Where are they listed in the database? I checked NY railroads and MTA with no joy
Pascack Line and Port Jervis lines are operated by New Jersey Transit for Metro-North. Refer to the NJT section in the New Jersey Railroads database. MTA Police handles law enforcement
I was a dispatcher on the Main Line back in the early 2000's.
The Port Jervis Line is controlled by the NJT Main Line Dispatcher. The Main Line Dispatcher controls the Main Line, the Bergen County Line, the Pascack Valley Line, and the Port Jervis Line, all on 161.400 MHz
The Main Line is the former DL&W RR trackage between Hoboken, NJ and Paterson, NJ. At Paterson the line has been merged into the former Erie RR trackage from Jersey City to Suffern, NY.
The Bergen County Line is the former Erie RR trackage from Hoboken to Suffern, NY.
The Main Line and the Bergen County Line split at Bergen Jct. just northwest of West End Interlocking and come together again at Ridgewood Jct.
The Pascack Valley Line is a former Erie RR line that runs from Pascack Jct. on the Bergen County Line to Spring Valley, NY.
The Port Jervis Line begins at the division post in Hillburn Yard, just west of the Suffern, NY station, and is the former Erie RR line to Port Jervis via the former Erie RR Graham Cutoff.
There is a good mix of commuter trains and both local and through freight trains from both Norfolk Southern and the Susquehanna.
Regarding the "Port Jervis" Line frequency information above...in almost two decades of monitoring in Orange County, I have not once heard activity on 161.4000. The tracks in question are Norfolk Southern's and their road channel (160.8000) is used for communications by "Main Line" to both the commuter and freight trains running that segment. The other railroad frequencies used along that line are:The Port Jervis Line is controlled by the NJT Main Line Dispatcher. The Main Line Dispatcher controls the Main Line, the Bergen County Line, the Pascack Valley Line, and the Port Jervis Line, all on 161.400 MHz
The Port Jervis Line begins at the division post in Hillburn Yard, just west of the Suffern, NY station, and is the former Erie RR line to Port Jervis via the former Erie RR Graham Cutoff.
A quick aside....There is a small railroad line that operates in Orange County. I do not know the exact name, but they make 2 or 3 runs a week from Campbell Hall to Walden via the old Erie Montgomery Branch and the old Penn Central's Wallkill Valley line. I monitor them on 160.650.
Mike
OK, since I got some Orange railfans here...what are those tank cars under I-84 between I think it's Exits 2 and 3? Looks like an old abandoned lines, and there were covered hoppers there for the longest, now there are tankers. Any ideas?
I've been confused about the second River Line freq for a while; the DB has it as 160.590, and I've seen it elsewhere as both 160.620 and 160.260.