LAST TRAINS on Bay Colony Railroad's Millis Line - 2022
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2023
- Last year the Bay Colony had a brief reprise of service on the Millis, MA Rail Line after about three years of no traffic. The railroad's future looked bright at the time with the possibility of regular service but unfortunately it didn't last. One move was done in January bringing loads in and they left sometime in March of 2022. Once again a string of cars showed up in June and left on the last train on July 5, 2022. Now in December of 2023 the Bay Colony has been taken over by the Mass Coastal Railroad making these the last moves on the Millis Line by the Bay Colony. Whether or not Mass Coastal runs trains up here is to be determined but the ink has dried on Bay Colony's operations. This video shows the movement of cement hoppers in January, June, and July 2022. Other than the empties going back in March these were all the movements on the line in that time. Prior to the 2022 operations there were some trains in 2019 when the sporadic service to Tresca Bros was more frequent.
Millis/Medfield, MA
2022
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I think as we’ve seen so far if anyone can improve the rail shipping prospects it would be Mass Coastal.
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Great video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Greetings from Virginia.😊
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The problem with the Millis Line is Millis itself. They do NOT want any industry and even give the existing ones a hard time. Tresca Brothers wanted to expand the rail operations at one time. Another similar industry wanted to come in and was denied and the existing warehouse at the end of the track is an indoor pot farm with the expansive parking lot with rail access being made into a solar farm. Former GAF site is slated to become condos after they figure out how to clean up the contamination. The trackage could become three miles of car storage but I am pretty sure they would complain about that, too!
so will the railroad right of way be available for a bike rail trail? I love my trains but being able to ride a bike to Boston gives me a boner.
@@bill8985 Not sure what will transpire. The State owns the right of way so it would be up to them. May depend on how good the railroad marketing department is.
Great catches and awesome video mike
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I wonder if MC is going to keep power on the millis line or are they going to travel every time?
It needs serious upgrade it's a great line
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Awesome catch!
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Merry Christmas happy holidays and happy new year mike
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I’m not sure what Mass Coastal is going to do with the locomotives but I hope they keep them all. I know 1705 and 1706 are in better shape, I heard 1701 is FRA exempt, it needs TLC and I really hope they don’t scrap 1701. These locomotives can go forever if properly maintained and cared for.
1706 is sadly done, 1705 is one of the best ones
@@hannamaniacrailproductions5082 that’s weird because 1706 looks great, to me it looks like there’s nothing wrong with it. Both 1705 and 1706 look great, their both in good condition compared to 1701 which is rusting out and being vandalized in the past. In my opinion all 3 can very tough and they can go forever if properly maintained
Who’s telling you this info? Lol
@@SouthCoastRailVideos A rail fan who’s also an employee for MBTA or some related company, he said 1701 is FRA exempt and will probably be scrapped on site. I know you can’t believe everything you hear, I don’t know much about Mass Coastal, I think they should keep the 3 locomotives, 1705 and 1706 are in great condition probably because they operate a little more than 1701 which is sitting unguarded taking on all kinds of weather. I know it’s the company decision, myself and I think should consider that they keep them, they can all be very tough and they can go forever if properly maintained, I think they’ll look great in Mass coastal paint
This was more directed towards the other comment but thanks
What is the history of 1701 it looks like the locomotives that used to run on the old b&m
It's actually former Detroit Toledo Shore Line. It operated on that railroad from the 1950s through the Grand Trunk takeover in the 1980s until sold off in the early 2000s
Sad to see it go.
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If this is the end of operations on this rail line, I hope that locomotive 1701 will find a new home, whether it be another short line or maybe a tourist railroad or excursion railroad. It's a former Detroit toledo and shoreline locomotive and I would like to see it saved, not scrapped if possible.
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I expect Mass Coastal will keep all Bay Colony motive power much like NS heritage units
Patience vegation management new ballast new rails new ties in due potential business expansion with CSX Massachusetts Economic Development cannot afford to loose jobs jobs
Mass Coastal is definitely in expansion mode. The infrastructure funds should help. I’m hoping we get some welded rail on the Cape.
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I guess that outfit never heard of a weed sprayer before. It's not bc it's an old engine, it started to drizzle and before that it was just all that grass and weeds. Anything green is a sob even trying to pull empties off you don't have the momentum. It's even worse if you don't have any sand
Sanders work but rail is rusty and the towns would not allow weed spraying.
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos it was a good video. I hate to see anything come to an end
Bclr locomotives for sale😢
nothing i hate more than camera snaps in backgrounds of videos im sorry. lol, but great vid!
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Just a few more clics and it won´t be photos but a film 😅😅
Since nobody forced me to watch it again....i quit.
Why must you click that camera, when I know their is a silence mode...?????! Its very erittating to say the least...That's why your reviews are not going to be very good...😮
There is no such thing as “silence mode”. The click is physically within the camera not some added sound.
He just discover that if you snap fast and long enough, you got a movie. Great invention.
Anyway, a part of it was already shown on YT months ago. Just a longer remake.
It´s even in the "short" . You know when you hope for more views...too bad cause the video wasn´t bad and interesting. Maybe some photos will appear next ?