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

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

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9 ай бұрын

After sitting for at least 20 years an old abandoned boxcar had to find a new home. Needing to be off the property in a timely manner the car was offered up or it would've been scrapped. Thankfully the Newport & Narragansett Bay Railroad stepped up and saved the 1952 New York Central boxcar and moved it to Rhode Island. This whole project took only a few weeks after the urgent call to move the car out of Millis on the Bay Colony Railroad. In this video we see the car in its abandoned state, overgrown and forgotten. Later we see it on moving day where it was trucked out to Portsmouth, RI. Then NNB 44 Tonner 43 takes the car to a temporary storage spot. Eventually it will be restored and get a fresh coat of paint.
Millis, MA - Portsmouth, RI
8-9/2023
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@louislamonte334 9 ай бұрын

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!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@Gerk8 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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@mohawkmike142 6 ай бұрын

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

@bernierodriguez662 2 ай бұрын

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

@oldrustycars 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@davidmiller4863 9 ай бұрын

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

@DavesRange 5 ай бұрын

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

@AndreA-ke2id 9 ай бұрын

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 ??

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@monolight1327 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@johnclamshellsp1969 9 ай бұрын

That would make an excellent cabin in the woods. Nice

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@johnnycarson67 6 ай бұрын

I could imagine camping there at night in any kind of weather.

@sqengineer 9 ай бұрын

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!!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@marktompkinstreasurehunter4363 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

- Beautiful boxcar? Really...?

@marktompkinstreasurehunter4363 9 ай бұрын

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

@bbbobbyburkhalter 9 ай бұрын

@@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

@BillMorse-jr2ou 7 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 7 ай бұрын

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@joshbenton4080 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@alwhalen3488 9 ай бұрын

Rebuilt date is stenciled as 1974

@joshbenton4080 9 ай бұрын

I kind of figured that was the case and thanks for that. @@alwhalen3488

@DonnaD123 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@loritobin2578 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@rosehanus4625 9 ай бұрын

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@garthmcgibbon4285 9 ай бұрын

It will be!

@BigJack1 9 ай бұрын

Tennessee Railroad Museum in Chattanooga does, also.

@12MapleLane 9 ай бұрын

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!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@BG-sl9lv 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@andrewmunczenski3632 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@chrissharp5073 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@michaelmcginn1706 7 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 7 ай бұрын

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@RandymanB 9 ай бұрын

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

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@mikedrown2721 9 ай бұрын

I remember the boxcar children too!😊

@tillowlglass1441 9 ай бұрын

I was hoping they checked to make sure the children had moved out before they took the boxcar

@grayrecluse7496 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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@dorsk84 9 ай бұрын

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

@tharumaratnam 8 ай бұрын

Why are t💯😊

@johnnycarson67 6 ай бұрын

I would have taken them and told no one ever

@engineerpat5290 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@MilePost106 9 ай бұрын

Glad this boxcar is being saved!!!

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@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

- Your reason for feeling so?

@johnbarlow1476 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating video! Glad to see it getting preserved.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@locojohn6637 9 ай бұрын

A true SAVE !

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@trainmaster0217 5 ай бұрын

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

@earllutz2663 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@mikedurhan9941 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Very interesting and a happy ending.

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@johnalder6028 9 ай бұрын

Good video showing how it's done. Thanx!

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@jerry4621 9 ай бұрын

Follow-up video after restoration would be cool.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@mikesgarage0143 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@JohnDoesItAll 8 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 8 ай бұрын

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@---rz5th 6 ай бұрын

Well done.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

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@randylearmonth4047 6 ай бұрын

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

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@bobpalmer362 9 ай бұрын

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...

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@poowg2657 9 ай бұрын

Goosebumps achieved, well done.

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@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

- Goose bumps? When exactly did that happen?

@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@OldCBnGuns 9 ай бұрын

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

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@sailormaderopeworks3657 7 ай бұрын

Great video!

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@danielfantino1714 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@gmerc-zu6wz 9 ай бұрын

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

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@joyousfive 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@danielrongo2367 9 ай бұрын

Awesome

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@gilbertcastaneda8208 9 ай бұрын

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

@tbone3972 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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@alg9086 9 ай бұрын

Nice!

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@Marbleheadjed 9 ай бұрын

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

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@JimDog794 9 ай бұрын

Nice! 😉👍

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@BNSF2012 8 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 8 ай бұрын

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@armandoperez7967 9 ай бұрын

I am really glad that they saved it!

@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Arguably war ships make better scrap metal

@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

@@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."

@GreatWhiteZep 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@olentangy74 6 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

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@Dball10-4 8 ай бұрын

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

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@markkerr7866 9 ай бұрын

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

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@jamesduckettDR 9 ай бұрын

Happy Boxcar!!

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@Herman-ej4xn 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@jasonervoes1326 9 ай бұрын

Glad you got to save that boxcar.

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@damkayaker 9 ай бұрын

Why are you glad?

@jasonervoes1326 8 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideosdid they remove the railroad track and replace it with a bicycle path?

@wildbill5126 9 ай бұрын

Way cool it got saved.

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@Steve-xf4uv 9 ай бұрын

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

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@bradfordthompson8326 9 ай бұрын

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

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@brandonhendrixson2372 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video

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@johnalder6028 9 ай бұрын

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

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@JayYoung-ro3vu 9 ай бұрын

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

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@JayYoung-ro3vu 9 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos You're most welcome.

@floyddianetti9023 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Very cool! This car was built in Rochester. Thanks for watching!

@bobjohnston8316 3 ай бұрын

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.

@brianfalzon6739 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! The video answers your question.

@brianfalzon6739 9 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos ok thanks

@buentaste 6 ай бұрын

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..👍🏻

@SouthCoastRailVideos 6 ай бұрын

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@mshum538 3 ай бұрын

Unbalanced, can you clarify your comment?

@matthewrinehart9514 9 ай бұрын

Mad operators and driver skills

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@byronharano2391 9 ай бұрын

Done today! Wow

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@andrewthacker114 9 ай бұрын

Interesting clip

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@m.scottreeder 5 ай бұрын

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.

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@NYandAtlantic 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@NYandAtlantic 9 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos always watch videos of train stuff

@happyhome41 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@maxj0930 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@Deadbuck73 9 ай бұрын

I was wondering where the hard hats were

@johnnycarson67 6 ай бұрын

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

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@user-je8qz4xe9j 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@CSXEK 9 ай бұрын

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

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@nickpckles8902 9 ай бұрын

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

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@wjsnail4243 9 ай бұрын

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

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@calimom3lestudios931 8 ай бұрын

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

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@mos.f5810 7 ай бұрын

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

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@1965Gindy 6 ай бұрын

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

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@timothystrauss3838 9 ай бұрын

That's really neat thanks for sharing this. What's BCLR stand for if I might ask.

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@Steve-xf4uv 9 ай бұрын

BAY COLONY RAILROAD

@timothystrauss3838 9 ай бұрын

@@Steve-xf4uvthanks for your reply.

@timothystrauss3838 9 ай бұрын

That's a nice old center cab locomotive.

@gilbertcastaneda8208 9 ай бұрын

Love the horn on this train

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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@mas121473 9 ай бұрын

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

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@vernontorrence4407 9 ай бұрын

This car is very old. The ladders have been cut off at about halfway to comply with new regulations. (They used to go all the way to the roof). Also, the wheel bearings were friction at on time but have been replaced with roller type. The brake wheel has also been replaced to a lower location. As l am typing this the builder info just flashed on the screen. It was built in 1952!!!

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@mshum538 3 ай бұрын

Vernon what is the black painted box on the side where it says year blt and reblt, that box has a name and I cant think of it at the moment…..40 year RR retired here …..

@vernontorrence4407 3 ай бұрын

@@mshum538 Are you refering to the short lived kar trak bar code? It was developed to keep track of where individual cars where. I am not sure of all the info contained on it. It was a black painted verticle rectangular strip with multi colored lines on it.

@mshum538 3 ай бұрын

@@vernontorrence4407 Well, before computers any car repair actions would be painted on this dedicated black box thats down low and a brief description would be sprayed on it ….

@bobjohnston8316 3 ай бұрын

@@vernontorrence4407 As a lifelong railfan I found it a natural thing to do my MBA thesis in 1974 on the failure of the Kar Trak system or whatever it was called. The bottom line was that dirt defeated it. The strips had to be kept clean for accurate reads and nobody washes freight cars. This is overly simplistic, of course, as damage was a constant problem also and one kid painting graffiti on the car would mean a bad order for unreadable Kar Trak. The railroads figured out that with all the no-reads and misreads they had might as well forget the whole thing.

@VincentCowboysAndTrains 9 ай бұрын

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

@animenut69 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

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

@Gerk8 9 ай бұрын

When did the Bay Colony RR shut down?

@alwhalen3488 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

Cement moved in 2022

@stratojack1 9 ай бұрын

Surprised I never spied this gem.

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@bradfordtownley9363 9 ай бұрын

Can't believe the wheels still turned

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@alwhalen3488 9 ай бұрын

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.

@princessofthecape2078 9 ай бұрын

Hard not to love an old boxcar. What's the status of the tracks it was sitting for so many years on?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Those are on private property and haven’t been used regularly for decades.

@SoFloRR1018 9 ай бұрын

That horn!!

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@SoFloRR1018 9 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos absolutely!

@ajknaup3530 9 ай бұрын

Totally awesome! I've never even heard of such a thing. Wasn't the BX embarassed to be hauled off by a truck?! I grew up a short block from the main Detroit to Chicago line, I've seen oodles of cars just like this one. Thanks for sharing

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@wintersbattleofbands1144 7 ай бұрын

Not if it meant not being scrapped. I'm sure it was grateful for the assistance.

@ajknaup3530 7 ай бұрын

No doubt u r correct, @@wintersbattleofbands1144

@ajknaup3530 5 ай бұрын

@@wintersbattleofbands1144 No doubt.

@ajknaup3530 5 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos : My pleasure! I'd love to see documentation of the restoration process & the final BX put back into service

@TimSmith-uc4pk 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

They’re roller bearings

@mshum538 3 ай бұрын

Never

@markkerr7866 9 ай бұрын

I see another volunteer painting party coming up !

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

TBD, stay tuned!

@JeffRyman69 9 ай бұрын

Good

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@1361057 9 ай бұрын

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

@JeffRyman69 9 ай бұрын

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

@1361057 9 ай бұрын

@@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 9 ай бұрын

@@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.

@nickspiotta4628 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned

@robertbowman3406 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jimwilloughby 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

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

@mshum538 3 ай бұрын

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…

@bigmackstruckstop9213 9 ай бұрын

I hope they restoration it and new paint.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Stay tuned!

@bigmackstruckstop9213 9 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos ok I sure will, thank you.

@bradfordthompson8326 9 ай бұрын

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

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bbbobbyburkhalter 9 ай бұрын

Was the siding it was on cut off from the main to let an engine come get it?

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

It was still connected but no need for an engine when you have other equipment to get it out.

@thomasdupee1440 9 ай бұрын

I'm curious about how the car was secured after the move since the brake rigging was completely disconnected. I hope that they wrapped a chain around a wheel with a secure lock.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 9 ай бұрын

wheel chocks

@heartland96a 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

Doors welded shut so no inside shots.

@heartland96a 9 ай бұрын

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