Lackawanna Cut-Off - Part 30: Pennsylvania Cut-Off Revisited Again w/Josh Stull
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Join Chuck and Josh again for a trip along the Clarks Summit-Hallstead Cut-Off. This time we get a train--actually, two trains! But in-between we return to Nicholson, PA, home of the famed Tunkhannock Viaduct, where we will visit not only the bridge itself but the two stations--one on the Cut-Off and one on the old line (where we will get an update on the progress on the restoration of the 1849 depot there). Then, it's off to Factoryville to see the station site on the Cut-Off, Factoryville Tunnel and the spur line right-of-way between the tunnel and the old line in the town of Factoryville. Finally, we're go to both Kingsley and Alford on the Cut-Off.
Many thanks to Josh and Chuck for respective preservation and restoration efforts, and for sharing them far beyond the local areas. (Thanks to Chuck's daughter for video work too.) My roots are in NJ and PA and it will be great to ride a passenger train again someday in the ancestral homelands.
Who expected 30 episodes in the beginning of this channel?! Very informativ as always!
Great job
I live in the Binghamton area, it's nice to see you come a bit North-West and visit the "other" Cut-Off! Much work was done from Scranton to Binghamton on this line, Steamtown has tons of photos of it. Keep up the good work Chuck and ignore the negatives, your positives far outweigh them!
Thanks for the information. Always look forward to updates. Keep up the good work.
36:12 That's not a ladder, it's a four bay folded dipole radio antenna, likely for railroad comms, or possibly for control of some kind. Looks about 160mhz. TU
Great video and keep them coming! Also agree that the graffiti is a menace on these historical buildings and bridges.
Not to mention on the trains themselves....
It’s gotten completely out of hand. I hike & see paint on boulders & trees now. Ugh
Very nicely done. Shout to Larissa!
I'll second that! :-)
Nice NS manifest
Automatic thumbs up even before watching the video, and to all comments so far.:-)
Beautiful Scenery. Awesome video. Love love love it.
Great video
Thanks for the info on the repair of spalling concrete on the viaduct. It's not obvious on shots showing the whole structure that any deterioration had taken place. In the close-up view the structure shows its age. My impression is that it looks worse than a similar portion of the structure on the viaducts to the east. It's been a while since I viewed the other ones, but I don't remember any mention of spalling concrete falling on route 80. I think also at least one had railings rather than a solid concrete wall.
Paulinskill has railings-or had them.
great video
Lol imagine waiting at a crossing for that
Imagine being the engineer with all that behind you! Hats off to those guys! There ought to be someone on the end keeping another set of eyes on things, namely a caboose. Oh, that horrible graffiti! Remember when freight cars had road names and advertising slogans on them? This former DL&W line is now single tracked and downgraded from 60 to 40 for freight. Too bad. I'm sorry we didn't get to see it go over Tunkhannock Viaduct.
Finally, an outstanding picture of you, Larissa. It was worth the wait. Your dad is probably going to start frowning on these prsonal posts because they keep getting nicer and some people aren't even saying anything about the subject matter at hand. BTW, your long braid is quite becoming.. April 18, 2022. (I'm the older gentleman from Bound Brook.)
Ahh, knew it was 12Z
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It's nothing on the video. Sometimes people have a bad day at work/home and it colors their attitude. I notice either the wind has stopped blowing or the microphone has superior properties to some of those in the past. Continue the great work. Thanks for showing my pension check as it travels over the right of way.
Conrail or it's new owners schould be made to pay as much as they can towards the restoration of the Lackawanna cut off
do you have any pics or info on the tunnel the creek runs through. big double arch tunnel. south branch of the Tunkhannock creek. looks like they filled in a valley and tracks run on top of the fill.
Not that I know of.
@@LackawannaCutOff always wondered how it was built and how long it took. the entrance starts on my property and spent many years walking through it and up and over.
How many trains a day does NS run over the Tunkhannock Viaduct? I didn't realize it was in such bad shape with so much concrete falling until your close-up video. Makes you wonder how the rest of the structure looks all over close-up.
I believe NS runs one or two trains in each direction. Typically, LONG trains.
Is that Nicholson tunnel in the same area as the viaduct?
About 3 miles south (timetable east) of the viaduct.
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@@LackawannaCutOff Fast forward.. Amtrak with Lackawanna heritage paint scheme gliding over the cutoff. I will be on it.
Some Roman concrete structures, 20X older than the Nicholson Viaduct, are in better condition.. It might have been that volcanic ash which the Romans added, where possible.
no roman concrete Structures Handled 200 ton Locomotives
Please! It's not the "Nicholson Bridge." It's the "Tunkhannock Viaduct!" Use the right terminology! That's what DL&W named it. Look at the plaque on the base of the western most arch. Sorry to be a fuss budget! I see it is correct in Chuck's intro paragraph above.
The people in Nicholson call it the Nicholson Bridge.
@@LackawannaCutOff Yes, I know that, but wish they wouldn't. I have great respect for the DL&W and its accomplishments and always use proper terminology when discussing the railroad.
It's used interchangeably in NEPA. Colloquially it's the Nicholson Bridge because it's located in Nicholson so it's easy for non railroaders/rail fans to understand. But most people would know what you're talking about if you said Tunkhannock Viaduct, or simply "the Viaduct" is something else we call it colloquially.
@@Football-fb9el I take my Lackawanna history seriously as well as proper terminology. DL&W named it the Tunkhannock Viaduct. I've never referred to it by any other name.
@@1940limited, understood. But the Lackawanna actually called it the Tunkhannock CREEK Viaduct. This can be confusing since the town of Tunkhannock is a fair distance away.
DPU - once named in a politically incorrect manner.
19:11 ww2