As a fan of Jamaica railway, and a dreamer the that it will one day be restored, I commend you for doing this video. I hope that with continued exposure of the wonderful history; it will motivate the public and government to know that for Jamaica's long term development and viability the rail system must be restored.
Hello. Thanks for your video. On 26. December I will be 84 years old. When I was 5 years old there was a very big hurricane in Jamaica, at the time I lived with my mother in Kingston - My family decided that my mother - who was the youngest should return to Flint River, St Mary and take care of my Grand Father and Grand Mother. - So at the age of 5, I went through this tunnel for the first time, and subsequently many many times
Thank you a lot man, for this video, it means a lot to me I’m a Jamaican living in America. I’m a huge Train Enthusiast, unfortunately I didn’t get to experience the trains at all in Jamaica, but in the future when I will visit Ik I will, and if I’m given the opportunity to tour that same tunnel that would be amazing! I was born and raised in Clarendon right next to the Decommissioned “Four Paths Station” I use to walk the tracks all the time, I had dreams of either riding the train as a passenger or operating one. I hope to become a train operator one day God bless!
Jamaica is a very nice place, if only we could andestand this and take care of it, Jamaica have a rich culture, nice kind hearted people, how Jamaica reach to this. We slide bad.
Excellent. Jamaica needs to develop its cultural heritage and add to the allure go residents and tourists. I rode a train once from Montego Bay to somewhere I was very little.
@ you could develop a tour or program and get some grant money to create presentations that is flexible for wide audiences. People love railroads and corridors make for great multi use trails if abandoned. I would hike something like and understand the history of the area Keep it up 👍🏾
This needs to be restored and serve passengers who want to commute. Imagine if Jamaica had a train service which transported people from Negril to Portland!
Guys get your lighting sorted, very interesting vid of an Area many dont even know exist, but having a vid done in darkness doesn't help...wish you well going forward, keep it up, it's unique.
Lots of water dripping and the canyon (Bog Walk Gorge) provides a pressure difference on either side causing constant wind rushing in from Sptn side. Also there is a pond outside on the hilltop above the tunnel somewhere in the center
Nostalgic, between the 60s and 70s , I travelled almost twice daily on a passenger train between Spanish Town and Linstead. It would be great to give some history as to when this tunnel was constructed and how long it took and workforce. Think about it, it was manually done!
Railways are expensive....very expensive. Would you be willing to pay to bring back trains to Montego Bay? A few hundreds of millions of real money, not Jamaican money, might do it.
Only one time in history the river has ever flooded that high to reach the tunnel and that was in 1991 when the Rio Cobre Dam was totally destroyed and was nonexistent for about 4 years after, till it was rebuild in 1995. Water and landslide gushing off the mountain topside the trainline is more likely to affect the tunnel than the river generally
I remember in the 1970s me and me friend them use to cut school at Spanish town and buy train ticket at the train station and ride to montegobay and Kingston sometime bog walk...
Jamaica has the oldest rail before America and was constructed during the timebthe country was a colony of England during the 1800s. The rail is used to transport bauxite and a portion isbuses to transport school children and some adults in the parish of St Catherine and Clarendon
Jamaica is the 3rd country in the Western Hemisphere to have a railway, Kingston to Port Antonio was the first railway line that was built by the British. Kingston to Montego Bay was built by an American company.😊 My grandfather used to work for the railway as a conductor he told me the Portland line used to transport bananas to the port in Kingston 😊 in those days the rail lines used to run across Harbour street to the finger pier. 🤔
@@dancehallexposed6193 it's not as easy as it looks as the bauxite train surprised us while in the tunnel and it could have been regrettable. However you can always email me at heirjamaica hat gee male dat com
When we talk about modern times and technology, we should be further ahead with our infrastructure. Our governments have neglected our infrastructure that was put in place by the our fore parents through the colonial system.
Please ensure that factual information is provided in your videos, or when third parties make incorrect statements they are corrected. The Spanish or Spaniards did not build the tunnel or the railway for that matter. They had left Jamaica about 200 years before when they lost the island to the English. The Bog walk section of the line was completed in the late 1840's.
When did this tunnels built in 1770 like the bridge , how men died in the gorge 1904 33 men died , in the electric tube ,, in the river Cobre in Spanish the bog walk electric company closed bad we speak
Wat does a train Tunnell av to do wid de pm nose ?and I dare u to disrespect massa backra mark we just luv to tear down our own people.eny way thanks 4 the tour I thought that de train was coming in the tunnel u brothers r very brave I normally drive by the rio Cobre river road to me the tunnel the river and the road and the dam is all scary I felt much better wen I drive through sligoville road going to Kingston Jamaica keep dem coming guys respect too dig
Well if the train is still operational why change it? It is working fine and it is not transporting people, it is carrying dirt and bauxite. And God made everyone the way they look. You cannot make nose. Humble yourself when talking about God's creation.
As a fan of Jamaica railway, and a dreamer the that it will one day be restored, I commend you for doing this video. I hope that with continued exposure of the wonderful history; it will motivate the public and government to know that for Jamaica's long term development and viability the rail system must be restored.
Hello. Thanks for your video. On 26. December I will be 84 years old. When I was 5 years old there was a very big hurricane in Jamaica, at the time I lived with my mother in Kingston - My family decided that my mother - who was the youngest should return to Flint River, St Mary and take care of my Grand Father and Grand Mother. - So at the age of 5, I went through this tunnel for the first time, and subsequently many many times
Man! Happy to hear from you. Wishing you a great day on Dec 26 and definitely many more years to come. Take care
Great job gentlemen this is my first time seeing through the bogwalk tunnel you guys should have a tour for tourist thanks for the tour blessings
Words cannot express how I feel about seeing this historical value, thanks guys from the UK
Bless
Thank you a lot man, for this video, it means a lot to me I’m a Jamaican living in America. I’m a huge Train Enthusiast, unfortunately I didn’t get to experience the trains at all in Jamaica, but in the future when I will visit Ik I will, and if I’m given the opportunity to tour that same tunnel that would be amazing! I was born and raised in Clarendon right next to the Decommissioned “Four Paths Station” I use to walk the tracks all the time, I had dreams of either riding the train as a passenger or operating one. I hope to become a train operator one day God bless!
Bless up, that tunnel was amazing, I have a full train trip from Spanish Town to Linstead that I'm working on, check that out when it's up!
So once more. Many thanks. I should mention that now I live in Thailand. Since 2020
How is it over there? All the best
Jamaica is a very nice place, if only we could andestand this and take care of it, Jamaica have a rich culture, nice kind hearted people, how Jamaica reach to this. We slide bad.
Pretty interesting, thanks for your time!
Glad you found it interesting
Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories of riding the train Bog Walk to Spanish town for school. Late 70s and early 80s.
For real. I have a complete train trip from Sptn to Lnsd and back, Working on it
Excellent. Jamaica needs to develop its cultural heritage and add to the allure go residents and tourists.
I rode a train once from Montego Bay to somewhere I was very little.
@@Camrose1907 good stuff. It's a part of Jamaica's history that is not accessible by most people
@ you could develop a tour or program and get some grant money to create presentations that is flexible for wide audiences. People love railroads and corridors make for great multi use trails if abandoned.
I would hike something like and understand the history of the area
Keep it up 👍🏾
very interesting, never seeing inside of one of these tunnels before, blessings
Good Job Jah man I am a Jamaican is first I ever see in side a that tunnel
Thanks for this virtual tour. Always wondered what inside one these tunnels looked like.
@@sonnylew8720 you are welcome
it looks like from the 1800's 😂
thanks for sharing with us we. needs to remember this kind of history 👍👍
Awesome 👍😎🇯🇲. New subscriber here. Blessings 🙏
@@Sharon-hn9wn welcome!
needed this, please we want more, thank you for the information.
@@dancehallexposed6193 the return vid is being worked on. Will post soon
@@heirjamaica thank you so much, we can vlog together if you want to.
This needs to be restored and serve passengers who want to commute.
Imagine if Jamaica had a train service which transported people from Negril to Portland!
Maaad!!
it did.
I vaguely remember in 1957 we've the kendall crash I was 7 years old, is that the same rails that travels through through my beautiful country.
The Kendall crash was terrible. This tunnel is along the route from Spanish Town to Linstead. Kendal line was on the Old Harbour/Manchester side
Guys get your lighting sorted, very interesting vid of an Area many dont even know exist, but having a vid done in darkness doesn't help...wish you well going forward, keep it up, it's unique.
I agree I wasn't prepared enough where lightening is concerned. Definitely planning a revisit with better results
Thank a lot bro u know how long me wan see how in this cave look
Great tour. Respect
Much appreciated
Thanks for sharing
Nerve rocking.
Awesome thank new sub Jamaican living in Florida
@@ClaesClarke thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour 😁
The background music is too loud. Interesting content
Good job
I wouldn’t expect inside to be cold though. Wow. This is very interesting
Lots of water dripping and the canyon (Bog Walk Gorge) provides a pressure difference on either side causing constant wind rushing in from Sptn side. Also there is a pond outside on the hilltop above the tunnel somewhere in the center
This is on my bucket list of things to do...could you kindly tell me how I can be apart of this tour?
Haha! It's a bit challenging and not as doable as it looks....
It still looks good
Great history
Great but i wish we could get back our true history especially with jamaica being the first ti have trains b4 england
Nostalgic, between the 60s and 70s , I travelled almost twice daily on a passenger train between Spanish Town and Linstead. It would be great to give some history as to when this tunnel was constructed and how long it took and workforce. Think about it, it was manually done!
I do have a complete tour from Sptn to Lnsd on the train. Will get this into together soon
This is well build
Music too loud can't hear what your saying.
Sorry about that. Will get the captions synching properly soon
Background noise is annoying bad
Said the same thing the music I distracting
Nice to educate us but music is too Lord 🇱🇨
Background music is not necessary at all... your voices are barely audible.
My brother works with the bauxite compiny, a tran car inspector.
I wish trains come back to Montego Bay.i never rode on a train yet
Its a bone shaking experience
Railways are expensive....very expensive.
Would you be willing to pay to bring back trains to Montego Bay?
A few hundreds of millions of real money, not Jamaican money, might do it.
History💛 💚🖤
Who thats really nice history,does trains run through thete now? Good for tourism, need to upgrade though, hope they do that soon
nice video but turn down the music a little so we can hear the people dem a talk better
Mad ting, U have other tunnels like this along the Kgn to Mobay railway line, like Balaclava tunnel
For real man, I did read about some of that stuff. Nuff respeck
And Bogue Hill tunnel in Montego Bay.
@@UrcelynBowen That Bogue hill tunnel is sadly within a gated community
This ain't no surprise it's the longest tunnel in jamaica. It's very dark.
Bog walk tunnel is where my cousin was caught in a freak accident.in the early 70s RIP Benjeman Robinson .🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
OMG, so sorry to hear this 🙏🏾
What happen when the river flood?
Only one time in history the river has ever flooded that high to reach the tunnel and that was in 1991 when the Rio Cobre Dam was totally destroyed and was nonexistent for about 4 years after, till it was rebuild in 1995. Water and landslide gushing off the mountain topside the trainline is more likely to affect the tunnel than the river generally
Where in jamaica is this
Bog Walk Gorge, Parish of St. Catherine
I think it would be good if all the railways be used up in Jamaica.
90 odd percent of the tracks decommissioned over the years unfortunately
It was the British who introduced railroad in Jamaica, not the the Spanish.
What the number 4 stand for
Just an identifier number assigned to the tunnel. From Spanish Town to Ewarton there are 4 tunnels numbered 1-4...
I remember in the 1970s me and me friend them use to cut school at Spanish town and buy train ticket at the train station and ride to montegobay and Kingston sometime bog walk...
Bank then as a child I remember I always hid my face when entering that tunnel
Who build that rail way and that tunnel, and what year was it build
Jamaica has the oldest rail before America and was constructed during the timebthe country was a colony of England during the 1800s. The rail is used to transport bauxite and a portion isbuses to transport school children and some adults in the parish of St Catherine and Clarendon
Jamaica is the 3rd country in the Western Hemisphere to have a railway, Kingston to Port Antonio was the first railway line that was built by the British. Kingston to Montego Bay was built by an American company.😊 My grandfather used to work for the railway as a conductor he told me the Portland line used to transport bananas to the port in Kingston 😊 in those days the rail lines used to run across Harbour street to the finger pier. 🤔
Music too loud brother
Besides using dynamites 💪🏾 What machines did they use to create the tunnel 🏴🇯🇲
Slave labour......
@@heirjamaica besides that
What would be used other than slaves? Slaves are cheaper than equipment.@@sealie15
Which year is this some one
@@BrainneLewis-q5f current
Put dome sensor lights
Dah bratha deh too lie nuh 1 man cah walk through that him could brave likkle more
@@NifysentTadaahboss 🤣🤣
how can me and my family get a tour of the tunnel? can someone send me a number for phillip please i want to experience this.
@@dancehallexposed6193 it's not as easy as it looks as the bauxite train surprised us while in the tunnel and it could have been regrettable. However you can always email me at heirjamaica hat gee male dat com
What if the train is coming?
Gotta freeze! But not in it's path !!!
Very good but you ask questions but can't clearly hear the answer
Sorry about that. I'm editing the captions properly to assist with that
Wait a minute...
..aren't ALL tunnels underground?
.. or does Jamaica have overground tunnels too?😮
Nope. There can be "elevated tunnels" or "overhead tunnels."
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Music is too loud dude!
When we talk about modern times and technology, we should be further ahead with our infrastructure. Our governments have neglected our infrastructure that was put in place by the our fore parents through the colonial system.
you need to turn down the music can hardly hear u
@@djverseja624 sorry about that. Try turning on the captions for some assistance
The hole in the wall it's not a man hole it's a refuge
Please ensure that factual information is provided in your videos, or when third parties make incorrect statements they are corrected. The Spanish or Spaniards did not build the tunnel or the railway for that matter. They had left Jamaica about 200 years before when they lost the island to the English. The Bog walk section of the line was completed in the late 1840's.
Good stuff. I will prepare a feature in the future with facts
Mi sorry enuh, mi nah goh in deh… mi have anxiety ah look pan dis.
@@donaldrobb5527 😁😁 in there is very intimidating
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This belief it was the India migrant from India and the Chinese who built the railway in Jamaica.
When did this tunnels built in 1770 like the bridge , how men died in the gorge 1904 33 men died , in the electric tube ,, in the river Cobre in Spanish the bog walk electric company closed bad we speak
@Brahanassei, his nose is big enough to SMELL YOU and to tell you that Time Come for you and your leader to hold a FRESH. RENK!
Next time look for the hebrew writings on the walls
I did. Saw everything on di walls, but I edited out a lot of stuff I didn't want to get into any lay lay wid nubady
Stop acting like is you know the history of the 740 tunnel
I know some things. Come and share what you know
@@heirjamaica SORRY IF I OFFENED THE I
Get the stone age locomotive out of here ! it look like Holness giant nose
Let me see you make him another nose since you don't like this one I dare you
Wat does a train Tunnell av to do wid de pm nose ?and I dare u to disrespect massa backra mark we just luv to tear down our own people.eny way thanks 4 the tour I thought that de train was coming in the tunnel u brothers r very brave I normally drive by the rio Cobre river road to me the tunnel the river and the road and the dam is all scary I felt much better wen I drive through sligoville road going to Kingston Jamaica keep dem coming guys respect too dig
@saulbenjamin6368 that's my point since she find fault why not correct it I dare her
Well if the train is still operational why change it? It is working fine and it is not transporting people, it is carrying dirt and bauxite.
And God made everyone the way they look. You cannot make nose. Humble yourself when talking about God's creation.
Ok it's that what the train do it make sense
I remember in the 1970s when me and me friend them use to cut school at Spanish town and buy train ticket