The loaded grain train comes off the East Wye at Ayer, MA heading to Horizon Milling. Guessing this train may have come East across the B&A rather than over the West End.
Photographed by Alan E. Marshall, April 2, 2022. Added to the photo archive by Alan Marshall, April 2, 2022. Railroad: Pan Am Railways.
Your guess is correct Ardent Milling simply could no longer tolerate consistent transit times of one week to get its grain moved from Rotterdam to Ayer by the best railroad in the world, so that railroad was short hauled by CSXT
The NERAIL New England Railroad Photo Archive
