Radio use by GLC

[James Sofonia]

Several years ago I was working in two way radio service, and used to hear TSBY talking to the Cadillac dispatcher. This led me to start watching train activity in the Traverse City area. At the time I didn't know what rail fanning was. I recently caught the bug again as computer message boards make hobbies like this easier. So I fired up the scanner and haven't heard a whisper from GLC. Do they still dispatch trains by radio, or use radios at all?

[SD80MAC]

That far north on GLC, likely the only time you'll hear them on the radio is when they're switching.

[TC Man]

Actually, I do on occasion hear GLC radio talk between the Owosso dispatch and various crews depending on the weather. They have a repeater in Elmira, so sometimes I can get signals bouncing off that repeater (I live on the west side on TC).

[James Sofonia]

Actually, I do on occasion hear GLC radio talk between the Owosso dispatch and various crews depending on the weather. They have a repeater in Elmira, so sometimes I can get signals bouncing off that repeater (I live on the west side on TC).

Cool, can you post the Freq? Mine must be out of date. I'm on the East side of TC slightly closer to the Elmira tower.

[cbehr91]

RadioReference says 160.575 mHz road 161.100 mHz yard.