WELCOME TO COAL COUNTRY: Hazleton, Jim Thorpe, Tamaqua & The Legendary St. Nicholas Coal Breaker
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- Chasing ex-Cons through the heart of Pennsylvania coal country....
Songs also used:
The 126ERS - Windows Rolled Down
The 126ERS - In Albany, New York
Both can be found in the You Tube audio library.
TRAINS SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO:
1. NS 11Z
2. NS 36T
3. RBMN in Jim Thorpe
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Mile Posts on the NS Sunbury Line
614.13 CP-BD NS SOUTHERN TIER CONNECTOR
616.00 CONKLIN YARD {Division Point between Freight Main Sub & Sunbury Sub}
617.23 TERRACE DRIVE GRADE CROSSING
618.00 BLS SHAWS
618.01 SHAWS ROAD
619.29 POWERS RD
619.30 HAND OPERATED SWITCH
619.92 CARLIN RD
620.20 BINGHAMTON CONTAINER
623.63 STILLWATER RD {PINEGROVE}
623.80 NY/PA STATE LINE
627.30 HALLSTEAD {HBD-DED}
CPF-629 - NORTH END OF ~10,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {NEW MILFORD}
CPF-631 - SOUTH END OF ~10,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {NEW MILFORD}
631.60 SUMMERVILLE RD
633.40 NEW MILFORD
643.20 KINGSLEY {HBD-DED}
646.39 ABS SIGNAL SOUTH DISTANT
CPF-648 NORTH END 10,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {HOP BOTTOM}
CPF-650 SOUTH END 10,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {HOP BOTTOM}
652.70 ABS SIGNAL NORTH DISTANT
656.99 FACTORYVILLE {TUNNEL}
661.90 GLENBURN {DED}
664.40 CLARKS SUMMIT
667.90 CLOVER ST
669.40 ABS SIGNAL SOUTH DISTANT
670.80 BRIDGE 60 {WYE}
671.16 BLOOM {DELAWARE LACKAWANNA & STEAMTOWN}
CPF-672 NORTH END PASSING SIDING 7,800 FT {TAYLOR YARD}
CPF-673 SOUTH END PASSING SIDING 7,800 FT {TAYLOR YARD}
673.95 MINOOKA JUNCTION {R&N TAYLOR SECONDARY}
675.00 CARBON {DELAWARE LACKAWANNA CONNECTOR}
ABS SIGNALS 675.80 SOUTH/675.90 NORTH DISTANT
676.89 FOURTH ST
676.95 MAIN ST {WYOMING AVE}
676.97 MOOSIC {HBD-DED}
677.46 SPRING ST {STARKS}
678.17 YORK AVE {MOTION SENSING EQUIPPED}
678.77 AVOCA 678.80 McALPINE ST
CPF-679 READING & NORTHERN'S LEHIGH LINE CONNECTOR
679.92 MAIN ST {SR 2035} SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION 20 MPH RESTRICTION
681.06 BROAD ST
681.13 NORMAN ST
681.71 OAK ST {JUDGES}
682.42 PITTSTON AVE
682.43 YATESVILLE
683.79 LAFLIN RD {FLANNERYS}
684.08 MARKET ST
685.21 KEYSTONE AVE
685.91 MINER ST
685.91 HUDSON
686.20 OAK ST
686.55 MILL ST
687.43 NORTH MAIN STREET GRADE CROSSING
688.00 NORTH END OF GAUNTLET BRIDGE {WILKES-BARRE CONNECTING RAILROAD}
668.40 SOUTH END OF GAUNTLET BRIDGE {WILKES-BARRE CONNECTING RAILROAD}
692.06 FELLOWS AVE
693.42 BREAKER RD
693.43 BUTTONWOOD FRA CLASS 3 ACCEPTED TRACK BEGINS 40-50MPH
696.00 BROADWAY RD NANTICOKE
696.03 {HBD-DED}
706.08 NICELY ST, MONOCANAQUA, PA
706.34 ITALY ST
710.82 WAPWALLOPEN
712.00 APPROACH TO CPF-714 DISTANT SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION
713.70 BEACH HAVEN FERRY CROSSING {SR 3036}
CPF-714 NORTH END 8,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {NESCOPECK}
CPF-716 SOUTH END 8,000 FT CONTROLLED SIDING {NESCOPECK}
716.41 NESCOPECK
718.00 APPROACH TO CPF-716 DISTANT SIGNAL SOUTH DIRECTION
718.46 STATE ROUTE 2017
718.52 STATE ROUTE 339
721.80 {DED-HBD} MIFFLINVILLE
728.70 EAST BLOOMSBURG
731.96 MAIN ST
741.10 MILL ST
741.16 SOUTH DANVILLE MERCK PLANT
741.27 CHESTNUT ST
747.10 APPROACH TO CPF-752 DISTANT SIGNAL NORTH DIRECTION
747.10 {HBD-DED} SUNBURY
CPF-750 NORTH END 6,500 FT SIDING {BANKS}
751.75 SHIKELLAMY AVE
CPF-752 SOUTH END 6,500 FT SIDING {SUNBURY}
{CP-KASE NORFOLK SOUTHERN BUFFLO LINE CONNECTOR}
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Just curious here. What is it with videoing trains that you have to have the camera as close as possible to the tracks. The trains go by and you barely have enough time to watch and see what is there. It would be nice to have the camera set back a bit so you can actually watch what is in the consist or freight. That first train that went by had an interesting car in it, but the camera was so close and the angle so sharp. I could not make out what it was.
What a wonderful trip back in time. Wife and I watched it from end to end. We were both raised in Forty Fort, PA, just west of Wilkes-Barre, but we've lived in Florida the past 30-some years. This is the best way to go back to our roots--good visuals without having to actually be there. On one hand the mountains are marvelous, on the other hand the towns tend to be depressing. Thanks, Jim.
Thanks, Jim.. I'm glad you enjoyed.. Quite familiar with Forty Fort.. Grew up in Wilkes-Barre and I know first hand what you mean.
My Grandparents lived in Swoyersville, that's where my Dad is originally from
Quite familiar with Swoyersville too.. Though I didn't spend a lot of time hanging out there.
The towns actually look better than some older small towns my wife and I have seen in Georgia, NC, and western half of Virginia. It just occurred to me that those the videographer drove through look very similar to DumontbNJ, where I grew up, and Somerville NJ, which is a lively town.
Nice Video! Love to see the historic places of PA and how the railroad used to serve them. I was just up by Selkirk today, video is up. It was too bad I was hoping to get some shots with the leaves but it was totally cloudy so that didn't work... lol
I'm sure it'll be good still.. I'll be checking it out today, and thanks.
Great video It's sad to see how railroad's built town's and gave job's to so many people in this country and now you see it rusting away and falling apart every where
Amen to that
We took a train trip from Jim Thorpe to tamaqua. After we left Jim Thorpe, we had to sit on a siding, while a freight train came along side and stopped. They had to wait while the steam train leave Jim Thorpe and head north. As the steam train was passing, all 3 engines started a “horn symphony”! It sounded great and I’ll never hear one again. I just wish I could have recorded it!
Great story. I've never heard of a coal beaker before. You really capture the soul of Pennsylvania.
Thanks Bob, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
great video, not only of the trains but the drive-thru views of the many towns with their pleasant scenes of Americana that still exists..
Thanks, Jim.. I'm glad you enjoyed it.. Little secret.. Had I had known it would be such a popular video I would've gotten additional shots of other coal mining towns like Frackville, Pottstown, Shenandoah, Shamokin, Gilberton et. al..
Very interested story & nice scenery. Thanks for sharing. -Johan
Thank you, Johan.
Very enjoyable. Keep up your great work. Excellent video.
Thank you, Iusetano.
I love the railroad I love riding on trains and I love these train videos
Thanks Mike, I'm glad you enjoy them.
Outstanding video. I especially like driving through the coal towns of NE PA.
Musical interludes are a nice touch. Some amazing relics, too. 👍
Very good video . More than just long shots of passing trains ..
Thanks Rene, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I have to say, of all of your videos, this is my favorite hands down, the music was excellent. Usually most videos can do without music but this was done to a T. Thank you. Edward
And the name of the RBMN job is the PI-NR, it's a job they do once a month where they haul oil tankers.
Cool, I didn't know that.. So I stumbled on to something truly unique.
Trains21 Yep, I just never get a chance to chase that job because it happens during the day, Maybe one day I will. But it would be like my PIFF videos where I go to two locations.
Great videos Trains21, a perfect combination of video footage and still images. The music is perfect too.
AC, you knocked this Vid out of the park! I have traveled PA with sprint car and kart racing teams through this area. To actually be able to share a table with coal miners and Rail workers who worked at plants, mines, small stores gives you a out look as bleak as your video showed.
The grey sky, chilly day, abandoned machinery and the coal breaker shots are a testimony to what was once a Essential part of industry in America.
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Wonderful production. Great train shots. Loved the scenic features and town shots. I haven't been back to my beloved NEPA in some time. Good musical accompaniment.
Superb video. Excellent tour of the Anthracite Region. If someone watching had never been to the Anthracite Region they would get a feel for what it looks like.
Thanks, Bill..
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+Очень хорошее видео. Мне очень понравилось. Не большие города в штате Пенсильвания где протекает умеренная спокойная жизнь. А где то рядом кипит активная жизнь. Это железная дорога. Ну и в конце Вашего фильма. По всей видимости это завод давно не работает. Жаль. Столько рабочих мест потеряна. А в общем всё очень красиво и приятно смотреть. Спасибо Вам за видео. КЛАСС.
Тханк ею.. Иьм гладь ооо энеед ит.
Thanks, this is about the 'best' train video that I've seen in a few years!
Thanks, Much Frederick.. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the compliment.
Another great video with awesome music, always enjoy watching!!!
Thanks Pyrotech, glad you liked!
Just subscribed, One place that I want to go back to is Swoyersville PA, my grandparents lived there and they had tracks running through their back yard. It went to the former Harry E Breaker. The breaker was demolished in 1995. Always loved following the lines went I went to visit.
Thanks for subbing.. I know the town and the tracks you speak of.. I also know (or should I say knew) the breaker you speak of also.. Unfortunately, most of Northeast Pa's rich rail and coal heritage has disappeared.
I know it's such a shame, but its something that I enjoy sharing and showing my son. Another place that is sad to see if the Easton area by the Delaware River.
But like I said I really appreciate and enjoy your videos, that along with your choice of music can help me unwind after a crazy day working in Newark
Most understood :-)
Another, fantastic video. That coal breaker must have been quite impressive when running. Now it is just another rusting beast sitting silent.
It was.. The video doesn't do it justice.. That thing is 10-stories high and the land mass it encompasses is massive.. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article on it.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Breaker
Also, if Google it you'll get a wealth of other info and pics on it.
Great History Of PA and Rail Road Towns, Good Job
Thanks again, Bob..
Beautiful shots and lighting. Man, NS moves those freights alright! Thanks again!
You're welcome.. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for posting video on Wanamie PA! I am very interested in seeing more of this area and the remains of the CNJ. Is there any abandoned railroad bed left or has that been removed?
Very nice job on this - great music! I believe that those gray Epic containers on flatcars transport sewage sludge from the New York City area. The Wayne Township Landfill in McElhattan PA (Clinton County) is accepting the material for disposal. The forward thinking management at the landfill constructed a rail yard at the site a few years ago in anticipation of this deal. The yard is adjacent to the NS Buffalo line. Kudos to the WTL folks for using rail!!
There was a Saratoga & North Creek boxcar on the first train! Also, Ex-CR's with PTC aaaaah
Oh yeah
Excellent retrospective railfaning video of all those Eastern PA towns. The same thing happened to all of the towns out here in Western PA with the steel industry. A lot of your footage could transpose for towns out here. The narrow state roads with houses and businesses close to the edge.
OH how I love that music Riff~~~!Excellent!! As well as the Engine sounds too !
Really enjoyed your film. Wonderful blend subject matter and music.
Thanks Vico, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent video. Thanks so much. Can you tell me more about the NJ Transit Commuter cars? I see strings of 3 or 4 of them in the Erwin yard in Upstate NY every so often and I'm always curious about where they're coming from and going to.
They come from North Jersey and they go to either Bombardier in Dansville or Alstrom in Hornell for routine maintenance and/or repair.
Thanks for that trip down memory lane. Been to several of those towns growing up in that area and enjoy seeing them again. R&N seems to be thriving there, I hope they continue. Thanks for sharing.
No problem Richard, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Your video popped up to play, and we just drove that way home from catching 11z last Thursday in Nescopeck.
I visited the same area in the summer of 2014 with a rail fan buddy. It's amazing seeing the same routes again in video. We have some nice stills of the St. Nicholas Breaker still intact. We never knew the old Whitcomb diesel was buried in among the weeds and bushes! Looking at old maps, it's amazing and sad to see how much has been lost even in the past couple of decades.
I've never been to Pennsylvania but watching this video last night a couple of times and again this morning, maybe I have. The way you marry the music with the video sure adds a new dimension. Great video! I'm subscribing. Only one question. What's the song that starts at 3:15?
Thank you, Jeff.. The song is "Windows Rolled Down" by "The 126ers"
muito bom... Parabéns!!
Obrigado, contente que você gostou.
Hasn’t R&N taken over rail service in the Hazelton area from NS?
Love those zoom shots! Some very nice footage and details.
What a great video!-very well done!_enjoyed it immensely excellent!
Many thanks!
What can I say another great one , but sad at the same time.
Thanks again, Jay.. Yes, I know, very bittersweet.
Pa looks a lot like some of the towns and country when I lived in North Carolina, west Virginia is a bitter sweet place to visit
Yes it can be.
damn very nice keep up the good work
Thanks! :-)
small town USA.
love it.
Indeed.. Me too.
Totally awesome!! I wish I could record 36T. Jim Thorpe is memory lane for me!
Thanks, Man!!
Excellent job! I've wondered about Mahanoy City, as that is where our bagged anthracite stove coal comes from. Sad that most motorists see trains as a nuisance, a fact that alot of Pa. towns were built around the railroads, like Albion [B&LE] where I hail from.
Great video man
Thanks Pak.
AC:
This is the video that got me to subscribe to Trains21 five + years ago. Your choices in music for the video was sublime. It is still my favorite, and I watch it again and again.
Although I've seem much of the Dutch Country, I've never been north of Reading. I've never seen the Anthracite Coal Region. Is there any chance that you'd publish where the scenes are located, travelogue style, as I'd like to find them in person to photograph them?
Thanks!
noemdfan (because when the going got tough, with serious competition from GE, General Motors chose to use GM as their Cash Cow, and forego the engineering and testing, trashing the reputation that made EMD #1 for so many years). The king is dead - just bury him... and remember the good times.
Thanks for the kind words.. I like this video too. I remember when I was making it. At the time, I wasn't doing vocal commentary (as I'm sure you remember) but I wanted to convey what I was feeling. As for what you asked me..
I'd certainly be willing to give it a try. I've heard of the "travelogue" style that you speak of, but know precisely what it is. Please email me through the email address that's in the description box and give me your ideas and I'll see what I can do!
As well, I thank you for being a five year subscriber!
I was under the impression that R&D has continued under Progress Rail, and that the Tier 4 emission requirement was posing a big challenge.
Nice Video, I can't believe you didn't visit High Bridge in Hometown that is North of the Hazleton Junction...
Next time!
thank you for share video
I liked the 1957 Chevy convertible @ 23:58. In awesome condition.
Yeah, that was nice!
What song is used from 27:56 to the end of the video? So peaceful
Nice video; I appreciate you posting it.
Thanks Henry
A confederate flag in Biden Country? According to The Babylon Bee, he got his first job at age 16, driving a Mack truck in a coal mine!😄😄😄. I know that’s just a joke, and seriously, this is a VERY nice video! Great job!
it has to be a JOKE, this clown NEVER had a REAL JOB in his life......
Good video, loved the music.
Thanks
awesome video
Thanks, Coleman
GREAT WORK!!! wanna do something fun, take the bike train from Jim Thorpe to white haven and bike back down to Jim Thorpe, you'll be amazed at what your find and see or in your case tape. did miss the cross over bridge in white haven? or the caboose in the parking lot, you'll be amazed on what the parking lot in white Haven used to be. any question contact me. speaking of coal mines you should take a look see at Schmokin
Thanks for the info, John and the kind words.
Interesting.
:-)
Whats the purpose of the NJ Transit cars on the end of the NS trains? Delivering to Destination?
How about that train at 9:08 with intermodal, manifest freight, and double-deck passenger cars all in one
11z is rolling by fast!!
Thanks for the heads up.
What if I saw a train In Weissport? I never see one very often.
Coal town U.S.A. is the only thing left of what was the greatest mineing industry in the world, Gone but never forgotten. gone because somebody whos name starts with a T in washington D C said he would bring it all back but lied to get in office. Another super vid by A C. This ones the icing on the cake A C. i watched the coal breaker being took down. Very sad, broke my heart. Whats S.A.D. about all of this is my dad and men like him helped john l lewis start and fight to get U.M.W , the union back in the 1920s. To look at it today was all the hell and death worth it ? I PRAY SO. THANK U A C.
I'm sorry for the lies that were told. I knew he was lying to you good people. I love the trains and coal country as my father was from there. Good, honest people.
I don't know what's more insane you thought coal was coming back or it's his fault it's dead. All a president can do is de regulate regulations put into place that killed coal, but the free market will prevail. As long as gas Is cheaper that will be what's bought and used. You can't force people to buy something they don't want, well unless its health insurance lololol.
Actually it was Obama's regulations why coal was on the decline.
Very cool AC!
Fantastic Job man I hope to see you and Railfan together really soon I will email you a date I can come bro because I got lots of far trips this year and still receiving more everyday in emails so I'm excited and also can you give me a shoutout in your videos sometime like you did for Tyler Coles NS913
Thanks, Tim.. I'll see what I can do about the Shoutout..
U were right by the Tamaqua station and didn't include it??? Also just a few minutes away from what was called an engineering marvel at the time it was built...Lansford-Hauto tunnel which along with the Lehigh and New England passenger, freight depot still stand today. A very important part of coal country railroading lost in the passage of time.
Didn't include the station (along with other stuff) because didn't have enough video time to include everything.. Lansford and LNE station were unknown to me at the time.
How sad that our own coal ind has taken a huge hit over the past 20+ years. Coal will never be the same.
Sad indeed.
There's just no demand. It's not sustainable and electric companies that use coal are moving away from it.
Hope all is well AC!!
Nice video....
Thanks, Johnny..
What camera are you using? And well edited!
Graveyard area, excellent filming
Ya think
When you drove through Hazelton, did you drive past the former Studebaker car dealership?
Yes I did!
What were the passenger cars at the end of the manifest at the beginning?
NJ Transit cars retuning to New Jersey
PENNSYLTUCKY, the KEYSTONE state! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I remember seeing pictures of this train last year, how come it took you a long time to release the footage?
I have 2 years of footage and shoot more all of the time but can only put out a little each day.. It's a combination of things that determine which footage is released at a particular time.
Trains21 Understandable.
Question 2- Why are the names on some of the boxcars painted over?
Perhaps graffiti or new reporting marks most likely.
what was train 36T carrying
A mixed bag of commodities.
What's the the cars marked 'EPIC'?
Waste containers
Thanks, sorry for being such a question box...
Seeing all of those tagged freight cars, it seems to me that RR police are much better at chasing railfans than at chasing car taggers.😢
14:00 looks like a parking lot for locomotives
I know, right.
At 15:29 you can see the old railroad support that used to hold an lehigh valley or cnj or reading railroad lines
Maybe, I'm not sure.
no coal being hauled?
Go to West Virginia, I heard coal is still being hauled there
No demand
that's right,,,,,,,,,,and all thanks to our screwed up gov't bowing down to even more idiot tree huggers.........
Why did the train come to a stop at 19:00?
Don't know.
Thanks for the video. I was wondering where I could use my WIC and EBT cards in Hazelton.
HaHa.. Now you know!
Alas, Saint Nicholas soon won't, oooops, is no longer there...
Shakes head.. :-(
Haulin ass!
Indeed!
I mean far left of the screen my bad lol
Understood.. Still not sure.
Hate graffiti. Ruins the entire viewing process IMHO.
Maybe.. But it's prevelent AND it's probably here to stay.. :-|
Trains21 I’ve seen serious modelers on TH-cam like Per Larsson with Summit who incorporate graffiti into their weathering.
When I seen the title, I thought I was going to see old Coal RR names hauling coal with Alco's old SD-9's etc. Instead I see modern day NS power hauling general freight on clickety-clack sectional track. ------ Borrrrrrrrr-ing !!
Your just not a true railfan if you find this boring.
R. Baker,
I did not say I found this video "boring." I said that if I see a video titled "Welcome to coal country," I would expect to see a coal train with hoppers not general freight on the trains. Honestly I thought it was a good video, but found the title "Clickbait-ish"
and so are uuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
@@jayl8034 since coal's on the decline the RRs have to utilize the tracks with other commodities they just can't not use em just because they're not hauling coal loads it sucks but it is what it is.