RAREST MOVE OF THE DECADE! Hobo Railroad private cars leaving Lincoln!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2023
- This has got to be the rarest move of the Hobo! The New Haven and B&O RDC, and the roger williams set leaves the Hobo! I'm so lucky to have been able to caught this because these cars are likely to never be seen on the Hobo again, nor has there been any footage of them moving! (besides the new haven rdc)
Sale of the Hobo Railroad to Patriot Rail may be a good reason this equipment departed.
That is exactly the reason. I just wasn't allowed to tell anyone.
They don't care if random people know, but to them they see you as a journalist or a reporter employed by a newsagent so that's why they made you sign a gag order. @@Mountaindivisionrailfan252
Unbelievable to see the RDCs still in operation in 2023. The Budd people that designed and built these nearly 75 years ago knew they had a winner on their hands back then but I'll bet they never counted on longevity such as this. A solid tribute to American design and manufacture--they'll be around a lot longer. Thanks for sharing.
Loved seeing the Roger Williams. I’d like to see the Flying Yankee restored to operating order.
We've got a couple of these Budd cars (B&M livery) up here in N. Walpole, NH/Bellows Falls, VT They're in need of restoration. I remember commuting in them from Gloucester, MA to Boston back in the 60's.
I wasn't even aware the Roger Williams equipment had been preserved; but it is and it looks really well cared for! Thanks so much for sharing!
The Budd Company built really solid equipment, from RDCs to coaches of all types and configurations. Here in Canada, Budd built rolling stock is still used on scheduled trains everyday, including coaches, sleepers, observation cars, dome cars, diners, and baggage cars. After over 70+ years of service and numerous rebuilds and upgrades, they will be around for a while longer.
It is nice to see 140 again! It was parked near my house on a leg of the wye west of Needham Junction for years. My dad made an HO model of it by modifying an Athearn RDC.
That's awesome! So many great stories in these comments. Thanks for watching!
If those cars are 75 years old and likely built at the Budd plant at Red Lion, Philadelphia, my grandfather was production manager at that time and would have overseen their construction. He was also responsible for overseeing construction of the first Vistadome observation car. The first one "leaked like a sieve." as he recalled.
In Australia we have a very similar kind of locomotive like the one leading the train, its called the Victorian Railway Y class
Used to see RDC's on Vancouver Island many years ago.
I used to vacation in Lincoln & saw the Hobo RR rolling stock incl the "Roger Williams" set included here. For those who are curious the "Roger Williams" was a special trainset built by Budd in Phila. for the New Haven RR using RDC technology but in a special dedicated train with streamlined cab-end cars at both ends. Where's this equipment headed now that it left Lincoln?
It went to the Berkshire Railway Museum a couple months ago
What a catch this is an amazing little train
We need a 100 more of these RDCs!!!!!
Thanks for the video brother M !! 🚂💨💨💨
Nice capture of that line. Good scenery.
Great catches! I know they have a few of these at Danbury Rail Museum.
What a historic moment! Glad you caught it and shared, thanks!
Those old Budd's reminded me of years gone by when all MARC Camden line used old Budds like the lead B&O car. They use to sway from side to side approaching stations an were loud and black smoke coming from the diesel engine at the top of the car. I looked it up turns out that was an old MARC unit number 1. Its a strong possibility I have been on it at least once in the 80"s before moving on.
I got to ride on one of the B&O RDCs in 1992 from Camden Station to Washington Union Station. There were few people aboard so I spent most of the trip at the railfan "seat" in front and shot stills as we passed JD Tower, Relay, MD, the Thomas Viaduct, Riverdale, and at the junction where the NEC, Camden Line, and the Metropolitan Sub all converge. usually one has to jostle for position or split time with others to get good photos while riding, but I pretty much had the whole thing to myself. That was a good day.
Those RDCs with the emd looking cabs look really nice
Awesome. Us railnuts will take every “rare move” we can get.
Yep! I 100% agree with you there!
I didn't even think those "streamlined" RDCs still existed!
I think they're exclusive to New england at this point!
Love the Budd cars, don't know why many small rails don't use them on fan trips. Those NH with a nose look kind of different.
I'm from Long Island, and I remember seeing a couple of RDC's on the Port Jefferson Branch, but they Never had Diesel style cabs, on them.
For some reason, they were Not as popular, being that the LIRR, was mostly a 'Subsidiary' of the Pennsy, for quite a few years, and a lot of older PRR passenger cars, were used in 'interchange service', at Penn Station.
LIRR had a fatal accident with their Budd cars ( hit a truck I think) and the engineers union convinced management to get rid of them.
Never seen a loco like that before! Very strange, but yet interestingly cool.
Are you talking about the Roger Williams or the red 1590 up front? Both are pretty cool and have interesting histories!
@Mountaindivisionrailfan252 not the engine in lead (or pulling the cars) but the two that are half loco an half passenger car.
Can anyone tell us about these half loco / half pass cars ? Or are the locomotives made to look like a passenger car ? Very interesting L
That was a great catch!
Yes it was! Thanks for watching
Rode in the cab or one of the roger williams units on the shore line at speed in the early 60's. Fan trip out of boston to fitchburg, down to mansfield and return to boston.
That's awesome!
Great video and nice catches I love trains
I remember as a kid in the early 60's playing by the tracks in Dedham/Readville area MA how quiet and fast these were.
Kept us on our toes in terms of track walking, that's for sure!
Awesome catches
Wow, great catch!
Frenchie here. I did not know there were RDCs with an EMD look ! For witch RR companies were they bilt ? Were they intended to be used as DMUs ?
Thank you, and sorry for my broken/airport english...
I thought I saw the Roger Williams there in mid July. Had it and the other cars been sent up to be refurbished, or did they belong to the Hobo for a while?
These cars have been at the Hobo for a long time. I think 2002 they came around. They're selling them now for... reasons you'll find out soon
Would be nice to see the Roger Williams set running! Saw it arriving in New Haven around 40 years ago in Amtrak colors...but only with one cab.
Were these the Budd cars in Lincoln, MA, or somewhere else? I didn’t think that track still went anywhere (it used to go from Arlington, Ma all the way to Reformatory Station in Concord, Ma)
Lincoln New Hampshire not Mass.
Some of those rail cars look like they're right out of the X-Files
Love this move!
Wow!!! ❤❤
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wish I could get one of those RDCs 😉
1:01 Holy mackinaw what are those RDCs doing with cab noses? I'm a big RDC fan and I have never seen those 😅
So, where did the RDC's and the RW go?
Here before this gets famous
To the Berkshire Scenic Railroad
It looks as if two cars had been locos at one time.
Yes. The two ones with the orange nose are cab cars (the rest of the car is just an ordinary coach)
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252
OK thank you.
No doubt the scheduled service long gone on this line went a bit faster. The zombies are shuffling!
Definitely! The line was only some 50 years old when the steamers ran on it. Then again these cars haven't moved since the 2000's, so maybe they're going slow for safety? Not sure.
Understand the concept of the "zombie" railway The B&M likely operated it as a 50MPH scheduled service. It died and yet it still moves in a decayed state.
The RAREst RARE to ever RARE
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Dude what microphone are you using? It sounds like I'm really there, even on my crappy earbuds!
Just my iphone!
Where EACTLY is this at, DEFINITELY NOT LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, I HOPE NOT. OTHERWISE GREAT VIDEO 😉😁👍
Lincoln N.H. is where the Hobo railroad is, must be there I'm guessing
Does anyone know if the FLYING YANKEE has been moved from the HoBo R.R. ?
as of right now it is still on site 👍
Why did these cars leave the hobo? Are they leaving on there own accord or does the hobo nolonger want them and they needed to find a new home?
To the Berkshire scenic railroad in Lenox ma
Wow, surviving Roger Williams RDCs?
yes! They are in massachusetts
Cool! I've had the Chuck Crouse RDC book for years. I remember seeing that consist in the book.
They apperar to be in perfect condition
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍🤝💪🚂
Why did locomotives back then not have ditch lights?
i dont think they thought of them back then. now its some safety thing
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252 I don't know why but I have a fascination with locomotive headlights.
Where do you supposed they are going to anyways?
Read some of the comments...
Wait where are these cars going?
Berkshire Railway Museum in massachusetts
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252 It's unfortunate they couldn't restore the Roger Williams to operating condition.
@@RailroadEngineer123 Hobo only refurbished them and that was the plan all along, im not sure what the museum is going to do with them, whether it be display or as you said restorational operation
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252 I never knew that. I know they remained at Hobo for a long time. I hope Berkshire restores it to operational condition. I guess only time will tell.
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252also when has the New Haven rdc been caught on camera?
Those are rail diesel cars (Each one is powered individually), not private cars.
They were privately owned until recently
Still privately owned, just at another railroad!
@@granitestaterailfanproductions My bad
@@Mountaindivisionrailfan252 no worries!
@@granitestaterailfanproductions1:53 Thank God they're not going to the scrapper!🎉
*Didn't they refer to thoze as "Interurbans" in the 1970s?*
They were generally referred to as Budd cars.
@@jwchenard1OK Thanks! Have not seen them since the 70s and was just going from memory...
What’s gonna happen to these?
they are in berkshire railway museum in MA