• CSX - Bay Colony help

  • 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.

Moderator: MBTA F40PH-2C 1050

  by paulrail
 
Has CSX given any equipment (like trash cars) to Bay Colony to use during the aftermath of the big fire at the SEMASS trash to energy plant in Rochester MA?

I read a report that some "trash type" cars were spotted in Middleboro and wondered if Bay Colony was hauling any trash up to Middleboro for CSX to pick up and take it to Framingham. There it could join the CSX trash trains heading west from Beacon Park for out of state disposal.

Curious.......

Paul

  by CSX Conductor
 
Most likely the trash cars you saw were for Brockton on the MBTA Middleboro main line, Champion Recycling or Trojan Recycling. As for routing cars to go west with normal trash, they would go to Attleboro at night with B726 to be given to B725 to take to Framingham via the Framingham Secondary and then go west on the road job (Q437). Nothing runs regularly on the Middleboro Main between the Boston Globe & Braintree.

As for the cars, the cars used on the Cape are unique as they are build to ride the machine in the building and be turned up-side down two at a time.......not sure where else that can be done. I have heard that the trainmaster for CSXT in Middleboro area is looking into trying to help BCLR with their trash operations being interchanged somehow.....will try to keep posted. :wink:

  by paulrail
 
Thanks CSX Conductor;........would appreciate any more news, if you get some.

Paul

  by CSX Engineer 98
 
Actually there were 10 or more Cars sitting at "Bay" on tuesday they were empty trash cars south of the D-Rail