In doing a check of recent FCC licenses in Klamath County, OR, I discovered one for BNSF on 44.58 MHz: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?cs=WQIY624 Does anyone here have an idea of what this might be used for? I always thought railroads were operating on VHF high with the AAR channels...
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it sends data to the dispatcher from the Hi-Rail trucks to give there location
I'm gonna guess the low band system is pretty well defunct at this point given that the railroads have implemented Positive Train Control, and the adjoining ITCnet system that operates on those same channels can do the same thing the lowband system did.