Hi DJ, The industry at timestamp 4:00 is a bottling plant. When I worked for Independent Oil in Evans City, we use to go there and pickup 55 gallon drums and quarts of oil on pallets, and antifreeze in gallon and 55 gallon drums. Sorry I do not remember the name of the place. Did you notice the unique shape of the building they were shoving the bulkhead flats into? The walls had a funky angle to them from halfway down to the ground? I'm surprised they don't have to use spotter control while running through those 5 buildings to get back to their small yard. That NS / P&OC interchange you're talking about use to be the PRR/PC/CR Panhandle Line to Scully Yard and I think that location was known or may still be known as Esplin. As you may know, the Panhandle ran from Pittsburgh thought Mingo Jct, Columbus and ended in St. Louis. From Carnegie to Weirton the line is now a rail trail. In Ohio, the line from Mingo Jct. to Columbus is not part of the Ohio Central. My oh my how "The Rocks" has changed. That huge field at time stamp 9:29 use to hold two full circle P&LE round houses and as you know just beyond the P&OC railroad bridge was the P&LE's diesel engine house and car shops. Thanks for uploading the video DJ, I really like this drone video, so many details you can't see from ground level. Cheers, Rich S.
3:35 I think that loader was for cement rather than coal. The PA State Historical Preservation Office post I mentioned in another comment about the Indian mound mentions a cement facility being built on the site. 3:46 The chemical facility is Gordon Terminal Service, a chemical distributor.
You were right ... I would not have believed it. It went through 5 buildings and curved out! Really cool. Thank you for the videos. This one was extra cool.
I am still running n scale on a folding table. I just reworked the track plan to great benefit. Your videos have inspired and motivated me to continue my journey. I've learned a great deal about prototypical track planning and operations. I thank you for that.
Nice footage DJ trains and that switcher was a Tazwell and Peoria railroad EMD SW#1520 Have fun and I’m glad I could help provide some knowledge on the Tazwell and peoria railroad SW#1520 have fun and be safe while you’re railfanning out there please
I like that you show the train shed being built over time. I would venture that one heavy snowfall will be it's literal downfall. Check back this winter.
Excellent getting all that context and view points. I loved the church. It's also awesome that the locals take pride in their engines and keep them so clean. Great video on so many levels.
At least one of those "thru buildings" has a cool intermodal loading dock. The trucks back through the building's back door and over the tracks to load on a platform that is parallel to the tracks for boxcar and coil delivery. A gantry also runs the length. might be a cool interior idea
Technically that is the color scheme of Genesee and Wyoming. They own over 100 short line railroads. I remember back when these small roads were independent and had their own unique identities. OC colors were dark Tuscan red on the body accented by yellow with a grey roof. They were pretty snazzy looking. I live in an area where The Indiana & Ohio Railroad roams about. They too are part of the G and W system now. I miss the myriad of colors that once adored all these different little railroads.
I worked on NJT, and that pit was an inspection pit. The clue was no ties on rails over pit. The pit at Long Branch Yd. was a tad short but workable ,the pits at MMC Meadowlands were deeper. There seemed there was a small range in depth depending on the original RR at that location.
That’s so cool, I wonder what kind of ventilation they have in those buildings for the diesel exhaust, I imagine it’s gotta be somewhat open for a loco to breathe but also be safe for anyone else nearby since it’s not a typical tunnel. Really cool to see that NS interchange point near the Ohio river. I work near the top of the USX tower downtown and occasionally get to see NS and SWP/AVR (I think) locos pass by the Amtrak station and head over the Allegheny river near the convention center. They always look like N scale trains from my view point lol
@3:32, on top of that limestone formation once stood a burial mound built by the Hopewell people, dating back to 500BC. Over the last 100 years the bluff and mound have been quarried down to largely nothing. Just an interesting anecdote but you captured the island really well with your footage.
@@djstrains If you go to Google Maps, there's an icon for the former mound. That has a URL that takes you to a blog post on the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, which gives a detailed history.
It is fun to find new ideas Especially so convenient. The engine put and a new engine house would be fun to model too The drone is a great tool to aid in your future videos
Great stuff! Genessee & Wyoming run lots of lines, all with the same orange, yellow and black livery - just the logos are different. I'm in San Diego, and they operate the San Diego & Imperial Valley RR from a small yard in downtown, next to Petco Park where the Padres play.
Here in NYC, I regularly see Providence and Worcester locomotives, both in the old red and brown scheme and the G&W scheme aside from the New York and Atlantic locomotives and of course CSX.
I had to pause the video to go look at Triad on Google maps (I'm on my phone, so the map you showed just looked like a Jackson Pollock painting. 🤣 That building definitely gives me ideas. ❤ Awesome video, DJ! Thanks for posting it.
You don’t need a deep pit for inspections thirty inches is plenty. If it is deeper you must stand on the very top of a ladder to inspect the top of a traction motor. I have been working as a master locomotive composite mechanic for a long time now and I hate deep pits. Too deep and it gets dangerous to do work. My current pit is eight feet deep with a grill two feet higher making it six feet. I am five six. It is very dangerous and impossible to clean much less maintain. These folks are doing it right.
@ That shop would be more useful with a track down the center for forklift access for heavy engine work like power assemblies and batteries. My current shop has a single track off to one side like this. I am at the mercy of operations to turn the locomotive during heavy work. It wast hours or days of production.
So Just got back from Fostoria, OH today. Great day of watching trains. Saw a first- an ALL CSX train. Everything Two locomotives and the rest were what appeared to be new hoppers. About half were extended height and included “Coke Express” on the top. Was heading east. Few hours later a SECOND all CSX train of the same with one car that was silver/aluminum in color with one end painted. Other than that was all CSX. Almost looked like off a train set. Never seen a train without a mix of livery and road names, let alone two Taking delivery of new fleet from manufacturer perhaps?
I used to live just on the other side of the river at the other end of the McKee’s Rocks Bridge in Brighton Heights. Whenever I’d head that way and pass the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central’s little engine yard, I always wondered what their operation was like. Thanks for showing!
Nice video! Great footage brings great ideas. I found a bunch of similar buildings yesterday where I was filming trains in Orlando. Now I can combine what I saw here with your footage while constructing my new layout. Thanks!
There's also plenty of places where trains go through tight "alleys" between industrial buildings. If you have a layout in a corner and angle the "alley" so that you can't look into it, then you can use that as well to go underground. Doesn't have to be as uncommon a thing as going _through_ 5 buildings. Obviously the illusion breaks when someone decides to look down into the alley. But before then, it might be far less confusing to see a 20-car train come out of an alley (even if you didn't see them come in the other side) than seeing 20 cars appear out of some buildings that they would never fit into.
That is a beautiful church. I enjoyed your other videos with your building ideas. And now, with you doing videos of possible building projects to add to layouts, very well done. Glad your back.
CIND is Central Railroad of Indiana. Another small railroad that was gobbled up into the orange monster that is the Genesee and Wyoming collection of short lines.
@@djstrains Interesting note: CIND does have a line that runs into Cincinnati. I'm a little outside Dayton, Ohio so throughout the years as an avid railfan I've learned a lot about the different railroads in my neck of the woods.
DJ...love your stuff. I'm from New Castle PA and currently live in TX. We still and a good bit of industry and western PA with all the hills, rivers, streams, bridges, facilities etc really look great in your videos. Thank you!
I remember seeing a locomotive similar to that black switcher maybe 15 - 20 years ago, in Leesburg Ohio I believe. It looked like a fresh paint job in black with the yellow "Pittsburg Industrial Railroad" lettering. It looked quite nice.
At the 3:25 mark, on top of that rocky bluff just past that electrical tower, used to be the McKees Rocks Indian burial mound. It was the largest known Indian burial mound in western PA. It was excavated by archaeologists in 1896, shortly before a cement company took over the land to quarry limestone from the bluff. You can see the cement loading tower is still there next to the tracks.
Interesting footage ... your ideas are great. I modeled a grain elevator from foam blocks, then found the real thing later. I think the real world sometimes copies our layouts 😂😂😂
Those industrial areas that either don't change or get tweaked to make things fit are fantastic. The C&NW had a track through the old Ladish Co plant in Cudahy WI then came out of the building where a spur turned left and went to a lumber yard. The track done went back into the building and another spur came out to another Factory. Sadly the service on the spur ended in the early seventies and it's questionable if they even go into the plant anymore which now has a different name. There is some interesting Drone footage with buildings and roof overhangs running near an old and apparently abandoned Highline at the River Rouge Ford plant. See Sam Loves Trains. Great footage as so many of the Industrial buildings in Milwaukee have been torn down or no longer use rail service.
Pretty cool! It's interesting that Genesee & Wyoming own short lines all over the country. I see G&W's Puget Sound & Pacific (Western Washington) engines in my area. They have such a cool paing scheme! Although I do miss PS&P's old paint scheme! G&W has short lines in Eastern Washington, Oregon and California on the west coast. I realized that when I saw the same colored engines in San Diego (San Diego & Imperial Valley). I was surprised to see a commercial RR building with wooden framing! Even McDonald's have to have metal framing in Washington State!
Fantastic video! The New York and Atlantic RR runs near where I live in NYC. Aside from the home locomotives and CSX I regularly see Providence and Worcester power, both in the G&W scheme and the old brown and red scheme.
@@djstrains Speaking of the NYC area, there is another "DJ" RUclipsr, 'DJ Hammer's Transport". While no drone footage, there is a plethora of unusual and rarely-seen equipment moves within the NYC subway captured by teams of videographers, including deliveries of brand-new rolling stock and transport of retired stock to locations immediately outside the system for shipment (to that great trainyard in the sky).
Great video DJ, comprehensive description and info. My hospital stint finishes on Thursday so my layout work is going to resume very soon with some serious negotiations with my wife and terms and conditions being laid down.
Taz- as in Tasmanian Devil, short "a". Tazewell & Peoria is the old Peoria & Pekin Union Railroad, now leased by G&W. Yes, I know it has a vowel just one letter after the A, which would make it a long A sound, but it is a short a sound. I'm from the area.
Nice video DJ! Enjoy switching opportunities with various industries. I also like old structures/historical buildings. What is the name of the beautiful church in the video?
Awesome video and I just subscribed to your channel. By chance would you have video of the former CR Panhandle main line from Walkers Mills to Esplen? That mainline is now a rail trail from Walkers Mills to Collier WV and the east end of Wierton Yard.
They run out to Canonsburg on the old PRR,Penn Central, and Conrail Chartiers Branch line. The line used to go to Washington, PA but ends in Arden, PA now.
I would honestly love to see more footage of that operation. I mean, I’m sure there’s some sort of signals or something inside those buildings telling everybody a train is coming. Actually, what would be cool as some footage from inside the warehouse as it went through
I wonder if the buildings, at one time, were all part of the same manufacturing plant. Unless you happen to catch the action, as you did, the tracks/buildings would not have been discovered.
I used to work right behind where you were standing to film this. 20 years ago that crossing you are filling here was so bad that a guy I worked with nearly ripped the rear end off his car when he died down the road. I've been wondering where those Genesee & Wyoming trains were coming from. I see them on the old P&LE lines on the RT 51 side of the River.
THAT IS AN MORE SPECIALIZED TYPE OF PIT, KNOWN AS THE DROP PIT, WITH AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND LOWERABLE TRACK SECTION ON AN UNDERFLOOR TROLLEY , AND RAIL SYSTEM, RUNNING LATERALLY UNDER THE PIT FLOOR.
@@rossbryan6102 shift button stuck? it's hard to tell it could be the start of that type or something else it's really hard to tell from the distance!!
Hi DJ, The industry at timestamp 4:00 is a bottling plant. When I worked for Independent Oil in Evans City, we use to go there and pickup 55 gallon drums and quarts of oil on pallets, and antifreeze in gallon and 55 gallon drums. Sorry I do not remember the name of the place. Did you notice the unique shape of the building they were shoving the bulkhead flats into? The walls had a funky angle to them from halfway down to the ground? I'm surprised they don't have to use spotter control while running through those 5 buildings to get back to their small yard. That NS / P&OC interchange you're talking about use to be the PRR/PC/CR Panhandle Line to Scully Yard and I think that location was known or may still be known as Esplin. As you may know, the Panhandle ran from Pittsburgh thought Mingo Jct, Columbus and ended in St. Louis. From Carnegie to Weirton the line is now a rail trail. In Ohio, the line from Mingo Jct. to Columbus is not part of the Ohio Central. My oh my how "The Rocks" has changed. That huge field at time stamp 9:29 use to hold two full circle P&LE round houses and as you know just beyond the P&OC railroad bridge was the P&LE's diesel engine house and car shops. Thanks for uploading the video DJ, I really like this drone video, so many details you can't see from ground level. Cheers, Rich S.
4:00 Gordon Terminal Service - Manufacturer
1000 Agnes St
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
from Google Earth
3:35 I think that loader was for cement rather than coal. The PA State Historical Preservation Office post I mentioned in another comment about the Indian mound mentions a cement facility being built on the site.
3:46 The chemical facility is Gordon Terminal Service, a chemical distributor.
You were right ... I would not have believed it. It went through 5 buildings and curved out! Really cool.
Thank you for the videos. This one was extra cool.
You're very welcome
Cool locations! That spot where they pass through 5 buildings sure was unique. Glad fall was colorful this year for our cameras!
Im so glad the weather was great for flying and filming. A rare treat!
I use to see those locomotives in New York working on the Amtrak line
Great looking video. Thank you for showing us.
Glad you enjoyed it
That was awesome! I would never thought about putting a track inside of a building like that. Thank you for sharing and great ideas!
That industry around the 4:00 minute mark looks like the shelf in my fridge where all the condiments are lol.
Hahhaha
KILLER FOOTAGE! what are they building? cool industry, and wait until you see how they get to this customer!! WHAT?!!!!
It says this comment was posted 12 hours ago
yup, I uploaded it this morning, but didn't premiere it until 8:15 pm. I commented upon uploading it.
@djstrains lol I think you forgot to change accounts
Nice Video
Wow - some excellent drone work - as usual. Those power lines are literally the stuff of nightmares for recreational pilots too. Gives me chills...
Yes they are!
I am still running n scale on a folding table. I just reworked the track plan to great benefit. Your videos have inspired and motivated me to continue my journey. I've learned a great deal about prototypical track planning and operations. I thank you for that.
That started my day with smile
thank you.
You're welcome
That is wild that the train goes through all those other buildings to service the steel place. Would make for some interesting modelling for sure.
Nice footage DJ trains and that switcher was a Tazwell and Peoria railroad EMD SW#1520
Have fun and I’m glad I could help provide some knowledge on the Tazwell and peoria railroad SW#1520 have fun and be safe while you’re railfanning out there please
That train going through 5 buildings is awesome!
I really want to model it now lol
@@djstrains Me too!
Who woulda thunk?!?
I like that you show the train shed being built over time. I would venture that one heavy snowfall will be it's literal downfall. Check back this winter.
Excellent getting all that context and view points. I loved the church. It's also awesome that the locals take pride in their engines and keep them so clean. Great video on so many levels.
I sincerely appreciate that!
Drone footage great as usual !
Glad you enjoyed it
At least one of those "thru buildings" has a cool intermodal loading dock. The trucks back through the building's back door and over the tracks to load on a platform that is parallel to the tracks for boxcar and coil delivery. A gantry also runs the length. might be a cool interior idea
Great video!! 😮
Thanks! 😃
Great catch DJ
Thank you very much!
That sure looks like an ash pit in that service building, but it would have to be outside. I'm stumped. Take care, and glad to see you back.
Building under construction used for rail to truck transload ? Sand, concrete, or possibly salt?
Cool! Trains in the building. Thank you for the idea! Nice video!
Glad you liked it!
That Ohio Central engine is beautiful! Love those "fall" like colors.
Me too
Technically that is the color scheme of Genesee and Wyoming. They own over 100 short line railroads. I remember back when these small roads were independent and had their own unique identities. OC colors were dark Tuscan red on the body accented by yellow with a grey roof. They were pretty snazzy looking. I live in an area where The Indiana & Ohio Railroad roams about. They too are part of the G and W system now. I miss the myriad of colors that once adored all these different little railroads.
@@itsameman Awesome! Thanks for the great info! I wonder if they have HO scale in those colors? Would love to add some of those in the future.
I worked on NJT, and that pit was an inspection pit. The clue was no ties on rails over pit. The pit at Long Branch Yd. was a tad short but workable ,the pits at MMC Meadowlands were deeper. There seemed there was a small range in depth depending on the original RR at that location.
Very interesting video! Thanks for sharing and please create more of them. As living in Sweden it's great to get new ideas how to build my US layout.
Thank you! Will do!
Another great edition of djtrains. The chem tanks on that hill surrounded by trees was a great, very unique modelling feature. A-1 stuff.
I totally got excited to go home and review the footage on my big computer! Its so neat looking.
For a modeller, that is an excellent view of the roof details of OHCR #2160. Note the offset horns with, I assume, the air conduit leading to it.
That’s so cool, I wonder what kind of ventilation they have in those buildings for the diesel exhaust, I imagine it’s gotta be somewhat open for a loco to breathe but also be safe for anyone else nearby since it’s not a typical tunnel.
Really cool to see that NS interchange point near the Ohio river. I work near the top of the USX tower downtown and occasionally get to see NS and SWP/AVR (I think) locos pass by the Amtrak station and head over the Allegheny river near the convention center. They always look like N scale trains from my view point lol
Very cool
@3:32, on top of that limestone formation once stood a burial mound built by the Hopewell people, dating back to 500BC. Over the last 100 years the bluff and mound have been quarried down to largely nothing. Just an interesting anecdote but you captured the island really well with your footage.
That is really interesting, and now I wanna check out more info on that! Thanks!
@@djstrains If you go to Google Maps, there's an icon for the former mound. That has a URL that takes you to a blog post on the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, which gives a detailed history.
Interesting design of triad metals building with the angled buttress walls. They must have some heavy lifting cranes in there. Thanks for sharing.
My thoughts exactly
DJ, your video's are always full of great ideas. Thanks!!
Glad you like them!
Good stuff DJ. Keep these industry shots coming. Yes that rail through those buildings is perfect for a staging track or two!!!!
I never would have thought I could find a prototype, and here its a few minutes from my house, lol.
It is fun to find new ideas
Especially so convenient.
The engine put and a new engine house would be fun to model too
The drone is a great tool to aid in your future videos
Never saw a track arrangement like this before.Fantastic drone footage,please keep them coming.So many modeling ideas.
Thanks, will do!
Great stuff! Genessee & Wyoming run lots of lines, all with the same orange, yellow and black livery - just the logos are different. I'm in San Diego, and they operate the San Diego & Imperial Valley RR from a small yard in downtown, next to Petco Park where the Padres play.
Here in NYC, I regularly see Providence and Worcester locomotives, both in the old red and brown scheme and the G&W scheme aside from the New York and Atlantic locomotives and of course CSX.
Great stuff as always DJ! Keep ‘em coming, these aerial views are mesmerizing! You’re making me want a drone. Thank you for sharing
I have been a licensed drone pilot for 5 years and I still get nervous lol
@ 😆
Fascinating video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
interesting, I wonder why the buildings and what did they save or was it to solve a problem after the fact?
I usually have more questions than answers, lol.
I had to pause the video to go look at Triad on Google maps (I'm on my phone, so the map you showed just looked like a Jackson Pollock painting. 🤣
That building definitely gives me ideas. ❤ Awesome video, DJ! Thanks for posting it.
That is one beautiful looking church, almost like a black and white picture overlaid on to a color video.
We have so many amazing ones around here
Awesome video and very interesting, DJ Bruce in Minnesota
Glad you enjoyed it
You don’t need a deep pit for inspections thirty inches is plenty. If it is deeper you must stand on the very top of a ladder to inspect the top of a traction motor.
I have been working as a master locomotive composite mechanic for a long time now and I hate deep pits. Too deep and it gets dangerous to do work. My current pit is eight feet deep with a grill two feet higher making it six feet. I am five six. It is very dangerous and impossible to clean much less maintain.
These folks are doing it right.
I value your insight
@
That shop would be more useful with a track down the center for forklift access for heavy engine work like power assemblies and batteries. My current shop has a single track off to one side like this. I am at the mercy of operations to turn the locomotive during heavy work. It wast hours or days of production.
Nice video DJ, I love seeing the modeling opportunities that you find! Cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
So
Just got back from Fostoria, OH today. Great day of watching trains.
Saw a first- an ALL CSX train.
Everything
Two locomotives and the rest were what appeared to be new hoppers. About half were extended height and included “Coke Express” on the top. Was heading east.
Few hours later a SECOND all CSX train of the same with one car that was silver/aluminum in color with one end painted. Other than that was all CSX. Almost looked like off a train set. Never seen a train without a mix of livery and road names, let alone two
Taking delivery of new fleet from manufacturer perhaps?
The black switcher at the beginning of the video was lettered for the Central of Indiana. CIND.
Yeah, my bad, thought it was Cincinnati industrial
Awesome video! As you mentioned there are a lot of great ideas for layouts. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Nice Job on the Video. Those are some cool views for sure.
Glad you enjoyed
Pls do more videos like this! So cool!
I used to live just on the other side of the river at the other end of the McKee’s Rocks Bridge in Brighton Heights. Whenever I’d head that way and pass the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central’s little engine yard, I always wondered what their operation was like. Thanks for showing!
P&OC used to run what’s left of the PRR Panhandle route that went over the Steubenville bridge!
Unfortunately it’s been out of use since around 2015 and it’s sitting rusting in the weeds a few miles east of McKees Rocks/Scully yard.
You’re correct, there’s a prototype for almost everything!
Hi there I'm really enjoying these small industries
More to come
How neat! I'm so glad that you're still posting these up. They are really FUN to watch. 😊👍🚂🚃🚃🚃
Thanks! More to come
Nice video! Great footage brings great ideas. I found a bunch of similar buildings yesterday where I was filming trains in Orlando. Now I can combine what I saw here with your footage while constructing my new layout. Thanks!
Sounds great!
DJ,
Awesome Drone video. Excellent work.
Thanks for your time and effort.
Rich
There's also plenty of places where trains go through tight "alleys" between industrial buildings. If you have a layout in a corner and angle the "alley" so that you can't look into it, then you can use that as well to go underground. Doesn't have to be as uncommon a thing as going _through_ 5 buildings.
Obviously the illusion breaks when someone decides to look down into the alley. But before then, it might be far less confusing to see a 20-car train come out of an alley (even if you didn't see them come in the other side) than seeing 20 cars appear out of some buildings that they would never fit into.
That is a beautiful church. I enjoyed your other videos with your building ideas. And now, with you doing videos of possible building projects to add to layouts, very well done.
Glad your back.
I sincerely appreciate that
I researched that church. It's St.Mary's Catholic Church
Dominic, that church is magnificent. As far as the area your in, great industrial ideas...
Great work!
That was a wonderful view. Great drone footage. Going through the 5 buildings was pretty cool.
Glad you enjoyed it
What a beautiful, top notch, just killer video...everything about it, DJ. You rock. 💪💪
Thanks Scott!
Glad to see a video about my home railroad, the p&oc is one of my favorites railroads in the Pittsburgh area
Excellent dronecam work.
Many thanks!
Great video. Always beautiful there in PA. And you are right, many great modeling ideas
Thanks for watching!
Good video. That was interesting how they delivered those two cars, through all those adjacent buildings.
I know, right? How did this ever originate is what I now wanna know.
Hey! I thought you had said you retired?! It's great to see this new post; thanks so much.
I took 10 months off while I focused on other things in life.
I made 7 videos in October for you to get caught up on, lol
I never would have believed it if there was no video proof. Wow
CIND is Central Railroad of Indiana. Another small railroad that was gobbled up into the orange monster that is the Genesee and Wyoming collection of short lines.
Ahhh! I thought I saw Cincinnati industrial railroad somewhere.
My bad
@@djstrains Interesting note: CIND does have a line that runs into Cincinnati. I'm a little outside Dayton, Ohio so throughout the years as an avid railfan I've learned a lot about the different railroads in my neck of the woods.
DJ...love your stuff. I'm from New Castle PA and currently live in TX. We still and a good bit of industry and western PA with all the hills, rivers, streams, bridges, facilities etc really look great in your videos. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!!!
Great video DJ
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember seeing a locomotive similar to that black switcher maybe 15 - 20 years ago, in Leesburg Ohio I believe. It looked like a fresh paint job in black with the yellow "Pittsburg Industrial Railroad" lettering. It looked quite nice.
fascinating video with the "disappearing" switcher
At the 3:25 mark, on top of that rocky bluff just past that electrical tower, used to be the McKees Rocks Indian burial mound. It was the largest known Indian burial mound in western PA. It was excavated by archaeologists in 1896, shortly before a cement company took over the land to quarry limestone from the bluff. You can see the cement loading tower is still there next to the tracks.
That is a fascinating fact
It's actually called Tazewell and peoria the e is silent its a short line railroad here in Illinois
Peoria, IL to be exact.
Interesting footage ... your ideas are great. I modeled a grain elevator from foam blocks, then found the real thing later. I think the real world sometimes copies our layouts 😂😂😂
Those industrial areas that either don't change or get tweaked to make things fit are fantastic. The C&NW had a track through the old Ladish Co plant in Cudahy WI then came out of the building where a spur turned left and went to a lumber yard. The track done went back into the building and another spur came out to another Factory. Sadly the service on the spur ended in the early seventies and it's questionable if they even go into the plant anymore which now has a different name. There is some interesting Drone footage with buildings and roof overhangs running near an old and apparently abandoned Highline at the River Rouge Ford plant. See Sam Loves Trains. Great footage as so many of the Industrial buildings in Milwaukee have been torn down or no longer use rail service.
Pretty cool! It's interesting that Genesee & Wyoming own short lines all over the country. I see G&W's Puget Sound & Pacific (Western Washington) engines in my area. They have such a cool paing scheme! Although I do miss PS&P's old paint scheme! G&W has short lines in Eastern Washington, Oregon and California on the west coast. I realized that when I saw the same colored engines in San Diego (San Diego & Imperial Valley). I was surprised to see a commercial RR building with wooden framing! Even McDonald's have to have metal framing in Washington State!
Fantastic video! The New York and Atlantic RR runs near where I live in NYC. Aside from the home locomotives and CSX I regularly see Providence and Worcester power, both in the G&W scheme and the old brown and red scheme.
Very cool!
@@djstrains Speaking of the NYC area, there is another "DJ" RUclipsr, 'DJ Hammer's Transport". While no drone footage, there is a plethora of unusual and rarely-seen equipment moves within the NYC subway captured by teams of videographers, including deliveries of brand-new rolling stock and transport of retired stock to locations immediately outside the system for shipment (to that great trainyard in the sky).
Great video DJ, comprehensive description and info. My hospital stint finishes on Thursday so my layout work is going to resume very soon with some serious negotiations with my wife and terms and conditions being laid down.
Be strong my friend, be strong! lol
New man with a new hip DJ, .
Can't keep a good man down
Taz- as in Tasmanian Devil, short "a". Tazewell & Peoria is the old Peoria & Pekin Union Railroad, now leased by G&W. Yes, I know it has a vowel just one letter after the A, which would make it a long A sound, but it is a short a sound. I'm from the area.
Awesome
Great video and great colors on the engines!! @@djstrains
I was just popping in to say the same thing.
The Gennesse & Wyoming also own the Toledo Peoria & Western, though not the intire original trackage.
they must have hired a Model Railroader when they built this track
Haha favorite comment
Nice video DJ! Enjoy switching opportunities with various industries. I also like old structures/historical buildings. What is the name of the beautiful church in the video?
Saint John of God Catholic Church
@@djstrains Thanks!
Very interesting, lots of industry indeed
Awesome video and I just subscribed to your channel. By chance would you have video of the former CR Panhandle main line from Walkers Mills to Esplen? That mainline is now a rail trail from Walkers Mills to Collier WV and the east end of Wierton Yard.
No, sorry
The T&P looks like a perfect RR to model in N Scale.
They run out to Canonsburg on the old PRR,Penn Central, and Conrail Chartiers Branch line. The line used to go to Washington, PA but ends in Arden, PA now.
I'm hoping to film more this month if time and weather permit. I did film the interchange tracks for future video.
Right past the trolley museum.
I would honestly love to see more footage of that operation. I mean, I’m sure there’s some sort of signals or something inside those buildings telling everybody a train is coming. Actually, what would be cool as some footage from inside the warehouse as it went through
Unfortunately I have no ways or connections that would allow me to film that
@ yeah….maybe bribe a worker lol…Just kidding 😂. Still a great video though.
Awesome footage. Just got a drone 4 months ago. Looking for some great image capture like what you have.
Good luck! Learn about part 107
@@djstrains I fly a DJI mini 4 pro, weighs in just under 250 grams. No need to license or register.
me too. But I have a license for making a few bucks inspecting roofs.
What an opening scene.
Isn't that a beautiful church!!!!!
Tazwell and Peoria is the operator of the former Peoria and Pekin Union railway in Peoria, IL.
I wonder if the buildings, at one time, were all part of the same manufacturing plant. Unless you happen to catch the action, as you did, the tracks/buildings would not have been discovered.
I used to work right behind where you were standing to film this. 20 years ago that crossing you are filling here was so bad that a guy I worked with nearly ripped the rear end off his car when he died down the road.
I've been wondering where those Genesee & Wyoming trains were coming from. I see them on the old P&LE lines on the RT 51 side of the River.
The rocks next to the quarry near tgr water are mckees rocks, which are slowly being taken down by the quarry and no one can stop them from doing it.
Interesting
that pit wouldn't be for swapping out traction sets?
THAT IS AN MORE SPECIALIZED TYPE OF PIT, KNOWN AS THE DROP PIT, WITH AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND LOWERABLE TRACK SECTION ON AN UNDERFLOOR TROLLEY , AND RAIL SYSTEM, RUNNING LATERALLY UNDER THE PIT FLOOR.
@@rossbryan6102 shift button stuck? it's hard to tell it could be the start of that type or something else it's really hard to tell from the distance!!
Modeling no. Livery? Yes. New ideas for Run8 train sim.
Hey DJ I've got a question. I want to model a covered hopper unload at a grain elevator, how would I do that?
This, but with a grain elevator. ruclips.net/video/DQZ2YGnvHT8/видео.html
or the last one but with a grain elevator: ruclips.net/video/OyaLMgd-GYg/видео.html
@@djstrains Thanks that help a lot and I'll send you some pictures maybe
Anyone hear the fire truck sirens at 5:11?