Fantastic and informative video! Thanks so much for documenting this. As a former Lower Allston and Brighton resident & railfan, I’m excited to see Beacon Park getting use again. I used to watch trains there all the time in the 90s and early 2000s. I was frequently at that intersection of Cambridge and Linden, the west end of the yard where you were. Really have been enjoying your videos, keep up the great work!
When I was a young boy of 6. My dad took me to Fenway and we were on the Mass pike and I saw the old Beacon Yard. And it was the Penn Central back then. And if you watch the Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen. You can see the same yard as it was back then. and it was very busy too, I hope one day you go to Kornwesthiem Germany, To the Classfication Yard. Where my mother's dad worked at. My grandfather he went all over Gemany pre-war and post war. And some of the units he drove are still running and working hard too.
Hey, at least we're one step closer towards building the newer West Station to help reduce the usual bottleneck traffic in Allston VILL. Uh-oh! Whenever we put our minds to it, we can certainly come up w/ something great for the above T Commuter Rail station (i.e. Ample lighting & clear signage directing fellow T passengers & I where to go, respectively). Beth Budner, Auburndale, MA!
I live in Connecticut, drove the Mass Pike to Lowell in summer 2023 for an internship, and took the train into Boston from Worcester twice... I got lucky in that I avoided the worse summer traffic volume. But suffice to say, three lanes on the pike, 290, and 495 got backed up from time to time. Very inconvenient, risky, and not a good use of taxpayer money when crashes, impaired driving, and congestion are the results. They really need to turn this yard into a transportation hub. Preferably an auto train hub so that the surrounding highways and roadways are relieved of some congestion. Are there tracks from the yard to the ones used by North Station? Is this yard the solution to creating a true Washington DC to Maine Amtrak route? If not, then make it another transportation for trains and busses that aims to provide commuters and travelers another means of entering and exiting the city. Fewer cars = less impaired driving, crashes, safer roadways, etc.
@@iss138ma i tend to listen to my scanner alot once i have heard the extra exists and I mnow what to listen for, otherwise it can be hard to pick out extras amoungst all the other chatter if you arent expecting one. However, the most reliable way to find these cool trains is facebook. Keep an eye out for posts on the mbta commuter rail fans facebook group or other boston related ones. So, i guess i’d say they mix and work well together
9:57 I was riding on the Worcester local #519 and wondered why we were outbound on track 5 instead of track 7 and why we passed two engines that were on track 7 at that point. Thanks for posting this since it cleared that mystery up. 😊
The concrete pad that those dirty dirt cars sit on used to be a small intermodal yard before CSX moved that operation to Worcester ma and combined that operation after CSX expanded that yard in 2012.
Love your videos. Speaking of the old Allston Depot, that should definitely be re opened as a train station...?!...quick ride from Allston to Back Bay and South Station
They almost did put one there! The work to add a station serving the area ended up being what lead to us getting Boston Landing station. I feel like an additional stop at Allston Depot would be a good idea if and when the line is ever electrified.
@@pokemonred2005 Yes..but I think the Allston depot (later pizzeria Regina) was originally built as a train depot. Why not reopen that and provide another option to get from Allston to downtown Boston..
I remember when Beacon Park was busy with intermodal traffic in the early 00's. We used to throw beer cans in the passing GM's from late night allston backyard parties. Cool theres traffic but what a shell of what it used to be.
bro the cut to you in car like you are chasing police cracked me up
“dirty dirt” is a fun phrase
Isnt it?!!
I remember when I was younger, my family would go to Regina’s, and we’d count the commuter rail trains every time they’d go by. Our record was 8.
Finally he is back! Boston! Keep doing what you are doing! Continue with Boston! Love the town!
the goat returns 🙏
Allston depot would be better known to locals as “The Sports Depot”
Fantastic and informative video! Thanks so much for documenting this. As a former Lower Allston and Brighton resident & railfan, I’m excited to see Beacon Park getting use again. I used to watch trains there all the time in the 90s and early 2000s. I was frequently at that intersection of Cambridge and Linden, the west end of the yard where you were.
Really have been enjoying your videos, keep up the great work!
Great video.
Thank you for your efforts.
Glad you enjoy!
@@BostonByRails Is there a 1,2,3? Can't find them.
Great fun! Thanks
What a great job on the video . Thank you. Looking forward to more of your adventures.
nice catch. Thank you for sharing this.
“see u out there in the high iron”
Without Beacon Yard, Freight and goods will have to be trucked in from Worcester, raising their cost.
This the springfield Mass Albany NY Line. Thur The Berkshires October Mountain.
When I was a young boy of 6. My dad took me to Fenway and we were on the Mass pike and I saw the old Beacon Yard. And it was the Penn Central back then. And if you watch the Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen. You can see the same yard as it was back then. and it was very busy too, I hope one day you go to Kornwesthiem Germany, To the Classfication Yard. Where my mother's dad worked at. My grandfather he went all over Gemany pre-war and post war. And some of the units he drove are still running and working hard too.
It was very busy under Conrail with several CV trains per day (TOFC Trains)
Hey, at least we're one step closer towards building the newer West Station to help reduce the usual bottleneck traffic in Allston VILL. Uh-oh!
Whenever we put our minds to it, we can certainly come up w/ something great for the above T Commuter Rail station (i.e. Ample lighting & clear signage directing fellow T passengers & I where to go, respectively).
Beth Budner, Auburndale, MA!
Thanks for sharing
I miss going to Regina in the old historic passenger station and watching freight trains 6 feet from the window..
0:29 I HEARD THE READVILLE SWITCHER AUDIO AGAIN 💀😭😭😭
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@@BostonByRails im gonna start rewatching every video with this intro and see how many of these i can find
Was this a former NYC/Boston and Albany Yard?
Hey great video! Also do you know or have heard anything on the recent move of MBTA 904?
Yea its heading up to NHN as far as I know. I wasnt able to see any of the moves sadly, too busy
Interesting to see how at 7:00 your camera suddenly starts to match the pulse-width modulation of the headlights (or did they turn up the brightness?)
Yes they brightened the headlights
I live in Connecticut, drove the Mass Pike to Lowell in summer 2023 for an internship, and took the train into Boston from Worcester twice...
I got lucky in that I avoided the worse summer traffic volume. But suffice to say, three lanes on the pike, 290, and 495 got backed up from time to time. Very inconvenient, risky, and not a good use of taxpayer money when crashes, impaired driving, and congestion are the results.
They really need to turn this yard into a transportation hub. Preferably an auto train hub so that the surrounding highways and roadways are relieved of some congestion. Are there tracks from the yard to the ones used by North Station? Is this yard the solution to creating a true Washington DC to Maine Amtrak route?
If not, then make it another transportation for trains and busses that aims to provide commuters and travelers another means of entering and exiting the city. Fewer cars = less impaired driving, crashes, safer roadways, etc.
Nice video.
Less rail yards means more trucks on the streets.
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Hello Boston by rails, do you use the normal MBTA frequencies from radio reference?
Yes i do!
hi@@BostonByRails , thanks for the reply. how do you know when extras or freight are going somewhere? just pure scanner listening, or fb groups?
@@iss138ma i tend to listen to my scanner alot once i have heard the extra exists and I mnow what to listen for, otherwise it can be hard to pick out extras amoungst all the other chatter if you arent expecting one. However, the most reliable way to find these cool trains is facebook. Keep an eye out for posts on the mbta commuter rail fans facebook group or other boston related ones. So, i guess i’d say they mix and work well together
I thought that land was to be used by a university, or like that. So the RR got kicked out, or moved--- so that it can resume rail use??????????
Dirty Dirt's been dead for a while now. 😢
Good to see a young man with interest in railroads
9:57 I was riding on the Worcester local #519 and wondered why we were outbound on track 5 instead of track 7 and why we passed two engines that were on track 7 at that point. Thanks for posting this since it cleared that mystery up. 😊
The concrete pad that those dirty dirt cars sit on used to be a small intermodal yard before CSX moved that operation to Worcester ma and combined that operation after CSX expanded that yard in 2012.
I just discovered this channel and now will have no free time for the next two weeks watching your content, amazing first video!
Dude! That means a lot to hear, thanks so much. Enjoy!
Love your videos. Speaking of the old Allston Depot, that should definitely be re opened as a train station...?!...quick ride from Allston to Back Bay and South Station
They almost did put one there! The work to add a station serving the area ended up being what lead to us getting Boston Landing station. I feel like an additional stop at Allston Depot would be a good idea if and when the line is ever electrified.
@@pokemonred2005 Yes..but I think the Allston depot (later pizzeria Regina) was originally built as a train depot. Why not reopen that and provide another option to get from Allston to downtown Boston..
Worked that yard many times out of Springfield..
I live right down the street how much has changed in that area
1990 driving pike west after work that yard would gleam with rail cars in the afternoon sun.
Thanks for documenting this. Please keep us updated.
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THX
Cool video! (also, yellow Lamborghini sighting at 7:42 on the right heading down the Pike)
Didnt know I captured a cool car as well! Nice
i like the shoutout
I was hoping you would notice
I used to live on Cambridge Street right by this yard.
I remember when Beacon Park was busy with intermodal traffic in the early 00's. We used to throw beer cans in the passing GM's from late night allston backyard parties. Cool theres traffic but what a shell of what it used to be.
I remember those days as well.