Hello Larry5200, this was a awesome video to watch and I'm glad to see you walked the old Boston & Maine Wildcat line. The ski trains would leave Boston Mass and go all the way to North Conway and Conway NH. This happened up until the late 1960's and stopped because people used there cars to go up to New Hampshire instead of taking the train. I have only walked less than a mile on that old line off of RTE 16 . There is a crossing on the highway for that line also. It is nice to see the tie date nails and cement Whistle (W) post sign on that line. There was talk of bringing back trains through there a few years ago and now it's on hold. The New Hampshire Northcoast railroad runs iit's gravel trains to Boston Mass serving Boston Sand and Gravel. The tracks are nicely restored for heavy gravel trains coming from the Ossipee NH gravel pit to Boston Mass. They usually run there trains on Monday to Thursday after 8pmish leaving from Dover NH. Hope you can see that train sometime and can explore more of this railroad. I just subscribed to your channel and my son Lewis and I are looking forward to watching more of your videos. In North conway NH you can go ride the old trains at the North Conway Scenic railroad. 🙂 We wish you good luck and health. Take care and happy exploring to you. ----Jeffrey Hull Jr. (Jeff & son Lew)
@@JEFFREYHULLJr.-ps8nr Thank you so much. Yes, I see the Northcoast come through here every day. It really is a beautiful train. I went up to Pollys Crossing yesterday to continue on that line, and plan on uploading more videos soon.
The nails in the ties are called "date nails", they signify the year those ties were installed, looks like 1933 on some of them! Very cool! I spend time on the abandoned rails too and can also hear the trains still running, you're not crazy, the clickity-clack seems to linger.
The keyword for this video is "whistle." The "W" posts you found at 05:05 and 15:20 are "whistle posts." They tell the engineer to blow his whistle because there's a crossing ahead. And the two-noted whistle-like bird call you heard at 12:12 is a Broad-winged Hawk.
@larryinNH its very open,there are a couple of spurs where I live( Ohio) that were abandoned in 70z as well, if you didn't know where they were, you wouldn't find them...Thanx for video and information 😉
@ Thanks for watching. I hope to finish this line in the spring. I’ve got about 16 miles left. This is now known as “ Corridor 19” . A recreational trail used primarily by snowmobilers.
Hello Larry5200, this was a awesome video to watch and I'm glad to see you walked the old Boston & Maine Wildcat line. The ski trains would leave Boston Mass and go all the way to North Conway and Conway NH. This happened up until the late 1960's and stopped because people used there cars to go up to New Hampshire instead of taking the train. I have only walked less than a mile on that old line off of RTE 16 . There is a crossing on the highway for that line also. It is nice to see the tie date nails and cement Whistle (W) post sign on that line. There was talk of bringing back trains through there a few years ago and now it's on hold. The New Hampshire Northcoast railroad runs iit's gravel trains to Boston Mass serving Boston Sand and Gravel. The tracks are nicely restored for heavy gravel trains coming from the Ossipee NH gravel pit to Boston Mass. They usually run there trains on Monday to Thursday after 8pmish leaving from Dover NH. Hope you can see that train sometime and can explore more of this railroad. I just subscribed to your channel and my son Lewis and I are looking forward to watching more of your videos. In North conway NH you can go ride the old trains at the North Conway Scenic railroad. 🙂 We wish you good luck and health. Take care and happy exploring to you. ----Jeffrey Hull Jr. (Jeff & son Lew)
@@JEFFREYHULLJr.-ps8nr Thank you so much. Yes, I see the Northcoast come through here every day. It really is a beautiful train. I went up to Pollys Crossing yesterday to continue on that line, and plan on uploading more videos soon.
The nails in the ties are called "date nails", they signify the year those ties were installed, looks like 1933 on some of them! Very cool! I spend time on the abandoned rails too and can also hear the trains still running, you're not crazy, the clickity-clack seems to linger.
The keyword for this video is "whistle." The "W" posts you found at 05:05 and 15:20 are "whistle posts." They tell the engineer to blow his whistle because there's a crossing ahead. And the two-noted whistle-like bird call you heard at 12:12 is a Broad-winged Hawk.
Lovely beautiful place old train ❤
Beautiful place enjoy watching keep safe Po God blessed ❤
They were using the spikes to mark what year the ties were replaced. Clearly some of the ties exceed 80 years old
Beautiful place enjoy watching keep safe Po God blessed ❤ Nice view ❤
Rails to trails strikes again. And I'll bet they never asked before they ripped out the track. They do that a lot
Great video!
Such a wonderful trail 🙌🏼
The nail with the number is the year the tie (or phone pole) was installed.
Man, I hate seeing rails abandoned. They go to crap FAST.
so historical place .Daisy
Very nice same my place
First ❤❤❤
i been looking your channel, no wonder why i cannot find it! i was looking for larry500, i forget number 2😀
Those ties on the bridge were intentionally cut
How long since in use?
@@Charles-q4t8y Early 70’s
@larryinNH its very open,there are a couple of spurs where I live( Ohio) that were abandoned in 70z as well, if you didn't know where they were, you wouldn't find them...Thanx for video and information 😉
@ Thanks for watching. I hope to finish this line in the spring. I’ve got about 16 miles left. This is now known as “ Corridor 19” . A recreational trail used primarily by snowmobilers.
@@larryinNH anywhere around here, they are completely overwhelmed by Mother Nature and Her reclamation process
W blow horn
W means crossing ahead blow whistle
This is where you find a dead body. I saw Stand By Me.
Haha, True. I actually think about that quite often.
kind of looks like a scene from The Walking Dead