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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มี.ค. 2021
- Come along on a tour of the Maryland and Pennsylvania (Ma & Pa) Railroad's Delta Wye Trestle.
The trestle was built in 1875 as part of the Ma & Pa which ran from Baltimore, MD to York, PA.
The trestle now sits abandoned and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
This video was filmed March 7, 2021
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Very cool. I remember as a child, back in the late 60's my dad showed me a very old wooden trestle that was presumably along the MA & PA ...my dad and I spent many years as steam railfans travelling to historic steam railroads on the east coast. And then all across the US. I have always wondered if any of the dozens of MA&PA trestles and bridges still remain. The historical book that was done on the MA & PA shows many photos of MA & PA steam trains and doodlebugs crossing various trestles.
I believe we were somewhere in the area just south of York, possibly near the edge of Dallastown or we may have been in Red Lion. I have relatives in that area and my dad grew up in York & Dallastown so he enjoyed digging up this historical site from his youth. When he boarded a train and went off to war in WWII I think his train took him and the other recruits out of Dallastown on the MA & PA. After researching, I think it was the Yoe Trestle, which is near Red Lion..... I actually found a 2018 TH-cam Video of the YOE Trestle along the MA & PA. I am amazed that the Yoe Trestle is still standing.... Now, what, 120 years old?
Nice video, I'm going to visit really soon. Thanks!!
Seems like I remember reading something about a wye existing in the Delta area. Those foundation blocks appear to curve in the opposite direction as the trestle to form the other leg of the wye. I was up in Delta back in 1970 and walked around to the trestle from where the old Delta station had been. I have a few photos I took back then. The track was still being regularly used and went south as far as Whiteford. There was a turntable in Delta as well although didn't appear it had been used for years.
This is great Dan. Well done!
Hey dan! I'm a local and this road used to be nicknamed "Dump Road" back when it was open and in use. Unfortunately people did use it to dump garbage down and thats one of the reasons they closed & tore up the road. Most of it is old trash.
Very cool Dan that’s quite a structure for back in its day
Aerial photos from the 1950s show the track and trestle you surveyed, but nothing in the area where you found the mystery foundations and grading.
Maybe it dates way back to when this was the meeting point of the 2 narrow gauge lines that merged to form the Ma & Pa in the 19th century?
I think you may be on to something there. I just looked at the aerials too and didn't see anything heading off in that direction.
I didn't know about the 2 narrow gauge lines that merged. Do you know their names? I don't know as much as I probably should about the Ma & Pa even though it's so close to home for me.
@@DanM19929 The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was formed from two earlier 19th-century 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railways: the Baltimore & Delta Railway, later the Baltimore and Lehigh Railway, and the York and Peach Bottom Railway, later the York Southern Railroad.[4]:61
Wikipedia, obs. I grew up in Baltimore Co, MD so I got a little obssesed about it as a kid, since it's skeletal remains were still all over back in the 70s
That origin doomed them really. Two marginally viable RRs merged into one not really viable one, keeping the old alignments. That locked them into keeping turn of the century rolling stock until the MD was abandoned in 58. Once their old box cars become illegal to exchange with other roads, they couldnt upgrade because the curves couldnt take longer stock, so EVERYTHING got moved, by hand, from their cars to PRR and B&O cars... Once the mail contract was gone, so were they for all practical purposes.
I think they were in the red from the 1900s on.
That must've been so cool being able to see the remains as a kid! That's what has been motivating me to make this video and others. So much of our history is disappearing, getting forgotten, demolished, and/or vandalized.
I can't imagine having to move rail cars by hand! It's a shame they couldn't survive but certainly understandable.
@@DanM19929 sorry for being unclear, they moved the contents by hand, so theyd have to unload their own 36' wood frame 19th century box cars and then move the cargo over to say a 50' steel boxcar waiting that belonged to PRR or whomever, in an era when everyone else was simply coupling up to the other roads cars and moving them on to their destination. It was slower, cost more, and helped kill them. But they dug that grave in the late 19th century when they regauged to standard gauge, but kept all the narrow gauge curves. They just couldn't move the bigger 20th century cars on the Marland half. It also meant that as locomotives got bigger and better they had to keep their aging fleet of 4-4-0 Americans and 0-8-0 And such. The most modern thing they ever ran was an SW8 diesel switcher on their main line.
Great video and footage I just subscribed to your channel that Trestle bridge is pretty old it would be nice to see trains running across this someday but this whole Bridge would have to be replaced if that were to happen if there's a chance that no trains run on this again would it become a bike trail
Where can I find this in delta?
It needs to have a walking path on it so anyone who wants to walk it can
Well, you really don't need a path just wing it it's more fun.... 😉