• Norwood, MA Local

  • Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.
Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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  by csrrfan86
 
What local switches out the industrial park in Norwood? And when can it be seen? I saw center-beam flatcars full of plywood at the Home Depot warehouse on University Ave. I know there are a few other places but not sure who else gets rail service on that spur.

Thanks in advance!
  by pharmerphil54
 
That job is the B710 out of Readville. The only other customer is US Gypsum near University Ave. Home Depot get framing lumber on those flats,plywood comes in boxcars and is unloaded inside the main building.

  by CSX Conductor
 
The job works M-F, depending whether they have to service Stoughton or not determines how they do the Home Depot switching.....Their window to go from Rte128 to Stoughton is after MBCR Train #911 goes to Stoughton and comes back off the Stoughton Branch. They have to be off the Stoughton branch by 130pm and return to RTE128 after Stoughton and complete any work that needs to be done. :wink: