First Train in 4 years - BCLR Millis Line - 1/6/2022
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- The Bay Colony Railroad's Millis Line has not seen a revenue move since February of 2018. Since then the line was overgrown with high grasses which made this line seemingly abandoned. In October of 2020 trestle work, which included the replacement of wooden timbers, was done on the bridge over the Charles River. Brush cutting over the entire line from Medfield Junction to the former GAF warehouse at the end of the line was done at the same time but no traffic turned up in 2020. In 2021 the Bay Colony Railroad did some brush cutting on the line for a potential traffic up turn. On January 6, 2022 the first revenue train in four years brought eight loaded cement hoppers down the line for Tresca Brothers Cement in Millis, MA. This video shows BCLR 1701 delivering the cars to the unloading site.
Medfield/Millis, MA
1/2022
CORRECTION: The last move was actually February of 2019
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Great to see a rail line re-activated. We need as many of them as we can get.
Someone should start an organization called trails back to rails 🚂🚃
@@ArtStoneUS I agree.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Nothing warms the heart of a railfan more than work polished rail
Thats badass!! What an absolute treasure to see an ababdoned line become reactivated again. Annnnd have freight service upon it. Too cool, just...... absolutely amazing! 💯
It was never abandoned, just not used. Lines are never abandoned till the tracks ripped up.
There are thousands of miles of abandoned in place tracks around in the US
@@lutomson3496 aaaaaand? So what?, dont like my comment then dont read it!!!
@@phoenicianlocal2363 stop posting propaganda and false information..easy
@@lutomson3496 its my opinion and thoughts on it....if ya dont like it then find a way to delete the comment, or shut up and deal with it!!.
Nice to see a local railroad line reactivated after 4 years very scenic and photogenic with classic GP7 or GP9 . Hope customer gives rail line years of business
i go to the rail, the train hasn’t moved in a while and it’s the hang out spot for teens like me, train looks beat and has some graffiti.
This is just incredible! An old gp7 that has been abandoned for years, and it still works!
Well, do we really know how long it's been since this locomotive ran? We know the line itself has been inactive, but the locomotive could have been in use somewhere else and relocated for this shunting job.
@@Boxcarphilly you maybe right on that
1701 smokes like an ALCO! Oh, to those new property owners along the track, that spur IS NOT abandoned as the real estate agent told you.
Real estate agents will do whatever they have to in order to get their pockets packed with cash, and they can live out their Rock and Roll Lifestyles. Just a bunch of vermin.
re rock and roll lifestyle
I am one of them property owners and the next train car I see coming down it's getting derailed I'm going to do everything in my power to get this s*** shut down.
@@beavis8167 you also are claiming to commit a crime
I have a house next to train tracks. Well guess what goes on train tracks?🚂🚂🚂. America can not loose anymore train right of ways
@@beavis8167 And you’ll be living in a jail cell instead of a house! Lol
The old GP7 is a real treat. They make the coolest sound. Really the most to say the least!!
Jack
Well, I must say, I am very happy to see this! Also, I am very happy to see how well 1701 runs after sitting for years. I'd reckon the tracks will need some maintenance very soon (it's a rock 'n roll line at the moment). 1701 looks/sounds like all it needs is a spot amount of body/paint work around the cab glass, and a couple of replacement battery box doors. Incredible running locomotive after sitting for so long. Once it burned the moisture out of the exhaust it didn't even smoke. Gee, whiz. What a great engine. Thanks so much for this video.
The plated over windows on the conductor side of the cab need to be opened up and good glass installed if not under the plating, otherwise the FRA will have something to say about it, probably a couple of other things too like the long hood ditch lights. She sounds great!
Mike, I believe they replaced that engine, it has almost no hours on it.
@@frankcadillac9151 That would explain it. Thanks.
Love seeing dormant lines and locos reawaken! I often have dreams of the old Guilford line through Wakefield up to Danvers reopening but lots of it has been torn out now. :(
Once the rails are lifted, it's almost impossible to get it back.
My god 20k in less than a day! Glad your video is showing people around the world of our good old BCLR shortline! Great multiple angle shots too!
Thanks Tom! I’m surprised how popular it’s getting and it keeps going up.
@@SouthCoastRailVideos And in just over 2 days it's at ......... 60,719 views , remarkable
A TRUE WORKHORSE!!! hasn’t really moved for so long, and look at it just pulling loaded hoppers like it was back in the 60’s!!! Wow
Once upon a coal heap -
The corporations that once represented "the best that America had to offer" in technology and innovation, built things to last....
Now, they just build things to "break on cue" and be replaced at an alarming rate, while simultaneously blaming consumers for "destroying the planet"?
You can't beat a machine that has outlived locomotives half its age that's for sure!
Long may they run.💎
Real Toy Trains, this video is about the re-use of the dormant *line* and not the locomotive...
@@inherentmirth5180 ummmm what?
@@realtoytrains I know right??
He must be the one the teacher told to stay focused today. 🐢😖
Am I somehow incorrect in that Real Toy Trains said "it hasn't moved for so long" and "look at it pulling hoppers," in reference to the loco? The loco wasn't unused for years, the line was.
You win the award 🥇 again for finding and filming the most obscure in service short line action!!
I would seriously love living near the tracks , I'd sure make some awesome videos of trains going by . It's great to see old lines being used again .
Nice to see new work after several years dormant. Hopefully it continues even picks up. Thanks for sharing 👍
Nice job Mike. Last time I saw 1701 it was hauling trash on the cape main. Long time ago back when 8580 was roaming around as well. I got a great picture of 1052 when I was a little kid in the Middleboro yard back in the Conrail days.
Have always loved GP7s. So excited to see this line being used again……thanks for sharing 👍
It's great to see those railroad tracks back in business. I love those old GP 9s.
When my kids were preschool age (not long ago) Id take them to see 1701 up close. It was always a blast for them.
Rural shortlines have always been my thing, so I love footage like this; excellent work. Stirs up some nostalgia in me. Weedy rights-of-way, ancient rolling stock, & trackage running through the absolute middle of swamp-ass nowhere are all aesthetic bonuses for me, lol. I grew up around the sights & sounds of the Winston-Salem Southbound ALCOA branch, Aberdeen Carolina Western, the Pee Dee River Railroad (with their orange Dreamsicle paint scheme) & my personal fave, the ex-Carolina Southern/Waccamaw Coast Line (currently RJ Corman Carolina Lines, thanks to whom it’s possible to see trains in Myrtle Beach again!). This is truly a gem of a video.
There is also a section of military track near Wilmington, NC serving the Sunny Point ammo terminal downriver that remains the most curious/mysterious line I know of. The first chunk of trackage is almost arrow-straight, maybe 3-4 gentle curves in a couple dozen miles, until it enters the ammo terminal’s property. There, they’ve designed the rail layout to be as redundant & convoluted as possible (with over 60 miles of “disorganized” siding/yard trackage with the base’s confines) in order to foil aerial reconnaissance. I’ve only seen 2 trains in action there, both around the fever pitch of the Iraq & Afghan Wars, each carrying armed guards on 2 burgundy US Army cabooses - one right behind the power & one at the end. As fascinating as that line is, it’s a good sign when it’s quiet, lol.
Great to see any line becoming active again. And with a GEEP too!
Nice to see the use of hand signals and proper flagging of crossings.
Rail lines should always be rail banked for future use. Great video!
What an absolutely fascinating video. I think there something hypnotic about watching the resurrection of a line and brining it back into revenue again. Here in the UK some lines are being resurrected again by putting business back on the tracks instead of having loads of trucks on the road.
Somebody is unloading or loading flour just like I do for a living!! Hope the company transloading has a powerful blower cause those cars really need 14 psi!! On hot and humid days lol !! Looks to me some people put minds together to bring this line back to life. Congratulations!!. Lookimg forward to see alot more footage.
They did a bunch of restoration to the bridge there. Thats always a great sign.
WOW awesome video, love the old High Hood and love to see old tracks getting their first run in years, super cool video!!!
Just under 3 years. We had empties last picked up from Island road in February 2019.
Holy crap! It's alive! So great to see this. Thanks for the video.
Very cool video of trains running down the line after 4 years.
"It's Alive. it's Alive !!!" And a big THANK YOU to SCRV for being there !!! A+++ video !
I grew up in Medfield. Moved away after college 35 years ago. This line abutted the neighborhood we lived in. Many fond memories of playing on those tracks as a kid.
Great video!!! As a train buff, I love to see this. We need more trains taking traffic off the highway, reducing carbon. I am a bit confused though... Many comments are about the locomotive coming back to life but that is not how it reads in the description. That's crazy that they would leave a serviceable locomotive sitting around just because there was no action on the line. Surprised kids didn't smash and spray paint it up.
The locomotive was maintained but not used since the last revenue move.
No kidding on the smashing and spray painting. Cannot say the same for the abandoned Metra commuter cars and the two lone F units, not to mention the "graveyard spur" with hundreds of locomotives just gathering rust and slowly deteriorating.
Great vid! In New Joke State, that would have been turned into one of those silly-assed walking trails by now.
For some reason this brought a smile to my face🙂
ojj i love that 1701 - it sounds very close to a GM EMD 567 with no sound damper!
Those are PD's (Pressure Differential) Hoppers and they can carry any type of powder load including various flours, chemical powders, and pharmaceutical bases. Lots of these car on the rails recently though
This is awesome! I have fished near that trestle and am glad the line is back in operation!
Love that Roots blower sound!!!
Elderly EMDs making their trademarked lovely noises with a wintry rural backdrop. Excellent. Thanks for sharing this one, really cheered me up 🙂🤟🏼
South Coast rail, great video. I hope BCLR Mills railroad, add another section of track. That's what makes a great railroad. I hope BCLR Mills railroad, is able to get federal funding from the government, and purchase more locomotives in the future, and more personnel.
Great video! Love that shortline action!
Don't think I've ever seen a locomotive with boarded up windows in use before.
WOW ! Such an accomplishment!
cement by the carful means house building remodeling sidewalks,,matched up with water n mortar,for brick layers office bldg foundations poured,,how nice
I love this stuff....
Amazing how that locomotive is now running
Great to see!!!! keep it up! outstanding!
Absolutely an amazing video
Great catch!
Love those old little locomotives.
AWESOME!!!🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
great video and glad to see they are using that rail again we need more trains not less .
Would have been nice to see the "before and after" condition of those rails, how well they shined up after four years of rust.
Stay tuned
Yes! OH god Yes!
All I want to see on these vids is before rusty, then what happens to the rail after. Almost every vid I'm denied.
It's like snow plowing vids where you see the plowing but not the freshly plowed ROW afterwards - like what's the point? LOL
@@SouthCoastRailVideos OK, you hooked me, I subscribed.
erichsh58 After 4 years the rails would be heavily rusted. After a few trips over them they would be mostly shinny.
@@billmorris2613 truth. Some branch line rails by my old home were stamped 1922 they are as shinny today as many main lines are
Bravo!
The fact there's high hoods running in 2022 makes my day!
I grew up in needham and 1701 would pull grain cars from newton, through needham, (down mbta tracks) and through dover to where after that I donno. The last time I remember seeing it on that strech was the early mid 2000s.
June 2006 last run to Newton. Those were plastic pellet hoppers you saw. I grew up on the ROW in Dover.
@@johnajoyce ahh good to know thanks. That line went into newton highlands and then back over the charles and back into needham in the needham industrial park. I remember walking those rails in 05 and they were pretty rusted and overgrown. No idea when they had last been used.
Nice video of the Bay 1701
Awesome nice catch!!
This is too cool. I remember you showed this engine in a clip.i thought it was abandon upon weed clean up. It runs !. GP High hood ?
When they were building the new power plant in Bellingham they moved heavy machinery over the Charles river trestle and completed the move over the road at night with a heavy haul trailer.
Wish Indiana would save more RailRoads. The Rails to Trails has meant the end of many branch lines. Once torn out they never return! Cost and Red Tape!
Atleast rails to trails is better than rails to condos.
Now that's a real treasure
High nose geep is a classic for sure. SR long hood forward.
That loco and that track look like old pals. Nice to see them regain some purpose, hopefully we will see more if people finally realize that having other countries make our stuff was a very bad plan.
Google earth last photographed the old gp7 sitting off Dover Rd in August 2019, just sitting in the trees. Sort of sad, looked like an old forgotten car in the weeds.
Never visited MA, but I recognize the livery from SGLR in Florida. Someone needs to buff out that faded paint and get her looking fresh again!
Nice video, felt like I was right there.
Very cool! Right in backyard
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 8 Jan 22.
Love your channel
Thank you!
freakin' awesome!
Cool loco. In the woods. Nice
Awesome Video. Great to see the 1701 moving once more! Will Tresca be shipping with them regularly or was it just this once?
Thats so awesome!!!! We built the best engines in the world!! That should be a stark reminder the great men who built these things to last and go to hell and back!!! Amazing were on tier 4 diesels and they dont run as well and dont last as long!!! Just simply amazing really is. Thanks for a great video, More old school please kind sir!!!!
Very cool old loco...Congrats to the owners...
thank you, Mike, for shooting, editing and posting this update on the line... great seeing a GP-7 at work in 2022!
so the cars are left for the customer at the end of track? are there other potential or existing customers on the line?
They left the cars at the half way point on the line. The track continues into Millis near the town center but that hasn’t been used in some time. There are no existing customers on the line at this time.
Awesome
Love them Geeps !
Come to Argentina! Thousands of miles of abandoned rail would be glad to be rediscovered!
Nice work
Great video.
Thank you!
We need more rail, not less. Heavier capacity, more economic, outside of the routine maintence of track and rolling stock. Very durable equipment.
Point proven by this and many other small tracks and hobby trains operating long after being abandoned by the big railroads.
Hopefully they can keep this old iron working.
I couldn't agree more. For some reason in the US (at least here in New England), we have decided that rail lines need to be torn up to put in walking/bike paths rather than make them viable again. It's ridiculous...
The paint Scheme on that locomotive bike it's a second-hand locomotive from the local Seminole Gulf railroad here down in Florida except for it being real lettered Bay Colony the paint Scheme is exactly the same if it's one of the Ancients I used to watch down here I am so glad that she's running up there and we need more rail not less small railroads get better customer service and large one when the Long Island Railroad had Freight Service they moved 8000 carloads a year when the New York and Atlantic took it over and gave customers good service their carloadings now are 37,000 carloadings a year the Transportation Authority is surprised that they have so many freight trains to deal with instead of so few like in the old days goddamn Henry Ford from making cheap cars
Looks like very light rail for 100-ton cars sure hope he can take it with no derailments
@@frankmarkovcijr5459 Yeah, the rail and sleepers are long overdue for upgrade. Track was probably last worked on in the 70's. Grew up on the old B&O mainline. Not railroader Myself. But a lot of the family has been since before the turn of the last century.
@@frankmarkovcijr5459 how about the tire companies and auto companies buying up street car lines in the late 40's and early 50's and shutting them down as "inefficient"!
7:36 that's an interesting sounding K5LA... sounds tuned as if it were for NJT.
How does the engine get behind the cars to shove them to the customer? I don't see a run around on google maps. Maybe it would be wise to invest in some batteries for those radio's so the engineer doesn't have to come out of the cab to see if the conductor is giving hand signals?!?!?
No matter how they run the operation its awesome to see something operating again rather than the final run!
There is a run around between the junction and the animal shelter crossing.
Radio batteries can go out in the cold or from lack of use. Happens all the time
Glad the RR workers were nice to you.
It's strange that this particular Enterprise didn't appear on the ready room wall.
I was wondering if anyone was gonna catch that....
something I have wondered about abandoned rail lines, I wonder if RRs have ever come to reactivate one that was say 30-50 years old and have come to find rail sections missing or new roads just bulldozed across the ROW.
Yes. The Housatonic RR in Western MA and CT had several pieces of rail stolen during the 10-12 years it was unused. That was near the New Milford end of the first segment the HRR was opening up.
Imagine being in the middle of the forest and seeing a train come out of nowhere😮
and then, suddenly it began to move,seemingly gliding on its own !!
First train (locomotive) looked like it was just off roading lol... ta daaa Jeep train!! 😂😂
In the Maritime Provinces of Canada the tracks would be torn up a few months after the last train.
1701 was originally a GP7, rebuilt as a GP8.
Ty
did they put new head/tail lights in ? they were gone when I was there last week
Post 10 would ♥️ this channel.
Oh look. The engine number is good ol 1701.
Such power... It cuts through that grass like nothing!
The Millis Bay Colony line is the new Grafton and Upton.
do you have a video of beofre and after 1701, like the windows where boarded up and ditchlights lightbulbs gone, then there back?
Stay tuned
How is this possible with the condition on these rails? Cool video!