Maine Railroads

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Pan Am Railways

Headquarters and dispatching office located in North Billerica, Mass.

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

160.6200 S- District 1 Dispatcher / Road channel

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

160.3800 S- 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.

161.4000 S- Yards ops.

St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Auburn, Me/Richmond, Que)

KNNF942

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.9650 S Road Channel Auburn Dispatcher
160.8150 S Secondary
160.9350 S
161.5650 S
452.1000 S Remote Link Gray
452.9000 R Repeater Gray

Maine Eastern Railway

WPRU575

160.2900 R- Rockland Dispatcher (Bath Repeater)

160.2900 S- Yard ops

160.7550 S- 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 S

160.3200 S

Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway

  • Former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

RTC (Rail Traffic Controller) Channels

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.4400 S Yard Ops/Secondary 22 2012.09.26 schwab
160.9200 R RTC 54 2012.09.26 schwab
160.6800 S RTC 38 2012.09.26 schwab
160.7400 R RTC 42 2012.09.26 schwab
160.9200 S MOW 54 Maintenance of Way 2012.09.26 schwab
161.1750 R RTC 71 Moosehead Division 2012.09.26 schwab
161.1750 S MOW 71 Moosehead Division 2012.09.26 schwab
160.4250 D 21 2012.09.26 schwab
161.4750 D 91 2012.09.26 schwab
161.1150 S RTC 67 Quebec/Vermont 2012.09.26 schwab
161.5050 S MOW 93 Quebec/Vermont 2012.09.26 schwab
161.5050 R RTC 93 Quebec/Vermont 2012.09.26 schwab
160.8000 S MRAN 1 42 Mobile Radio Access Network 2012.09.26 schwab
160.8300 S MRAN 2 48 2012.09.26 schwab
160.8600 S MRAN 3 50 2012.09.26 schwab
160.3200 S Yard Operations 14 Millinocket 2012.09.26 schwab

New Brunswick Southern Railway

  • Operated in Maine by the "Eastern Maine Railway"

161.4750 S- RTC

161.3550 S- Sencondary