Tracks Across The Sky

An engineering masterpiece, PA's Kinzua Viaduct stood 300 feet high as a symbol of ingenuity and determination. The bridge was built in 94 days in 1882 and was updated and preserved for over 100 years before its tragic destruction by a tornado in 2003.

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News & Politics

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• PSU On Demand
• Kinzua Viaduct
• tornado

[JAKEGrubbie]

This was a chance wasted!! This should have been a National Monument Park a gateway to the Allegany National Forest a testament to the coal and railroads of PA!! A park where you could camp, cabin, excursion Train, etc. This could have been the most popular national park to visit proven by visitors from other countries. Dmn diphits couldnt figure this one out!!

[railstoruin]

@LycoValleyRRFan I, too feel a little heart-broken whenever I learn of a new rail-trail conversion project. Just this February, an old Rock Island route near my home in Missouri, 200+ miles long and dormant for 30 years, was lost, and bulldozers began pushing the rails into the ditches. Try not to get down thinking of the new trail, as it legally preserves the right-of-way for future reactivation. Just imagine that trail gravel as the sub-ballast for new track. -Always take pictures, too... :)

[LycoValleyRRFan]

@railstoruin God not another dang rail trail.

[railstoruin]

***As a historical update to the concluding message of the film. The Knox and Kane Railroad ceased operation and shut down in the Spring of 2006. On March 16, 2008, an arsonist set fire to the building housing the two former K&K locomotives, causing sever damage. With no further viable business capabilities, and its two locomotives unusable, the company decided to liquidated its assets in October of 2008. The track was removed in 2010 and viability of the corridor as a trail is being studied.

[pumpkinsandmusic]

all someone needs to do is say if they don,t rebuild there,s gonna be a nuke war

[SOUTHHEIGHTS9]

excellent video . Many memories of this area

[missplum12]

Thanks for putting this show on!!! I have been looking for it for a very long time!!!