Salem (MA) switcher in Salem,Danvers and Peabody,MA Dec.1990
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- Follow the Salem (MA) switcher as it works Salem, Danvers and Peabody,MA with a B&M GP40-2 in December of 1990. Video by the late Richard 'Moose' Ouellette. If you like our stuff, Please comment and/or subscribe!
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T commuter trains look the same, 30 years later, and still using the F40s!
There's a lot to be said for long freight train videos, but I just love videos showing short line/switching/local type operations where you get a close up of the "grunt" work being done. Thank you!
I just love old railroad videos. Makes me sad to see them pulling up the tracks all across the country.
It's even worse to think that all these roads are also being eaten up bigger roads like CSX, NS, UP, BNSF and them shitty Canadian railroads
I had a good friend who was a B&M engineer. I lived in Danvers, and used to ride in the cab with him on this job quite a bit. Those were very different times - railroad people seemed to look the other way regarding "unauthorized visitors" on the locomotive. Those were fun times.
Tim Holloran Yeah Tim, Too bad those days are gone forever, you can thank all the lawsuit idiots for that. Craig
In the last few years railfans have been their own worst enemy. It's only a few, but they are vocal and ruin it for many. When railroaders see videos posted where railfans are tresspassing or continually criticizing how they railroads work they begin to look at railfans as pests or at least as a group they don't want around. Railfans like MellinialForce (spelling wrong) are good examples. They criticize railroads when they don't have a clue.
+nhrrman so true , I once rode in a cab of the new Norfolk Southern back in the 90s
I just came upon these videos. At this moment, the Malden tracks have just become a walking path as of last year (2012) and the Danvers to Topsfield spur has become a bike path also. I remember before the new Salem Station how the Salem line split in a Y coming out of the tunnel where the parking lot is now. I have a vague memory of a train crossing over Route 114 in Danvers heading for Danvers center. I only moved here in 1985, so I did not see much before it was gone. Thanks for the videos!
All this collection of small railroads is just totally Amazing. That he captured all this back in the day is eye candy for rail fans like me.
Thank you for putting on U tube .. hours of enjoyment.
Those trains transported small plastic beads to the building in the industrial park on Pulaski st. I walked those tracks for many years growing up in Peabody.
Brought back a lot of memories looks like Teddy Ubanski Conductor didn't recognize the brakeman and to see the burned Waters River Bridge that was a pain in the ass Thanks for sharing.
Amazed the track still holds the weight, and all the other old spurs that lead into the bushes. Long gone. Burnt trestle, just enough track to switch. Historic! Wonder if any of this is left now.
Wow clean cars no tags
0:02 SA-1 switching Castle Hill Yard
3:20 burned tower
3:23 inbound MBTA
5:58 kicking cars for Webster
6:50 outbound MBTA meets inbound
10:54 SA-1 at Salem Tunnel
11:34 North St Yard
12:46 Flint St. Salem
13:00 Grove St. Salem
13:17 Howley St. Salem
13:51 Caller St. Salem
14:07 Danvers Branch at Warren St
14:55 Switching Webster Industries
19:38 Heading back to Peabody Sq.
19:56 Wallis St. Peabody
20:47 Crossing Peabody Sq.
21:03 Church St. Peabody
21:18 Allen's Lane Peabody
22:32 Summit St Peabody
22:37 Vincent's Potato Chips!
23:30 runaround off 1st Ave
24:55 empties from Bicknell & Fuller
26:10 loads to Bicknell & Fuller
28:13 Corwin St. Peabody
29:00 Wallis St. Peabody
29:38 North Canal trestle in Salem
30:21 shoving out to Northey Point
33:20 returning to Castle Hill Yard
Not all heroes wear capes
I grew up and still live next to the castle hill yard in Salem. I can remember watching out my window as a child. I have yet to find video of the B&M engine depot that is now salem station
used to play down there when I was a kid.
Single car freight in bomber out industrial areas. Absolutely 💘 it! Plus graffiti free freight cars. Excellent show
@19:56 - Around 1987 I worked for the company that owned the building on the left. I was patching the roof one day as this train went by. The short yellow building I was on in the foreground and the large white one in the rear are both gone now.
@@djldrums - Hi Don. It was Porter Construction on Wallis street, on the other side of the tracks from the Post Office. The building has since been torn down and replaced. It sat right over the stream that ran through the area.
@@djldrums - that part of the building shown in the video had an old, unused cabinet making shop in it. All the tools were driven by belts that ran up to a power transmission system on the ceiling driven by an electric motor. I wish I had taken photos. Other parts of the building had old construction equipment and materials piled up all over the place.
Amazing that this branch line is still in use today!
Yeah, and it's crazy how the tracks from Peabody square to Danvers haven't been pulled up yet either
It's amazing how they were able to use those tracks in that condition and not have a derail!. I keep waiting for it to happen!!lol
Oh yeah, they used to 'fall off' fairly often, don't think I have one on video. Craig
+nhrrman The tracks in this video are nothing compared to the MAW in Defiance, Ohio!
StarWarsTrains I live in Ohio! I'm going to have to go check that out one day!
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LOL I moved away from that dump 5 years ago, and am never going back. Though, I'm unfortunately stuck here in the Southeast until I get a change to move back out west again (considering that I moved from El Paso, TX to NC recently).
That track is just getting nicely broken in.
Man I wish my dad was still around to watch this with me. He ran over all those rails countless times in his career. I would have a million questions.
I have watched a lot of train videos....this one is far and away my favorite!
Hi,
I,m Don who lived right down the Street from this Castle Hill (Salem) switching yard, and the company you are asking about where those plastic covered hoppers are being
switched is Webster Industries, 58 Pulaski. st. North Peabody, Mass just before the Waters River Trestle which was torched on 07-04-1986, hence no more traffic into Danvers over that trestle!
Honestly, I love seeing that there was an abundance of train lines right in my city, and love seeing Castle Hill yard in use
Brings back memories of hearing horns and clickety- clack sounds in the middle of the night now all I hear are junkies whistling in the night
Very cool to see this slice of history. Thanks for sharing it.
I lived in Salem until about 6 years ago. The first rail yard is almost completely gone, and the train station\parking log in Salem is completely rebuilt
Craig, greetings! A fantastic video! I'm from Marblehead Ma. and in the 50's, spent many an hour at the Marblehead B&M station as a kid, watching RS3 and Budd RDC passenger trains as well as the switchers delivering cars to Gilbert and Cole. In 1969, I spent a few Sundays "walking the R.O.W" from Marblehead to The Swampscott Main Line or into Salem (there are bike paths on both of them now) and I will remain a huge Boston & Maine fan always! Thanks for the videos, Craig!
Thanks for sharing your video. I'm trying to model a ho scale model of Maine & this video has helped greatly with giving me ideas etc.
Cheers
Thanks for posting this!!! 22:35 I recognize is over by Capone's Restaurant.
Would love to see any videos of the waters river trestle
Yay for weedy tracks!
You got it Daniel....plenty more to come. Craig
Glad you like 'em, Craig
Glad you liked it, Craig
I wonder what, if anything , will change if the CSX merger takes place. I'd love to see more railroad activities around here in Southern Maine. I used to work right next to the B &M yard in Biddeford Maine. I think they pulled out the switches from the main into the yard back in the 90s, but Pan Am owned probably 15, or 20 acres, and the yard tracks were never removed. The building I worked in was on land leased from the railroad.
My pleasure Chris, I've got a few other vids of this area on, and probably more to come. Most of the recent vintage stuff i've put on was shot by my late friend 'Moose' Ouellette (as was that video). I've still got a ton of his video to go through, so you never know.....Craig
i love this clip
Thanks for the info Jimmy, Craig
Glad you liked it James, Craig
Wonderfull!! 🇧🇷
The end is near for this line. The last customer is closing down sometime this year (2023)
castle hill yard is gone now, and the line heading from the square in Peabody to the crane river is abandoned and completely hidden by vegetation. sad
Hi Simon, Glad you liked it! I'm a HUGE Maine Central fan, if there is anything else I can help you out with, feel free to ask. I do have a bunch of RR video from Maine already posted. Craig
Glad you liked it! Craig
nhrrman awesome video bro. the way u " chased " the train and especially at 13: 50 . man whatta shot. the true essense of a railroad fan . u - really Get it. so cool !
What/where are these urban streets/neighborhoods that they're traveling through? It would be interesting to know if any of those lines are still used, and/or when they were last used. I think I may have commented before on this video, and the others like it, how awesome it is to see this from so long ago.
I like all the public payphones(now extinct) at 9:30 and Vincent Potato Chip truck @ 22:40, that company has been out of business for 18 years.
I remember Vincent's Potato Chips! I used to eat them!
So do I understand some of you want 70 mph capable track so a switcher can pick a couple of cars a day ? Good thing you aren't in charge of corporate finances anywhere.
+Harold Reardon
Any derailments at these speeds are minor and easily taken care of cheaply. I bet they had very few derailments in this yard, actually.
People don't understand how razor thin the profit margins are on local rail lines. It costs big money to have perfect track everywhere.
It pays off to defer maintenance live on the edge with rough track like this. This is probably "excepted" track anyhow.
thank you
Just one word comes to my mind, that the beloved concept of corporate fiancé has ruined the railroad industry altogether since it's beginnings - CORPORATE GREED!
Question: How much does it cost in 2017 dollars to upgrade 1 mile of track to Class 1 or 2 rails with new sleepers and Pandol clips, etc.? It took a NS T&S crew to replace the rails from Springfield, MA to the VT line with ribbon rail and new ties... PanAm didn't want to or couldn't do the job. Seems like PanAm doesn't want to spend anything on upkeep and upgrade of its infrastructure... They let the Feds spend the money.
About $500,000 per mile. I'm sure Pan Am would love to have that type of track, but given the tonnage moving over the line that would be a huge waste of money for them or the feds
Great video!
Thanks!
EARTH ANGEL. NICE SHOTS, VERY DIVERSIFIED. HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TRACK , BUT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT COULD USE A LOT OF T L C TO START WITH. AND THOSE RAILS?.......🤔😇😳
Genialna produkcja ! SUB i + ;)
Love the video! I am currently making a video about the train operations in this area, and am wondering if I could use some of these clips in my video, with credit given?
is this the track they made into a bike bath through downtown danvers? I used to live next to that track at the end of Putnam street. the trains came by somewhat rarely and quite slow. I used to walk to great oak in 4th grade 1990-91 down that track.
If you don't like it don't watch it, Craig
That poor little train tower! It looks so sad.
Sketchy track everywhere. Tight fit
Penn Central lives ON!! I have seen worse track but only a couple of times.. O-O ... Where are the weed sprayers too???
This is really cool. Not as many rules. Bump those cars.
yay! Ol school!
Cool
Incredible! hey, at the 15:38 mark, whats the company receiving plastic pellet hoppers and where was that?
is this Penn Central Jr??? o m g
8:29 Interesting! Are there still passenger trains running today?
Guilford, the railroad killer.
I live there
@ 30:20... gotta be careful when you get around kids... sometimes them little basterds like to throw rocks... good to know what areas you should close the windows
Hey, in the first part of this video, where is that rail yard, and is it still active?
+TheGomes412 Sorry for the late response. The yard is called Castle Hill Yard in Salem MA. Though not active anymore the remains are still there.
at 14 15 this guy get s it. he is a true RR fan. just the shots he gets
danm. and if u cant appreciate RR fanining. welp. i feel sorry for ya !
Did u recorded this a toster?!?
Rough looking tracks
any info on that bridge thats out??
still in use?
The MHMR patient that post this kind of crap needs to get a "Payee" that will actually monitor what he's doing, instead of letting him run around unsupervised.
People say that it is perfectly safe to run trains at that speed on those tracks.. I don't think so.. Just because the trains run slow & they are "lucky" that day doesn't mean the railroad should be in that condition. That's the problem so many railroads have. ( use it up until it COMPLETELY falls apart).. SOMEONE is making money & endangering the people that work there & the environment when there is a derailment. It's sad to see new cars running on rotten track.. We can do better than this.
+james yarbrough Videos like these reveal how crumbling infrastructure in the Northeast have taken a toll on how effectively transportation systems operate. It's sad how they can afford new equipment, but can't repair and maintain anything relating to infrastructure (notably in Pennsylvania and Virginia!) It just goes to show that it really is a depressing place to railfan, despite being popular among locals who have been there since birth and will die there and never see and explore the outside world.
They are not making a lot of money and no one is forcing the employees to work there. In these conditions the employees are far far safer than running a truck at 70mph on the interstate
this is an old video. Besides the main MBTA commuter line which is well maintained by the state. The rest of the rail yards and track have long been abandoned and removed to create bike trails and public parks. There is only one active fright line that branches off from the Salem station and goes through Peabody that still sees weekly use. That track is in decent shape and better than how it looked 30 years ago. Other than that there are no more fright trains in the north shore area.
I live in Salem and that yard not used, but the MBTA next to it is up to date and is very well kept up
these trains are only running under 10 miles per hour. if the locomotive derailed it’d come to a stop on the ballast within 7 seconds, more or less, and they’d get it back on the rails in a few hours. I don’t think anyone’s in danger here
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watch and learn idiot!
man those are some of the worse tracks i ever saw and why do they need a flag man at every intersection ive never saw that in my life and also whats all the noise in the back ground sound is very poor
Have you been practicing whining all your life? You sure are good at it.
the rails are rickety but they still use them. I was at Peabody stop shop and a Diesel engine drove by my car and scared the crap out of me.