Difference between revisions of "VT Railroad Communications"

Latest revision as of 09:24, 5 October 2025

Table of contents -
Contents 1 Amtrak 2 Berkshire and Eastern 3 Canadian Pacific Railway 4 New England Central Railroad 5 Saint Lawrence & Atlantic 6 Vermont Rail System

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 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

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

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 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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-|161.5200||D||CSQ||Ch-1 Road channel - mobiles duplex w/ Ch.03)||9470||-||2024.10.11 schwab
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-|161.1600||D||CSQ||Ch-3 Road channel (base, duplex w/ Ch.01)||7094|| ||2024.10.11 schwab
+|160.9800||S||CSQ||B&E Dispatcher||058||Dispatcher Call-in||2025.10.04 wltrsf
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-|161.4000||S||CSQ||Ch.02 switching||8686||-||2024.10.11 schwab
+|161.4000||S||CSQ||Ch.02 switching||086||-||2024.10.11 schwab
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