Out On The Little Mainline
Just another from this morning out on this great little shortline.
With two classic GE four motor units for power, the diminutive Fore River Transportation Co. is a delightful little gem of a railroad and a throwback to 1990s New England Railroading. Despite being only 2 1/2 miles long the little pike manages to offer a few really nice photo angles and is always worthy of a morning trackside.
Having begun their day pulling outbound cars from Twin Rivers, the crew then did a bit of switching to build their outbound train for interchange with CSXT in Braintree yard. After the crew took a short break, FRVT B23-7 101 blt Jul. 1979 as Conrail 1992) headed out on their short mainline run down to the junction with the MBTA/Keolis Greenbush Branch at Shipyard interlocking. They are seen here passing the 750 ft long siding/runaround as they approach the Adams Street crossing and the junction with the 'T' mainline is just under a thousand feet behind me around the curve.
Fore River Railroad is the underlying owner of the railroad and holds the common carrier obligations for the line, but operation of it is contracted out. In the late 80s and through the 90s the line was operated by the Quincy Bay Terminal, an affiliate of New Hampshire's New England Southern, but in 2000 FRVT took over. FRVT is a Class III railroad owned by its largest customer, Twin Rivers Technology LLC, a manufacturer of industrial inorganic chemicals (rendering of glycerin, fatty acids). Twin Rivers purchased the former Proctor & Gamble soap plant in 1994 and in 2007 the company was purchased by FGV a Malaysian Global Agribusiness company that was originally and arm of the Malaysian government agency FELDA but was taken public in 2012.
To learn more about this cool little railroad and the Fore River Shipyard check out the detailed caption here: flic.kr/p/2juca6A
Braintree, Massachusetts
Friday June 6, 2025
Out On The Little Mainline
Just another from this morning out on this great little shortline.
With two classic GE four motor units for power, the diminutive Fore River Transportation Co. is a delightful little gem of a railroad and a throwback to 1990s New England Railroading. Despite being only 2 1/2 miles long the little pike manages to offer a few really nice photo angles and is always worthy of a morning trackside.
Having begun their day pulling outbound cars from Twin Rivers, the crew then did a bit of switching to build their outbound train for interchange with CSXT in Braintree yard. After the crew took a short break, FRVT B23-7 101 blt Jul. 1979 as Conrail 1992) headed out on their short mainline run down to the junction with the MBTA/Keolis Greenbush Branch at Shipyard interlocking. They are seen here passing the 750 ft long siding/runaround as they approach the Adams Street crossing and the junction with the 'T' mainline is just under a thousand feet behind me around the curve.
Fore River Railroad is the underlying owner of the railroad and holds the common carrier obligations for the line, but operation of it is contracted out. In the late 80s and through the 90s the line was operated by the Quincy Bay Terminal, an affiliate of New Hampshire's New England Southern, but in 2000 FRVT took over. FRVT is a Class III railroad owned by its largest customer, Twin Rivers Technology LLC, a manufacturer of industrial inorganic chemicals (rendering of glycerin, fatty acids). Twin Rivers purchased the former Proctor & Gamble soap plant in 1994 and in 2007 the company was purchased by FGV a Malaysian Global Agribusiness company that was originally and arm of the Malaysian government agency FELDA but was taken public in 2012.
To learn more about this cool little railroad and the Fore River Shipyard check out the detailed caption here: flic.kr/p/2juca6A
Braintree, Massachusetts
Friday June 6, 2025