FCOB #24 Sheffield Junction and The Big Fill
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This one is for railroad buffs. We look at the Tionesta Valley and the Pittsburgh And Western roads with lots of vintage photos. Examine an amazing feat of railroad engineering and discuss fashion choices.
I remember stories about the railroads race to get there first, Thanks for adding so much to this story 🙏
Enjoyed this one alot. Thank you
Another great job. I continue sharing and wait for the next one. Thank you!
Fascinating, .... you're very knowledgeable !
I'll have to watch again .
Thank you for bringing some of the history back to the spotlight.
Any and all time spent in the woods IS time well spent. Thanks for taking us all along on another one of your excellent adventures. Great stuff as usual. Keep 'em coming.Keep up the good work and Happy Trails until we meet again...PS. There is a young fella by the name of Nick Hovey that I think you should contact...he is a local RR Buff and might be able to add some stuff and help you sort out some other stuff...too bad Art Audley is not still with us,he was a local RR historian extraordinaire ,but Nick Hovey knows his stuff and is usually very happy to help... so again. Great stuff,good luck and keep 'em coming. Many Thanks :)
Fascinating, I saw thhe video of the underground chamber and the rock work was incredible! Thanks for sharing the history. Wish you were in Oklahoma where I`m from. Would like to learn and see more of this in my state. Thanks and keep producing these videos.
Congratulations on the 500 milestone!!! I love the videos!!! here’s to the next 500
Thanks for the support and encouragement.
outstanding❗💯👍🏆🥇🌲🚂🇺🇲🇺🇲
i never knew there was that much going on in the area ,your knowledge of the area is really something keep them coming
Things really started happening in the 1870's when the railroads began to enter into the area. The population peaked around 1900 at 11,000 then as the virgin timber began to run out the population declined. The last of the old growth timber was cut around 1920 the the population really dropped to around 5,000 and has remained fairly steady since then. Now I know the stats say the population is around 7,200 but about 2,000 or so are prison inmates. So, unless an escapee is trying to steal your car you aren't likely to run into them. For those 50 years this was a busy place. Since so much of the area is now public land or held by timber companies there are an astounding number of historic remains to be found.
Hi Terry, Jeez it's nearly 550 subs, congratulations. I have just resent you the message and also sent a friend request. The area you were not sure about at 18:10 could it have been an old inspection pit for the steam engines ???, just an idea. It would be amazing to see if anything is left of the actual trestle under the earth. I have actually now sent several messages of links that will help with the history around Tionesta Valley. Thanks for sharing, much love to you and your family. xx ❤
If I was a worker who had to fill in that trestle I would call in sick. Daggone ! Lol
I am sure they had some mechanical help moving the dirt but still a lot of shovel work. I can just imagine the laborers looking at that and ask, "you want us to do WHAT?"
I surveyed the junction when I was with the ANF.
Terry thanks again for another great show!
Here is a good one for you:
Have you seen the Scott Wolters show “America Unearthed”?
Great shows on forgotten history.
Season one episode 8
About a secret room near Tionesta?
Right up your alley as a local investor of Forest County History,
If you haven’t seen it please watch it.
I have been there and will be doing a video on it later this year. I have also seen Wolters episode. For now let's just say that he and I have reached very different conclusions about what the structure is.,
Congrats on your 500 milestone. For the wye/interchange area at Sheffield Jct., in the beginning of both roads, they were both narrow gauge (36") and conventional interchange was simple. But in the first years of the 20th century, the P&W/B&O line was widened to standard gauge (4 '8.5") as some of your photos of the crossing show 2 different gauges. This made just simply interchanging cars conventionally at the Junction impossible without the use of a Ramsey Transfer Table to change out the wheel trucks for the interchange cars to continue on to the other roads. So if you picture your fingers interlaced with each other with each hand being the different roads, each road would set cars in from their respective directions beside each other and the freight in the cars would be transferred by hand. On the P&W, there were Ramsey Transfer Tables in Mt. Jewett and at Foxburg, as south of Foxburg was the same road, but was standard gauge. At Mt. J, the connecting roads were standard gauge. I just got to the end of the video where you are talking about the museum at Sheffield never being open. I just saw on Facebook that the museum will be open to the public in the near future. Possibly on the Railroad Photos and Memories page that you post to. Let me go try to find that post.
I was at the Tionesta library this morning uploading this video and a guy there was telling me about the transfer tables. He also thought the concrete lined pit might have been for dumping ashes. I admit to not being up to speed on the railroad stuff so am grateful for any info folks will share. Looking at the photos the difference in gages is obvious..
@@forestcountyoutback7540 I commented to my own comment about the Sheffield museum/station being open to the public, but I don't see it. It might have gotten nailed for being so soon in succession to my original comment. Both the TV and the Pennsy stations will be open to the public May 13 from 10-4. I saw it posted in the Tionesta Valley Railway/Sheffield & Tionesta group within the last few days. It is a private group, and you have to answer a question to join.
@@EMTRailfan I had tried to join that group awhile ago. After a month with no response I canceled the request. I sent another request yesterday, we will see.
@@forestcountyoutback7540 Unfortunately, one of the two admins passed away a few years ago. But the other admin is quite active online. I'm wondering if the former was the head, and you tried to join in the time of his passing? I'm friends with the remaining admin. I'll put a bug in his ear to watch for your join request.
thank you Terry! Why did they feel the need to cover the trestle with earth?
Building a trestle as fast, they could get their road operating and bringing in revenue sooner. However, a wood trestle had long term maintenance issues, a earthen embankment not so much. Remember this was not a logging spur used for only a few years. this was the mainline and in operation for 60 years. Filling in the trestle made sense in the long term.
You should have a metal detector with you - might find some interesting things.