Last Train to Bedford - January 1998

This video chronicles the move of ex-Boston & Maine Railroad Budd Rail Diesel Car 6211 from the old B&M Billerica Shops to Bedford, Massachusetts, for cosmetic restoration and display at Bedford Depot Park.

Rail Diesel Car 6211 is one of several RDCs that operated between Bedford and Boston via the former B&M Lexington Branch. The final passenger train to Bedford ran on January 10, 1977. The Branch was "rail-banked" in 1991 for conversion to the Minuteman Bikeway in 1992. As part of a project to establish a railroad-themed park at the terminus of the bikeway, in 1998 the vintage Budd Car was moved by a rigging company approximately nine miles over the local roadways from the railroad's former maintenance facility to the site of the old Bedford Railroad Yard. In 2003, the car was moved again to a new track that was built adjacent to the historic Freight House building. There, Number 6211 was cosmetically restored by the Bedford DPW and local volunteers. It was formally opened to the public when the Depot Park project reached an important milestone in 2009.

To see photos of the car's restoration, visit this web page:
www.BedfordDepot.org/6211

This video is copyright 1998 Friends of Bedford Depot Park, Inc.