If there are any errors on these pages, please contact me
(Ken Akerboom).
Note
Please note that portions of this videotape appear to be "grainy". This is not a fault of the
video transfer, but is caused by the use of high speed movie film.
Also, in one scene, there is a very pronounce "moon" in the center of the frame.
This is caused by lightening the image during the video transfer. Although this
footage could have been edited, we felt that it was interesting enough to remain in the tape.
Scene Index
Reel 1
Boston & Maine Budd Rail Diesel Cars on the Gloucester Branch, and at North Beverly, MA
The Boston & Maine TALGO train on the Gloucester Branch
Boston & Maine freight action in Boston yards and in and around Boston Engine Terminal in 1963
Boston & Maine passenger trains "Montrealer" and "Ambassador" make station stops in
Bellows Falls and Brattleboro, VT
Scenes at the Boston & Maine's Billerica shops in 1964
Way freight action in Newburyport
Action on the City Railroad, in Newburyport
Scenes at Manchester, Mass.
Boston & Maine gravel trains at Revere and Chelsea, Mass in 1968
Boston & Maine's Hoosac Tunnel in 1968
Boston & Maine action at Mechanicville, New York, in 1968
Scenes at Johnsonville, New York in 1968
Winter 1969 action all over the Boston & Maine system
A Boston & Maine branchline trip in April, 1969
A railfan extra at Miller's Falls in 1970
Boston & Maine freight action at Hadley, Mass. in 1971
Action at East Deerfield yards in 1972
Reel 2
A railfan trip on the Boston & Maine to Hoosac Junction in February, 1973
Department of Public Utilities trip to Topsfield, Mass. in 1973
Action on the Boston & Maine's Connecticut River Route, and at East Deerfield yard,
including the brand new GP38-2's, circa 1974
Boston & Maine action on the Fitchburg division, featuring a wide variety of Boston & Maine
bicentennial paint schemes
Boston & Maine bicentennial GP38-2 200 at Greenfield, MA
Scenes at North Beverly, Mass. in 1975
East Deerfield yard, featuring Canadian Pacific power, and the Connecticut River line action in 1976
Canadian National and National of Mexico cars at Miller's Falls, Mass.
A Boston & Maine "B" unit running alone with hostler controls
Boston & Maine F units 4266A and 4267B at East Deerfield
The manual crossing gates at Gloucester crossing, photographed during the last week of operation in 1976
Scenes at the old depot at North Beverly, in 1976
Reel 3
Boston & Maine bicentennial GP38-2 200 on display at North Beverly
Winter action at North Beverly and East Deerfield in January 1977
Miscellaneous Boston & Maine and Central Vermont action at Miller's Falls
Boston & Maine freight action at Shelburne Falls and Hoosac Tunnel in April, 1977
Boston & Maine commuter operations in South Station during April and May 1977
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Fiat railcar in operation at North Beverly and Ipswitch in June, 1977
Winter action during the "Great Blizzard of 1978" at North Beverly, featuring the push-pull operations on passenger trains
Arrival of the first new GP40-2's at East Deerfield in February 1978
Boston & Maine Rail Diesel Cars running alone, at Hamilton, Mass. March 1978
Sperry Rail Service car at Hamilton-Wenham in April, 1979
Push-pull operations at Beverly, Mass. in July, 1979
Boston & Maine derailment at North Andover, Mass. January 21, 1984
