East Broad Top: Speeder at Three springs both directions and special rare move

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 Рік тому +24

    That line needs to be restored too.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +8

      Eventually

    • @dkneuer
      @dkneuer Рік тому +2

      @@mattsmocs3281 Love the videos. Do you have any videos of work being done on repairs/replacement track more current.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому

      @@dkneuer they don’t work on it often enough

    • @billyhatcher643
      @billyhatcher643 Рік тому +5

      There's alot of rail systems that sadly got torn down the really old ones I would have loved to see them still alive

    • @MrAce2000
      @MrAce2000 11 місяців тому

      Facts

  • @joeskubisz9436
    @joeskubisz9436 Рік тому +6

    Love these videos of the EBT ! I first rode on the EBT when in grade school in 1966 - amazing that much of the original track still exists!

  • @Sugarmountaincondo
    @Sugarmountaincondo Рік тому +15

    I am amazed that the rails have stayed in gauge for 67 years having the ties rotted away years ago.
    I will 2nd dkneuer's request for track restoration updates. I know that the line south of Robertsdale is in speeder shape all the way to just outside of Woodvale.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +7

      People forget how powerful dirt and idleness is. Some sections are more distorted than others. The section though threesprings was slowly buried by lack of maintenance over the last years of the RR and no trees grew within the rails as the city’s park was there. It had been mowed often and kept solid by the gentle pounding of those walking the right of way. Thus the rails had no way to shift to ether side. Tho not perfectly within gauge as winter and summer weather has expanded and contracted around it, they remain

  • @armandoperez7967
    @armandoperez7967 Рік тому +8

    It definitely needs to be restored. I would love to see the East Broad Top restore all their steam locos and get a few ex White Pass And Yukon Alco DL535Es.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +6

      It is getting restored. Go on facebook they show the progress. Since i filmed over 2000 feet of track towards this location has been made to full mainline standard and more on the way

    • @armandoperez7967
      @armandoperez7967 Рік тому +5

      @@mattsmocs3281 I absolutely love this! I hope that they do get a few WP&Y Alcos.

    • @ReggieArford
      @ReggieArford 4 місяці тому

      @@armandoperez7967 Diesels? Oh, xxxx no. They have one as a backup, a couple more for work service. More than enough!

  • @Shawn666Hellion
    @Shawn666Hellion Рік тому +4

    Would be cool to live in that house with the rr track going through the backyard

  • @johncastaldi4297
    @johncastaldi4297 Рік тому +2

    we parked there for the 3 Springs Enduro!

  • @MustangsTrainsMowers
    @MustangsTrainsMowers Рік тому +2

    At 1:20, the paved over crossing do the tracks continue on the other side?

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +3

      Yes they do. The rail is in place the entire way from Mt Union to Woodvale past Robertsdale

    • @MustangsTrainsMowers
      @MustangsTrainsMowers Рік тому +2

      @@mattsmocs3281
      Does the RR still own all of the ROW?

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +5

      @@MustangsTrainsMowers mount union to Augwick creek viaduct is another entity, the EBT (which is the legal entity that changed management from EBTRR&CCo-Kolshavic-new owner) owns the rest including the Shade Gap branch used by the Rockhill trolley museum. Despite what it looks like this is legally a active railroad registered with the FRA and state, the GIS map on penndot will be at some point updated to show it in full.
      They also own the cole’s valley branch which despite lacking rail is legally active

  • @dkneuer
    @dkneuer Рік тому +4

    So when will these lines become reactivated? They paved over that crossing.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +9

      It is technically active. They are currently repairing track further north to Pogue. This is future trackwork as there is still 3 or so miles between pogue station and here. As for the paved over crossing penndot will repair that as it was done when the RR was closed from 2011 to 2019

  • @ВатнаяфабрикаимениКрасныхпарти

    200 метров туда, 200 метров обратно. Отлично покатались))))) Дрезина зачётная

  • @majorpygge-phartt2643
    @majorpygge-phartt2643 11 місяців тому

    What happened to the track at 1:22? Did it used to cross the road and carry on beyond?

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  11 місяців тому

      Yes it is all intact from one end to the other of the 33 mile railroad. But this is years if non maintenance and penndot paving over rather than repairing that left it as is. This will be fixed in future as restoration of OOS track is done. It is not abandoned

    • @majorpygge-phartt2643
      @majorpygge-phartt2643 11 місяців тому

      What was the line used for? Was it some kind of industrial tramway for an old mine or quarry etc.? We used to have lots of old lines like that here in the UK but most of them are long gone now.@@mattsmocs3281

  • @ctg6734
    @ctg6734 Рік тому +2

    Neat vid! I'd love to have a rail speeder for the Narcoa runs. I'm curious, can you get permission to run on the rails on the other side of the road?

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +6

      The rails north of the crossing are OOS till a thousand some feet south the cemetery crossing in rockhill. This is roughly a 3 mile gap of track which is currently being rebuilt at good pace.

    • @ctg6734
      @ctg6734 Рік тому +7

      Nice to hear it's being refurbished!@@mattsmocs3281

    • @ReggieArford
      @ReggieArford 4 місяці тому

      "Permission"? That ground & track are part of the EBT's legal Right of Way. No permission needed. 😁

  • @isekaiexpress9450
    @isekaiexpress9450 11 місяців тому +1

    Almost expected you to drive over the asphalt, like the Indonesian sugar cane railways, they pave the rails every year over and the locomotives rip them open because of planning chaos and/or legal lassez-faire.

  • @ArissonMercinova
    @ArissonMercinova Рік тому

    I wonder what's on the other side of the road?

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому

      A few miles of track north to Rockhill/orbisonia

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 Рік тому

      Abandoned rail , Three Springs hasn't seen train traffic since 1956 and the railroad has left that area abandoned since then a nonprofit organization bought part of the line to hold rail enthusiast rides.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +4

      @@josephbennett3482 not abandoned mate. It was not filed for abandonment with the FRA or ICC as the filing was haulted by the kolshavic family, it is classed as "out of service" which means they do not need to maintain it but it is ready for reactivation when needed. Second in the 1970s the M1 ran a trip down to robertsdale and back a few times which solidified it as in service. Just because it is currently not passable doesn't mean it's abandoned.

  • @jay600katana
    @jay600katana 11 місяців тому

    seems like someday speeders won't be the thing rolling on those rails

  • @ernestpassaro9663
    @ernestpassaro9663 Рік тому +1

    Gas engine ?

  • @mccoy79productions66
    @mccoy79productions66 Рік тому +1

    awesome

  • @emmanuelsemons6830
    @emmanuelsemons6830 Рік тому

    1:20 It looks like it’s blocked

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 Рік тому

      It is , the railroad decommissioned that line in 1956 and most of the rail to that area is gone , Norfolk and CSX built new lines somewhere else and Three Springs hasn't seen train traffic since 1956.

    • @emmanuelsemons6830
      @emmanuelsemons6830 Рік тому

      You were there in​​⁠​⁠ 1956@@josephbennett3482?

  • @fredphipps9452
    @fredphipps9452 Рік тому

    Fun!

  • @DandyDon1
    @DandyDon1 Рік тому

    Too bad the tracks were covered up by road paving.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281  Рік тому +1

      Its not a issue. When they get to this section penndot legally has to rip up the road and rebuild the crossing

  • @crosstiewalker803
    @crosstiewalker803 Рік тому

    You have more luck than sense.