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

Revision as of 10:50, 10 December 2010

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Pan Am Railways

  • 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.