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==Pan Am Railways==
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Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.
 
  
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*District 1, All lines '''East''' of South Portland (former Maine Central Railroad)
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== '''Amtrak'''==
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*[https://www.amtrak.com 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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*Uses CSX/ST frequencies for road operations
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Portland/Boston switching||23||||2015.02.20 schwab
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|160.3650||S||CSQ|| || ||Wells||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|-align="center"
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|161.2950||S|| ? ||RR Police|| ||Wells Repeater||
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|}
  
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'''160.6200 S'''- District 1 Dispatcher / Road channel
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== '''Brooks Preservation Society'''==
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*[http://brookspreservation.org Brooks Preservation Society]
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'''161.2500 S'''- District 1 "Channel 2" (yard ops)
 
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'''160.3800 S'''- District 1 Maintenance of Way (limited use)
 
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*District 2, All lines '''West''' of South Portland (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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'''161.1600'''- Dispatcher (base) transmit
 
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'''161.5200'''- Trains (mobiles) transmit
 
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When two trains are close to each other, one engineer will often "flip channels"
 
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and TX on 161.160 to chat with the other crew.
 
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'''161.4000 S'''- Yards ops.
 
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==St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway==
 
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KNNF942
 
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'''160.9650''' S- Auburn Dispatcher / Road channel
 
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'''160.8150''' S- Secondary
 
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==Maine Eastern Railway==
 
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WPRU575
 
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'''160.2900''' R- Rockland Dispatcher (Bath Repeater)
 
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'''160.2900''' S- Yard ops
 
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'''160.7550''' S- Unknown use
 
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ME trains will contact Pan Am District 1 on 160.6200 before entering and leaving the yard in Brunswick.
 
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==Brooks Preservation Society==
 
 
*Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
 
*Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
 
WQLU526
 
WQLU526
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|160.2300||S|| || || || ||
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|-align="center"
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|160.3200||S|| || || || ||
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'''160.2300''' S
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=='''CPKC Railway'''==
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*[https://www.cpr.ca/en/ Canadian Pacific Rwy]
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'''160.3200''' S
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*Acquired Central Maine and Quebec in June 2020.
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==Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway==
 
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*Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
 
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RTC (Rail Traffic Controller) Channels:
 
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'''160.6800''' S
 
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'''160.7400''' R
 
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'''160.9200''' R
 
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Yard / Secondary Channels
 
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'''160.4400''' S (Yard and Service Center)
 
  
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'''160.9200''' S (MOW crews)
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||US Mainline||010||CPKC Dispatcher- Kansas City, MO||2025.06.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Switching and Service Center||2025.06.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.4550||R||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Brownville Jct repeater||2024.03.15 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.5500||R/S||CSQ||Utility/Maintenance||096||Repeater and simplex||2023.10.30 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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|160.9200||||||||54||New license WQUC702||
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|161.3700||||||||84||New license WQUC726||
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|}
  
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'''160.3200''' S (Millinocket)
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=='''CSX Transportation'''==
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*Acquired Pan Am Railways June 2022
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*Some CSX radios transmit a 250.3 Hz tone, but receive is carrier squelch
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*[http://panamrailways.com/ Pan Am Railways]
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*Former Pan Am Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass. is still used for dispatching.
  
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*Former Canadian Pacific Railway (not including lines in Quebec and Vermont)
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{{Prettytable}}
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|-align="center"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|160.6200||S||CSQ||Road Channel||034||Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches||2025.10.06 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.9800||S||CSQ||CSX EA Dispatcher||058||Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches||
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|161.1600||S||CSQ||Road Channel||070||Brunswick west to NH and MA||2025.10.06 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.5200||S||CSQ||CSX EB Dispatcher||094||Brunswick west to NH and MA||2025.10.06 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2025.06.12 schwab
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|160.3800||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)||018|| ||
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|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2024.10.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.4000||R||CSQ||Yard Ops||086||South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater||2024.10.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.0700||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||064||Occasional use||2025.06.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|}
  
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'''161.1150''' S- Maineline RTC
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== '''Downeast Rail Heritage Trust'''==
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*'''DBA Downeast Scenic Rail'''
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*[http://www.downeastscenicrail.org/ride/ Official Website]''' ==
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|160.5000||R||107.2|| ||026|| ||2016.08.22 LTE4NFD
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|-align="center"
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|}
  
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'''161.1750''' R- Moosehead Subdivision Repeater (161.1750S used by MOW crews)
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== '''Eastern Maine Railway'''==
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*[https://www.nbsouthern.com/ 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.
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|161.4750||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2025.06.12 schwab
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|161.3550||S||CSQ||Switching||83|| ||2014.09.15
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CPKC)||23|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||2025.06.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|}
  
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'''160.4250''' S- Train call in (DTMF tones only)
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== '''Maine Northern Railway'''==
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*[https://www.nbsouthern.com/ Maine Northern Railway]
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*Maine Northern Railway is a unit of New Brunswick Railway Company, Ltd.
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*Dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt.
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{{Prettytable}}
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|-align="center"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|160.2900||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||12||||2025.06.12 schwab
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||
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|160.6050||S||||||33|| ||
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|160.9950||S||||||59|| ||
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|}
  
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==New Brunswick Southern Railway==
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== '''Maine Narrow Guage'''==
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*Operated in Maine by the "Eastern Maine Railway"
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*[http://www.mainenarrowgauge.org Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, Portland]
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|461.5250||R||C07||SL:1, TG:1: Operations||-||New (2025) DMR||2025.08.29 schwab + MASSBUSMARK
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|160.2450||S||82.5||Ch.01 Operations||009||Depreciated 2025?||2012.10.06 ecps92
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|160.5000||S||CSQ||Ch.02 Administration / Museum||026||Depreciated 2025?||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|}
  
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'''161.4750''' S- RTC
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== '''Maine Switching Services'''==
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*Industrial rail service contractor
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*Contracted to operate state-owned Brunswick to Rockland line as "Cumberland and Knox Railroad"
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*[https://maineswitching.com/ Official Website]'''
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{{Prettytable}}
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|-align="center"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|160.5900||S||CSQ||032||SAPPI Somerset (Skowhegan) rail ops||2024.03.15 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|}
  
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'''161.3550''' S- Sencondary
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== '''St Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad'''==
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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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*Dispatched by American Rail Dispatch Center, St Albans, VT.
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*A Genesee & Wyoming company.
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*KNNF942
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|160.9650||S||CSQ||Ch. 01 Road||057||ARDC St Albans Dispatcher||2025.06.12 schwab
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|160.9950||S||CSQ||Ch. 02 Yard||059|| ||2025.06.12 schwab
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|-align="center"
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|160.8150||S||CSQ||Ch. 03 Utility||047|| ||2025.06.12 schwab
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 6 October 2025

Table of contents -

Amtrak

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.4550 S CSQ Portland/Boston switching 23 2015.02.20 schwab
160.3650 S CSQ Wells 2012.10.07 ecps92
161.2950 S ? RR Police Wells Repeater

Brooks Preservation Society

WQLU526

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

CPKC Railway

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.2600 S CSQ US Mainline 010 CPKC Dispatcher- Kansas City, MO 2025.06.12 schwab
160.4550 S CSQ Yard channel 023 Switching and Service Center 2025.06.12 schwab
160.4550 R CSQ Yard channel 023 Brownville Jct repeater 2024.03.15 schwab
161.5500 R/S CSQ Utility/Maintenance 096 Repeater and simplex 2023.10.30 schwab
160.4100 20 New license WQUM494
160.9200 54 New license WQUC702
161.3700 84 New license WQUC726

CSX Transportation

  • Acquired Pan Am Railways June 2022
  • Some CSX radios transmit a 250.3 Hz tone, but receive is carrier squelch
  • Pan Am Railways
  • Former Pan Am Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass. is still used for dispatching.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.6200 S CSQ Road Channel 034 Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches 2025.10.06 schwab
160.9800 S CSQ CSX EA Dispatcher 058 Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches
161.1600 S CSQ Road Channel 070 Brunswick west to NH and MA 2025.10.06 schwab
161.5200 S CSQ CSX EB Dispatcher 094 Brunswick west to NH and MA 2025.10.06 schwab
161.2500 S CSQ ST Ch.07 Yard switching 076 2025.06.12 schwab
160.3800 S CSQ Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use) 018
161.4000 S CSQ Yard Ops 086 2024.10.12 schwab
161.4000 R CSQ Yard Ops 086 South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater 2024.10.12 schwab
161.0700 S CSQ Yard Ops 064 Occasional use 2025.06.12 schwab

Downeast Rail Heritage Trust

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.5000 R 107.2 026 2016.08.22 LTE4NFD

Eastern Maine Railway

  • 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/Reconfirmation
161.4750 S CSQ RailTerm dispatch 91 CP 01 2025.06.12 schwab
161.3550 S CSQ Switching 83 2014.09.15
160.4550 S CSQ Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CPKC) 23 2024.03.15 schwab
161.1750 R CSQ Maintenance/Utility 71 "Channel 14" 2025.06.12 schwab

Maine Northern Railway

  • Maine Northern Railway
  • Maine Northern Railway is a unit of New Brunswick Railway Company, Ltd.
  • Dispatched by RailTerm in Rutland, Vt.
Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.2900 S CSQ RailTerm dispatch 12 2025.06.12 schwab
161.1750 R CSQ Maintenance/Utility 71 "Channel 14"
160.6050 S 33
160.9950 S 59

Maine Narrow Guage

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
461.5250 R C07 SL:1, TG:1: Operations - New (2025) DMR 2025.08.29 schwab + MASSBUSMARK
160.2450 S 82.5 Ch.01 Operations 009 Depreciated 2025? 2012.10.06 ecps92
160.5000 S CSQ Ch.02 Administration / Museum 026 Depreciated 2025? 2012.10.07 ecps92

Maine Switching Services

  • Industrial rail service contractor
  • Contracted to operate state-owned Brunswick to Rockland line as "Cumberland and Knox Railroad"
  • Official Website
Frequency Type Tone AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.5900 S CSQ 032 SAPPI Somerset (Skowhegan) rail ops 2024.03.15 schwab

St Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
160.9650 S CSQ Ch. 01 Road 057 ARDC St Albans Dispatcher 2025.06.12 schwab
160.9950 S CSQ Ch. 02 Yard 059 2025.06.12 schwab
160.8150 S CSQ Ch. 03 Utility 047 2025.06.12 schwab
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