I'm from the UK and not to be mean or anything but the USA is not a country I had on my wish list of places to explore. However, since watching your videos over the last 18 months or so, I really want to visit these amazing places that you're kind enough to share with us. Your enthusiasm is highly infectious. Keep up the good work Post. Love ya 🤗 x
Remember the US is an absolutely massive country. It quite literally has some of the best national parks in the world. When I lived in Scotland it has it's really cool areas, well just take the area of Scotland and multiply it to the size of N. America, and then multiple the number of really cool areas by the same amount. It is a little odd you kind of dismissed an entire country like that...
Last train through this section was a detour train in 1982. After sitting dormant since 1975 or 1976. Awesome video man. I've walked across those bridges a few times.
I loved this! I'm in Ireland so I'll never get to go to those places so I really enjoy the beautiful scenes and history in your videos. Great job, thank you. Brendan.
Since you mentioned "low head dams" I've been watching YT vids on them and what makes them dangerous. It's super interesting. I definitely learned something today!
I went with some of my friends in November 2009 to Damascus, Virginia to ride up to Whitetop Station(we rented bicycles & the rental place provided transport by way of a van) to the beginning of the Virginia Creeper Trail(for us). When they were planning the trip, they told me the ride would be from Whitetop Station to Damascus, about 17 miles! I said to them, "Do you know the last time I rode a bicycle?" And it was not 17 miles. They informed me that it was mostly downhill, which it was. There were a few trestles & the way was very scenic. There were several people riding, some hiking & some on horseback. Not all were going toward Damascus. If you keep going past Damascus, it continues to Abington. I had never done anything like that before & I appreciate my friends for taking me there. I am thankful that many of the railroad tracks that are no longer in use, have been converted into trails.
The beautiful greenery and water are mesmerizing. I learn a lot of things I never even thought of before. You're like a companion. Who knew I'd be following you through all sorts of wooded areas and culverts, exploring abandoned buildings. There are a few scary moments but it's altogether beautiful. Thank you.
Ya, while this is true, get your degree in civil engineering, put in the time so you are senior enineer, win the bid to design for a particular system, and solve it. Of course then you'll have to sell your plan, so it will have to be cheaper than and or faster easier what's existing. I'm not trying to troll, just saying it's one thing to identify a problem, another quite different thing to solve it.
@@mtjm and you think wrong since everything would have to be designed first in order to do what you say, which in turn would require people with degrees to do.
Dylan ... most of our engineering marvels still have remnants of ancient design and nobody has come up with a better way around this. A sewer plant usually has some excess capacity and a bit of storage but when that point is reached, then what? The choice is to have the excess flow all over within the plant (possibly causing a shutdown) or discharge it elsewhere. Since it's usually very little and seldom happens these days, guess what the obvious answer is?
Thank you for another interesting video. I home school my son and have been showing your videos to him as you have much knowledge on many things I feel is important. 🤗
I would write to those making the trail and ask them if they could keep some of the trackage in place in some sections to give people an idea of what used to run there
I think it would be great if they could find a way that bicycles and rail speeders could use them safely at the same time! (I think they're called speeders-they look like they would be so much fun to ride)
That first structure you show looks like some type of liquid loading/unloading platform. Hoses are to small for water for a steam engine and it is cool that the telltale at 4:17 is still standing. That was to warn crew members that a bridge or tunnel was coming up. Back in the day rail cars had roof walks and this warned any crew member walking on top of the cars that they were coming up on a bridge or tunnel. Also at 12:00 that was the location of a water barrel in case a cinder from a steam engine landed on the bridge and started a fire.
This is a really cool video Postie. Nothing fascinates me more than old train tracks, bridges, stations and trains. I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Having fun exploring once again with Post 10. I wish I could walk so I could enjoy these kinds of adventures. Thanks good sir for taking us along. 👨🏻🦽
Thank you for the hike, exploring, and info! 👍 My grandpa's (1800's- 1970's) had worked for Northern Pacific/BNSF. You probably know to never put your foot inbetween the narrow gap of rails that are next to each other. Though you might not see a train (or be near a building) those rails can close and trap whatever is between them. Speeding trains can't stop in time, and ppl have died. I can still hear Papa telling us, "don't take any 'dares' about putting your foot between the rails, don't race to drive across tracks in front of a train, if engine/car stops on the tracks, get out of the vehicle, stand as far as possible away from it." He'd been a jack-of-all-trades, and had fixed things until they could no longer be fixed. It's interesting to see quality construction and cast iron culverts that had been made before "quality" lost over "profit". Another great adventure! Stay safe!
Another solid video from Post 10. I couldn't help but think about scenes from the Movie Stand By Me when you're walking throughout. Some of it looked like actual filming locations!
Probably fuel oil rather than water from those pipes. They've got screw-fit seals. No-one would've cared about water spillage, so water towers for steam locos don't have any kind of seal on the end of the pipes, certainly in Europe anyway.
You were walking on 3 seperate sets of tracks. @10:39, you filmed a 'switch', which is the standard way for trains to move to a different set of tracks. From what could figure, that switch was JUST prior to the bridge, allowing the train to be moved to different tracks. If you had followed the tracks further, you probably would've seen each of the 3 tracks going in 3 different directions, thus depending on the origin and the destination, may require changing tracks. The logistics of of moving trains is fascinating! OH, BTW, If your train 'leaves the tracks' when you're on a trestle, you're screwed! There's no little 'notch' or 'groove' to stop you! You're going down! U STILL DA MAN!!! Love the vids!
Thank you for bringing us this very interesting and informative video, I am sure that the people who have been able to see the video will have appreciated it.
I live nearby this location and have driven through that one-lane bridge countless times. I never knew there's train tracks on top! Thanks for this interesting adventure and capturing a piece of history that will be gone someday.
I love living in NYC but I was so glad when they started planting more trees. I’m seeing animals I’ve never seen before like black and white wrens and mourning doves. I love watching the greenery in these videos.
That Shack building that you're standing next to and right next to the river and the dam that looks like a pretty good fishing spot I might have to come down there sometime and go fishing and there's also some pretty good fishing spots along the bike trail too
Just got 3 bee stings on that second bridge a few weeks ago. I am glad you had better luck. They do use that track for storage up to the stone arch. I wasn't aware they stopped using the train for fuel delivery. I was hoping they still did.
What you were looking at was an unloading rack for propane or oil. The track is only long enough for one car. Two hoses are used so the smaller would be for liquid and the larger for gas. The liquid would be pumped out and the gas connection would allow the liquid level to fall without creating a vacuum over the load preventing the pump to pull the liquid. Propane and butane are easily liquified with pressure at normal temperatures. For a house or similar use, you want propane gas. 6:40 is a pump house. The siding shingles are asbestos. The low dam is to keep the pump intake underwater. 11:25 The section number or designation is under the angle bar but I see RE - ? AREA section OH is open hearth CARNEGIE - maker, mill USA 1941 the hash marks are the months so 6 or June
You are in my neck of the woods. I knew right where you were and have driven those roads and under that train bridge many times. My mom was born and raised not far from there.
The EPA is trying to eliminate the combo storm water sewer pipes due to the issue you pointed out during heavy rains. I used to live in Chattanooga and during heavy rain raw sewage overflowed into the Tennessee River. The EPA gave the city a certain number of years to fix it.
Being a whitewater kayaker myself, I agree that low head dams can be very dangerous. That one low head dam right there is one that can be quite easily crossed in a whitewater kayak, without there being any risk of the kayak getting stuck in it. There simply isn't enough of a back wash that gets recirculated into the hole at the bottom of that dam for a kayak that is coming straight down that drop to be stopped and held.
Very cool video. It’s interesting how many abandoned rights of way up there have track still on them. Here in western PA as soon as a line closes they rip up the rails and ties right away.
14:58 If no one hears from post in a while, it must have had something to do with the person following him. P.S. Nice track and I agree about that shed. Thanks for the video.
14:58 I think that may be the end-of-line marker for the trains. It was always just a red/orange rectangle. I've seen similar ones where I live. They don't have any text on them, they're placed in the middle of the rails. They just mark that the track beyond is unusable.
I live 3 minutes from that spot in west lebanon nh. Its great to see you explore our area. Would of been cool to meet you. You weren't actually in white river jct vt. That was west lebanon nh.
I have been fascinated by the videos you produce and always have one question, how come there's overgrown trails that no one looks to cut down? I mean, it would be cool to open up tracks to see where it goes for those who are curious on the scenery.
I live here. White River Jct is in VT, not NH. If you'd continued down that rail, you would've found yourself at a big abandoned roundhouse, turntable and everything was still in place until a few years ago.
I'm a utility locator for USIC in Michigan and we haven't used that style flag in 7-8 years and I realize the video is 2 years old as I'm watching it but whatever it was originally marked for the works long been done, ticker long expired and contractor is supposed to pick up the flags when they're done.
I come here to watch videos of what normal should be. Thank you for a break from the crazy.
Those magical words from post 10, "and this is where the adventure starts..."
My second thought? Wait what was that the stuff from the first part??
I agree!
I thought the same!
The west end of the old New Hampshire Northern.
I'm from the UK and not to be mean or anything but the USA is not a country I had on my wish list of places to explore. However, since watching your videos over the last 18 months or so, I really want to visit these amazing places that you're kind enough to share with us. Your enthusiasm is highly infectious. Keep up the good work Post.
Love ya 🤗 x
US has many amazing places to explore, you could really find anything here because of how diverse the landscape is and the history
Sorry you felt that way. I grew up on the East coast of the US and now live in AZ and there are so many places to be see there and in between!
Remember the US is an absolutely massive country. It quite literally has some of the best national parks in the world. When I lived in Scotland it has it's really cool areas, well just take the area of Scotland and multiply it to the size of N. America, and then multiple the number of really cool areas by the same amount.
It is a little odd you kind of dismissed an entire country like that...
@@Yeoldyperson I'm put off by their gun culture 😬 America, or at least Post 10's bit of it looks awesome tho 👌
Me to
Last train through this section was a detour train in 1982. After sitting dormant since 1975 or 1976. Awesome video man. I've walked across those bridges a few times.
I loved this! I'm in Ireland so I'll never get to go to those places so I really enjoy the beautiful scenes and history in your videos. Great job, thank you. Brendan.
Since you mentioned "low head dams" I've been watching YT vids on them and what makes them dangerous. It's super interesting. I definitely learned something today!
I shall be called grasshopper and learn thru the master post 10. Ok maybe I'll be cricket. It's a morning short on time. ❤
Omg my stomach lurched when you went close to the edge on that bridge.
There’s a certain sense of calming nostalgia in Posts videos you just don’t get anywhere else
Ikr, sometimes I find that I fall asleep while watching!
Soothing voice
Could do audiobooks
Thank-you for the trip through yesteryear. I love the history and how fondly you speak of it. Keep up the GREAT work, Post.
I went with some of my friends in November 2009 to Damascus, Virginia to ride up to Whitetop Station(we rented bicycles & the rental place provided transport by way of a van) to the beginning of the Virginia Creeper Trail(for us). When they were planning the trip, they told me the ride would be from Whitetop Station to Damascus, about 17 miles! I said to them, "Do you know the last time I rode a bicycle?" And it was not 17 miles. They informed me that it was mostly downhill, which it was. There were a few trestles & the way was very scenic. There were several people riding, some hiking & some on horseback. Not all were going toward Damascus. If you keep going past Damascus, it continues to Abington. I had never done anything like that before & I appreciate my friends for taking me there. I am thankful that many of the railroad tracks that are no longer in use, have been converted into trails.
Ah yes the abington branch made famous by the late Winston link
That sounds like a great day.
It's Abingdon boys, sorry. Source: I live 30 minutes from there
I’ve ridden the Virginia Creeper Trail three times from Whitetop down to Damascus. I love it!
Beautiful scenery.💚💚
Really lovely places to go see, very interesting and thanks for sharing post10
The beautiful greenery and water are mesmerizing. I learn a lot of things I never even thought of before. You're like a companion. Who knew I'd be following you through all sorts of wooded areas and culverts, exploring abandoned buildings. There are a few scary moments but it's altogether beautiful. Thank you.
Nice to start my Sunday with a beautiful and interesting walk! Thanks!
I can’t believe in today’s day and age that raw sewage is allowed to be discharged into rivers just because of high rainfall.
Totally agree. That’s a lot of sewage contamination. Is that even legal.
Ya, while this is true, get your degree in civil engineering, put in the time so you are senior enineer, win the bid to design for a particular system, and solve it. Of course then you'll have to sell your plan, so it will have to be cheaper than and or faster easier what's existing. I'm not trying to troll, just saying it's one thing to identify a problem, another quite different thing to solve it.
@@toddcaspersen8041 I think not dumping raw sewage into a river could be done without a degree.
@@mtjm and you think wrong since everything would have to be designed first in order to do what you say, which in turn would require people with degrees to do.
Dylan ... most of our engineering marvels still have remnants of ancient design and nobody has come up with a better way around this. A sewer plant usually has some excess capacity and a bit of storage but when that point is reached, then what? The choice is to have the excess flow all over within the plant (possibly causing a shutdown) or discharge it elsewhere. Since it's usually very little and seldom happens these days, guess what the obvious answer is?
Thank you for another interesting video. I home school my son and have been showing your videos to him as you have much knowledge on many things I feel is important. 🤗
Perfect timing...a post10 video with my sunday morning coffee. Doesn't get much better than that!! Thank you post! Keep up the great work!!
I would write to those making the trail and ask them if they could keep some of the trackage in place in some sections to give people an idea of what used to run there
I think it would be great if they could find a way that bicycles and rail speeders could use them safely at the same time! (I think they're called speeders-they look like they would be so much fun to ride)
That first structure you show looks like some type of liquid loading/unloading platform. Hoses are to small for water for a steam engine and it is cool that the telltale at 4:17 is still standing. That was to warn crew members that a bridge or tunnel was coming up. Back in the day rail cars had roof walks and this warned any crew member walking on top of the cars that they were coming up on a bridge or tunnel. Also at 12:00 that was the location of a water barrel in case a cinder from a steam engine landed on the bridge and started a fire.
This is a really cool video Postie. Nothing fascinates me more than old train tracks, bridges, stations and trains. I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Having fun exploring once again with Post 10. I wish I could walk so I could enjoy these kinds of adventures. Thanks good sir for taking us along. 👨🏻🦽
Thank you for the hike, exploring, and info! 👍
My grandpa's (1800's- 1970's) had worked for Northern Pacific/BNSF.
You probably know to never put your foot inbetween the narrow gap of rails that are next to each other. Though you might not see a train (or be near a building) those rails can close and trap whatever is between them.
Speeding trains can't stop in time, and ppl have died.
I can still hear Papa telling us, "don't take any 'dares' about putting your foot between the rails, don't race to drive across tracks in front of a train, if engine/car stops on the tracks, get out of the vehicle, stand as far as possible away from it." He'd been a jack-of-all-trades, and had fixed things until they could no longer be fixed.
It's interesting to see quality construction and cast iron culverts that had been made before "quality" lost over "profit".
Another great adventure! Stay safe!
Where on the northern pacific did he work?
Another solid video from Post 10. I couldn't help but think about scenes from the Movie Stand By Me when you're walking throughout. Some of it looked like actual filming locations!
Another fascinating and beautiful place. Thank you for sharing it with us. 😀😎👏
This was a very nice hike.
Thank you for sharing, Post 10
Probably fuel oil rather than water from those pipes. They've got screw-fit seals. No-one would've cared about water spillage, so water towers for steam locos don't have any kind of seal on the end of the pipes, certainly in Europe anyway.
That’s probably a terminal, where the tank farm would get oil/propane deliveries from the railroad.
I agree, and water pipes would be a lot larger in diameter
You were walking on 3 seperate sets of tracks.
@10:39, you filmed a 'switch', which is the standard way for trains to move to a different set of tracks. From what could figure, that switch was JUST prior to the bridge, allowing the train to be moved to different tracks.
If you had followed the tracks further, you probably would've seen each of the 3 tracks going in 3 different directions, thus depending on the origin and the destination, may require changing tracks.
The logistics of of moving trains is fascinating!
OH, BTW, If your train 'leaves the tracks' when you're on a trestle, you're screwed! There's no little 'notch' or 'groove' to stop you! You're going down!
U STILL DA MAN!!!
Love the vids!
Thank you for bringing us this very interesting and informative video, I am sure that the people who have been able to see the video will have appreciated it.
Post 10 keep it up u r the Man . screw the haters... no one is out there doing what u do .. plus u keep it real..
An interesting walk through the past. Cheers Brian! 👍😊🇺🇸
Man I love it when you post a new video, always brightens my day!
Great adventure Post. Be safe and look forward to seeing another adventure
👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing post10, take care
Very interesting, love your walks through the woods.
They should keep the original bridges, if it were me I would keep the rails and place but just put pavement on each side and in between them
Awesome video…….completely enjoyed seeing all the trestles and bridges 👍
I live nearby this location and have driven through that one-lane bridge countless times. I never knew there's train tracks on top! Thanks for this interesting adventure and capturing a piece of history that will be gone someday.
Very interesting stuff. Thank you for taking us adventuring with you. It's just what the doctor ordered. Safe travels to you.
You find all the cool spots I hate living in N.Y.C. Really appreciate you posting these videos.
I love living in NYC but I was so glad when they started planting more trees. I’m seeing animals I’ve never seen before like black and white wrens and mourning doves. I love watching the greenery in these videos.
It's always a good day when there is a new video!
Amazing how quickly nature takes over when left alone.
love your videos please make more!!🥺🌸
I've always wondered what those rails in the center of the regular rails are for at nearly all overpasses. Thanks for clearing that up.
That Shack building that you're standing next to and right next to the river and the dam that looks like a pretty good fishing spot I might have to come down there sometime and go fishing and there's also some pretty good fishing spots along the bike trail too
Ive seen those double tracks on bridges before but had no idea thats why they were like that. Thanks Post10 !
Yet another brilliant video , Thankyou so much
Thnx Post 10 for this video! You’re our explorer, saved me for a dull Sundayafternoon🙏🏻
Just got 3 bee stings on that second bridge a few weeks ago. I am glad you had better luck. They do use that track for storage up to the stone arch. I wasn't aware they stopped using the train for fuel delivery. I was hoping they still did.
It was a very interesting video thanks post 10.
Post 10 ....Great start to Sunday Morning !!!
Very cool. Thanks for sharing
That was really nice. And we saw miss Post 10 too. :)
11:43 “a little scary when you look down but that’s why it’s best not to look down” bro that’s honestly such an inspirational quote in a sense.
Awesome footage and great discovery when was this railroad line abandoned and how much further would this bike trail go
hello post, great video. just got coffee ☕ and cookies 🍪 ( 4pm here). fits my mood perfectly! 🤗
What you were looking at was an unloading rack for propane or oil. The track is only long enough for one car. Two hoses are used so the smaller would be for liquid and the larger for gas. The liquid would be pumped out and the gas connection would allow the liquid level to fall without creating a vacuum over the load preventing the pump to pull the liquid. Propane and butane are easily liquified with pressure at normal temperatures. For a house or similar use, you want propane gas.
6:40 is a pump house. The siding shingles are asbestos. The low dam is to keep the pump intake underwater.
11:25 The section number or designation is under the angle bar but I see RE - ? AREA section OH is open hearth CARNEGIE - maker, mill USA 1941 the hash marks are the months so 6 or June
Hey this is Ram from Texas I enjoy what you do I'm stuck in bed with this cov19 crap just keep doing what you're doing
Awww feel better , I live in NYC and Covid was a living hell last year. Nobody here complains about masking .
Glad to see they are creating a bike/hike trail. They did that in Dallas, with the Katy Trail.
Great video!!
👍👍👍👊😎
You are in my neck of the woods. I knew right where you were and have driven those roads and under that train bridge many times. My mom was born and raised not far from there.
The EPA is trying to eliminate the combo storm water sewer pipes due to the issue you pointed out during heavy rains. I used to live in Chattanooga and during heavy rain raw sewage overflowed into the Tennessee River. The EPA gave the city a certain number of years to fix it.
Good morning! This is treat.
Great video thanks. Chris from England.
Being a whitewater kayaker myself, I agree that low head dams can be very dangerous. That one low head dam right there is one that can be quite easily crossed in a whitewater kayak, without there being any risk of the kayak getting stuck in it. There simply isn't enough of a back wash that gets recirculated into the hole at the bottom of that dam for a kayak that is coming straight down that drop to be stopped and held.
Never under estimate stupid people.
Very cool video. It’s interesting how many abandoned rights of way up there have track still on them. Here in western PA as soon as a line closes they rip up the rails and ties right away.
15:00 Jeez, I almost messed my pants when you looked round and there was someone behind you!
Pretty neat that you go to different states and explore! I rarely leave Texas!
Always interesting stuff from post 10.
I love these abondoned train tracks 😍👍🏻
13:57 in hydroelectric terminology that pipe is actually called a penstock
14:58 If no one hears from post in a while, it must have had something to do with the person following him.
P.S. Nice track and I agree about that shed. Thanks for the video.
14:58 I think that may be the end-of-line marker for the trains. It was always just a red/orange rectangle. I've seen similar ones where I live. They don't have any text on them, they're placed in the middle of the rails. They just mark that the track beyond is unusable.
thanks for documenting this stuff.
I live 3 minutes from that spot in west lebanon nh. Its great to see you explore our area. Would of been cool to meet you. You weren't actually in white river jct vt. That was west lebanon nh.
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful area. So much to explore and so much history rotting away
LOL more like the U.S is a waste land of stupid planning.
Hello Post10!
The pipes that ATT use for their wiring are known as Conduit.
*I deal with Fiber repairs daily*
Maybe they still back tank car down to Irving which could explain the shine....random guess. Thanks for the explore👍
Great Video, thanks. P.S. Someone is following you!
That first bridge was in wow nice condition - I have crossed bridges that were definitely more run-down that were still running trains !!
You are just the best for everything no cap love the videos
This is a cool find. But oh my gosh I was so nervous seeing you explore this by yourself
No need. 14:59
Thanks for posting
Stand By Me! Awesome video
I will have to take a walk on this abandoned Railroad and the bridges and trestles sometime
rails to trails preserves the roadbed for future railway usage and it allows the unused roadbed to be used for trails
most people dont know that
Its supposed to preserve the railbed but once the trail goes in the NIMBY's will fight tooth and nail to keep the rails from coming back.
Thanks for telling me why there are extra rails on a bridge.
Man as someone with mild acrophobia, when you looked down the first train bridge to the river, my stomach did some jumps!
THANK YOU. 👍 😊
Great video!
I love the adventure shows
Very interesting!
Good morning anti beaver man another interesting vid
thank you Post10, i love your videos keep posting
I can't believe the hoses were in that good of shape!
I have been fascinated by the videos you produce and always have one question, how come there's overgrown trails that no one looks to cut down? I mean, it would be cool to open up tracks to see where it goes for those who are curious on the scenery.
I live here. White River Jct is in VT, not NH. If you'd continued down that rail, you would've found yourself at a big abandoned roundhouse, turntable and everything was still in place until a few years ago.
When you were walking over the open train track I reminded me of stand by me the 80s movie lucky that part of the track is disused now.
I'm a utility locator for USIC in Michigan and we haven't used that style flag in 7-8 years and I realize the video is 2 years old as I'm watching it but whatever it was originally marked for the works long been done, ticker long expired and contractor is supposed to pick up the flags when they're done.
Very interesting