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Shore rail service By Douglas S. Crocket Globe Staff BEVERLY Reconstruction of the burned-out railroad bridge between Beverly and Salem is expected to be completed by Thanksgiving Day, MBTA officials say. The bridge carried commuter trains for two north-of-Beverly lines as well as freight trains. The Thanksgiving completion date is one month later than originally scheduled but still "far in advance of what could have been," said Francis M. Keville.

director of construction for the MBTA. The commuter rail system is operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad under contract to the MBTA. The operates the freight trains. The bridge over the Danvers River at the Beverly-Salem line burned Nov. 16, 1984, cutting off Boston commuter train service from Ipswich, Hamilton, Wenham and North Beverly as well as from Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester and Beverly.

At the time of the fire, some 75.000 north of Boston residents monthly were using what is known as the commuter rail system's Eastern Line. "Obviously, we had a problem," Eugene J. Sullivan, chief of the MBTA's commuter rail division, said. "We began by busing North Shore passengers around the burned-out trestle in Salem and putting them onto commuter trains there. "And until we got the bugs out, the riders weren't too pleased.

Some were missing trains and buses. We lost almost one-third of our Eastern Line riders In the first month alone. "But as we improved the service, we started to get them back, bit by bit. Last month we had 60.000 riders, still down 12 or 13 percent from a year ago but certainly far better than we did in December." Timing has improved The timing between the trains and shuttle buses has improved until now 99 percent of the runs are on time, Sullivan said. As the construction continues, riders from the Beverly side of the structure are still being bused for free to and from a temporary rail- 1 Workers set piles on the burned-out if should be finished by Thanksgiving, the MBTA says.

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Shuttle buses run regularly between Salem and Beverly Depot and private bus lines carry commuters to such more distant locations as Ipswich, Hamilton, Manchester and Gloucester. The two bus companies handling the ferrying are Michaud and Kinson. both being paid by the MBTA for the service. In addition, the MBTA has built a temporary parking lot for 280 cars at the Salem site. As far as the construction Is concerned, Keville says he is more than pleased.

"The contractor Cashman Construction Is doing a great job," he said. "They're working 10 hours a day, six days a week. They've completed 100 percent of the pilings on one side of the river and 60 percent on the other. "The month loss was caused when we ran into unexpected obstacles, boulders and the like, on the river bottom. "Then there was talk of an Ironworker strike but those guys held off stopping work for us because they felt this job was in the public interest." Even as Cashman labors on the bridge Itself, the system is re Boston Maine railroad bridge placing track, ties and roadbeds, rebuilding stations and doing improvements all along rest of the unused portion of the Eastern Line, Keville said.

The entire project will cost some $29 million when completed, much of it paid from federal funds. Keville said. Riders have adapted The riders themselves seem to have adapted well to the emergency procedures. Fenwick Dunn, 59, of Beverly, said he has been riding the commuter trains to his job as a senior design draftsman at General Electric in Lynn since 1968. Since the fire, every working day, Dunn's wife drives him from home to the Beverly Depot where he boards the shuttle bus to Salem.

She picks him up at the same site every afternoon. "Actually, I think they've done a good job," Dunn said. "I'm surprised that they're going to be done by Thanksgiving. When government gets Involved it usually takes years. I haven't missed a train or a day at work yet." Melissa Morris is 23 and, although she says she thinks overall the MBTA and are doing Our History I Chapter 1 between Beverly and Salem.

Woxk 1 GLOBE STAFF PHOTO BY WENDY MAEQA i y-jm a good Job, she isn't happy with some things. "Originally, I came from Som-i erville and I could get to my Job at John Hancock In 30 Since I came to Beverly and have to bus around the bridge to Salem, I have to get up at 4:30 in the morningjust to get to work at 7:30 a.m. "And if the automobile drawbridge between Beverly and Salem is up when I'm on the bus, you can just forget it. The traffic then becomes unbelievable." Noncommuters affected The bridge and its fire have affected even people who are not regular commuters. Martha Versprille.

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