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Amtrak

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.2950	R	156.7	Police		Boston MA	2012.12.21 ecps92
161.2950	R	88.5	Police		Attleboro MA	2012.06.02 ecps92
161.2950	R	88.5	Police		Springfield MA
160.6350	S		Station Services		Boston MA	2012.05.11
160.9200	S	103.5	Ch.02 Road		Northeast Corridor	2014.05.20 N1BHH
160.9200	S	146.2	Ch.02 Road		Providence RI	2013.12.22 ecps92
160.9200	S	CSQ	Fault Detectors			2013.12.02 ecps92
160.5150	R	CSQ	Ch.03 Maint of Way		Boston MA	2012.12.21 ecps92
160.4550	R	CSQ	Boston South Yard		Boston MA	2013.11.23 N1BHH
160.7400	R	CSQ	Boston South Yard		Boston MA	2013.11.23 ecps92
160.8150	R	CSQ	Boston South Yard		Boston MA	2014.01.15 N1BHH
160.5900	S	77.0			Downeaster North Station to Wilmington Junction	2014.02.21 N1BHH
161.1600	D	CSQ	Pan-Am District 2 Road Base		Downeaster Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Base side - paired w/161.5200)	2014.05.20
161.5200	D	CSQ	Pan-Am District 2 Road Trains		Downeaster Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Train side - paired w/161.1600)	2013.03.21

Bay Colony Railroad Co, Braintree MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info					-

Berkshire Scenic Railroad, Lenox, MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4000	S		Operations
161.5050	S				Shared with Housatonic Rail
160.3950	S				Shared with Housatonic Rail

Central New England Railroad

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info					-

CSX Transportation

The road channel is the primary frequency, all trains/tracks monitor this channel. Defect detectors are on the Road channel as well. To call the dispatcher, crews select the Dispatcher channel for the area they are in, 'Ring up' the dispatcher using DTMF codes, and await a reply on the dispatcher channel, and they will converse there.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.5600	S	CSQ	NB Dispatcher	30	West of Wilbraham	2014.01.25 schwab
160.6800	S	CSQ	*NB Dispatcher	38	East of Wilbraham (*NA dispatch desk eliminated)	2014.01.25 schwab
160.8000	S	CSQ	Boston Line Road Channel	46	Defect Detectors	2013.01.23 schwab
161.0700	S		Yard Operations Channel	64	Boston, Framingham, Worcester, W.Springfield
161.1300			Maint of Way	68	-

East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad, East Brookfield MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info					-

Fore River Transportation Corp, Quincy MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.3400	S	162.2	Operations			2013.02.20 N1BHH
161.0100	S				Hearing activity, unknown tone	2013.02.20 N1BHH

Grafton and Upton Railroad, Marlborough MA

Rail Map

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2450	S	CSQ	Operations			2013.12.20 Disp612
160.1475	S		New

Housatonic Railroad, Canaan, CT

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.3950	S		Road Channel		Used in both MA and CT
161.5050	S		Road Channel		Used in both CT and MA

MBCR Mass Bay Commuter Rail

MBCR is contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to operate and maintain the MBTA's Commuter Rail System

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.3200	S	77.0	Dispatcher	14	Haverhill Line* (Between Somerville and Wilmington Jct.)/Newburyport & Rockport Line ("Boston East")	2013.11.09 schwab
160.3200	S	CSQ	Trains	14	Haverhill Line* (Between Somerville and Wilmington Jct.)/Newburyport & Rockport Line ("Boston East")	2013.11.09 schwab
160.5900	S	77.0	Dispatcher	32	Lowell Line/Fitchbug Line (from Somerville-Willows Rd., Ayer) ("Boston West")	2013.11.09 schwab
160.5900	S	CSQ	Trains	32	Lowell Line/Fitchbug Line (from Somerville-Willows Rd., Ayer) ("Boston West")	2013.11.09 schwab
160.6950	R	100.0	Maint of Way	39		2014.01.03 schwab
160.4100	S	77.0	Road Channel	20	Worcester Line (77.0 Hz on base only)	2014.03.09 schwab
160.8750	S	D025	Yard Channel	51	North Side (some radios CSQ)	2014.03.09 schwab
160.9200	S	103.5	Road Channel	54	Franklin/Needham/Attleboro/Providence Line (Shared with Amtrak's NE Corridor Road Channel)	2012.08.03
161.0700	S	CSQ	Yard Channel	64	South Side & CSX Boston	2014.03.09 schwab
161.4900	S	77.0	Dispatcher	92	Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line	2013.04.24 ecps92
161.4900	S	CSQ	Trains	92	Old Colony/Middleboro/Kingston/Plymouth Line and Greenbush Line	2013.04.24 ecps92

The Haverhill Line is controlled by the MBCR "Valley" Dispatcher on 160.3200 from 0700-2300, M-F. All other times controlled by Boston East.

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

The MBTA is in the process of building a new radio system. The system is being built by MA/Comm and reportedly will be an EDACS system with Pro Voice Digital Modulation. There have also been rumors that the system will be EDACS with analog voice. All MBTA operations, but not commuter rail, including police will be moved to the new system. It is expected that some UHF capability will be left in the tunnels for use by other public safety agencies.

MBTA Police

Transit Police will be moving to the Massachusetts State Police trunk system in the near future.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
470.6625	R	131.8	Police	Ch.01 Primary	2013.10.29
483.5625	R	131.8	Police	Ch.02	2013.10.29

Subway System

All transit ops moved to trunk system, UHF system deactivated.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
470.4125	R	162.2	Red Line
470.6125	R	162.2	Orange Line
470.6375	R	162.2	Green Line
470.6875	R	162.2	Blue Line
472.6375	R	?	Silver Line

Bus System

All bus operations has been moved to the trunk, frequencies no longer in use

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
472.5875	R	162.2	North	North Ops 1
472.6375	R	162.2	North	North Ops 2
472.6875	R	162.2	South	South Ops
470.6875	R	162.2	Blue Line
472.6375	R	?	Silver Line

Inspectors

All Inspectors are on the trunk, frequencies below no longer in use

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
31.1400	R	162.2	Inspectors	Patched to 472.7375
472.7375	R	?	Inspectors	Patched to 31.1400

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, Wareham, MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2450	R	?		09	Hyannis Repeater
160.4250	R	71.9	Dispatch	21	Hyannis Repeater	2012.09.09 jeffkett
160.5600	R	?	Maintenance	30	Hyannis Repeater	2012.09.09 jeffkett
161.3850	S	71.9	"Related" to 160.4250	85	Train to Dispatch	2012.09.18 jeffkett
161.5500	S			96

Mass Central Railroad, Palmer, MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.4700	S		Road Channel

New England Central Railroad and Connecticut Southern Railroad

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4150	S		Ch-1 switching and road secondary		CT & MA
160.7700	S	CSQ	Road primary		St Albans Dispatcher	2013.11.10
160.9350	S		Yard Channel
161.2050	S		Former dispatcher channel		CT & MA
161.1750	S		Yard Channel		CT Southern

Pan Am Railways (Guilford Rail System)

Pan Am Railways owns and operates the Springfield Terminal Railway Corp., Boston & Maine Railroad Corp. and the Maine Central Railroad Corp. It owns and operates trackage in CT, MA, ME, NH, NY & VT. Dispatch Office is in North Billerica, MA.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.1600	D		Dispatch to Train		Districts 2, 3 and 4
161.5200	D		Train to Dispatch
161.1600	S		Talking Defect Detectors		See Notes
161.4000	S		Ch.02 Yard/Switch Ops		-
161.2500	S		Ch.07 Maine Central Yard Channel		Limited use in Mass
161.3700	S		Maintenance of Way		Reported as Rarely used
161.2350	R		Police		Reported as Inactive
161.3100	S		Diesel Shop		East Deerfield
160.2300	S		Car Shop		East Deerfield

Talking Defect Detectors (Andover, Chelmsford, Shirley, Gardner, Wendell, Charlemont/Zoar, North Adams)

Pioneer Valley Railroad, Westfield MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info					-

Providence & Worcester Railroad, Worcester, MA

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6500	S		Road Channel		Used in CT, MA and RI	2012.09.11
160.7550	S
160.8900	S
161.1000	S		Yard Channel		Used in CT, MA and RI	2012.09.01

Railway Productions aka Edaville RailRoad

Frequency	Type	Tone	Function	AAR Chan	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
153.0125	R	71.9	Operations	N/A	Edvaville RR Ops	2011.11

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 == '''[http://www.guilfordrail.com/ Pan Am Railways (Guilford Rail System)]''' ==
 ''Pan Am Railways owns and operates the Springfield Terminal Railway Corp., Boston & Maine Railroad Corp. and the Maine Central Railroad Corp. It owns and operates trackage in CT, MA, ME, NH, NY & VT. Dispatch Office is in North Billerica, MA.''
+{{Prettytable}}
+|-align="center"
+|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
+|-align="center"
+|161.1600||D|| ||Dispatch to Train|| ||Districts 2, 3 and 4||
+|-align="center"
+|161.5200||D|| ||Train to Dispatch|| || ||
+|-align="center"
+|161.1600||S|| ||Talking Defect Detectors|| ||See Notes||
+|-align="center"
+|161.4000||S|| ||Ch.02 Yard/Switch Ops|| ||-||
+|-align="center"
+|161.2500||S||  ||Ch.07 Maine Central Yard Channel|| ||Limited use in Mass||
+|-align="center"
+|161.3700||S|| ||Maintenance of Way|| ||Reported as Rarely used||
+|-align="center"
+|161.2350||R|| ||Police|| ||Reported as Inactive||
+|-align="center"
+|161.3100||S|| ||Diesel Shop|| ||East Deerfield||
+|-align="center"
+|160.2300||S|| ||Car Shop|| ||East Deerfield||
+|-align="center"
+|}
-.1600 Dispatch Channel (Base)(Districts 2,3,4)
+*Talking Defect Detectors (Andover, Chelmsford, Shirley, Gardner, Wendell, Charlemont/Zoar, North Adams)
-.1600 Talking Defect Detectors (Andover, Chelmsford, Shirley, Gardner, Wendell, Charlemont/Zoar, North Adams)
-.5200 Train to Dispatch Channel (Mobile)
-.4000 S Ch.02 Yards/switching
-.2500 S Ch.07 'Maine Central' yard channel (limited use in MA).
-.3700 MOW (Maintenance) Channel (rarely used)
-.2350 R RR Police (inactive)
-.3100 S East Deerfield diesel shop
-.2300 S East Deerfield car shop
 == '''[http://www.pinsly.com/companies/pvrr/index.html Pioneer Valley Railroad, Westfield MA]''' ==