I originally posted in shortline economis. Probably belongs here.
You might be interested in a short line a few miles from me. It use to come through my small ciy which is now a rail trail.
Lots of product distribution in the Westfield area.It has expanded the past ten years. Big box companies require a lot of products. Even local lumber compnies. New buildings and sidings added the past years. More trailer trucks to and from these buldings at the turnpike entrance.
In the Yard, many trailer trucks pickup plastic pellets from tank cars. One coating company takes a few cars for unloading for product production.
When I lived in Westfield, a distribution area was developing. It is now, Boise-Cascade distribution center on a CSX siding not far from the Pioneer Valley interchange. Not sure who services this place. It is quite large now. Maybe Pioneer Valley or Springfield Terminal. West Springfield yard is not far away.
https://www.pinsly.com/services-solutions/pioneer-valley-railroad/
The line is sixteen miles long. I sometimes go to the yard in Westfield, Ma and watch from an overhead bridge near the CSX interchange.
It has a track past a company I use to work at in Holyoke. I use to have lunch at a siding in the good weather. A turnout in front of me had no lock. I see cars parked there now on GPS at times so it must have a lock now. I do remember seeing a high rail pickup when I would come into work stopped at the beginning of the siding. I rretired in 2006.
Nearby, they connect with Pan Am Railways mainline.
You can see everything on Google maps.
Many times rolling stock are stored in Holyoke on sidings near old mills.
Last I saw a CF-7 being used. I did see those on a roster list sometime ago.
Rich