Memories of Steam in New England 

22:26 Now that’s a rare sight. Anybody else notice the tender truck booster?

I love all the shots of the men working these hard jobs... it's not just endless footage of trains, but also the people and machines that make it all possible, reminds you just how much work went into running a railroad back then.

I really enjoyed watching this video! It is a wonderful treasure!

Fantastic footage!! Thank God both the #470 & #3713 will run again one day!!

What a fantastic video! I especially enjoy seeing scenes of trains in the snow. Wish I could have been alive to see all of this in person, but this will have to do!

In the mid-40s and 50s, I spent my summers w/my grandparents on Cape Cod. My grandfather, Charles Macfarlane, knew Frank Nye, who was the engineer on the daily Boston to Provincetown freight run up the Cape. When the train would pull into Harwich Center, I got to ride in the cab with Mr. Nye while he switched freight cars. On many occasions, we'd follow the train in Daddy's old Buick up thru Brewster, Welfleet and Truro, and a few even to Provincetown. The passenger service, the New Haven's "Cape Codder" from NYC ended at Hyannis and it was a lovely trip up from Grand Central Terminal. Those were never to be forgotten days for a kid, for sure. Steam railroading at it's finest for a railfan.

Great old footage. I recently retired from CSX in New England and really enjoyed those clips from the old New Haven. As a trainman I held the job the covered Norwood and the East Walpole Industrial Track for a year or so .

Excellent footage, thanks for sharing!

Peter Haney: I agree about the superiority of train travel - even long distance. If speed is necessary, then I guess one must fly, but I alway try to plan a "mini-vacation" into my business trip. The first time I lectured in Toronto, flew on a commuter airline from Newark. It was a dreadful trip, and I missed all the beautiful Finger Lakes scenery. So the second time I lectured in Toronto, I took Amtrak's Maple Leaf up the day before and back the day after. Beautiful visually, and I was able to relax and do final prep for the lectures going up, and just sat back and read for pleasure when I wasn't looking out the window on the way back. Way back in the Pennsylvania RR days, my father, who worked in Newark, NJ, would sometimes have business in Chicago at 9 am. So the evening before he would catch the Broadway Limited out and arrive in downtown Chicago relaxed after a good night's sleep, while his flying colleagues would have left EWR near dawn, flown into O'Hare, and arrive for the meeting already frazzled. Or flown out the day before, spent a fortune in a downtown hotel and had to pay for meals, while the train ticket included sleeping and food. No contest!

Well done sound synchronization! Wish the bell sounded better.

Thie excellent video should be digitally remastered, of possible! Thanks for presentation, from Germany

Stunning black and white footage.

This video starts by saying its in St Albans VT, but its actually Essex Junction...and I love that I found this...good research for my future layout

I love to see those chunky CV Consolidations with the 63 inch drivers...some of ALCO's finest work.

18:14 It's nice to see the footage of the B&M 3713! In the 2000s, it is undergoing restoration to operating condition.

Great vintage railroading.

Fantastic stuff 😊😊😊❤😊

Great video. So glad someone took the time to film these shots. Thank you very much

I found the currently preserved Boston & Maine 4-6-2 Pacific #3713 in 18:12.

👍Great American history my friend

What magnificent steam action here! For this, I'd love to bring in slip stream power. It's based on this only clean and environment friendly.

Maine Central # 470 at the 27:57 mark of this video is currently at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire.

Love content and sounds!!!!

Greetings from Port Saint Lucie Florida ! Nice video.

The currently preserved Maine Central 4-6-2 Pacific #470 making it's final run in 1954 at 27:50.

Who wishes the I-5’s were still around

This is pure gold. Thanks for posting. You have any from further up north to Bangor and up?

To discuss the description, I love steam locomotives, but they left for a reason. They put out a lot of pollution, and were much more expensive to maintain than diesels. It’s not steam locomotives that should/would return (although I wouldn’t complain if they did), it’s trains in general.

Outstanding Wow

My earliest memory of steam engines was in Salem Mass. A Boston and Maine steam locomotive derailed coming out of the old train station that's no longer there. There was a big crowed gathered around. Someone suggested that everybody help pick up the engine and put it back on the tracks. My mom was pushing me in a stroller so she went over and helped pick up the train. She passed away in 1949 so this must have been 1947 or 1948. How many people can brag that their mother lifted a derailed steam locomotive? Even Superman's mom never did that. lol When I was 10 in 1954 I saw four steam engines with their coal cars lined up in the freight yard. I was checking them out when the engineer of the first locomotive told me to climb aboard. He said they were putting all the steam engines in mothballs. They were being replaced with self propelled Budd cars. He let me push the throttle forward and I drove a steam engine about ten feet. Then he told me to pull it back and we backed up to where we started. The Conway scenic railroad bought one of the old Boston and Maine steam locomotives but they haven't been using it for the last few years. At least I haven't seen it. They had The Yankee Clipper for a while. It was an early art-deco streamlined diesel that was all stainless steel. It was built in 1937, The cars were permanently connected with one set of wheels at each junction. I talked to some old timers that remembered it's maiden voyage. It stopped at every town along the route and the whole town turned out to see it. They gave the kids the day off from school to see it. It was one of the biggest events of 1937. I volunteered to help restore it but they never had a budget so it never happened. It's at another scenic railroad now in Lincoln N.H. They had removed the engine and were rebuilding it. They don't have much of a budget either but at least they started on it. If you like old trains it's worth checking out if you're ever in Lincoln N.H.

Was this like Maine Central, Central Vermont and the Boston and Maine?

I’m doing a video on my o scale i5 can I use some of your footage please?

Ends with a string of steamers headed toward their demise. How sad.

24:25 - Why would a crew member need to walk along the top of the carriage like that?

What about Conway scenic railroad 7470 and soon to be restored Maine central 470

And then, puff! They were gone. 🤨

Nice video. Fake sound effects aren't really necessary.

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Steam era memories of a Drivers Real Life story- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bIpekofg6ug.html

Hate to tell you this, but steam is to impractical to use and maintain today. Diesel is much easier.

No fumes?? Are you nuts?? Much of what you see coming out of a stack is smoke from either coal or oil fire. My mom in the '40s when we lived across from a main line had to hand the laundry inside the house draped all over the furniture because the soot would coat anything hung outside on the clothesline (dryers weren't around then). Get a grip!! I love steam as an historical artifact, and go to ride such trains all over the place. But to actually bring it back as the main power? Idiocy!! Or are you a Trumpian who thinks this will start up the coal industry?? Dream on. That'll never happen, nor should it!!