Abandoned boxcar in the woods saved! - BCLR Millis, MA to NNB Rhode Island - 9/2023

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  • @oldrustycars
    @oldrustycars Рік тому +49

    A crew that knew what they were doing, no drama. Excellent video, thank you for sharing.

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +8

      Thanks for watching!

    • @davidmiller4863
      @davidmiller4863 Рік тому

      I think the New York Central is one of the best race ever been in the United

    • @DavesRange
      @DavesRange 10 місяців тому

      Yeah drama is what makes things actually exciting to watch. This was boring AF. Man, I'd hate to be you.

  • @Gerk8
    @Gerk8 Рік тому +38

    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!

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for watching!

    • @mohawkmike142
      @mohawkmike142 10 місяців тому +3

      Despatch Shops in East Roch. The box very certainly could have been built there. Certainly serviced there I'd wager.

    • @bernierodriguez662
      @bernierodriguez662 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes it would be great to see restoration on this particular car. I hope we get to see it

  • @louislamonte334
    @louislamonte334 Рік тому +48

    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!

  • @BillMorse-jr2ou
    @BillMorse-jr2ou 11 місяців тому +11

    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.

  • @johnclamshellsp1969
    @johnclamshellsp1969 Рік тому +5

    That would make an excellent cabin in the woods. Nice

  • @monolight1327
    @monolight1327 Рік тому +17

    Once again, EXCELLENT attention to the detail of the boxcar pre-move. Thank you, you make adding car and scenery layout details easier!

  • @marktompkinstreasurehunter4363
    @marktompkinstreasurehunter4363 Рік тому +14

    It was really nice to see that beautiful boxcar being saved. Thank you very much.

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @damkayaker
      @damkayaker Рік тому

      - Beautiful boxcar? Really...?

    • @marktompkinstreasurehunter4363
      @marktompkinstreasurehunter4363 Рік тому +2

      Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like old boxcars.@@damkayaker

    • @bbbobbyburkhalter
      @bbbobbyburkhalter Рік тому +1

      @@damkayaker obviously you don't see it where some others do...now with that being said it a piece of history depending when it was made as stated above comments say if it's gets re-entered in original NYC livery it'll be great tribute to the New York Central Railroad

  • @sqengineer
    @sqengineer Рік тому +12

    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!!

  • @DonnaD123
    @DonnaD123 Рік тому +11

    Amazing effort! Well done! Great footage too! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🚂

  • @andrewmunczenski3632
    @andrewmunczenski3632 Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @BG-sl9lv
    @BG-sl9lv Рік тому +7

    amazing good shape for 20 yrs of abandonment. great save.

  • @12MapleLane
    @12MapleLane Рік тому +4

    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!

  • @michaelmcginn1706
    @michaelmcginn1706 11 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting. Awesome video.😊😊 I am glad that it came back to life.

  • @loritobin2578
    @loritobin2578 Рік тому +43

    I hope it gets painted and lettered back to its days on the New York Central Railroad. There are train museums that take old cars that have or they paint them into vintage rolling stock as they were on their original railroads. Illinois Railway museum is one I know of that they pull the cars for the excursions when doing runbys on their rails.

  • @chrissharp5073
    @chrissharp5073 Рік тому +2

    A very slick operation. Well thought out recovery programme. Nice to see a piece of railroad history being saved. Well done to you all.

  • @joyousfive
    @joyousfive Рік тому +1

    Howdy folks !! what a swell film 👀❤....... good to see!!👀 - 9/19/2023 Ontario Canada 🤠

  • @joshbenton4080
    @joshbenton4080 Рік тому +6

    Wow, good save for this old NYC boxcar, this car is an old gem! This car was more than likely built with 70 Ton "Friction Bearing" trucks, along with cast on "Polling Rod Pockets". This car obviously underwent a rebuild project at some point. (Most likely during it's tenure with PC) The conversion of the Friction bearing trucks to Roller bearings, with the "Journal Boxes" shaved down are a dead giveaway. This work was probably done in the 1970's and this car probably had it's roof walk removed in the process. Boxcars built beginning in 1966, were built without a roof walk. Then around 1974, boxcars that were built with a roof walk began having them removed.

  • @bobpalmer362
    @bobpalmer362 Рік тому +3

    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...

  • @RandymanB
    @RandymanB Рік тому +2

    Reminds me of my favorite book when I was a kid, The Boxcar Children!

  • @megatwingo
    @megatwingo 3 місяці тому

    That was a very interesting and very cool rescue action. Thanks God that there are people, who are willing to pay money and sacrifice nerves and time for all that. Good to hear about the future restoration of that vintage car. Thumbs up! :)
    Greetings
    Mega

  • @earllutz2663
    @earllutz2663 Рік тому +2

    This was a very interesting video to watch. I hope that with all the equipment and man power that was used in this operation, that the car is put to good use.

  • @AndreA-ke2id
    @AndreA-ke2id Рік тому +9

    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 ??

  • @trainmaster0217
    @trainmaster0217 9 місяців тому

    That was nice to see.... an old boxcar being saved and not scraped.

  • @engineerpat5290
    @engineerpat5290 Рік тому +1

    Well done! Glad to see this gem was saved!!

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost106 Рік тому +14

    Glad this boxcar is being saved!!!

  • @grayrecluse7496
    @grayrecluse7496 Рік тому +5

    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.

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

    • @dorsk84
      @dorsk84 Рік тому +4

      This is when you keep your mouth shut about what you find. 2 cars and a tons of ammo...... yes please.

    • @tharumaratnam
      @tharumaratnam Рік тому

      Why are t💯😊

    • @johnnycarson67
      @johnnycarson67 11 місяців тому

      I would have taken them and told no one ever

  • @locojohn6637
    @locojohn6637 Рік тому +1

    A true SAVE !

  • @johnalder6028
    @johnalder6028 Рік тому

    Good video showing how it's done. Thanx!

  • @johnbarlow1476
    @johnbarlow1476 Рік тому +1

    Fascinating video! Glad to see it getting preserved.

  • @mikesgarage0143
    @mikesgarage0143 Рік тому +1

    well done video i really enjoyed it. was very interesting to see all the work done to move it. im glad this was that old cars fate instead of a cutting tourch.

  • @gilbertcastaneda8208
    @gilbertcastaneda8208 Рік тому

    I'm glad that they are saving a piece of history I hope that they will restore it

    • @tbone3972
      @tbone3972 Рік тому

      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.

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @GreatWhiteZep
    @GreatWhiteZep Рік тому

    Got some great pix of this today before it gets refurbished! Pretty cool!

  • @gmerc-zu6wz
    @gmerc-zu6wz Рік тому

    New subscriber! Top quality video. Sweet and to the point. Thanks for sharing!

  • @mikedurhan9941
    @mikedurhan9941 Рік тому

    Thank you. Very interesting and a happy ending.

  • @danielfantino1714
    @danielfantino1714 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @OldCBnGuns
    @OldCBnGuns Рік тому

    Great video I remember seeing the Bay Colony railroad running while I drove down 109 on my way to medfield state hospital before it closed

  • @sailormaderopeworks3657
    @sailormaderopeworks3657 11 місяців тому

    Great video!

  • @Dball10-4
    @Dball10-4 Рік тому

    I live in West Warwick. I'll have to go down to Newport and check this out!

  • @matthewrinehart9514
    @matthewrinehart9514 Рік тому

    Mad operators and driver skills

  • @brandonhendrixson2372
    @brandonhendrixson2372 Рік тому

    Awesome video

  • @jaimedDR
    @jaimedDR Рік тому

    Happy Boxcar!!

  • @---rz5th
    @---rz5th 11 місяців тому

    Well done.

  • @JohnDoesItAll
    @JohnDoesItAll Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing! Small win for us "foamers." 😊

  • @jerry4621
    @jerry4621 Рік тому +3

    Follow-up video after restoration would be cool.

  • @Steve-xf4uv
    @Steve-xf4uv Рік тому +4

    Great video; really interesting move. Alot of very good competent and careful people. Now a bit of TLC and a coat of paint !

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 Рік тому +1

    Hey it be exciting....as usual....If you showcasing this neat Rail Corridor....That truck lloading FACILITIES gets inspired to make a transloads facilities

  • @MarcelosalivaTRENESArg
    @MarcelosalivaTRENESArg Рік тому

    Awesome capture my friend 😀 Excellent video 💯 Like 👍🏻 Greeting 🙋🏻☺️

  • @Herman-ej4xn
    @Herman-ej4xn Рік тому +1

    Out here in Los😢 Angeles Ca we had a boxcar abandoned in a Barker Brothers siding in the 1980s on the Southern Pacific's Santa Monica spur

  • @randylearmonth4047
    @randylearmonth4047 11 місяців тому

    Very cool, saving things of the past,l[over it

  • @wjsnail4243
    @wjsnail4243 Рік тому +2

    Wow, grew up walking out to this thing as a kid. Can’t believe it’s gone

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Рік тому

    Goosebumps achieved, well done.

  • @jasonervoes1326
    @jasonervoes1326 Рік тому +1

    Glad you got to save that boxcar.

  • @olentangy74
    @olentangy74 11 місяців тому

    I haven’t seen NYC on a piece of rolling stock in over 50 years. What a find! I

  • @armandoperez7967
    @armandoperez7967 Рік тому

    I am really glad that they saved it!

    • @damkayaker
      @damkayaker Рік тому

      Why so important to save something like this and not something like the USS Washington or USS Alaska? This is scrap metal. Those ships should have been saved.

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +1

      Arguably war ships make better scrap metal

    • @damkayaker
      @damkayaker Рік тому

      @@SouthCoastRailVideos - That is true but my question is why are there so many identical comments expressing great joy that this rusted metal box wasn't crushed. Almost seems like an army of AI bots writing "glad it was saved" but no reasoning behind that "thought."

  • @danielrongo2367
    @danielrongo2367 Рік тому

    Awesome

  • @Marbleheadjed
    @Marbleheadjed Рік тому +7

    A shame that business can’t use rail service .
    Nice save.

  • @BNSF2012
    @BNSF2012 Рік тому

    im happy that you saved a rolling stock from scrap i dont know why but it feels familliar to one of the thomas episodes

  • @floyddianetti9023
    @floyddianetti9023 Рік тому

    I lived in East Rochester where rail cars were built and repaired, in fact the town was built around the railroad. My Dad worked there for 30 years. His brother and father worked there as well. Great Memories. My screensaver is of 3 New York Central Locomotives.

  • @NYandAtlantic
    @NYandAtlantic Рік тому +1

    Keep us posted on what they do with this car would love to see it back in its original paint scheme. I run NYC on my layout

  • @JayYoung-ro3vu
    @JayYoung-ro3vu Рік тому

    Am glad it was saved from obscurity. ❤❤❤❤

  • @mos.f5810
    @mos.f5810 Рік тому

    Amazing , The coupler on the box car is the same as they produce in these days .

  • @alg9086
    @alg9086 Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @JimDog794
    @JimDog794 Рік тому

    Nice! 😉👍

  • @johnalder6028
    @johnalder6028 Рік тому

    Made 2 years before i was born. Good to know it will be restored to NYC livery.

  • @DavidHawkins-s7u
    @DavidHawkins-s7u Рік тому +1

    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

  • @andrewthacker114
    @andrewthacker114 Рік тому

    Interesting clip

  • @wildbill5126
    @wildbill5126 Рік тому

    Way cool it got saved.

  • @wunp2252
    @wunp2252 Рік тому

    You are my hero for documenting this. Why did it need to be off the property in such a hurry?

  • @buentaste
    @buentaste 10 місяців тому +1

    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..👍🏻

  • @gilbertcastaneda8208
    @gilbertcastaneda8208 Рік тому

    Love the horn on this train

  • @nickpckles8902
    @nickpckles8902 Рік тому +1

    Looks very similar to the gmrc boxcars we have sitting around up here in VT

  • @alwhalen3488
    @alwhalen3488 Рік тому +5

    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)!

  • @stratojack1
    @stratojack1 Рік тому

    Surprised I never spied this gem.

  • @johnnycarson67
    @johnnycarson67 11 місяців тому

    Kenopsia: an eerie feeling of abandonment where there used to be such thriving life@

  • @mas121473
    @mas121473 Рік тому +2

    Great video! Would have liked to seen it moved by the excavator and the doors opened

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 Рік тому +1

    Awesome news, congrats for saving another piece of railroad history! Where will it go off to?

  • @byronharano2391
    @byronharano2391 Рік тому

    Done today! Wow

  • @bobjohnston8316
    @bobjohnston8316 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @bigmackstruckstop9213
    @bigmackstruckstop9213 Рік тому

    I hope they restoration it and new paint.

  • @happyhome41
    @happyhome41 Рік тому +6

    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. 😀

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +6

      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.

    • @mikedurhan9941
      @mikedurhan9941 Рік тому

      With the right tools and the right amount of $$$$.

    • @maxj0930
      @maxj0930 Рік тому +2

      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.

    • @happyhome41
      @happyhome41 Рік тому

      @@maxj0930 HA ! Good point. I'm guessing they're licensed and much comply with the rules of their insurance carrier.

    • @Deadbuck73
      @Deadbuck73 Рік тому +1

      I was wondering where the hard hats were

  • @kennyspry5189
    @kennyspry5189 3 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @m.scottreeder
    @m.scottreeder 10 місяців тому

    I remember back during the late 1980s, I was driving westbound on U.S. Highway 82 leaving Eufaula, Alabama, and noticed a strange sight.
    As I was leaving the Eufaula city limits, maybe well outside, I saw a LONG line of abandoned boxcars. No engines anywhere, just a long collection of beat-up, graffiti-marked, rusty cars.
    These railroad tracks ran parallel with Highway 82--in those days. These cars stretched for miles.

  • @TimSmith-uc4pk
    @TimSmith-uc4pk Рік тому +2

    I’m shocked that those old bearings weren’t froze up

  • @VincentCowboysAndTrains
    @VincentCowboysAndTrains Рік тому +11

    Glad this boxcar was rescued how did this even get abandoned?

    • @animenut69
      @animenut69 Рік тому +6

      Probably moved there for storage or whatever then out of sight out of mind forgotten

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +8

      Stuck in the corner of the yard for storage, rail line basically shut down, and that was it…stayed there until today

    • @Gerk8
      @Gerk8 Рік тому

      When did the Bay Colony RR shut down?

    • @alwhalen3488
      @alwhalen3488 Рік тому +2

      The line is technically still in service and leased to Bay Colony, but since the GAF shingle plant closed down (2011?) there has been nothing moving on this part of the line. Some carloads of cement were handled to a customer unloading area about 1/2 mile before the location of the car. A locomotive is still parked nearby.@@Gerk8

    • @alwhalen3488
      @alwhalen3488 Рік тому

      Cement moved in 2022

  • @robertbowman3406
    @robertbowman3406 Рік тому +1

    After sitting here for over 20 years I would think that it would be very advisable to replace the wheels sets as they usually have not turned for quite a while. Just a thought here.

  • @markkerr7866
    @markkerr7866 Рік тому

    I see another volunteer painting party coming up !

  • @Thunder_6278
    @Thunder_6278 3 місяці тому

    I wonder if this was a 'Pacemaker' LCL car, that would be COOL.

  • @SoFloRR1018
    @SoFloRR1018 Рік тому

    That horn!!

  • @1965Gindy
    @1965Gindy 10 місяців тому

    I rescued an old semi trailer out of the woods. So I can relate

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 Рік тому

    Any words on this line being restored to services....perhaps a rail to truck Transloads facilities 😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks for sharing

  • @CSXEK
    @CSXEK Рік тому

    I have a boxcar like that In HO scale!! also it still is unique it has its original trucks!

  • @bradfordtownley9363
    @bradfordtownley9363 Рік тому +2

    Can't believe the wheels still turned

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

    • @alwhalen3488
      @alwhalen3488 Рік тому +1

      It was converted to roller bearings, probably when it got rebuilt in 1974. Had it been friction type bearings there may have been some issues. Car sat for over 20 years and still rolled easily.

  • @doctordeath.5716
    @doctordeath.5716 Рік тому

    With the way the springs look, it looks like it still has a full load in it to me

  • @nickspiotta4628
    @nickspiotta4628 Рік тому

    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.

  • @markkerr7866
    @markkerr7866 Рік тому

    A New York central box to go with the New York central flat ! Pretty kool !

  • @JeffRyman69
    @JeffRyman69 Рік тому +1

    Good

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @1361057
      @1361057 Рік тому

      I’m an old nuke too … but I’m only 68.

    • @JeffRyman69
      @JeffRyman69 Рік тому

      @@1361057 it's not my age. It's the year I got my BS in nuclear engineering. Good to see you here!

    • @1361057
      @1361057 Рік тому +2

      @@JeffRyman69 oh, okay. I didn’t get my degree but I did spend 8+ years in the nuke Navy, two subs and then power plant construction and then plant modifications. Still actually in the industry in SC. There aren’t many of us old nukies around anymore. Where’s home for you?

    • @JeffRyman69
      @JeffRyman69 Рік тому

      @@1361057 I'm retired in Las Vegas. I worked at Oak Ridge National Lab for 22 years, then 10 years on the Yucca Mountain Project, and finished with nearly two years at the Savannah River site as with a subcontractor to the cleanup contractor.

  • @calimom3lestudios931
    @calimom3lestudios931 Рік тому

    In my Thomas & Friends headcanon, this is how Thomas found Boxy.

  • @jimwilloughby
    @jimwilloughby Рік тому +2

    I'm curious as to how it became abandoned. Was it unloaded and shoved al9ong the track for pick-up, only to have a recod of it's l90ocation 'slip through tye cracks", or did some one at BCLR oreder it left where it was on purpose? Or was there some other reason?

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching! It was placed in storage and has sat ever since

    • @mshum538
      @mshum538 7 місяців тому

      Jim, your question has a simple answer, as the RR industry evolved around boxcars and the introduction to the newer hi-cube boxes we see today ( the new hi-cube have the higher roofs painted white ( that has its own reason ) , thus making a surplus for the now undesirable smaller 40 footers …. another factor was the demise of freight agents and freight stations with today being all computerized…

  • @leonardosventura
    @leonardosventura Рік тому

    Porque teve que sair dai urgente.? Vão reativar esse trecho?

  • @heartland96a
    @heartland96a Рік тому +1

    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 ?

    • @SouthCoastRailVideos
      @SouthCoastRailVideos  Рік тому +2

      Doors welded shut so no inside shots.

    • @heartland96a
      @heartland96a Рік тому

      @@SouthCoastRailVideos thanks for the reply, a mystery to be solved sometime in the future then