Abandoned Railroads of America 3

[bluethunder41]

love the video

[grassman8100]

cool vid i like the pic of the old tank car sitting in the woods

[ChrisisBass13]

If I found an abandoned steam engine, I would live in it.

[Nickboy90]

What song is this, and who sings it?

[CoryClaxon]

@Nickboy90 I'd like to know the same thing.

[Nickboy90]

@CoryClaxon St. Johns Train by David Francey.

[mattyguns4987]

What is the location at 2:44?

[ironmaidenftw908]

LONG LIVE RAILROADS!!!

[Esperite]

Great stuff...

[signal44]

A great example of saving a line is the Lackawanna Cut-Off in NJ/PA it is being rebuilt after 30 years of being abondened

[thebestbaseballguy]

What if America invested in restoring her old train tracks, moving our frieght from the road to the trains, like Europe?

[finntroll98]

who sings this song ?

[Codfreak1992]

what is the location at 2:05?

[LleraCronicas]

Very nice video and nice music, a good combo!

[galegregory97comcast]

Y DID THY GO !!!

[username5515]

what a waste of good enginering

[McClain808]

kinda sad don't you think.makes you wonder what they were like in their hay days.Living near the old Western Maryland line where some of the old tracks were turned into walking and bike trails but we still have videos and pictures to remind us how RR was.Thanks for sharing

[robinhood48]

Perfect vid good music

[stormspotter67]

you know, i like photos like these. i love history. makes you wonder what life was like back then.

[Aaroneus76]

When Barrie Ontario train station is restored will post a video also the old caboose and car is not on lakeshore anymore too

Many highrises its now located out at the Simcoe County Museum outside will

Post video of that too

[Aaroneus76]

Up here in Canada Simcoe county has turned all the north an south lines into gravel trail for Cyclists Hikers and Snowmobilers in Winter Ive rode my bike from Barrie to Orillia many summers and its a smooth gradual ride often think what it woulda been like riding the train cheers !

[geodeuce]

the location of these photos would be nice.

[J3110M4N14]

where is that seam loco ??????

[Hendo56]

Baltimore has a lot of these old rails left. In spots where the concrete has come loose you can see the rails that they paved over. There was one spot where there were a lot of abandoned sidings- tracks are in the grass. Or were- I went there recently and they were all gone. There's one spot where there's 4 boxcars on a siding- but the connection to the mainline was ripped up so they're stuck there! Something haunting about it all...

[sdbobe]

like at 2:42...mystery|

[IzzyInc27]

better be careful buddy, train or no go train, there still dangerous. Just watch your skin for me.

[bobcatfootbal1]

heres an idea if something is abandon then y dont we fix it up and reuse it or recycle the material but i learn alot about my home town of blairsville and torrance

[TheRantingCabbie]

I found 2:42 the most interesting

[W4Rclan123]

I saw an abandon steem train in alaska slowly rusting.

[WetDirtProductions]

theres so much of this around where i live, Barrie Ontario Canada. CN Newmarket (part), Meaford, Beeton and Penetang sub where all abandoned in the 90's just to name a few close to me

[biggdaddy2001]

man at 2.22 that is a sad sight

[atsf7809]

my question is always. what's at the end of it? where does it go? and if those rails could talk what would they say? would they tell the story of a horrible wreck or of a great steamer that worked hard and one day left and never returned or tell the proud story of a great engineer. these are the questions i ponder.

[PhOeNiXpIoLe]

There are some picture in there of the old abandoned railroad that runs through the middle of houston. The circus used to ride in right on those very tracks in 2:31

[southern4501isawesom]

theres an abandoned rail line here in belmont north carolina from the peidmont and northern railroad they abandoned it in 1973 and it is in horrible shape i wish some one could restore it

[pumpkinhead4449]

where is the steamer?

[dajwilkinson]

It all just looks like one day everyone had woken up unable to notice the lines any more and it's hard to believe that so much is just abandoned and nobody cares. Here in the UK all the material would be salvaged very quickly - not only the steel rails, bridge decks and rolling stock but even wooden sleepers as fence posts or borders for flower beds - and the land put to alternative use. If officialdom fails to act promptly on closure of a line, thieves and vandals soon do their worst :(

[Boss302fan]

@dajwilkinson In the US, Canada and other locations lines are often "railbanked".  Instead of ripping them up, if a community, industry or railroad sees a potential that at some point in the future traffic could return the line is left in place. And at times those lines have returned to service. For example, perhaps a mine has given out on a long branchline and there is no more traffic. But, years later the price of the metal goes up and the mine opens. It happens.

[dajwilkinson]

@Boss302fan Thanks for the heads up regarding American practice. I take your point that leaving the track in place allows for the line to be returned to service fairly easily - even if the track needs to be relaid when it is (Longfield to Southfleet is one such UK route) - but too often nasty politics lie behind UK closures and sad to say 'they' want to be sure the railways and mines stay shut. These industries have been strongholds of organised labour and Mrs Thatcher in particular wanted rid.

[Boss302fan]

@dajwilkinson That happens here as well. Not so much a labour issue, but sometimes an environmental one. Take away the railroad and they can't open up that nasty mill anymore. That type of thing.

Love your country though. I try to make it there any chance I can!

[Chitownpolkas]

Is that tank car at 2:00 along the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington DE per chance?

[BUICK925]

what song is playing?

[TrainGuy18]

st. Johns train,

[BUICK925]

@TrainGuy18

THANKS!

[BUICK925]

@TrainGuy18

by who?

[TrainGuy18]

David Francey

[pyrofella]

We have a lot of abandoned branchlines here in Australia as well... sadly they are all now history..... progress in reverse......

[robertgift]

2:46 most interesting! Love to see where the track went.

Is the tank car at 2:00 stranded?

Wish you had labeled where the photos are taken.

Interesting and sad.

Thank you.

[TrainGuy18]

2:46 is an old trolley line, yes the tank car is stranded, and I do plan on makeing a 4 video and labeling the pictures

[TrainGuy18]

I reuploaded the video with better sound Quality.

[TrainGuy18]

I am the Creator of this video, I can no longer login to this channel. If You have any questions please dicrect them to this chanel : TrainGuy18 Thanks

[Rossw403]

great video... those rails need to be saved!

btw, what is the name and artist of the song on this video? I really like it!

[bullfrog1954]

Great vid but I think at the end you intended to say "please save them FROM destruction!" I would like to see them saved too.

[rgcw5]

fascinating pictures, would be nice to add the locations

[buixrule]

With abandoned manufacturing jobs comes aAbandoned railraods. Prety sad. I find these videos entertaining and depressing all at the same time.

[likitty20]

the music is not needed for a video like this jeeze i have to turn off the sound to watch the video thats bullshit

[Hendo56]

@likitty20 I think the music is perfect, and not bullshit at all. Diff''rent strokes.

[likitty20]

@Hendo56 its too calm

[bubslate]

that steam engine in the beginning any idea were it is? Or the switcher at 2.24?

[maineboy24]

what is the name of the song ?

[TrainGuy18]

I am the one that Created this video! For some reason I can't access this account anymore so If you have any questions please PM (TrainGuy18)

[ModalTrains4884]

@TrainGuy18

whats the name of the song?

[TrainGuy18]

St johns train

[TrainGuy18]

Its a turntable in cleveland, Mississippi. Its a old folk song writen after the newfoundland railway in canada was ripped up

[m53dy9]

@TrainGuy18 could you post a link to this song

[maineboy24]

@TrainGuy18 so what is the name of the song 

[TrainGuy18]

St. Johns train

[maineboy24]

@TrainGuy18 thanks

[amtrakseptaguy11]

poor switcher engine if i had the money i would fix that old thing

[EuanS2001]

at 1:25 is there a freight train in front

[Maartenvb1987]

Could you please tell us the name of this song and the singer? It's great, just like the video!

[MrFarmerJR]

There is an engine like the one at 2:21 used at the ethanol plant near my house.

[orangetrain66]

who owns the steamer whats gonna happen to it

[Cockroach2008]

@orangetrain66 It was taken to the scrap yard about 2½ years ago & cut apart, taken to a foundry & melted!

[ETSRRCo]

@Cockroach2008 No it was not. It is at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum in Long Leaf, Louisiana.

[Cockroach2008]

@ETSRRCo Are we talking about the same machine? It sure looks like one that was cut up within the last few years.

If it wasn't cut apart, junked, scrapped & melted, it should have been!

[ETSRRCo]

@Cockroach2008 Yup thats Red River & Gulf Railroad #106. Check steamlocomotive. info go to the Louisiana page and scroll down to RR&G 106 and compair photos. Also check forestheritagemuseum. org and you will see that the photo in the top corner is the loco in questions.

[SSKar98k]

were is that switcher at 2:26 located?

[SSKar98k]

the third picture of the signal, were is that at?

[abeemanator]

at 2:22 Wow, that is cool as hell, put some fuel in it and find a battery for it and you got yourself a switcher

[GWR4079]

@abeemanator its sunk lol look at the track

[abeemanator]

@GWR4079 Yeah, but I probably still would.

[GWR4079]

@abeemanator totally agree i would love to try to move the beast on its own steam

[WestVirginia1]

I couldn't help but notice the Color Position Light at 0:19.

Any idea as to where it is located at?

[DarkriderXZ]

@TrainTV : Could you tell me where that steam locomotive ( 0:52 ) is, and who originally operated it?

[ETSRRCo]

@DarkriderXZ It is at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum in Long Leaf, Louisiana and originally ran for the Red River & Gulf Railroad out of Long Leaf.

[Moarburritosforu101]

seeing all these abandoned tracks and thinking of the extreme need for more freight across the US is heartbreaking.

[Boss302fan]

@Moarburritosforu101 Extrememe need for more freight across the US? Huh?

I think I know what you're trying to say....but not positive.

With modern control systems and smaller industries moving to trucks or intermodal instead of carload traffic....the existing main lines for the most part can handle the tonnage moving today

[NYSW3636]

In Norwich Oxford Green NY there are abandoned tracks

[Trainfanz]

Whoever Did This At 0:52 I Want To Kill

[fatzGeronimo]

whats the name of this song

[metroliner89]

In Ingleside TX theres some abandoned rails... Its so sad

[Intransitman]

Haunting song, sad sights.

[BigUnitBeef]

Heartbreaking........such waste.

[davvvvo]

2:44

looks emmbarising

drive here tho crash into a tree wilout being drunk

[racejetta]

at 0:53 i love the steam engine, 2-6-0 i think.

[theresnoeastern]

Dam!!! awesome JOB U did, love it , Music fits the time and the scenery,

[Chessie9009]

If anyone lives near sheffield ohio, go behind the quaker steak and lube, about 100 feet in the woods and you will not be dissapointed!!!! 4 track yard, 3 switches, and an old ash pit!!! all buried in the woods!!! contact me if you want more info! (and the best part is... theres plans to bring it back=)

[partspoor]

Every one of these lines would make Perfect Rails-to-Trails projects if they are never reopened and the tracks are removed.

[wheels069]

What is this song???? Sounds like a song sung after the Canadian National Pulled out of Newfoundland Canada. judging by the line that says "last call for the St John's Train"

[railrider51]

@ 2:46 you can see where the roadbed still lies even. Where is that?

[xxHaloVidsxx]

love how all of you train people play such shity music in your videos

[crlaw75]

Nice video. That is rude for a railway company to not bother taking up all of the track and equipment and let it sit for a long time.

[termax02]

sad

[metalbynumber]

Please save them FROM destruction. So I can walk them! I don't know what it is, but I know many of you must feel the same way. I just feel the need to walk abandoned tracks. There's so much history behind them. From a line that was once the main use of transporting goods and materials..

[QuintsHat]

@metalbynumber yes you are not alone. i feel the same way.

[dennisburton41]

what a waste of history just rusting away

[skullcrusher301]

there's always a sense of mystery whenever I see an abandoned railroad

[3bar]

I don't know why this is so fascinating. but it is!!

[animalou812]

@3bar just think of all the work to build them. and now they just rust away.

[gtafan2006]

anybody know what happened to that steam locomotive from 0:52 looked like it was prety much a pile of rust too bad someone didnt find it sooner would have been at least a good museum peice if not able to be brought back to opertional condition like GN1355 here in town they cant get it runing so they did a cosmetic restore on it looks great now wish they could get it running though i would love the chance to learn to drive it for a living.

[Cockroach2008]

@gtafan2006 This old thing was property of a poorly funded preservation group. They could not fund to store, shelter or insure it. They asked the city to help them but the city had no money or interest in the project. They finally abandon the project, filed for bankruptcy & the court ordered it be sold it to a scrapper to liquidate their assets. It was scrapped on location, cut apart & sent to a foundry for melting into new products.

[microbusss]

THIS the reason I'd own a hancar & explore these lines ;-)

[Mechknight73]

@microbusss Would be a simple way of doing it; buy a quad bike, fit it with some retractable high railer wheels that don't get in the way of the tyres ( so the tyres sit on the rails) and remember to bring a chainsaw with you. There will be times when trees growing through the tracks will get in the way, and you have no option than to cut it down to continue

[sw8741]

LMAO!! @2:58 "Please save them FOR destruction!" Isn't that what is happening here? Being save for destruction?

[vsp1987]

Where is the location of that old engine at 2:23???????????

Judging by the colors it looks like an old NY Ontario & Western Switcher! Where did you take that picture?

[TrainGuy18]

Galveston TX

[TrainmasterCurt]

May'be if our governments would stop investing so much money in roads, we could make a better reinvestment in railways, much more efficient and environmentally friendly

[Boss302fan]

@TrainmasterCurt It doesn't work that way in North America. Unlike the nation's highway system, freight railroads are not owned or managed by the government. Where there is some money available for infrastructure improvement, most available funds go to the highway systems where you and I drive. I don't see it changing in the near future.

[ModalTrains4884]

seeing this is saddening. lets all get these lines running again! lol. one can only imagine what these lines were like back in their hayday.

[Conrail6718]

look at that old mechanical bell at 0:31 why doesnt someone save it sad isnt it.

[metalhealth12]

1:51 cross lights waiting on a train that will never arrive sad isnt it?

[verastaki]

A road switcher ditched at 2:44. thats sad.

[verastaki]

Are those LIRR passenger cars at 0:37?

[TrainTV1]

yes

[metroliner89]

@verastaki 1:26 those rails are used theyre shiny on top

[teresababe87]

Walkersville Southern in MD has several of those "blue whales". I don't think they use them in their excursions anymore tho.

[70snova]

That scene with the abandond tanker car. I live about 4 miles from that. I opened the unloading valve on it a few years ago. there was still some NH3 wich is liquid fertilizer that came oozing out. That thing has sat there for at least 25 years.

[QuebecCentral]

very nice vid ! thanks for sharing ....

[johnboyd7]

this pises the hell out of me!!!! if they lay tracks i agree they needa freakin use them!!!

[Boss302fan]

You're seriously "pissed". LOL.

If there is no traffic to justify the maintenace and upkeep any longer....are you still saying they should use them?

Who is "they"? Why should "they" use something even though they lose money?

[gtafan2006]

@Boss302fan  im sure most of those lines that dont need much trackwork could be turned into an operational tourist line that could make at least some money. at least they would'nt be rusting away

[Boss302fan]

@gtafan2006  The problem here is that again....it's an issue of losing money. Tourist lines in North America are facing tough times. To buy a line that doesn't need "much trackwork" costs a great deal of money. And of course the line may go to areas where there isn't a tourist base or there are already tourist operations in the area. IF there is a business capable of operating the line, most railroads will sell them. But unfortunately those cases are rare.

[Intransitman]

@Boss302fan It's not money so much as politics, the street in front of your home is judged on a profit or loss basis for it'sexistance.

[Boss302fan]

@Intransitman I disagree. Almost 100 percent of the rail operations in the US (and to a slightly different degree Canada and Mexico) are in business to make a profit for their owners. While politics can be heavily involved, making a profit is the key to whether or not a line is abandoned.

[Intransitman]

@Boss302fan That's why I said it's transportation policy.

[bdwall99]

the pic at 0:31 is sad, look at the gate on the right

[fubar250]

Cool Video!

[railfanfromiantha]

Wow. That pic at 2:44 is really a sad site. A neighboor hood built around an abandoned railroad.

[TrainGuy18]

That was a picture of a trolley line! It is sad :-(