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One of the shortest railroads in New England, the obscure Fore River Railroad is also a bit of a working museum with a vintage Alco switcher on the property (albeit long out of service), three privately owned caboose and a motor car all sharing space around the small modern single track shop building.
But for me the most appealing thing about this little road is that they still roster a pair of GE B23-7s. These are the class 1 local units of my youth, and they were ubiquitous on Conrail and the P&W all over southern New England throughout the 1990s. Upon the split in 1999 they were quickly banished elsewhere by CSXT and then retired, and soon P&W's fell by the wayside in favor of newer GEs but here two of the classic little 12 cylinder FDL GEs still burble along in revenue service Both once proudly wore Conrail blue, #101 was blt. in Jul. 1979 as CR 1992 and #102 was blt. in Jul 1978 as CR 1980.
In the background is New York Central caboose 21052 which was built at the NYC'S on Merchants Despatch Shops in East Rochester, NY. It was one of 100 in a class that was first built in 1963. I do not know their NYC class designation, but were given the N7B class at the time of the 1968 Penn Central merger. 88 of the class made it to Conrail in 1976 and this particular was preserved at the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Museum. When that little museum in the south coast Mass city went out of business in 2016 after 30 years the caboose was in need of a new home. Former Amtrak Road Foreman of Engines Joe Burgess, who comes from a long line of NYC men, purchased it in 2017, and after two decades sitting she was returned to operation and even spent time in active service on Mass Coastal.
As for the railroad itself here is a a bit of history. The Fore River railroad was developed by Thomas A. Watson, assistant to telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Watson used his telephone profits to start an engine and boat factory in East Braintree, “The Fore River Shipyard Engine Company.” In 1898, Watson’s company was commissioned by the U.S. Navy to build 2 destroyers and a cruiser.
In 1900 the company moved to a new facility at Quincy Point where the 3 vessels were completed. At first, transporting heavy materials to Watson’s new shipyard was a slow and expensive process; the nearest railroad ended over 2 miles away, in East Braintree. Rail shipments had to be unloaded in Braintree, hauled to the Fore River, and finally, floated to Quincy. In 1902, Watson had a private rail line built along the river to bring supplies directly from Braintree to the shipyard. Operations began on June 1, 1903.
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation purchased the Fore River Shipyard and Railroad just before World War I. During the war, shipyard workers built 36 destroyers and several "zero" class and "R" class submarines.
In 1919, the Fore River Railroad was formally incorporated as separate holding from the Bethlehem Steel shipyard. During World War II, the Fore River Railroad Corporation's steam locomotives carried over 750,000 tons of construction materials for U.S. Navy cruisers, battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers, including the Lexington. General Dynamics Corp. purchased the shipyard and railroad in 1963.
After the yard closed in 1986, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority acquired the shipyard and railroad. From 1987-1992, MWRA used Fore River facilities as a staging area and transportation system for the Boston Harbor Project. MWRA sold most of its shipyard property upon completion of the project but retained the railroad to transport its Bay State Fertilizer.
Fore River Railroad is the underlying owner of the property 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.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Friday June 6, 2025
Early morning looking across the Fore River from Quincy MA. Fore River Bridge in the distance, USS Salem Museum Ship to the right.
Golfballs on the line is not an uncommon phenomena on this stretch of the Tyne Valley line as the line skirts the edge of Ryton Golf Club near Clara Vale.
Almost as common has been 68004, being fairly well stuck to the North East RHTT turn so far this year. The working is the 3S77 0251 Kingmoor DRS to Kingmoor Siding on a rather grey and wet 4th of November 2019. For the record 68001 was on the rear.
Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland.
In the 13th century the Hugh de Lacy the Norman and landlord built a Bendictine priory in the valley nearby. Many of the buildings that remain today (in ruins) are from the 15th century and have been restored throughout this century, making Fore Abbey the largest group of 300 Benedictine to have sojourned and remained in Ireland. This priory was dedicated to both St Feichin and St Taurin, the Evreux, Normandy abbot of the parent monastery.
The Abbey is also noted for what local populations call its seven wonders:
1. The monastery built upon the bog.
2. The mill without a race (Lough Lene water flows from the hill).
3. The water that flows uphill.
4. The tree that has three branches/the tree that won’t burn.
5. The water that doesn’t boil.
6. The anchorite in a cell
7. The lintel-stone raised by St. Fechin’s prayers.
Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland.
In the 13th century the Hugh de Lacy the Norman and landlord built a Bendictine priory in the valley nearby. Many of the buildings that remain today (in ruins) are from the 15th century and have been restored throughout this century, making Fore Abbey the largest group of 300 Benedictine to have sojourned and remained in Ireland. This priory was dedicated to both St Feichin and St Taurin, the Evreux, Normandy abbot of the parent monastery.
The Abbey is also noted for what local populations call its seven wonders:
1. The monastery built upon the bog.
2. The mill without a race (Lough Lene water flows from the hill).
3. The water that flows uphill.
4. The tree that has three branches/the tree that won’t burn.
5. The water that doesn’t boil.
6. The anchorite in a cell
7. The lintel-stone raised by St. Fechin’s prayers.
Towards St Olave Church which was rebuilt in the 14th century but founded in 1053 by Lady Gytha, mother of King Harold, a long time ago!
While a golfer has a shot on Hole 18 (I believe) at Hunley Golf Course, 66593 3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway waits at Crag Hall Signalbox with 6F34 Boulby Mine to South Bank Tees Dock. For those interested, the ball landed nicely on the green.
Taken in Arthur's on the Green, a beautiful boho bistro in a converted public lavatory in Twickenham
After a couple of hours in the field at Fore Bridge just norh of Little Bedwyn I felt like I'd been in an oven. No shade and barely a breath of wind on the hottest day of the year at that point
59002 Alan J Day is seen at the head of 6C76, the 14:30 Acton - Whatley empties
Canon Rebel XT converted to infrared | Lensbaby Sweet 35
Infrared photos almost look like charcoal drawings when taken with the Lensbaby Sweet 35.
Two more 'gems' from our family holiday in Beer in 1999! You can just see part of Tim holding JJ's hand on the left. On the right you can see the Church of St Michael.
Beer is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it was located within Colyton hundred and had 28 households. Its name is not derived from the drink, but from the Old English word bearu, meaning "grove" and referring to the original forestation that surrounded the village.
It is a pretty coastal village that grew up around a smugglers' cove and caves which were once used to store contraband goods. These are now part of the attraction of the village. Many of the buildings are faced with flint, a hard glassy stone found in the local chalk rock.
Historically, the main sources of income for the village include fishing and lace production. Boats are winched up the beach as there is no harbour, and fresh fish is sold nearby. Nowadays small electrically driven winches using steel cables or tractors are located on the beach to haul boats in. Higher up is an old manual capstan operated by up to 20 men, now disused.Nowadays, the sources of income are mainly tourism and fishing. Beer is also the home of the Pecorama (run by the Peco model railway manufacturer), which includes pleasure gardens and the Beer Heights Light Railway.
Beer has a steep pebble beach.
The 10th green on the Mount Juliet championship golf course, looking back up the fairway. There weren’t many out playing golf that day - but the fog would have made very little difference to me as I can never find my ball even in good light!