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.
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Wish I could still see daylight running beacon park action!
@UnionPacificRailroaderАй бұрын
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!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I hope they stay in those colors for a little bit longer!
@chrisbrown6945Ай бұрын
Those C40-8 were everywhere when conrail was still around
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I hope they stay for a little longer they are pretty cool.
@BenGagneАй бұрын
They still are here, saw one on a local last night
@strobelightbrianАй бұрын
Great video! A Lot of time was put into this!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@ClavichordistАй бұрын
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.
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
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.
@MrWompzАй бұрын
I love those commuter rail locomotives.
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Same here!
@alwhalen348828 күн бұрын
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.
@conorontherails27 күн бұрын
Nice! I know they haven’t been re-stenciled but they are under CSX Ownership again.
@andreasm3672Ай бұрын
Glad for your new video
@markdisanzo3796Ай бұрын
You beat that first train from Haverhill to Boston? You're Superman!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
🦸♂️
@thomasrengel557727 күн бұрын
DOBO don go that fast
@MIKES0029Ай бұрын
Those freight cars are spotless no graffiti
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I’m surprised by that!
@MarcelosalivaTRENESArgАй бұрын
Excellent video my friends awesome like 👍🏻 Greeting 😊
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@hiworldstephensonultranate29029 күн бұрын
Stay Tuned Man 100%. Big Thanks for those Memories I felt it was better times bk then!?
@albertvieira663522 күн бұрын
❤ love the video you did an outstanding job double thumbs up😊
@conorontherails22 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@elizetes7313Ай бұрын
Great job love trains !!! I have been exploring Quebec rail
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Nice!
@radarhecАй бұрын
Nice shots !
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@413TomaccoRoadАй бұрын
I have never seen a NS engine on a CSX train in the Springfield area.
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
It’s a little farther away from Springfield than you might think
@413TomaccoRoadАй бұрын
@@conorontherails I don't think so. Miller's Falls is nowhere near Springfield.
@RandomRailfan828Ай бұрын
Great catches there mate!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@TBTbostonАй бұрын
Amazing catches!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@KGCHRISTMAN91117 күн бұрын
Nice thumbnail God bless
@conorontherails16 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@jamesmonahan1870Ай бұрын
FRIENDLY CROSSINGS. 😊
@jessemerriam9732Ай бұрын
Keep up the content 👍👍
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@NewEnglandRailfansАй бұрын
By the way, the Horizons are actually to replace the amfleets. Not just for the celtic games.
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I know, I didn’t mention the fact they are replacing them.
@hiworldstephensonultranate29029 күн бұрын
Hi lover of New England. And Celtic is Irish n Scottish Traditions etc. Hi from Ireland
@conorontherails29 күн бұрын
@@hiworldstephensonultranate290 nice!
@NorthmassRailsАй бұрын
Good stuff Conor! This is Isaac btw
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Nice!
@RippysRailsАй бұрын
Nice job!
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@BostonByRailsАй бұрын
So tuff
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
We are so back
@thomasrengel557727 күн бұрын
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.
@conorontherails27 күн бұрын
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
@jasonervoes1326Ай бұрын
Great video Do the freight trains have cabooses?
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Not anymore unfortunately!
@jasonervoes1326Ай бұрын
@@conorontherails unless they're at the state borders for long hauls
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
@@jasonervoes1326 I’m not sure if they do that for northeastern CSX, I’ve only seen end of train devices
@averwhy_Ай бұрын
@@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
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
@@averwhy_ nice, I’ll definitely have to check that out!
@richharris9489Ай бұрын
Good video 📹
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
Thanks!
@NICKBALLINGER257Ай бұрын
B40-8S C40-8S i love it
@travelandeats851817 күн бұрын
Springfield to Boston by train. Cmon mass what are we doing
@conorontherails16 күн бұрын
Bring it back!!
@hiworldstephensonultranate29029 күн бұрын
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++
@conorontherails29 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@hiworldstephensonultranate29029 күн бұрын
@@conorontherails Thanks Conor. oh there's. ,The Conor Pass , in Co. Kerry I Cycled it
@conorontherails28 күн бұрын
@@hiworldstephensonultranate290 nice! I gotta check that out sometime!
@hiworldstephensonultranate29028 күн бұрын
Prayers for
@TheIronweed-vx5lg26 күн бұрын
Poor Boston hardly has any freight traffic left, right?
@conorontherails26 күн бұрын
Unfortunately. If it does it’s all in the dead of night.
@waynesilva915722 күн бұрын
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.
@conorontherails22 күн бұрын
Interesting!
@Retroman8000Ай бұрын
What u do hang out at North station....no Quincy?
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I haven't gone there too much!
@Jonathan-Adames-402Ай бұрын
5:08 Do they have to do that right there on the left side of the sreen (the couple)
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I know it’s annoying, but some people just don’t notice it.
@Jonathan-Adames-402Ай бұрын
@@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
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
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-402Ай бұрын
@@conorontherails Is that in the daylight or night fall
@BenGagneАй бұрын
How are L080 and B&E rare?
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
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.
@BenGagneАй бұрын
@@conorontherails they changed it to later for 2 weeks L080 was OD at 2, it runs “twice” a day either way
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
@@BenGagne I hope they keep it that way.
@BenGagneАй бұрын
@@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
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
I really wanted them to keep that early OD, made seeing them so much easier
@trainlover123trainsrockАй бұрын
This video title is misleading...
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
How so?
@trainlover123trainsrockАй бұрын
@@conorontherails cause there is footage from Montreal?
@Xe99Ай бұрын
This comment is misleading
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
@@trainlover123trainsrock fair point, the majority is from Massachusetts but that doesn’t look too good on a title
@trainlover123trainsrockАй бұрын
@@conorontherails Yep
@JuanJuan-qc1cgАй бұрын
Dope video bro - are there any Mass related Facebook groups to join? I definitely need to get up there asap
@conorontherailsАй бұрын
There are a TON! What specifically are you looking for?