Union Pacific and CTCSS usage

[E5911]

Is UP using CTCSS or DCS?
Just wondering
If so is it Rail wide ?

 

[kruser]

Is UP using CTCSS or DCS?
Just wondering
If so is it Rail wide ?

Tones are usually not used on road channels. The use of tones may cause missed communications.
Some railroads do use tones for yard ops but there is no set rule if they use CTCSS or DCS.

 

[INDY72]

CSXT uses a tone on dispatch for certain notifications. Amtrak PD uses tones on the repeaters, other rail PD's pretty much are NXDN and encrypted now. And as stated some yards have tones enabled. And the rare use of PBX now has tones on some repeaters also. But PBX is pretty much on the extinct use list now with iPads, Cell Phones other tablets etc replacing need for them on most lines. But as far as I know UP does not use any tones.

 

[E5911]

Just getting surplus crap getting on the dispatch channel 161.550 here in Yuma

 

[kruser]

Just getting surplus crap getting on the dispatch channel 161.550 here in Yuma

What does this "surplus crap" sound like, can you make out and understand what is being said or is it just random noise?
It could be intermod from your local NOAA WX frequency or from a VHF paging transmitter.
What model is your scanner.

 

[SQP]

Is UP using CTCSS or DCS?

WE don't use tones, especially on ROAD channels...ANYWHERE.

 

[N4DJC]

Had a CTCSS tone pop up on a NS yard channel a few weeks ago, first time I'd ever seen one.

 

[ecps92]

As others have mentioned, some Lines use PL for "Repeaters" and within yards.

Another one, I have seen is PL Transmit from the Dispatch Only, to "MUTE" the other consoles from FEED Back

Had a CTCSS tone pop up on a NS yard channel a few weeks ago, first time I'd ever seen one.

 

[E5911]

Yeak ok. I have herd the DTMF access tones entered to talk to Dispatch, Service , etc
As for the "crap" just a carrier key up, seems like it could be adjacent Channel interference.
As for PL, just looking to quiet things down