CN Police and Radios

[west5alpha]

What brand name radios CN police and employees use on the tracks ?

 

[kg6nlw]

If they are like the rest of the railroads, we use a mix of Kenwood NX210 and Icom 3161...The same goes for the locomotive but with the "mobile" versions shoved into a GEM or other "standard RR" housing.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[homerjay]

The ones around here (Southern Ont) are equipped with radios (unknown to me). However in 15 years of rail fanning I have the CN Police frequency in scanner and have only ever seen them use cell phones. Never herd a peep on the radio.

 

[natedawg1604]

The ones around here (Southern Ont) are equipped with radios (unknown to me). However in 15 years of rail fanning I have the CN Police frequency in scanner and have only ever seen them use cell phones. Never herd a peep on the radio.

Do they talk to local county or area State Police dispatch on local public safety channels?

 

[buddrousa]

We had a event happen here not long ago and local law enforcement was notified by TELEPHONE.

 

[kg6nlw]

Do they talk to local county or area State Police dispatch on local public safety channels?

99% of the time it is via cell phone and IF THEY have to, it's over the local county/state dispatch radio channel.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[mikewazowski]

It would help to know what area you're in. Different areas do different things.

In southern Ontario, it's mainly cellphone. The radios installed in the cruisers are mainly used for talking with the crews and MOW gangs.

 

[InspireWaukesha87]

I live in the USA in Waukesha, WI and we have a CN main line that goes through our city and it has 20-30 trains a day that travel through and I occasionally see the CN police and I have heard them talk to train crews on the railroad frequency 161.295 AAR79 which is the frequency CN uses on the Waukesha Sub but I heard them also using 161.205 AAR 73 (frequent Railroad police frequency) in analog mode to talk to other officers when they were doing trespass enforcement and crossing gate enforcement, they also have access to the statewide trunked radio system and also monitor local police channels but I have never heard them talk on local channels, I know they also use cellphone push to talk capability extensively

 

[MississippiPI]

I have heard RR police in the Jackson MS area ask for assistance, to execute warrant, etc. It was always on the Sheriff's Dept talkgroups

 

[ve1sef]

There's reference to ch.35 (AAR 75) in the database. Been monitoring it for a year. It's been silent.
However, I believe CNRP only have one constable in Halifax, so the cell phone notion is more likely here too.

 

[exkalibur]

The only time I've ever heard CN Police was years ago when they were investigating a report of a trespasser. They voiced out on the road channel that they were walking down the right of way from a particular mileage.

 

[mciupa]

Looking at Montreal in Canada, I would say Kenwood:

Cavendish Yard

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
160.380		BM	32 RAN	CN Ops	Operations	NXDN	Railroad
160.470		BM	32 RAN	CN Yard Ops	Operations	NXDN	Railroad
163.005		BM	32 RAN	CN Police	CN Police	NXDN	Law Talk

 

[kg6nlw]

Looking at Montreal in Canada, I would say Kenwood:

Kenwood and iCom both have NXDN capabilities...If that is what you are referring to.

Regards,

-Frank C.