Abandoned siding restoration: Mass Coastal ballast train

Abandoned siding restoration: Mass Coastal ballast train - Gallo, Sagamore, MA 3/14/2024

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3 ай бұрын

In this video we see one of the first ballast trains to go to the Gallo Siding in Sagamore, MA. The train is dumping stone as part of the restoration to service so it can be used as a freight siding. Last used regularly for freight around 2011 and briefly again for MOW trains in 2013 the track will finally be put back to use. This is the same location where an "abandoned" gondola sat inside the building for about a decade (video: • Abandoned railcar move... ). This video shows the second ballast train to Gallo traveling through Wareham and Bourne before dumping stone on the siding. This project is thanks to the MassDOT Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP) that grants money to railroads and businesses for rail development. IRAP helps reduce truck trips and pollution by using environmentally friendly rail transportation.
To see a video of the siding before work started click here: • Abandoned rail custome...
Sagamore, MA
3/14/2024
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@kenmcgory8768 3 ай бұрын

Good to see a small shortline making the necessary upgrades to their rails, unlike the E&SL in Michigan that Jason Asselin posts video of. Seems like they have major track issues at least twice a month. If you haven't seen it, one of his latest videos shows some fully loaded center beam flatcars rocking to the point of almost tipping. I do enjoy seeing these videos of robust New England rails!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ruffian2952 2 ай бұрын

This upgrade a freebie courtesy of the Commonwealth.

@davidklauer3422 3 ай бұрын

Love see the rails return

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bradfordthompson8326 3 ай бұрын

We are so jealous That you are around neat growing railway 😊😊😊😊Many God prayers for more shippers 😅😅😅.... Keep show casing This line for Customers to see

@benjaminpettis5468 3 ай бұрын

Great video on bringing a siding back to life.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bradfordthompson8326 3 ай бұрын

Oh Wow Looking forward to SPOTTING the first cars 😊😊

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tomp8871 3 ай бұрын

Good thing the Engine fit thru there lol. Good to see things thriving

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@edwardmiessner6502 2 ай бұрын

I'm very glad to see the New England railways being restored! And I hope someone manufactures scale models of the engine in Mass. Coastal livery and the stone hopper cars in the MassDOT paint scheme. 😊

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@nerdracing1 3 ай бұрын

I have been trying to model in O scale for years now the Mass Coastal, Bay Colony but none of the major manufacturers have come through. Just have to rail fan and dream. nice job south coast rail

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@louislamonte334 3 ай бұрын

Thrilled to see this!! Let's hope we see MANY more!!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ChainDragGONE 3 ай бұрын

Like the paint scheme on locos.

@edwardmiessner6502 2 ай бұрын

So do I, it reminds me of the liveries of old. Norfolk Southern and CSX, take note!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@armandoperez7967 2 ай бұрын

I would love to see a B32-8 in this scheme!

@davidbrown4823 2 ай бұрын

They are moving ahead.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TheNorthwestWind 3 ай бұрын

awesome

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mikedurhan9941 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting footage in this video. Thank you.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tooling_engineer 2 ай бұрын

That’s a long siding to invest in. Maybe plans to use as a transload area someday.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@humanoverlord6708 2 ай бұрын

breathing rock dust from a ballast dump. They will feel it later

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@michaelimbesi2314 3 ай бұрын

Cool. I assume the next steps are tamping the track and adding a bumping post?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@tucobenedicto109 3 ай бұрын

Nice video, great to see another gallo siding being reused. When I started on the rr there was and still is a gallo siding, but gallo is not the business but wine and liquer do flow out of there not sure about wine coming in still? Nice that will be tamped and leveled with drainage. Love to see the end product. The building did eat the train. LOL

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@secondarymainlineproductio3033 2 ай бұрын

Great catch, you have to wonder...how often does the entire locomotive enter the building, even when the spur is used!!??

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Not often from the photos I saw of the old operation

@secondarymainlineproductio3033 2 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos I wouldn't think so, that is a great catch!

@ruffian2952 2 ай бұрын

During my railroad career engines entering buildings not unusual.

@iankirvan1986 2 ай бұрын

Great to see this coming along , any idea on the future traffic ?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

There will be some freight. Stay tuned!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

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@charlesgibson4184 2 ай бұрын

Where do they load the ballast in the gondola cars?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

The ballast was loaded at a local yard but the stone was trucked in.

@petecreedon2554 2 ай бұрын

What are those side panels on the rail cars? Look like something electric

@alwhalen3488 2 ай бұрын

Solar panels to charge the batteries that power the motors to open/close the doors.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!