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Speaking of single-level coaches: Three MBB's have gone to the Saratoga & North Creek RR out in upstate NY. Control Car 1528 with the Vet's wrap plus the 521 and one unknown (for now). Word is two more Bombardier control cars went to scrap in Everett this week: 1640, 1651 Appearing on Ozark...

Meanwhile the Bike Trail replacement of the Falmouth Branch saga continues with breathtaking ignorance (especially the follow-up op-ed)! The Bourne Enterprise Sen Moran Wins Senate Approval To Fund New Rail Spur To Military Base PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE RAIL-TO-TRAIL SOLUTION By NOELLE ANNONEN Jul...

Totally agree...I remember your response on Railroad.Net many years ago. I even saved it for future reference. To me, you could have a series of smaller trestles and maybe culverts that might assuage the AOC. Confidence was/is low.

Meanwhile, the bike path group is still looking to kill off the rest of the Falmouth Branch was at it again. Retired Senator Susan Moran had snuck in a amendment to convert the line to a bike path. Having gotten some pushback, she withdrew this and submitted another one authorizing studying a...

Just an FYI, but the ferry parking lot in New Bedford last night was about 98% full (and that included spilling into the commuter rail station area). Not sure what is going to happen when T service starts up. Guess they are thinking everyone is going to walk to the station? Don't think so. Ferry...

That's disappointing. If I was the bridgetender at Tower A, I'd be heavily investing in insurance options to protect myself.

First test train with an HSP + Bilevels out testing between Myricks and New Bedford today.

I've always been against attaching a pedestrian walkway to the railroad drawbridge. And I speak as a retired dispatcher who worked the Terminal Desk. This would be a potential nightmare for the railroad and bridge tender in Spring/Summer/Fall attempting to make openings for boats between train...

FYI - Noted this past weekend in New Bedford that the signals at Whale & Herman were lit up and flashing red. Station platform lights were also on.

Double track project has started up again. Ballast trains are staged on The Franklin Industrial Track (junction with the mainline west of Franklin station at Union Street). There has already been two stone trains this week. Using six of the MDOT ballast hoppers.

According to Robert Dale Kerr's excellent book "The Rail Lines of Southern New England" The Chelsea Beach Branch opened in 1881. Was operated only in summer months for beach crowds. It formed a loop paralleling the main line with the northern junction at the Revere/Saugus line (Saugus River Jct)...

Sort of bittersweet for me. A lot of us were wondering why they stuck around for as long as they did. Maybe it was for two of their "legacy" employees to retire ( done in 2022/23) or to see if Mass Coastal made a go it. If it weren't for BCLR, there would've been a lot less trackage in S.E...

I've often wondered why the extension/reactivation to Gold Medal has yet to happen? What becomes of the IRAP money allocated for it? MDOT ran a brush cutter down there when it was announced, but nothing since. Wonder how powerful the marina/condo people are (since they got their backs up when...

Southcoast Rail Update....From Southcoast Today this morning: Commuter rail riders who were expecting a smooth ride to Boston sometime this year have to wait a little longer at the platform. The latest timetable for passenger service on South Coast Rail from Fall River and New Bedford is now...

A friend sent this screenshot of the latest volley against the Falmouth Branch. The ad was a half page, I think from the Bourne Enterprise.

Off Facebook...You can see how bold the bike path group is getting... Ben Converse discussion on Facebook Our notorious friend, Kenneth Cheitlin, is making some serious moves and getting community support to remove more rail mileage on Cape Cod. He has support from local elected officials as...

Bennett Street Yard - Strictly a MW base. And yes, those are some of the wash train cars.

Looks like there will be no reason for BO-1 or any freight to go east of Everett Jct soon... https://www.salemnews.com/news/peabody-rousselot-plant-to-close-at-end-of-2023/article_b8590e12-b876-11ed-abc5-6b5afd66e550.html

Of course they do...

That's mainly due to the sharp curve into the station and the fact your entering the station and not going any further east. You are not going to get anything better than an "Approach" once you get close to the wye connection. I don't know the actual timetable speeds for this area or the...