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Brings back memories of the Norton Gang (CCATS)! Battled them in the New Bedford Standard-Times for a while until one of them went over the edge!

There are rumors of a new customer coming to this branch..

More BCLR work on the Millis line: https://www.cdibartolaphotos.com/Millis-Railroad-History/Millis-Yard-1072020/

This photo is from 1973 and shows part of the Tower X control board with FX in all its former glory. Doug Kydd photo. The shot of BO-1 would be a hair to the left of the seam between the two left panels. For those interested: Right to left is Everett Jct, Draw 7, Reading Jct, FX.

A few of links for the BCLR Millis line work: https://www.cdibartolaphotos.com/Millis-Railroad-History/Medfield-Railroad-Trestle-Bay-Colony-1701/ https://www.cdibartolaphotos.com/Millis-Railroad-History/Medfield-Railroad-Trestle/...

I remember the first iteration of the Mass Coastal - The Charles River Railroad. They tried and failed to get the branch, which was still active east to Needham, from the Bay Colony. Even had a color scheme for the locomotives. Got some paperwork somewhere. As far as the BCLR goes, I also...

In an interesting development, Bay Colony got out the brush cutter this week on the moribund Millis Branch! The 1701 was moved east under the RT27 bridge out of the way. There are also rumors of work on trestle after the brush cutting is done. No active customers and no moves, I think, for...

So where did the IRAP money awarded for the extension to Gold Medal go?

That "Yard 14" layover yard was originally designed for 9 tracks. I remember seeing the original design on the wall at Cobblehill. For whatever reason, it did not happen. It's kind of sad how commuter rail has been so hemmed in by GLX. It was a miracle they didn't lose more tracks behind BET as...

PAR would have to shove out towards 3rd Ave Crossing towards Swift (Fitchburg Route) or shove out towards Tower A on either ML 2,3, or 4 via the 645 crossover. Before I retired, there was talk of attempting to somehow construct a direct connection from Yard 10 (Innerbelt) to the mainline east...

Some corrections here: The Valley Track has changed locations twice over the last forty years. When I started, the Valley Track was located behind the old Boston Engine Terminal between Third Ave and old Tower H. When the old BET was demolished and replaced, a new through track (from FX/3rd Ave...

F-Line: I was under the impression that the majority, if not all, tank cars into Quincy are for Twin River Technologies (former P&G) with very little traffic for or generated by the MWRA plant? D

The last three units of the F40PH-3C rebuilds are rumored to be in heritage paint: B&A, B&M and NH.

As far as the MBTA FP10 fleet dispositions go: 1102-1105, 1107-08, 1110-11 all scrapped (Naparano and INPR) 1100 & 1114 (Owned by Iowa Pacific. 1100 in Colorado and the 1114 was last seen derelict at RELCO in Albia, Iowa) 1101 - Gold Coast Museum in Florida and for sale via Ozark Mountain...

The Winchester Running Track is/was called Swanton Street siding. Not aware of a name change for it. Being double ended back in the day, it was a convenient place (plus Montvale Yard) for road freights to set off and pick up - usually the Salem job (EDSA/SAED). One thing about reactivating this...

There's a myriad of things that could cause a switch failure including ice in the points: Signal code failure, a relay failure, debris (other than snow/ice) in the points., point detector out of adjustment, switch out of adjustment... Based on what I just saw/heard on Channel 4 just now, it...

Last night's incident appears to have started as a switch failure (probably one end of the crossover). C&S probably not on the scene as yet, so the crew would've been instructed to check and line the route for their move. This means taking the entire crossover off-power and hand-throwing the...

Also installing/restoring a portion of the double track between Norwood and Walpole. There has been a ballast train operating out of Franklin Jct for the past week.

Just bumping this thread up, but this weekend will see the transfer of the Walpole to Foxboro/Gillette portion of the Framingham Secondary from Mass Coastal/IHP to Keolis/MBTA. Effective 1201AM Saturday. Will be assigned to the Keolis Branch Line Dispatcher desk. New Interlockings at Lewis...

The "Red Bridge" was a six track bridge over the Fitchburg mainline for B&M freight trains. These were called the R-Tracks (R-1 being on the Brickbottom side) and connected the former Hump yard - Yard 8 and Yard 7 (East Cambridge). The line split for the Lowell and Fitchburg mainlines is down...