by wolfmom69
The Bath Iron Works shipyard on the west bank of the river in Bath,does NOT take rail service. Plate steel is shipped in to the fabrication facility at East Brunswick,alongside old Rt.1. This is called Hardings,and is where locomotives frequently tie up.It was also the FIRST interchange point between GRS & Maine Coast when the Rockland Branch was "reopened" in 1990.(even when the branch was "embargoed"1987-90,GRS still went to Hardings from Rigby. The propane facility,across from "Moodys Diner" in Waldoboro has NOT been a rail customer since the reopening in 1990. When the line was rehabed a couple of years ago,switch was removed ,even though track & bumper remain. The cement plant is also in a receiver of carloads of coal usually in blocks of hoppers,but mostly in spring as they stockpile(gee,Maines own "coal train"-wow!!) and also black silica & filings in gons. 2 consignees will rarely use the "team track" in Rockland Yard. Beaver Industries)located in part of the old Yard office,boxcars of "sandblasting grit,and O'Hara Bait & Salt,boxcars of rock salt. NOT a lot of potential rail users & the 2 previous operators have aggressively tried to add consignees. Two biggest "users" have been the Maine yankee decommissioning and the actually rehab of the tracks,with ties,plates - and several "rail trains". Bud