Railroads

Amtrak Track an Amtrak Train Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.2950 R 156.7 Police Boston MA 2015.01.26 ecps92 161.2950 R 88.5 Police Attleboro MA 2012.06.02 ecps92 161.2950 R 88.5 Police Springfield MA 160.6350 S Station Services Boston MA 2012.05.11 160.9200 S 103.5 Ch.02 Road 54 Northeast Corridor 2014.05.20 N1BHH 160.9200 S 146.2 Ch.02 Road 54 Providence RI 2014.07.02 ecps92 160.9200 S CSQ Fault Detectors 54 2013.12.02 ecps92 160.5150 R CSQ Ch.03 Maint of Way Boston MA 2012.12.21 ecps92 160.5150 R ? Ch.03 Maint of Way Attleboro MA 160.4550 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.06.08 ecps92 160.7400 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.06.08 ecps92 160.8150 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.01.15 N1BHH 160.5900 S 77.0 Downeaster North Station to Wilmington Junction 2016.12.17 ecps92 161.1600 D CSQ Pan-Am District 2 Road Base 9470 Downeaster Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Base side - paired w/161.5200) 2014.05.20 161.5200 D CSQ Pan-Am District 2 Road Trains 7094 Downeaster Lowell Junction to Portland Maine (Train side - paired w/161.1600) 2013.03.21 Bay Colony Railroad Co, Braintree MA Bay Colony operates two rail lines in Southeastern Massachusetts, one in Millis and the other in North Dartmouth. Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.3050 R Bourne 160.4850 S 160.8000 S 161.2650 S Yard Ops 77 - 161.3550 S Berkshire Scenic Railroad, North Adams, MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.4000 S CSQ Operations 086 Also Pan Am Ch.02 2016.06.25 schwab & friends Central New England Railroad Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations Need Info - CSX Transportation The road channel is the primary frequency, all trains monitor this channel. Defect detectors are on the Road channel as well. To call the dispatcher, crews select the Dispatcher channel for the area they are in, 'Ring up' the dispatcher using DTMF codes, and await a reply on the dispatcher channel, and they will converse there. Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.5600 S CSQ NB Dispatcher 030 West of Wilbraham 2016.10.20 ecps92 160.6800 S CSQ *NB Dispatcher 038 East of Wilbraham (*NA dispatch desk eliminated) 2014.01.25 schwab 160.8000 S CSQ Boston Line Road Channel 046 Defect Detectors 2013.01.23 schwab 160.4250 S CSQ Framingham Sub road channel (Mass Coastal dispatch) 020 2016.05.02 161.0700 S CSQ Yard Operations Channel 064 Boston, Framingham, Worcester, W.Springfield 160.9800 S CSQ Yard Operations Channel 058 2016.05.02 AFD94 161.1300 Maint of Way 68 - East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad, East Brookfield MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 152.3000 S - 152.4650 S - 153.0500 S - 173.2250 S - Fore River Transportation Corp, Quincy MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.3400 S 162.2 Operations 2016.03.21 N1BHH 161.0100 S Hearing activity, unknown tone 2013.02.20 N1BHH Grafton and Upton Railroad, Marlborough MA Rail Map Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.2450 S CSQ Operations 2013.12.20 Disp612 160.1475 S New Housatonic Railroad, Canaan, CT Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.3950 S Road Channel Used in both MA and CT 161.5050 S Road Channel Used in both CT and MA Keolis Commuter Services Keolis is contracted with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority to operate and maintain the MBTA's Commuter Rail System Radio frequencies are licensed to Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Some remote bases will transmit a CTCSS tone to eliminate audio feedback in dispatching facilities, however all dispatcher/road channels operate in carrier squelch mode. Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.3200 S CSQ Road channel 014 Boston East/Valley dispatchers (Northside) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.5900 S CSQ Road channel 032 Boston West dispatcher (Northside) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.6950 R 100.0 Cobble Hill 039 Engineering/Trouble Desk/Snow Desk 2017.01.07 ecps92 160.6950 S CSQ MoW 039 Ch.06 Truck-to-Truck 2017.01.07 ecps92 160.4100 S CSQ Road Channel 020 Worcester Line 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.8750 S D025 Yard Channel 051 North Side (some radios CSQ) 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.9200 S CSQ Road Channel 054 Franklin/Needham/Providence Line (Shared with Amtrak's NE Corridor Road Channel) 2015.12.19 161.4600 S CSQ Mechanical Help Desk 090 Multiple transmitter locations 2016.12.17 ecps92 161.4900 S CSQ Road channel 092 Fairmount Line/Dorchester Branch 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.4700 S CSQ Utility channel 024 Misc. use system wide 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.2150 S CSQ Yard channel 007 Readville 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.8150 S CSQ Mechanical Dept. 047 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 161.2650 S D261 Communication & Signal dept 077 Signal testing 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 161.2650 S D411 Communication & Signal dept 077 Signal testing 2016.07.21 mmrubino 161.2800 S CSQ Communications Dept. 078 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 161.4750 R 100.0 Facilities 091 Boston Engine Terminal 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 161.4750 R NXDN Facilities 091 Boston Engine Terminal 2016.02.01 WB1HBU 161.4750 S 131.8 Facilities 091 Wydett Circle Service & Inspection Facility 2016.02.04 KB1KVD 161.4150 S CSQ Road channel 087 Northside Terminal 2015.12.19 RadioManRick 160.7250 S 77.0 Road channel 041 Old Colony dispatcher 2017.01.07 ecps92 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority MBTA Police Transit Police will be moving to the Massachusetts State Police trunk system in the near future. Currently Channel 1 is patched to talk groups 53264 and 53296 on the Massachusetts State Police trunk system. Frequency Type Tone Function Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 470.6625 R 131.8 Police Ch.01 Primary 2016.12.26 ecps92 483.5625 R 131.8 Police Ch.02 2015.01.06 N1BHH 800 MHz EDACS Trunk System Three simulcast sites (Lynn, Needham, Quincy) All bus, subway, and inspector operations are on the trunk system. Licensed under WPMI460 All frequencies/talkgroups use ProVoice digital modulation LCN Frequency Confirmation/ReConfirmations 01 851.1750 02 851.2250 03 851.4250 04 851.4750 05 851.9375 06 851.9875 07 852.1750 08 852.2500 09 853.6625 10 853.7250 11 853.9000 12 851.0625 13 851.4500 14 851.9625 15 853.9250 Bus Talkgroups TGID Function Confirmation/ReConfirmations 528 Bus Annoucement (ATG) 529 Bus South 1 530 Bus South 2 531 Bus North 1 532 Bus North 2 533 Bus Central (Boston) 534 Diversion Shuttles 535 Bus Inspectors South 536 Bus Inspectors North 537 Bus Silver Line Inspectors 545 Bus Maintenance South 546 Bus Maintenance North Subway Talkgroups TGID Function Confirmation/ReConfirmations 273 Red Line Road Channel 280 Red Line Cabot Yard 289 Orange Line Road Channel 296 Orange Line Wellington Yard 305 Green Line Road Channel 306 Green Line "D" branch 312 Green Line Riverside Carhouse 315 Green Line Riverside Carhouse 321 Blue Line Road Channel Police Talkgroups TGID Function Confirmation/ReConfirmations 785 Transit PD Ch 1 (Inactive, TPD remains on UHF) 789 BAPERN Areawide 3 patch 790 BAPERN Central patch Other/Unknown Talkgroups TGID Function Confirmation/ReConfirmations 1077 Possibly vehicle maintenance Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, Wareham, MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.2450 S 71.9 Depot Ops 09 Depot Operations 2015.09.10 jeffkett 160.2450 R ? 09 Hyannis Repeater 160.4250 R 71.9 Dispatch 21 Hyannis Repeater 2012.09.09 jeffkett 160.5600 R ? Maintenance 30 Hyannis Repeater 2012.09.09 jeffkett 161.3850 S 71.9 "Related" to 160.4250 85 Train to Dispatch 2012.09.18 jeffkett 161.5500 S 96 Mass Central Railroad, Palmer, MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.4700 S Road Channel New England Central Railroad and Connecticut Southern Railroad Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.4150 S Ch-1 switching and road secondary (defect detectors) 8787 CT & MA 160.7700 S CSQ Road primary 4444 St Albans Dispatcher 2013.11.10 160.9350 S Yard Channel 5555 161.2050 S CSQ Former dispatcher channel CT & MA 2016.10.21 ecps92 161.1750 S Yard Channel CT Southern Pan Am Railways (Guilford Rail System) Pan Am Railways owns and operates the Springfield Terminal Railway Corp., Boston & Maine Railroad Corp. and the Maine Central Railroad Corp. It owns and operates trackage in CT, MA, ME, NH, NY & VT. Dispatch Office is in North Billerica, MA. Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.1600 D Dispatch to Train Districts 2 and 3 2016.04.01 schwab 161.5200 D Train to Dispatch 2016.11.09 ecps92 161.1600 S Talking Defect Detectors See Notes 2016.04.01 161.4000 S CSQ Ch.02 Yard/Switch Ops 86 - 2016.10.09 ecps92 161.4000 R 203.5 Ayer Repeater 86 Portable radios only 2016.04.01 wltrsf 161.2500 S Ch.07 Maine Central Yard Channel Limited use in Mass. (usually Lawrence area) 2016.04.01 161.3700 S CSQ Maintenance of Way 84 Reported as Rarely used 161.3100 S Diesel Shop 80 East Deerfield 2014.02.22 schwab 160.2300 S Car Shop 08 East Deerfield 2014.09.22 160.3500 S Talking Defect Detectors (Andover, Chelmsford, Shirley, Gardner, Wendell, Charlemont/Zoar, North Adams) Pioneer Valley Railroad, Westfield MA Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 161.0850 S CSQ Ch.01 65 - 2014.09.12 schwab 160.3350 S CSQ Ch.02 15 - 2014.09.12 schwab Providence & Worcester Railroad, Worcester, MA Now owned by Genesee & Wyoming as of Jan 3, 2017. Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 160.6500 S CSQ F1 Dispatcher 36 Used in CT, MA and RI 2017.04.03 161.1000 S CSQ F2 Yard Channel 66 Used in CT, MA and RI 2015.06.08 160.8900 S CSQ F3 Worcester Freight Office 52 2015.06.08 161.3250 S CSQ F5 Spare Yard Channel 81 2015.06.08 452.9375 S CSQ HOT (Head of Train) 2017.04.03 457.9375 S CSQ EOT (End of Train) 2017.04.03 Railway Productions aka Edaville RailRoad Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations 153.0125 R 71.9 Operations N/A Edvaville RR Ops 2011.11