Rare Film Footage
Classic New England Railroading, 1950-1982
Equipped with his 16 mm. movie camera, John M. Boardman chronicled a wide range of New England railroading -- mostly on the old Boston & Maine -- as it was during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. His color motion pictures allow us to peer through a time tunnel. At the other end is a bygone, quaint time when steam trains, local freights and self-propelled Budd Rail Diesel Cars were commonplace.
John Boardman traveled throughout Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire to record images of both the dramatic and the ordinary on the railroad, often against a backdrop of spectacular natural beauty.
These films were professionally transferred to Digital Betacam videotape and edited in the digital realm to provide excellent image quality.
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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 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 1953 - B&M locals at Belmont and Waverly, Massachusetts, and Peterboro, New Hampshire; MTA "Type 5" streetcars at Waverly 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 1961 - B&M Ambassador northbound at Springfield 1969 - Freights in the Deerfield River Valley; Waltham on the Central Massachusetts Branch 1963 - B&M freight wreck at South Royalston, Massachusetts 1970 - B&M operations in Mechanicville, New York 1964 - Riding the "head end" between Boston and Hoosac Tunnel on the B&M 1971 - Plow train operating in Boscawen, Potter Place, Danbury, Canaan, White River Junction, Lake Mascoma, Franklin, and Concord, New Hampshire 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
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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. A printed content guide is included inside the case.
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
A passenger special to Weirs Beach, New Hampshire on the B&M Plow Extra #1130 operating between Nashua, New Hampshire, and Ayer, Massachusetts Nickel Plate #759 steam spectacular through Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire A Railroad Enthusiasts excursion on the Fitchburg Division Main Line A Delaware & Hudson Railroad inspection train on the B&M B&M local and main line freights Boston's North Station after the big Blizzard of '78 A washout at Ashland, New Hampshire The American Freedom Train on the Boston & Maine, Central Vermont and Boston & Albany Railroads
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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 Wedding steam train through Waltham, West Cambridge and Belmont, Massachusetts South Station commuter and Amtrak trains on the old Boston & Albany More footage of Boston's North Station after the Blizzard of '78 The B&M Freight Cut-Off, West Cambridge, Massachusetts (includes the start of Alewife Red Line construction) MBTA commuter trains on the B&M Fitchburg Division B&M plow extra, West Groton to Townsend, Massachusetts An experimental self-propelled Fiat rail car on the B&M Main line freights on the B&M Fitchburg Division's "west end"
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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 The two-foot-gauge Edaville Railroad Steam specials on the Central Vermont Railroad Steam train and gas-electric on the Wolfeboro Railroad in New Hampshire Canadian railways
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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 Steam specials on the B&A (includes The Flying Scotsman) Steam train excursions on the Central Vermont and Maine Central Railroads Canadian Pacific plow-extra at work in Vermont More footage of the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad in Vermont Early AMTRAK trains operating in MassachusettsView Frame State Line Tunnel at the New York/Massachusetts borderThrough Crawford Notch on the Maine Central Railroad View Frame
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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 More vintage steam train action on Vermont's Green Mountain Railroad Steam train excursions on the Green Mountain and Conway Scenic Railroads Freights on the Bangor & Aroostook and Canadian Pacific Railroads in Maine A Maine Central Railroad plow-extra works the track between St. Johnsbury and Intervale, Vermont. Delaware & Hudson, Erie-Lackawanna and Delaware-Otsego Railroads in New YorkView Frame Mount Washington Cog Railway on July 1, 1967Outstanding footage of steam trains on the Green Mountain Railroad and the Vermont Railway View Frame
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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
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The Conway Scenic Railroad in Conway, New Hampshire Early Amtrak operations including the Turbo Train Delaware & Hudson Railroad freight and passenger trains Electric Railways: Boston's old MBTA Elevated Orange Line New Haven Railroad -- includes a steam special operating from Boston's South station