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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- @Eastterminalrailway is a grass roots, grind it out, small town, David and Goliath railroad story! The East Terminal Railway is the "last mile" in the ultra important rail network. Can an older guy ( not that much older! ) and his son hack a RR out of the trees , restore the tracks, and find customers? The ETR Nation votes YES! Nature votes NO! Customers? Jury is still out...
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You're measuring up to be an even greater railroad, thanks for bringing us along.
Thank You Joseph! And all of the ETR Nation as well! I promise to improve the walking video issue, many of this years rehab projects will use the mobile style of video. Part 2 will answer all the remaining distance questions. Brian
What the great Joseph W. SAID!!!
I think we all should set a date to have a ETR rail day and have a mini convention one day this summer.
(Graham, former producer of everything at the ETR). dad if you want good steady camera footage pretend like you are holding a super hot mug of coffee well running. Use you shoulder, elbow and wrist like shock absorbers to keep your hand steady. As your body falls as you step raise your arm up to compensate. Then lower your arm when you take your next step. This will give you much better video for the very amazing price of free!!
From Graham.
Loved the video dad good work!
Maybe one of those handheld self balancing gimbles
@@Elfnetdesigns Just a newer go pro has really good built in software that smooths video, a newer gopro or vlog camera would make a great longerterm investment
Run around in circles soiling myself sounds like a night with tequila
John Good Morning first one in today! Thanks for coming in! Brian
"I hope its not too jerky" My pedometer got 12,000 steps just watching this video.
Really I like watching all the progress, keep up the good work, I've been a subscriber since about the 3rd video.
Thanks for the continued content. Always a bright spot.
You bet
Through a little (very)amateur detective work, I was able to "get a bird's eye view" of the ETR. Looks like a nice set up. Here's hoping you pick up a few new rail served customers in addition to your storage plans. I like the "Halfway House" moniker for your tower.
This would be a great switching model layout. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. 🙂
Part 2 coming up soon.
Cant wait for part 2. I might have enough room to model your railroad.
Paul That would be fun to see! Brian
Just a quick hint, you can use the overhead satellite view on Google maps to measure distance including curves by right clicking on the spot in the picture. That way you can stay inside, warm, and keep your boots dry. I use it all the time to measure placement of the cross buck signs, round yellow RxR signs and pavement markings at RxR crossings.
As a Canadian veteran, I disagree with the convoy, but respect your opinion and freedom to say whatever you want on your own channel. You and Graham are honest and hard working folks. I'm staying because kindness defeats greed and friendship beats conflict every time.
Dave Thank you, yes kindness and friendship, that's what I thought I was saluting. It must have come out way different they I meant to say it. I meant no disrespect. Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 no disrespect or offence taken. You guys are terrific and I'm really enjoying these videos. Best wishes for your success!
When I watch you videos I regularly get excited and soil myself! 😃😃😁😁
Dennis I have heard of this, its called the ETR syndrome, it can be quite serious, but I guess it all "Depends" on the individual. B.
"Romantic".....not quite the word that would have come to my mind! ;+). I wore my ETR shirt proudly through the Madison and Charlotte airports but did not meet any fellow ETR Nation-ers. Perhaps it's just that EVERYONE now knows about the ETR?
God Speed ETR. P.S. I saw the ETR from the air and it looks amazing!
Right now its a 5/500 RR! Looks best for 5 seconds from 500 feet! B.
Look forward to your weekly updates.
I’ve missed you fellas. Looking forward to spring time videos
Thanks Andy! Yes, tie replacement plans in place just waiting for slightly better weather. Thanks for following! Brian
you have a one track mind (mother said that to on regular basis) lol 😆
Mrs ETR says it. Brian
It looks like someone has been busy on the OpenRailwayMap web site. The railroad has been named, the bakery curve, and others have been named, as well. Don't know who's doing it, but he must watch your videos. :-D
Can you link it?
Jon, thats how I found them ( right of way ) from another viewer here although the close proximity of the airport made it easy to find, plus theirs a ton of money that can be made just in the leasing of those rail served structures……i would love to be “ the consultant “ here….ms~~~
It's on Google maps as well.
You could do all that on google maps. All from the warmth of your lazy boy !! ;-)
great progress on getting the tracks ready for use, i have been watching since the first video, cant wait to see more, thank you for taking us along on this project Brian
Hobo Shoestring may want to jump a ride - be nice to him!!
Yay another etr video!!!!
Nice having all of us work along with you to get the layout and seeing it on paper helps. Thanks
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 13 Feb 22.
Morning!
Well, I must tell you that I watch your videos all the time. Your music has improved greatly in my opinion. Yeah, I am a bluegrass player, Banjo and Mandolin. I need to write you a song.
Thank you ETR for my / "your" ETR "paper" map, so cool. That will be so cool when you have customers !
Brian, I don't know if you've shown it yet, but I'd like to see where your track connects for interchange purposes. Keep up to great work. Thanks!!!!
Thanks for following, that's an upcoming topic. Brian
We have a shingle plant from Owens-Corning on rail a few miles from here and today it seems most of their loads go out by truck. The plant and the track are less than 400 yards from CA 99. Maybe the problem we have out here with finding enough truck drivers will get some of these manufacturers to start using more rail, as they once did.
Railroad Paradise
As I walk thru Death Valley where I tie up my train
I look at locomotive #2021 and realize its just plain
But that's just perfect for the ETR and me
You know we shun things like new ties and electricity.
At 4:30 in the morning I'm scraping paint
Graham feeds me White Castle and works until he faints
I've been digging and clearing for so long
Even Mrs. ETR thinks my mind is gone.
We've been spending all our lives
Living in a Railroad Paradise.
Drove the Engine once or twice
Living in a Railroad Paradise.
Endless work and free advice
Living in a Railroad Paradise.
ETR rents the track at a discount price.
I'm a man of the rails and will not fail
Got a chainsaw in my hand and spike in the rail.
But if I finish all my work and you finish yours
We'll go down to the mainline and watch a train go by.🚂
When we get this done the question will be to model in N or HO scale? It would be an apartment size railroad!
Todd The builder aids coming out are for N scale. B.
You'll need about 56 feet to model it on O scale. LOL!! I guess I will have to scale it down to fit my layout.
I think it would be cool to see it done in Trainz.
About 25' in Ho scale, will fit in my shed.
@@teddill4893 In HO scale it's about 30.67 feet, in N scale it's about 16.68 feet, in Z scale it's 12.13 feet... Soooo many options right lol.
I smiled at the "snake charmer" music in the background. Nice touch.
that I believe is Klezmer music.
Love the update………cannot wait for more👍
Thanks Alco! Brian
The KLS&C that I worked on from 1988 through 1994 was 28 times longer. It was around 14 miles. We interchanged with CSX at Hartford, MI, ran through Lawrence and ended in Paw Paw, MI. Paw Paw was our base of operations for scenic, dinner, and freight operations. We had two "major" freight customers one in Paw Paw and one in Harford. I do miss running KLS&C 85, an ex ATSF GP-7R 2110 for those years. Good luck! Stay Warm! Stay Safe!
KLS&C 85 Thanks, for now this is long enough! Up soon is an all out search for freight. Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 I think you have a good chance of doing 28 times the amount of freight that we had. Probably many more.
You are a gentleman and a scholar, as well as a undiscovered talent. Have you thought about getting a pole saw to do clearing of r/w? That piece of equipment could really enhance productivity and safety.
Get some yellow spray paint and mark the sidings where the minimum car clearance is, so you will know exactly where cars need to be pushed past so that you don't hit cars as you make movements on the tracks
The more I watch your video (jumpiness and all) the more my interest is peaked. I started drawing the map as you walked along the rails. I noted siding at 329 Ft as shingle switch, then farther down at 1029 Ft as Bakery lead. Afterward you noted that there were 3 sidings the first of which you called Canada 3. A little farther and you came to a stop for a moment after talking about siding at 1226 ft called Canada 2. You then commented about the poor quality of the video (personally I could care less the content was more important) and when you picked up again you referred to a siding at measurement 1403 ft as "Plastic plant " and went on to say you would make a new and improved video. Meanwhile... Are we to "assume" that "Plastic Plant" siding at 1403 ft is in fact "Canada 1" ? Kindly let us know in the next video. BTW a lucrative business that is always looking for transportation and space is the Plastic pipe manufacturing business. I know because my long time Friend on Long Island owns a distributorship of Plastic piping and he's always complaining about wishing his suppliers could find plants next to RR sidings so that he wouldn't always be at the mercy of trucking agencies & independent truckers that come and go out of business due to the volatile fluctuations of petroleum prices.
What you need is a track speedster, every now and then in Florida we have a little group of them ride on some unused rails here.
I sure Hope the Boss gives you Hazard Pay when you’re working outside in the Frozen Snow ❄️ & Ice. 😬👍
I enjoy the content with out too much concern for the video quality. Keep showing a good story and everyone will be entertained. Seems like the ETR fans enjoy seeing the #2021 loco, work on the track and equipment as favorites. Cars on the track will be very attractive especially if moving. Naturally, discussion of White Castle and doughnuts is always popular. ETR should be featured in the Wall Street Journal or 60 Minutes. Showing the American Flag is a nice touch that fits in well. Thanks!
Buck I try to stay in the lane you described, and I want the ETR experience to be a get-a-way from all of life's hassles. Railroading, coffee and donuts, White Castles are all "simple pleasures" that are common grounds, grounds for meeting people of all types from all places. All are welcome!
Trying something that is a "long shot" is exhilarating! I want the ETR to be an encouragement to all, to dream, to build, and to let Freedom Ring! Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 Well said Brian. You and your crew have been truly inspirational, and are a welcomed distraction from the daily drudgery that we face.. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Always wondered where the railway started. With your measurements I know that it starts at the lead into the amcor plastics.
Well that was very entertaining and interesting. It was a great idea. Soon we’ll have a complete ETR map. Cool. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Brian, I may have missed it but does the ETR main revenue going to come by renting out space for companies like CSX or IORY to keep cars until they are needed? Or will they provide services to the companies on the branch or both? Thanks.
Always enjoy your videos. Already looking forward to Vol 2 of the East Terminal Mystery Map
I saw an abandoned Rail line in New Jersey and they had the searchlight signals still standing and they had switches still intact that had the electric motors still there completely intact
That would be a great place to go and salvage track and switches and motors and signals and relay cases and anything else you could get from that line
You are living the American Dream! Get R Done!
Yes, and I am glad you are along. Where do we end up? Brian
Good stuff, the only request the crew has is to have the lengths calculated in donuts 😉
or, in white castles!
I ran around but did not soil myself 😂😂😂😂
Another great video Brian. Thank you for taking us down the rails for the measuring. I did not realize you had those many spurs ( sidings). The ETR will be a success . Ty again.
Thanks Lex! Brian
Like your RR, the Indiana and Ohio used to run from Valley Junction (near Cleves Ohio) north to Brookville Indiana to the Monsanto shingle plant. About 3 years ago the tracks were damaged and the RR abandoned the line to Brookville stopping at the flour mill in Harrison Ohio. The shingle plant now receives it's granules and ships it's shingles by truck.
Mr CEO SIr... I love every video you are putting on here. I would love to talk to you some time for my local show. The vehicle is the railroad, but my lord your story is what keeps me coming back and waiting for the next installment.
Good start Brian on measuring your railroad. Elevation and grade percentage will be another chapter off the check ✔ list.
4 Disk brake wheel sets changed out the other day. There went $ 43,000.00. As they say, the bigger things are, the more expensive they get.
Hope you went and got a coffee ☕ 😉 😀.
Richard Bause
Great video!
Thanks Finn. Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 your welcome!
very nice one!!
Paw95 Thanks, it means alot when you say that. B.
@@eastterminalrailway5975 yes sir! You have good videos
A drone view of all the track would be great! 🙂
Mark Yep, I am looking forward to doing drone views. Brian
Put the wheel on the top of the rail!
No bouncing over the ties, slipping
On snow etc.
Yea, my experience with those on tilled soil is they are only a guess.
Agreed it takes concentration but keeping the wheel on the rail is much more accurate. Measuring on the ground bouncing everywhere is not good!
Bouncing like the old Tunerville Trolly!!!!
Good afternoon from sunny and 50 Oregon! I found your railroad and layout on Apple Maps.
Looking at the property map, the south end of the track, the property spread out into a large square.
You can extend the track south another 100 feet at least, maybe more, and you can put in at least 3 more sidings from that extension adding another 300 ft with three sidings 100 ft long
Looking at the property maps the right of way shows the main track as yours but all of those sightings that run into the buildings it shows the property belongs to that building that apparently is not occupied with a tenant
If you get up and running where you have paying customers for storage you'll need to work out purchasing that property from whoever owns it
I'm sure whoever buys that property is going to notice the tracks are on their property and it would be a really good idea to buy that land have it split off from the building by the realtor that's trying to sell it before a commercial customer buys it
You could get somebody like Trump who would ask an insane price to buy it or to rent it and wind up ripping up the tracks out of spite
I've seen this happen many times with horrible human beings that will buy derelict properties just because they see another business is using the property
There's a company in Florida that no one can figure out who owns it that they look at property maps all day long and they find developments and neighborhoods where the road is not a public road and is on a piece of property that can be bought and they buy it and then they block it off cutting off everyone's access and then they demand millions of dollars more than what the property is worth from each property owner and eventually take the people's houses for pennies on the dollar
There's a lot of evil people in the world and you've got to be proactive to not get in a situation where somebody can hurt you
We've already seen them smash out the windows on the locomotive and that almost certainly was someone at one of the businesses
Getting a little shed alongside the tracks something you can buy from Home Depot and get power and internet into it and wire up IP cameras to keep an eye on your property and your equipment
I haven't seen a company meeting in awhile. Is it possible to have a hypothetical "budgetary" meeting involving the track? Specifically if the ETR hired out (again hypothetical) the necessary tie repairs, track grinding, switch replacement. How quickly would a hired company be able to do it, would it actually be cost beneficial (if the ETR real life pockets were deep) versus length of return? In the same discussion the tie in would be anticipated cost savings with ETR doing the work with a theoretical completion date. I hope this makes sense.
Thanks again for the videos. I'm a "day one" follower and enjoy the content.
Yes your idea makes lots of sense! In fact, I found the show "Gold Rush" to be so short on $ facts that it wasn't as interesting to watch! Thanks for the reminder. Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 each person on that show gets at least 15k minimum per episode that they are on.
Good luck you guys are doing a great job admire your persistence
15:00 the track are very wavy. You can really see how much straightening needs to be done
I think a tamper can align the track
Looks like most of the turnouts are right hand turouts.Great video.Keep em rolling.Hope to see lots more ETR Videos.Thank you.
More to come!
Sumbit... I don't have room in the yard to add this to the G gauge setup
Google Maps now shows your locomotive on the track east of MC Blvd.
Hello from Canada! I've been with you from the start and it's great to seet things progress.
PS: Don't believe what you are hearing about the "freedom" thing up here. It's being led by, and mostly organized by, extremist right wing special interests here and from outside the country and the vast majority of Canadians and the trucking industry here do not support it. Most Canadians are in favour of current mandates. We all love freedom too! But not anarchy :)
Jason Thanks for adding this, its good for me to hear this from a person who is there. Brian
@@eastterminalrailway5975 I'm glad you said this, I sat and binged watched video after video enthralled by the amazing work that you was doing, and then you mentioned the Canada thing and I thought "oh no, I only just subbed, don't tell me this guy is one of those chest thumping far right types you read about in the US".
You should remove the trees using a backhoe. This way your not leaving a stump. Brush cutter would be useful as well. Best of luck getting it all back in service
Reach out to the local state wildfire agency and see if there is any matching grant money that could qualify and hazardous fuel reduction to pay for some clearing of the brush and vegetation.
You're assuming I can draw a straight line, I can't even do that with a straight-edge... :P
they don't make straight edges like they used to🤣
great idea involving all of us in making a map
How did you go about buying the East Terminal Railway
Halfway house, huh? Now I'll be thinking he's some sort of non violent felon or something, lol.
Btw good morning Brian!!!
Same to you TRUR!
@@eastterminalrailway5975 btw I’ll be starting a logo concept painting for you in the next few days! I went to my local Michaels and got me a tube of safety orange paint for it and the soon to be painting of the 2021
Thank you, that is really kind! Brian
Sweeet!!! now I can actually model a railroad down to the HO scale feet.. all 54 feet without condensing it down, but my wife draws the line and told me HECK NO!! maybe in N scale..
That just goes to show how huge real railroads are. The idea of modeling them is kind of absurd on the face, but we get-r-done somehow. ;-)
I was just looking at the power lines crossing your track on Google Earth. Are they paying you rent for that crossing? Do they have a recorded easement? If not the power company may be your 1st paying customer. The Florida east coat railway it very blunt in their track crossing rules. If you want to cross our tracks overhead or underground you will be paying us rent for that land. I am not sure how land use for Railways works in Ohio but in FL it is 1st come 1st served. Meaning if the railway was there 1st they get 1st right of eminent domain. If the state was there 1st with a road the railway is subordinate. The previous owners may not have kept up with Utility crossings so your right to complain or charge them may have lapsed. I would not be a bit surprised if the power company was paying rent to the PO and just stop paying when you bought the land. Heck they might still be paying the previous owners rent.
Ohio is the same way. At least it was on the PRR branch that ran thru our farm. It caused all sorts of problems when the line was abandoned as the PC holding company kept the land and the rent. When it was settled in court, along with the fact that many of the deed said RR use, the gas/fiber optic line people got the ROWs for free.
So you don't own Canada 1,2 and three? I got confused when you were talking about it?
So how are you going to get the locomotive on the east side of the cars to spot them in industries?
The Graffiti Railroad has more locos and cars than anyone else in the business. I was at the Tehachapi Loop today and noticed that they had more equipment rolling than either UP, BNSF, Procor, or Ferromex . It's too bad they don't sell stock.
LOL I did get it at first! Nice job. B.
On the use of the measuring wheel, run it on top of the rail for a more accurate measurement. Then for mapping the stationing will increase northward. Just my engineering background coming out here.
OK Brian, ya gotta stop with the opening monologue: bad seat, pedal-less unicycle: laughed too loud and woke up Spousal Unit in next room. Not a good start to my Valentine's day, despite the walk along quiet snow-covered tracks.... Keep it up!
Ric Sorry...now its Flowers AND chocolates! B.
a day ahead of us!
great content always fun stay free from canada
Looks to me like there's some trees there that could be cut up for firewood. Maybe some could be sold to a campground nearby, just saying.
If you guys didn’t have the time or take the time to watch the video, if you go on google earth and search “East Terminal Railway”, it’ll bring you right to this line. You can then use the measuring tool that the app provides. Then, you can measure all the measurements you need.
That was interesting.
so the "secret" is out.
You need a gimbal for the camera and they have them on eBay and I'm sure on Amazon and probably other places and they are less than $100 and they provide stable video regardless of what's going on
Cool concept for a video Brian, was wondering if you could talk about how you'll get your locomotive on the north end of a cut of railcars you'll be shoving south down your track, considering there's no run around track or short stub track to park #2021 on out near the mainline switch. I suspect that you'll say that you'll park on the plastics plant lead 🕵♂
I'm a buy an HO scale 44 ton GE and repaint it to whatever you guys paint your real one to. I already started to model your railroad into my current ENRL (Elfnet Rail-Link) layout though.
Get a GoPro for the hand-held shots. Nearly as good as a gimble.
O.K. I'll look at that! Brian
Where is the loco during this time?
Thanks, I love freedom too!
At 9:38 minutes you are at 1660 feet...11:24 1121 feet 14:00 minutes 2,669 feet south to north footage..14:50 minutes .plastic plant trackage 1403 feet as you said....
Is it possible that next video, you could show us what this map of the ETR should look like on paper? Or at least a rough outline of it?
How many feet do you need to set aside for a train car?
Great Video Brian. You showed a brief clip of a derailed car Is that one of the plastics cars?
Thank You for Sharing!!!
hey i was a little confused on the 2021 video. so is the locomotive actually gone and if yes then, do you have another one and if no then, will you get another one?
Looks like the shingle lead has an intact switchstand as well. Might be a silly question coming from someone whose rail experience is limited to HO scale and railfanning from trackside but would it make sense to spike that switch and move that stand to the one you need to pry the points over and respike the other stand?
It would be easier with an adaptor for rolling the wheel on the rail :)
Friend, if you want a lot of used ties, here in Grovetown, Georgia, many ties have been replaced along a main line and stacked along the side of the line. I don't know who they belongto,belong to, I can find out if you would like me to.
You forgot how the camera inverts everything... That was clear from the first siding
Bobby Ya...I did a double take when I saw that! Thanks for watching as I learn! Brian
🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦God bless Canada stay strong and fight for your rights and God bless America 🇺🇸. thank you Brian for giving Canada a shout out.
Thomas Edison’s relatives came to the Colonies before the Revolutionary war. They were loyal to the Crown and at the end of the war went to Canada.
In the 1840’s? There was a revolt in Canada. The family said we are not making That mistake again!
They supported the revolt.
It was put down and they had to get out and move to Ohio.
So Thomas was an American and you can visit his childhood house in Ohio.
I can’t remember if you ever stated at the beginning of your series about how you acquired the ETR and what was the process.
How long is the ETR well about 16 minutes give or take. Interlockingtower is sure a big word bro , in NZ we have cafe's for drinking coffee and eating donuts. Cool video anyway. Safe travels
Would have been nice if you had called out the distance at the frogs as well as the headblock. That way we could have determined the turnout numbers as well.
In this weekends video! Brian