Bay Colony Railroad

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railroad_name = Bay Colony Railroad
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marks = BCLR
locale = Massachusetts
start_year = 1982
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predecessor_line = Consolidated Rail Corporation
successor_line = Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (Partial)
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hq_city = Braintree, Massachusetts

Bay Colony Railroad Corporation reporting mark|BCLR is a class III railroad operating in Massachusetts.

The BCLR operates in the Millis - Milford - Needham Corridor. In addition to moving freight for its customers, Bay Colony also performs AAR-certified repairs on rolling stock and contract track construction projects for other railroads. It has a sister railroad, the Seminole Gulf Railway, which is based out of Fort Myers, Florida.

History

The Bay Colony railroad was chartered on March 31 1977, with the intent of taking over freight service on former New Haven lines from Conrail, which was planning to abandon service. [citeweb|title=about bay colony|url=http://www.baycolonyrr.com/about%20bay%20colony.htm|accessdate=2007-10-18|format=html] The lines were purchased by the state government, and Bay Colony took over all freight operations on the lines on June 12 1982 with a 25-year contract.cite news |title=Massachusetts Coastal named to operate commonwealth-owned lines |url=http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=2555 |work=Trains News Wire |publisher=Kalmbach Publishing |date=2007-10-08 |accessdate=2007-10-18 ]

The contract for the railroad lines owned by the State of Massachusetts administered by the Executive Office of Transportation (EOT), which included the Cape Cod main expired on December 31, 2007. It was awarded to a new company, the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, which took over on January 1, 2008. At that time the Bay Colony ceased operation on those lines, but continues in other areas of the state.

Locomotive Fleet

*Bay Colony 1701, a GP8
*Bay Colony 1702, a GP9R (Sold to Grafton and Upton Railroad in Spring 2008)
*Bay Colony 1703, an EMD GP9
*Bay Colony 1751, an EMD GP9
*Bay Colony 1777, an EMD GP9
*Bay Colony 2443, a CF7 (Sold to Grafton and Upton Railroad in Spring 2008)
*Bay Colony 2501, an ALCO Century 425

References

See also

* Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge

External links

* [http://www.baycolonyrailroad.com/ Company website]