It's odd how very little has changed on that Railroad other than there are no more Tower operators it's all remotely done by the dispatcher from the regional rail operations center or the Rock.
That frequency certainly sounds familiar to me, I believe that was the South Road Channel when I was running.Wasn't the SEPTA South Conductor channel (AAR 16/160.350 mHz) the original Reading road channel?
So now I'm familiar with that where you literally need to scan two frequencies to get both sides of the conversation and it is simplex, when we put in the North Road frequency for example which is 160.59 we hear both sides of the conversation. That has been the North Road frequency as long as I can remember. Wouldn't we need to be scanning two different frequencies and it would just be line-of-sight simplex?It is not a repeater but a split duplex. Talk on one frequency and listen on the other.
Nothing really surprising here, but I thought it worth posting anyway - this is scanned straight from the cab of a Silverliner IV:
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It is not a repeater but a split duplex. Talk on one frequency and listen on the other.
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I thought it was The Pennsy. My father was a Pennsylvania Railroad man.For example if you're on the Trenton line you are on the old Penzey Railroad
You are indeed correct in your nitpicking unless you are kidding but I don't see an indication of that. It was an auto spell correct error that I missed. I too have several family members who worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad. I was only an engineer for SEPTA from 85 to 88 before being promoted into rail operations and worked at the regional rail Operation Center at Suburban Station known as The Rock. Sorry for the typo.I thought it was The Pennsy. My father was a Pennsylvania Railroad man.