Salem Action Alert

At 1345 there were three bones and four acids on the tail off Allen's Lane
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Stopped by Peabody this am...12 cars stuffed beyond Allen's Lane. This shot is at the far end, toward Summit Street. About a car length behind me is truly the end of active track...a washout that has left the rails intact, but nothing under them. Nice to see this section active, but sad to think how much activity there used to be. There used to be daily service on this line, with about 4 customers beyond Summit Street, then the track was extended beyond Corwin Street to the Centennial Industrial Park in the 1960s and they picked up a couple more customers (SS Pierce and Bicknell Fuller box company, and maybe a can company if my memory serves me ).

Steve

There were even more cars, at least 14, on the tail off Allen's Lane today.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Where exactly is that picture? Can you post on google maps exactly where the end of the line is?

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5191342 ... 312!8i6656" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Try this....... better.............

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5216089 ... 312!8i6656" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rotate this view....You can see where it is in regards to the gel plant.....

Badandy wrote:Try this....... better.............

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5216089 ... 312!8i6656" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Now I know what you guys mean about bones being delivered to the plant. Looks like those 2 guys sitting on the tracks are enjoying their "bone" .

This afternoon there were seven bones and no acids on the tail of Allen's Lane
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

This afternoon, there were five bones and no acids on the tail off Allen's Lane.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Still fives bones on the tail. Rails are rusty.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

The five bones are still there.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Seven bones and no acids on the tail off Allen's Lane.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Seven bones still there.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Does anyone know when service to Webster Industries stopped? They received covered hoppers of plastic pellets and were located on the Danvers Branch, on the Salem side of the burnt Waters River trestle. And does anyone know what led to the end of service for them? I'm surprised the service didn't hang on so long as the Kodak/Eastman/Rousselot gelatin plant was still ticking.