Bill Matta
Bay Colony RR 25-tonner - Westport, MA
Bay Colony RR 25-tonner #151 at Westoort, MA on the ex-NH, ex-PC, ex-CR Watuppa Secondary.
Just out of sight to the right was the MassCrinc plant, which had a siding that they used to ship out recycled goods. This portion of the line is long gone now. The plant was located next to White's Restaurant and today is the site of the Towneplace Suites by Marriott hotel which can be seen here alongside Rt 195 east.
At the time, Mid-City Scrap was the only other BCLR consignee on this branch. Conrail's WAMI-3 ran to New Bedford & out the Watuppa to N. Dartmouth, where Colonial Beverage and JJ Taylor's beer distributorships were located. Both were important CR customers and typically switched on Mon-Wed-Fri. They interchanged with BCLR at the runaround track near Hixville Rd.
March 13, 1986 rescan
Bay Colony RR 25-tonner - Westport, MA
Bay Colony RR 25-tonner #151 at Westoort, MA on the ex-NH, ex-PC, ex-CR Watuppa Secondary.
Just out of sight to the right was the MassCrinc plant, which had a siding that they used to ship out recycled goods. This portion of the line is long gone now. The plant was located next to White's Restaurant and today is the site of the Towneplace Suites by Marriott hotel which can be seen here alongside Rt 195 east.
At the time, Mid-City Scrap was the only other BCLR consignee on this branch. Conrail's WAMI-3 ran to New Bedford & out the Watuppa to N. Dartmouth, where Colonial Beverage and JJ Taylor's beer distributorships were located. Both were important CR customers and typically switched on Mon-Wed-Fri. They interchanged with BCLR at the runaround track near Hixville Rd.
March 13, 1986 rescan