Converted VHS footage.This is a video of the last Maine Central trains on the Mtn. division.This footage was shot by Arthur Purchase Jr. I felt this was worth preserving.
The Maine Central's Mountain Division is beyond awesome. That's the only way I can explain it. If you are ever in New Hampshire during the summer months and you are a rail fan, please plan a trip to North Conway and take a trip on "The Legend". It will give you goosebumps, I promise.
561 just a great horn some horns tuned better then others such a drastic gradient territory done it run it love the last runs over the mountain division stone trains Berlin branch
thank you for saving the footage, am a big fan of the area and have taken the Conway scenic several times from north conway to fabyans station. hiked all through the area as well. many of the scenes are very familiar. a lot of history thru that notch. thanks again for the preservation. something to show my son!
This is Arthur Purchase i.m not dead yet. date for the 2 trains was 9/29/84 and 10/7/84. I have been living in Illinois for 25 years. keep a eye on my you tube channel at urtx26012 I will try to put some New England things up
If I'm not mistaken, this video was shot in the fall of 1984 by the late Arthur Purchase. I have this some film on a DVD. The B&M had a washout on the Berlin Branch and they were bringing in trains of ballast to fill it over the Mountain Division. Thanks for uploading this, I'm sure Arthur would've approved.
CamSargent that late, 1984. my memory is shot . was always under the impression that the last freight runs were in the seventies. although conway scenic had a Schnabel revenue run in the last few years @ 2014-15, I think
@@dansullivan7547 Portland was Milepost 0 North Conway is Milepost 60 Bartlett is milepost 70 Crawford station is milepost 85 Whitefield at Milepost 101 is the end of Conway Scenic’s operation
Amazing video! First location looks to be Intervale, just West of Mountain Junction. Looks so different, but can see the resemblance to today. Very cool glimpse at the past of the Mountain Division.
The Mountain Division is one of my favorite parts of northern New England. Looking at it for me is incredible because you know, a few decades ago, The Maine Central Railroad roared through there.
I got all of these videos from your father!..I wish I had preserved more of them!. He had some great Winnepesaukee /NEGS vids that he shot..Kicking myself for not converting them to DVD when I had the chance...
Very sad !!!!! I summered as a "Yout" in the White Mountains from the late 1960s to 1977' at 18' and my Dad I would Railfan the line all those years it was great !! Then did it myself in the early 80s until it ended.
Yes the segment from Westbrook - the NH and Maine Border has been restored mostly, there are plans for reviving passenger and freight service on that line, but it's low priority at the moment but is eventually gonna happen in the future
It’s was redundant to GTS’s needs and was always an MEC overhead line to the Midwest via CP giving them longer haulage miles. The hoosac tunnel line replaced it when B&M and MEC merged.
