So if anybody is wondering, the sign on the brick building is for the Scranton Gas & Water company that William Walker Scranton created to provide clean water becuase of the pollution caused by him and and his father's industries taking and dumping water in the Lackawanna River. They also created Lake Scranton at this time as well.
Awesome history! In a little town of Hamilton, TX; 1909 began a cheap grade of track from Stephenville Texas North and South, which bought the old Gates railroad 🛤 that connected Hamilton. A 38 mile of track went from Hamilton to Comanche, TX to access the cotton gin. That line from 1919-1933 didn’t last till Hamilton built their own cotton gin. Aleman, Ireland, Levita, Gatesville, Lime City, Mound, McGregor and Waco completed the 116 miles of track till at the Great Depression, all that survived till January 1941, was the 35 miles of track from Hamilton to Gatesville... There are surviving St Louis Southwestern depots standing today, well as bridge supports and old right of way road beds.. too expensive to restore and operate.
This is based off prominent families in Hamilton, TX in the late 1870’s to 1907 when plans, funds were able to build a short line from Hamilton to Stephenville TX, the Leon River saw surges of water that destroyed the first railroad 🛤 attempts till the Gates families sold to then the Stephenville Texas North and South, then expansion led to St Louis and Southwestern. Based on old courthouse records, there was plenty of promissory notes to keep the railroad going till 1933, yet the last stretch of track remained till January 1941... To this day, there are “railroad dumps” or abandoned roadbeds, concrete signal semaphore bases, and surviving depots. From what I understand this was back when semaphores were still used during the age of steam locomotives 🚂. A bit of tribute to Central Texas railroad history circa 1908-1941 era of railroading.
He is walking on the former Wyoming Branch Line of the Erie Railroad. Built in the 1920's to reach a coal deposit. Much of it has not been used since 1981 and its connection in Scranton has since been removed.
I guess some of us men never quite lose our boyhood curiosities. I’m definitely in that group as I love to explore old things and learn about history. Well done.
Exploring that Abandoned town of Greenville is one of my favorite local spots that i filmed. First building was the gas and water powerhouse built in 1910. last building was the pump house that they used for filling the old steam locomotives. At the end of that bridge was where the train yard used to be. You're a brave man for crossing that bridge but made for good footage. There's lots of other foundations and structures around. Winter time you get to see a whole lot more.
Thanks for the information, how did you find that out? It's a shame to see these buildings in such a bad state and vandalized, that's why I never give away locations of abandoned places. I definitely do want to go back in the winter to see more!
My family and I moved to Florida back in Sept. '83, and what is a bike trail now use to be the old CSX train line. I remember them tearing it up. It ended up to be a pretty nice bike trail. I'll be 54 next year, However there is that kid part of me I would love to explore places like that.
Awesome, thanks for the tour. I was hoping to get out that first bridge this past fall, but unfortunately travel restrictions put an end to that. Hopefully next summer. Thanks and stay safe
This whole video was very cool!! Really enjoyed watching!! Held my breath a couple of times when you strategically walked over those train bridges,but by far one of the most exciting videos I've seen on you tube!! Thanks for sharing, much appreciated, now stay safe and God bless🙏🙏👍🏻
I wouldn't mind checking out those ruins myself if having to cross the "better" abandoned train bridge to get there was taken out of the equation. So I'll just have to continue living vicariously through these videos because crossing either bridge would be a nope nope for me.
@@samanthab1923 All the ruins are gone? The rail lines? Railroad associated buildings? The remnants of Greenville/Nay Aug Station? I mean I know they were supposed to have repurposed the other trestle/bridge with the SEVERELY rotted ties for construction equipment (for the upcoming 380/84 bridge replacement priject) and future development of a rail trail. I seem to recall seeing a video or two of people crossing that one after it was rehabilitated. Either way unless you have an SUV or other vehicle with a higher suspension I don't know if I'd try driving back there.
Railroads are never Truly abandoned. Yes, they can be inactive for long periods of time. But, Unless the rails are removed, despite the tracks being missing in sections or maps showing as abandon. Rail Companies can Reactivate the tracks if there is a Need to. There was a section of Track(about 8 miles of track) not to far from me, about 30 miles away. that was inactive for about 70 years. CSX came in, removed bunch of trees and bushes, even a few shacks. They Repaired some of the tracks that needed. They are now actively using the rail a few time a week. So Hard to say if a Track is truly abandoned.
Once trees establish themselves the trackbed will need rebuilding; most of the ties will br rotten and useless and those timber bridges must have rotted without regular maintenance. In the case of this line for which there's no longer any freight traffic, rebuilding and reopening seem pointless.
I noticed that many of these Ghost town type videos never have any pre- investigative information where the person could narrate what they are showing you,, they are just in the same " dark" as the rest of us viewing their video
Often makes me wonder why the whole rail infrastructure wasn't pulled out at least for scrap. That's what Government Rail did in my area. Small bridges..timber sleepers/ties..all the rails and in some cases all the formation graveland dirt. Lot of work
Those small concrete building were likely pump houses. My guess would be that they supported that big iron pipe you saw, or a previous pipe underneath of them.
The pipe (penstock) took water from a dam up stream gaining pressure as it dropped in height likely about 50 feet. It would eventually turn a turbine that was many times more efficient then a water wheel. I estimate it would produce between 75 to 120 hp depending on the drop. This system was is use circa 1865 to 1915. It was commonly replaced by steam power or converted to turn a generator to make electricity if the location was way off the electricity grid.
The tracks that you were walking on to go across the bridge was the Erie Jesup branch that made its way over to all the minds on that side of the river in the Dunmore area. The active tracks below are the Lacawanna which goes from Buffalo to Hoboken New Jersey. All those tracks make up the Wyomissing division of the Erie
They're gonna rail trail that whole route because the right of way basically ends right at the landfill over by route 6 so there's gonna be a nice little trail that you can walk but there's not a whole lot left of that route
Took a while, but this is an abandoned railroad trestle bridge over roaring brook(creek?), PA at the intersection of PA 435 and Interstate 84, just outside Scranton, PA, USA.
It looks like nobody else has said this but I think thoes concrete shacks might be pump houses where the water would be pumped through the pipe you saw
The closest active line is the DL Pocono Line, from Steamtown to Delaware Water Gap. It's the one underneath the first bridge. As for the connections, I don't know. Sorry
I think you need one of these Monopod's from Amazon: amzn.to/31Ai0Hv . You'd be able to raise and lower your GoPro in hole's (basements, rafters, etc..). Plus it makes a nice walking stick
The history! He used to tell me where all of the old switches were and where they went. He had rights to run into west P.A., all of Jersey, south into Maryland and into Manhattan. That's a lot of rails and knowledge.
So if anybody is wondering, the sign on the brick building is for the Scranton Gas & Water company that William Walker Scranton created to provide clean water becuase of the pollution caused by him and and his father's industries taking and dumping water in the Lackawanna River. They also created Lake Scranton at this time as well.
Cool. :)
It would be great if the explorer new something to tell us,,, but at least you knew something about this area
Awesome history! In a little town of Hamilton, TX; 1909 began a cheap grade of track from Stephenville Texas North and South, which bought the old Gates railroad 🛤 that connected Hamilton. A 38 mile of track went from Hamilton to Comanche, TX to access the cotton gin. That line from 1919-1933 didn’t last till Hamilton built their own cotton gin. Aleman, Ireland, Levita, Gatesville, Lime City, Mound, McGregor and Waco completed the 116 miles of track till at the Great Depression, all that survived till January 1941, was the 35 miles of track from Hamilton to Gatesville... There are surviving St Louis Southwestern depots standing today, well as bridge supports and old right of way road beds.. too expensive to restore and operate.
This is based off prominent families in Hamilton, TX in the late 1870’s to 1907 when plans, funds were able to build a short line from Hamilton to Stephenville TX, the Leon River saw surges of water that destroyed the first railroad 🛤 attempts till the Gates families sold to then the Stephenville Texas North and South, then expansion led to St Louis and Southwestern. Based on old courthouse records, there was plenty of promissory notes to keep the railroad going till 1933, yet the last stretch of track remained till January 1941... To this day, there are “railroad dumps” or abandoned roadbeds, concrete signal semaphore bases, and surviving depots. From what I understand this was back when semaphores were still used during the age of steam locomotives 🚂. A bit of tribute to Central Texas railroad history circa 1908-1941 era of railroading.
Cool info!
He is walking on the former Wyoming Branch Line of the Erie Railroad. Built in the 1920's to reach a coal deposit. Much of it has not been used since 1981 and its connection in Scranton has since been removed.
The old pump house is gone and the rail bridge has a new surface on it. They are rebuilding the two road bridges and using this area for staging.
I guess some of us men never quite lose our boyhood curiosities. I’m definitely in that group as I love to explore old things and learn about history. Well done.
The large pipes brought water into those aquifers and from there distributed to run whatever industrial stuff was there. Super cool spot.
Very interesting. Thanks!
No worries I love old stuff like this. Thanks for filming.
Exploring that Abandoned town of Greenville is one of my favorite local spots that i filmed. First building was the gas and water powerhouse built in 1910. last building was the pump house that they used for filling the old steam locomotives. At the end of that bridge was where the train yard used to be. You're a brave man for crossing that bridge but made for good footage. There's lots of other foundations and structures around. Winter time you get to see a whole lot more.
Thanks for the information, how did you find that out? It's a shame to see these buildings in such a bad state and vandalized, that's why I never give away locations of abandoned places. I definitely do want to go back in the winter to see more!
@@InfraDecay it wasnt easy to find the information. There's only like two websites about it and one has old maps that detailed the town.
What state is this in
@@JPVideos81 What websites would those be?
WHERE IS THIS IM DYING TO GO
The second bridge is termites holding hands... no way I would have stepped out on that
The termites were all on vacation following the yellow brick road.
My family and I moved to Florida back in Sept. '83, and what is a bike trail now use to be the old CSX train line. I remember them tearing it up. It ended up to be a pretty nice bike trail. I'll be 54 next year, However there is that kid part of me I would love to explore places like that.
2:38 I felt that way strongly about local abandoned tracks but rolling my mountain bike alongside me I was comfortable going over it no problem
It’s sad how these get abbandoned,hopefully someone restores it in some way or form and have engines run on it again 😊😊
The problem is they'd have to run the rail lines UNDER 380, which is why it was abandoned in the first place.
The audio quality was so good and the narration so good I was able to let go of the mouse and just sit back and enjoy this video.
You’re making me nervous looking at that bridge.
Yeah, good call not to gamble any further.
Awesome, thanks for the tour. I was hoping to get out that first bridge this past fall, but unfortunately travel restrictions put an end to that. Hopefully next summer. Thanks and stay safe
Just watched your Haddam CT trestle vid. Really pretty spot.
lol
YOUR MY TYPE OF EXPLORER..
" spoiler aint gonna happen"
lol. I love it
That's 'YOU'RE' you racist moonshiner.
@@johnchalleen3278 - actually "not"
I'm in the legal "field"
thank YOU very much.!
***** and live in the woods
This whole video was very cool!! Really enjoyed watching!! Held my breath a couple of times when you strategically walked over those train bridges,but by far one of the most exciting videos I've seen on you tube!! Thanks for sharing, much appreciated, now stay safe and God bless🙏🙏👍🏻
This is pretty cool. I don't know anything about railroads, but there will always be something awesome about exploring the history of them.
I Love the sound of water flowing.
Be willing to bet the white water community paddles it
I wouldn't mind checking out those ruins myself if having to cross the "better" abandoned train bridge to get there was taken out of the equation. So I'll just have to continue living vicariously through these videos because crossing either bridge would be a nope nope for me.
I know it's cheating but you can drive there. Now the ruins are gone though.
@@samanthab1923 All the ruins are gone? The rail lines? Railroad associated buildings? The remnants of Greenville/Nay Aug Station?
I mean I know they were supposed to have repurposed the other trestle/bridge with the SEVERELY rotted ties for construction equipment (for the upcoming 380/84 bridge replacement priject) and future development of a rail trail. I seem to recall seeing a video or two of people crossing that one after it was rehabilitated.
Either way unless you have an SUV or other vehicle with a higher suspension I don't know if I'd try driving back there.
CheapestGamer Sorry 😐 just meant the pump house 🏡
@@samanthab1923 You mean the place that was closest to the highway bridges? I think that's been gone for a while now.
CheapestGamer Yes, closet to the highway bridges. I guess it all had to be cleared out for the new construction.
Awesome exploration!
Bro! why doesn’t this guy have more subs?! This is so good! you’ve earned a new subscriber!! :D
Thank you so much
I suppose that even If you go on Mars then there also you will find graffiti 😂 😂
Hi everyone. Thanks for taking the time to watch this video! May I ask, where did the large influx of views come from?
Recommended algorithm stuff
My dad told me the was a tannery and other factories back there.
Walked across the bridge not too long ago.
Random TH-cam recommended
TH-cam recommended it to me via their algorithm. I have to say, I'm thankful it did!
"Excellent Adventure My Friend, I Only Wish I Went With You., Well Done"...
Very nice and interesting video. I loved the tracks in the woods, so unreal. Cheers from Istanbul.
Loved the brick road find!
Happy New Year, Awesome Video , always find the Time to Bushwhack
Awesome video thanks for sharing
Very very cool my man! The past is getting more interesting everyday.
I feel like I caught Lyme Disease just watching this.
Amazing video, thank you for sacrificing your clean socks for us!
Those concrete huts could have been some way down to generator or under ground storage
Railroads are never Truly abandoned. Yes, they can be inactive for long periods of time. But, Unless the rails are removed, despite the tracks being missing in sections or maps showing as abandon. Rail Companies can Reactivate the tracks if there is a Need to. There was a section of Track(about 8 miles of track) not to far from me, about 30 miles away. that was inactive for about 70 years. CSX came in, removed bunch of trees and bushes, even a few shacks. They Repaired some of the tracks that needed. They are now actively using the rail a few time a week. So Hard to say if a Track is truly abandoned.
I think it's fair to say it's abandoned when there's trees growing up in it and a non-profit is actively turning it into a walking trail 😂
@@InfraDecay and trains weights today would fall off the 70 year old railroad
Once trees establish themselves the trackbed will need rebuilding; most of the ties will br rotten and useless and those timber bridges must have rotted without regular maintenance. In the case of this line for which there's no longer any freight traffic, rebuilding and reopening seem pointless.
Hell yes dude. Keep up the work!
Great Video. Those bridges were creepy.
My impression also is that this is a water pumping station. I doubt a waste water, but that is very well possible as well.
Those concrete buildings could have been pumping stations for pumping water
Mid Sodor Railway looking neat today!
Great vid Max
What a wonderful bike trail it could be turn into!
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These are great...but you don't have to risk your life for them.
I noticed that many of these Ghost town type videos never have any pre- investigative information where the person could narrate what they are showing you,, they are just in the same " dark" as the rest of us viewing their video
Cool vid just subscribed
Great video!!!!!
Wow that’s amazing
Often makes me wonder why the whole rail infrastructure wasn't pulled out at least for scrap. That's what Government Rail did in my area. Small bridges..timber sleepers/ties..all the rails and in some cases all the formation graveland dirt. Lot of work
This is so awesome
Those small concrete building were likely pump houses. My guess would be that they supported that big iron pipe you saw, or a previous pipe underneath of them.
The pipe (penstock) took water from a dam up stream gaining pressure as it dropped in height likely about 50 feet.
It would eventually turn a turbine that was many times more efficient then a water wheel.
I estimate it would produce between 75 to 120 hp depending on the drop.
This system was is use circa 1865 to 1915.
It was commonly replaced by steam power or converted to turn a generator to make electricity if the location was way off the electricity grid.
Nice bridge
The tracks that you were walking on to go across the bridge was the Erie Jesup branch that made its way over to all the minds on that side of the river in the Dunmore area. The active tracks below are the Lacawanna which goes from Buffalo to Hoboken New Jersey. All those tracks make up the Wyomissing division of the Erie
Any "vibes" you get from a bridge are bad vibes. They really shouldn't vibrate much at all.
You have a good camera!
This is all different now, all cleared away and bridge has been rehabed,
Nice video
You see he’s going so slow because the bridge’s floor might collaspe XD
Great job
Thank you!
That is awesome
Thanks!
They're gonna rail trail that whole route because the right of way basically ends right at the landfill over by route 6 so there's gonna be a nice little trail that you can walk but there's not a whole lot left of that route
7:51, The scariest thing is that the bridge could collapse on the tracks, and a train could crash into it. 0_0
I loooooooooooooove trains
love this
That second bridge tho
Hope they will restore this line someday for other services
It's actually being restored currently into a walking path! The 2nd bridge in the video has been completely resurfaced.
Cool but a little scary
If you close your eyes and listen real close, you can almost hears train coming.
Nice support beams don't support .
Especially when it only supports Air .
To have that many brick buildings, must have been something at one time. Did the town have a name?
Greenville
So much old stuff in US. Seems stuff get torn down etc more in Cdn. US big pop yet have place abondoned empty.
Took a while, but this is an abandoned railroad trestle bridge over roaring brook(creek?), PA
at the intersection of PA 435 and Interstate 84, just outside Scranton, PA, USA.
The 2nd one is yes
Ya right ... why would someone make a video like this and never even mention or state where it was filmed????
WHAT ABOUT THOSE FREIGHT CARS ON THE BRIDGE?!
what was up with all the RVs in the front? why hasn't anyone jacked them yet?
Is love to walk on that bridge
Where is this abandoned town and railroad? Can't find it! What was the name of this town?
I believe it’s on the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail in Lackawanna, NY
Dunmore pennsylvania, nay aug valley
It looks like nobody else has said this but I think thoes concrete shacks might be pump houses where the water would be pumped through the pipe you saw
That would make sense. Thank you!
Good video and good job of actually talk and explain rather than using shitty music! Also, it says US Army on what? Abandoned traincar?
The little storage trailers in the beginning... Don't think they were railcars but they are gone now
Going there to satisfy curiosity is silly. One slip of the foot could land you in the hospital.
In 1 year I'll be uploading my "Statute of Limitations Ran Out" series where I climb a bunch of radio towers. Stay tuned!
They should led fix the bridges for a walking trail
They are doing exactly that!
Muy bonito beatiful
Be careful
Anyone know what line that this connected to or the closest active one is?
The closest active line is the DL Pocono Line, from Steamtown to Delaware Water Gap. It's the one underneath the first bridge. As for the connections, I don't know. Sorry
@@InfraDecay ah ok I see.
4:31 Bruh -_-
What railroad used to run on those abandoned tracks?
Erie RR, then Conrail
@@InfraDecay Thanks
Where is this at?! I love abandoned railroads!!!
Joey Pinkard look on my channel, I made two videos on two different bridges, same railroad, same river. Not the one in this video
Dunmore
Where is this?
By some trees
so, i'm wondering.........was it 100 ticks...... or 500 ticks you found on your body over the next few weeks????
Ticks are a non stop commodity in my life
Big big 14r coming!!! NS, NS, NS, CP, CP, CP, CP!!
Shit I'm in wellsboro lol
@@InfraDecay good stuff today
cool
Please don't swing the camera so fast it makes you dizzy
The bridge was skechy for your taste? You're not suppose to eat it.
I'm kool on those bridges
I think you need one of these Monopod's from Amazon: amzn.to/31Ai0Hv . You'd be able to raise and lower your GoPro in hole's (basements, rafters, etc..). Plus it makes a nice walking stick
Pvc pipe 😂 I'm cheap
I understand, take it easy 😊
so cool i
Those big blocks of concrete with holes in them are actually World War 2 bunkers very rare.
That's so cool! They were very robust
@@InfraDecay new subscriber
Why would they build a bunker there? Were the germans coming?
No they're not.
We don't have "bunkers" in the US . There weren't any WWII battles here 🙄
I would dirtbike up there
what railroad was this
Erie RR, then Erie Lackawanna, then Conrail
Yeah, my dad ran it for 40 years.
@@dennismcgowan4059 that's so cool! What did he enjoy most about it?
The history! He used to tell me where all of the old switches were and where they went. He had rights to run into west P.A., all of Jersey, south into Maryland and into Manhattan. That's a lot of rails and knowledge.
When was it abandoned? Looks like it hasn't been used since the 80s at least!
Wow
Bruh I’m in Pennsylvania
antone know wat railroad that could be any idea
Erie RR, later Conrail
See any ghosts?