[Scan-DC] Train Derailment in Ellicott City

[Sean Hoyden]

You won't hear much on the MOW other than minor chit chat. . . . they will
call the dispatcher to inform him/her of anything substantial still.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I haven't been up there in years. No M of W channel?
>
> People, listen to him.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Sean Hoyden <sean.hoyden at gmail.com>
> To: Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com>
> Cc: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Train Derailment in Ellicott City
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:39:39 -0400
>
> Channels 8, 14, and 94 are all you really need to railfan the Old Main Line
> Subdivision (Northerly routing from Point of Rocks to Baltimore).  8 and 14
> are the road channels, while 94 is the "working channel" that the
> dispatcher will often have trains switch over to in order to receive EC-1
> forms and other information.
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ho-train-derailment-0822-20120821,0,5747535.story
> >
> > Expect rerouting. Trains that ordinarily went through Sykesville now have
> > to come down to Hyattsville, DC, and Silver Spring. 160.230 MHz and
> 160.320
> > MHz should be active. The derailment cut a fiber optic cable. Two college
> > students were killed too.
> >
> > >From a floppy disk:
> >
> >                         Railroads
> >       8 160.230 old C&O/B&O dispatcher (AAR channel 8)
> >      14 160.320 CSX road
> >      94 161.520 CSX CM dispatcher, for Sand Patch (AAR 94)
> >
> > This is indispensable:
> > http://www.botecomm.com/bote/rail/csx_dispatchers.html#BA
>
>
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