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I love seeing odd ball locomotives. What is that B&M 1100 center cab in the beginning?

I know Epping well. being ten miles away.

Your explanation of the railroad activity in Bellows Falls really helps sort it out for a person who is not familiar with the area (like me), thank you!

I was really impressed with this great video of B&M's Budd RDC in action. Thank you for the valuable video.

Awesome video! Love the Buddliner going under the signal bridge in Waltham, the very spot I used to hang out watching trains in 1971. Notice the deplorable condition of the Fitchburg mainline. Also a nice view of the little freight yard that used to be there, with the Bemis branch local that we used to hop and ride nightly during the week, usually from the Quincy Cold Storage in Watertown to the freight yard in Waltham. Incredible video!

9:03 Ryan started the fire.

Small town New England - so interesting. Your videos are outstanding, hope you keep doing them

Just heard that this line is being reactivated. I hope it’s true! Love all of your content. Thank you!

Very nice video I just bought AG. P18 number 1700. Bluebird, n scale model train

I am really happy that VRS has plans to restore the Twin State RR line between St. J and Whitefield. It will be nice to see trains passing by the ball signals once again.

I have been searching for a while for any physical evidence remaining of the Manchester Milford branch. I guess after almost 100 years, it's been reclaimed by nature. Google Earth does label the old trackbed though. Does anybody know of any infrastructure remaining on this route ? Wonderful and interesting presentation and much appreciated.

30:51-31:03 Neat! 3 Conway scenic steam engines! 7470 in his modern livery, 108 and 501 all at the same place!

If only 108 was still here

I helped to print the Minuteman Steam book. I still have my copy and pull it out from time to time

Just like to add a few things to the history of the branch.I grew up some 50 feet from the branch in East Lexington in the '50s and '60s. There were several fatalities on the branch. One was a car vs commuter train behind Fire Headquarters on Camelia Place in the early 50s. A brakeman was swept to his death off a car as he was working to cut cars off for a Hanscom delivery. Seems phone lines were installed on poles over Westview St, but neglected to tell the B&M about it. Hanscom Field Air Base received a steady delivery of all kinds of freight until the early 70s. Hanscom had a large well, well-maintained rail delivery/unloading system on base. A large sewer system pipe was added along the roadbed in the early eighties. Designed by the MWRA, great pains were taken to install the gravity system sewer pipe from Bedford to the Arlington line. tie in. It was installed at the very edge of the easement specifically to accommodate the then-proposed MBTA subway tunnel. I spoke with site engineers at the time, and they said the tunneling at the time would be as easy as it could be.

Thank you very much for letting me know the details of B&M's road-switcher RS-2s and RS-3s. This is a wonderful and excellent video in which I was able to learn about the history, historical background, and modifications of each locomotive, as well as how they continued to be used until the end.

I'm sorry if this is a very selfish request. Please forgive me. I am currently researching the B&M E7 and E8. I am also looking through back issues of the B&M Bulletin. I hope that one day you will feature videos on the E7 and E8.

Cool video!

I grew up in Epping and was there when "Epping is the Center of the Universe" was coined. It started as a joke and Howard Phelps, who was present for the joke, thought it was funny and had some bumper stickers made with the saying and sold them at his BP gas station on 125. It grew from there.

You guys should look into a very interesting old railroad that used to be part of the B&M . It was located in New Boston NH. It was a short line but a very interesting short line. My great grandfather was the engineer of the train, Bill Fisk, who was an interesting person in himself. Barry Smith

I remember driving by to see my grandparents the day the bridge burned. It was a even bigger deal to my grandfather he worked and retired from B&M

Wow unbelievable pictures thank you!

This was so wonderful, thank you!

Who was operating the commuter trains at this time? MBTA? If so, were the Buddliners sold off MBTA?

Oh Dear, Dear Me...! This turns out to be real after all..

At 12:10 it looks like an air hose is connected to the air line on the front of that F-7 why?

Nicely done! Great history. I just released an episode about Maine lumberman, river driver, and Civil War soldier - David Stone Libbey. The show gives a perspective on the river drives of pre-rail era - th-cam.com/video/vzFyuGvziAM/w-d-xo.html

Love all your videos!

I thought the GP7 at B&M was a wonderful locomotive that was used for both passenger and freight. I'm proud that it was in service all the way to Guilford. I was impressed by your excellent and detailed video.

There are 2 GP - 18 ‘s still running they are on TH-cam and they are in there old B & M numbers too

I grew up in Charlestown and love watching the GP - 7 pulling the RDC cars out of North Station

This is how I remember B&M freights from that era--blessedly free of the graffitti that disfigures today's freight cars.

Road that line with my grandad a trainman on one of the Osgood motor cars.

Thank you for the wonderful video of the B&M F7s. I'm impressed with how you conveyed the history of these locomotives in detail.

New Portsmouth residents that find issue with the trains and railroad really ought to go find something better to complain about. As a 28 year old person and 25 year resident of Portsmouth and graduate of Portsmouth high school, I love Portsmouth’s industrial core, and I hate seeing it be corroded by the inevitable gentrification that will be continually brought on as climate change causes more wealthy folks to move up to New England. Another great video, thanks for making such great content. Happy new year!

I was lucky enough to get a cab ride in D&M 975, in Mackinac city, late in the 70's. We switched the CHIEF WAWATAM car ferry, and the yard there. D&M kept them in good shape, and they passed into LSRC ownership. 974 was not repainted, 975 ended her career in LSRC colors. Today, the track north of Alpena/Gaylord is gone, like the Chief Wawatam, and the yard at Mackinac City.Gone, but not forgotten .

Boston and Maine GPs visited Newburyport a lot in the 60s and early 70s.

Now this is the type of stuff I'd go to a movie theater for. Great work!

Video came back into my feed again and was a great watch. Highly recommend!!

Another great video. I have watched a video on Steam certification. I would recommend a video on diesel certification. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks- I wondered about that- any idea if any survived or were they scrapped?

I remember riding the Ts North Stationti Lowell with F units in 1980-81. Does anyone know the history of those locomotives. I thought they were lettered for the MBTA but not sure where they originated from....

I grew up in Concord NH> I was born the year they tore down the concord Depot to build the retail plaza. But I was given the perfect opportunity to be a part of the old Concord yard. To see the blue F units in concord in 1973 was my Highlight!!!! So many memories. I have brought my Kids as my dad brought me, and now my grandchildren. Thank you for such a classic and detailed video I hope many younger generations can appreciate the past!

My cub scout pack got a tour of the B&M shops because one of our fathers worked for the railroad. The things that stuck in my mind were the big heated caustic tanks used for parts cleaning, Mr. Sunskis starting an EMD switcher that was parked in the shop and being told they liked Alcos better than EMDs because Alcos were stouter machines built by a real locomotive company. I think they used the comparative sizes of Alco and EMD pistons to make the point. I don't know if that was the general opinion or just the guys working in the shop. This would have been in 1972 or 1973. Hard to imagine anyone letting a pack of cub scouts anywhere near those caustic tanks nowadays.

I am a fan of the RS Units for sure. This video was a wonderful watch and will probably watch again when it comes back into my feed. Hope that Lionel will make a Legacy version of this engine. I have a vintage picture of (I think) five RS units MUed together though that is of the Lackawanna. Keep on making these videos and I will keep on watching them.

I have and will always forever love steam locomotives. I do have a soft spot for diesels, mostly first generation and some second generation. For years as a kid when I was growing up, I absolutely hated diesels because they were the death nail for the steam locomotives. But as I got older and I realized that's progress, we can't change it and we can't stop it and as I once heard in another documentary sentiment cannot stop progress. But I have also learned the importance of preserving that history so that we don't forget it. I was born and raised in Durand, Michigan. A very well-known Railroad town and I love Grand trunk. Western Steam, but as I grew up I began to show an interest in a lot of other railroads and their steam. The Boston and Maine was one of them. I like the style of their steam locomotives and I'm glad that a handful did survive and I appreciate the information you've shared about 3713s Restoration. I still am praying and hoping that it will if will return to service one day. As I once heard in two other films, the steam locomotive has something you can't find anywhere else and it's not just a piece of machinery. It's alive, it's human. It's the closest thing to life in a mechanical device and it is the closest man has come to creating life.

May I please use your pictures from the intro.

29:14 Oh dear, you let @Pensyfan19 on the loose, looking for his next victim for his 404s of the World series.

I cycled this line from Newfields to manchester this past summer. What a fantastic ride. So much history and still a few cars left behind.