by newpylong
There is that cold storage place off the Conn River that got oversize reefers less than 4 years ago. I forgot the name, but I believe the cars were mostly of fruit.
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consist wrote:I do not know when the building next to WCS last got rail service, but I never saw a car there after first noticing the setup in 2001.Back in the summer of '81 I worked at Crusader Paperboard, which was at the end of the right spur, and regularly received box cars of paper rolls. Unfortunately they have moved to a larger facility in N. Andover, nowhere near rail service.
There was another customer on this branch for a time. Note that shortly after the branch diverges from the mainline and crosses the first road (Presidential Way I believe), it branches again. The left-hand spur goes to WCS and that adjacent building. The other spur continues straight for another hundred or two hundred yards and ends behind Crystal Transport. I don't know if Crystal was the customer or if another company rented space in their building, but they used to get regular service until mid to late 2002. Typically 3-4 cars at a time, and usually Golden West hicubes with VCY marks as well as green BN and red BNSF boxcars.
newpylong wrote:They keep the protection working and the line clear in case the customer wants a car - at least they used to, so I would ASSume it's still the same even though it's been a few years.Dunno if I would call it clear as there is a fair amount of silt and brush in the way, particularly in the area near the Industrial Avecrossing.