Dormant railroad spur track to be restored? - East Walpole, MA Industrial Track

Dormant railroad spur track to be restored? - East Walpole, MA Industrial Track - 12/9/2023

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6 ай бұрын

For the past few months I've been hearing a rumor that the old and out of use track to the Certainteed factory in Norwood, MA may be reactivated/restored. Last used sometime in 2021 the line was sparingly used then but only a short time before was used to bring raw materials in and send finished shingles out. The track was out of service already but then a truck hit the Morse St. overhead bridge, pushing it off its abutments. As a result of that a crane was brought in and lifted the bridge off the abutments and placed it on the tracks aside the under grade road. Even after the bridge was removed the rumor persisted and word is now that the bridge will be put back but raised to allow lager vehicles to pass under. This would allow service to be restored but whether it will actually happen is yet to be seen. This video follows the almost 2 mile spur from Norwood Central Station down to the Certainteed plant and end of track, showing current conditions with a focus on the Morse St. bridge. Stay tuned to see if this track is put to use.
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@bluesboyst 6 ай бұрын

I hope the railroad was paid for the damage by the truck companies insurance.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@1361057 6 ай бұрын

Another fun video to watch. Lots of former spurs to resurrect. You never seem to run out of old rail lines to photograph. Thanks for sharing!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! This part of New England historically hosted one of the most dense rail systems so there's so many out of use tracks around. Now imagine all these tracks plus what we once had years ago! I could be filming videos like this for years if I decided to cover the long gone lines.

@TheDaf95xf 6 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 it can be reinstated as the more rail traffic the less road traffic 👍🏻 We need more rail traffic in the UK also 😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@scottcannell5584 6 ай бұрын

I agree more rail in Australia also. But there is too much Red tape and regulations. Starting From federal and state level.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@edwardmiessner6502 6 ай бұрын

@@scottcannell5584 Which seems common to all Anglosphere White majority countries!

@billmoran3812 6 ай бұрын

From the amount of raw materials and product on site, I’d say it would be an excellent customer for the railroad. It would be very interesting to know if rail service has been requested by Certainteed or as a result if railroad outreach to a potential customer. Seems more than justified to put public funds into the reconstruction as it would take a substantial number of trucks off the road.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

If I had to guess I would say Certainteed wants it. They had service until 2021 or so until the track was taken out of service so it’s probably them waiting on it to come back. Perhaps they could apply for IRAP for the work.

@tomp8871 6 ай бұрын

Years ago, this use to be Bird Shingles, a very big industry which employed a lot around the area (when they 1st made shingles). Around the area there are a lot of parks and cultural named after the Bird family. This East Walpole Branch (that's what it was called when I worked it) stopped at East St. bridge, which was before my time. (But you can see it use to go to Walpole Junction at one time) Hollingsworth and Vose was the last customer, had to use a run-around to deliver to both, I see it is still there. I still live in the area, and always check if the tracks are still there. They are!

@louislamonte334 6 ай бұрын

I sure hope this is put back in service!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@_WisconsinTrains 6 ай бұрын

Nice video! Up here in Wisconsin, we have a few subdivisions that are out of service, they were way worse than this spur, the tracks are badly rusty, flowers and weeds growing every summer, but the subdivision I live near is getting back in service, it will take a long time due to bridge washouts and other stuff.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bradfordthompson8326 6 ай бұрын

How excited many God Prayers for a future rail Customers 😊 Sure appreciate You Showcasing this line for a future rail shippers

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@monolight1327 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video…great inspiration for scenicking my model railroad

@user-qr7ee2cp4y 5 ай бұрын

Love to hear about rails going back in service. I hope it happens

@edwardmiessner6502 6 ай бұрын

When they fix the bridge I hope the town protects it the way that North Carolina town protects its - THE - 11 foot 8 inch bridge that's world famous.

@michaelmcginn1706 6 ай бұрын

Another great train 🚆 video.😊 I hope that this track gets restored. It looks like this customer could use the railroad tracks to be operational again.😊

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@garymessina1609 6 ай бұрын

Let's hope that the customer can wait until the work is done great video thanks

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lashendawest7509 6 ай бұрын

Great video

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mhbpodnk 6 ай бұрын

Is that gonna be served by mass costal or another railroad and good to see that the state or whatever is investing in rail rehabilitation instead of turning it into a trail

@MetroSouthRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

CSX served it in the past with the L001 crew out of Readville yard. I assume they’d serve it again however there’s a rumor mass coastal wants to buy the track east of Walpole on the Framingham secondary so idk if they’d serve it out of there I don’t know for sure

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

We’ll see, stay tuned

@tomp8871 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the memories. If I recall, this track doesn't have one grade crossing, but I am old

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@MetroSouthRailVideos 4 ай бұрын

I live in the area, and I drove by the bridge just recently. I didn't get a clear look but it appears they ripped up some of the old rails towards certainteed and had put up new and higher ballast.

@MetroSouthRailVideos 3 ай бұрын

I was at Norwood central the other day, all the brush on that section of track from teh mainline switch to the split where it goes slightly west towards certainteed had been cut...Looked like some new ties by the struck bridge site as well...who knows

@edkiess6953 6 ай бұрын

Friday, Dec. 15, 8:10 PM, MST and here I am watching your video instead of Gutfeld. Keep them coming. This one was really interesting and I followed it on Google Earth, too. Ed, from Albuquerque, NM.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DntHtThPlya 6 ай бұрын

You chose wisely.

@edkiess6953 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I could have been bellied up to the bar at the Dragonhorn nursing a Coors or raiding the kitchen. @@DntHtThPlya

@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509 6 ай бұрын

Interesting video 👍👍🚂😉

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@joshw1687 6 ай бұрын

Id like to see this line restored. Only a couple times have i seen csx go there before the bridge got smashed

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@alexistarr 6 ай бұрын

I think it's safe to remove the low bridge signs at this point. 🤣 However before the accident (11:13 - 11:22), perhaps they could have done with a couple of these signs plastered to either side of the bridge. Perhaps that would have averted this issue.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

That’s not “before the accident”. That’s a different bridge.

@alexistarr 6 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos If the editor of the video left me with the impression that that was the same bridge before the accident then that's a failure on their part rather than mine.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

If you read the captions throughout the video you would see that the locations were noted. It clearly says “Lenox St.” at 1:21 and “Morse St.” at 2:27.

@ruffian2952 6 ай бұрын

Signs or lights all foolishness. That bridge was hit twice a year since I worked when this was the Wrentham Branch which when times were good joined the Shoreline at Attleboro. BX-4 came out of the Boston Freight Terminal and met up with another local out of Northrup Avenue at East Walpole to service Bird, Masslite and a chicken feed track in Wrentham. Bird had sidings for a corrugated box, roofing and an oilcloth siding, if anyone remembers oilcloth. Also Bird had a subway track that went under the box shop. Hollingsworth and Vose did a chemical business that was served over a relatively high bridge off the runaround at the roofing runaround. The bridge that kept getting clipped was at the station named Morrills. There was a lumber company and Sun Ink on the stub at Morrills. Also, there was a small yard beyond the freighthouse at East Walpole where hoppers were stored for loading at Masslite in Wrentham. The next station leaving East Walpole for Attleboro was Cedar then Pondville for the hospital. It occurs to me that missing bridges foil many revitalization plans like the Swing Bridge in Tiverton. BX-4 was a moneymaker for the company and the crew. Also I noticed the track for the Valley at Norwood Central......gone. It was a good thing for the company that at the time 16 hour day was in effect. Hand motions too, makes me smile that young men think they know railroad workings.

@oneparticularharbor144 6 ай бұрын

@@ruffian2952great insight on that line- I remember the line over at Wrentham when the steel company was there near the center of town but was not familiar with what was over towards Norwood and Walpole.

@DanielUnger-gn9ct 6 ай бұрын

Will they redo the stone retaining wall the bride will be sitting on n if so will they reuse the stones put new stones in it's place or have it a concrete retaining wall bridge support?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

They will do whatever is necessary

@albertvieira6635 6 ай бұрын

First take care of the track get that old address make the crossing an active Crossing with lights and crossing gates the bridge elevate the bridge I don't take care of the problem trailers I'm hoping that people will agree with me thank you

@armandoperez7967 6 ай бұрын

Mass Central rocks! I love this short line! Or is the Mass Central a regional now?

@armandoperez7967 6 ай бұрын

On the damage, if a truck caused the damage, then the trucking company must pay for it. It’s only fair. If the shoe was on the other foot, then you can absolutely bet that the railroad would have to pay! It’s as simple as that.

@richharris9489 6 ай бұрын

Still a short line

@armandoperez7967 6 ай бұрын

@@richharris9489 Thanks!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

This isn’t Mass Central. This is a former CSX track.

@armandoperez7967 6 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos Thanks!

@oneparticularharbor144 6 ай бұрын

There is a great image showing why Ewok needs to be saved and updated, when you see all those tractor trailers and those rows of shingles at the plant and then figure all those trucks on the roads around Norwood and Walpole thar would be eliminated through upgraded rail service . The cape should take notes as the roads down there are just as congested.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@user-xo3tb6zv1d 6 ай бұрын

To only go to Certainteed Roofing and possibly Hollinsgworth&Vose? The line no longer gets East Walpole.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Yes

@kempmt1 6 ай бұрын

Are those semis and trailers abandoned there as well?

@csxns 6 ай бұрын

They need to be abandoned and that industry needs to use covered hoppers .

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

No…it’s an active business that is forced to use trucks as the track is OOS

@joshw1687 6 ай бұрын

No they got serviced by multiple trucks daily weekdays.

@anthonybenkovitz3913 6 ай бұрын

What rr would serve this track?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

CSX last served it

@Marbleheadjed 6 ай бұрын

9’11” is pretty low . I hope they dig it out like over in Islington .

@jamessimms415 6 ай бұрын

A lot easier said than done. Have to deal with/buried utilities, finding & relocating takes $$$ & forever to get accomplished. Then there may be sewer lines underneath (more $$$$ planning, prep, actual work) to finish. See what you’re saying but a big PITA overall.

@MetroSouthRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

@@jamessimms415I don’t know about this bridge but in islington they didn’t actually have to tear up too much stuff as it was already on a natural hill downward, just sort of exaggerating the slope. I don’t know how this one will go

@scottcannell5584 6 ай бұрын

@@MetroSouthRailVideos I think they should just detour heavy vehicles via alternative route. But you get the occasional idiot who ignores signs anyway.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

The bridge will be raised 18 inches supposedly.

@markrhuett 6 ай бұрын

Why did they cease operating the line? Looks like still potential business.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

I think it was track condition

@Bhil3 6 ай бұрын

It would be great to add cust, nor remove them.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@e7walnut365 6 ай бұрын

👍

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

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@bradfordthompson8326 6 ай бұрын

Do you Know why they Quit using Rail service in the first place there is a roofing transloads near us inwashington 😊😊??

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

The track was put out of service because of its condition

@Daddymouse-ny9cz 6 ай бұрын

A reasonable narration would make your videos SO much better!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@richharris9489 6 ай бұрын

I agree

@EastBayTransit 6 ай бұрын

there is no more low bridge

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TheNorthwestWind 6 ай бұрын

why would they have pulled just that one section of rail on the turnout lol?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

To take it out of service

@TheNorthwestWind 6 ай бұрын

Why not just leave it even if its not in use? Waste of $ it seems, Im just not super educated on all of the nuances@@SouthCoastRailVideos

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

It’s also possible that they borrowed the rail from there and placed it elsewhere

@grandcrappy 6 ай бұрын

Good deal, more local jobs.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@roxleyldc 6 ай бұрын

I bet JP Noonan won’t be happy if they restore the line …

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

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@haroldreardon8070 6 ай бұрын

I will bet my 2 cents it will never happen. Way too much money to put the track in, all new ties and a new bridge plus and raise the bridge ( Never, won't allow a low clearance ever again ).

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!