Herald's end-of-service coincides with a debt-cutting reorganization at the paper in which newsprint services were outsourced to The Globe. At least 10 years prior to the Globe's own outsourcing of its printing presses to the 'burbs. Was a big to-do because the Herald was at the time in one of its periodic "will they or won't they fold?" crises and the reorg was announced by a front-page, above-the-fold letter from the Owner/Publisher saying they were in it to stay...written with full-on 'Give 'em Hell!' flair. I'm gonna say '02-03 off the top of my head. It's one of the Herald's more famous front pages in its history so not hard to turn up the exact date on Google. The transitional handoff would've begun almost immediately after the announcement, which would date last CSX delivery to Harrison Ave. no later than couple of months after that front-page letter.
Last move to the Globe was 2013, I believe...absolute cutoff of 2014. Customer contract was canceled in 2015 shortly before the Globe announced in Nov./Dec. it was vacating Morrissey Blvd. HQ and moving the newsroom to new Downtown offices, but deliveries had already stopped a year prior to the official announcement. Moves had gotten very, very sporadic before the end and their siding had only seen a few final moves upon going back in service after the T finished its Old Colony concrete tie replacement project through Dorchester in Summer 2012.
Last move to the Globe was 2013, I believe...absolute cutoff of 2014. Customer contract was canceled in 2015 shortly before the Globe announced in Nov./Dec. it was vacating Morrissey Blvd. HQ and moving the newsroom to new Downtown offices, but deliveries had already stopped a year prior to the official announcement. Moves had gotten very, very sporadic before the end and their siding had only seen a few final moves upon going back in service after the T finished its Old Colony concrete tie replacement project through Dorchester in Summer 2012.
