Branch line railroading: Mass Coastal on the Watuppa Line - 6/26/2024

In this video we follow Mass Coastal MC-4 on the Watuppa Branch between New Bedford and Westport, MA. Mass Coastal took over the Watuppa Branch from Bay Colony in December 2023 and has started to rehabilitate the old track, even if it doesn't look like it in this video. We start off in New Bedford and see single GP9U 2007 head "south" (really west) to Mid City Scrap. I broke off at Shawmut Ave. but returned for the northbound trip at Westport Factory. From there we follow the train to Dartmouth Building Supply then onto New Bedford and Myricks Junction in Berkley.

Note the overgrown track conditions that give the line a true branch line feel. Hopefully after upgrades these scenes will be a thing of the past but for now it is cool to see an old GP9 fighting the brush and tall grass along the route.

Greater New Bedford, MA Area
6/26/2024

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