New York Railroads (NY)

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AMTRAK Police Radio Codes

10- 0	Emergency broadcast
10- 1	Receiving poorly
10- 2	Receiving well
10- 3	Priority service
10- 4	Acknowledged
10- 5 	Repeat
10- 7	Out of service
10- 8	In service
10- 9	unassigned
10-10	Vehicle or person check
10-11	Assistance needed
10-12	Supervisor needed
10-13	Police needed (local agency)
10-14	Ambulance needed
10-15	Fire department needed
10-16	In custody
10-17	NCIC check
10-18	Report to HQ
10-19	Call HQ by phone
10-20	Location
10-21	Call by phone
10-22	Disregard
10-23	unassigned
10-24	Alarm
10-25	unassigned
10-26	Prepare to copy
10-27 through 10-32	unassigned
10-33	Unnecessary radio traffic
10-34 through 10-35 	unassigned
10-36	Time check
10-37 through 10-40 	unassigned
10-41	Going on duty
10-42 through 10-44	unassigned
10-45	Accident
10-46	Train emergency
10-47	Train protection
10-48	Criminal mischief to train
10-49	Assist passenger
10-50	Disturbance
10-51 through 10-76	unassigned
10-77	ETA
10-78 through 10-81 	unassigned
10-82	Hostage situation
10-83 through 10-87	unassigned
10-88	Bomb threat
10-89	unassigned
10-90	On location
10-91 through 10-94	unassigned
10-95	Enroute
10-96 through 10-98	unassigned
10-99	Assist officer

CONRAIL

Conrail north of the Thruway (roughly) became 
CSX on 3/1/99.  South of the Thruway became  
Norfolk Southern on the same date.

Buffalo Division includes West Shore Branch, 
Buffalo Wye, Charlotte Runner (off Buffalo Wye), 
Genesee Junction (intersection of West Shore with R&S), 
Rochester (Goodman) Yard.

CSX DESK IDENTIFICATIONS

NA   Boston Line
NB   Berkshire Line
NC   Hudson Line
ND   Mohawk
NE   Saint Lawrence
NF   Main Line
NG   Buffalo Terminal
NH   Lake Shore
NI   Trenton Line
NJ   River Line

KEY TO SYMBOLS:
  Q100's - Intermodal
  Q200's - Automotive
  Q300's - Northern east-west corridors
  Q400's - Eastern north-south corridors
  Q500's - Western north-south corridors
  Q600's - Cross corridors
L-train - Alternate schedule of Q-train
S-train - Second section
R-train - Temporary, transitional or rerouted train
X-train - Extra train, third section, makeup train, etc.

ABBREVIATIONS

CP	Control Point
ML	Multi Level (auto rack)
SV	Super Van
TV	Trailer Van

West Shore Branch - Fairport to Chili 

CP 367	East Rochester
CP 369	east end Goodman Yard
CP 373	west end Goodman Yard
CP 372	Pittsford Detector (West Shore Branch)

CALLSIGNS

BUMS		Buffalo to ?
Track Car 2000
XWP		?
BUSY 		Buffalo to Syracuse
SEBU		Selkirk to Buffalo
WALY		Lyons local
WARO		Rochester local
YARO		Goodman Street Yard local

Delaware & Hudson (CP NEUS)

Delaware & Hudson Railway Corp. exists as a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway, which purchased the road from bankruptcy in 1991.  D&H maintains no locomotives or rolling stock. 

The D&H consists of two rail line segments. The Colonie Mainline and the Canadian Mainline.

Metro North Commuter Railroad

MTA PD Ten Codes

10-01 Call Headquarters by landline 
10-02 Report to command 
10-03 Call... 
10-04 Acknowledge 
10-05 Investigation 
10-06 Robbery in progress 
10-07 Larceny in progress 
10-08 Burglary in progress 
10-09 Assault in progress 
10-10 Bomb Scare 
10-11 Hold-up alarm 
10-12 Suspicious person/motor vehicle 
10-13 Officer needs assistance 
10-14 Person(s) throwing rocks at trains 
10-15 Obstruction on tracks 
10-16 Fare dispute 
10-17 Disorderly person 
10-18 Crowd Control 
10-19 Tresspasser(s) 
10-20 Miscellaneous crime 
10-21 Aided case 
10-22 D.O.A. 
10-23 Request ambulance 
10-24 Cancel ambulance/fire department 
10-25 Fire 
10-26 False alarm 
10-27 Problem with crossing gates 
10-28 Motor vehicle on tracks 
10-29 Car-train accident 
10-30 Additional units needed 
10-31 Local police needed 
10-32 Arrived on scene 
10-33 Out of service 
10-34 Back in service 
10-35 Supervisor requested 
10-36 Unfounded 
10-37 Condition corrected

Channel Line Up

As of 10/2016, the Metro North adjusted their channel line up, and are officially displayed as follows:

Channel 1 - 160.950 AAR056 "1-HUDSON"
Channel 2 - 161.290 AAR078 "2-HARLEM"
Channel 3 - 160.545 AAR029 "3-NHAVN W"
Channel 4 - 160.335 AAR015 "4-NHAVN E"
Channel 5 - 161.040 AAR062 "5-ALL YARDS"
Channel 6 - 160.770 AAR044 "6-L TALK"
Channel 7 - 160.335 AAR0   "7-TUNNEL"
Channel 8 - 160.410 AAR0   "8-MOW"
Channel 9 - 161.160 AAR0   "9-MOW NH"

Channel 7 is used for Park Ave Tunnel emergencies.

Channel 8 is used on all lines except the New Haven Line, which uses Channel 9. The Power Director, Communications & Signal and other departments may be heard on these channels. The Radio Shop can be heard, but also operates on their own encrypted NXDN radio system.

Dispatcher Info

Hudson Line

MP 00.0 to MP 00.4 = RTC District U (Upper Level)
MP 00.0 to MP 00.4 = RTC District L (Lower Level)
MP 00.7 to MP 04.6 = RTC District P
MP 04.6 to MP 07.2 = RTC District M
MP 07.2 to MP 32.9 = RTC District C
MP 32.9 to MP 75.8 = RTC District D

Harlem Line

MP 05.2 to MP 07.9 = RTC District M
MP 07.9 to MP 18.8 = RTC District A
MP 18.8 to MP 82.4 = RTC District B

New Haven Line

MP 11.8 to MP 14.0 = RTC District A
MP 14.0 to MP 36.2 = RTC District E
MP 36.2 to MP 63.3 = RTC District F
MP 63.3 to MP 72.9 = RTC District G

Beacon Line

MP 00.0 to MP 40.9 = RTC District B

Metro-North has filed to abandon the Beacon line in December 2023. No trains use the line in New york.

Related Wiki Pages

CSX-Albany Division

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