New Haven Railroad Budd "Roger Williams" on the Housatonic Railroad - 7/20/2024

On July 20, 2024 the former New Haven Railroad Roger Williams Trainset made its way from Lenox, MA to Canaan, CT for the "Railroad Days" event. The Housatonic Railroad transported the trainset for the event and was kind enough to make several photo stops along the way. They even went the length to uncouple the lead engines from the trainset for better photos! This video follows the equipment move to Canaan stopping at various spots along the way on the Berkshire Line. This was all made possible through a collaboration between the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Housatonic Railroad, and the Budd RDC Foundation and hopefully this is just the beginning of a prosperous relationship among them.
Berkshire Scenic's website (consider a donation!):
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The Danbury Rail Museum also had a table at the event so check them out too:
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Flickr:
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[@tigershark4469]

love that they even uncoupled the lead engines so Railfan could take pictures

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[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

I am very grateful that MARC did returned the B unit to the Roger Williams RDC 👏 unit train

[@CatHeadKnows53]

Great video of this beautiful equipment. I love how they chose so many iconic scenes and separated the lead engines for photo opportunities. Especially at Canaan with that freight scene they set up. Also, so many beautiful old stations. Interiors look amazing and the cab !! OMG!! Thanks for sharing this video and your still shots!

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[@Play_fare]

Nice to see this unique train back on the rails. Imagine this in excursion service with a restored Flying Yankee trainset!

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That would be something!

[@maestromecanico597]

Thank you very much for that. I worked on that set when they were at Danbury. Good to see them out and about.

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[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son sure hopes that trainset will be restored to operation real soon or sooner than soon!

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[@gretchenchadwick8343]

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[@RandomRailfan828]

Nice shots man, looked like a fun chase!

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[@barrymerer]

I was up there that day and had no idea they were moving a train on that one. Sorry I missed it.

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[@Thunder_6278]

This would make an economical excursion set, nostalgia without steam, a good combo.

[@mattydred72]

This is definitely one of your best videos yet. It’s all such picturesque countryside as well. Thanks for sharing.

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[@michaelmcginn1706]

What an awesome train 🚆 video. I loved it. Many thanks for sharing your videos.

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[@palmertrainvidos]

great chase thanks for sharing love the video

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[@tucobenedicto109]

So cool i know all those tracks and the Great Falls Brewery! Great place to watch the wye!

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[@WA1LBK]

Great video, Mike! 😊 Since they were being towed, I’m taking it that the Rodger Williams still isn’t operational mechanically; have you heard anything about it being restored to operational status? The train looks gorgeous both externally and the interior as well (loved the New Haven ads about it installed inside! 😊). Tom

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Hi Tom, the trainset is operational but I believe it needs more work before being used regularly. Thanks for watching!

[@Posttrip]

SUPERB video!

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[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Great video - like.

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[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

finally somebody caught it

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[@johnalder6028]

Very nice.Heres hoping they will be restored to operating condition.

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[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

I hope that this transit is going to be restored to operating condition probably the only soul surviving train set of that type specifically built for the New Haven Railroad

[@SouthCoastRailVideos]

Thanks for watching! The train is actually operational after getting work done in Lenox.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@SouthCoastRailVideos I didn’t see airhorns on the roof yet I wonder if there are plans to put Hancock 4700 air whistles on the two lead cars I look forward to their first run under their own power very excited

[@JohnBoyle-p7c]

¹ Great,video

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[@garymeegan-b9x]

For many years this train was in a field located on Knight st. in Warwick R.I. just past the Pontiac Mills building. It looked like someone was going to try to make it into a diner, but never completed their plans. Then one day I noticed that they had moved the train and the property became a landscaping supply business.

[@SouthCoastRailVideos]

That was a NYC passenger car, not this trainset

[@RailPreserver2K]

I wonder if the other three cars could be found or be rebuilt in replica form?

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The other cars don’t exist anymore unfortunately

[@WA1LBK]

The two missing cars were involved in a wreck (I think sometime in the 1960’s?), and damaged beyond repair; they were subsequently scrapped. 😢

[@maestromecanico597]

Sure. How much money you got?

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My special needs son thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build full size working replicas of RDC's with recycled ♻️ aluminum bodies and frames, Plexiglas or safety glass windows 🪟, Cummins, Caterpillar, or Genset diesel motors with mufflers and catalytic converters that run on biodiesel or renewable diesel, LED headlights, ditch lights, taillights, and strobe light, rechargeable batteries 🔋for the electrical systems, and Wi-Fi.

[@stuartaaron613]

When the train stopped in Stockbridge did they go to get something to eat at Alice's Restaurant? It's just a half a mile from the railroad track.

[@physicsphirst191]

Looks like an "F" nose grafted onto a commuter... very unusual and striking!

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[@DanielHCantwell]

I hope they reopen the Berkshire line for daily passenger rail service soon.

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[@paulrogers4443]

Does this trainset actually run? Or is it just a cosmetic resotration?

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It is operational but I believe it needs more work before it is used regularly

[@RedSkeletonGames]

Weren't these in Lincon NH?

[@csxnstrainman]

They were moved to the Berkshire Scenic Railway not long ago

[@RedSkeletonGames]

@@csxnstrainman Yes, but if I'm correct they formerly were in Lincoln NH. My grandfather and I were talking to Leo, the previous owner, and he let us take photos in the cab when I was probably around 12 years old. My grandfather's uncle was a mechanic for the NH back in the 50's and 60's. He serviced these RDCs on multiple occasions, and my grandfather would spend time in the New Haven shops and various yards as a kid when he would visit his uncle. He too has photos in the cab of some of these and of many other locomotives when he was a child. He would take the train from Nashua New Hampshire, and exchange to go to New Haven Connecticut.

[@dorun2002]

Yes parked behind the McDonald across the street from the HoBo Scenic Railroad. My sons were fascinated by them.

[@RedSkeletonGames]

@@dorun2002 They truly are a fascinating piece of history

[@pault5775]

Long live new haven rr😊😊😊😊

[@bigbilly7865]

🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

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[@moviebackground]

👍👍

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[@train5974]

Are all those Boston and Maine cabooses in Cannan?

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Not anymore

[@dtouellet]

Very nice video. Just wondering are two locomotives needed to haul this Budd set? Seems like overkill.

[@hbissonnette2577]

No, we (Housatonic) just didn't want to separate them and run long hood forward. They were both together and ready to go the night before

[@ggreg2258]

The trainset never moved under its own power????

[@SouthCoastRailVideos]

It can but was not running for this occasion

[@mattjones1792]

Get a train in Hyannis

[@AndreiTupolev]

An RDC with an F unit front end? 🤔🤷

[@stuartaaron613]

This was a special version of the RDC built for the New Haven railroad for their Roger Williams train. There were two cab cars, one at each end, and four middle cabless units.

[@frederickschulkind8431]

2627 was my employee number at my last job. There is some useless information for you. That center car was being run on MARC until they acquired new equipment. A 6-car train on RDC's is sort of pointless. Use a locomotive if your train is that long.

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