Ashpit Video Productions: Volume 1 - Boston & Maine Railroad - West End

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Originally conceived as an independent fund raising effort to rescue the financially ailing Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Ashpit Video Productions Ltd's: Volume 1 - Boston & Maine Railroad - West End, gained immediate acceptance among railfans around the Northeast. Original footage was shot using Panasonic SVHS equipment with Hi-Fi stereo sound. It was done when railfan video shooting was still in relative infancy and the B&M was undergoing massive changes under the new Guilford management. The footage here on Volume 1 was shot in numerous locations from Fitchburg, MA westward. Pooled B&M, D&H and MEC power abound as do meets with other trains and aging locomotives pushing hard at the rear of heavy tonnage trains. There is no captioning as all data was originally released on paper lists that denoted when and where. Volume 2 is the B&M's Connecticut River Route. Boost the volume while watching!!
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  • @dhdisprsmith2296
    @dhdisprsmith22963 жыл бұрын

    Wow, did these videos take me back in time....to a GREAT time on the B&M. Loved both tapes Scott!!

  • @Kendallian132
    @Kendallian13211 жыл бұрын

    Scott; you guys are the greatest railfans in all New England, bar none! Thanks for posting these awesome videos!!!

  • @mvg2x34
    @mvg2x342 жыл бұрын

    Hard to believe B&M ran trains large enough to have 8 loco consists. Nice video.

  • @fastcar405
    @fastcar4057 жыл бұрын

    That was nice. My grandfather, my father retired from the B&M. I started with the B&M went through the Tim Mellon destruction and went to the commuter rail.

  • @matthewfoster1307
    @matthewfoster13079 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this. I had relatives who worked on the B&M long before this, but now I am into model railroading and this has given me some ideas. Lots of fascinating rolling stock and especially motive power here.

  • @Clavichordist
    @Clavichordist11 жыл бұрын

    Very fascinating and awesome video. It's nice to see the action just before Guilford had a chance to totally destroy the B&M, D&H, and MEC. I remember seeing the D&H Alcos going to and from Lawrence, MA yard just about this time. Then the strike happened and that was the end of the railroads as we knew them.

  • @jeeratedfilms
    @jeeratedfilms11 жыл бұрын

    Scott, thank you for posting this magnificent work.

  • @independencerailfanning1073
    @independencerailfanning10735 жыл бұрын

    Wow awesome compilation! I can only imagine how much work went into this. I had never heard of the Boston and Maine until I saw a couple of their hoppers down here in Kansas City Southern Knoche yard in Kansas City. One and Sub for the hard work!

  • @ShizSmitty
    @ShizSmitty10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting. Reminds me how lucky I was to see these trains when I first started railfanning as a child. Just seeing all of the old BAR and MEC freight cars brings back memories not to mention all of the pre-guilford engines.

  • @sjwhitney
    @sjwhitney10 жыл бұрын

    Yep, we moved a BigBoy out of Bellows Falls, VT without anywhere near the hype of what's going on in CA.

  • @kennethoriel7463
    @kennethoriel74636 жыл бұрын

    Great compilation! I just wish it went farther west, out to Mechanicville NY, Mohawk Yard and Rotterdam Junction.

  • @CarminesRCTipsandTricks
    @CarminesRCTipsandTricks5 жыл бұрын

    LOVED the opening scene, with the trio of ALCo "steam" Locomotives!!! lol 😂😅

  • @tomgaskin4677
    @tomgaskin467710 жыл бұрын

    What a great video! All the places I always wanted to see when I lived out there in the 70s but had no way to get to. And I really appreciated you captioning the scenes with the locations. That really helped.

  • @richharris9489
    @richharris94896 жыл бұрын

    Wow the b&m kicked ass !!

  • @tonytonyv.957
    @tonytonyv.9572 жыл бұрын

    absolute gold, thank you for sharing!

  • @CyberSoldat
    @CyberSoldat2 жыл бұрын

    Still stupid how Guilford got rid of all the old B&M GP38 and GP40-2s which were newer the Conrail GP40s they ended up with.

  • @keving7546
    @keving75468 жыл бұрын

    Thank you , many cherished memories here

  • @crowleydigital2780
    @crowleydigital27802 жыл бұрын

    Love this. Well done! Simple but effective.

  • @biscuitag97
    @biscuitag973 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic footage! Thanks for sharing this footage!

  • @user-mr3ct1dm9p
    @user-mr3ct1dm9p8 ай бұрын

    How can there be a New England now, without the B&M???

  • @mysticrailroad
    @mysticrailroad4 жыл бұрын

    very cool video! love this old footage.

  • @andrew239781
    @andrew2397817 жыл бұрын

    Awesome rail action

  • @markskifairer5756
    @markskifairer575610 жыл бұрын

    Wait a minute,hold on here. What was that Big Boy doing,going whatever?????? That scene needed a commentary..

  • @ceciledeguire2265
    @ceciledeguire22659 жыл бұрын

    Wow Gr8

  • @CoreyKinley
    @CoreyKinley5 жыл бұрын

    nice video

  • @Kendallian132
    @Kendallian13211 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully these videos will give PanAm Southern an indicator as to how far back they need to trim the trees and brush along the main line.

  • @mbta1051

    @mbta1051

    6 жыл бұрын

    John Alan Roderick hopefully they see it as an indicator to run a real railroad!!

  • @lhsboyproductions3446
    @lhsboyproductions34469 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @mvg2x34
    @mvg2x342 жыл бұрын

    Where is the big trestle at 28:41?

  • @jeremydes100
    @jeremydes1007 жыл бұрын

    7 units pulling that train at the 15:00

  • @BuckeyeNationRailroader
    @BuckeyeNationRailroader6 жыл бұрын

    Was this after the Guilford System was created?

  • @sjwhitney
    @sjwhitney11 жыл бұрын

    The same...

  • @dwayneday9458
    @dwayneday94582 жыл бұрын

    The last of oil production ashphat sell 4,000 a parking space as prime pay for aphast layed oil tar an stone a waste product of oil refinery open hopper transport by rail ashphat about five yard 4,000 at three inchs billed total the cash as to the lots as parking space to bill customer for service ,. Hello Conrail Guilford. power locamotive not throttling a locamotive to blow an EMD 40-2 norfolfk an southern throttled thrusted a sweet EMD 40-2 an rail showed he blow it up as an EMD 40- 2 if I wed the boss I'd took it out of his hide for starter Norfolk one less sweet locamotive gessesse Illinois' I wonder did he pay for abusing equipment as show off as To true power of an EMD 40-2 whoos whoos whoos an gone there the clitie chick click of the rail track an I fall back to sleep listening to the rail track

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