Boston area railfanning. Lots of Amtrak and Mbta commuter trains. Too many Garfields. 5/20/21

[@MattyC62185]

Yeah, I do notice that GE chug with those things take off they do remind me of the P 42s on I Amtrak because oddly enough, they were designed by the same man

[@MattyC62185]

Also during the summer we also have the cape flyer which runs from South Station to Cape Cod Along the Middleborough line

[@andynewton4095]

A very enjoyable 45 minutes with informative narration, many thanks

[@paulmatulavich7321]

It's good to know that while I'm stuck at home mowing, mulching, pruning shrubs, potting plants, and painting my decks - Tim Hosey is out there railfanning and relaxing. One day I'm gonna do that once my 'honeydew' list is finished.

[@3985uprr]

It’s not as if I don’t address certain responsibilities. The railfanning is merely done in the holes. Yesterday wasn’t quite so relaxing. It was a long rigorous day and I hope I never have a day like that again. Many of my railfanning days were far less rigorous

[@NERJ607]

My favorite! MBTA is my home railroad, though technically its Amtrak, but.. wait.. nice video! I would say Forest Hills TF Green and Canton are my favorite MBTA railfanning stations, as my content is based off RI and MA. I too love the 3c's as we call them.

[@eottoe2001]

Thanks for the commentary. Loved seeing AMTRAK 172 train set in full glory with engine 631 in the lead.

[@pascackvalleylinerailfan5037]

Nice Video! Awesome catch at 6:30 you caught the Acela with the Geometry car on it. Normal Acela consist is 6 cars

[@3985uprr]

I did notice something peculiar about the train with the extra car

[@garingdahl]

@2:06 The building dead center with the "Hood" over the windows on the top floor is the MBTA's Operations Building.

[@MattyC62185]

That lovely chug those HSPS make is the same one you get from a lot of those Dash-9s as it’s the same GEVO prime mover. With the weight of these cars they definitely need the 4600 horsepower. I do see that in the future the T is looking to go for EMUs but don’t hold your breath on that Only thing missing from GE is that air compressor that goes whoop when it cuts in like amtraks P42s do Also these heavy bi levels are a cousin of what Miamis TRI-Rail runs

[@ViewpointUnique]

Wife and I rode through here in early 2021. It was a bit cold due to being the middle of winter, but Boston looked like a nice place. The station was fantastic, the 1st class Amtrak lounge was nice too. Everything was pretty quiet due to the pandemic unfortunately.

[@MattyC62185]

I also can’t wait until next year when the south coast rail opens up that is the extension of the Middleborough Lakeville line to Taunton with branches to fall River in New Bedford with one of the stops being right across from the battleship, USS, Massachusetts, which was the only World War II battleship to actually be built in the state it was named after I sure will be booking a ride on it when it opens

[@3985uprr]

I heard about those extensions to New Bedford and fall River, but don’t know too much about the details

[@Xenthera]

Your commentary cracks me up. You sound just like one of my uncles who lives in Lowell

[@3985uprr]

Oh really. With a Long Island accent?? Must have been the story about my science teacher. He cracked me up!!

[@lmsrail]

Nice catches Tim! MBTA isn’t my priority right now, but I will definitely return to see it again!

[@garingdahl]

Welcome to Beantown!

[@LachlanKellett]

I'm from Australia a far way from there. When I found about these trains through Train Sim World ( game ) since a core update is coming called rush hour with three new routes and Boston to Providence is one of them it comes with ACS-64 and the F40PH-3C we got the acs-64 back in the old train sim world game TSW2020 and was curious about the F40PH-3C cause it was a new train coming to the game. When I searched it up and had a look at it and the stuff about it I began to like them which seems like we have that in common. When i try to search up the F40PH-3C it comes up with the Boston Providence route cause thats what i searched up the first time and a lot of the trains I saw was the F46PH or whatever it's called or The Garfeild I was always getting sick of seeing these trains and I still do. Great video bro. Have a good one

[@stuartlee6622]

The Downeaster ??

[@javierreyes4803]

@16:32 miss this announcer for the LIRR before the female (Metro North) version took over

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

just for you to know, the HSP46 is the most reliable locomotive on the fleet and even MBTA says that and it shows since they put them on rush hour and event trains.

[@Harveycartoonlvr11]

At 35:53, it is so WONDERFUL to see more Women as Locomotive Engineers...sometimes I have run across a WHOLE CREW (ALL WOMEN) on the South Shore Line and Metra in the Chicago Area! Good for her! At least she's not piloting a GARFIELD on this run, right Tim? 😉

[@syeet1234]

20:12 that's csx B710, it runs from readville to route 128, then onto the stoughton branch.

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

which is now L001!

[@DanMorneau]

What is the name of the song in the intro? Great video, love the commentary. And i concur on the HSPs

[@thecooltrainguy5920]

Nice! Hoping to go back to Boston soon.

[@isleman9473]

Looks like a really nice day's outing. Waiting to get back to Boston to ride the Green Line light rail (or do they call it trolley?)

[@NCRP710]

One or the other, doesn’t matter

[@MattyC62185]

The green line.

[@CTrail1711]

35:40 - Did he say that an Acela was earlier?

[@michlo3393]

Purple stripe with Gold trim? Puple & Gold? odd color choice for a Boston area commuter. Might as well paint them in pinstripes too.

[@jimwilliams6747]

Retired Railfan : A Quinn Martin Production. All you need now is William Conrad providing the voiceover. BTW, excellent work.

[@3985uprr]

Enjoy The Streets of San Francisco by QM

[@johnallen8368]

Thanks for the information. In the UK I would be happy to have HSB 46s working they are not that bad I prefer F 40s though. Can you do the CTrail P 40s soon I have so much to do when I visit next year 🤠

[@3985uprr]

I must admit I’m an EMD maniac. Those HSP’s are loaded with GE parts. They have had lots of problems with those engines. Just don’t like the appearance of those. The F40’s are great. The paint scheme on the rebuilds to me rank right up there with the all time best.

[@peterbeesley8904]

I am glad Tim has another subscriber from the UK. I think his vids are brilliant. Agree we would be happy to take any locos. They sound a bit like 68s to me.

[@NCRP710]

HSP*

[@philocohen]

4:09 is that mahk staht?

[@3985uprr]

Yep

[@jaspazel]

HEY PHELIPE

[@MattyC62185]

Someone in Boston who has shot a lot of great content on here is Peter Kingman He has a lot of current and some old school train footage some of it goes back to the 80s might want to check his channel out

[@MattyC62185]

@peterkingman

[@philocohen]

3:41 aww take aht yah periadic chats.

[@tonymento3017]

The Orange Line cars were built by Kawker - Siddeley of Canada there are 120 cars numbered # 01200 - # 01319 the MBTA also has a fleet of commuter engines in the # 1100 series rebuild CN GP - 40’ s for commuter service from South Station there is a new commuter rail line to Braintree and in the summer time the MBTA has a commuter rail train that goes to Cape Cod it runs on the old New Haven rails to Buzzard Bay you need to check out the north side of the MBTA commuter rail lines from North Station the lines pass by the MBTA commuter rail shops where they repair the commuter rail equipment you will also see the m of w engines there too

[@MattyC62185]

Also here is a funny story about how I think it was near Attleboro one day one of these MBTA locomotive had a stack fire (POS HSP46) which took out the caternaries And they had to send MBTA diesel locomotive spring the Amtrak’s into South Station who were electric and it was a crap shoot as every Amtrak train coming in had to have an MBTA diesel pull it in from providence along with its own train

[@hfproject9044]

Hello, we would love to use a clip from this video in a documentary about the year 2020 if possible. Please let us know if we could have permission to use it - thank you! hfproject2021

[@3985uprr]

Ok. That footage was shot in 2021 though

[@hfproject9044]

@@3985uprr Thank you! Our use of it isn't time specific so it should be fine, but thank you for the heads up. If you have any further questions, please feel free to email us.

[@3985uprr]

@@hfproject9044 please send me your end result.

[@morrisvillesouthern7838]

Believe it or not the HSP46 is running a lot better than the 3C's right now. 3C's aren't running for crap.

[@hfproject9044]

Dear Retired Railfan: We'd love to use a couple seconds of your Boston rail footage in a documentary. Please advise. Thank you. H&F Project 2021.

[@kirkzevola5004]

Awesome catches Tim are you planning to visit Chicago for Amtrak & Metra ?

[@3985uprr]

One of these days I don’t know when

[@NCRP710]

What is a Garfield

[@MattyC62185]

It’s an HSP 46. Tim is not a fan of them and to him they have the appearance of Garfield the cat.

[@lukeskywalker6338]

Spiderman?

[@MattyC62185]

the south coast rail project is the trying to bring that Stoughton to New Bedford in fall River line back but there is some NIMBY is I’m going on the Towns of Easton in Raynham to me, I can’t stand those NIMBYs those people who NIMBY a transit project in my eyes deserve $50 a gallon gasoline Also that goes to those privileged knuckleheads in garden city who NIMBYed the LIRR triple track project. Those from Garden City remove that stick from your rear end….

[@jeffreywolf2891]

Providence Rhode Island

[@youminholastransit3218]

Wow that’s rare. You never see women operating trains

[@3985uprr]

It’s quite common on my local railroads

[@aydenamaya7951]

@@3985uprr Yea. I have many colleagues in the lirr business that are women

[@eottoe2001]

Some women engineers here for CSX in Cincinnati at Queen City yard.

[@FFred-us9tw]

The MBTA and Amtrak have lots of females running trains.

[@3985uprr]

@@FFred-us9tw I’m sure they do. I just noticed this one because she’s running the best engine!!!

[@pauljohansson288]

Those new engines are fugl

[@trainsareepiv]

I’m not in favor of them either.