<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Railfans are reporting on FB [0] & YouTube [1] that the Grafton & Upton line was used to move trainsets for repair - and that it is once again connected between Hopedale and Milford. I have added a Note to the Map [2] (alas I forgot to hit Log In first). From the railfan video and land clearances visible on copyright (=can't use it) imagery that the switch likely will be on Milford Branch between S. Cedar St and Depot St. Existing rail ways [3] & [4]. I note the Milford Secondary way [4] is part of Milford Branch relation. G&U [3] should probably have a Relation too?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(I'll bet the Pheasant Run Apartments residents are just thrilled to have a live rail in the back yard again.)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The video's caption gives this history <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span dir="auto" class="gmail-style-scope gmail-yt-formatted-string">FIRST TRAIN SINCE 1983
The MBTA, having signal work done on the Worcester Line, utilized the Grafton & Upton's 16 Mile line to detour from Grafton to Milford to get two sets of equipment to Boston for repairs. The first number of photos are of the train traversing the Grafton & Upton Line (Independent since 1873) between Upton and Milford then utilizing the newly rebuilt connection at Milford. The Hopedale to Milford stretch of the G&U was just recently put back in service after 37 years making this one of the first moves to traverse that segment of line. Once at Milford the train entered the lightly use former New Haven line and proceeded to Boston via the Franklin Line. This was the first time a train used this connection since 1983 and the first time in many years that passenger equipment traversed the Hopedale to Milford segment of the G&U. It is also the first train in decades the traverse the entirety of the Grafton & Upton Line because it utilized both the B&A connection at Grafton and the Ex-New Haven connection at Milford. </span></span><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">[0] <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBTACommuterRailRailfans/permalink/3101867573238073">https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBTACommuterRailRailfans/permalink/3101867573238073</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJbh-3S1iU&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJbh-3S1iU&feature=youtu.be</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">[2] <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2241185">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2241185</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">[3] <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/312010598#map=16/42.1307/-71.5146&layers=TN">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/312010598#map=16/42.1307/-71.5146&layers=TN</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">[4] <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/143811476#map=15/42.1256/-71.5085&layers=TN">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/143811476#map=15/42.1256/-71.5085&layers=TN</a></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux</a> <br></div></div></div></div>