PBX Monitoring

[Alex1041]

Does CSX still use PBX systems or am I wasting my time having them programmed?

Thanks

 

[timkilbride]

I can't imagine scanning a extra channel or two is going to hurt anything. Keep it in "just in case" they do.

Tim K.

 

[GlacierClipper]

Having the extra frequency/channel programmed in might be silent for now, but then it might become very active sometime later on.

 

[timkilbride]

Having the extra frequency/channel programmed in might be silent for now, but then it might become very active sometime later on.

Derailments come to mind. . .

 

[burner50]

I saw the old CNW PBX used once... basically the engineer just wanted to demonstrate how old he was...

 

[timkilbride]

I saw the old CNW PBX used once... basically the engineer just wanted to demonstrate how old he was...

It was used quite extensively well into the 2000's. Haven't monitored it for some time now.

Tim

 

[imbruski]

Just returned from a trip on Amtrak, Minneapolis-Spokane-Minneapolis and I can tell you the BNSF people (both T&E and MofW) use their PBX a lot.

 

[sisyphean]

PBX system on CSX

The system is being turned back up in areas now that cell phones are banned. The hardware was in place but the timetable was not updated. I believe that anything listed in the TT must be operational.

 

[timkilbride]

Just returned from a trip on Amtrak, Minneapolis-Spokane-Minneapolis and I can tell you the BNSF people (both T&E and MofW) use their PBX a lot.

A year ago this month I followed a BNSF line through Nebraska and Wyoming. Plenty of chatter and lots of it was useful as far as knowing where trains were at.

Tim

 

[dispatcher812]

What is PBX?

 

[DaveIN]

Private Branch Exchange. Telephone call over radio. For Railroad, mostly to the Dispatcher at the yard.