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=='''Canadian Pacific Railway'''==
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=='''CPKC Railway'''==
 
*[https://www.cpr.ca/en/ Canadian Pacific Rwy]
 
*[https://www.cpr.ca/en/ Canadian Pacific Rwy]
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*Acquired Central Maine and Quebec June 2020.
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*Acquired Central Maine and Quebec in June 2020.
  
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
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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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|160.2600||S||CSQ||US Mainline||010||CP Dispatcher- Minneapolis, MN||2023.10.30 schwab
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|160.2600||S||CSQ||US Mainline||010||CPKC Dispatcher- Minneapolis, MN||2023.10.30 schwab
 
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Yard chanel||023||Switching and Service Center||2023.10.30 schwab
 
|160.4550||S||CSQ||Yard chanel||023||Switching and Service Center||2023.10.30 schwab
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|160.4550||R||CSQ||Yard chanel||023||Brownville Jct repeater||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|161.5500||R/S||CSQ||Utility/Maintenance||096||Repeater and simplex||2023.10.30 schwab
 
|161.5500||R/S||CSQ||Utility/Maintenance||096||Repeater and simplex||2023.10.30 schwab
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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|| ||2022.10.21 schwab
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|160.6200||S||CSQ||Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel||034|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|161.2500||S||CSQ||ST Ch.07 Yard switching||076|| ||2022.10.21 schwab
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|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)|| || ||
 
|160.3800||S|| ||Dist 1 Maint of Way (Limited Use)|| || ||
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|160.5900||S||CSQ||Hinkley - SAPPI Mill Rail-Ops|| ||Skowhegan||2020.01.08 schwab
 
 
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===*District 1, All lines '''West''' of South Portland ([http://www.american-rails.com/boston-and-maine-railroad.html former Boston & Maine Railroad])===
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===*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
 
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.
 
must be entered to monitor BOTH sides of communications.
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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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|161.1600||D|| ||Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01)||7094||Road Channel Base||2022.10.21 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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|161.5200||D|| ||Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03)||9470||Road Channel Trains||2022.10.21 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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|161.1600||D|| ||Trains (Reverse)||7094||Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train||2022.10.21 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
 
|161.4000||S||CSQ||Yard Ops||086|| ||2022.10.21 schwab
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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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|161.4750||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2022.10.21 schwab
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|161.4750||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||91||CP 01||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|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/Millinocket yard channel (shared with CPR)||23|| ||2021.03.04 schwab
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|160.4550||S||CSQ||Brownville Jct yard channel (shared with CPKC)||23|| ||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||2022.10.21 schwab
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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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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|160.2900||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||12||||2021.03.04 schwab
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|160.2900||S||CSQ||RailTerm dispatch||12||||2024.03.15 schwab
 
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|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||
 
|161.1750||R||CSQ||Maintenance/Utility||71||"Channel 14"||
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|160.5000||S||CSQ|| || ||Ch.02 Administration / Museum||2012.10.07 ecps92
 
|160.5000||S||CSQ|| || ||Ch.02 Administration / Museum||2012.10.07 ecps92
 
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== '''Maine Switching Services'''==
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*Industrial rail service contractor
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*[https://maineswitching.com/ Official Website]'''
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{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''AAR Chan'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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|160.5900||S||CSQ||032||SAPPI Somerset (Skowhegan) rail ops||2024.03.15 schwab
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Revision as of 23:40, 16 March 2024

Table of contents -

Amtrak

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6200 S CSQ ST District 1 Dispatcher 34 Portland / Freeport 2014.04.20 ecps92
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 chanel 023 Switching and Service Center 2023.10.30 schwab
160.4550 R CSQ Yard chanel 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.

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

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.6200 S CSQ Dist 1 Dispatcher / Road Channel 034 2024.03.15 schwab
161.2500 S CSQ ST Ch.07 Yard switching 076 2024.03.15 schwab
160.3800 S Dist 1 Maint 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.

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.1600 D Dispatcher Ch.03 Base/Disp (Duplex w/ Ch.01) 7094 Road Channel Base 2024.03.15 schwab
161.5200 D Trains Ch.01 Mobiles (Duplex with Ch.03) 9470 Road Channel Trains 2024.03.15 schwab
161.1600 D Trains (Reverse) 7094 Use with 161.5200 for Train to Train 2024.03.15 schwab
161.4000 S CSQ Yard Ops 086 2022.10.21 schwab
161.4000 R CSQ Yard Ops 086 South Portland/Rigby Yard repeater 2023.09.03 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 2023.09.03 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
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