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Thanks for all the input gentlemen, givers me a better understanding of how things go along that section. One mention of a slim chance of any yard rebuild, but if the loads pickup noticeably from Maine on their way to Selkirk, can the yard by the station handle any more freight? That was the reason ...

Have to post a possibly silly question...from the Worcester station northward to Barbers Junction, there was I believe a double tracked section of which only 1 track is currently in use north of Garden St. CSX parks trains along W Boyleston St and then has to wait for a crew from G&W to come up ...

taracer, I know the Pan AM acquisition is not the cause of the delays here in Charlton, it was more of if there is an increase in traffic from the former Pan Am lines in the future along the old B&A, would they consider rebuilding part of the old B&M Worcester yard, because otherwise the tra...

I live out in Charlton and on a local forum there have been posts talking about trains sitting at idle for days on end before heading off to Worcester, my guess is perhaps they don't have space for the train. If that is the case and with the takeover of Pan Am increasing traffic coming down from Mai...

I have a copy of the book and love all of the pics and details available.

Great info, many thx

The Central Mass ran passenger service to Boston from points west and over the years that service was cut back as demand dwindled. I believe passenger service on the Central Mass stopped going to Clinton in the early-to-mid 50's. Was there a station along the line that it serviced, or did it connect...

Off the wall question....what is the purpose of the Westborough yard? The spot used to be an auto unloading facility back about 20 years ago, but what is it serving today? Between the yard and Framingham I don't know of any customers, and between the yard and Worcester I knew of 1 customer and the c...

Just checked out the Charlton Twitter feed and apparently there was a major screw-up in dispatching on the line yesterday. The Amtrak train heading west out of Worcester around 2PM got held up by CSX trains parked on both tracks heading east and stopped at the signals. They had to get a crew out of ...

Thx QB for the info. Looks like it used to be a rather important location back in the day.

Another off-the-wall question regarding the Charlton Depot area, this one is regarding what appears to be a pier on the south side of the tracks. Looking at pictures of the stone station that was built in 1892 there looks to be a "freight?" house also on the south side and west of the stat...

Thank you for the info guys, thought it would be wasteful to have them come all the way east and then head back west.

This is an off-the-wall question regarding the Charlton Depot section of the line. My information may be incorrect and if so, please let me know...as I know it, Auto Racks are brought all the way east to Worcester before being brought back to East Brookfield for unloading on a local. Wouldn't it sav...

I don't believe that was ever possible, The Marlborough branch came down from Maynard and ran under the Central Mass "Skeeterville" bridge. I was at the end of the current RailTrail on Friday in Hudson by the Rod & Gun Club and checked out the area and found where the bridge had been. ...

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