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Amtrak

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Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.2950 R 156.7 Police Boston MA 2020.01.18 ecps92
161.2950 R 88.5 Police Attleboro MA 2020.04.13 Friends of SNE / ecps92
161.2950 R 114.8 Police Springfield MA 2019.02.16 W1KNE
160.6350 S Station Services Boston MA 2012.05.11
160.9200 S 103.5 Ch.02 Road 54 Northeast Corridor 2017.12.29 ecps92
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 CSQ Ch.03 Maint of Way Attleboro MA 2020.03.30 W1KNE
160.4550 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2014.06.08 ecps92
160.7400 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2020.02.06 ecps92
160.8150 R CSQ Boston South Yard Boston MA 2017.12.29 ecps92
160.5900 S CSQ Downeaster
North Station to Wilmington Junction		 2019.08.30 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

  • Bay Colony Website
  • 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

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4000 S CSQ Operations 086 Also Pan Am Ch.02 2016.06.25 schwab and friends

Central New England Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Need Info -

CSX Transportation

  • CSX Website
  • 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
160.8000 S CSQ Boston Line Road Channel 046 Defect Detectors 2020.01.26 schwab
160.5600 S CSQ NC Dispatcher 030 West of Wilbraham 2020.01.28 schwab
160.6800 S CSQ NC Dispatcher 038 East of Wilbraham 2020.01.28 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 2019.04.28 ecps92
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

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
152.3000 S -
152.4650 S -
153.0500 S -
173.2250 S -

Edaville Railroad, Carver

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
153.0125 R 71.9 Operations N/A Edvaville RR Ops 2017.10.22 jeffkett

Fore River Transportation Corp, Quincy

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, N. Grafton

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 Website
  • 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) 2020.02.06 ecps92
160.5900 S CSQ Road channel 032 Boston West dispatcher (Northside) 2019.08.30 ecps92
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) 2020.03.30 W1KNE
161.4600 S CSQ Mechanical Help Desk 090 Multiple transmitter locations 2020.02.12 ecps92
161.4900 S CSQ Road channel 092 Fairmount Line/Dorchester Branch 2020.02.16 ecps92
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 and Signal dept 077 Signal testing 2015.12.19 RadioManRick
161.2650 S D411 Communication and 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 475 Boston Engine Terminal 2016.02.01 WB1HBU
161.4750 S 131.8 Facilities 091 Wydett Circle Service and Inspection Facility 2016.02.04 KB1KVD
161.4150 S CSQ Road channel 087 Northside Terminal 2020.02.16 ecps92
160.7250 S CSQ Road channel 041 Old Colony dispatcher 2020.02.16 ecps92

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

MBTA Police

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
470.6625 R 131.8 Police Ch.01 Primary 2020.01.02 ecps92
483.5625 R 131.8 Police Ch.02 Secondary 2020.01.30 W1KNE

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, Wareham

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 2020.03.30 W1KNE
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

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
160.5750 R CSQ Operations 031 Base transmits 151.4 Hz 2017.08.28 schwab
160.4250 S
160.4700 S Road Channel

New England Central Railroad/Connecticut Southern Railroad

Frequency Type Tone Function AAR Chan Notes Confirmation/ReConfirmations
161.4150 S CSQ Ch-1 switching and road secondary (defect detectors) 087 CT/MA/NH/VT 2017.08.28 schwab
160.7700 S CSQ Road primary 044 St Albans Dispatcher 2017.08.28 schwab
160.9350 S CSQ Yard Channel 055 2017.08.28 schwab
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)

  • Official Website
  • Pan Am Railways owns and operates the Springfield Terminal Railway Corp., Boston and Maine Railroad Corp. and the Maine Central Railroad Corp. It owns and operates trackage in CT, MA, ME, NH, NY and 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 and Worcester Railroad, Worcester, MA

Now owned by Genesee and 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 jwb8734
161.1000 S CSQ F2 Yard Channel 66 Used in CT, MA and RI 2020.04.23 Friends of SNE / ecps92
160.8900 S CSQ F3 Worcester Freight Office 52 2017.04.03 jwb8734
161.3250 S CSQ F5 Spare Yard Channel 81 2015.06.08
452.9375 S CSQ HOT (Head of Train) Locomotive 2017.04.03 jwb8734
457.9375 S CSQ EOT (End of Train) Last Rolling Stock 2017.04.03 jwb8734
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