drvmusic wrote:Indeed a sad day. Why Billerica? Is it a kind of "limbo" for them?
Did anyone happen to photo or video any part of the move?
Unless Seaview only has enough storage for the MBB coaches and the 3 MARC leaser locomotives that MBCR never paid the waybill to return to MPI, or if there's some fine-print in the lease limiting the usage to just what's there. I would've thought Seaview would be the preferred one-stop storage site for all dispersals. Maybe it still is and this is just a temporary move to clean out the BET dead line quickly until they bring 'em back down for the next scheduled Seaview dump run. Since they just hauled a bunch of MBB's down it's going to be weeks before they've accumulated enough new retirees to need to do another delivery to RI.
But yikes...Billerica is way insecure. And even if some units end up scrapped there'll be a few survivors going to excursion carriers or intact/operable for somebody's future parts source considerations. They have vested interest in making sure the windows don't get smashed, carbodies all graffitied, and souvenirs harvested by all the ne'er do wells who can easily get onto the Billerica property for mischief. Other T equipment that's been stored up there has gotten scuffed up pretty thoroughly by the taggers.
