First train in months on rarely used rail line

Today, October, 30, 2021 the Old Colony & Newport Railway ran a work train to cut brush at "Piers" on the Newport Secondary Line in Middletown, RI. Since 2014 the Old Colony has not run any regularly scheduled trains and has truncated operations to charters and as needed work trains meaning trains run less often. The line the OCN operates on currently has three separate operations along it's 13 miles of track. These two other operations, Newport & Narragansett Bay RR and Rail Explorers, use the line north of Milepost 4 regularly leaving the southern stretch currently out of regular use. The southern 4 miles of the line run through Middletown into Newport, RI where the track is currently out of service due to a Rail with Trail project. The last train on the south end ran in June 2021 which was also the last run over the now removed Newport "East Track" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD6LS8GqLbc). The OCN work train ventured to Milepost 1 after cutting brush and was the first train in four months. Once the Rail with Trail project is completed the south end of the rail line will see more use. Until then the OCN will continue to operate as needed trains over the line to keep is active.

This video was filmed on the south end of the railroad between Mileposts 1 and 2 on the Newport Secondary Rail Line in Newport, RI. The work train is documented operating over the sporadically used track and shows a runby near Milepost 2.
Newport, RI
10/30/2021

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