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Abandoned boxcar in the woods saved! - BCLR Millis, MA to NNB Rhode Island - 9/2023https://youtu.be/h7qatBoCELs?feature=shared
After sitting for at least 20 years an old abandoned boxcar had to find a new home. Needing to be off the property in a timely manner the car was offered up or it would've been scrapped. Thankfully the Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad stepped up and saved the 1952 New York Central boxcar and moved it to Rhode Island. This whole project took only a few weeks after the urgent call to move the car out of Millis on the Bay Colony Railroad. In this video we see the car in its abandoned state, overgrown and forgotten. Later we see it on moving day where it was trucked out to Portsmouth, RI. Then NNB 44 Tonner 43 takes the car to a temporary storage spot. Eventually it will be restored and get a fresh coat of paint.
Millis, MA - Portsmouth, RI
8-9/2023
On Sep 6, 2023 Updated Sep 12, 2023 In an article entitled "Dragon Products owner announces plan to close Thomaston cement plant", By Stephen Betts wrote:Read more of this story at The Courier-Gazette's web site
Dragon Products owner announces plan to close Thomaston cement plant
THOMASTON — Dragon Products, a large Midcoast employer and the town's largest property taxpayer, informed its workers on Wednesday, Sept. 6 that the company plans to shut down the cement plant.thomaston dragon plant.jpg (81.53 KiB) Viewed 1867 times
The company employs about 65 workers. The plant will continue to operate while it processes the remaining product, which could continue into early 2025, although some people will lose their jobs as early as later this year.
"The facility, which has been operational for almost a century and has been under GCHI’s ownership since 2006, will undergo a gradual process of idling the production operations beginning December 2023. This careful step has been prompted by the persistent escalation of operating and logistical costs, exerting a negative impact on the Thomaston plant's viability," Giant Cement Holding, Inc. stated in an email in response to an inquiry by The Courier-Gazette.
“Despite our best efforts to adapt and navigate through these challenging circumstances, we have determined that these actions are necessary for the long-term sustainability of our business,” said Vice President of Operations Roberto Polit in the email.
johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:36 am To be acquired by Mass Coastal RR per STB filingWell, this fell through so now what?
On February 5, 2024 In an article entitled "Mass Coastal Railroad acquires Bay Colony Railroad", Esha Walia of the Boston Globe staff wrote: Mass Coastal Railroad acquires Bay Colony RailroadRead more of this story at the Boston Globe's web site
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad said Friday it is acquiring the assets of Bay Colony Railroad.cape flyer.jpg (233.46 KiB) Viewed 431 times
The acquisition gives Mass Coastal Railroad, a freight services operator in Southeastern Massachusetts and southern New England, the rights to 35 miles of rail tracks currently run by Bay Colony. The move enables Mass Coastal Railroad to operate 132 miles of railroad track total and oversee an additional 44 miles of track owned by the state Department of Transportation, Mass Coastal Railroad said in a news release.
The company, which operates tracks from Framingham to Hyannis, hailed its expansion as a step forward for environmentally friendly freight transportation.
