The Films of John M. Boardman

Classic New England Railroading: Volume One
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color and B&W, 54 Minutes

This DVD version of Volume One is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

Scenes include:

1950 - Passenger locals under B&M steam at Arlington Center, Lexington, Belmont, Alewife Brook Bridge, Waltham Highlands, Clematis Brook, and Route 128 Bridge on the Central Massachusetts Branch	View Frame	1967 - Green Mountain Railroad 4-6-2 steam engine #127 at Fitchburg, Wachusett, South Asburnham, Gardner, Erving, Deerfield River, Greenfield Tunnel, northward on the Connecticut River line to Bellows Falls and Riverside, Vermont	View Frame
1953 - B&M locals at Belmont and Waverly, Massachusetts, and Peterboro, New Hampshire; MTA "Type 5" streetcars at Waverly	View Frame	1968 - B&M freights running at Deerfield River, Hoosac Tunnel, and Hudson River on the Fitchburg Division; Special train from New York to Riverside and return on the the Green Mountain Railroad; Eastbound freight through Gardner, Massachusetts	View Frame
1961 - B&M Ambassador northbound at Springfield	View Frame	1969 - Freights in the Deerfield River Valley; Waltham on the Central Massachusetts Branch	View Frame
1963 - B&M freight wreck at South Royalston, Massachusetts	View Frame	1970 - B&M operations in Mechanicville, New York	View Frame
1964 - Riding the "head end" between Boston and Hoosac Tunnel on the B&M	View Frame	1971 - Plow train operating in Boscawen, Potter Place, Danbury, Canaan, White River Junction, Lake Mascoma, Franklin, and Concord, New Hampshire	View Frame
1965 - Last B&M passenger train to White River Junction and Montreal; B&M Fitchburg Division main line crossing with the New Haven Railroad's Lowell Secondary Line at West Concord; Crossing gate tender at West Concord	View Frame

VHS Format, NTSC Color, 44 Minutes

Footage in Volume Two was filmed between 1971 and '78. Scenes include:

A plethora of self-propelled Budd Rail Diesel Cars on the Boston & Maine	View Frame	A passenger special to Weirs Beach, New Hampshire on the B&M	View Frame
Plow Extra #1130 operating between Nashua, New Hampshire, and Ayer, Massachusetts	View Frame	Nickel Plate #759 steam spectacular through Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire	View Frame
A Railroad Enthusiasts excursion on the Fitchburg Division Main Line	View Frame	A Delaware & Hudson Railroad inspection train on the B&M	View Frame
B&M local and main line freights	View Frame	Boston's North Station after the big Blizzard of '78	View Frame
A washout at Ashland, New Hampshire	View Frame	The American Freedom Train on the Boston & Maine, Central Vermont and Boston & Albany Railroads	View Frame

 

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Two
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, 44 Minutes

This DVD version of Volume Two is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu.

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Three
Photographed by John M. Boardman

VHS Format, NTSC Color, 49 Minutes

Footage in Volume Three was filmed between 1972 and '82. Scenes include:

North Station commuter trains, bascule bridges	View Frame	Wedding steam train through Waltham, West Cambridge and Belmont, Massachusetts, on the B&M	View Frame
South Station commuter and Amtrak trains on the old Boston & Albany	View Frame	More footage of Boston's North Station after the Blizzard of '78	View Frame
The B&M Freight Cut-Off, West Cambridge, Massachusetts (includes the start of Alewife Red Line construction)	View Frame	MBTA commuter trains on the B&M Fitchburg Division	View Frame
B&M plow extra, West Groton to Townsend, Massachusetts	View Frame	An experimental self-propelled Fiat rail car on the B&M	View Frame
Main line freights on the B&M Fitchburg Division's "West End"	View Frame

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Three
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, 49 Minutes

This DVD version of Volume Three is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

Scenes in Volume Three, filmed between 1972 and '82, include:

North Station commuter trains, bascule bridges	View Frame	Wedding steam train through Waltham, West Cambridge and Belmont, Massachusetts	View Frame
South Station commuter and Amtrak trains on the old Boston & Albany	View Frame	More footage of Boston's North Station after the Blizzard of '78	View Frame
The B&M Freight Cut-Off, West Cambridge, Massachusetts (includes the start of Alewife Red Line construction)	View Frame	MBTA commuter trains on the B&M Fitchburg Division	View Frame
B&M plow extra, West Groton to Townsend, Massachusetts	View Frame	An experimental self-propelled Fiat rail car on the B&M	View Frame
Main line freights on the B&M Fitchburg Division's "west end"	View Frame

 

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Four
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, 58 Minutes

This DVD of Volume Four is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

Enjoy more bygone railroad scenes from the 1960s and '70s:

Vermont's St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad	View Frame	The two-foot-gauge Edaville Railroad	View Frame
Steam specials on the Central Vermont Railroad	View Frame	Steam train and gas-electric on the Wolfeboro Railroad in New Hampshire	View Frame
Canadian railways	View Frame

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Five
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, 56 Minutes

This DVD of Volume Five is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

See some great steam and snowplow action, 1961-77:

Boston & Albany Railroad (New York Central System) in Massachusetts	View Frame	Steam specials on the B&A (includes The Flying Scotsman)	View Frame
Steam train excursions on the Central Vermont and Maine Central Railroads	View Frame	Canadian Pacific plow-extra at work in Vermont	View Frame
More footage of the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad in Vermont	View Frame	Early AMTRAK trains operating in Massachusetts	View Frame
State Line Tunnel at the New York/Massachusetts border	View Frame	Through Crawford Notch on the Maine Central Railroad	View Frame

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Six
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, 56 Minutes

This DVD of Volume Six is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

Steam specials on the Green Mountain, Vermont and Conway Scenic Railways; the Delaware & Hudson and Bangor & Aroostook Railroads; the Mount Washington Cog Railway

Freights on the Canadian Pacific and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroads in Vermont	View Frame	More vintage steam train action on Vermont's Green Mountain Railroad	View Frame
Steam train excursions on the Green Mountain and Conway Scenic Railroads	View Frame	Freights on the Bangor & Aroostook and Canadian Pacific Railroads in Maine	View Frame
A Maine Central Railroad plow-extra works the track between St. Johnsbury and Intervale, Vermont.	View Frame	Delaware & Hudson, Erie-Lackawanna and Delaware-Otsego Railroads in New York	View Frame
Mount Washington Cog Railway on July 1, 1967	View Frame	Outstanding footage of steam trains on the Green Mountain Railroad and the Vermont Railway	View Frame

Classic New England Railroading: Volume Seven
Photographed by John M. Boardman

DVD Format, NTSC Color, Estimated running time 56 Minutes

This DVD of Volume Seven is divided into chapters. Each is playable separately from the disc's main menu. A printed content guide is included inside the case.

Wintertime on the Conway Scenic, Ramblings on the New Haven; Delaware & Hudson passenger and freight trains; Early Amtrak operations; Electric railways: the MBTA Elevated Orange Line

Please note that this new item is expected to be in stock by December 8, 2008. If you place an order for this product in advance, your order will be placed on hold until the item is available for shipment.

The Conway Scenic Railroad in Conway, New Hampshire	View Frame	Early Amtrak operations including the Turbo Train	View Frame
Delaware & Hudson Railroad freight and passenger trains	View Frame	Electric Railways: Boston's old MBTA Elevated Orange Line	View Frame
New Haven Railroad -- includes a steam special operating from Boston's South station	View Frame