Abandoned Railroad Bridge P & LE or B & O Railroad PA

[indiandave34]

thats insane I love urban bridges

[jeepers2655]

I see ruins of a round house and turn table by the Dawson rd. bridge right on the grt alleg. pass......what yard was there?

[theqman1956]

@jeepers2655 that was the P & LE Yard

[PrestoWind]

beautiful

[insidethefall78]

When I biked along the Great Allegheny Passage, there was tons of this stuff; old bridges, abandoned factories, railroad history and other "forgotten" remnants from the past. Makes me reminisce about a much simpler time, although I wasn't alive. I'm Going again next week all the way to DC, will make a note to see this bridge!

[DSVetDad]

Absolutely awesome!!!

[woodencoasterfan]

Doesn't that bike trail also go through the Ray's and Sidling Hill tunnels that used to be part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike?

[theqman1956]

@woodencoasterfan no this is part of the great allegheny passage from DC to Pgh

[woodencoasterfan]

I'm a truck driver and I was at one of the Nova Chemicals Plants in western PA near Monaca. I arrived during the fall foliage season and I was blown away at how vibrant the yellow leaves were. Pennsylvania also has some great historic amusement parks, Idlewild, Kenobel's, Conneaut Lake Park, Hersheypark, Kennywood, etc

[Z1CAUSEDEATH]

there is bridge like this in my town. groovy place to hang out

[MissouriEarthMovers]

I would love to be able to film this stuff nothing really cool and abandoned by my area.

[glennl38]

We locals call it the Crossland Bridge - It was used to switch units from the P&LE to the Chessie Systems - Last used in the late 70's or early 80's

[MonLineProductions]

i bike pass there. i stop and go across it

[salemcripple]

There is an abandoned rail tressel in my town (in Oregon). It had been abandoned since 1945 (although the last train to run across it was in the 1990's). They were going to tear it down, but we rallied to save it, it's as much of a local landmark as the capitol building itself. The city bought it for one dollar, and it is now a foot bridge leading to west salem.

[avand18]

This junction is called West Yough. PLE used this to run cars to and from B&O's once massive Connellsville freight terminal out of Dickerson Run yard just north of there. WM freights also passed this location on westbound runs to Dickerson Run, which was its furthest point northwest via trackage rights. None of this area saw much action after 1975 Chessie abandonment of WM's Connellsville Sub.

[fhood]

When we would go whitewater rafting on the Yough, we always sailed under a huge railroad trestle that crossed the river. This must not be that particular trestle. The trestle I'm talking about was still used in the 1980s (last time I went rafting!). This trestle in your video must be near that one, though.

[h0troddude]

Are the tracks reoved?

[dpolyb]

Just South of this location near Martin's and the intersection of 119 and 201, the P&LE converged with the Western Maryland, Pittsburgh and West Virginia, and the Pennslyvania Rail Road branch to Leisenring !

[SamTWash29]

Youghiogheny

River

[dpolyb]

it was between the P&LE and the B&O

It was used in my lifetime - I am 56

It was used until the P&LE ceased to exist

My dad worked out of Connellsville on the B&O, Chessie System and CSX

[londonbroiler]

theres a bridge in the middle of nowhere its atleast 50 years old i love it

[JRCollinsfan]

I ive on the Abandoned Grand Trunk Western rail line near Pewamo, MI. About 3 mile west of where I live, there is an old small bridge crossing the Stoney Creek and then a masssive bridge spanning the 500 ft of the Maple River. The Bridges are both nearly 100 yrs old

[steved0689]

There are several of these nicely kept railroad bridges on the old Western Maryland right of way.

[Wehategod]

I do Believe its the Pennsy

[JRCollinsfan]

Ty verry much! :D

[megatwingo]

Very nice. I love to hike on abandoned railroad lines here in Germany. I´m taking photos every 50 meters and I´ll make some slide shows for YouTube in the next time from it. Keep up the good work! 5*****!

PS: We have a big bike-railway-trail net on abandoned railway lines in Germany, too. Google "Radwandern´" or "Radtouren".

[plsrepli]

Really nice work! NelsonArtWorks has some really fine B&O railroad prints and you can also get them directly from the B&O Railroad Museum too.

[theqman1956]

1-1/2 miles from Connellsville Access (US 119), or 3-1/2 miles from Dawson/Dickerson run Access (Rt 819)

[murcuryvapor]

What is the nearest road or bike path access to this?

[sjtom57]

Interesting vid as always.