I absolutely love how extensive Wonderhussy's vocabulary is. Always using the right word in the right context at the right time and that is not something one typically gets to hear from a TH-camr.
I think it’s really cool you were able to go out there and look at the abandoned homes before they’re gone. They’re not holding the cargo from the port of LA up the mountain just to bring it back down the mountain. I’m a real estate agent in Apple Valley, close to Barstow, and the reason they’re building the railway isn’t to stop people from LA from stealing shipping cargo 😂 we just had someone from the BNSF railway company come by and give a talk about the project. I guess logistics managers figured out it’s silly to process all of the cargo that comes in to LA, that’s going out east anyway, and decided to off load the duties to people out in the desert, where it will ultimately have pass through anyway to go east and north. Additionally, the i15 freeway through the Cajon Pass is unbelievably congested. It’s a main choke point where a lot of trucks get alien down. Also, Barstow is a pretty depressed town and could do with the money. The only reason why I make the correction is because it makes the reason for the project being built sound kind of dumb if the only reason is to stop thieving LA people.
was gonna say this lol kyle and his hoodlum friends made out like bandits with the advance knowledge actually kyle kind of on the ball since they were just getting knocked down anyhow
In the late '40s my Grandparents bought that property that the lake was on. My mother grew up there, I spent a lot of time there visiting my Grandparents. Our family reunions were held there every year for over forty years. I have many good memories on that property. It's sad to see this.
As far as grandma and Cierra, for those who’ve experienced it, grandma watches Cierra while mom worked and would frequently spend the night. There’d be a lot of time for the two of them to make crafts together so they would accumulate. Later, as grandma grew older and Cierra started working the things just sat there until grandma had to enter a nursing home and had no room to keep everything. Finally, passed on and there was no one to appreciate the memories of what once was. So nearly everything was trashed and thrown away except for a few things that relatives would connect to. I guess all one can do is appreciate and live and love in the moment for we don’t know how things may end up. The love was what made the memories special. Wishing you love Sarah.❤️🙏🫶🏻🫂😎
I seen a place here in sentral Missouri, that was a farm and the family got bought out took what they wanted and moved away. Leaving all the family pictures and things . And now its an industry park, with gas. Stations and fast food put in.
Kyle and his family moved to Phoenix. When he turned 18 he moved to Detroit where he still lives (and skates) He still has the Vans that came in that box.
Imagine that not so long ago, people worked hard to build those houses, then worked even harder to upkeep them, pay the mortgages, live their lives etc only to have them end up going under the plow. The real take away from this is life is short and that we, along with most everything else we prioritize, is only temporary. Nothing lasts forever and all will eventually be gone and forgotten. Sounds a little grim yes but still is true if you think about it. All the more reason to live life to the fullest and enjoy our time while taking our turn to be alive. Cheers!
Based on the one house with roofing tiles still stacked, it's not clear these folks were long-established, even though that one place was quite a mansion. They might even have thrown a "we hit the lotto" party over the big check they got.
Progress.😢 This happened to my family about 60 years ago to make way for the Hollywood Freeway. Ours was one of the last homes to go. Being 8 or 9 years old at the time, it was great fun going through those abandoned houses. Finding discarded playboy magazines and playing army were some top memories. The good old days. Thank you, Sara Jane, for the walkies.😮😊🎉🙏
Your family must have come out all right, financially. Mine, in San Francisco, were bitter for the rest of their lives, "condemned" for "redevelopment" on a hilltop in the center of the City, next to Twin Peaks. The idealistic "redevelopment" law was supposed to remediate slums, but the developers went right for prime view open space, (with the house) and the law hadn't yet caught up with the principle of "fair market value" compensation. Piled up with view condos, what do you think my grandfather's two acres; yes, TWO ACRES is worth by the square foot now?
"That's the Treehouse where Kyle goes to smoke dope!" 😂😂 I snorted and spit out my beer.. you're one of my all time favorite people! Someday I owe you Chipotle!
Progress comes to Barstow once again. Wonderhussy documents the ever changing demands of people on the eternal lands of the Mojave. Keep an eye on all this innovation, Sarah... We all wanna know. 😅😢❤
There's this crazy agency called Railroad Police. Been around since the inception of the railroad. Made famous by two guys you may have heard of: Bat Masterson and Allen Pinkerton. If you don't know them, you should. Use google.
My engineering company designed the new bridge that will replace the steel girder bridge on North First Ave. The new bridge will base out 545 track switches . The largest track switch building in the world making the H Base in Moscow second place.
When I was in Moscow in 1968, "largest in the world" was a favorite phrase in the Intourist tour script. I wonder if Donald Trump will suddenly pipe up attacking rail development in the US?!?!
I was just there a few months ago .. had lunch with Desert Deb and then I stayed the night at the FamCamp at the Marine Corps base. Interesting to see how the railroad can move stuff. Grew up in Northern MN and my town was moved by the mines a couple of times. 🤠
As a trucker I’ve been to a few big city railyards many years ago - mainly in Chicago and Houston. It’s funny to think of a large railyard being associated with gentrification, since historically they’re almost always located in the poorest neighborhoods around (e.g., the one I went to on Chicago’s south side was in the shadow of huge and notorious tenements that have since been razed). As for Barstow, I haven't been there in years, but I suppose this new project could have a revitalizing effect on the city. Time will tell. Please do another video showing your host’s car collection. Looked like some great gems there.
That was an interesting video, Sarah. You should post a monthly video once construction starts to keep us updated. Also, I hope you do the Route 66 trip. You should get a lot of great videos from that trip.
I'm a car gal. Beautiful cars!. At least those people got paid for their land. Seems to me like they been blowing up places on the news. No money. Or poisoning whole towns. Scary! I had a experience today that was the opposite. They turned my old factory into a big fancy distillery. With a strange WONDERFUL restaurant and bar an beautiful store to buy all the cool stuff they make! Every kind of strange drink an even liquor in the food! I'm real sick so i couldn't walk around which bummed me out! I should have asked for a wheel chair. All my friends wanted to go to lunch with me so i had my friend rig it up so we could all go to lunch together. Thank goodness because im to weak to go to that many lunches. Thank you great video!
Cool modern day ghost town!...we get to see it before the railyard is put in. Remember to fan thru the books for money too. Little Cierra Knevada came west in a box car from Chicago, hopping the train as a five year old to go live w grandma and grandpa, she loved fishin' w her grandpa in the lake. She wanted to work on their ranch, the Į ♡ Ų bar ranch and tend the chickens and feed store. But it never came to fruition, as the railroad had dreams of protecting their transportation wares. Modern progress. Way back in the 40's, up in Emigrant Gap, CA, my late mom and her siblings, gathered ice thrown from the trains. Blocks of ice. The ice was used to keep produce and fruit cold, as it was shipped back east...but the crew 'passed out' ice for the folks😊
Last time I was in Barstow it was a beautiful day. I commented to the desk clerk at my hotel how nice it was there. She looked at me like I was nuts, shook her head and said: "This place is just an arm pit in the desert. I've lived here most of my life so trust me when I say that Barstow sucks!"
toilet cover can be a good way to tell when a house was built. Usually a toilet has a manufactured within a few years of installation. and toilets are so reliable, no one usually replaces them. so under the tank cover, there should be a date. This can give you an idea of how old a house is. If the toilet was not replaced during a remodeling.
Hi Sarah, as a huge railfan , and a modeller of US railroads since I was a kid, I visited the US in 2015 to see my trains! The biggest rail yard atm is in North Platte , Nebraska , which I visited on my trip, which was amazing , but I guess its about to be overtaken? It will be a good boost to Barstow, which I also went through on the way to Tehachapi...another great railfan spot! Great video again. Cheers Gregg.
I think looters have taken any copper or brass plumbing pieces out of the walls from the looks of things….. so very sad for the folks forced to sell😢…..
They probably did well. Maybe even bought out at a premium if the private rail developers were the agency. Even government eminent domain requires "fair market value" nowadays.
April, come she will When streams are ripe and swelled with rain May, she will stay Resting in my arms again June, she'll change her tune In restless walks, she'll prowl the night July, she will fly And give no warning to her flight August, die she must The autumn winds blow chilly and cold September, I remember A love once new has now grown old.
Warren Buffet was Obama's economic advisor when Obama killed Keystone XL. The company that was transporting shale oil from the Dakotas to Texas was BNSF. I wonder how much Obama and later Biden got for those decisions?
I love you, Wonderhussey ❤. My Battalion's mantra while in the Army was "The road to schweinfert begins in Barstow! We trained for a war with the Soviet Union at the National Training Center. We had brand new equipment in Schweinfurt Germany, and if the Soviets ever invaded we would have flown to claim that equipment. The railhead for Trai ING was at Yermo. We ended up training for Operation Desert Storm.
You my dear are I Gifted Storyteller I watch several desert adventures But yours are the only ones that I come back to subscribe to and like Keep it up girl
Are you referring to the Mcd that has old train cars? This area of the proposed railyard is much closer to the lenwood Mcd (along with nearly every kind of fast food eatery, (lenwood is fast food paradise, especially the best del taco)
Most disconcerting of it all. How quickly, and closely, it is coming towards us here in NYE County, Pahrump, specifically. Kinda makes an impact when you consider what is currently happening in growth right around the community of Pahrump.
Well most people wouldn't give a seconds thought about the changes coming out there.I Know I wouldn't but you have a reporters eye for detail I thank you for making your audience aware of these happenings.I love trains,our great southwest had them in years gone by.I hope folks don't get pushed around too badly by those railroads.Please keep us informed .Great job Wonder,!
Agreed. Audio guy here. I can't speak for Sarah but I believe she's using a Rode (Australian Microphone company) "rat fur" wind screen. These are the choice of audio professionals. Yes her audio is usually quite good (she uses dynamic compression and watches her levels).
Sara, when you were there you should have gone down the road a short distance to where 'Erin Brockovich' incident occurred. When I was at Fort Irwin a few years ago you could go to the neighborhood and see tanks for delivered water in the front yard of homes.
The Railroad should take up the concrete with the children's names and build a memorial to the past community. It would not cost much and would preserve the area s memory. Some of my relatives were displaced in Mississippi who lived in a town called Holcut. When The Tombigby Water way was built they bulldozed the entire town. ❤ Love your channel there are no better redbaron Chattanooga TN.
This place is soon to become a mini Metropolitan of Los Angeles, same crime same homeless situation more people less police that’s the future of Barstow
The problem in LA is that there isn’t enough room so many loaded cars are in remote and obscured sidings that are surrounded by buildings and earth and more. Proper security isn’t possible. The Barstow yard will be very easy to watch and control .
Wow 😯 such a shame that these homes are going to be only a memory to those who lived there, or visited the folks who lived there. 🥴 But on the flip side of all this, Barstow will really be on the map for having the largest railroad facility in the west coast, if not the nation...right? 🤔 Not to mention all the jobs it will provide the community and nearby cities! I guess when you look at the really "BIG"" picture, it's going to be a good thing....a shot in the arm for the town of Barstow. All I hope is that the owners of those homes found another lovely house 🏡 somewhere else where they can call home, again! Thanks for showing us this place.... because it doesn't look like it's going to be around for much longer. 🙆 Great video. 👍 On to the next one! 👓🥾🎥 ❤️
Wow…that is great news for more jobs. They need to expand the railroad. hopefully it is far enough away from the toxic underground Hinkley plume from PG&E. What the movie Aaron Brockovich was based on. There were reports it was spreading.
Once construction is complete, maybe 10 more people will have jobs. Most of the switching will be done by automated locomotives. Barstow won't change; it will still have high unemployment and the gang members will have more stuff to steal.
Very informative Sarah, as I've often driven through both Barstow and have been stuck in traffic at the Port of Long Beach! I think it will be a benefit in the long run to both communities, not to say it doesn't come with some displacement. Yet, can you imagine the sheer numbers of people and new houses that will be springing up in and around Barstow? Good job on the friend's "intel" that led you to do this story! You Rock!☺️👍🐿
Back here in Tennessee, people steal copper wire to resale. Unreal!!! Same thing happened near me, Sometime google old Butler, Tennessee. They company built a dam and told everyone in old Butler to leave they was going to flood the town. My grandmother and siblings lived there so they were moved here and there. To this day, under Watauga Lake, lies the town of old Butler. When the lake is really low you can see the foundations of homes and the town. This story has appeared in LIFE magazine and other documentaries. Great story!
15 years ago, Barstow made those people a promise of a better community if they built their new house there. Now it's, you have to go somewhere else...I imagine people are mad as heck. Barstow is in for some major changes. People from LA will be transferring in, and bringing their big city problems with them. 😎
Barstow already has big city problems. I saw news story that said they had 7 major gangs there and a 20% unemployment rate. Not the place I would move to.
Those houses were probably worth practically nothing on the open market. The owners probably jumped at the chance for a decent price and got the hell otta there
A lot of parents started moving to Nevada to get their gangbanger kids out of the gangs in LA. All they REALLY did was bring the Bloods and Crips to Las Vegas. It just metastised the gang culture.
Sarah, I hope all those people got good value for their homes and were able to find some places with the same open feeling. Probably wishful thinking. I am sure whatever was left behind was only a tiny portion of what was saved. When we left our house on the East coast and move out here to Ferndale,WA, WE lost a major book collection, nice furniture and many other nostalgic things, but we had no choice, we were moving to an apartment and couldn't afford to ship 27 years of stuff. I have pictures and videos of our home, but it's sad to look. Cheers, Rik Spector
Just another sign of the "Societal Breakdown" of Kommiefornia.....Never going to stop it now! I left in 2018....No regrets! I live in a small town in "Flyover Country" and I'm able to leave my doors unlocked....Take off to Home Depot 30 minutes away and forget to close my garage door....Maybe take in a movie in town....return 5-6 hours later and I'm greeted by a garage with $50,000 worth of Dirt Bikes & tools still there untouched....I miss the weather of Kommiefornia and thats about it!
Don’t know your entire catalog of Barstow related videos, but no Barstow Doc is complete w/o a visit to an offroders bar & grill about 15 mins South of town in Stoddard valley called the Slash X. It’s on Barstow Rd (aka Hwy 247)
@@davidfairless1028 definitely a quick and dirty way to get outta LA and be somewhere totally different in 2 Hrs . I’ve always been a Jeeper and got to know Stoddard by attending the a high Desert Roundups over Memorial Day.
Warren Buffet owns 100% of BNSF Railroad. They had over 100 ships from China backed up at the LA and Long Beach ports they were completely jammed for space. It was resolved by the railroad hauling containers out of the port as fast as possible to Salt Lake City for sorting and distribution, that is still going on to this day. The new rail yard moves the sorting and distribution terminals much closer to LA. Theft in LA was a problem, but not the driving force for the change in rail operations. Additional security could be placed but the problem was trains where backed up all over LA while sorting was attempted at the port. Amazon obviously building there because much of there incoming goods will be right there. Jobs, jobs and more jobs. Think of the housing building boom coming.
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I absolutely love how extensive Wonderhussy's vocabulary is.
Always using the right word in the right context at the right time and that is not something one typically gets to hear from a TH-camr.
Lots of drug talk
I think it’s really cool you were able to go out there and look at the abandoned homes before they’re gone. They’re not holding the cargo from the port of LA up the mountain just to bring it back down the mountain. I’m a real estate agent in Apple Valley, close to Barstow, and the reason they’re building the railway isn’t to stop people from LA from stealing shipping cargo 😂 we just had someone from the BNSF railway company come by and give a talk about the project.
I guess logistics managers figured out it’s silly to process all of the cargo that comes in to LA, that’s going out east anyway, and decided to off load the duties to people out in the desert, where it will ultimately have pass through anyway to go east and north.
Additionally, the i15 freeway through the Cajon Pass is unbelievably congested. It’s a main choke point where a lot of trucks get alien down. Also, Barstow is a pretty depressed town and could do with the money.
The only reason why I make the correction is because it makes the reason for the project being built sound kind of dumb if the only reason is to stop thieving LA people.
Looks like the cooper snaggers have been there.
Copper rats too.
was gonna say this lol
kyle and his hoodlum friends made out like bandits with the advance knowledge
actually kyle kind of on the ball since they were just getting knocked down anyhow
Darn Coopers!
Theft of private property.@@russellzauner
@@gordbaker896I see what you've done here. Think he'll get it?
In the late '40s my Grandparents bought that property that the lake was on. My mother grew up there, I spent a lot of time there visiting my Grandparents. Our family reunions were held there every year for over forty years. I have many good memories on that property. It's sad to see this.
Finally got to catch up on my videos alot of nice cars👍
As far as grandma and Cierra, for those who’ve experienced it, grandma watches Cierra while mom worked and would frequently spend the night. There’d be a lot of time for the two of them to make crafts together so they would accumulate. Later, as grandma grew older and Cierra started working the things just sat there until grandma had to enter a nursing home and had no room to keep everything. Finally, passed on and there was no one to appreciate the memories of what once was. So nearly everything was trashed and thrown away except for a few things that relatives would connect to. I guess all one can do is appreciate and live and love in the moment for we don’t know how things may end up. The love was what made the memories special. Wishing you love Sarah.❤️🙏🫶🏻🫂😎
I seen a place here in sentral Missouri, that was a farm and the family got bought out took what they wanted and moved away.
Leaving all the family pictures and things .
And now its an industry park, with gas. Stations and fast food put in.
@@eugenenelson5398that happens everywhere, all the time
Kyle and his family moved to Phoenix. When he turned 18 he moved to Detroit where he still lives (and skates) He still has the Vans that came in that box.
Imagine that not so long ago, people worked hard to build those houses, then worked even harder to upkeep them, pay the mortgages, live their lives etc only to have them end up going under the plow. The real take away from this is life is short and that we, along with most everything else we prioritize, is only temporary. Nothing lasts forever and all will eventually be gone and forgotten. Sounds a little grim yes but still is true if you think about it. All the more reason to live life to the fullest and enjoy our time while taking our turn to be alive. Cheers!
Or their prayers have been answered and now they can get the hell out of California. 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wow@@susiek.johnson3923
@@susiek.johnson3923 Yea and verily I say, amen!
Amen to that brother!@@susiek.johnson3923
Based on the one house with roofing tiles still stacked, it's not clear these folks were long-established, even though that one place was quite a mansion. They might even have thrown a "we hit the lotto" party over the big check they got.
Progress.😢 This happened to my family about 60 years ago to make way for the Hollywood Freeway. Ours was one of the last homes to go. Being 8 or 9 years old at the time, it was great fun going through those abandoned houses. Finding discarded playboy magazines and playing army were some top memories. The good old days. Thank you, Sara Jane, for the walkies.😮😊🎉🙏
And what did you do with the Playboy magazines..??
Weird question...He said he was 8 or 9.
Your family must have come out all right, financially. Mine, in San Francisco, were bitter for the rest of their lives, "condemned" for "redevelopment" on a hilltop in the center of the City, next to Twin Peaks. The idealistic "redevelopment" law was supposed to remediate slums, but the developers went right for prime view open space, (with the house) and the law hadn't yet caught up with the principle of "fair market value" compensation. Piled up with view condos, what do you think my grandfather's two acres; yes, TWO ACRES is worth by the square foot now?
"That's the Treehouse where Kyle goes to smoke dope!" 😂😂 I snorted and spit out my beer.. you're one of my all time favorite people! Someday I owe you Chipotle!
Progress comes to Barstow once again. Wonderhussy documents the ever changing demands of people on the eternal lands of the Mojave. Keep an eye on all this innovation, Sarah... We all wanna know. 😅😢❤
The thieves will just follow them out to the desert and then they'll be the problem of a wildly overwhelmed police department in Barstow.
That's fine...sand digs easy😂
There's this crazy agency called Railroad Police. Been around since the inception of the railroad. Made famous by two guys you may have heard of: Bat Masterson and Allen Pinkerton. If you don't know them, you should. Use google.
Well she did say over 20,000 jobs there. Maybe a lot of security is part of that
Barstow already has a big gang problem.
You loot. We shoot! 🤠@@Rarebond11th-ze5lw
I guess the tweeker/scrapper dudes busted up the walls looking for wires and copper pipes. What fun!!
My engineering company designed the new bridge that will replace the steel girder bridge on North First Ave.
The new bridge will base out 545 track switches .
The largest track switch building in the world making the H Base in Moscow second place.
Awesome Post!
When I was in Moscow in 1968, "largest in the world" was a favorite phrase in the Intourist tour script. I wonder if Donald Trump will suddenly pipe up attacking rail development in the US?!?!
Love that Riviera at 1:54, had a 1972 one for a while in the early 1980s. Actually many nice vehicles there.
🤔 Hmmm... There is a lot of wood for recycling to fix the Baghdad Cafe...☕
YES ❣️
These are the episodes that I miss where you make up stories about abandoned houses
lol, almost forgot about that.
I was just there a few months ago .. had lunch with Desert Deb and then I stayed the night at the FamCamp at the Marine Corps base. Interesting to see how the railroad can move stuff. Grew up in Northern MN and my town was moved by the mines a couple of times. 🤠
Me too!! Near hibbing..
Ahh! Good Sumolinen Tute .. I was Eveleth and one of the Croatians
As a trucker I’ve been to a few big city railyards many years ago - mainly in Chicago and Houston. It’s funny to think of a large railyard being associated with gentrification, since historically they’re almost always located in the poorest neighborhoods around (e.g., the one I went to on Chicago’s south side was in the shadow of huge and notorious tenements that have since been razed).
As for Barstow, I haven't been there in years, but I suppose this new project could have a revitalizing effect on the city. Time will tell.
Please do another video showing your host’s car collection. Looked like some great gems there.
Hodges was about as poor as it gets... Used to pass through there daily as a trucker...
When they built the interstate highways they had to buy the land. It wasn’t gentrification, it was necessary!
Kyle you get yourself home right now!!!!! Oops he's locked up at folsom
That was an interesting video, Sarah. You should post a monthly video once construction starts to keep us updated. Also, I hope you do the Route 66 trip. You should get a lot of great videos from that trip.
I want Kyle's life!!! Bike riddin and smoken dope sounds fun.
I love trains!
Worked at the California State Railroad Museum fur three seasons!
That place is rad. Love it.
I'm a car gal. Beautiful cars!. At least those people got paid for their land. Seems to me like they been blowing up places on the news. No money. Or poisoning whole towns. Scary! I had a experience today that was the opposite. They turned my old factory into a big fancy distillery. With a strange WONDERFUL restaurant and bar an beautiful store to buy all the cool stuff they make! Every kind of strange drink an even liquor in the food! I'm real sick so i couldn't walk around which bummed me out! I should have asked for a wheel chair. All my friends wanted to go to lunch with me so i had my friend rig it up so we could all go to lunch together. Thank goodness because im to weak to go to that many lunches. Thank you great video!
Cool modern day ghost town!...we get to see it before the railyard is put in. Remember to fan thru the books for money too.
Little Cierra Knevada came west in a box car from Chicago, hopping the train as a five year old to go live w grandma and grandpa, she loved fishin' w her grandpa in the lake. She wanted to work on their ranch, the
Į ♡ Ų bar ranch and tend the chickens and feed store. But it never came to fruition, as the railroad had dreams of protecting their transportation wares.
Modern progress.
Way back in the 40's, up in Emigrant Gap, CA, my late mom and her siblings, gathered ice thrown from the trains. Blocks of ice. The ice was used to keep produce and fruit cold, as it was shipped back east...but the crew 'passed out' ice for the folks😊
Went to Apple Valley High from ‘68 -70. Colorado after that👍
Did ya ever wear Apple bottom jeans at Apple Valley High? 🤣🤣
omg apologies, I could NOT help myself lol
Good thing you got out of meth capitol
Its sad that Barstow will never be the same.....more people, more crime, more rules.
Last time I was in Barstow it was a beautiful day. I commented to the desk clerk at my hotel how nice it was there. She looked at me like I was nuts, shook her head and said: "This place is just an arm pit in the desert. I've lived here most of my life so trust me when I say that Barstow sucks!"
toilet cover can be a good way to tell when a house was built. Usually a toilet has a manufactured within a few years of installation. and toilets are so reliable, no one usually replaces them. so under the tank cover, there should be a date. This can give you an idea of how old a house is. If the toilet was not replaced during a remodeling.
That was interesting... albeit a little sad. You have honed your craft well. Good Job. May that desert wind be at your back!
That lonely toilet sitting in the middle of all that domestic destruction looks like an accidental art installation to me.
She found the homage to the Porcelain God 😆👍🏻
The demolition crew who left the toilet intact has a good sense of humor.
Hi Sarah, as a huge railfan , and a modeller of US railroads since I was a kid, I visited the US in 2015 to see my trains! The biggest rail yard atm is in North Platte , Nebraska , which I visited on my trip, which was amazing , but I guess its about to be overtaken? It will be a good boost to Barstow, which I also went through on the way to Tehachapi...another great railfan spot!
Great video again.
Cheers Gregg.
I think looters have taken any copper or brass plumbing pieces out of the walls from the looks of things….. so very sad for the folks forced to sell😢…..
Not really, the previous owners got paid for whole house, and the buyers don't care about salvaging materials from the property.
II grew up in Grandview on the north side of the tracks at lenwood I left in 1975
How sad for those homeowners.. I’d love to hear from anyone that lived there and find out how they made out financially, and where they went !
They probably did well. Maybe even bought out at a premium if the private rail developers were the agency. Even government eminent domain requires "fair market value" nowadays.
I love watching you Sarah Jane!
Got a Rugrats commercial..... on a WonderHussy vid .... 😆
another excellent episode luv 🤍
April, come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May, she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June, she'll change her tune
In restless walks, she'll prowl the night
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August, die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September, I remember
A love once new has now grown old.
Thank you.
This is a beautiful poem ❤
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@@unitedstatesdaleSimon and Garfunkel.
@@unitedstatesdaleSong...
THANKS!
When I was trucking we always called Barstow “Barstool!” Thx WH!
That’s what I, a resident of Barstow refer to it as well because people only stop here to use the toilet on their way to Vegas or Los Angeles
You aren't the only one who called it that! I don't even know what 'Barstow' is. I know someone who moved to Barstool.
Hi Sarah,One of my favorite old car is a 1957 Ford. I loved the black 2dr. Thanks, Sarah.
Hi SJ, thank you, some of your videos make a person think about how quickly life can change!! Excellent as always-best wishes, gg
Ooooh I have a friend who would *LOVE* for you to come back + do a vid of those cars!!! 🚘
I lived in Barstow in 83-85 Happy I moved!
Id like to see those cars you talk about?
Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway own the BNSF R/R. More of the big fish eating the little fish.
Warren Buffet was Obama's economic advisor when Obama killed Keystone XL. The company that was transporting shale oil from the Dakotas to Texas was BNSF. I wonder how much Obama and later Biden got for those decisions?
I love you, Wonderhussey ❤. My Battalion's mantra while in the Army was "The road to schweinfert begins in Barstow! We trained for a war with the Soviet Union at the National Training Center. We had brand new equipment in Schweinfurt Germany, and if the Soviets ever invaded we would have flown to claim that equipment. The railhead for Trai ING was at Yermo. We ended up training for Operation Desert Storm.
You my dear are I Gifted Storyteller I watch several desert adventures But yours are the only ones that I come back to subscribe to and like Keep it up girl
That's exactly what Barstow's McDonald's needs is more customers...😮
Are you referring to the Mcd that has old train cars? This area of the proposed railyard is much closer to the lenwood Mcd (along with nearly every kind of fast food eatery, (lenwood is fast food paradise, especially the best del taco)
Cool video
You are so freaking charming..it's fun to be your viewer..thank you sarah❤
I much prefer this Wednesday/Friday schedule. And i love these desert Route 66 videos.
Hi Sarah!!! Boondockin
Another Wonderful and Informative Video ! Two Lane Blacktop - The Stakes 2:04 (Criterion collection)
Its the same business model FedX uses. Its a distribution hub. This is a HUGE change for so many people ... really incredible. thanks for sharing..
That's great that this is creating more jobs for Barstow. Hope to see the story with the cars soon ❤
The reason there are holes in the walls of the abandoned houses is because thieves are stealing the copper wiring.
I guess when this BIG is done, Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska won't be the largest rail yard in the world.
Most disconcerting of it all.
How quickly, and closely, it is coming towards us here in NYE County, Pahrump, specifically.
Kinda makes an impact when you consider what is currently happening in growth right around the community of Pahrump.
I've never heard anything good about parump
Well most people wouldn't give a seconds thought about the changes coming out there.I Know I wouldn't but you have a reporters eye for detail I thank you for making your audience aware of these happenings.I love trains,our great southwest had them in years gone by.I hope folks don't get pushed around too badly by those railroads.Please keep us informed .Great job Wonder,!
That GINORMOUS RAILWAY SHIPPING YARD better hire many extra security personnel to keep things under control.
Poetic...better than a old fashioned short story
I always keep forgetting to mention the great job you do in the wind. Of the thousands of videos I have watched you have it under control. 🏆
Agreed. Audio guy here. I can't speak for Sarah but I believe she's using a Rode (Australian Microphone company) "rat fur" wind screen. These are the choice of audio professionals. Yes her audio is usually quite good (she uses dynamic compression and watches her levels).
Sara, when you were there you should have gone down the road a short distance to where 'Erin Brockovich' incident occurred. When I was at Fort Irwin a few years ago you could go to the neighborhood and see tanks for delivered water in the front yard of homes.
That Kyle was such a dudebro!
The Railroad should take up the concrete with the children's names and build a memorial to the past community. It would not cost much and would preserve the area s memory. Some of my relatives were displaced in Mississippi who lived in a town called Holcut. When The Tombigby Water way was built they bulldozed the entire town. ❤ Love your channel there are no better redbaron Chattanooga TN.
They took out the copper and brass for scrap. Hi Sarah😂
This place is soon to become a mini Metropolitan of Los Angeles, same crime same homeless situation more people less police that’s the future of Barstow
That's what the people of California want.
thats what i was thinking, criminals follow the loot
The problem in LA is that there isn’t enough room so many loaded cars are in remote and obscured sidings that are surrounded by buildings and earth and more. Proper security isn’t possible. The Barstow yard will be very easy to watch and control .
There is alot of water in the area! For the private 'good' . Another fantastic video, from one of the west's greatest story tellers.
I love when you make up stories about “Kyle”! Damn Kyle has been up to again. 😂😂😂
Wow 😯 such a shame that these homes are going to be only a memory to those who lived there, or visited the folks who lived there. 🥴 But on the flip side of all this, Barstow will really be on the map for having the largest railroad facility in the west coast, if not the nation...right? 🤔 Not to mention all the jobs it will provide the community and nearby cities! I guess when you look at the really "BIG"" picture, it's going to be a good thing....a shot in the arm for the town of Barstow. All I hope is that the owners of those homes found another lovely house 🏡 somewhere else where they can call home, again! Thanks for showing us this place.... because it doesn't look like it's going to be around for much longer. 🙆 Great video. 👍 On to the next one! 👓🥾🎥 ❤️
The last home in the video was built in 2021.
4 bd 4 ba
3,633 sqft
32322 Hinkley Rd, Barstow, CA 92311
Sold
$1,500,000
Sold on 12/22/22
Mexican crews used to dismantle California Houses, number and mark all of the studs, transport and reassemble in Mexico.
Wow…that is great news for more jobs. They need to expand the railroad. hopefully it is far enough away from the toxic underground Hinkley plume from PG&E. What the movie Aaron Brockovich was based on. There were reports it was spreading.
Once construction is complete, maybe 10 more people will have jobs. Most of the switching will be done by automated locomotives. Barstow won't change; it will still have high unemployment and the gang members will have more stuff to steal.
Erin Brockovich.
Jeff Bezos owns Amazon. The railroads are owned by Warren Buffett and all the union breaking jobs will be the illegal migrants.
Great vid wonder hussey thanks!😊
Very informative Sarah, as I've often driven through both Barstow and have been stuck in traffic at the Port of Long Beach! I think it will be a benefit in the long run to both communities, not to say it doesn't come with some displacement. Yet, can you imagine the sheer numbers of people and new houses that will be springing up in and around Barstow?
Good job on the friend's "intel" that led you to do this story! You Rock!☺️👍🐿
So Love Your Creativity!!!!❤😂❤
It’s incredible what this area will look like when completed. Can only guess, a larger more productive area? It will serve its purpose.
I really really think you should have kept the Valentine
Thanx a lot.
Well Golly!!!!
The direct TV house was so beautiful at one time, I'm sure.
That's amazing!
Hahaha, you made me laugh with all your Kyle references. LOL
Back here in Tennessee, people steal copper wire to resale. Unreal!!!
Same thing happened near me, Sometime google old Butler, Tennessee. They company built a dam and told everyone in old Butler to leave they was going to flood the town. My grandmother and siblings lived there so they were moved here and there. To this day, under Watauga Lake, lies the town of old Butler. When the lake is really low you can see the foundations of homes and the town. This story has appeared in LIFE magazine and other documentaries.
Great story!
Thank you Sarah for a nostalgic look at what once were the dreams of people.
Progress stops for no one.
Please! Stop apologizing for wind, windows, quality of vlog.
YOU and your travels are what we're interested in. Period.
Love ya
15 years ago, Barstow made those people a promise of a better community if they built their new house there. Now it's, you have to go somewhere else...I imagine people are mad as heck. Barstow is in for some major changes. People from LA will be transferring in, and bringing their big city problems with them. 😎
Barstow already has big city problems. I saw news story that said they had 7 major gangs there and a 20% unemployment rate. Not the place I would move to.
Bringing their "Socialist" foolishness. Wherever you go, there YOU are!
@@g.k.dickenson9259 I'm pretty sure you mean "Capitalist." The railroad barons aren't socialist.
Those houses were probably worth practically nothing on the open market. The owners probably jumped at the chance for a decent price and got the hell otta there
A lot of parents started moving to Nevada to get their gangbanger kids out of the gangs in LA. All they REALLY did was bring the Bloods and Crips to Las Vegas. It just metastised the gang culture.
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Okay.. once again, great video.. My observation for the holes in the walls? someone was scavenging for copper wire or copper pipe
There is an abandoned neighborhood like this outside of Kingman Az. Beautiful homes just left to rot.
Sarah,
I hope all those people got good value for their homes and were able to find some places with the same open feeling.
Probably wishful thinking.
I am sure whatever was left behind was only a tiny portion of what was saved.
When we left our house on the East coast and move out here to Ferndale,WA,
WE lost a major book collection, nice furniture and many other nostalgic things, but we had no choice, we were moving to an apartment and couldn't afford to
ship 27 years of stuff.
I have pictures and videos of our home, but it's sad to look.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Great video!
Just another sign of the "Societal Breakdown" of Kommiefornia.....Never going to stop it now! I left in 2018....No regrets! I live in a small town in "Flyover Country" and I'm able to leave my doors unlocked....Take off to Home Depot 30 minutes away and forget to close my garage door....Maybe take in a movie in town....return 5-6 hours later and I'm greeted by a garage with $50,000 worth of Dirt Bikes & tools still there untouched....I miss the weather of Kommiefornia and thats about it!
Sarah, I always like your Railroad/Train videos, very cool! 😎
Kyle would of liked this video!😂
WHY NOT?? I bet property there is cheap as "dirt"! Couldn't find a better place!!
Sweet story ❤❤❤❤❤❤loved the old cars n stuff... 😊
I would stay on this chapter
Don’t know your entire catalog of Barstow related videos, but no Barstow Doc is complete w/o a visit to an offroders bar & grill about 15 mins
South of town in Stoddard valley called the Slash X. It’s on Barstow Rd (aka Hwy 247)
Used to ride there on the power line road from camping at the Hodge Road exit of I-15. Mid 80's, fun times
@@davidfairless1028 definitely a quick and dirty way to get outta LA and be somewhere totally different in 2 Hrs . I’ve always been a Jeeper and got to know Stoddard by attending the a high Desert Roundups over Memorial Day.
A scene from the movie "Erin Brockovich" was filmed there
WOW 😳, very interesting video.
Have a safe weekend and great spring ahead.😎✌️
Warren Buffet owns 100% of BNSF Railroad. They had over 100 ships from China backed up at the LA and Long Beach ports they were completely jammed for space. It was resolved by the railroad hauling containers out of the port as fast as possible to Salt Lake City for sorting and distribution, that is still going on to this day. The new rail yard moves the sorting and distribution terminals much closer to LA. Theft in LA was a problem, but not the driving force for the change in rail operations. Additional security could be placed but the problem was trains where backed up all over LA while sorting was attempted at the port. Amazon obviously building there because much of there incoming goods will be right there. Jobs, jobs and more jobs. Think of the housing building boom coming.