Abandoned boxcar in the woods saved! - BCLR Millis, MA to NNB Rhode Island - 9/2023
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- After sitting for at least 20 years an old abandoned boxcar had to find a new home. Needing to be off the property in a timely manner the car was offered up or it would've been scrapped. Thankfully the Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad stepped up and saved the 1952 New York Central boxcar and moved it to Rhode Island. This whole project took only a few weeks after the urgent call to move the car out of Millis on the Bay Colony Railroad. In this video we see the car in its abandoned state, overgrown and forgotten. Later we see it on moving day where it was trucked out to Portsmouth, RI. Then NNB 44 Tonner 43 takes the car to a temporary storage spot. Eventually it will be restored and get a fresh coat of paint.
Millis, MA - Portsmouth, RI
8-9/2023
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My grandfather worked in the New York Central car shops in Rochester NY during the 40s and through the 50s. I don’t know that this car was made there, but I like to think so. Many thanks to everyone, including the property owner, who made sure this part of railroad history didn’t get the torch. I would really enjoy seeing some of the restoration of this car. Thank you for posting this!
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Despatch Shops in East Roch. The box very certainly could have been built there. Certainly serviced there I'd wager.
Yes it would be great to see restoration on this particular car. I hope we get to see it
This unit was built the year I was born and I sometimes feel the same way that it looked before it was freed from its vegetation prison 😊 fantastic video well well done!!
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these "rescue" videos hit me the hardest.... such a relief from the shallow muck spoon fed to us most of the time.... reminds me of a Maine Central boxcar in the early 90s stranded in Pennsylvania on an abandoned branch still waiting for a pick up.
Fell between the cracks... great story and coverage... thank you from Vermont.
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Yes glad it was saved and excellent video for sure. The crew moving was top
Notch and made the job look easy. Like to see some of the restoration process.
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Wonderful seeing a member of the NYC "family". My dad worked on the Hudson division in the tower and later as a station manager. Grew up being treated to an occasional ride in the switch engine which was epic. Great memories!
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amazing good shape for 20 yrs of abandonment. great save.
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Is it just me or did anyone else feel sorry for that boxcar sitting forlornly among the undergrowth and then emotional when it's wheels were turning again ??
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Impossible to 'feel' sorry or otherwise for a piece of equipment.
🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤🤣🤣
I remember when they rebuilt the Rte 115 bridge (Paul's Flowers) over the tracks near the site described. Massive project, beautiful work. Line apparently shut down not too long after...
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Very interesting. Awesome video.😊😊 I am glad that it came back to life.
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Well done! Glad to see this gem was saved!!
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Thrilled to see this NYC gem saved. I'm sure it will be restored! I hope the line it sat on itself sees restoration to service as well!
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There was three boxcars found in West Mississippi about 30 year's ago. One had a brand new 56 Chevy two door 265 . One had a Chevy 1500 truck. The other was full of ammo.
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This is when you keep your mouth shut about what you find. 2 cars and a tons of ammo...... yes please.
Why are t💯😊
I would have taken them and told no one ever
Reminds me of my favorite book when I was a kid, The Boxcar Children!
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I remember the boxcar children too!😊
I was hoping they checked to make sure the children had moved out before they took the boxcar
That was nice to see.... an old boxcar being saved and not scraped.
Fascinating video! Glad to see it getting preserved.
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Glad this boxcar is being saved!!!
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- Your reason for feeling so?
Well done.
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Nice catch and so pleasant to see its wheels starting to shine and moving xithout its brake apparatus that i suppose will be put back. Some strong muscles will be needed.
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Very cool, saving things of the past,l[over it
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Great video!
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I'm glad that they are saving a piece of history I hope that they will restore it
If I’m able live in a boxcar like that, it would be painted in a beautiful brown or greenish more of the original paint scheme.
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Follow-up video after restoration would be cool.
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Great video; really interesting move. Alot of very good competent and careful people. Now a bit of TLC and a coat of paint !
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Goosebumps achieved, well done.
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- Goose bumps? When exactly did that happen?
Awesome capture my friend 😀 Excellent video 💯 Like 👍🏻 Greeting 🙋🏻☺️
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Mad operators and driver skills
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A shame that business can’t use rail service .
Nice save.
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Am glad it was saved from obscurity. ❤❤❤❤
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos You're most welcome.
Happy Boxcar!!
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The roller bearings are a Godsend. There’s no way that this car would be rolling down the rails at its new location if it had sat 20 years on conventional bearings. As a volunteer 50 years ago on two steam railroads I repacked bearings and it is a PITA even with preformed journal pads. The coaches that we bought from the CNJ showed up with waste packing which was really primitive even for 1970.
A railfan car foreman on the PRR kept us supplied with free Hennessy Journapak pads. I’d just call him in his office and he’d show up on a weekend and drop off a bunch of them. I suppose that I contributed in some small way to the PRR’s high operating ratio.
Kenopsia: an eerie feeling of abandonment where there used to be such thriving life@
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After watching this video I made comparison between Australia and the US. In Australia we don't have much abandoned rolling stock on our lines in our regional areas. All unwanted vehicles are usually hauled to one of our major cities and scrapped or sold to other buyers who may use them as storage sheds on farms or other sites
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Man I was hoping that it was going to be moved on the rails with a EMD Engine Power. Yeah I know it would have been a lot of work BUT sure would have been awesome to watch.
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Amazing. With the right tools, we can move mountains. I suppose, the same reasons that resulted in it being abandoned, also make it uneconomical to restore as rolling stock ? Excellent capture. 😀
The car was used for storage but the line it was on hasn’t been used regularly in years so it ended up just sitting. It is out of date to restore for regular use.
With the right tools and the right amount of $$$$.
Right tools, sure. This was as smoothly done as any job I have ever witnessed.
However….I wanna know who signed off on allowing those guys to work around the lifting operation WITHOUT PPE OR ANY HEAD PROTECTION??!! That whole operation was exactly one workers comp claim away from turning into a real cluster fu*k! Damn, those folks are hella lucky.
@@maxj0930 HA ! Good point. I'm guessing they're licensed and much comply with the rules of their insurance carrier.
I was wondering where the hard hats were
Thanks for sharing! Small win for us "foamers." 😊
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That horn!!
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos absolutely!
Love the horn on this train
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That steel boxcar is identical to the boxcars that were purchased by the Panama Railroad in the post steam-era. The Panama Railroad acquired these steel boxcar along with 3 ALCO RSC-3 901-903 starting the Locomotive Electric Diesel era to the PRR. I rather like these 40 foot boxcar than those " modern" Skewed, ugly 50' plus unbalanced cars...Thanks for the video..👍🏻
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Unbalanced, can you clarify your comment?
You are my hero for documenting this. Why did it need to be off the property in such a hurry?
Thanks for watching! The property owner said it needed to go.
In my Thomas & Friends headcanon, this is how Thomas found Boxy.
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A New York central box to go with the New York central flat ! Pretty kool !
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Great video! Would have liked to seen it moved by the excavator and the doors opened
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I’m shocked that those old bearings weren’t froze up
They’re roller bearings
Never
Surprised I never spied this gem.
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This car is very old. The ladders have been cut off at about halfway to comply with new regulations. (They used to go all the way to the roof). Also, the wheel bearings were friction at on time but have been replaced with roller type. The brake wheel has also been replaced to a lower location. As l am typing this the builder info just flashed on the screen. It was built in 1952!!!
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Vernon what is the black painted box on the side where it says year blt and reblt, that box has a name and I cant think of it at the moment…..40 year RR retired here …..
@@mshum538 Are you refering to the short lived kar trak bar code? It was developed to keep track of where individual cars where. I am not sure of all the info contained on it. It was a black painted verticle rectangular strip with multi colored lines on it.
@@vernontorrence4407 Well, before computers any car repair actions would be painted on this dedicated black box thats down low and a brief description would be sprayed on it ….
@@vernontorrence4407 As a lifelong railfan I found it a natural thing to do my MBA thesis in 1974 on the failure of the Kar Trak system or whatever it was called. The bottom line was that dirt defeated it. The strips had to be kept clean for accurate reads and nobody washes freight cars. This is overly simplistic, of course, as damage was a constant problem also and one kid painting graffiti on the car would mean a bad order for unreadable Kar Trak. The railroads figured out that with all the no-reads and misreads they had might as well forget the whole thing.
I have a boxcar like that In HO scale!! also it still is unique it has its original trucks!
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I'm surprised the old FLD 120 could pull that weight. That was the first type o0f truck I drove.
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Seriously, the weights in the two truck frames and wheel sets ….
Regular people: it’s just an ordinary boxcar
Me: you don’t know nothing then
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos no problem
Any words on this line being restored to services....perhaps a rail to truck Transloads facilities 😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks for sharing
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With the way the springs look, it looks like it still has a full load in it to me
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any idea what paint scheme it will be in?
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Looked like three big rigs were used, the lowboy took the body, one flatbed took the wheel trucks, what was the other flatbed needed for?
Crane weights I believe
@@SouthCoastRailVideos ahh that makes sense. Thank you 👍
this is a good thing,in ascrewed up world!!!!
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That boxcar looked happy going down the interstate didn't it😂😂
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Yessssss. So full of life now.
This was a successful move done in the face of an impending hurricane (Lee). Note the trees blowing at the end of the video. Bay Colony Railroad graciously donated the car to the first taker that had the resources to move it. Thanks to NNB for preserving this car. Better than cutting it up (which would have been my job)!
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Any views of the insides ?
Man that was solidly built of thick steel , when did they change to aluminum? Or are they still made this way.
With out that close access to remove it , is it likely to have been cut apart ?
Doors welded shut so no inside shots.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos thanks for the reply, a mystery to be solved sometime in the future then
If it winds up being restored if you could give us updates as it goes and even a finished product at some point. Also pictures. Thank you for the video documentation, very good. Nicholas j. Spiotta.
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Wondering how many more freight car relics are hiding out there. Does anyone recall hearing about the boxcars that were found in the 70's buried on a siding that had brand new late 50's Thunderbirds inside?
I have!
I have never heard that story, that’s crazy
Wondering about that crane company. Not a single hardhat among any of them, and they lifted the car from the towing rings? How in heck did they not rip out from the car side? They're not designed to be lifting lugs!
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Maybe the men have iron heads.............?
Stupid question but would the wheels get flat spots after sitting for so many years?
No, not at all, actual contact surface the wheel has to the rail is the size of a dime …heat from the brake shoes causes flat spots and/or the handbrake not fully released ….
2:11 roller bearings? In a oil bath housing?
Yes, converted to rollers
There are so many of these cars along with locomotives sitting around abandoned
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So true, i have an alco S2 sitting rusting away just 15 minutes from my home …
No BS right down to business
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Totally awesome! I've never even heard of such a thing. Wasn't the BX embarassed to be hauled off by a truck?! I grew up a short block from the main Detroit to Chicago line, I've seen oodles of cars just like this one. Thanks for sharing
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Not if it meant not being scrapped. I'm sure it was grateful for the assistance.
No doubt u r correct, @@wintersbattleofbands1144
@@wintersbattleofbands1144 No doubt.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos : My pleasure! I'd love to see documentation of the restoration process & the final BX put back into service
Hola , Pienso que dejar abandonado un tren , una Locomotora o un Vagón y dejarlo pudrirse en un bosque o que el tiempo lo desintegre , es lo más triste que he visto, todos los objetos que prestaron alguna vez utilidad a las personas tienen una dignidad , el mismo volumen que abarcan lo dice todo, pueden ser rescatados y reparados para tener más vida y volver a ser útil o dar felicidad a otros, por último pueden ser convertidos en alguna habitación para alguien que ame los trenes. Gracias. Bonito vídeo.
Any update about the boxcar? Did it get put back into service?
Abandoned boxcar restoration update 11/4/2023 - Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad
th-cam.com/video/pdbHwCPaV14/w-d-xo.html
Still being worked on
@@SouthCoastRailVideos Thanks for the update video...looking good.
the locomotive switcher had a conrail consolidated rail corporation air horn.
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What was inside? I was hoping it would be opened!!!
Nothing
RE: 1:22 Someone took the knuckle making it difficult to steal ! (or scrap for Steel). It's got roller bearings and a handbrake on the 'B End' of the car. Hey, write on it 'For Sale' $20 and I bet someone will steal it saving YOU the headache moving it !
I think it’s too late for that…
The spurr it was on is isolated? Nice to see it moved
It’s connected but not used
@@SouthCoastRailVideos so there was no way to move it at all along the line? I guess the track conditions were in unusable condition?
@@chrischrisssssssss There was no reason to move it along the line. The car couldn't be shipped by rail and its destination was an isolated tourist railroad.
Did anybody think to look and see if there was anything inside it???
It’s empty
one other comment and that is the irony of the iconic 40' boxcar being moved past 53' trailers hauled by semis that replaced
in many cases the railroad.... still can't figure the logic on that... guess it's about who had the stronger lobby, not logic.
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That's really neat thanks for sharing this. What's BCLR stand for if I might ask.
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BAY COLONY RAILROAD
@@Steve-xf4uvthanks for your reply.
That's a nice old center cab locomotive.
Hard not to love an old boxcar.
What's the status of the tracks it was sitting for so many years on?
Those are on private property and haven’t been used regularly for decades.
What does that box car weigh
About 20 tons
good video, wouldnt it have been cheaper to hire a crane in RI rather than have it follow them from Mass?
Thanks for watching! Good crane companies aren't always around the corner so you go with one that you know has experience.
They still used rivets in 1952???
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What's inside?
Nada
Well, hmmmmmm, i guess that gives a new definition to the term, "road train" 🤔😼👍😀🤣😲🤣❗
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Great video. A few maps would be nice o see where this all happened.
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Imperial Distributors in Millis MA (look on Google Maps) was where the boxcar was removed.
Why could the car not be driven from there in a train?
The reason it could not be railed to the Newport and Narragansett Bay rail-line is because it is an island line with, at the moment, no connection to the mainland or mainline rails. There is a community currently trying to put a petition together to build a new rail bridge and reconnect the line to the main land though.
Bet it cost a lot of money to do this, I do want to save some fright and some locos someday
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I guess the Spurr is no longer connected to the main line
The destination of the car is on an isolated line and there’s no way this car could’ve been interchanged anyway
I assume it was impossible for a train engine to retrieve,tracks not usable?
It would be impossible to get it to the destination because of a missing bridge.
@@SouthCoastRailVideoswho paid for the retrieval? Had to have been costly
😢😢
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Should have opened the doors, brought in plant of tree trimmings, charcoal, charcoal lighter & lite it up! It is easier to move when puddled!
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Why was it left out there in the first place?
It was a storage car then the line basically shit down so it sat.
Let’s get that rolling stock back on the rails 😊
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Anything in it?
Nope it was empty
Why was it abandoned?
What will they do with it?
It’ll be restored
dang that train has one annoying horn... it's like its fails to go off then pick up and does a half way honk
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@@SouthCoastRailVideos of course. I love watching old train tracks
60 yrs of kiddies in every trainyard overpass viaduct,alley storefrt sidewalk,,ought a be a retnmmnt home for the lil dears make it look like a krylon spray aint can
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Good!!!!.....now wheres it goin.......
Thanks for watching! Portsmouth, RI as the video says
That car has been a hideout, playhouse, smoking room for a lot of folks over the years ???
Wondering what, if anything, was inside...
Empty. Doors are welded shut.
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It has been upðated roller beariñgs in fricto bearing bearing sidè frameii
but why? I dont understand the significance of an apparently insignificant box car.
It’s a boxcar built in the 50’s so it is considered historic. It will be used once again on a tourist line so it was moved down there.
12:50 Who's that hobo hitching a ride? lol
Boxcar Willy.
Why didn’t they just pick it up with engine