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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||US Mainline||010||CPKC Dispatcher- Minneapolis, MN||2023.10.30 schwab
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||US Mainline||010||CPKC Dispatcher- Kansas City, MO||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Switching and Service Center||2023.10.30 schwab
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Switching and Service Center||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|160.4550||R||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Brownville Jct repeater||2024.03.15 schwab
 
|160.4550||R||CSQ||Yard channel||023||Brownville Jct repeater||2024.03.15 schwab
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.6200||S||CSQ||CSX EA Dispatcher||034||Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches||2024.10.12 schwab
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|160.6200||S||CSQ||Road Channel||034||Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches||2025.10.06 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
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|160.9800||S||CSQ||CSX EA Dispatcher||058||Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.3800||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)||018|| ||
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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
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.1600||D||CSQ||CSX EB Dispatcher (Base tx and defect detectors)||7094||Brunswick west to NH and MA||2024.03.15 schwab
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|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.5200||D||CSQ||CSX EB Dispatcher (Mobiles tx, base rx)||9470||Brunswick west to NH and MA||2024.03.15 schwab
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|160.3800||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)||018|| ||
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2024.10.12 schwab
 
|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2024.10.12 schwab
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|161.4000||R||CSQ||Yard Ops||086||South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater||2024.10.12 schwab
 
|161.4000||R||CSQ||Yard Ops||086||South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater||2024.10.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-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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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|161.4750||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2024.03.15 schwab
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|161.4750||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|161.3550||S||CSQ||Switching||83|| ||2014.09.15
 
|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
 
|160.4550||S||CSQ||Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CPKC)||23|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||2024.03.15 schwab
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||2025.06.12 schwab
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|160.2900||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||12||||2024.03.15 schwab
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|160.2900||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||12||||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||
 
|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
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|160.2450||S||82.5|| || ||Ch.01 Operations||2012.10.06 ecps92
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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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|-align="center"
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|160.2450||S||82.5||Ch.01 Operations||009||Depreciated 2025?||2012.10.06 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.5000||S||CSQ|| || ||Ch.02 Administration / Museum||2012.10.07 ecps92
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|160.5000||S||CSQ||Ch.02 Administration / Museum||026||Depreciated 2025?||2012.10.07 ecps92
 
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== '''Maine Switching Services'''==
 
== '''Maine Switching Services'''==
 
*Industrial rail service contractor
 
*Industrial rail service contractor
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*Contracted to operate state-owned Brunswick to Rockland line as "Cumberland and Knox Railroad"
 
*[https://maineswitching.com/ Official Website]'''
 
*[https://maineswitching.com/ Official Website]'''
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
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|160.9650||S||CSQ||Ch. 01 Road||057||ARDC St Albans Dispatcher||2024.08.09 schwab
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|160.9650||S||CSQ||Ch. 01 Road||057||ARDC St Albans Dispatcher||2025.06.12 schwab
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.9950||S||CSQ||Ch. 02 Yard||059|| ||2018.01.26 schwab  
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|160.9950||S||CSQ||Ch. 02 Yard||059|| ||2025.06.12 schwab  
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|160.8150||S||CSQ||Ch. 03 Utility||047|| ||2018.01.26 schwab  
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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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