by Badandy
That's it gents.......
The party's over !!!
Thanx for all your posts, Noah..........
The party's over !!!
Thanx for all your posts, Noah..........
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by newpylong
CSX will let it sit for a bit to see what the prospects of rail returning to that site or the park just beyond. If nothing for two years, they will file for abandonment or sell it to the state.
by highrail
I am pretty sure that CSX does not own the line...likely owned by MBTA. Permission for the bike path in Danvers was needed from MBTA as they controlled the line, even though it was freight only
by newpylong
The state owns the tracks from Salem to Peabody where CSX then owns the remnants of the S. Reading Branch south of there.
by tom18287
random but does anyone know the story with the building that juts into the ROW and they bent the tracks around it? theres no way it was built like that originally....i can't imagine anyways
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rouss ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rouss ... ?entry=ttu
by highrail
The line did go straight at that location. Eastman Gelatine added that section of building and the railroad adjusted the line to accommodate the new building. Not sure of the date of the expansion. The line was straight into the 1960s, when I was a kid. I am guessing the 1970s was when the change happened.
Steve
Steve
by GuilfordRailSD45
Per a post on the Facebook group (CSX NE + B&E Railfans), crews are currently working to repair a small bridge at Flint St. in Salem. The poster spoke with the work crew and a CSX supervisor, and stated the only info they had was that "CSX was repairing the line with the possibility of trains returning to it soon but they had no info about new potential customers." Good stuff!
by FatNoah
crews are currently working to repair a small bridge at Flint St. in SalemYou beat me to it!
Not much more info than that. While it would be nice for some new traffic sources, the pessimist in me thinks it'll either be no new traffic, or to capture C&D material from some future demolition of Rousselot.
by CN9634
My guess is they have something lined up-- don't typically work on a dormant line , much less a bridge, without some plan (that is unless you're the government). Stranger things have happened I suppose so we'll wait and see.
by Goddraug
It’s been a little bit now, has anyone heard any updates or seen anything related to this rehabilitation job?
by Badandy
Went by North St. yard.. Didn't have my cellphone
North St. Yard looks like North St. Forest.............
North St. Yard looks like North St. Forest.............
by Goddraug
Interesting. Wonder if they just shored up the bridge on the Salem side of the line? Apparently part of the ROW in Peabody was cleared just last week as well.
by Badandy
I think that this was possibly done to clear the power line access....
I live near the gel plant so if there's any activity, I'll report it.
I live near the gel plant so if there's any activity, I'll report it.