Rare Trains Around Massachusetts!

[@tvd1188]

Still wild to me to see freight working local industry within the Boston city limits. And i used to live near the CSX Beacon yard in the late 90s. Great stuff.

[@conorontherails]

Wish I could still see daylight running beacon park action!

[@UnionPacificRailroader]

Wonderful catches! Those CSX Dash 8 Standard Cabs are a sight to behold in 2024! Funny to see a C40-8 highballing it in 2024, awesome video and nice P5 on the first train! 0:44 I see those locomotives, the Dash 8 duo and GP40-2LW still in Guilford/B&M colors!

[@conorontherails]

I hope they stay in those colors for a little bit longer!

[@chrisbrown6945]

Those C40-8 were everywhere when conrail was still around

[@conorontherails]

I hope they stay for a little longer they are pretty cool.

[@BenGagne]

They still are here, saw one on a local last night

[@strobelightbrian]

Great video! A Lot of time was put into this!

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@Clavichordist]

I grew up on the street located just above Bradford depot and it was there that I got hooked on railroads. My father used to take me over to the fence to watch the trains and we used to ride the ubiquitous Budd Liners (RDCs) to Boston often to visit my grandparents who lived in Cambridge. Where the depot and parking lot is today used to be a good-sized freight yard and the old depot had a dispatcher's office located at the end facing west towards Lawrence. There was quite a bit of freight traffic in the early to mid-1960s and there was a switcher stationed there as well. Much later, I used to railfan from that same location you did in Lawrence. I was approached by the then friendly B&M crew and was offered a job. I almost took it but for some reason or another I didn't. A short time later Guilford took over and everything fell apart. Perhaps it was my inner senses telling me not to do it. It's hard to remember why so many years ago now.

[@conorontherails]

That’s an amazing story! I got hooked on railroading the same way, my dad took me up to West Medford station and we sat for hours watching the trains fly by.

[@MrWompz]

I love those commuter rail locomotives.

[@conorontherails]

Same here!

[@alwhalen3488]

L080 had MEC power. I know, I know, they were CSX, but now that they are back under CSX they haven't been re-stenciled to CSX ownership and are officially still MEC. Nice video. Someday I might get time to wander around again.

[@conorontherails]

Nice! I know they haven’t been re-stenciled but they are under CSX Ownership again.

[@andreasm3672]

Glad for your new video

[@markdisanzo3796]

You beat that first train from Haverhill to Boston? You're Superman!

[@conorontherails]

🦸‍♂️

[@thomasrengel5577]

DOBO don go that fast

[@MIKES0029]

Those freight cars are spotless no graffiti

[@conorontherails]

I’m surprised by that!

[@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg]

Excellent video my friends awesome like 👍🏻 Greeting 😊

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Stay Tuned Man 100%. Big Thanks for those Memories I felt it was better times bk then!?

[@albertvieira6635]

❤ love the video you did an outstanding job double thumbs up😊

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@elizetes7313]

Great job love trains !!! I have been exploring Quebec rail

[@conorontherails]

Nice!

[@radarhec]

Nice shots !

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@413TomaccoRoad]

I have never seen a NS engine on a CSX train in the Springfield area.

[@conorontherails]

It’s a little farther away from Springfield than you might think

[@413TomaccoRoad]

@@conorontherails I don't think so. Miller's Falls is nowhere near Springfield.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great catches there mate!

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@TBTboston]

Amazing catches!

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@KGCHRISTMAN911]

Nice thumbnail God bless

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@jamesmonahan1870]

FRIENDLY CROSSINGS. 😊

[@jessemerriam9732]

Keep up the content 👍👍

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@NewEnglandRailfans]

By the way, the Horizons are actually to replace the amfleets. Not just for the celtic games.

[@conorontherails]

I know, I didn’t mention the fact they are replacing them.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Hi lover of New England. And Celtic is Irish n Scottish Traditions etc. Hi from Ireland

[@conorontherails]

@@hiworldstephensonultranate290 nice!

[@NorthmassRails]

Good stuff Conor! This is Isaac btw

[@conorontherails]

Nice!

[@RippysRails]

Nice job!

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@BostonByRails]

So tuff

[@conorontherails]

We are so back

[@thomasrengel5577]

Since when is montreal in mass? Big question is bodo route back? Via Reading? I've rarely seen bodo. I have seen dobo come in via Reading.

[@conorontherails]

I’m not sure. I think they are gonna keep it on the New Hampshire main line for a bit while they do some track work and infrastructure upgrades on the haverhill

[@jasonervoes1326]

Great video Do the freight trains have cabooses?

[@conorontherails]

Not anymore unfortunately!

[@jasonervoes1326]

@@conorontherails unless they're at the state borders for long hauls

[@conorontherails]

@@jasonervoes1326 I’m not sure if they do that for northeastern CSX, I’ve only seen end of train devices

[@averwhy_]

@@conorontherails if you want to catch some with cabooses, its a little out of the way but Milford-Bennington Railroad runs trains right near my house with them!! so cool

[@conorontherails]

@@averwhy_ nice, I’ll definitely have to check that out!

[@richharris9489]

Good video 📹

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@NICKBALLINGER257]

B40-8S C40-8S i love it

[@travelandeats8518]

Springfield to Boston by train. Cmon mass what are we doing

[@conorontherails]

Bring it back!!

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Hello Conor GT To See. Brings Back GT Memories of my 2Visits to Lovely Massachusetts Star 1holiday was 2wks. got d train from Springfield to NYC Gd Central I Preferred Mass. Sadly never got back.🛤️🚆 Brian Ireland 🇨🇮 Super Video++

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

@@conorontherails Thanks Conor. oh there's. ,The Conor Pass , in Co. Kerry I Cycled it

[@conorontherails]

@@hiworldstephensonultranate290 nice! I gotta check that out sometime!

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Prayers for

[@TheIronweed-vx5lg]

Poor Boston hardly has any freight traffic left, right?

[@conorontherails]

Unfortunately. If it does it’s all in the dead of night.

[@waynesilva9157]

The train in Wilton NH goes right by my house and the meth dealer next door. The Wilton NH police have been protecting the town meth dealer for years and retaliate against neighbors who complain about drug traffic. The Wilton NH prosecutor is a police officer under the corrupt Sargent and they both protect the town meth dealer.

[@conorontherails]

Interesting!

[@Retroman8000]

What u do hang out at North station....no Quincy?

[@conorontherails]

I haven't gone there too much!

[@Jonathan-Adames-402]

5:08 Do they have to do that right there on the left side of the sreen (the couple)

[@conorontherails]

I know it’s annoying, but some people just don’t notice it.

[@Jonathan-Adames-402]

@@conorontherails Oh nice video btw im going to bostan in a one week and im going to be railfanning on the haverhill line (Andover station) Any thing cool passing their thats not MBTA or Amtrak. thank you

[@conorontherails]

The only thing you would be able to get that's not MBTA or Amtrak is L080, the CSX local that was in this video!

[@Jonathan-Adames-402]

@@conorontherails Is that in the daylight or night fall

[@BenGagne]

How are L080 and B&E rare?

[@conorontherails]

They aren’t exactly rare, they are daily local freights, but at the time of filming their OD time (On Duty) at Portland meant they would be running in darkness once they got to Haverhill and Lawerence. The OD time has since changed so they run in daylight more often now, but at the time they normally wouldn’t.

[@BenGagne]

@@conorontherails they changed it to later for 2 weeks L080 was OD at 2, it runs “twice” a day either way

[@conorontherails]

@@BenGagne I hope they keep it that way.

[@BenGagne]

@@conorontherails now they don’t have a set OD time they just get called when they’re needed, caught them at 21:00 in OOB last night

[@conorontherails]

I really wanted them to keep that early OD, made seeing them so much easier

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

This video title is misleading...

[@conorontherails]

How so?

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@conorontherails cause there is footage from Montreal?

[@Xe99]

This comment is misleading

[@conorontherails]

@@trainlover123trainsrock fair point, the majority is from Massachusetts but that doesn’t look too good on a title

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@conorontherails Yep

[@JuanJuan-qc1cg]

Dope video bro - are there any Mass related Facebook groups to join? I definitely need to get up there asap

[@conorontherails]

There are a TON! What specifically are you looking for?

[@JuanJuan-qc1cg]

@@conorontherails Berkshire & Eastern

[@downeasterailfan]

Nice shots!

[@conorontherails]

Thanks!