Semi-Abandoned Spooky Desert Train Station On Route to Area 51 Near Las Vegas Nevada
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- A cool although kind of creepy old semi abandoned train station way out in the California/Nevada desert close to the Nevada border.This is a back route we often take to Las Vegas and our Area 51 adventures. The old abandoned town & buildings of Kelso used to be a regular stop of the Union Pacific Railroad. Closed in the 1960's...the old depot has been restored and set up as a museum...while the remaining surroundings are pretty much a creepy ghost town falling apart in the desert sun. One of the cool abandoned places we come across in our desert travels! We find lots of stuff in this sort of "Area 51 Triangle"....you know...a few hundred miles in either direction from Area 51...to have some of the weirdest, spookiest, creepiest stuff we've seen anywhere! Near the end of this vid, I caught part of a big Union Pacific Freight Train picking up speed as it headed towards Los Angels from Phoenix. Hope you enjoy our little visit to Kelso Station! ~Kenneth King Bear
Hi Kenny! I forgot that Sunday off times! So short memory! hahaha! That's great you had great times! Me and my lovely woman also did our times ... ... making poor money ... hahaha! we did special eating so usually we eat fresh fries & salad and I eat bread too ... but today we eaten also Prawn Kings in Curry & Rise... hahaha! All the bets! ~A
In the 1990s when I first went to Kelso, there was a grave in between the crossing and the depot under where the picnic tables are now. The depot was boarded up, Kelbaker road was dirt from Kelso to I-40 . the good old days.
ha :D, i agree, nothin' can beat a road trip through a desert on a hot sunny day
Great Kenny my friend! Cool places! hahaha! I drove on empty house yard few days ago ... some one was put like ghost inside some clothes to windows ... short route to the house was grown meter long nature (small trees , grass , etc) but I drove my car trough ... we tough spent a night on the yard in ten but it was too ghost place ... someone was build the house very bad ways ... maybe died then and it been empty long time maybe twenty years! You had great going on there! Hahaha! All the best! ~A
Great Kenny! I did just my today play! Rendering now! Soon I must go! I had tomato soup today! Sorry the lizard party moved ... We will make it soon! I try to be at Vancouver next week! All the best! ~A!
Hi Kenny! Yeah you had great times there! I have tomorrow early weak up at 7:40 AM so I won't maybe stand too long today but now I wanna just now put my amp on so hard! hahaha! ~A
Great going on Kenny my friend! You had great times there! Luckily you was no drunken because the jail ... hahaha! All the bets! ~Assa!
Man....this is about our 12th straight day of rain here on the West Coast....so 120 in the sun sounds friggin great to me!!! ~K
Hahaha...I was heading INTO that jail cell to show you....but then I really wanted to catch that train....I knew my wife would be comin' outta the restroom and she'd be on my case to "get goin' to Las Vegas"...hahahaha. I thought that squeaky wheel was funny too! ~K
Hi Assa. YA...right now I am going to make breakfast. Almost noon here....hahaha...been too busy to eat yet today. Making a new Guitar video for my Guitar channel. Shutting down now...back later. I'll come and check out your new Fresh Fruit video! All the best!~K
This was former Southern Pacific, but when Private Railroads stopped passenger service in 1971, Amtrak took over, and didn't continue the old SP passenger trains, but in 1996 when the Union Pacific merged (bought out) the Southern Pacific, it became their line.
Such a neat history behind it TrainLover...we just LOVE stoppin by the station any time we go past. Was glad I was able to at least get in this small portion of video from our last trip! Thanks for the additional info!! ~KJ
***** Sorry to inform you, but this line was the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake RR. That RR was absorbed into the Union Pacific early in the 20th century. The train in this video is not coming from Phoenix. It is coming from Las Vegas, NV. Any train coming to L.A. from Phoenix (on the U.P.) would use the former Southern Pacific "Sunset" route thru Yuma, AZ and Palm Springs, CA. Even if you came to L.A. by way of the Arizona and Califonia (Phoenix-Cadiz, CA) then connecting to BNSF, you would not go thru Kelso, CA. Even if you went BNSF from Phoenix, AZ-Williams, AZ-Barstow, CA-Los Angeles, CA you would still not go thru Kelso, CA! Totally different routes!
Richard Gerlach Sorry, I got it confused,excuse me for that.
***** You're excused. LOL!
Well...I think lots of people would love to see a video of Aberdeen or Aboyne. Lots of poeple...including me...have never been there. That's why it's neat to have RUclips... we get see lots of different stuff! ~K
Way cool video as I am a railfan as well! I also like to find old abandoned rails and old derelict trains and cars! We have a refurbished interurban line just north of us here in Antioch CA. Now you can ride on about twelve miles of re-electrified track. A definite blast from the past!
Cool! Next trip I plan to shoot a bunch more of the Super Continental Freights and such. So neat watchin' them steam across the desert! ~KJ
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Hahaha...VERY Mad Max-like for sure!! Except I think you mean those cars on one of my other videos. Take care and thanks! ~KJ
Ya...I wished I cudda got a bit more footage....but my wife was on me to "get to Las Vegas". That was one of the big cross continent trains I'm sure. It was neat to watch it really pick up speed and get rollin. ~Kenneth
That station is about an hour NE of 29P Marine base. We used drive past on our way to Vegas.
I've never been to Aberdeen! Yes...we have BIG trains here in North America....but then...we have such big wide open spaces! By the way..I have Scottish ancestry! Take care. ~Kenneth
Nice video. When we have been there, the trains more along more quickly. I wouldn't call it spooky, but sad and lonely...abandoned . Last I heard the Beanery (cafe) was being sold so there would be no more food service at the station. But they have a great little museum inside and bookstore. Lots of desert local and railroad lore to be absorbed there. Can't wait to return. Keep up the video sharing.
Yes...very sad and lonely feeling there sometimes! It sure is a neat place...and we stop there every chance we get. Take care. ~Kenneth
Wow...that's neat Randy!! It's such a cool area...that whole area. Kelso, baker....Cima.....Nipton. Been on those roads SO many times over the years. Really great you stopped to comment!! ~Kenneth
Ya exactly Joe! That's usually how we get here too....we come up through Morongo Valley....over to 29P.....then through crazy Wonder Valley...over the ridge to Amboy! Then we take Kel-Baker road under the freeway. Cool route....always something of interest. ~Kenneth
please continue to upload more videos like this, just love it. i enjoy watching your videos, thumbs up for you man
I really liked this video.....didn't even know about this place....thank you.
Nice video, I love places like that, and the less people the better.
Damn the freight had three engines, must have been a heavy load
Hi I came to watch after 6 years
Oh ya? Neat Randolph! Been in and around the Blythe area lots of times! Take care. ~Kenneth
These are weird and wonderful videos. Lot of amazing views. Really cool!
Thanks 'licks'! They are even more amazing live and in person. Very happy to bring you a taste of it via these videos! ~KJ
Thanks....ya.......lots of strange places way out in that desert! ~Kenneth
It's an old Harvey House. LV, NM has one too, featured prominently in the 1984 film "Red Dawn". Before the days of air travel, the Harvey House was like a trackside Hilton for wealthy travelers.
It's sure neat to see it way out in the desert. Really....nothing around for miles and miles.....and you first see the building from at least 12 miles away. Even at that distance you can tell it's going to be super impressive up close! ~Kenneth
TheShocker Shocker This was not actually a "Harvey House" hotel. 95% of those were along the Santa Fe Railway. The others were on the "Burlington Route" (CB&Q). The building in this video was known as the "Kelso Clubhouse and Restaurant". I believe that it was owned and operated by the Union Pacific RR. Not 100% percent sure of that tho. It definitely was not owned by the "Harvey" people, but it was essentially the same idea as the "Harvey Houses".
Desert King Travel & Adventure, I hope all is well with you and yours..Great videos! Best wishes.
Hi Assa my friend! Had nice day off today with wife. We drove around looked at nice scenery. Did a little bit of shopping. Back at work on videos tomorrow!! ~K
That's neat! I can't remember now when I started using this route as one of our "trick routes" to Vegas from Palm Springs. It wudda been sometime in the 90's.....but later than when you're mentioning. I DO remember part of Kelbaker road turning to gravel though...probably about halfway from the depot to I-15. That grave sounds interesting...spooky in a way. Thanks for that info! ~Kenneth
By the way..I just noticed you have one of my Music vids in one of your playlists. Cool! It's First Spirit from my Big Bear Music chan. That's neat...and I appreciate that! ~Kenneth
Ya AA....the building has been turned into a museum of sorts. Still...it's real quiet there...and always has a spooky vibe to it. Right across from the museum is the old abandoned Post Office and some freaky burned out wind blown collapsed buildings. Often...and I think I show a bit in the video...there is a cool wind blowing in the silence...and it blows the leaves around in a sort of creepy way. You can here the leaves crackling over the tracks and sidewalks. A neat place!~K
I would love to buy and fix up that old post office
Kinda reminded me of Caliente, NV. Very similar.
No trips this summer? I hope you are ok. Was hoping to see a new video from you, I think you wanted to visit somewhere in Northern Utah. It is now October 2014 and I am looking at all your old spooky videos. They are classics. Never get tired of watching them.
Hi and thanks! I didn't really want to say anything...but I've had cancer for quite some time now....years actually. It got to the point where travel was impossible. I'm taking the "natural approach" now....and I'm seeing slow but steady improvement. My goal is to travel again soon...and I WILL....and we will shoot tons more video. I DO have a video I'm working on right now which will show a few of the spooky abandoned places way out in the California desert! There are a few real unusual towns, places and buildings along parts of old Route 66 O think you'll find as interesting as we do...and I hope to publish that video here in the next week or two. Thanks again...and take care. ~KJ (Kenneth)
***** You wrote to me before and said you had health issues, but I didn't realize how serious! I will keep thinking of you and send good energy vibes your way. I am glad to hear you chose a natural approach and you are doing better. I don't know if you heard about a doctor who created a device that destroyed cancer cells. You may have heard about it. It is called the Rife machine by Royal Raymond Rife. Every living thing has its own frequency vibration, and this doctor's device determined the frequency of each virus, bacteria or cancer cell. So his machine would adjust to a higher frequency causing the virus, bacteria or cancer cells to explode and be destroyed without causing any harm to the surrounding tissues. Some at the Rife Institute are trying to figure out how this man did this and recreate the effects. But I don't know how successful they are. The entire documentary called: "The Rise And Fall of a Scientific Genius" used to be on RUclips. But it was removed. It's a shame to hide this information. Take your time and get well first! When you post I will see it. And in the meantime, I am watching your old spooky videos especially for this month of Halloween! :)
Domo I am ON the Rife Machine! I have had approx 18 treatments so far. It IS one of the "natural" approaches I am following. I have a ton of other stuff I am doing as well. Interesting you mentioned Rife....not a lot of people know about him and his "frequency machine"....and of course.....many many are "skeptical" that it works at all....but I'm STILL here....and I'm not supposed to be, at least not if I listened to the so-called science based doctors! I credit the Rife machine as part of my slow but steady recovery. I am staying my present course. Thanks a ton! ~KJ
***** Whoa, that is great! Then I learned something too. I didn't realize they could copy his work. But it's been a couple of years now since I read about it so maybe they figured it out by now. I really hope so for you and everyone who wants to choose alternative treatment. I am happy for you! Now I will watch several of your old videos and wish you well! :)
Domo
Great! Yes....my Naturopath (who introduced me to the work of Rife) has a "modern" Rife machine...and I believe him when he says it is as effective as Rife's original technology. It acts on frequencies within the body...and there is an instruction manual for each type of cancer. How to set the frequencies for each type of cancer...the duration of the treatment...etc. Rife is just one of MANY treatments and supplements I take. I am taking some amazing stuff....and it is ALL working to slowly but surely heal me. It took me YEARS to "create" this cancer in myself....so I am not worried at all about how long it may take to completely heal. Life is GOOD....and I AM very happy to be alive...and have some joy back in my life! New "spooky places" video coming soon! Hopefully just in time for Halloween! Thanks for your terrific prayers and support!! ~KJ
Oh hey...that's nice of you to say! Ya...just love travellin' especially down through the desert. I'm workin on puttin together some cool "burned out, abandoned desolate" places we've seen. Takes awhile to assemble and cut all the footage. Thanks! ~K
I used to live 16 miles from cima down the road. I went to high school in baker and kelso was a school bus stop on the way. Yes I had to go 16 miles to cima to catch the bus.
Hi Assa! Hahahaha....train came by just in time....I was heading IN to that jail cell! ~K
Ya! You're right...very similar! ~K
Thanks Kenneth. I hope the next time you go around there, you will film Cima store. That was the bus stop and the owners daughter kelp the school bus there since it was the end of the route. I lived south of there over the new York mountains way back in the early 80's. The dirt road is between Kelso and Cima. I do miss that area and enjoyed your video a lot. I Also would like to see Goff. It also has a train track and a old school that I think fell down. I live in Texas so I'm very far away to see these things. I'm subscribed to your channel. Thanks,
Will gladly film the Cima store Randy! Also...we've been through Goffs. Took a real cool remote back road from Essex...under I-40...and then on to Goffs. I will film that as well!! We'll get out and make sure we get some good footage for you! ~Kenneth
I have visited the Kelso Depot. Decided to take the long way from CA to Las Vegas via the Mojave Preserve. Loved it! Very friendly Park Service Staff. They have museum and model of the town. Ate at the "Beanery." Sat in front of the station as the train from Las Vegas came through. Imagined I was back in the old days. Fun!
Has Desert King just stopped making videos or has he passed?
Been there... on my way to death valley
I have been thru this area, i live near Blythe, Ca.
I'd love to that, take the back roads into the desert!
It's AWESOME! Hope you get a chance to do it sometime. ~KJ
Me too! Thanks so much.
That train was waiting for the 6:45 UFO!
Casa Bonita from south park!
At least some guys had fun in the Navy without killing anyone.
You should post up a video about Aberdeen!! ~K
Nice video. Next time you get that way, could you take some interior shots (if it still has any of the original workmanship)? Take care.
I love it ,but it looks like someone is living there.
On route to Area 51? This is nowhere near Area 51.
i went there!!
Well...I don't blame you for bein too coward to go around it! Who knows what might happen! Lots of strange folks and things out there....especially in the desert. The desert seems to be sort of an "oddball" magnet. Hahahaha...mind you...maybe that's why I like it?? Hahahaha. Take care. ~K
the 21st century: where quiet is "spooky".
You should go in the places at dark and see what it is like.
Hahaha...after you mate! ~Kenneth
It is a little difficult for me man as I am in Wales :p if I had a good size party with me I would check it out :)
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Hahaha.....well...I don't have the Wales issue to contend with....but the "good size party" I have at MY disposal is just myself and my wife. I'd need more reinforcements before venturing inside some of these spooky places! ~Kenneth
Hahaha...you first!! ~KJ
Ok, I have watched some of your videos and you keep telling people everything is near area 51 and it is not even close. Kelso Depot is almost 3 hours from area 51, I am shocked you can even find your way home. The depot is still open and very cool, lots of history there.
Wow, hate much? "Near" is a relative term. Considering that some people could be watching these videos from the other side of the country, or even the world, yes it actually would seem like "near area 51" to them. Chill.
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Hi Enzo...hope all is going well for you. ~KJ
Ya exactly Joe! That's usually how we get here too....we come up through Morongo Valley....over to 29P.....then through crazy Wonder Valley...over the ridge to Amboy! Then we take Kel-Baker road under the freeway. Cool route....always something of interest. ~Kenneth