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== '''[http://www.mainenarrowgauge.org Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, Portland]''' ==
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== '''[http://brookspreservation.org Brooks Preservation Society]''' ==
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*Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
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WQLU526
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|160.2450||S||82.5|| || ||Ch.01 Operations||2012.10.06 ecps92
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|160.2300||S|| || || || ||
 
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|160.5000||S||No PL|| || ||Ch.02 Administration/Museum||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|160.3200||S|| || || || ||
 
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=='''[http://panamrailways.com/ Pan Am Railways]'''==
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=='''[http://www.cmqrailway.com/index/ Central Maine and Quebec Rwy]'''==
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Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.
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*Contract dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt. as of 3/2015.
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*Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad an CP Rail
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*Frequencies are also used by the Maine Northern Rwy (a unit of New Brunswick Rail, Ltd.) north of Millinocket.
  
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===*District 1, All lines '''East''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/maine-central.html former Maine Central Railroad])===
 
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|160.6200||S||No PL||Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel||34|| ||2014.05.04 schwab
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|160.4400||S||CSQ||Yard Ops/Secondary||22||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||'''New''' Road channel||10||Brownville Jct area||2015.09.09
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|-align="center"
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|160.9200||R||CSQ||RTC||54||North End Rptr||2012.09.26 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.6800||S||CSQ||RTC ||38||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.7400||R||CSQ||RTC||42||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||'''New''' Yard chanel||23||Browville Jct, shared with EMRY||2015.09.09
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|-align="center"
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|160.5600||S||CSQ||'''New''' Maintenance of Way||30||||2015.09.09
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|160.9200||S||CSQ||MOW||54||Maintenance of Way||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|161.2500||S||No PL||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||76|| ||2014.05.04 schwab
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|160.3200||S||CSQ||Yard Operations||14||Millinocket||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|160.3800||S|| ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)|| || ||
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Utility Rptr||71||Moosehead Subdivision (CP 14)||2015.09.09 schwab
 
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|160.5900||S||No PL||Hinkley - SAPPI Mill Rail-Ops|| ||Skowhegan||2012.11.17 Schwab
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|161.1750||S||CSQ||Utility direct||71||Moosehead Subdivision (CP 13)||2015.09.09 schwab
 
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|161.5500||R||CSQ||'''New''' Utility Repeater||96||||2015.09.09
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===*District 2, All lines '''West''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/boston-and-maine-railroad.html former Boston & Maine Railroad])===
 
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Dispatcher communications on former B&M lines utilize a duplex (two frequency simplex) radio system, BOTH frequencies
 
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must be entered to monitor BOTH sides of communications.
 
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{{Prettytable}}
 
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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|160.8000||S||CSQ||MRAN 1||42||Mobile Radio Access Network||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|161.1600||D|| ||Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01)||7094||Road Channe Base||
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|160.8300||S||CSQ||MRAN 2||48|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|161.5200||D|| ||Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03)||9470||Road Channel Trains||
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|160.8600||S||CSQ||MRAN 3||50|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|161.1600||D|| ||Trains (Reverse)||7070||Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train||
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|161.1150||S||CSQ||Train Standby '''Depreciated'''||67||Moosehead Sub. (CP 04)||2015.09.09 schwab
 
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|161.4000||S||No PL||Yard Ops|| || ||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|160.4100||||||||20||New license WQUM494||
 
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|161.3700||||||||84||New license WQUC726||
 
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== '''[http://gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad.be St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Auburn, Me/Richmond, Que)]''' ==
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A Genesee & Wyoming company.
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KNNF942
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== '''[http://www.nbsouthern.com/nb-southern-railway-transport-home.aspx Eastern Maine Railway]''' ==
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*Eastern Maine Railway is a unit of New Brunswick Railway Company, Ltd.
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*Dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt.
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.9650||S||No PL||Road Channel||57||'RailTerm' Dispatcher (contract dispatch from Rutland, Vt.)||2014.05.05 schwab
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|161.4750||S||No PL||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2015.09.09
 
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|160.9950||S||No PL||Switching||59|| ||2015.03.01 schwab
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|161.3550||S||No PL||Switching||83|| ||2014.09.15
 
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|160.8150||S||No PL||Switching||47|| ||2015.03.07 ChrisP
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|160.4550||S||No PL||Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CMQ)||23|| ||2015.09.09
 
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== '''[http://www.maineeasternrailroad.com Maine Eastern Railroad]''' ==
 
== '''[http://www.maineeasternrailroad.com Maine Eastern Railroad]''' ==
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== '''[http://brookspreservation.org Brooks Preservation Society]''' ==
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*Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
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WQLU526
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== '''[http://www.mainenarrowgauge.org Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, Portland]''' ==
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
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|160.2300||S|| || || || ||
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|160.2450||S||82.5|| || ||Ch.01 Operations||2012.10.06 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.3200||S|| || || || ||
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|160.5000||S||No PL|| || ||Ch.02 Administration/Museum||2012.10.07 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
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=='''[http://www.cmqrailway.com/index/ Central Maine and Quebec Rwy]'''==
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=='''[http://panamrailways.com/ Pan Am Railways]'''==
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Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.
−
*Contract dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt. as of 3/2015.
 
−
*Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad an CP Rail
 
−
*Frequencies are also used by the Maine Northern Rwy (a unit of New Brunswick Rail, Ltd.) north of Millinocket.
 
  
 +
===*District 1, All lines '''East''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/maine-central.html former Maine Central Railroad])===
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.4400||S||CSQ||Yard Ops/Secondary||22||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|160.6200||S||No PL||Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel||34|| ||2014.05.04 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||'''New''' Road channel||10||Brownville Jct area||2015.09.09
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|161.2500||S||No PL||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||76|| ||2014.05.04 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.9200||R||CSQ||RTC||54||North End Rptr||2012.09.26 schwab
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|160.3800||S|| ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)|| || ||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.6800||S||CSQ||RTC ||38||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|160.5900||S||No PL||Hinkley - SAPPI Mill Rail-Ops|| ||Skowhegan||2012.11.17 Schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.7400||R||CSQ||RTC||42||Former BAR lines||2012.09.26 schwab
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|}
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===*District 2, All lines '''West''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/boston-and-maine-railroad.html former Boston & Maine Railroad])===
 +
Dispatcher communications on former B&M lines utilize a duplex (two frequency simplex) radio system, BOTH frequencies
 +
must be entered to monitor BOTH sides of communications.
 +
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
−
|160.4550||S||CSQ||'''New''' Yard chanel||23||Browville Jct, shared with EMRY||2015.09.09
+
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.5600||S||CSQ||'''New''' Maintenance of Way||30||||2015.09.09
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|161.1600||D|| ||Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01)||7094||Road Channe Base||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.9200||S||CSQ||MOW||54||Maintenance of Way||2012.09.26 schwab
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|161.5200||D|| ||Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03)||9470||Road Channel Trains||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.3200||S||CSQ||Yard Operations||14||Millinocket||2012.09.26 schwab
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|161.1600||D|| ||Trains (Reverse)||7070||Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Utility Rptr||71||Moosehead Subdivision (CP 14)||2015.09.09 schwab
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|161.4000||S||No PL||Yard Ops|| || ||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|-align="center"
 
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|161.1750||S||CSQ||Utility direct||71||Moosehead Subdivision (CP 13)||2015.09.09 schwab
 
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.5500||R||CSQ||'''New''' Utility Repeater||96||||2015.09.09
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|160.8000||S||CSQ||MRAN 1||42||Mobile Radio Access Network||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|160.8300||S||CSQ||MRAN 2||48|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|160.8600||S||CSQ||MRAN 3||50|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|161.1150||S||CSQ||Train Standby '''Depreciated'''||67||Moosehead Sub. (CP 04)||2015.09.09 schwab
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|160.4100||||||||20||New license WQUM494||
 
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|-align="center"
 
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|161.3700||||||||84||New license WQUC726||
 
 
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== '''[http://www.nbsouthern.com/nb-southern-railway-transport-home.aspx Eastern Maine Railway]''' ==
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== '''[http://gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad.be St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Auburn, Me/Richmond, Que)]''' ==
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*Eastern Maine Railway is a unit of New Brunswick Railway Company, Ltd.
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A Genesee & Wyoming company.
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*Dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt.
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KNNF942
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.4750||S||No PL||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2015.09.09
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|160.9650||S||No PL||Road Channel||57||'RailTerm' Dispatcher (contract dispatch from Rutland, Vt.)||2014.05.05 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.3550||S||No PL||Switching||83|| ||2014.09.15
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|160.9950||S||No PL||Switching||59|| ||2015.03.01 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.4550||S||No PL||Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CMQ)||23|| ||2015.09.09
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|160.8150||S||No PL||Switching||47|| ||2015.03.07 ChrisP
 
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Revision as of 06:10, 12 February 2016

Amtrak

Track an Amtrak Train

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6200 S No PL ST District 1 Dispatcher 34 Portland / Freeport 2014.04.20 ecps92
160.4550 S No PL Portland/Boston switching 23 2015.02.20 schwab
160.3650 S No PL Wells 2012.10.07 ecps92
161.2950 S ? RR Police Wells Repeater

Brooks Preservation Society

  • Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad

WQLU526

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2300 S
160.3200 S

Central Maine and Quebec Rwy

  • Contract dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt. as of 3/2015.
  • Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad an CP Rail
  • Frequencies are also used by the Maine Northern Rwy (a unit of New Brunswick Rail, Ltd.) north of Millinocket.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.4400 S CSQ Yard Ops/Secondary 22 Former BAR lines 2012.09.26 schwab
160.2600 S CSQ New Road channel 10 Brownville Jct area 2015.09.09
160.9200 R CSQ RTC 54 North End Rptr 2012.09.26 schwab
160.6800 S CSQ RTC 38 Former BAR lines 2012.09.26 schwab
160.7400 R CSQ RTC 42 Former BAR lines 2012.09.26 schwab
160.4550 S CSQ New Yard chanel 23 Browville Jct, shared with EMRY 2015.09.09
160.5600 S CSQ New Maintenance of Way 30 2015.09.09
160.9200 S CSQ MOW 54 Maintenance of Way 2012.09.26 schwab
160.3200 S CSQ Yard Operations 14 Millinocket 2012.09.26 schwab
161.1750 R CSQ Utility Rptr 71 Moosehead Subdivision (CP 14) 2015.09.09 schwab
161.1750 S CSQ Utility direct 71 Moosehead Subdivision (CP 13) 2015.09.09 schwab
161.5500 R CSQ New Utility Repeater 96 2015.09.09
160.8000 S CSQ MRAN 1 42 Mobile Radio Access Network 2012.09.26 schwab
160.8300 S CSQ MRAN 2 48 2012.09.26 schwab
160.8600 S CSQ MRAN 3 50 2012.09.26 schwab
161.1150 S CSQ Train Standby Depreciated 67 Moosehead Sub. (CP 04) 2015.09.09 schwab
160.4100 20 New license WQUM494
161.3700 84 New license WQUC726



Eastern Maine Railway

  • Eastern Maine Railway is a unit of New Brunswick Railway Company, Ltd.
  • Dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4750 S No PL RailTerm dispatch 91 CP 01 2015.09.09
161.3550 S No PL Switching 83 2014.09.15
160.4550 S No PL Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CMQ) 23 2015.09.09


Maine Eastern Railroad

  • The Maine Eastern Railroad has ceased all operations as of December 31, 2015.
  • The Central Maine & Quebec Railway has assumed freight operations of the Rockland Branch, effective January 1, 2016.
  • The Maine Eastern Railroad's former excursion equipment is now operated by the Morristown & Erie Railway in New Jersey.

KIZ499

ME trains will contact Pan Am District 1 on 160.6200 before entering and leaving the yard in Brunswick.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2900 R Rockland Dispatcher Bath Repeater 2012.09.21 ME343
160.2900 S Yard Ops
161.1000 R Repeaters
160.6200 S Pan Am Pan Am District 1
467.2000 S Downlink from Bath
467.2000 S Downlink from Thomaston


Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, Portland

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2450 S 82.5 Ch.01 Operations 2012.10.06 ecps92
160.5000 S No PL Ch.02 Administration/Museum 2012.10.07 ecps92

Pan Am Railways

Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.

*District 1, All lines East of South Portland (former Maine Central Railroad)

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6200 S No PL Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel 34 2014.05.04 schwab
161.2500 S No PL ST Ch.07 Yard switching 76 2014.05.04 schwab
160.3800 S Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)
160.5900 S No PL Hinkley - SAPPI Mill Rail-Ops Skowhegan 2012.11.17 Schwab

*District 2, All lines West of South Portland (former Boston & Maine Railroad)

Dispatcher communications on former B&M lines utilize a duplex (two frequency simplex) radio system, BOTH frequencies must be entered to monitor BOTH sides of communications.

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.1600 D Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01) 7094 Road Channe Base
161.5200 D Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03) 9470 Road Channel Trains
161.1600 D Trains (Reverse) 7070 Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train
161.4000 S No PL Yard Ops 2012.10.07 ecps92

St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Auburn, Me/Richmond, Que)

A Genesee & Wyoming company. KNNF942

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.9650 S No PL Road Channel 57 'RailTerm' Dispatcher (contract dispatch from Rutland, Vt.) 2014.05.05 schwab
160.9950 S No PL Switching 59 2015.03.01 schwab
160.8150 S No PL Switching 47 2015.03.07 ChrisP
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