I remember this Boston from my youth although I never ventured down this El, sorry to say. So many blighted and boarded up properties up and down Washington Street! And on such a cold day, too; hats off to Mr. Chiasson for braving the elements that day.

@NickLeeds

Жыл бұрын

Now the area is entirely gentrified. Homes going for over 1 million now

Filmed in Boston in December of 1985.

Great upload. I remember riding this in my very young days. One tragedy is that Dudley Square (now Nubian Square) was an area very dependent on transit, and when this el was closed they were promised equal or better transit service to compensate. It is 2020 and that still has not happened (and no the silver line in my opinion does not constitute equal or better).

@ByronNash

4 жыл бұрын

Glad this upload brought you down memory lane and I concur with your sediments regarding the silver lie. Just a glorified version of the former Route 49

@HayastAnFedayi

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with you buddy, and reminds me of the same thing they did to Charlestown and Everett when they took down the Charlestown elevated section of the Orange Line in 1975...MBTA and the state has failed us on many levels with all of the extensions and improvements they were supposed to provide us after the cancellation of all the planned expressways in 1972 in the boston area. Instead of providing residents with mass transit they need, they ignore most citizens and once they finally relocate or die off they knock the houses down and gentrify and the yuppy's move in...its sad how much of the old boston has been lost to this, such as the Washington Street Elevated. The communities it served were so alive and vibrant.

@Netbook451

3 жыл бұрын

Bustitution is never an adequate replacement for lost El service.

@burbank

3 жыл бұрын

That's for sure! The Silver line is a joke!

@luislaplume8261

Жыл бұрын

At the beginning of the video, it looks like a 2 track L in Chicago without catwalks and both have an exposed uncovered 3rd rail. Even both trains of each in the past nearly resembled each other and both had PCC type subway and L trains.

Thank you for uploading this, sir. This gives those of us who were too young to remember the el, a rare glimpse not only at the route, but inside the stations themselves. I never realized just how cavernous old Dudley station was.

@ByronNash

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

@bostonswaggin6479

4 жыл бұрын

Everytime I think about the 80s I think about this train Ride the orange line elevated.. I used to go on it when I was a kid.the New Generation has no idea how it was then and how CooL it was back then...

Wow, look at all the boarded up buildings. I know it's different now, but I moved away from there in the early 80s, so that is how I will always remember it.

@edwardgentile9103

3 жыл бұрын

Now you can't touch that property along this route.

@bcpme8637

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the south end looking like that too but I had to be reminded as I watched this video. I still live here and there's now lots of glass and shiny towers with a lot of those old buildings still there but completely rebuilt and restored.

I MISS THE ELEVEVATED TRAINS

At the time of their retirement, the Canadian made Orange Line cars were said to have been the oldest subway cars that were still in operation in the nation.

@richmartin1427

10 ай бұрын

The Red Line 1500-1600 cars are actually older.

@johnm.5848

10 ай бұрын

@@richmartin1427 I did some research and you're right. My bad.

@kevinwong6588

10 ай бұрын

@@johnm.5848 PATCO's fleet is even older (1968, rebuilt 2011-2018).

Looking at this archive footage, which to me doesn’t seem all that old (on a personal basis), it is interesting to see how things change and stay the same. The T will always be a Boston thing- some hate it but most rely on it and learn to live with its age and legacy. It is also noted that how much we have become accustomed to higher quality HD video cameras and phones.

Born and raised from Boston.What most viewers arent seeing is the alotted time it took to get from Forest Hills to Essex(Chinatown)Downtown Boston. 14:21. Riding the T from Forest Hills To Chinatown would take MORE time. Why is that??🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@user-uo7fw5bo1o

2 күн бұрын

Longer track length and nine stops on the new line as opposed to a straight shot and seven stops on the old.

This is the boston version of the MTA EL

This is the Boston I remember

Rode this many times from late ‘60s to mid ‘80s…always fun…I used to think the Eisenhower sign (above tracks) at 24:35 was a bygone remnant….but I read somewhere that it was actually a prop from a movie that was not removed after filming….not sure if anyone has better info on that…

@davidroache4699

2 ай бұрын

@kevinmoynihan8087 The movie was "The Brink's Job" released in 1978, staring Peter Faulk. There were scenes of a restored two car train originally built in the late twenties that never made it to the film. Allegedly the reels were stolen ! I'm not kidding. Rent the movie, you'll love it !

@kevinmoynihan8087

2 ай бұрын

Interesting…thanks….I remember when that was being filmed in Boston….didn’t realize the connection with the sign…

Thanks Byron.

Sorry Spike Lee: Myrtle Wyckoff with BMT D types does not look anything like Dudley Square.

Chow!chow! Go 🍊 line Sandy 👠🤗 l we'll miss you .🚆🇺🇲🕊️😍👍👁️. South end.🤗🚆🇺🇲 thanks for your support and have a great day 👍dove st. North hampton. And dudly st Eglrston st green St. Last stop! Fostherhills!!!!😋😔😤🌝

Looks ironically like a backrooms old video

Ghostly memories

Everything looks so dirty and rundown

I GREW UP ALONG THE ORANGE LINE. @ 22:00 I COULD SMELL THE PISS!