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*Former Pan Am Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass. is still used for dispatching.
 
*Former Pan Am Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass. is still used for dispatching.
  
===*District 1, All lines '''East''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/maine-central.html former Maine Central Railroad])===
 
 
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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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|160.6200||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel||034|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
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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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|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
 
|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|160.3800||S|| ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)|| || ||
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|160.3800||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)||018|| ||
 
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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
 
 
===*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.
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Function'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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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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|161.1600||D|| ||Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01)||7094||Road Channel Base||2024.03.15 schwab
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|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2024.10.12 schwab
 
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|161.5200||D|| ||Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03)||9470||Road Channel Trains||2024.03.15 schwab
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|161.4000||R||CSQ||Yard Ops||086||South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater||2024.10.12 schwab
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|161.1600||D|| ||Trains (Reverse)||7094||Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2022.10.21 schwab
 
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|161.4000||R||CSQ||Yard Ops||086||South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater||2023.09.03 schwab
 
 
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== '''Downeast Rail Heritage Trust'''==
 
== '''Downeast Rail Heritage Trust'''==

Revision as of 23:05, 13 October 2024

Table of contents -

Amtrak

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

CPKC Railway

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.2600 S CSQ US Mainline 010 CPKC Dispatcher- Minneapolis, MN 2023.10.30 schwab
160.4550 S CSQ Yard channel 023 Switching and Service Center 2023.10.30 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/ReConfirmations
160.6200 S CSQ CSX EA Dispatcher 034 Mattawamkeag to Royal Jct. and associated branches 2024.10.12 schwab
161.2500 S CSQ ST Ch.07 Yard switching 076 2024.03.15 schwab
160.3800 S CSQ Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use) 018
161.1600 D CSQ CSX EB Dispatcher (Base tx and defect detectors) 7094 Brunswick west to NH and MA 2024.03.15 schwab
161.5200 D CSQ CSX EB Dispatcher (Mobiles tx, base rx) 9470 Brunswick west to NH and MA 2024.03.15 schwab
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

Downeast Rail Heritage Trust

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
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/ReConfirmations
161.4750 S CSQ RailTerm dispatch 91 CP 01 2024.03.15 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" 2024.03.15 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/ReConfirmations
160.2900 S CSQ RailTerm dispatch 12 2024.03.15 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/ReConfirmations
160.2450 S 82.5 Ch.01 Operations 2012.10.06 ecps92
160.5000 S CSQ Ch.02 Administration / Museum 2012.10.07 ecps92

Maine Switching Services

Frequency Type Tone AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
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/ReConfirmations
160.9650 S CSQ Ch. 01 Road 057 ARDC St Albans Dispatcher 2024.08.09 schwab
160.9950 S CSQ Ch. 02 Yard 059 2018.01.26 schwab
160.8150 S CSQ Ch. 03 Utility 047 2018.01.26 schwab