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Great video. I was an engineer ran the Saugus line for 50 years. The first tunnel on the top someone took black paint and wrote Etchycoo on the tunnel portal. The name was the engineers nickname. Years ago my friend and engineer mentor was on an eastbound and ran into the superintendent s hyrail car on the steel bridge. Between the tunnels was a home on the left going west was the party house for naturists.

I love the mix of history and current events. The details added to the whole story

Remember it well! Used to have to service a couple of emergency water pumps & gensets in San Pedro area, then hit up Busy Bee Market @ 24th & Walker for one of the best hot sandwiches in Los Angeles area! Never had to go over to Terminal Island for any reason but the bridge is part of the area skyline. Interesting stuff, thanks for a great video, Robert!

Thank you for this video. I love traveling over the bridge.

Went over Vincent Thomas bridge numerous times when I was stationed at the US Naval Station on the USS Hollister (DD-788). Now the naval station and adjacent shipyard are a huge container yard. Only the Navy mole still reminds me of the area in the late 1970s. PS - only the Titan, better known by nickname Herman the German (US Navy designation YD-171), a large floating crane currently serving in the Panama Canal performing heavy lifts for lock maintenance survives from the US Naval Shipyard PS2 - looking forward to going to the new Ports of Call.

I just got off the phone with a very dear friends son who was living in Cambria when this attack happened. She still has the newspaper clipping of the attack. Seems strange that our country has kept this story so quiet. War was war on our land no matter what type of ship it was. Thankfully all of the men survived.

About 50 years ago I worked for Classic Catering and we had a function in Huntington Harbor for Xmas on the night of the parade of boats. I remember it well for one thing the man throwing the party tipped the crew $20 a piece!

Looks like a good time, had our boat parade here at Lake Havasu in the bridgewater channel last night(where the London Bridge is), lot of people! Thanks Robert, all good here!

Pretty impressive drone footage on the coast there! Looks like a nice day just the same. Thanks for another cool video, Robert!

$1300 to remove all. Dirt cheap. For that you get a man without the most basic PPE which I’d a helmet, and a put yourself as the homeowner up for a lot a liability in case of an accident

Great video. I was an engineer that ran the coastline for years . always enjoyed traveling through VDB base. Saw many missile shots. Enjoyed seeing the mockup of the Space Shuttle on display..it was beautiful. The Space Shuttle was going to be launched in a polar orbit instead of an equitorial orbit from Cape Canaveral. I have a copy of the book entitled Tragedy at Honda about the naval disaster in 1923 involving the US Navy destroyers.

I worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad as an engineer. I made many trips over the Santa Paula branch. In later years when the branch was closed due to the bridge washout at Saugus during the heavy rains. I also worked at the movie ranch at the old Blue Moon Saloon where the film Throw Momma from the Train was filmed. This line was the original mainline from Los Angeles to Montalvo and westward. The section of track from Oxnard to Chatsworth was built later in the early 1900$. thanks for the great video.

absolutely excellent video, with documentary level editing no less. please dont stop creating!

I have Canadian pacific’s last golden spike 1885

You keep History alive

This video is an amazing piece of work! The line from Santa Clarita to Ventura was actually part of the main line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The construction of the tunnel near Santa Susanna/Chatsworth made it possible to bypass the Santa Clarita/Ventura line with a much shorter distance, but it was still in use as a backup route until a bridge washed out near Castaic in 1979. When Valencia was built up in the 1990s, the right of way east of this Iron Horse was built upon with condos and a shopping center. This may be a mistake just in case rail travel is developed.

Good video, interesting content. Never seen it covered, and I've seen a lot of WW2 Pacific. I knew about the shelling by submarine, but nobody ever covered the torpedo attacks. Well done!

Heaven on earth until the 2010's. By the 2020's it became a nightmare.

Love this video!! Thanks so much for doing such a wonderful job regarding “Tragedy At Honda”

Its story is at the MORRO BAY MARITIME MUSEUM IF YOU WISH THE WHOLE STORY>

These attacks happened up and down our West coast, this is why the Japanese/American enternment camps were made...to prevent those allied with Japan from helping a possible total US invaision.. Seven subs made attacks on our WEST COAST that struck fear to civilians and Government people alike. Yet most attacks were kept secret rom the rest of America..

Now I’ve known of a ship that had been sunk by the Japanese in WW2 off our coast but didn’t know the name of it until couple of years ago when I visit the maritime museum in Morro Bay. It’s pretty amazing that the torpedo didn’t manage to set off more catastrophic damage given how deadly they were, let alone that everyone had survived.

It's hard for those of us born post WW2 to comprehend our world at war, to know what it is to be afraid of attack...that's why these stories are so important. Our grandfathers and grandmothers knew. And we need to listen. I'm in Portland Oregon and this is the first time I've learned that two ships were sunk off our coast! We have the best, most well trained and armed military in the world! Well done. Now can we do the same with education? We're failing, badly. Our military is protecting some very ignorant people.

fascinating story told so well. Thank you

Who is this guy? send me contact info looking to get a job done in Glendale, CA

Thank you for sharing such a captivating story. Every element draws you in, and your way of telling it makes it even more engaging. 🛟⚓️💛

I have never heard of this until now. What an incredible story. Thank you for your explorations. Your videos are put together so well.

Knew an old guy who told me after school he use to go down to the shipyards and box for extra change from the shipbuilders. LA harbir and San Pedro had a lot of history building ships, thanks for the video on this.

Very interesting story. Thank you for your video!

Very interesting story you posted, Robert! My dad served in the USMC in the Pacific theatre until July '45, and was a DI until Feb. '46 at Camp Pendleton. We will be going to Morro Bay this Thursday for our yearly get-together with the bike crew. Wasn't aware that the Japanese were doing this during the war off our coast!

Nice short, Robert! Hope all is well with you!

When is sky tower reopen?

Will one of these cypress pines continue to grow in height if you simply cut it halfway to bring it's height down a bit?

Thanx for the cool short clip, Robert!

Beautiful and Amazing ! Love the transition from B&W to color. Rose from Paso Robles (Tito's)

Awesome experience ! - great footage 👍 Love Josh Gates & his adventuress.

Very cool, always enjoy your videos! Thanks Robert!

Great drone footage! Thanks man!

this was so interesting, I learned some cool stuff

Wow! Lotta water headed downstream.

Very cool, Robert! The drone footage is excellent, and sure helps with your video productions. This sure gives a great view of the workings of a shipyard. Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us!

Thanks for the informative video. Great drone shots!

I was there June 2020, lots of neat stuff.

We had the opportunity to tour the lighthouse today. It’s an amazing place!

Well done, thank you for this. I lived in Lompoc for 18 years and worked at Vandenberg, but was never able to get permission to get to the lighthouse and photograph it. This is as close as I've gotten so I appreciate you.

We are going here this weekend. My grandpa was stationed there with his wife. I am super excited to see it and experience all the fun stories that he tells.

Excellent presentation !

Robert, some pretty nice gear there!

I was at Lang in 1976 for the Golden Spike 100th Ceremony! I used to have a ranch further east on the Mesa above the site of Russ Siding and the Oasis Trailer Park.

Nice video