Maine Railroads

Pan Am Railways

Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.

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

160.6200S- District 1 Dispatcher / Road channel

161.2500S- District 1 "Channel 2" (yard ops)

160.3800S- District 1 Maintenance of Way (limited use)

• 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.

161.1600- Dispatcher (base) transmit

161.5200- Trains (mobiles) transmit

When two trains are close to each other, one engineer will often "flip channels" and TX on 161.160 to chat with the other crew.

161.4000S- Yards ops.

St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway

160.9650- Dispatcher / Road

160.8150- Yard ops

Maine Eastern Railway

160.2900R- Rockland Dispatcher

160.2900S- Yard ops

160.7550- Unknown use

ME trains will contact Pan Am District 1 on 160.6200 before entering and leaving the yard in Brunswick.

Brooks Preservation Society

• Operator of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad

WQLU526

160.2300

160.3200

Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway

• Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

RTC (Rail Traffic Controller) Channels:

160.6800S

160.7400R

160.9200R

Yard / Secondary Channels

160.4400S (Yard and Service Center)

160.9200S (MOW crews)

160.3200S (Millinocket)

• Former Canadian Pacific Railway (not including lines in Quebec and Vermont)

161.1150S- Maineline RTC

161.1750R- Moosehead Subdivision Repeater (161.1750S used by MOW crews)

160.4250S- Train call in (DTMF tones only)

New Brunswick Southern Railway

• Operated in Maine by the "Eastern Maine Railway"

161.4750S- RTC

161.3550S- Sencondary