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((Short description|Railroad in Massachusetts))
((Use mdy dates|date=December 2014))
((more citations needed|date=July 2009))
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| gauge            = ((Track gauge|ussg|allk=on))
| railroad_name    = Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
| logo_filename    = Massachusetts Coastal Railroad.png
| logo_size        = 150
| marks            = MC
| locale           = [[Massachusetts]]
| start_year       = 2007
| end_year         = present
| length           =135 Miles 
| hq_city          = [[Taunton, Massachusetts]]
|predecessor=[[Bay Colony Railroad]]|website=((URL|masscoastal.com))))

The '''Massachusetts Coastal Railroad''' ((reporting mark|MC)) is a [[Railroad classes|Class III]] railroad serving south-eastern Massachusetts. The railroad maintains track from Hyannis to Framingham, operating over 135 miles of track between Hyannis and Fall River/New Bedford.<ref>((Cite web|date=2024-03-24|title=About Mass Coastal Railroad ((!)) Rail Freight|url=https://masscoastal.com/about/|access-date=2024-03-24|website=masscoastal.com|language=en-US))</ref> The railroad is the successor operator of portions of the [[Bay Colony Railroad]].

==History==
On December 31, 2007, the contract to operate the freight railroad lines owned by the Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]] administered by the Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) expired.  These railroad lines included the [[Cape Cod Railroad|Cape Main Line]], as well as several shorter lines both on Cape Cod and in Southeastern Massachusetts.  The new contract was awarded to a new company, the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, which took over on January 1, 2008.  At that time, the Bay Colony ceased operations on those lines, but continues to operate in other areas of the Commonwealth, including on the [[Watuppa Branch]] in Dartmouth and Westport, and the [[Millis Branch]] in Millis.<ref name=Trains>((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=October 8, 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-18 ))</ref>

On November 16, 2023, the railroad indicated that it would be purchasing the Watuppa Branch and Millis Branch from the Bay Colony and taking over operations on the lines.<ref>((cite web |url=https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1700174092628/307491.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119020437/https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1700174092628/307491.pdf |archive-date=November 19, 2023 |title=STB Docket No. FD 36738 |publisher=Surface Transportation Board |date=November 16, 2023))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1700174410561/307492.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119020459/https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1700174410561/307492.pdf |archive-date=November 19, 2023 |title=STB Docket No. FD 36739 |publisher=Surface Transportation Board |date=November 16, 2023))</ref> The purchase of the Millis Branch was initially rejected by the [[Surface Transportation Board]] due to uncertainty about the status of the line,<ref>((cite web |url=https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1702665338555/51978.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105230711/https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1702665338555/51978.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |title=Decision: Docket No. FD 36738 |date=December 15, 2023 |publisher=Surface Transportation Board))</ref> but the line's operations were ultimately taken over Massachusetts Coastal later that year.

The Massachusetts Coastal Railroad is headquartered in [[Lakeville, Massachusetts]].<ref>((cite magazine |last=Matta |first=Mikey |date=December 2022 |title=''Short line: Massachusetts Coastal Railroad'' |magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |publisher=[[Kalmbach Media|Kalmbach]] |pages=46–47))</ref>

==Operations==
[[File:Mass Coastal train on east side of Canal, June 2014.jpg|thumb|left|A Mass Coastal trash train running along the Cape Cod Canal in 2014]]((Original research section|date=May 2022))
The railroad operates the "trash train" hauling refuse from the [[Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station]] in [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]] and the Yarmouth-Barnstable Regional Transfer Station in [[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Yarmouth]] to the [[Southeastern Massachusetts Resource Recovery Facility]], a [[waste-to-energy]] plant in [[Rochester, Massachusetts|Rochester]], MA, as did its predecessor. The operations occur entirely along the [[Cape Main Line]], including the spur to Falmouth. However, Massachusetts Coastal operates the train under the new name, "Energy Train" using 20 former [[Canadian Pacific]] bath tub coal [[hopper car]]s rebuilt into "Energy" cars. These "Energy Cars" are numbered 1000–1019. These cars are painted in a Pullman green scheme with a black band. The first 6 cars were fully painted with "MASS COASTAL" lettering, and "ENERGY TRAIN" written along the sides and gold stripes. The remaining 14 cars are in an abbreviated scheme with no lettering or stripes. This was done to speed up the delivery process. As of January 2015, the Energy Train operates Monday through Friday in the morning and afternoon.[[File:Railfan Day 2023 Yard.jpg|alt=Hyannis Yard Railfan Day 2023|thumb|Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, MBTA, and Cape Cod Central Railroad equipment at Hyannis in August 2023]]

In addition to the energy train, Mass Coastal offers general freight transport for companies based on Cape Cod and the south coast, specifically along the [[Cape Main Line|Cape Main]], [[Middleboro Secondary]], [[New Bedford Subdivision]], [[Fall River Secondary]], and the [[Dighton and Somerset Railroad|Dean Street Industrial Track]] (the latter of which is located in [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]). Interchanges are done with CSX in Middleboro several times a week, to allow for long-distance shipping to and from the region. Operations in Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton can be seen some days Monday through Friday.

Mass Coastal does not operate freight trains on Sundays or holidays unless needed.

The [[Cape Cod Central Railroad]] is owned by the same parent company, and operates passenger trains as a [[heritage railroad]].  A plan to start "Mass Coastal" [[commuter rail]] service between Middleborough and Buzzards Bay or Sandwich in 2010<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091122/NEWS/911220324&cid=sitesearch|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=2013-07-10|title=Dining train rolls into Falmouth|author=Aaron Gouveia|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023085347/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091122%2FNEWS%2F911220324&cid=sitesearch|archivedate=October 23, 2014|df=mdy-all))</ref> has not been implemented as of 2023, but the seasonal [[CapeFLYER]] train started running to Hyannis in the summer of 2013.

In 2012, Chicago-based [[Iowa Pacific Holdings]] acquired Cape Rail, Inc and its subsidiaries Mass Coastal and Cape Cod Central.<ref name=iowapacificacquires>((cite web|url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/freight/short-lines/iowa-pacific-acquires-cape-rail-inc.html|title=Iowa Pacific acquires Cape Rail, Inc.|first=Douglas John|last=Bowen|date=October 23, 2012|publisher=))</ref>

After Iowa Pacific collapsed in 2020, MassCoastal and Cape Cod Central were bought by P. Christopher Podgurski, a Cape Cod native.

Mass Coastal took over CSX tracks from Taunton, MA to Fall River and New Bedford, MA.<ref name="Cape Cod Times">((cite web |url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091125/NEWS11/911259966 |title= Entertainment in Hyannis, MA|website=www.capecodonline.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063641/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091125%2FNEWS11%2F911259966 |archive-date=June 17, 2011))</ref> The railroad continues to operate track south from the connection with CSX at Cotley Junction in Taunton to both New Bedford and Fall River.

In late 2023, the last of Bay Colony's active lines (the [[Watuppa branch]] and the [[Millis Branch]]) were purchased by Massachusetts Coastal.<ref name = MassCoastal>((cite web|url=https://masscoastal.com/lines-locations/operating/|title=Lines and Locations|publisher=Massachusetts Coastal Railroad|accessdate=February 4, 2024))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.masscoastal.com/ Massachusetts Coastal Railroad official website]

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[[Category:Massachusetts railroads]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Massachusetts]]

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