Antenna / New Dell PC / New 2x SDRs. (03/07/2021).
• Installed new site at Benson, AZ with Tram1400 VHF Antenna for an AudioFeed. (05/14/2021).
• Installed new Tucson, AZ site with Comet KP-20 Antenna / New Dell PC / New 1x SDR, RadioShack Pro 2044 with TRAM Antenna. (05/24/2021).
• Installed new site at Willcox, AZ with Comet KP-20 and Arrow VHF Beam Antennas / New Dell PC / New 2x SDRs / 2x SD9s and hosting an AudioFeed. (07/07/2021). Site will be online mid-June 2021 after the City Installs the Antennas.

Upcoming Project(s) & More Site(s) Coming Soon:

• Please see the following link:
• https://www.railfanaz.com/index.php/board,151.0.html

We want to thank everyone that has helped us with Donations to keep the project(s) moving along. We also want to thank our Site Hosts that allow us to install our the equipment at their respected locations.

Our dedication to the RailFan Community: we have an automatic system that monitors all our servers/sites. If something goes down, we are automatically alerted to it via Text (SMS) message and Email.  We also monitor all the systems and push out updates during the night hours when there are least amount of users.  Between Christina and Jeffrey, we almost have 24/7 coverage.  We stride to get the system back up as soon as possible.

Support Our Efforts by Donating

Our site is FREE of charge. However, the development and maintenance of our site, ATCS/TM5 Monitoring Systems, AudioFeeds and RoboFoamer takes a significant amount of time to put together and maintain, with raising ISP and Server Costs as well.  If you find the coverage it provides useful, and that it adds to your enjoyment of railfanning, consider helping to the site's construction and maintenance cost with a donation of $5, $10, $20 or more by clicking on the PayPal "Donate" button below.  PayPal does not require a user to have a PayPal Account if you are using Credit/Debit Card.  We intend the donation process to be transparent. If you wish to have your donation acknowledged publicly, please add a note when you send it in with any other details. Donations will go toward server expenses and the potential for new server locations in Arizona and parts of California and New Mexico. By donating, you will be a valuable part of our effort, and allow us to procure quality, reliable equipment for future sites.  Please note that your donations are not tax-deductible.

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