Railways, Crumbling Buildings, Huge Bridges And More
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2022
- I do not encourage anyone to enter culverts, unclog anything, or enter flooded areas as it can easily become deadly without the proper training
I unclog drains for fun in my spare time (I have been trained in culvert inspections for years with private co.) and I am osha trained.
Exploring anything abandoned can be dangerous or deadly without experience. I don't encourage anyone to enter any abandoned structures. Not only is safety a concern, but often times its illegal, and when possible I seek out permission from the owner or local police. I simply go to document its history before it's gone forever and I leave things the way I find them. I only take pictures and only leave footprints. I assume all the risks and responsibility before doing this. Please don't attempt to do this on your own. There could be nails, asbestos, falling concrete, soft floors, animals, or other hazards. Thanks for watching.
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From the first moment of the video I knew where you were. You were 25 miles from my home. That canyon is called "Devils Canyon", near Kahlotus, Washington. I rode on a train from Spokane, Washington to Hinkle, Oregon Siding in the early 60's as we traveled East to visit my Grandparents in Kansas. The day we traveled down that Canyon was over 100 degrees. I will never forget it. Thanks for visiting Eastern Washington. P.S. We don't need culverts to drain water in most places, we only get 7 inches of rain a year.
Those vents are to relieve forward air pressure (displacement) when the train enters the tunnel
That is really cool information.
And it makes a lot of sense to have a couple in a long tunnel.
Chooch ventures
Not true
@@MonkeyJedi99 Wrong. The other end of the tunnel is good enough for that.
to accelerate smoke dispersion....locomotives are a lot like people- they work better in fresh air
Can't believe I have been glued to this video for nearly 2 hours! It is amazing! I love how you travel. My parents did almost the same thing and I loved it. Mother kept a shovel in the trunk so she could dig up plants to bring home. We stopped at an out of the way civil war fort so many times that we got to know the caretaker. Back then it was seldom visited. He gave Mother oleander cutting and told her how to root them. Lordy, we had them all over the place for the next 60 years! Keep the videos coming!
she may be the reason there are no more saguaros in imperial valley....
“I just found another friend over here.” I love the aside examining the local creatures. Another great video. Thanks and keep up the great work.
25:30 Eleodes obscura. They eat dead plant material, animal remains, roots, and seeds. 26:12 Lesser Yellow Underwing. 26:21 Anise Swallowtail. 28:00 Tumbleweed seeds. 1:54:16 After the windmill broke for the last time they put in the gasoline powered pump jack that used the same equipment below ground to pump water.
Post you have taken this to a new level of awesome.
enjoyed watching every second of this almost two hour tour.
More of this would be most appreciated.
Thank you!!
The water damage/mineral build up on the wall at the entrance of the second tunnel is from blowing snow and dust being sucked into the tunnel. The snow builds up on the sides of the tunnel as the strongest air current goes through the center and slows down depositing the snow only in the first meters of the tunnel. That's why the "damage" was only at the beginning. Then the snow/ice build up and collect dust and dirt blown in as they take a long time to melt since the tunnel stays much cooler than the outside air.
Nope it just salts seeping from the ground through the walls of the tunnel.
@@Mike-tv9rk I have to agree. The foundation of my house looks the same way in the spring time as the water that wicked up into the concrete over the winter dries, and leaves the calcium deposits behind. I also live in this region.
It is rising damp.
Democrats do not care about infrastructure - just more wars in Ukraine
@@Mike-tv9rk Yes, from behind the wall.
fyi, The Devils Canyon Tunnel (Tunnel 17) was part of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S), which was completed between Portland and Spokane in 1909. The tunnel is 2,220 feet long.
i live a little over a hr north of spokane wa.
Glad to see the comment about the dust. I hike the PCT this year and it was like walking on the moon in some sections all the way up to Canada. Did not expect that as an East coaster.
There is just something about abandoned railroad routes that is just so fascinating. Guess it is like some sort of window back into a different time in history, that allows you to imagine what the world was once like when rail was king. One thing i love doing is looking up old railroad route maps, strapping on my VR headset, and using Google earth VR to follow old railroads. But what you are doing in this vid is obviously the better alternative.
I've never seen this part of Washington....its incredible! Thank you for the in-depth tunnel tours! Just a heck of a WOW kind of video!!😁
That area is part of the channeled scablands. That entire terrain was carved by the repeated Glacial Lake Missoula floods. Lake Missoula formed and reformed as the ice sheet retreated, but was dammed by ice which would eventually break. It is now generally thought that there may have been 40 or more of these between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago. The water flow could vary between floods and are hard to estimate, but one common citation for the largest floods is 10 cubic kilometers per hour (roughly 13 times the current Amazon river). Flood waters dumping into the Columbia flooded most of the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
The volcanic flood basalt that covers the whole area broke along the cooling fracture lines basalt tends to have and huge chunks just washed away, resulting in giant cliffs and canyons that are out of scale otherwise. Also giant river potholes ground out in some places.
you wouldn't want to be in one of those tunnels back then, right?
I've seen those potholes.
They are still kind of a mystery.
@@TheBandit7613 Prof'. Nick Zentner,
Geology, Washington Central University,
went to Dry Falls, and showed us
the huge holes drilled into the rocks
below by the huge Ice Age Floods
that crashed over the Falls :
If interested, you might like his
lecture on :
" Dating The Ice Age Floods ".
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The rocks ripped away by the Ice
Age Floods : hard to visualize !
Huge volumes of water, plus
icebergs
with rocks frozen inside :
when the
ice melted, lots of rocks
were then " dumped " in
unexpected places :
I think they are called,
" Erratics"...
Prof'.Nick Zentner' s Geology videos
and field trips are so interesting.
Thousands of people across
the world have found a new
interest : Geology !
Loads of videos here
on You Tube.☺️⛏️☺️
If interested, please perhaps
start with the series,
" Nick On The Rocks ".
Highly recommended.☺️.
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Pretty sure the 2 tunnels I located on Google maps are the ones you walked through. There is an inbuilt straight line measuring tool in Google maps, using this the first tunnel is 677 metres/2,222 feet and the second tunnel is 759 metres/2590 feet. Some breathtaking scenery in this video.
Amazing exploration post! I enjoyed every minute of the video. It's fantastic how many things remain hiding in the bushes and in the land. Your explorations are awesome! Every time i see them i imagine how those buildings were when they were habitable and in perfect condition. The tunnels, the bridges... i imagine trains and stuff going trough. Awesome! Take Care my friend and keep exploring!
Oh man, feature length post 10? Absolutely love the exploration and travel videos, looking forward to hunkering down to watch this one.
What a wonderful journey you are on and taking us along for the ride. Beautiful scenery, man made structures and sunset. Wind mills is what we used to call the water pump/syphon - only way we had some water to our home, except for drinking water, when growing up in the country.
it was good enough for the cows that people ate- why not just drink it?
@@tommurphy4307 Sorry - the windmill pumped/syphoned water from a dam/pnd which was piped to the house and garden. Dam/pond was fed by irrigation water and rain run off. It was muddy but beautifully soft - we bathed in it bath tub.
Seeing one of your favorite youtubers come to your area of the country is so much cooler than some stupid Hollywood celebrity. Hope you enjoy the 1-3 mile thick basalt and mega flood deposits of the Columbia plateau!
Beautiful introduction to this lesson,thank you for those of us who have never seen this beauty before 🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤❤ did not know it looked like this.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking us on this journey! I would never have bern able to see these awesone tunnels, trestles and old railway beds without you! Bless you Post 10 ❤️
I can't believe all that ballast. That stuff is like gold to railway companies!!!
1:48:25 and onward is one of the most beautiful footages I've ever seen!
Wow what an amazing landscape! Absolutely loving the content man!
Thank you for the fun adventure inside the train track tunnel. This is cool.
Awesome sunset!
It's good to see such vast areas of the US, it'd be interesting to see how they looked covered in fresh green grass instead of dry, dead grass
That part of Washington doesn't get enough snow for snowmobiling, you need to go to the forested areas for that. The part your in is High plateau dessert. If your here at that time Tollgate Wilderness Area in Oregon is a great place to go, they groom the trail regularly there but is far enough from a major population center that it doesn't get over burdened with city folk. Also that dust you kicked at the trestle is likely ash from the 1980 eruption of Mt Saint Helens, you can still find large piles of it in the area.
Mt st Helen's or Mazama, thats also common out there.
@@rockdocandlittlebird5974 Its posable that its Mt Mazama but un-likely given the area for two reasons. First the area he was in is right along the path of heaviest ash fall from Mt St Helen's main eruption in 1980, and two most of the Mt Mazama ash in that area must be dug down for.
@@Darkreine99 sweet, I live here and have multiple degrees in geology focusing on that specific region. I know it isnt common but it is possible to find out there. I've been there, done it, without digging. Lots of road cuts expose it.
@@rockdocandlittlebird5974 I live here too, and have studied the geology of this area all my life driven by my fascination and the impact May 18th 1980 had on my young mind at the time. I do not nor did discount what you said. I merely made the statement given the evidence that it is more likely Mt St Helens. Because without physically touching and taking a sample there is no way to be sure from a 10 second clip in a video, and let face it a road cut is a hole dug. But I do apologize if what I said made you feel minimalized that was not my intent.
plus the ballast in the tunnels would be tough on the snowmobiles- duh
If you're in Seattle area, check out Snoqualmie Pass tunnel at the top of the pass, along I-90. 2-mile long tunnel that is now a bike path, John Wayne Linear Trail, which leads west downhill 20+ miles to Issaquah. You are required to have flashlights since it is so long and dark. I did it on my bike a few times and it took 15-20 minutes to get through it on a bike. Slight grade uphill to the east, downhill to the west. A lot of the former Milwaukee Road electricification is still visible, the poles alongside, and catenary towers on the high trestles.
Yes, that's an awesome tunnel. I ride the Palouse to Cascades Trail on occasion too.
the abandoned pennsylvania turnpike tunnels are bike trails where you have to have lighting, as well. one of them is the site of the annual 'echo dark bike race'. the echos help the racers keep from hitting the walls.
These 'exploration' videos are my favorite. Plus no beavers were annoyed...
Nice Tunnel Video of Former Railroads in The Farmlands of Eastern Wash State in Summer 2022
Nice to see another rail related vid! Old railroad lines and old rights-of-way fascinate me and this video is so cool for me!
Amazing adventure! That bridge was incredible. I love your sense of history and excitement. Thank you for taking us along. Great video. 😎❤👏
and incredibly dangerous- the walkways were added- supported by over-length railroad ties when they laid the tracks and every time they re-tied the bridge decks. workmen had to to all that at a dizzying height. imagine being a brakeman up on top of a car's roofwalk while going across those trestles....OMG!!!!
I'm really enjoying these long exploration videos 👍
Excellent travelogue and commentary. Many thanks. Pete
Rusty tracks break my heart. GREAT JOB MAN!!!
@post 10
*Great job with this tour of the area, LOVE the look at old abandoned rail lines and tunnels!*
I've seen good amounts of video from the former Milwaukee Road grade north of this ROW, but never this one! This is the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway mainline from Pasco to Spokane. Successor Burlington Northern (foolishly) abandoned this route in the late 80's and used the former Northern Pacific line form Pasco to Spokane. The SP&S grade happens to be the BEST route between both cities in terms of gradient, but the huge trestles near Pasco and lack of on-line customers was a big turnoff for the BN. In Washtunca (where you saw the graffiti bus) there happened to be another rail line (also abandoned) that was built by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Their ROW crossed under the SP&S just outside of town!
Love the vids post 10. If your close enough you really need to check out the Yellowstone branch line tunnel and the Ashton to Tetonia railway trestles! It’ll take your breathe away!
Super geil das Video👌👍 die alten Wege, und das schöne Umland.
Next time you are in Washington state there is a small town called vantage right next to the Columbia river. There is a old park that’s has trails for a petrified forest. Would be a great walk for you. The trees are behind old stone walls and wire cages with signs.
How to save this comment for my soon trip?
What's it scared off?
@@zacharysant1443 screenshot?
@@zacharysant1443 if you are I90 going west it’s literally the exit after the bridge. If you are going eastbound it’s right at the bottom of the gorge by the river. Can’t miss it.
I think you're right that the grates in the tunnels are for safety. They definitely look modern in materials and construction; especially the machining on those security bolts. I noticed you can also see the yellow marker on the parts from when they were fabricated... For example the second one you came across in Tunnel 16 was marked "#16.2" on parts of the frame. Each one was probably custom sized for the particular hole they were made to cover along the various tunnels of the trail.
If they were for safety they would be every 50 metres. Have a little think dear. How fast can you run from a train.? Probably vent shafts to the surface.
@@Mike-tv9rkI'm talking about the safety of the public using the trails today, to keep them out of potentially dangerous areas like vent shafts. I already stated that the grates looked modern, so I'm not sure why you'd think I was referring to a use from the long-gone days when trains were running through. Perhaps you should have a little think yourself, dear.
@@marcberm ok i had a re-read. Yep sorry. I jumped the gun a bit, because there are alot of comments about refuge spots. Again apologies.
The grates are very likely there so people dont go crawling in the holes behind the walls.
those were def not 1909 security bolts- duh
Cool video. I like that you go way off the beaten path to places most folks would never think of going to. I’d never think of traveling to south central/southeast Washington state. Thanks for taking us along. Those last stills were very postcard/jigsaw puzzle like shots. Can’t wait to see where you go next.
That old RR bed is indicative on how the railroads were engineered and built 19th and early 20th century. The old roads and railroads from that era followed low lying areas. Many followed rivers or low lying features that were prone to flooding. After the equipment got better did the engineers seek a higher ground. Mostly after WW2, the engineers of highways and railroads had a better way to build. That filled part is a great example of that, right at the beginning of the video. They learned much from the mistake of building too low. Creating a higher roadbed was crucial. With the advances in earthmoving equipment and cheap diesel came better track, highway, and road alignment.
2 hours long? You spoil us! 😁
Railway tunnels commonly have what are called 'refuges' where maintenance workers can go if a train comes through and the worker cannot get out of the tunnel. Railway bridges have them too. I know that the Eurostar tunnels under the English Channel are actually 4 tunnels, 2 for trains and 2 for maintenace travel. Maybe that is what is behind the vents. I'd be surprised to find snakes in a cold tunnel cos snakes and other reptiles are cold blooded and prefer warm conditions. Fascinating place to explore.
These vents were not numerous enough to be refuge tunnels. Nobody can get to them fast enough. Most likely vertical air shafts per distance regulation .
@@Mike-tv9rk You're probably right. Just a guess on my part as i haven't been there in person. Have a great day.
What a fun and interesting adventure! Thanks for sharing!
wow that sunset evolves into one of the best. those huge tunnels were AWESOME. i loved this whole video so much, i love nearly all your videos on both channels. i think my favorite part of this one is finding the couch cushions and kid’s stuff in the windmill shack. it’s so fun imagining however that stuff got there. exploring abandoned places is my passion, i’ve been to quite a few but it would be super fun to go on an exploring adventure or culvert clearing with you. if you ever do anything where you bring along a fan, please consider me!!
THANKS for sharing.
theyre just tunnels- there are hundreds of such abandoned tunnels in the US
@@tommurphy4307 so what? that doesn’t mean we can enjoy exploring!!. your comment is totally unnecessary
I enjoyed today's journey. The sunset kept getting better and better. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Great to see a new video! Hope you're having a good time 👍
Thanks for taking us on your adventure
Thanks for the awesome videos of your travels!
I love seeing this unusual scenery in your videos!
Love this! You definitely got a lot of exercise on this trip.
It's invigorating watching someone explore the big side of the state.
Ahhhhhhhhh!!😂 Kicking tumbleweed! I can hear my dad yelling at me now. Ten thousand seeds drop every-time it rolls😂😂😂
35:30 you're watching the shift linkage take the transmission in and out of first gear.
that was the dog shifting it- good doggie
There are a ton of camping spots like those on the Snake River in this area (Eastern Washington). They are maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. And you really should come back in April/May. Every place you saw in this video is SOOOO green and covered in wildflowers and grasses and sage brush. It is amazing.
you wouldn't want to hike those tunnels in the spring cuz of all the insects.
Love the old bus at 29:41 part of the video. The small town after that looks so quite and peaceful.
I really did enjoy this walk! I love nature .
That was a awsome video nice exploring all those tunnels and massive train bridges.
Great video. Liked the examination of the mechanics of that old bus. I bet nobody else has done that. But how bazaar and eerie it must have been to see those massive bridge decks burning from a distance, especially at night and after the grass fires had burned out. Fire in the sky
And jokes aside (even though that "cold blast" stuff is true): This is a truly wonderful video, and I enjoyed it very, very much to follow you two around in that amazing landscape! 😍 Thank you both! 😊🙏 I also love that this is nearly two hours long! 😃 One of the best videos I've watched so far on this channel! 🤩👍
i especially like how the dog was smart enough to move the school bus shifter....
Thank you !!!❤. You take me places I never been be 4!!! THANK YOU!!!❤👀👍
Abandoned Infrastructure leaves me eaqually astonished for past achievements and sorrowed by their decay and the dull reality that we replaced everything with trucks and cars, that we were once more modern in our transportation system than now.
you mean if it was mine or yours we'd have to tear the shit down, right?
No beavers🦫🦫?! Haha. We really enjoyed going along with you on this trip. Thanks for all the information. We had a creosote plant here in my hometown and it smelt up the whole south end of town. I could almost smell those railroad ties! 😁👍🏻🚂
smelled- a smelt is a fish
Aloha 🌺🥰 Thank you for the Big Sky Sunset! So beautiful! 🥰
This was the most interesting beautiful video in my TH-cam history
Beautiful country.
Awesome video!
Thanks Post!
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I´m keeping this comment short because there´s too much really good stuff to mention ! Totally awesome & satisfying to watch !! Thanx & big thumbs-up 👍👍👍
My wife and I watch your videos in bed at the end of the day. Have for years. I love that we just got a Post10 video as long as a Marvel movie. Thanks!
Wow @Post10, very super cool video
Abandoned railroad tracks and structures, tunnels, an old motel/ RV park, a man made dam, old wind driven water pumps, just so super cool.
And you had the elusive, and beautiful, Ghost 👻10 along for the ride with you
Keep them coming love you traveling about!! Stay safe!!
What a wonderful self made footpath/cycle way.
All that’s missing is us seeing Post live off the land doing hunting and fishing and gathering and such. I know it’s not his bag but it’s a nature adventure without having to worry about survival. Some would say the best of both worlds!
Wonderful sunset shots
7:51 - A sudden blast of cold air may indicate the presence of a ghost! 👻😊 *Edit:* 19:17 - And there she is, too! 😁
stop that
Great video. Love those tunnels. I thought the old toilet from the 50’s was pretty cool also.
This was interesting to me. It was a very cool adventure, I enjoyed watching. 👍🏼
Love your Videos and your attention for details 👍
Man I just did all these drives in spring. Looks so much more torn up. I love this side of Washington. Great video watched it all!
I googled it. The fire happened in Sept 2020!
Right on
Amazing video Post 10. 2 h with goody goody stuff. Love it. This is how to live. Good man, good life.
wow this video was a lot more interesting then i thought! such an awesome adventure
Well shoot! If you're just driving all over the country, come pay Oregon a visit. We've got beavers here too, ya know. ;)
Thanks for another fascinating video!
Somebody call Derek! Theres a VGG extreme revival bus episode right there. Great vid Post :- an adventure from my kitchen !!
I thought you sounded familiar! I watched your New England wildlife channel. I’m glad I found you
Watching you travels, there is a feeling, I traveling there too, thanks!
The section of road bed you stopped at that was filled over with man-made fill was actually a HIGHWAY. The Kahlotus Railroad Tunnel actually exited further up 263, which was the road that turned off to the left before you got to the filled area
AWESOME .Thank you
Great Video. Thank you. Enjoyed it.
love seeing the old railway tunnels
28:16 A section of I-90 where the ground comes up on both sides of the road, was completely filled with tumbleweeds during a storm a few years ago. Cars kept plowing through in an explosion of plant and dried fibres.
I live in Eastern Wa, and I've had that experience in my back yard on a number of occasions. Sometimes 6 feet high, from fence to fence. No fun getting rid of!
Very cool slide show at the end. That one VERY RED sunset made me think that we will get slightly more red in our sunsets because of Mona Loa erupting.
50:20 the landscape is so beautiful. I’ve always wanted to visit that region and thought it could be a nice place to live. I’ve been as far north as Minnesota and New York City, as far west as New Mexico, as far southeast as Orlando. I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
About 10 miles West of the first tunnel, on a clear day, there is a section of highway you can actually see Mt. Rainier, 200 miles away. I know, I live nearby.
Thank you, another interesting look at the past
What a beautiful view from the train bridge.😊💕🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️
Welcome to beige country!
Your tour guide for today is Post10 👌
I bet the sight of the top of that bridge on fire, was quite a -cool- hot one 🔥
🙏 thank you!
I grew up around there! Cool to see you traveling around! If you go through umatilla they have a beaver area under the highway and some trails. A lot of Culverts and beaver proofing
beavers can be mean sob's
Loving the feature length content!
feature-length is awesome
Thanks for another brilliant video. Or as you would say “awesome!” It looks like when the tunnel was originally dug it was bare rock and was lined with concrete at a later date. The grills are probably for ventilation.
they are large-bore tunnels- a giant drill (kinda like elon musks tunnel drills) cruises through there and the entire interior you see is formed-up and poured full of concrete.
It's so beautiful, Thanks to you Post10 i get to see places and things that i never thought possible. Thank/you for sharing. Be careful out there. M.