Your mix of old history alongside modern nature is what makes your videos so spectacular!!! I hope others appreciate what you are doing as much as my son and i...THANK YOU!!!! KEEP WANDERING!!!
What an exquisite shot of the bear. He was beautiful ! There was a story on Captain Kangaroo one time of a steam shovel. I don't remember if it had a face. Stay safe and God bless.
Really cool video Cliff. I thoughly enjoyed it especially The General. Very awesome! Thank you kind sir. And then came the black bear, that was very cool. I love seeing animals in their natural habitat. AWESOME!
there is nothing wrong with being excited about seeing that bear that was incredible it was amazing that the levers on old general moved outstanding video!!! seeing the bear was an amazing bonus!
I love we finally saw a bear! I"m backtracking through your older videos that I haven't seen. Seeing The General AND a bear, what an awesome adventure!!
One of the older trips I wanted to catch up on Cliff. A friend was born in a small mining town called Morea. His father who worked in the mines long ago retired but still lived there. I was invited for an overnight at the house. Point I want to make is, there were two large coal excavators abandoned nearby that my friend took me out to see. In my memory's eye I think the were twice the size of the General and ran on electricity. This was back in the middle/late eighty's, his father is long gone and the home long ago sold. Maybe someone reading this knows if excavators are still there. Seeing a Bear was cool.
Why the heck would anyone abandon an expensive piece of machinery out there. Rest in Peace General Thomas the Tank Engine. My nephew watched it while I babysat him.. George Carlin was the narrator for it.. Imagine that.
These were often left in place at the end of their life. Scrap steel and iron had very little value. And the engine is still there, relatively complete...
Roughly every couple of years I see a bear here in Western NY and it never gets old. Each time is a thrill for me. This Summer I stumbled across a large Female with a cub. It was the best hike of the year for me!
That would be so cool walking along and finding The General - no wonder you return for visits. And that BEAR! Wowza! That would have been an awesome experience. Be safe
Definitely a cool old machine. reminds me of one that was behind my grandparents house in the Loree Colliery ( Larksville, PA ). That one was a Link Belt Speeder that was powered by a caterpillar 4 cylinder diesel with the two cylinder gasoline pony engine to start it. It was roughly twice the size of the General, but the control levers looked the same. It was scrapped circa 2005 when almost all of the buildings came down. Bears are very elusive. If it saw or picked up your scent it would be far away from you. This is a very good video.
+The Wandering Woodsman It's one of those things that I wish I had pictures of. There is a video of what seems to be close to the General working at what appears to be an old engine show if you type in "General Shovel" in the search box.
Cliff, really really love your videos. I following along in maps wherever you are, I could not find the General (from my computer at home, not on foot) despite researching the internet. The closest I could figure out is that it is near the Rausch Gap Shelter??? I did the Terrain feature in Google and saw northwest of the Shelter a huge tear (or strip mine, maybe) in the landscape going east to west.., is that sort of close? Please keep up the great work, you and your videos are much appreciated.
Nice video and also great that you filmed the bear. @14.42 You ask if there is a cartoon with a steam shovel? I know there was "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel". It is also on youtube.
"Power shovel." And yes, that looked like an old "flathead" engine in the back, where the boiler would supply steam to the cylinders, which were usually mounted up by the cable drums. There are videos of a steam powered railroad wrecking crane on the Nevada Northern RR that show the steam cylinders driving the drums. I'm surprised the souvenir hunters and vandals have left this critter as intact as it still is!
We had a bear living in the overgrown field near my house in Scranton, PA. I also saw a bunch of wild turkeys while driving on a pretty wooded back road between Dunmore and Scranton just earlier tonight. By the way, I think I heard some of the planes you mentioned from Fort Indiantown Gap, including one right at the end of the video. Either that or there were hunters shooting their guns in the woods near there. Speaking of which, it looks like there's some damage from people firing bullets at The General from some of the holes in the metal around the cabin.
I remember the story, it was a kids story about a guy and his steam shovel, they both retired I think or the steam shovel wound up being apart of a building they both dug the foundation for. Something like that.
i would shit my pants and never go back to that forest again if i met a bear. were u not afraid? here in sweden we have brown bears only and they are not fun, just couple day ago one man got attacked bitten by one., that bear had cubs tho so it was jsut protecting them. when they have cubs itsa the worst possible time to run into a bear. i live in the southern part of sweden were we normaly dont have bears but sometime they wander down ehre on random. a few years ago it was one jsut outside my village (read on news) and i fish alot but that sumemr i didnt fish from shore a single time haha only by boat:P was so scared even tho the bear probably left the same day they saw it
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It seems there are a lot of choices for trails, at that park. Virginia may...MAY...have some bigger parks or more forests, but I like the parks of Pennsylvania better, as there are more variety of trees and parks and they seem a whole lot more interesting and have better trails. How do I know this? because of the hard work and fun work YOU have done in showing us all that research and sharing with us your parks that you enjoy. I have learned a LOT MORE about Pennsylvania and its parks and history just by watching your program. I AM VERY GRATEFUL for your video. When I go on vacation, I will review 10 of your videos and plan to visit some of the parks you have gone to. Again, thank you.
Awesome. I spend a lot of time up in stony valley. last year I was standing at the General and a nasty thunderstorm rolled in. I had to run down cold spring trail in the pouring rain. Awesome bear. I've seen a lot of rattlers up there, but not a bear yet.
I was hiking one time going up this trail,And I seen this Fox walking down the trail toward me. I just moved over and he just trodded right by me like I wasnt even there. I could have touched him,It was so close!
I was out hunting one day, sitting at the base of a tree. One just strolled by 10 feet in front of me. Stopped, looked me over, then just carried on its way
If you go upstream about 100 ft you can cross the creek without getting your feet wet. Step across the rocks. It's a little bit of a bush whack but not bad, others have done it, just follow the trail.
The area you are in after reaching the top of the mountain, is a shallow valley of sorts. It was there and throughout all the way to rousch gap, where the shallow mining was done for coal. It never turned out all what they expected, and finally was abandoned. In the mid 1850's the railroad was connected to the northeastern terminus, and the tracks were used to bring tourists into the area for the cold springs....you know the rest.
Story I've read is that the General's transmission broke down (many decades ago) and was removed & taken somewhere locally to be fixed but the work never got done, and so it still sits to this day right where it broke down.
when you see a mountain lion, he probably will see or hear you. You want to see one from lonnnnnngg distance, much more than a bear. Mountain lions are a LOT more aggressive than bears. a lot.
catsintexas, I'm not waiting to see one. I'm waiting for the Wondering Woodsman to run across one. Me... I never go into the woods without a side arm anymore. I've already come across wild dogs.
They did a lot of work with those old shovels. Of course now, a mini excavator half as big would run circles around this cool old shovel. But that shovel did well for it's time. And the people who operated them were very good at it. I was fortunate enough to see a guy run a old crane that was very similar to this shovel. He was amazing. Great find Cliff!
the machine that was in the back of the General looked like an engine from the 1920's or 1930's where you crank it to get it to start and that is what that lever is for. The top of the "engine" looked like cylinder heads. ever thought of googling for something you are not sure of after you see it. even explore Wikipedia or here on youtube just in case you might find something closely resembles what you are looking for. I do it a lot. Now I am curious to find this stuff out. Cool video no matter what. Keep on exploring. From Southeast Wisconsin, have fun out in the great outdoors.
I would guess the book you're talking about is Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. I loved that book!
Came here to say the same thing
Your mix of old history alongside modern nature is what makes your videos so spectacular!!! I hope others appreciate what you are doing as much as my son and i...THANK YOU!!!! KEEP WANDERING!!!
It's amazing that the General was left behind. Thank you for taking folks to see it.
What an exquisite shot of the bear. He was beautiful !
There was a story on Captain Kangaroo one time of a steam shovel. I don't remember if it had a face. Stay safe and God bless.
Maybe the cartoon you were thinking of was the Flintstones. Fred used a dinosour as steam shovel.
Did you ever consider waterproof boots? Or cant you find Ny that are comfortable enough for the hiking part?
excellent d wild bear n d excavator n all its parts
I enjoy all of your videos Sir. I sometimes call you "Home boy" Respectfully, because I grew up in your area.
There used to be a story my son LOVED about a steam shovel called Mary Ann, operated by Mike Mulligan. Not sure of the exact title.
Nice, The General was made before they had modern hydraulics. That is why is looks like an old steam shovel, lol
Really cool video Cliff. I thoughly enjoyed it especially The General. Very awesome! Thank you kind sir. And then came the black bear, that was very cool. I love seeing animals in their natural habitat. AWESOME!
Really nice park with a really old General Excavator of all things to see a wild black 🐻 🧸 its not a teddy bear 😀
Cool to be able to see a bear. Seemed like he didn't even know you were there.
there is nothing wrong with being excited about seeing that bear that was incredible it was amazing that the levers on old general moved outstanding video!!! seeing the bear was an amazing bonus!
Very interesting, thanks
Thank you for showing us the wild life.
Cool to see the Bear in it's natural element.
I love we finally saw a bear! I"m backtracking through your older videos that I haven't seen. Seeing The General AND a bear, what an awesome adventure!!
My house is surrounded by woods. We have black bears living here year round . Pa. Sure has some pretty scenery. Just wish it were a bit warmer .
One of the older trips I wanted to catch up on Cliff. A friend was born in a small mining town called Morea. His father who worked in the mines long ago retired but still lived there. I was invited for an overnight at the house. Point I want to make is, there were two large coal excavators abandoned nearby that my friend took me out to see. In my memory's eye I think the were twice the size of the General and ran on electricity. This was back in the middle/late eighty's, his father is long gone and the home long ago sold. Maybe someone reading this knows if excavators are still there. Seeing a Bear was cool.
Maybe you're thinking of "Bob The Builder" cartoon You should research that equipment to figure out the decade it is actually from.
I don't remember the model number but that is a general invincible
In Australia the show was Mr Sqiggle, the stream shovel was called Gus
If it has a manufacturer plate you maybe able to trace the owner
Mighty Mouse was the cartoon. Pretty cool site!
Why the heck would anyone abandon an expensive piece of machinery out there. Rest in Peace General Thomas the Tank Engine. My nephew watched it while I babysat him.. George Carlin was the narrator for it.. Imagine that.
These were often left in place at the end of their life. Scrap steel and iron had very little value.
And the engine is still there, relatively complete...
THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL OF THAT BEAR. MAN I WAS SCARED FOR YOU. YA JUST A BEAR YOU ARE FUNNY.
Wasn't close at all. He was at a distance.
Isn't some of the old Mickey Mouse cartoons on one of those shovels?
No, it was all rusted.
The Bear & General were very cool...love your finds...
Roughly every couple of years I see a bear here in Western NY and it never gets old. Each time is a thrill for me. This Summer I stumbled across a large Female with a cub. It was the best hike of the year for me!
The hunk of metal looks like a old sink 🤔
That would be so cool walking along and finding The General - no wonder you return for visits. And that BEAR! Wowza! That would have been an awesome experience. Be safe
yep, steam shovel. very cool.
Thanks
That's an internal combustion engine, not steam. Definitely old school, though. Nice job on the video! Thanks!
Great spot with the bear 👍🤙
this isn't too far from me ill have to go check it out. I have an insley front shovel from the 40's. Would be cool to restore that general shovel!
thank you
It was a Mickey Mouse cartoon I believe ☺️
Definitely a cool old machine. reminds me of one that was behind my grandparents house in the Loree Colliery ( Larksville, PA ). That one was a Link Belt Speeder that was powered by a caterpillar 4 cylinder diesel with the two cylinder gasoline pony engine to start it. It was roughly twice the size of the General, but the control levers looked the same. It was scrapped circa 2005 when almost all of the buildings came down. Bears are very elusive. If it saw or picked up your scent it would be far away from you. This is a very good video.
Thanks, too bad they scraped that old machine it would be cool to check it out.
+The Wandering Woodsman It's one of those things that I wish I had pictures of. There is a video of what seems to be close to the General working at what appears to be an old engine show if you type in "General Shovel" in the search box.
So awesome seeing the bear in his natural habitat. Awesome footage and of the "general".
Thats the only place we're i seen a bobcat
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Awesome, man.
It's been about 18 years since I've been up to the General, thanks for the revisit!
You Wernt Alittle Scared??
Cliff, really really love your videos. I following along in maps wherever you are, I could not find the General (from my computer at home, not on foot) despite researching the internet. The closest I could figure out is that it is near the Rausch Gap Shelter??? I did the Terrain feature in Google and saw northwest of the Shelter a huge tear (or strip mine, maybe) in the landscape going east to west.., is that sort of close? Please keep up the great work, you and your videos are much appreciated.
Omg, that was totally awesome. Dang, you got great pictures of him. Really great. Could see the whole guy. Ya 🐻 BEAR 🧸🧸🧸
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Nice video and also great that you filmed the bear. @14.42 You ask if there is a cartoon with a steam shovel? I know there was "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel". It is also on youtube.
The General is fantastic to see! I said "Rivulet" immediately before you. Great minds think alike. Be well.
That was probably a rock quarry and there was a service road at one time for dump trucks to get back there to be loaded by that shovel.
it is not an excavator it is a shovel. posable contour mining for coal
a bear that has dodged bullets....good for him. I pray for him... luck and blessings and protection.
I wonder how they got that steam shovel up there, being on top of the mountain there.
How cool was that bear! Additionally was your appreciation of the experience. Thanks for sharing.
"Power shovel." And yes, that looked like an old "flathead" engine in the back, where the boiler would supply steam to the cylinders, which were usually mounted up by the cable drums. There are videos of a steam powered railroad wrecking crane on the Nevada Northern RR that show the steam cylinders driving the drums. I'm surprised the souvenir hunters and vandals have left this critter as intact as it still is!
We had a bear living in the overgrown field near my house in Scranton, PA. I also saw a bunch of wild turkeys while driving on a pretty wooded back road between Dunmore and Scranton just earlier tonight. By the way, I think I heard some of the planes you mentioned from Fort Indiantown Gap, including one right at the end of the video. Either that or there were hunters shooting their guns in the woods near there. Speaking of which, it looks like there's some damage from people firing bullets at The General from some of the holes in the metal around the cabin.
Probably, its a common practice to shoot at random stuff
it was a book "mike mulligan and his steam shovel"
One of my favorite books as a child.
I remember the story, it was a kids story about a guy and his steam shovel, they both retired I think or the steam shovel wound up being apart of a building they both dug the foundation for. Something like that.
Love this video 👍
Thomas and friends??
Bob the Builder 😎
i would shit my pants and never go back to that forest again if i met a bear. were u not afraid? here in sweden we have brown bears only and they are not fun, just couple day ago one man got attacked bitten by one., that bear had cubs tho so it was jsut protecting them. when they have cubs itsa the worst possible time to run into a bear. i live in the southern part of sweden were we normaly dont have bears but sometime they wander down ehre on random. a few years ago it was one jsut outside my village (read on news) and i fish alot but that sumemr i didnt fish from shore a single time haha only by boat:P was so scared even tho the bear probably left the same day they saw it
It seems there are a lot of choices for trails, at that park. Virginia may...MAY...have some bigger parks or more forests, but I like the parks of Pennsylvania better, as there are more variety of trees and parks and they seem a whole lot more interesting and have better trails. How do I know this? because of the hard work and fun work YOU have done in showing us all that research and sharing with us your parks that you enjoy. I have learned a LOT MORE about Pennsylvania and its parks and history just by watching your program. I AM VERY GRATEFUL for your video. When I go on vacation, I will review 10 of your videos and plan to visit some of the parks you have gone to. Again, thank you.
Thanks
We just had a bear sighting here in northeast Ohio 2 days ago. It was wandering out of a cornfield. Pretty amazing footage.
Awesome. I spend a lot of time up in stony valley. last year I was standing at the General and a nasty thunderstorm rolled in. I had to run down cold spring trail in the pouring rain. Awesome bear. I've seen a lot of rattlers up there, but not a bear yet.
I'll have to check this out. Live in Lebanon county.
13:44 they ran out of gas
The bear was awesome, how lucky to see it. Great hike.
You are such an interesting person! Love "going along" on your trips!
I was hiking one time going up this trail,And I seen this Fox walking down the trail toward me. I just moved over and he just trodded right by me like I wasnt even there. I could have touched him,It was so close!
I was out hunting one day, sitting at the base of a tree. One just strolled by 10 feet in front of me. Stopped, looked me over, then just carried on its way
have u ever thought about hiking the entire AT?
I have
Great video. Please be careful!
we chase those black bear up trees,its the brown bears you gotta worry about.
we chase those black bear up trees,its the brown bears you gotta worry about.
we chase those black bear up trees,its the brown bears you gotta worry about.
Loved the video. I didn't know it was called an excavator I always called it a steam shovel. Keep up the great work.
If you go upstream about 100 ft you can cross the creek without getting your feet wet. Step across the rocks. It's a little bit of a bush whack but not bad, others have done it, just follow the trail.
The area you are in after reaching the top of the mountain, is a shallow valley of sorts. It was there and throughout all the way to rousch gap, where the shallow mining was done for coal. It never turned out all what they expected, and finally was abandoned. In the mid 1850's the railroad was connected to the northeastern terminus, and the tracks were used to bring tourists into the area for the cold springs....you know the rest.
Bear is at 18:42
Awsome keep up the good work amazing great to come along and see these things
awesome video you need to carry pepper spray with you
We finally seen a bear. Made my day too.
What a fun video and great footage of the bear. Thanks! DaveyJO
Awesome Bear footage
Any idea why it was just left there? How long has it been sitting there? What was it used for
It's probably been there since the 30's, maybe left there due to the great depression.
Story I've read is that the General's transmission broke down (many decades ago) and was removed & taken somewhere locally to be fixed but the work never got done, and so it still sits to this day right where it broke down.
If your able and willing to carry a firearm i would. Being out there alone makes you vulnerable.
Perhaps, but I feel safer out in the woods than I do in crowded malls or city streets
Maybe he's not a pussy.
S. SESTRIC I see your an exerciser of sound logic.. I conceid.
This needs to be restored
Was it the remains of an old Civilian Conservation Corps project from that Depression era?
I'm waiting to see a mountain lion.
when you see a mountain lion, he probably will see or hear you. You want to see one from lonnnnnngg distance, much more than a bear. Mountain lions are a LOT more aggressive than bears. a lot.
catsintexas, I'm not waiting to see one. I'm waiting for the Wondering Woodsman to run across one. Me... I never go into the woods without a side arm anymore. I've already come across wild dogs.
My favorite of your videos
Awesome photo of the bear. I nearly hit a big bear in Somerset County one time with my truck.
good deal i like seeing bears..is that gunshots in the backround?
There is a military base nearby
They did a lot of work with those old shovels. Of course now, a mini excavator half as big would run circles around this cool old shovel. But that shovel did well for it's time. And the people who operated them were very good at it. I was fortunate enough to see a guy run a old crane that was very similar to this shovel. He was amazing. Great find Cliff!
Great shots of the bear you didn't seem very nervous question is a wild bear kind of like an ink pen
Perhaps the cartoon was Bob the Builder?
Awesome filming the bear.
the machine that was in the back of the General looked like an engine from the 1920's or 1930's where you crank it to get it to start and that is what that lever is for. The top of the "engine" looked like cylinder heads. ever thought of googling for something you are not sure of after you see it. even explore Wikipedia or here on youtube just in case you might find something closely resembles what you are looking for. I do it a lot. Now I am curious to find this stuff out. Cool video no matter what. Keep on exploring. From Southeast Wisconsin, have fun out in the great outdoors.
Do you ever come across rattlesnakes?
several times I have
excellent investigation...enjoy your videos..keep it up ..Western Canada ..Loved seeing the General..so cool
Thanks
If you were a hunter you'd be wearing a fur coat !!!!
what were they mining?
Buda deisel engine in the general lost of stuff taken off but main block still there. made by Allis Charmers cool find
Glad you finally got to see a bear!