Fascinating video. The overlay of past photos is a great draw. As an enthusiast of Original Transcon RR UP/ CPRR, we explore areas of NV., CA, NE., UT., when on vacation. The original ROW's tell the story of fulfillment of Manifest Destiny, and of the visionaries who made it happen. Those who did the original works' are a source of constant amazement, juxtaposed to our modern age. Thanks, and subscribed, from Darrell.😀
As someone who frequents various rail trails , it amazes me to see how they managed to move and fill in areas with many tons of dirt to make the railways level. There are areas that are 50 feet high and 100 yards long that were filled in, all done during the 1800's, as it's mind-boggling.
Yes there was Bradlees and also an original IHOP in the the way they were first built. I remember eating there often with my dad. They had like 4 or 5 diff syrups right at your table . I loved it😊
Stop & Shop was on the right with Bradlee's to the left of the now Market Basket building. There was an entrance between the 2 stores too. IHop was to the left of the building with its signature blue roof till it burned down around 1987/1988
The trains is a freight train servicing concrete plant lumber yard , utility company and feed store. Trains are fairly regular on that line now. I lived on w. Webster and the train went behind my apt.
Very nice effort, thank you. The railroad CSX now owns everything and they are going above and beyond to keep the homeless out of the Concord and Manchester yards. They've spent tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars cleaning up Concord and by the look of it, Manchester too. We have the twin to your deceased signal tower in Concord, ravaged by you-know-who but it still stands and we're hoping it gets saved. While the Manchester station was nowhere near as grand as our Concord Station was, I remember pulling into it on the way to Boston and it was indeed beautiful in it's own right. Thanks again and stay safe. P.S. Bow no longer get coal trains, the plant is basically offline. The train delivers cars to Ciment Quebec in Bow and cars for Schnitzer in Concord.
Good video and comments. There seems to be a few abandoned gondola cars at Schnitzer but I don't think they have moved in years. There are also center girder cars being delivered to a forest products firm in Bow as well as a couple of grain cars a week to Blue Seal feeds in Bow. Wish there were more firms that needed railroad service! I love to watch railroad action.
In the beginning of your video the parking lot on the left was for employees car parking for the GSMP.. Granite state meat packing. You walked over the tracks to go to work. The GSP was were the big car parking garage is now. And right beside it was the Slaughter house and cow stalls... O yah don't forget the old bloody river that flows into the river
Thanks for the information . I'm only 48 , but yes , I recall the stories about the river being bloody . My uncles mentioned that they used to fish for large carp in the area for fun.
I noticed the remnants of a loading ramp; I spaced it as I intended to mention it. This area was before my time , I'm 48 years old and grew up on the west side.
I very much enjoy your videos. Itt shows great effort in securing history for our type of people. The switch house is still currently shown on Google maps. Had a tough time locating today's video. Maybe consider showing a pin when we can't get street names? Thanks for all you do.
Everything runs out of Nashua now. Bow has the Coal train. And in the same area is lumber and Quebec cement. . I remember back in the 80s their was a branch lines that ran along Valley Street. When my wife and I lived on the corner of Valley St and Belmont St. The local was dropping off and picking up rail cars.
The old rail system interests me as it's sent me down a rabbit hole, as I'm looking up history about it at the moment. I'm 48, as I missed the end of this era by about 15 years. Remnants of the track still exist on Valley Street, across from the stadium.
The dinosaur machine at 2:30 is a spot tamper. It is used to drive the ballast stones under the ties to surface the track At 11:45 is a hand throw switch stand. It moves the switch point rails to align the switch for the required move.
Lived in Manchester for 15 years. Glad to not live there anymore. Too much junk. Historic but just too much crap. Sorry, homeless people but you can also be responsible and not always looking for handouts. Stop making a mess of the place and maybe, just maybe you'll get a bit of respect. I will not feel sorry for homeless folk unless they show me a reason to. Just being homeless not a reason. Thanks for the tour.
It's not just the homeless. Many of the city streets/ tenant builing yards are also littered due to lazy people that toss trash out of their cars as they can't walk 50 feet to a trash can.
Thank you for capturing this before it's gone. As a Railfan, these videos are priceless!
I agree, as not much is left.
Lived in Manchester, NH since I was a baby (85) and never saw that area prior to the Fischer Cats stadium before. Thanks for sharing this.
Fascinating video. The overlay of past photos is a great draw. As an enthusiast of Original Transcon RR UP/ CPRR, we explore areas of NV., CA, NE., UT., when on vacation. The original ROW's tell the story of fulfillment of Manifest Destiny, and of the visionaries who made it happen. Those who did the original works' are a source of constant amazement, juxtaposed to our modern age. Thanks, and subscribed, from Darrell.😀
As someone who frequents various rail trails , it amazes me to see how they managed to move and fill in areas with many tons of dirt to make the railways level. There are areas that are 50 feet high and 100 yards long that were filled in, all done during the 1800's, as it's mind-boggling.
Yes there was Bradlees and also an original IHOP in the the way they were first built. I remember eating there often with my dad. They had like 4 or 5 diff syrups right at your table . I loved it😊
I Used to work at that IHOP started as a dishwasher, then was a cook then head cook...that was back when there was a fire in the kitchen
@bozobigtop5369 Wow no kidding!! 😊
An IHOP, lol. I can't recall it, but that's cool.
Stop & Shop was on the right with Bradlee's to the left of the now Market Basket building. There was an entrance between the 2 stores too. IHop was to the left of the building with its signature blue roof till it burned down around 1987/1988
The trains is a freight train servicing concrete plant lumber yard , utility company and feed store. Trains are fairly regular on that line now. I lived on w. Webster and the train went behind my apt.
Also if your interested I believe the see science center Lego Mill yard shows some of the old train routes around the mills but can't remember.
Very nice effort, thank you. The railroad CSX now owns everything and they are going above and beyond to keep the homeless out of the Concord and Manchester yards. They've spent tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars cleaning up Concord and by the look of it, Manchester too. We have the twin to your deceased signal tower in Concord, ravaged by you-know-who but it still stands and we're hoping it gets saved. While the Manchester station was nowhere near as grand as our Concord Station was, I remember pulling into it on the way to Boston and it was indeed beautiful in it's own right. Thanks again and stay safe. P.S. Bow no longer get coal trains, the plant is basically offline. The train delivers cars to Ciment Quebec in Bow and cars for Schnitzer in Concord.
Good video and comments. There seems to be a few abandoned gondola cars at Schnitzer but I don't think they have moved in years. There are also center girder cars being delivered to a forest products firm in Bow as well as a couple of grain cars a week to Blue Seal feeds in Bow. Wish there were more firms that needed railroad service! I love to watch railroad action.
NH is the best. Nice of you to document this.
In the beginning of your video the parking lot on the left was for employees car parking for the GSMP.. Granite state meat packing. You walked over the tracks to go to work. The GSP was were the big car parking garage is now. And right beside it was the Slaughter house and cow stalls... O yah don't forget the old bloody river that flows into the river
Thanks for the information . I'm only 48 , but yes , I recall the stories about the river being bloody . My uncles mentioned that they used to fish for large carp in the area for fun.
I noticed the remnants of a loading ramp; I spaced it as I intended to mention it. This area was before my time , I'm 48 years old and grew up on the west side.
I very much enjoy your videos. Itt shows great effort in securing history for our type of people.
The switch house is still currently shown on Google maps. Had a tough time locating today's video. Maybe consider showing a pin when we can't get street names? Thanks for all you do.
Everything runs out of Nashua now. Bow has the Coal train. And in the same area is lumber and Quebec cement. .
I remember back in the 80s their was a branch lines that ran along Valley Street. When my wife and I lived on the corner of Valley St and Belmont St. The local was dropping off and picking up rail cars.
The old rail system interests me as it's sent me down a rabbit hole, as I'm looking up history about it at the moment. I'm 48, as I missed the end of this era by about 15 years.
Remnants of the track still exist on Valley Street, across from the stadium.
The dinosaur machine at 2:30 is a spot tamper. It is used to drive the ballast stones under the ties to surface the track
At 11:45 is a hand throw switch stand. It moves the switch point rails to align the switch for the required move.
@MsCriticalthinker201 Thank you , for the correct information.
I got lots of pictures of that building last year. Had a feeling its time was short.
@125southernnh2 I've got a gut feeling that the entire area is going to be changing soon as it's an eyesore .
Marx guy here and near Manchester. N.H. My wife and I grew up in that area in the 1950s and 60s and moved away in 72.
Those pictures tell a story of buildings that had a purpose. But as time went on, they were never repurposed, and melted away.
Yes, I'm all about preservation, but that old switch station wasn't in a great area as it had to go.
Bradley's what's next to IHOP
Great job again
Yay new video
Hobo Village
My Uncles used to refer to the area as Hobo Jungle.
Lived in Manchester for 15 years. Glad to not live there anymore. Too much junk. Historic but just too much crap. Sorry, homeless people but you can also be responsible and not always looking for handouts. Stop making a mess of the place and maybe, just maybe you'll get a bit of respect. I will not feel sorry for homeless folk unless they show me a reason to. Just being homeless not a reason. Thanks for the tour.
It's not just the homeless. Many of the city streets/ tenant builing yards are also littered due to lazy people that toss trash out of their cars as they can't walk 50 feet to a trash can.
@@manchesterexplorer8519 I lived on Brook St for 15 years. I'm glad to have moved away after that. Selfish city it is. No matter the history.
@nhzxboi Is been in a downward spiral since the 1960's , but it's been accelerating downhill very quickly , especially during these past 15 years.