The Shortline Railroads of Massachusetts

[@syeet1234]

you should do more parts to this video on railroads like the Grafton and Upton, Mass central, Mass coastal, bay colony, New england central, housatonic, N&NRR, Bay colony, and EBSR

[@ThreeRiversfan41]

Interesting catches you got there; kind of funny how them small railroads still operate to this day just carrying one to two cargoes.

[@SteveGettingAroundPhilly]

It definitely shows what can be if railroads don't have a business model with an emphasis on the operating ratio. Lots of freight loads can be profitable for a railroad, but most of the big ones have a business model that only focus on the ones with the biggest profit for the least cost, which usually is heavy bulk commodities like coal and oil, as well as intermodal containers at the expense of everything else. That's where these short lines can come in and do a lot of good.

[@bigvood]

I might be wrong but i think the sewage sludge comes in via barge, they produce fertilizer from it and thats whats in the tanks from new england fertilizer

[@sherioky7349]

Funny in puerto rico we had a extreme small railway just for the port in the south. It was used for shunting chemical tank out of a boat for truck to deliver. It closed in 2010

[@nolantherailfan5048]

Shortlines are super interesting

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Yes indeed

[@tomp8871]

Keep going Sam, lots of shortlines in Ma. You can have fun

[@auto8productions491]

Neat video, though I would change the title to "The Shortline Railroads of Boston" as there are more shortlines around Mass.

[@Ross74h]

That NHN Geep seemed to have a very fast bell clapper, sounded more like a fire engine bell than a locomotive one

[@leverettrailfan5414]

Kinda thought this was going to cover at least a decent selection if not all of Massachusett's shortlines, rather than just these two. All the same, cool to see them in operation. Living more at the western end of the state, I rarely have chances to see any of the operations in the eastern part of the state.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Nice video

[@OscarMartinez-um6ss]

UPDATE ON METRO-NORTH 40th anniversary units conrail unit it on revenue rails

[@michaelroy3203]

7:36 Ballardvale was planned to be double tracked, but it never came to be. A stimulus from the Obama administration was going to pay to double track it, but redoing the station did not fit into the budget. So they ran the track as far as they could on either side. Now it's used for mounting hirails and equipment storage on occasion.

[@travelsofmunch1476]

I was hoping the Housatonic RR would get a mention

[@travelsofmunch1476]

great vid tho

[@railfanning.productions]

Awesome video! I loved this one!

[@richardsheehan3497]

Owned by Masdot, I believe. It's needed. Quirk should have his stuff shipped by rail there. It would be cheaper.

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Great video. Like me😁

[@bobsykes]

That's crazy that these still opperate. Here is Davis, CA, Northern California Railroad operates a tiny rail line, along with two other even tinier operators, over a Y-shaped track layout that totals maybe 15 miles. Two or three trains per day haul agricultural and other products typical of rural communities on anchient tracks owned by Union Pacific. Train whistles remind us we live in a western town that originated entirely because it was a main rail depot on the UP rail lines in Northern and Central California.

[@alexrobison19]

I used to work for the Cal Northern the line from Davis runs a little over 100 miles to tehema where it rejoins the UP