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== '''<font color="blue">Amtrak'''==
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[http://www.amtrak.com/train-routes Track an Amtrak Train]
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== '''Amtrak'''==
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[https://www.amtrak.com/train-routes Track an Amtrak Train]<br>
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[https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-train.html Live Amtrak Map]
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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*Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express uses Vermont Rail System frequencies
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*Amtrak's Vermonter uses New England Central Railroad frequencies.
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== '''Berkshire and Eastern'''==
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*Operator of Pan Am Southern, a 50/50 joint venture between Norfolk Southern and CSX (former Pan Am/ST)
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*A Genesee and Wyoming company
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*Dispatch office remains at former Pan Am HQ in North Billerica, Mass.
  
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== '''<font color="blue">[http://mmarail.com Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway]'''==
 
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*Operation will be taken over by the Central Maine and Quebec Railway, Spring 2014.
 
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|160.4400||S||No PL||Yard Ops/Secondary||22|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
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|161.2500||S||CSQ||B&E Road||076||Train Stand-by, Defect Detectors||2025.10.04 wltrsf
 
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|160.4250||S||No PL||RTC Call-in||21 (CP 03)|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
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|160.9800||S||CSQ||B&E Dispatcher||058||Dispatcher Call-in||2025.10.04 wltrsf
 
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|161.4750||S||No PL||Train Standby||91 (CP 01)|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
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|161.4000||S||CSQ||Ch.02 switching||086||-||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|161.5050||S||No PL||MOW/Utility||93 (CP 19)||Quebec/Vermont||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|161.5050||R||No PL||RTC||93 (CP 20)||Quebec/Vermont||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|160.8000||S||No PL||MRAN 1||42||Mobile Radio Access Network||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|160.8300||S||No PL||MRAN 2||48|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
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|160.8600||S||No PL||MRAN 3||50|| ||2012.09.26 schwab
 
 
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== '''<font color="blue">[http://www.railamerica.com/RailServices/NECR.aspx New England Central Railroad]'''==
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== '''Canadian Pacific Railway'''==
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[http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/new_england_central_railroad A Genesee & Wyoming company Website]  
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*[http://www.cpr.ca Canadian Pacific Rwy]
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*Acquired Central Maine and Quebec June 2020
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*These frequencies are also used by CP in Quebec, so some communications in French may be heard
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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|161.4150||S||CSQ||Ch-1 Yard/Road Secondary||87||-||2013.12.02 schwab
 
 
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|160.7700||S||CSQ||Dispatch/Road Primary||44|| ||2013.12.02 schwab
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|161.3250||S||CSQ||Newport Subdivision||081||CP 05||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|160.9350||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||55|| ||2013.12.02 schwab
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|161.5050||R||CSQ||Utility/Maintenance Repeater||093||CP 20||2023.07.07 schwab
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|161.2050||S||CSQ||Former dispatcher channel||73|| ||2013.12.02 schwab
 
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== '''New England Central Railroad'''==
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*[http://www.railamerica.com/RailServices/NECR.aspx New England Central Railroad]
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*[http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/new_england_central_railroad A Genesee & Wyoming company Website]
 
*Formerly Central Vermont Railroad
 
*Formerly Central Vermont Railroad
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== '''<font color="blue">Pan Am Railways'''==
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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|161.1600||B||CSQ||Ch-1 Dispatch to Train || 9470 ||-|| 2012.05.18
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|161.4150||S||CSQ||Ch-1 Yard/Road Secondary (defect detectors)||087||-||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|161.5200||M||CSQ||Ch-1 Train to Dispatch||9470 ||-|| 2012.05.18
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|161.2050||S||CSQ||Ch-2 Former dispatcher channel||073|| ||2013.12.02 schwab
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|160.9350||S||CSQ||Ch-3 Yard Ops||055|| ||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|161.4000|| S ||CSQ||Ch-2 Yard Operations||8686 || || 2012.05.18
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|160.7700||S||CSQ||Ch-5 St Albans Dispatcher primary||044|| ||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|161.5200||M||CSQ||Ch-3 Dispatch to Train - Reverse ||7094|| || 2012.05.18
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|161.1600||M||CSQ||Ch-3 Train to Dispatch - Reverse||7094|| || 2012.05.18
 
 
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*Springfield Terminal, Boston & Maine Railroad are part of the Pan Am Railway (formerly Guilford Rail)
 
  
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== '''<font color="blue">Saint Lawrence & Atlantic'''==
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== '''Saint Lawrence & Atlantic'''==
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[http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad A Genesee & Wyoming company. Website]
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*[http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/st_lawrence_atlantic_railroad A Genesee & Wyoming company. Website]
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
 
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| 160.9650 || S || CSQ || Ch-1 "RailTerm" Dispatcher || 57 ||Contract dispatch from Rutland, Vt.|| 2013.11.14 schwab
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|160.9650||S||CSQ||Ch. 01 Road||057||ARDC St Albans Dispatch||2023.07.07 schwab
 
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| 160.8150 || S || CSQ || Ch-2 Yard Ops || 47 || || 2012.05.18
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|160.9950||S||CSQ||Ch. 02 Yard||059||||2018.02.11 schwab
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|160.8150||S||CSQ||Ch. 03 Utility||047|| ||2018.02.11 schwab
 
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== '''<font color="blue">Vermont Rail System'''==
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== '''Vermont Rail System'''==
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Vermont Rail System is a family of railroads (Vermont Railway, Green Mountain Railway, Washington County Railroad,* Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad, and New York & Ogdensbug Railroad*) in Vermont and New York State that
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*Vermont Rail System is a family of railroads (Vermont Railway, Green Mountain Railway, Washington County Railroad,* Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad, and New York & Ogdensbug Railroad*) in Vermont and New York State that share the same radio system.  HQ is in Burlington Vermont, with Dispatch services in Rutland Vermont.
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share the same radio system.  HQ is in Burlington Vermont, with Dispatch services in Rutland Vermont.
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*The Washington County Railroad and New York & Ogdensburg Railroad generally contact Rutland dispatch via cell phone, and not the repeater system. They do use the yard switching channels.
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*Both repeater frequencies are patched together and carry identical traffic from various sites around the state. Repeater inputs are used to link them together.
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[http://www.vermontrailway.com/maps/route.html System Map]
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* VRS is also patched to/from the UHF [[OneVoice]] DMR Network
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*[http://www.vermontrailway.com/maps/route.html System Map]
  
 
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|161.1900*||R||97.4||Rutland Dispatcher|| 72 ||Multiple sites||2013.05.14 schwab
 
 
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|160.2900*||R||97.4||Rutland Dispatcher|| 12 ||Multiple Sites||2013.05.14 schwab
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|160.6050||S||203.5||V-1 MOW||3333||||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|160.7100||S|| ||Yard/Switching|| 40 || ||2012.05.12
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|161.1900||R||173.8||V-2 Rutland Dispatcher||072||Mt. Philo repeater||2022.08.16 W1KNE
 
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|161.3550||S|| ||Yard/Switching|| 83 || ||2012.05.12
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|161.1900||R||97.4||V-2 Rutland Dispatcher||072||Okemo Mtn. repeater - DOA ? (2021)||2018.02.23 Schwab
 
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|160.4400||S|| ||Yard/Switching|| 22 || ||2012.05.12
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|160.2900||R||97.4||V-3 Rutland Dispatcher||012||Killington repeater||2024.04.16 W1KNE
 
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|160.6050||S|| ||Maint of Way|| 33 || ||2012.05.12
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|160.7100||S||CSQ||V-4 Yard Ops||4040|| ||2024.10.11 schwab
 
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|161.3550||S||CSQ||V-5 Yard/Switching||8383|| ||2022.05.06 schwab
 
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*The Washington County Railroad and New York & Ogdensburg Railroad generally contact Rutland dispatch via cell phone, and not the repeater system. They do use the yard switching channels.
 
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*Both repeater frequencies are patched together and carry identical traffic from various sites around the state. Repeater inputs are used to link them together.
 

Latest revision as of 10:24, 5 October 2025

Table of contents -

Amtrak

Track an Amtrak Train
Live Amtrak Map

  • Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express uses Vermont Rail System frequencies
  • Amtrak's Vermonter uses New England Central Railroad frequencies.

Berkshire and Eastern

  • Operator of Pan Am Southern, a 50/50 joint venture between Norfolk Southern and CSX (former Pan Am/ST)
  • A Genesee and Wyoming company
  • Dispatch office remains at former Pan Am HQ in North Billerica, Mass.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.2500 S CSQ B&E Road 076 Train Stand-by, Defect Detectors 2025.10.04 wltrsf
160.9800 S CSQ B&E Dispatcher 058 Dispatcher Call-in 2025.10.04 wltrsf
161.4000 S CSQ Ch.02 switching 086 - 2024.10.11 schwab

Canadian Pacific Railway

  • Canadian Pacific Rwy
  • Acquired Central Maine and Quebec June 2020
  • These frequencies are also used by CP in Quebec, so some communications in French may be heard
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.3250 S CSQ Newport Subdivision 081 CP 05 2024.10.11 schwab
161.5050 R CSQ Utility/Maintenance Repeater 093 CP 20 2023.07.07 schwab

New England Central Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4150 S CSQ Ch-1 Yard/Road Secondary (defect detectors) 087 - 2024.10.11 schwab
161.2050 S CSQ Ch-2 Former dispatcher channel 073 2013.12.02 schwab
160.9350 S CSQ Ch-3 Yard Ops 055 2024.10.11 schwab
160.7700 S CSQ Ch-5 St Albans Dispatcher primary 044 2024.10.11 schwab

Saint Lawrence & Atlantic

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.9650 S CSQ Ch. 01 Road 057 ARDC St Albans Dispatch 2023.07.07 schwab
160.9950 S CSQ Ch. 02 Yard 059 2018.02.11 schwab
160.8150 S CSQ Ch. 03 Utility 047 2018.02.11 schwab

Vermont Rail System

  • Vermont Rail System is a family of railroads (Vermont Railway, Green Mountain Railway, Washington County Railroad,* Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad, and New York & Ogdensbug Railroad*) in Vermont and New York State that share the same radio system. HQ is in Burlington Vermont, with Dispatch services in Rutland Vermont.
  • The Washington County Railroad and New York & Ogdensburg Railroad generally contact Rutland dispatch via cell phone, and not the repeater system. They do use the yard switching channels.
  • Both repeater frequencies are patched together and carry identical traffic from various sites around the state. Repeater inputs are used to link them together.
  • VRS is also patched to/from the UHF OneVoice DMR Network
  • System Map
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6050 S 203.5 V-1 MOW 3333 2024.10.11 schwab
161.1900 R 173.8 V-2 Rutland Dispatcher 072 Mt. Philo repeater 2022.08.16 W1KNE
161.1900 R 97.4 V-2 Rutland Dispatcher 072 Okemo Mtn. repeater - DOA ? (2021) 2018.02.23 Schwab
160.2900 R 97.4 V-3 Rutland Dispatcher 012 Killington repeater 2024.04.16 W1KNE
160.7100 S CSQ V-4 Yard Ops 4040 2024.10.11 schwab
161.3550 S CSQ V-5 Yard/Switching 8383 2022.05.06 schwab
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