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Scenes and History at River Barge Park on Hackensack River
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River Barge Park on the Hackensack River in the NJ Meadowlands. The entrance to the park is the formerly neon "Barge" sign, where a popular restaurant known as The Barge Club in the 1970s and 80s utilized two covered badges. The owner's collection of nautical and regional artifacts, which include old ballasts and channel markers, are displayed on the 5.5 acre property. In the 1940s, this was th...
Exploring Marshall's Falls on Pocono Rim Pa
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A lovely spot in the southern Poconos. #metrotrails #hikepa #waterfalls
History at Outwater Cemetery of Carlstadt NJ
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The obscure Outwater Cemetery in the New Jersey Meadowlands, used from 1752 until 1892. In addition to being the Outwater family cemetery, 18 Hessian soldiers who died during the American Revolution are interred beyond in unmarked graves. The cemetery was abandoned for many years and subject to vandalism. The grave of Revolutionary War veteran Captain John Outwater was dig up, and his skull was...
Stroller Repair on Hackensack Meadowlands
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It happens, and we address it! #metrotrails #hikenj
Transportation, Industrial, and Civic History in Phillipsburg on the Original NJ Turnpike
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So much history and random happy times in one great little town! Aboriginal troupes, turnpike, canal, rail, church, school, Metrotrails fans, and no dead people! #metrotrails #hikenj #history
History at Westwood Station, Bergen County NJ
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Historic Station in Westwood on the old Erie Railroad, now NJ Transit, Bergen County NJ. The railroad was established in 1866 as the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad, and became the New Jersey and New York Railroad in 1878. It was leased to the Erie in 1896. This was established as a station stop in 1870. The current Tudor-inspired sandstone station replaced the original wooden struct...
Little Library Tree Along Pascack Brook
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In Park Ridge NJ, the little Library trend has reached a new level with this very nice Scout project shaped like a tree. #metrotrails
Sand Storm on Spruce Run Reservoir NJ
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Apparently because it's been so dry, and because of freezing and thawing, there are some very interesting Sandy winds.
Historic Functions at Phillipsburg PU Interlocking Tower
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Historic explanations at the former Jersey Central's Phillipsburg Union - PU Tower . The tower managed operations of rail yard and junction site between the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Delaware, Lackawanna, and Westerns from its completion in 1921 to closure by Conrail in 1983. The tower sat neglected and vandalized for over twenty years until dedicated volunteers came together to restor...
Forgotten Cemetery and Church Site on the Lackawanna Line
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Phillipsburg NJ: Historian Wayne Sherrer explains that this former church and Cemetery site has been long forgotten, add to some degree built over after the construction of the Morris and Essex Railroad (later Lackawanna) in 1866. #metrotrails #history #abandonedplaces #Phillipsburgnj
Crazy Sunset Cow Toddler at Meadow Breeze Park NJ
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Little Ev is very silly. #metrotrails
Visiting Phillipsburg PU - Union Tower as an NS Train Passes
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The good folks at Phillipsburg Union Tower, an interlocking tower between former Jersey Central and Lackawanna lines, welcomed us for a New Years Day tour and watched a train pass! #metrotrails #history #trains
Touring the Adams Train Displays in Paoli Pa
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Touring the Adams Train Displays in Paoli Pa
Tuba Christmas in Belvidere NJ
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Tuba Christmas in Belvidere NJ
Hiking Horse-Shoe Trail near Adamstown Pennsylvania
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Hiking Horse-Shoe Trail near Adamstown Pennsylvania
History at the Site of the Gwynedd Tunnel Pa
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History at the Site of the Gwynedd Tunnel Pa
History at the Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges NY
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History at the Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges NY
Scenery on Warren Highlands Trail in Harmony Twp NJ
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Scenery on Warren Highlands Trail in Harmony Twp NJ
The Endangered Species Carousel at Turtle Back Zoo NJ
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The Endangered Species Carousel at Turtle Back Zoo NJ
Wissahickon Train Crossing on the Green Ribbon
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Wissahickon Train Crossing on the Green Ribbon
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 2024
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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 2024
Tracing Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Neard Ardmore Pennsylvania
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Tracing Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Neard Ardmore Pennsylvania
History of Weygadt Gap and Marble Hill NJ
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History of Weygadt Gap and Marble Hill NJ
Phillipsburg Union Tower Watching a Heritage Unit
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Phillipsburg Union Tower Watching a Heritage Unit
Warren Highlands Trail at Geiger Tract
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Warren Highlands Trail at Geiger Tract
Hiking Lincoln Park along Musquapsink Brook
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Hiking Lincoln Park along Musquapsink Brook
Warren Highlands Trail Toward Shandor Summit
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Warren Highlands Trail Toward Shandor Summit
Warren Highlands Trail at Harkers Hollow NJ
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Warren Highlands Trail at Harkers Hollow NJ
Bedminster Trail System and Pedestrian Bridges
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Bedminster Trail System and Pedestrian Bridges

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @autocampreviews
    @autocampreviews 3 дні тому

    Graffiti is atrocious and disrespectful. Littering cigarette butts is a close second. Love your videos and Facebook posts!

  • @bonniecriscione-brown1225
    @bonniecriscione-brown1225 4 дні тому

    I had no idea that there were locks in NJ.

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 4 дні тому

      @@bonniecriscione-brown1225 Morris Canal hadv32 locks!

    • @bonniecriscione-brown1225
      @bonniecriscione-brown1225 3 дні тому

      @@metrotrails2467 We took a tour on the Erie Canal and we piloted one of those house boats and my husband and I had to navigate through a few locks radioing ahead to the lock keeper. Your daughter is so cute! Such a fun Daddy!

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 3 дні тому

      @bonniecriscione-brown1225 son actually! Thanks!

  • @fishinmusician-h3i
    @fishinmusician-h3i 6 днів тому

    washingtons retreating army burned the bridge at the Zabriskie farm in river edge.close to Hackensack.this history was told by the Hackensack Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan to our fishing club.Saltwater Anglers of Bergen County.He said that it was the one time,Burning your bridges was a good thing

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 6 днів тому

      @@fishinmusician-h3i I was thinking of the Paterson Plank Road Acquackanonk Bridge, which was on Passaic River just to the east of here. He did wreck some of the plank road, just not exactly here

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 7 днів тому

    Very cool. Never heard of these falls. Thanks 👋

  • @backpackergirl1
    @backpackergirl1 8 днів тому

    This is indeed an old spur that was used by the former Hickory Run Brick Factory.

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 8 днів тому

      @@backpackergirl1 apparently very old! Cool!

  • @khalilboulos8603
    @khalilboulos8603 14 днів тому

    Great place old slate quarry on the right close to pen argyl if you find the path!!!! Keep an eye out it’s uphill

  • @shockingguy
    @shockingguy 15 днів тому

    Cool 😎

  • @railfanmf
    @railfanmf 17 днів тому

    Not sure where, but I remember reading that the Lackawanna viaduct was just concrete parged over the original stone structure.

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 17 днів тому

      @@railfanmf what are the books says that it's a new structure but I don't believe that any more. At the time of the dates on this bridge, it was the main line and there was no other way around, and there was no replacement right of way next to it. Also, there are photos that show the underside of the arch only covered in concrete. I suppose that was the first step. I believe it is the original 1856 Stone Viaduct

  • @VivianMakin
    @VivianMakin 17 днів тому

    Drove that road hundreds of times but never noticed the mile marker.

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 18 днів тому

    Awesome history Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏

  • @theodorenilson3280
    @theodorenilson3280 19 днів тому

    I believe most of the old Dutch families in the Delaware Valley migrated down the Delaware River from New York state in the 17th Century, after copper ore was discovered near the Water Gap. They crossed over from the Hudson Valley to the head waters of the Delaware. My grandfather built a summer camp across from Namanock Island on Gamor family land just prior to WW II, and he related a lot of the history of the place to us as we sat around campfires and fed the maple syrup boiling kettles.

    • @theodorenilson3280
      @theodorenilson3280 19 днів тому

      I did some checking and the copper ore theory I related appears to have been debunked on Wikipedia. Poor grade ore, hostile natives, undeveloped wilderness. There are, however, a lot of Dutch place names in the upper reaches of the Delaware.

  • @jonathanrock1030
    @jonathanrock1030 19 днів тому

    Thanks for the NJ rail history!

  • @nissanman1983
    @nissanman1983 20 днів тому

    When I was married I lived on kayharts lane. Used to walk my dog in the park . Saw those sunsets many a time.

  • @doreengramling191
    @doreengramling191 25 днів тому

    Where exactly in Phillipsburg are you and the group of people? I could barely hear Historian Wayne Sherrer explain about the church and the cemetery. What denomination was the church?

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 25 днів тому

      @@doreengramling191 right next to the Union Tower off of South Main, across from the station. I'm not sure the denomination.

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 26 днів тому

    Great history information Thanks for sharing this 🙏👍

  • @AliceLyra
    @AliceLyra 26 днів тому

    こんにちは。とても素敵なビデオをありがとうございます❤❤

  • @johnstraley9057
    @johnstraley9057 27 днів тому

    Nice!

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 27 днів тому

    Excellent 👍thanks for sharing this 🙏

  • @roadrunner1580
    @roadrunner1580 28 днів тому

    you should finish the video getting up to the canal!! next time use a 4x4 baby carriage lol!!

  • @MegamanX1993
    @MegamanX1993 29 днів тому

    Have you checked any stretches of the abandoned track out near Milford, NJ not too far rom there? There’s a stretch of it along River Road that parallels the Delaware River and gives you a great view of it, since the ridge is somewhat elevated. I believe it was part of the Bel-Del line. I’d love to get your commentary on that one of these days if you’d never been there already! One of these days when I have some time, I’m gonna really make it a point to walk the tracks as far as I can. It goes through several quaint little neighborhoods too!

  • @StevenCerny
    @StevenCerny Місяць тому

    Your video's are fantastic how does someone get information on joining your hikes? Thank you

    • @metrotrails2467
      @metrotrails2467 Місяць тому

      @@StevenCerny they're on www.meetup.com/metrotrails

    • @StevenCerny
      @StevenCerny Місяць тому

      @metrotrails2467 thank you

  • @anthrorangerxcosplaydigita8007
    @anthrorangerxcosplaydigita8007 Місяць тому

    10:28 literally predicted what was going to happen

  • @Leothedoggo8
    @Leothedoggo8 Місяць тому

    I live right next to the train station and it was interesting to hear the history for this building.

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    You want us to look at a track 😅😅😅

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    I was 10 in 1925 😢😢😢

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    I’m a train wreck still 😢😢😢

  • @NazokatDadaboyeva-f4b
    @NazokatDadaboyeva-f4b Місяць тому

    Ajoyib

  • @StevenCerny
    @StevenCerny Місяць тому

    Merry Christmas to you and your family and thank you so very much for sharing your video's

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Місяць тому

    Merry Christmas 🎅🎄🚂❄️

  • @railrider1422
    @railrider1422 Місяць тому

    Any fish in it

  • @cr-iv1el
    @cr-iv1el Місяць тому

    This is dedication. You sound like you are freezing!

  • @vancehoffman2273
    @vancehoffman2273 Місяць тому

    I lived in the house right in front of the bridge growing up. Fished under that bridge few times a week and up and down that river. Water is very low these days. Second house to the left from the bar yard is very over grown now.

  • @arthurturner9398
    @arthurturner9398 Місяць тому

    I have bicycled this line! Also have worked on the Lehigh line...Cp 53. Nice area

  • @Fakeplanetbuster
    @Fakeplanetbuster Місяць тому

    HIS STORY ALL LIES FROM THE DECEIVING LYING FREEMASONS

  • @sreardonatpfg
    @sreardonatpfg Місяць тому

    Hi Mike ❤

  • @cr-iv1el
    @cr-iv1el Місяць тому

    Any idea of the origin of the name Weygadt? Could it be a variation on Weygandt?

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    Do you watch wierd New Jerseys 😅😅

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    Very interesting 🤔 brother 😅

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    Was it flooded 😢

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    I’m from south Jersey 😅😅

  • @StevenCerny
    @StevenCerny Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 Місяць тому

    Awesome video Thanks for sharing this 👍😎

  • @cr-iv1el
    @cr-iv1el Місяць тому

    Yes, thank you!

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 Місяць тому

    Great informative video Thanks for posting this 👍

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    Take a hike 😅😅😅

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    Shut that kid up 😂😂😂

  • @doreengramling191
    @doreengramling191 Місяць тому

    I past s sign for Jugtown Mountain Preserve but I didn't see the parking lot. Is the parking lot off of Mine Rd?

  • @twistedwhiskers8776
    @twistedwhiskers8776 Місяць тому

    No, I don’t like former rail areas. It should be real to this day. :(

  • @larryjohnson6385
    @larryjohnson6385 Місяць тому

    Thanks for your videos 🙏

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 Місяць тому

    You are to old to have a child 😢😢