This where I live for the past 30 years I wondered how it all looked. This is very nice to see where the line came through Bradford, Lake Sunapee and Newport. Outstanding, Thank you
Have lived in the area for the past 23 years. Know most of the area and have seen what appeared to be old rights of way and bridges and even almost -hidden pieces of track in the Newport area. The Newport Station building is still there. Really enjoyed the trip back in time before we moved here.
Well done Rick! My favorite railroad shown as it really was in 1961. One note of interest is that this was the first use of the newly lettered #9 after it's transfer from the Sanford & Eastern. Keep up the good work.
I got to ride behind steam out of Bradford but missed this fan trip. A proposal was made to rebuild the track between Emerson / West Henniker and Hillsboro so the paper mill would still have rail service but was discounted because of the price as proposed by the B+M. By the way the location name was changed from West Henniker to Emerson after the B+M renamed many locations to eliminate confusion about similar station names. Emerson was in fact the name of the paper mill plant manager.
I love this video , I had to work and try to develop stuff for a small side venture too-much this year , so when I take a break from the rat race next year I aim to travel around the U S A and do some train rides like this ! ☀☀☀☀☀ THANKS !
That house and barn @ 7:15 were just torn down in the past 10 years or so. It's pretty amazing trying to trace the route with Google maps/Streetview. The house @ 9:44 still stands for the most part at the end of W Roby District Road. The tracks between the Warner River Reservoir and Laing Bridge Lane are still there. They can be seen from Google maps.
Nice historic video, for those of us who never saw what it was like back then. Especially of interest is the railroad crossing, what it looked like, in downtown Newport, NH, there being a "halfway meeting point" (for a parent who will traves south so to meet us) patronizing a business very close by the RR crossing. Thank you so much for posting this historic video for me!
Wonderful video. Especially the parts about Contoocook and Hopkinton. I was raised in Contoocook and it brought back a lot of childhood memories. My grand father Edward J, Densmore was a trackman on this line and worked out of the track shed right there in the village beside the track. He lived on Spring street right where the track crossed the road the road and rode the trains everyday. We used to sit and watch the trains go by as they passed behind the big white house just beyond the switches on Kearsarge Avenue. Thank you for bringing some very fond memories.
Thank you for sharing this unique and priceless video! As the author of Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, this brings so many of our covered bridges to life in a way I've never seen before. This is precious, and I am so grateful!
Thanks for sharing, Rick. Nice presentation. First time I've ever seen a flashing light on top of a diesel engine. Reminds me of the old police cars. Special thanks to Russ Monroe, Jr. & LeRoy Fredrick for recording this for posterity & to enjoy viewing.
My uncle took us on this trip so many years ago i was 10 yrs old at the time but still remember a lot of it. You could never do a trip like this now days. memory's
I love it! I went to school near Concord 1968-70. I never really experienced the C+C. I do recall tracks of what used to be the Claremont Street Railroad.
Not on this trip! There was another fantrip in 1956 that ran all the way into Concord. But in 1961 the rails were gone on the station side of the bridge, so there was not enough room for the gondolas. The engine did go into the bridge to use the wye track, as seen in the film.
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This where I live for the past 30 years I wondered how it all looked. This is very nice to see where the line came through Bradford, Lake Sunapee and Newport. Outstanding, Thank you
Thanks for another brilliant video!
Great video!
Beautiful and...ghostly.
Have lived in the area for the past 23 years. Know most of the area and have seen what appeared to be old rights of way and bridges and even almost -hidden pieces of track in the Newport area. The Newport Station building is still there. Really enjoyed the trip back in time before we moved here.
Well done Rick! My favorite railroad shown as it really was in 1961. One note of interest is that this was the first use of the newly lettered #9 after it's transfer from the Sanford & Eastern. Keep up the good work.
I work out of Contoocook and have always wondered what the story was with the covered bridge and track that once was… wish NH was still run by trains.
Very interesting. I was 'in the hopper' when this was filmed.
I got to ride behind steam out of Bradford but missed this fan trip. A proposal was made to rebuild the track between Emerson / West Henniker and Hillsboro so the paper mill would still have rail service but was discounted because of the price as proposed by the B+M. By the way the location name was changed from West Henniker to Emerson after the B+M renamed many locations to eliminate confusion about similar station names. Emerson was in fact the name of the paper mill plant manager.
I love this video , I had to work and try to develop stuff for a small side venture too-much this year , so when I take a break from the rat race next year I aim to travel around the U S A and do some train rides like this ! ☀☀☀☀☀ THANKS !
That house and barn @ 7:15 were just torn down in the past 10 years or so. It's pretty amazing trying to trace the route with Google maps/Streetview.
The house @ 9:44 still stands for the most part at the end of W Roby District Road. The tracks between the Warner River Reservoir and Laing Bridge Lane are still there. They can be seen from Google maps.
A thousand thank yous! Great film.
Nice historic video, for those of us who never saw what it was like back then. Especially of interest is the railroad crossing, what it looked like, in downtown Newport, NH, there being a "halfway meeting point" (for a parent who will traves south so to meet us) patronizing a business very close by the RR crossing. Thank you so much for posting this historic video for me!
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing to see! Thanks for sharing
Awesome stuff! Never realized just how beautiful some parts of this line were. Wish it could’ve been saved. Thanks for uploading!
My dad bought the abandoned station in Henniker after he was displaced by the flood control project.
That SNOW PLOW! 👍Deserved a bit more coverage in the narration, though...
More Memories!! We have a cottage in Henniker, and that covered bridge is something that we still see today! Great work!
thanks for uploading
Excellent! The only part missing would be going through claremont proper. But oh well. Great to have this footage. Thanks
Wonderful video. Especially the parts about Contoocook and Hopkinton. I was raised in Contoocook and it brought back a lot of childhood memories. My grand father Edward J, Densmore was a trackman on this line and worked out of the track shed right there in the village beside the track. He lived on Spring street right where the track crossed the road the road and rode the trains everyday. We used to sit and watch the trains go by as they passed behind the big white house just beyond the switches on Kearsarge Avenue. Thank you for bringing some very fond memories.
Cool video I live near Claremont jct
Great old NE Branch-line Railroad and Green Leaves song #3 is great also !! 🎶
Absolutely incredible. Please share whatever footage you have of the Hillsborough Branch from back in the day as well.
Very nice video. It must have been fun to ride it, knowing that in a few short years, it would be gone.
Really enjoyed this one thanks for put this one on TH-cam for us to enjoy.
Thank you for sharing this unique and priceless video! As the author of Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, this brings so many of our covered bridges to life in a way I've never seen before. This is precious, and I am so grateful!
Was it a dining car ? A gondola, or perhaps a hy rail food truck on the move ...😅😊
Thanks for sharing, Rick. Nice presentation. First time I've ever seen a flashing light on top of a diesel engine. Reminds me of the old police cars. Special thanks to Russ Monroe, Jr. & LeRoy Fredrick for recording this for posterity & to enjoy viewing.
VERY interesting!!! Thanks Much for showing this!!!!! A cool little road!!!!
My uncle took us on this trip so many years ago i was 10 yrs old at the time but still remember a lot of it. You could never do a trip like this now days. memory's
I love it! I went to school near Concord 1968-70. I never really experienced the C+C. I do recall tracks of what used to be the Claremont Street Railroad.
Love seeing #9 from the Sanford & Eastern and she's at a grain plant in Florida now. Anyone know if any of Sanford & Easterns 44 tonners still exist?
Didn't they push the gons through the covered bridge at Contoocook? That would be even more rare mileage!
Not on this trip! There was another fantrip in 1956 that ran all the way into Concord. But in 1961 the rails were gone on the station side of the bridge, so there was not enough room for the gondolas. The engine did go into the bridge to use the wye track, as seen in the film.