Bay Colony Millis Line

[Safetee]

the official verbiage about the watuppa and bclr
"CSXT previously sold the track and material, and leased the underlying real estate, on the Watuppa Branch between mileposts QND 0.08 and QND 6.0 to the Bay Colony Railroad Corporation (BCLR). See Bay Colony Railroad Corporation— Acquisition and Operation Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc., as Operator for New York Central Lines, LLC, STB Finance Docket No. 34446 (STB served Jan. 16, 2004). CSXT states that, in this transaction, it will convey the full scope of its ownership interest in the Watuppa Branch to MassDOT, subject to BCLR’s rights and interests and CSXT’s retained easement over the first 0.08 miles of the branch. Pursuant to an agreement between CSXT and MassDOT, BCLR will continue to provide common carrier service over the 5.92 miles of the Watuppa Branch west of milepost QND 0.08, and MassDOT will acquire only the real estate underlying this section of the branch."

key language is "]subject to bay colonys rights and interests"

[F-line to Dudley via Park]

OK...then those conditions subject to BCLR's rights and interests have been met, and that agreement has happened. Because on December 3, 2016 A.D....MassDOT owns the title deed. MassDOT has owned the title deed for that land since at least 1 official FRA-filed State Rail Plan prior to the current 2010-16 term document, and at least 2 official published State Rail Maps prior to the current 2013 document. Somewhere between 1/16/2004 and 2008 or '09...all of that ownership legalese sent the title deed into the state's lap and sent the above passage of if's/but's into the annals of history. I'm not really sure what the debate is here. The state owns it. BCLR operates and maintains it. Unless we get a kooky series of events that induces a crisis where BCLR's Florida owners decide to liquidate the BCLR reporting mark and seek scrap proceeds before any of the customers cease service, there's not going to be any forensic value in that legalese.

[craven]

Update Sun. 4 Dec.

The Spur is clear of cars.

The 1701 in her nest looking for work

[craven]

Update Sat. 10 Dec.

The Spur is clear of cars.

The 1701 in her nest looking for work

[craven]

Update Mon. 26 Dec.

The Spur is clear of cars.

The 1701 in her nest looking for work

[craven]

Update Sat. 31 Dec.

The Spur is clear of cars.

The 1701 in her nest looking for work

[GP40MC1118]

Maybe soon....hearing B731 tonight at Framingham has 10 loads for Medfield Jct.

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[GP40MC1118]

Looks like the 1701 gets woken up Wednesday late morning...

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[boatsmate]

I assume this engine is drained and shut down when not in use ?? if so how much water/ coolant is needed to fire this engine up every time??

[GP40MC1118]

A GP9 takes about 230 gallons of water. The 1701 started life as a GP7, but was upgraded
to a GP9 in the 90's.

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[Dick H]

Maybe they have a truck mounted tank and pump with the necessary
hose and fittings to both drain and fill the loco and use the same water.
Of course, the truck would have to be stored somewhere fairly close in
a heated garage, etc.

[GP40MC1118]

Nope...1701 equipped with a Kim Hotstart feature which I hear adds 10 gallons of coolant
to the original 230 gallons.

D

[craven]

Update Sat. 07 Jan.

NAHX 93393 Empty
NAHX 94010 Empty
NAHX 93721 Empty
NAHX 320319 Empty
NAHX 93891
NAHX 94722
NAHX 94731
NAHX 93593
NAHX 94349
NAHX 94682

by Island Road waiting to be unloaded

[craven]

Update Sat. 14 Jan. 2017

All (10) empties are staged near the secondary switch for pick up.

[craven]

Update Sun., 29 Jan. 2017

The Spur is clear of cars.

The 1701 in her nest looking for work