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This is a location that I have wanted to shoot for a while. A few things have to go right in order to executive this shot. Of course, the railroad needs to service the customer on that day. Next, they have to have a North facing engine, or be running with both units. Then of course there is the weather. Sitting in the parking lot waiting while eating Chinese takeout, the fortune read "Good Luck is Coming Soon." After a long wait with clouds being in and out the job finally backed down the lead. This customer is at the furthest North point of Mass Central's trackage rights ,12-10-20.
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This is a location that I have wanted to shoot for a while. A few things have to go right in order to executive this shot. Of course, the railroad needs to service the customer on that day. Next, they have to have a North facing engine, or be running with both units. Then of course there is the weather. Sitting in the parking lot waiting while eating Chinese takeout, the fortune read "Good Luck is Coming Soon." After a long wait with clouds being in and out the job finally backed down the lead. This customer is at the furthest North point of Mass Central's trackage rights ,12-10-20.

  • The Fore River crew is seen shoving a cut of tallow loads toward Twin River Technologies on a section of street running inside the Fore River Shipyard. The bridge over Fore River from Quincy into Weymouth is seen above the train. The classic General Electric B23-7 was built as Conrail 1992 in July of 1979, 1-7-21.
  • The Fore River crew is seen shoving a cut of tallow loads toward Twin River Technologies on a section of street running inside the Fore River Shipyard. The classic General Electric B23-7 was built as Conrail 1992 in July of 1979, 1-7-21.
  • After returning from the interchange in Braintree, the Fore River crew is seen spotting loads in one of their all yards. The needed cars will then be shoved over to the Twin Rivers plant a short distance away, 1-7-21.
  • Fore River Transportation is seen pulling a string of empty tanks off their trackage coming onto the MBTA Greenbush Line at Shipyard Interlocking. The crew will then shove back toward the CSX interchange in Braintree. The classic General Electric B23-7 was built as Conrail 1992 in July of 1979, 1-7-21.
  • Fore River Transportation is seen pulling a string of empty tanks out of the shipyard toward the CSX interchange in Braintree. The classic General Electric B23-7 was built as Conrail 1992 in July of 1979, 1-7-21.
  • Normally I am not of fan of higher drone shots but there are times that it is necessary to show the entire scene. Fore River Transportation is seen pulling a string of empty tanks getting ready to pull them out of the shipyard toward the CSX interchange in Braintree. The Route 3A bridge from Quincy into Weymouth is in the background as well as the USS Salem which was built in these yards during the 1940s. The railroad runs most weekdays and services the Twin River Technologies company. Twin River also owns the railroad. The classic General Electric B23-7 was built as Conrail 1992 in July of 1979, 1-7-21.
  • After spotting the loads, Mass Central 1751 is seen running light out of the Wildwood Reload complex to tie on their train and head back to Palmer. The train runs between the two 1903 warehouses in the background and over the Ware River to get into this yard, 12-10-20.
  • The Mass Central crew is seen spotting loads at Wildwood Reload in South Barre. They have already taken the empties out of the complex. After this move, the crew will then run light out of the complex, tie on to the empties along with the rest of their train and run back to Palmer. The train runs between 2 1903 warehouses (as seen in my previous post) and over the Ware River to get into this yard, 12-10-20.
  • After arriving at the customers on the far Northernmost point of their line, the Mass Central crew is seen pulling the empties out. The old mill buildings can be seen in the background. The GP38-2 is one of two matching units that the railroad has is sporting an attractive Boston & Maine McGinnis inspired paint job, 12-10-20.
  • This is a location that I have wanted to shoot for a while. A few things have to go right in order to executive this shot. Of course, the railroad needs to service the customer on that day. Next, they have to have a North facing engine, or be running with both units. Then of course there is the weather. Sitting in the parking lot waiting while eating Chinese takeout, the fortune read "Good Luck is Coming Soon." After a long wait with clouds being in and out the job finally backed down the lead. This customer is at the furthest North point of Mass Central's trackage rights ,12-10-20.
  • The Ciment Quebec switcher, which is operated by a control pedestal is seen switching cars at their Everett plant, 8-5-20.
  • Ciment Quebec in Everett, Massachusetts utilizes this cabless remove control slug that was converted from a 1960 Alco 125 ton switcher. Although there is no cab, there is a control stand at each end. The unit served the Sunny Knot Coal Mine in Lackey Kentucky before Ciment Quebec purchased the unique unit at auction in 2015, 6-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More intersting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing through East Sandwich. The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More intersting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing through East Sandwich. The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More interesting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing through Sandwich Village. The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More intersting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing along the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne. The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More interesting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing Cohasset Narrows approaching Buzzards Bay. The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More interesting was a depressed flatcar behind the locomotive carrying a large transformer that was to be unloaded at Hyannis. The train is seen passing Indian Neck in Wareham.The 1964 GP28 was originally built for the Illinois Central. There are very few surviving examples left, 5-8-20.
  • Mass Coastal Railroad operates the energy train five days a week. The empty train travels from Rochester onto Cape Cod where it picks up trash from a facility in Yarmouth. The loaded train returns to Rochester where the trash is burned to fuel a power plant. The empty train is known as MC-1 while the loaded train is MC-2. An earlier than usual MC-1 is seen passing the Great Barnstable Salt Marsh in West Barnstable. The GP9 was built new in 1956 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 5-8-20.
  • Mass Coastal Railroad operates the energy train five days a week. The empty train travels from Rochester onto Cape Cod where it picks up trash from a facility in Yarmouth. The loaded train returns to Rochester where the trash is burned to fuel a power plant. The empty train is known as MC-1 while the loaded train is MC-2. An earlier than usual MC-1 is seen passing through cranberry bogs in East Sandwich. The GP9 was built new in 1956 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 5-8-20.
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