Bay Colony Railroad
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| Reporting mark | BCLR |
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| Locale | Massachusetts |
| Dates of operation | 1982–present |
| Predecessor | Conrail |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Headquarters | Braintree, Massachusetts |
The Bay Colony Railroad (reporting mark BCLR) is a shortline 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.
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. 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.
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.
RS1 Bay Colony 1064, a RS1. Bought by the Green Mountain Railroad in Vermont in the late 1990s as a part source locomotive. Later scrapped by the early 2000s.
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