"Montreal's Machines - The Lost Footage" (Plus 30 minutes from the retail program)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- While Tim Wakeman (Filmer of BKVP's popular program, "Montreal's Machines, Last Stand of the 251") was going through some of his older tapes, he came across a tape which contained dubbed footage from his trips to Eastern Quebec in the late 1980's. Much of this material never became part of our commercial program, so we are happy to present it now. The quality is not the greatest because it is at least second generation VHS footage, but fans of Alcos/MLW's should still enjoy it! Also included in this same 50 minute video is over 30 minutes of BKVP's 3-plus hour 2 volume commercial DVD. The scenes have been selected from each volume in no particular order. ENJOY!
I'm the young lad running the engine while switching at Drummondville. Have a lot more grey but i'm still running Engines for CP. The east end out of Farnham were some of my best times on the railway. Brings a smile to my face to watch the Alc's smoking up and down the Sherbrooke and Newport subs. Thanks!
Hi Brian, that's pretty neat! I will be sure that Tim Wakeman sees this post. Thanks!
Brian Sorel
Hi Brian! That was great day. Thanks for the ride! I'm a bit grey now, too!
Remember the greasy cheesburgers? I think we might have messed up your real lunch plans for the day....OOPS!
Ah,man Alco's in their prime. One of the most ear pleasing sounds on this planet,thank you for sharing.
Guys, I have to say this was well worth the save and the watch! You can't replace footage like this!
Quelle belle vidéo et que de bon souvenirs.! Je connais la subdivision de Sherbrooke pour y avoir rouler au début de ma carrière et à la fin chez MMA. VRAIMENT de bons souvenirs.! Merci beaucoup 👍.
Great video! That cab driver backing up like a rocket did make me laugh LOL! :)
Beautiful shots!
Great video, Alcos (MLW) Fallen Flags and no Graffiti !!!
Amazing vidio, love those Alcos, Thank you for posting this awesome vidio. lucky I volunteer on a railroad that still uses MLW's on a pretty much daily basis.
That was a treasure. Thank you for this. Them Alcos were smokey devils.
Beautiful engines, shame ALCO was never given a proper chance
very generous of them to release this on youtube.
Well-filmed and edited, loving the bendiness and the zany names.
Fantastic stuff, Tim! It's a shame I was too young to have captured this footage myself. Gotta love the chug of the 251, as well as all of those sweet sounding M3H air horns. Well done!
Awful 80s Porno music at the beginning !!! Lol
Thanks for this, I bought your two Montreal's Machines videos this summer 2019' : )
I live in NH and Railfanned the CP many times over the years in first on B&M Pool trains on the Conn. River line and into East Dearfield and south, then in Vermont, NY, Maine, Hamilton, Toronto area, Sherbrooke and Montreal from 1976' through the 1990s chasing MLWs !! : )
GREAT-GREAT SHOT TIM THANKS FOR SHARING ! !
thanks for the link on this Tim!
What a nice video! Thanks a lot for sharing!
Ironically, CP is poised to bring some of these lines back into the fold.
The Chessie engines were being leased by CP Rail. I saw a bunch of them when I took the Canadian from Montreal to Vancouver in 1987.
If not for the massive parts shortage with MLW going out, I bet the fate of these beauties would be the same as the sd40-2s, some retirements, but the majority would be still around.
Sounds of my childhood...
Do you happen to have any railway footage filmed in Ontario?
Ran quite a few of those myself! I wish I took more photos!
Some Chessie System / B&O GP40's in there too....odd to see mixed with CP MLW's in Canada.
Those Alcos sure have a unique sound. They were quite the workhorses in their day. It is a shame that most of them have long been scrapped while you still see many SD40-2's still in service.
+Greg Rowe Because Alcos were pieces of shit, always broken.
EMD were more reliable.
When GE took Alco over they developed their own engine , they shut down the Montréal plant and scraped all the parts there
Your Welcome!
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