Neat to see the B&M markings still visible on that RDC!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Not many of those left that can still be seen moving around after all !

Loving the real honest to goodness bell on the engine!!!!❤❤❤❤

Been years since I saw the old commuter car. I was born & raised in Boston!!

@sanddabz5635

Ай бұрын

Don't ya mean, "It's bean years"....... after all, you're from Boston?😅

I love when you see Old Equipment out in the Wild....nice Catch👍🏻 and just Subbed ....

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Same here! Thanks very much. I appreciate it

I love that caboose 😍

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Same here. It’s such a unique piece of equipment

@udorechner6846

Ай бұрын

What's the purpose of these cabooses?

@XBOXShawn12thman

Ай бұрын

@@udorechner6846 So they can repoert to the engineer if they have a hotbox or any other issuses .... Some long trips another engineer would have some sleep in the caboose to rest or switch shifts

Magníficos vídeos, gracias.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Interesting video, especially the caboose (shoving platform) equipped with a bell & horn. As a retired CP Conductor, I'm fairly sure that the caboose is former CP. When I worked in them, they didn't have horns, bells or pilots. We could have used all of those, especially in snowplow service with long backup moves to double through snowed in cuts.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

You’re spot on - it is indeed ex-CP, but I do not know much else of its history. It’s the only caboose that MBTA operates at this time, and it rarely is in the “leading” position anymore due to complications with PTC. Either way, it’s a very interesting piece of equipment for sure.

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

it’s a modified ex-CP…they have or had an ex-MoPac and ex B&M caboose

@davidng2336

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productionsdoes the caboose have cab controls? I thought it was only a horn and bell.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

There are no controls in it - just lights, bell, and horn. For it to lead, the engineer must be operating from a locomotive while communicating with a conductor being the “eyes of the engineer” from the caboose

@roberthuron9160

Ай бұрын

​@@rail_spike_productionsAdd another point,first caboose with a snowplow pilot! Definitely out of the ordinary! Most interesting video,Boston has a tendency to surprise people,with odd equipment! Thank you 😇 😊!

all I can say is this was a great day. Nice video nate

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank you AJ I had to spend a solid 5 minutes editing your voice out of this video

@smudgekitty19

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions💀

Not gonna lie that was definitely cool to see!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

For sure ! Glad you enjoyed

Boston has such a weird vibe

Boston By rails also made a video around this a while ago, never thought you went as well! Awesome job!

@rail_spike_productions

2 ай бұрын

Yep! We chased this train together. Glad you enjoyed it

@XLProductionsAJR2024

2 ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions I did! Now two version I can watch!

6:07 the old equipment and a heritage unit makes this a double pull! 🔥

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Absolutely !

Great catch and nice pursuit along down the line.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed

You came at the right time, you also caught Amtrak's DE series going outbound to Maine

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Indeed! Lucky for sure

Amazing vantage point!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank you !

Wow the old RDC brings back memories.

@CJSHM

Ай бұрын

We still run them in Canada because somehow we are even MORE outdated than the USA when it comes to railways.

Make Cabooses Great Again!

@brucegordon4992

Ай бұрын

I think that is the motto used by Kim Kardas... oh wait. Never mind. Not that kind of caboose.

Good catch. Greetings from Port Saint Lucie. Florida.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much. I’m glad to hear that there’s an audience coming to this video from all over ! Cheers

Great catch!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank you !

Cool video and that bud passenger car looks like one of the passenger cars that they used in the TV show called the X Files.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank you - I will have to check that out

Woah they moved them 😮

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Yep! Only took 20 years haha

Cool share, Subbed!. Thanks for sharing.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed. Thank you !

Congrats on 2k subs!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thank ya very much

Nice catches bro

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much !

Huge Like & Subscribed 😎👍

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Very glad to hear that. Thank you !

6:32 a new challenger approaches!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Indeed! Quite the combo for sure

Absolutely amazing videography and thank you for the back story as well. As a former Bostonian and masshole (not like I’ll ever not be a masshole) I rode the MBTA growing up business and pleasure so I’d see those cars often. Glad they are getting a touch up and new home. As always great work keep it up! Also gives me a touch of home

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words. Very glad you enjoyed - always makes it cooler when you have a personal connection to the equipment! Cheers

2:21 - damn, that MHC is rusty!

Imagine just sitting on the flat car for the ride

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Yes haha - perfect view !

Mbtx 1411 is a ex amtrak material handling car

Hey, quick question: What kind of camera, audio equipment, and other equipment and add-ons/modifications to the sound equipment and camera did you used to make this video, with?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

All I used to film was my iPhone 14 Pro Max with no extra equipment added on

Why the different reporting marks MBTA, MBTX and MBA? Nice video, thanks for posting! I was also curious, does MBTA have electric commuter equipment on the NEC?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Thanks - glad you enjoyed. As for the reporting marks, the caboose’s were done wrong. MBA was supposed to read MBTA. As for the other 2, MBTX is technically the railroad’s official reporting marks for their equipment but it seems to be often interchanged with MBTA. There are no electric commuter trains anywhere on the system yet, but when they do eventually start running them I am sure the NEC will be the first place for them.

@lennyhendricks4628

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions -- Thanks for your reply. Great video.

A Caboose with Ditch Lights, Cool.

@Elliottblancher

Ай бұрын

That is a Canadian Pacific Angus Shop Van and I noticed it was cause there was mesh on the side windows which CP did put on to prevent idiots from smashing the windows

Too bad the Billerica and Bedford narrow gauge right of way is non-existent in Billerica, it would be fun to see the restored RDC in Billerica, Bike down to Bedford and see the RDC at the freight depot!

Flat wheel? What flat wheel?

Didn’t know mbta had any of the ex amtrak material handling cars interesting

@rail_spike_productions

24 күн бұрын

Very neat for sure. It will be retired in the coming years I hear

Three trains at Anderson at the same time, whens the last time THATS happened!?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Great question - I was thinking about posting that as a separate video as well since it’s such an uncommon sight.

What was the boxcar with a wheel on the door for?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

It’s normally used to transport salt during the winter for station platforms. In this case, it was being used for extra breaking

In addition to being rare, isn't that first locomotive also facing the wrong way? Also I shoot here sometimes, but almost exclusively at night. Daytime videos look SO much nicer!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Yes, the 1062 was flipped to face towards Boston in order to lead the train back inbound. Daytime videos are cool but there certainly are ways to make night videos epic too

@peterlutz7191

Ай бұрын

MBTA uses the same back forth system as Amtrack, one loco and one baggage car with controls for single track operations where the train can't be turned around.

So, the caboose has been retrofitted to act as a cab car or is the locomotive RC’ed and there’s an engineer operating it?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

The caboose only has controls for lights, bell, and horn. The engineer was operating this train from the locomotive while the conductor was being his “eyes” in the caboose

@brucegordon4992

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions The miracle of a handheld two way radio.

Poor RDC...

20 years? Was that the RDC that’s been sitting under I-93 for what seems like 30+ years?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

If I recall correctly they brought it down there in 2002

@noreaster0245

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions. Yes, you’re correct. I saw the Boston by Rails post confirm that later. Twenty can feel like 40 at my age. Great views by all.

So whats the rumor/ reason for the move? Scrap or restraion

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Everything that I’ve heard indicates it will be restored in some manner

Do the brakes really work on that RDC?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

No they do not - they had to run an air line through the RDC and the box car so the locomotive’s breaks could connect to the other cars.

I saw MBTX 6213 carriage when I was taking the OL.Hope it can back to service?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

I believe it will only be restored cosmetically to be displayed since a full restoration would be quite costly

A CABOOSE LOCOMOTIVE!?!?!?!?!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

The caboose only provides lights, bell, and horn but no actual power. The engineer was operating this train from the locomotive at the other end

@anitasnow8461

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions oh. No actual power. Darn. I thought it would be like a locomotive.

Is that an MU plug on the end of the caboose?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

It may be - I’m not an expert on that kind of stuff

@PeteDJPJ

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions I have been looking at this caboose for a while. Not sure if they have controls in it or maybe they are using it for the 72 volts for lights, etc.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

I have been in this caboose before and I can confirm that there are no operational controls, just valves for horn and bell as well as headlights

@PeteDJPJ

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions ok. Maybe it's 72 volts for lights etc.

@PeteDJPJ

Ай бұрын

@rail_spike_productions Do they have a generator and or batteries on it?

Final destination of these cars please does anyone know? A lot of train museums would love to get their hands on these!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

The caboose, ex-Amtrak car, and flat car are returning to the MBTA to continue in work train service. The RDC car and box car number 1930 were dropped off in Billerica, MA where they will be displayed after being restored.

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productionswait- they actually used that lie? it was claimed that the RDC was filled with asbestos and unable to be scrapped or restored, hence why it spent 10-15 years on the siding

@islandnightowl

Ай бұрын

Fantastic news! Thanks for the update! Appreciated 👍

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productionsthe RDC is damaged by fire and filled with asbestos, it’s not getting fixed unless someone with a lot of grant money to waste is funding it it was supposed to get used in North Station 20 years ago, that never happened because of the asbestos but given you deleted my comment i doubt you actually care about the truth and only regurgitate what was fed to you

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Of course!

What cars are geting restored or are they all geting it

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Only the 2 cars directly behind the locomotive were being moved for restoration. The rest of the cars were there to provide breaks for the train

@TheQwaz

Ай бұрын

​@@rail_spike_productionsSo that answers the question i was going to ask. Saw the air line routed from the locomotive through/around the boxcar and RDC. Wondered if the former Amtrak car had air or if it had been bypassed as well. 👍

forced to remove the abandoned equipment after a nasty fire destroyed one of the abandoned RDCs and embarrassed the two mayors

@themidlandmaniac9803

Ай бұрын

How did that embarrass the mayors?😊

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

@@themidlandmaniac9803 easy: big fire with limited access and nobody doing anything about it sitting around for years in full view if everyone riding the trains…it shows that they’re selective in their criticism and don’t care about something until they have to

@themidlandmaniac9803

Ай бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 wow

Great except it was annoying you didn't show what T stops they/you were at

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Any locations that were not clear in the video I listed in order in the description

So, feel free to correct me, but did they just take it out somewhere where it will be even further destroyed as well as be out of sight and out of mind?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

I can’t confirm, but the word is that they’ll be cosmetically restoring the RDC car. I have more details in the video description

@newpylong

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions Confirmed, but not immediately. They hope to fix it someday.

What is a hospital train?

@rail_spike_productions

28 күн бұрын

The term is most commonly used to describe a train moving old or damaged railroad equipment

6:31 bro didn’t care about 145💀

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Yup pretty much. I’ve seen that unit dozens of times so I was more focused on the rarer train in this situation

@toysallyear

Ай бұрын

⁠either 145, I’ve only caught two heritage units. 1: 164. 2: 203.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

I’ve still gotta find 203 myself. It doesn’t come to New England very much

brakes

Wait .... So they hid the passenger car in the bushes for another 20 years??? 😳

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

The car was sitting in the Boston area for just over 20 years before this move. It’s now expected to be cosmetically restored

@XBOXShawn12thman

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions I hope you can show it if they do restore it 😍

@XBOXShawn12thman

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions I just subscribed!!!!

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated ! And yes, I will do my best to see it if the plans go through to restore it.

next stop the junkie.

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

There’s still hope for the Budd car - I heard it will most likely see a cosmetic restoration.

@brucegordon4992

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productions Some sand paper and a couple cans of Rustoleum and that one will look almost new in an afternoon.

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

@@rail_spike_productionsif you believe that, i have a bridge to sell you…it was sitting on the siding for 15 or so years because of a lot of issues that prevent scrapping or restoring

@bostonrailfan2427

Ай бұрын

it’s filled with asbestos and heavily damaged by water and fire…it’s not getting fixed

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

The other RDC that it was with in Somerville was scrapped on site a few months back. I imagine the same thing would have happened to this one unless they had plans for its future

A whole lot of scrap metal thats all..!!

Let's see, it switched and left from Boston's north station yard, maybe destination was Newburry Port?

@rail_spike_productions

Ай бұрын

This train ran to Billerica via the Lowell line. I put all of the locations in the description of this video

Whole thing engine and all needs to go to the scrappers.