Mark Wrote:
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> yeah, but... Wrote:
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> > ...the names may have changed, but the game is
> the
> > same. FCC assigned frequencies are in place,
> and
> > seldom change geographically. So AT&SF Ch. XX
> at
> > Emporia, KS in 1992 most likely is still in
> use,
> > but simply owned and used by BNSF.
>
> You would be surprised how many frequencies are
> outdated.
>
> > The frequencies are what's important. The FCC
> > doesn't like to see too much change, because
> that
> > affects other local users, like municipalites.
>
> No it doesn't. Municipalities don't use railroad
> frequencies unless they are grandfathered in. And
> that's extremely rare.

In the central valley Fresno area, there are places where the local sheriff's use the railroad frequencies. I also know that 10 years ago in San Jose I could get the ambulance calls on the local railroad channels if I was down at Newhall yard.
C.