[Talk-us-massachusetts] Grafton & Upton Line "First Train since 1983" - new work

[Bill Ricker]

Ahh, the new interconnect is in OpenRailwayMap.org already.
One hopes their license is compatible and we can pull it in (and maybe
missing relations?) ??


On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:06 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> I asked on FB thread mentioned
> "Do we know when was the connection at Milford was completed?"
> and got replies of
> "last week" and
> "a couple of weeks ago"
> and an overhead (copter? drone) photo of engine & caboose making the
> ceremonial test run,
> which confirms the new track is along the "obvious" right of way behind
> the apartments.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:34 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> (I'll bet the Pheasant Run Apartments residents are just thrilled to have
>> a live rail in the back yard again.)
>>
>> The video's caption gives this history
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> [0]
>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBTACommuterRailRailfans/permalink/3101867573238073
>> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJbh-3S1iU&feature=youtu.be
>> [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2241185
>> [3]
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/312010598#map=16/42.1307/-71.5146&layers=TN
>> [4]
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/143811476#map=15/42.1256/-71.5085&layers=TN
>> --
>> Bill Ricker
>> bill.n1vux at gmail.com
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
>>
>
>
> --
> Bill Ricker
> bill.n1vux at gmail.com
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
>


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