Train Graveyard - Rare Locomotives & Train Cars Rusting Away

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2022
  • Exploring a train bone yard in Pennsylvania. Some definitely look abandoned forever. The snow blower was definitely my favorite.
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  • @MobileInstinct
    @MobileInstinct  2 года назад +33

    Which one is your favorite? Mine is probably that snow blower.

  • @geigertec5921
    @geigertec5921 2 года назад +18

    As a kid I once climbed into the engineer's cab of an old steam locomotive. Opened the firebox and a hyperactive squirrel ran out, dust and fluff everywhere!

  • @drby0788
    @drby0788 2 года назад +11

    First engine you looked at was former Canadian National #47. It was the very first excursions locomotive used by stwamtown when they were originally located in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
    Unfortunately her career was rather short, due to lost maintenance records that has been destroyed in an office fire. So steamtown was forced to retire her. She wasn't in service for even a month

  • @jburnett8152
    @jburnett8152 2 года назад +25

    I love trains. It would be great to turn a car into a tiny home. Thanks Jay

    • @Srekwah
      @Srekwah 2 года назад +1

      Wouldn't it be great to own your own private track with a small train and a few carriages on your own property? You could run your tiny home around on the track and change position depending on the time of year.

    • @ohioyodertoter6827
      @ohioyodertoter6827 2 года назад +1

      A getaway in the woods a caboose 👌

    • @explosiveboi6692
      @explosiveboi6692 6 месяцев назад

      @@Srekwahyeah it would be really cool. I imagine if you bought a super narrow long strip of land you could operate the trains at high speed

  • @jasonkelly4964
    @jasonkelly4964 2 года назад +5

    "I've been in some caboose but never an all wood caboose" might be the funniest unintentionally funny thing I've ever heard! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jared1870
    @jared1870 2 года назад +26

    You find the coolest stuff, thank you.

  • @sharon94503
    @sharon94503 2 года назад +9

    My late father worked for Southern Pacific Railroad for 28 years before retiring. His passion was trains and I'm certain he is enjoying this video from heaven. Thank you.

  • @Psychlist1972
    @Psychlist1972 2 года назад +3

    Winter is the best time to go there, despite the ice and cold. During the summer, that place is nothing but weeds and nests of yellow jackets.

  • @TheFanitcalFan
    @TheFanitcalFan 2 года назад +6

    There is a fully operational rotary snow plow running on the Heber valley historic railroad line in Heber city Utah. To see it in operation is truly a awesome experience. The amount of snow it can throw is mind boggling. They also have a train ride that is very cool on the track from the 1800’s

    • @DanJeys
      @DanJeys Год назад

      Called the Heber creeper I think

  • @elizabethrowe7262
    @elizabethrowe7262 2 года назад +7

    Its fascinating to see the old trains and the snow blower which funny enough only just saw a video of one that had been restored and watched on RUclips in action a few days ago. We have lots of old trains sitting and waiting to be restored here in Western Australia too. Hotham Valley Railway is run by volunteers and at times they bring out a train journey for people to experience for the day. Sad to see them rotting away and maybe to far gone to restore now.

  • @bsage5514
    @bsage5514 2 года назад +4

    Such Powerhouses these old Iron Horses! Even their bones are Beautiful! Luv seeing this history of our country's bygone days. Great job filming and Huge Shout out to Jay for sharing! 🚃 💛 💚 💙 💜

  • @SRRC245
    @SRRC245 2 года назад +12

    Awesome video guys - I used to visit Steamtown a lot as a kid and always loved watching trains from that overhead walkway they have on site. In the opening shot of the video that's a Canadian National 4-6-4T, and used to run when Steamtown's original location was in Bellows Falls Vermont. The loco with the big 6 ft driving wheel is a Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 type, known as the Jubilee.

    • @yeoldeseawitch
      @yeoldeseawitch 2 года назад +1

      Of all the locomotives in the collection, 47 and 2929 are the ones i want to see restored the most

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@yeoldeseawitchI would love to go in there with a gas torch and start cutting some scrap steam locos. Maybe I would save the snow blower for a preservation group but certainly I will cut the steam locos.

  • @briandunne7021
    @briandunne7021 2 года назад +2

    Awesome train Chris and jay 👌 great video

  • @macky9674
    @macky9674 2 года назад +3

    I see your buddy Jay has Cincinnati Reds gear. WHO DEY!

  • @ambergumbert2128
    @ambergumbert2128 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for Sharing... central Pa great for trains if you every go to Pa again!

  • @TrainsOhio
    @TrainsOhio 2 года назад +2

    Great footage!

  • @lorraineperry8232
    @lorraineperry8232 2 года назад +2

    I love steam engines and the good old days of steam, wished I could go back to that era...that huge black restored loco looked like "Big Boy"...he was huge...Im from Australia and my most favorite steam engine is the good old "3801" she is beautiful...I also love the "Flying Scotsman"...thank you for this video...i loved it....take care on your adventures, Chris :)

    • @jimstevens1726
      @jimstevens1726 2 года назад

      Yes, it is a Big Boy. It has only been cosmeticaly restored. It will never run again.

    • @therailfanman2078
      @therailfanman2078 2 года назад

      It's a big boy. Was originally planned to be restored to operation but the tracks weren't designed for the big boys and parts were used for 4014s restoration

  • @JohnShinn1960
    @JohnShinn1960 2 года назад +1

    Thanks Chris, Thanks Jay.
    👍👍👍👍

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 2 года назад

    It's amazing when you think of efficiency.
    We started so wide of engineering tolerance and understanding of thermodynamics.
    Keep learning ❤️

  • @galememeeof6688
    @galememeeof6688 2 года назад +1

    I love whatever Chris likes to show me. This is also awesome.

  • @idamaeteufel4371
    @idamaeteufel4371 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the tour. Great job.

  • @jamesholt7612
    @jamesholt7612 2 года назад +3

    I've always loved old steam locomotives. Very cool video Chris.

  • @vaccumsealed
    @vaccumsealed 2 года назад +1

    I was on a train like that when i was 4 yrs old. It was 1981, and I can still remember begging my mom for a toy train set from a gift shop when the locomotives brakes suddenly caught fire.

  • @kennethwallace4338
    @kennethwallace4338 2 года назад +1

    Excellent video. That snow blower looks fun

  • @bobby-io2rr
    @bobby-io2rr 2 года назад +1

    Thank you
    I love trains

  • @Tractors101
    @Tractors101 2 года назад +3

    I've been to the site a few times, its always cool to look around. My personal favorite locomotive that they have is an old Shays type sitting near the concrete grain bins towards the back of the site.

  • @markfrench8892
    @markfrench8892 2 года назад +10

    It's not called a Snow Blower, the proper name is a Rotary Snow Plow. They still use them on Donnor Pass out here in California.

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 2 года назад

      The proper name for the large thing you appear to be riding is a high horse. Get off yours.

    • @CANControlGRAFFITI
      @CANControlGRAFFITI 2 года назад +1

      @@Marcel_Audubon good one Marcel but to keep calling it a “SNOW BLOWER” when you could do 2 seconds of research and call it what it is.. you know because he’s making a video to inform people with? Smartass

    • @therailfanman2078
      @therailfanman2078 2 года назад +2

      @@Marcel_Audubon he's just correcting him no need to get so offended

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 2 года назад

      @@therailfanman2078 that conversation ended over a month ago ... are you so lonely you felt compelled to stick your nose into it today?!?

    • @therailfanman2078
      @therailfanman2078 2 года назад +3

      @@Marcel_Audubon i found the video today. And why so offended and if the videos over a month old then why did you reply? Looks like someone is lonely

  • @seanpacificrailroad3700
    @seanpacificrailroad3700 2 года назад +1

    Wow amazing you are so very blessed to travel to so many amazing places thank you always for your amazing videos😀

  • @bigolemike33
    @bigolemike33 2 года назад +2

    Cool video but it's so sad to see these old trains rust down!

  • @lakeozarkrei3767
    @lakeozarkrei3767 2 года назад +2

    Fun Fact! Doc Browns locomotive used in the movie sits back close to the Simpsons ride in Universal Studios Orlando👍

  • @wilsongood711
    @wilsongood711 2 года назад +2

    When I first watched this, I thought he was two blocks from my house in Strasburg Pa. Love these videos. Always informative and easy to understand. Would have killed me to think I missed an opportunity to meet him and possibly learn more about his story. Hope he keeps these videos coming!

  • @jacobramsey7624
    @jacobramsey7624 2 года назад +3

    Steam Town used to be in Vermont and then was moved to PA. There's a Steam locomotive in Gorham nh that used to belong to Steam Town. They were going to scrap it because they did not want to pay to have it moved. A man from the area bought it and put it on display in Gorham. He saved it because it has a special roof to go under a shoot at the place it was built to work.

    • @jacobramsey7624
      @jacobramsey7624 2 года назад +1

      I have old photos and books about steam town back when it was in Vermont. It almost looks like steam town did more and was more popular when it was in Vermont.

  • @warrencrosby2620
    @warrencrosby2620 2 года назад +1

    I was here last December!! The trolley car #76 is from Philadelphia red arrow lines that ran from 69th st terminal.

  • @tashasmith6179
    @tashasmith6179 2 года назад +1

    Those are cool. I think I like the one with the sink in it 🙂

  • @michellerene951
    @michellerene951 2 года назад +1

    I just love your videos Chris!

  • @RoyJenkins777
    @RoyJenkins777 2 года назад +1

    Just finished watching Jay's mausoleum video. You two may a good team, good stuff brother Thanks. God Bless

  • @dhawk4480
    @dhawk4480 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this AWESOME video. I've been to Steamtown USA. One day just isn't enough time to cover everything there. I visited there pre covid and the cost to get in was a donation.

  • @seanhobbs8485
    @seanhobbs8485 2 года назад

    I’ve been there 7 times and this brought back so much nostalgia

  • @Mr.milo_chug
    @Mr.milo_chug 2 года назад +2

    That train number 47 looks like the blue commet

  • @vincecrysler3821
    @vincecrysler3821 Год назад

    Hey guys. The first loco you came upon is ex-CNR #47. She was used in Montreal commuter service right up to the end of steam.

  • @wooderdsaunders4640
    @wooderdsaunders4640 2 года назад +1

    Great video it probably take a million dollars for each one of them cars and engines to be made into running shape again

  • @freedomfan4272
    @freedomfan4272 2 года назад +2

    Somewhere in the northeast "post 10" recorded a video of a old steam locomotive,cars and he also walked the old railroad bed. If I remember correctly it was a old logging railroad. Great video BTW from a guy who has been interested in trains for years now.

  • @galememeeof6688
    @galememeeof6688 2 года назад +1

    I'm vintage from 1956 Chris. but my Dad is antique from 1930. We'd love to talk to you and possibly be restored. Lol

  • @GoPro._Musica
    @GoPro._Musica 2 года назад +1

    The big wheels were meant for speed, probably was used for passenger service, while the smaller wheels were meant for freight, it was a locomotive that didn't have to go as fast, it was destined for the pulling power instead.

  • @cosmos7492
    @cosmos7492 2 года назад +2

    Enjoyed it as always thanks for showing can't wait to see the next video

  • @Liz-cmc313
    @Liz-cmc313 2 года назад +1

    So cool! I love old locomotives ❤️... You find so many interesting things. Thanks 👍

  • @nikkigardiner9426
    @nikkigardiner9426 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! ❤️❤️

  • @Aglassact77
    @Aglassact77 2 года назад

    Thanks M I , this was a cool tour through American pioneer history . Trains are just frickin cool . I like how most of those were untouched for a long time . Often times people will ruin or break all the glass on stuff like that. I like how they are somewhat protected...

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 2 года назад

    Thankyou for showing us.

  • @chooch1995
    @chooch1995 2 года назад +2

    If you’ve got a clerestory roof/ceiling in a passenger coach...you’ve got something from several decades earlier than the 50’s....

    • @nathanbarger3449
      @nathanbarger3449 Год назад

      I loved the beautiful yellow stained glass windows in it

  • @Jared_Wignall
    @Jared_Wignall 2 года назад

    I really enjoy seeing what you find through your travels Chris. Keep up the great work!

  • @margaretreed9184
    @margaretreed9184 2 года назад +1

    I live in Gettysburg & we rode on a coal locomotive on a short trip from biglerville pa back to Gettysburg

  • @donnaj.1634
    @donnaj.1634 2 года назад +1

    I love trains! I have never been on one but something fascinating about them. Cool video 😊

  • @BlankBrain
    @BlankBrain 2 года назад +2

    3:10 I wonder if that's a service car. I think some passenger cars took steam from the engine to heat them. When they switched from steam to diesel, they added a car with a boiler to heat the passenger cars. Longer trains may have needed a service car too.

  • @edbollett9083
    @edbollett9083 Год назад

    I really like the old unrestored locomotives there. The pantina just adds to the realism of just how long ago it was that the steam locomotives ran up and down the train line. After growing up in a small community that was once a thriving passenger train community back in the day of the steam locomotive. The experience just adds to my fascination with the time era..

  • @videodiscjockey4808
    @videodiscjockey4808 2 года назад

    I Remember When Cabooses Was On Rear Of All Trains - 1970's - I Used To Wave At Them , They Would At Times Wave Back

  • @patrickwamsley3284
    @patrickwamsley3284 2 года назад +1

    I really think that steamtown is rather the opposite of heaven because they have a bunch of equipment that they ignore and haven't given any attempt of proper preservation and just allows them to rot. One engine in particular in their back lot is Nickel Plate Road #44, which is the oldest nkp locomotive in existence, as well as nkp 759, a former excursion running engine that they refuse to let go so it could potentially run again. And the sole reason she'll never run again is she's too big for steamtown to operate.

  • @bobcrawford5083
    @bobcrawford5083 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for posting this video..I have been to the museum many times over the years..urge anyone with especially children to take a trip and see and feel real history..also can go inside and see ones being refurbished in real-time..real craftsmen at work....also a ride on a live steam engine...now you can`t pass that up right?..how do you say no to your child..once again thank you..

  • @TammyMullins-jv8wm
    @TammyMullins-jv8wm 11 месяцев назад

    Love trains 🚆 😊

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 2 года назад

    Amazing! I adore trains and train equipment🚂

  • @lusoverse8710
    @lusoverse8710 2 года назад

    Well, I just found this channel. Wish I'd found it ages ago. Fascinating stuff; shortish videos but full of interest. Subscribed.

  • @ernestj3081
    @ernestj3081 2 года назад +1

    Really amazing piece of history 🌟Would be great to have some awesome pieces decorating my apartment 😍🌟

  • @jontooke846
    @jontooke846 2 года назад

    That was awesome thanks so much. I love trains. That was amazing to see.

  • @joannecarpenter8725
    @joannecarpenter8725 Год назад

    Love, Love me some trains! New or old… doesn’t matter!!! Thank You Chris!

  • @Dav3Campb3ll
    @Dav3Campb3ll 2 года назад +1

    Amazing work
    Well done

  • @NaomisAdventures
    @NaomisAdventures 2 года назад

    It's so cool to see the old trains

  • @louisetregomorgan4907
    @louisetregomorgan4907 2 года назад +1

    Toot toot 🚂 💛💛💛👍

  • @susancrawford9898
    @susancrawford9898 2 года назад

    Love this place. Been there many times.

  • @577buttfan
    @577buttfan 2 года назад +1

    Nice you.guys got into them!!!

  • @jeremiahwilliams7809
    @jeremiahwilliams7809 Год назад

    Geez!!...... for me this would be the equivalent of going on a vacation to some far away places!!!! I could pack me some food and whatever else I need and stay for days....... damn.......

  • @Pssnmeoff
    @Pssnmeoff 2 года назад +1

    Hey! You were in my town!

  • @myalaynaangel
    @myalaynaangel 2 года назад +1

    You should do follow up on some of these When they get them restored

  • @garrysekelli6776
    @garrysekelli6776 2 года назад

    Amazing stuff. Incredible engineering.

  • @RunningSwimmingMan
    @RunningSwimmingMan 2 года назад

    Awesome video!!!!

  • @TahoesNTurbos
    @TahoesNTurbos 2 года назад +1

    Amazing look at the past 🤘🍻

  • @jamiescountryliving
    @jamiescountryliving 2 года назад +1

    Very cool!!

  • @dgonthehill
    @dgonthehill 2 года назад +1

    cool beans, thnx

  • @wendyjohnson8639
    @wendyjohnson8639 2 года назад

    This is something different compared to your old video a change of a different type of history. The snow blower is pretty cool. 🚂

  • @grantkokich6906
    @grantkokich6906 2 года назад

    Interesting. A lot of history there.

  • @lessismore6062
    @lessismore6062 2 года назад

    This is one of your top videos!

  • @erickirwan8703
    @erickirwan8703 2 года назад

    That was so cool

  • @scottfeatherstone7156
    @scottfeatherstone7156 2 года назад

    Great video

  • @denniskazmierczkjr9348
    @denniskazmierczkjr9348 2 года назад

    Awesome

  • @gregggoss2210
    @gregggoss2210 2 года назад

    Very cool. Loved it. Liked your hat too. 👍

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 2 года назад +1

    So for you pre-WWII is very old. There are still people alive today who were born before then. It would be nice to see you make a video of you jumping a freight. I am old now, but I did that when I was about 20. It wasn't difficult and a cheap way to go a long distance. Better to do it in the Spring or Fall for, I think, obvious reasons.

    • @nancyfahey7518
      @nancyfahey7518 2 года назад +2

      I was a home heath aide for some families. One man told me his stories of riding the rails. They had to in those days to find work. His first car had no rubber on the wheels, so they made them with newspaper. Fantastic. He got together with a chemist, I think, and made household cleaners in 55 gallon barrels. They had to bring them down 3 flights of stairs for pick-up. He ended up retiring and selling his formulas to Johnson&Johnson. Stuff like Mop&Glow.

  • @moonytheloony6516
    @moonytheloony6516 2 года назад

    It looked like, early on in the video that there was a restored Union Pacific Big Boy there. If so, it was the largest steam locomotive ever created.
    The steam locomotives began to slowly disappear after WW2 with the rise of Diesel locomotives which gained momentum in the late ‘40’s and through the ‘50’s.
    I believe a few steam engines like the Big Boy were in use until the early ‘60’s as they were very, very expensive to maintain in comparison to the diesels which took over.
    Great video!

  • @devonfalcon559
    @devonfalcon559 2 года назад +1

    At 58 sec looks like bro was going to say something got cut off but played it off with a itch neck

  • @vesalampinen
    @vesalampinen 2 года назад +2

    Those old trains aren't the easiest things to restore, I suppose. First of all, they are going to need a rather large workshop.

  • @Parktonman
    @Parktonman 2 года назад

    Lots of that stuff is pre 1900, so older than you think. Restoration is done a lot by volunteers. Time and money are always a factor in restoration. I do restoration in Kentucky and have spent thousands of dollars of my own money towards projects. So if you want to help. Donate to your local museum, time or money. Too many to work on and not enough people, so we would like to save them all but we can't.

  • @fabonline9389
    @fabonline9389 2 года назад

    One of those passenger cars would make a great tiny or not so tiny house.

  • @DramaMustRemainOnTheStage
    @DramaMustRemainOnTheStage 2 года назад +1

    Omg I love this

  • @jimschafer9196
    @jimschafer9196 2 года назад

    Cool reveal some old history of our country's transportation from back in the day.

  • @k.george8722
    @k.george8722 2 года назад +1

    That first car, older than the 1950's.

  • @epeiusgarage
    @epeiusgarage 2 года назад

    I manage and inspect rail cars. Nice video y’all

  • @nathanbarger3449
    @nathanbarger3449 Год назад

    That steam locomotive at the beginning is from Canada. It was used in the beginning of the steam town tourist trains in the 1960s. It was banned from being used because of all the maintenance records were destroyed in a fire up in Canada.

  • @thundercreekcustoms
    @thundercreekcustoms 2 года назад

    There’s plenty of those wooden passenger cars in restored condition on regular use at the Strasburg Railroad, in Strasburg PA. Near Lancaster. Next door from them is the RR Musuem of PA, which has a rail yard full of unrestored locomotives

  • @coolstuff6768
    @coolstuff6768 2 года назад +2

    Hey, go to the national train museum in PA

  • @kitswithkaren5003
    @kitswithkaren5003 2 года назад

    Interesting but also very sad🤗🐻👍

  • @paulh3973
    @paulh3973 2 года назад +1

    Neat to see, but sad to see it’s condition. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

  • @BMMEC6000
    @BMMEC6000 2 года назад +1

    Alright so the reason why a lot of this stuff hasn’t been restored is because Steamtown doesn’t have a lot of money to spend on restoring their stock (even though they are a national park!). There also isn’t a lot of space in their roundhouse and shops for all of this equipment. It’s really sad the Steamtown is probably the least paid national park in North America. Maybe even the world.