We bought an abandoned railroad part 3. Brush all cleared!
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2020
- Follow along with us as we repair and prepare to store railroad cars on this old abandon railroad.
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I hope all is well on the ETR! I just recently got together with a group of volunteers to clear & rebuild a 7 mile railroad near where I live. It has been privately owned since the 90s, but nothing has ran down the tracks in the past 10-15 years! The owners got the word out and several people have volunteered, bringing many talents to the table.
Saturday we had our first work day, one guy brought a lawnmower that he had modified to cut heavy brush. The 4 of us cleared almost 1/2 mile of track in just over 2 hours! It wasn't as dense as what you guys fought, but it had some spots that you couldn't walk through. We're expecting to have the line cleared from end to end by the end of spring, and we will be sure to spray it before letting a track crew come in and install new ties & ballast. I'm going to try to make some videos of the work, but I'm sure you know that its not very easy to film and work productively. Anyways, good luck to the ETR and I can't wait to see what the future holds for it.
Harrison, thank you for hard labour! I'm excited for you all.
There's rail car clubs that would be happy to lend a hand. They'd also pay to use it for weekend fun.
These are very valuable would be an understatement.
*BILLIONS.*
US Dollar Billions as well.
Great work.
Smart work.
Im 17 and have a dream of bringing back the sole locomotive that a railway near where i live used during the early 20th century, currently its 300 miles away in kentucky. Seeing you rehabilitate this section of railroad (and eventually the whole thing) gives me a lot of hope. Keep up the amazing work and videos. Cheers from Toledo!
Feel free to view my abandoned British railways
Probably a old track that was used for the transport of coal be a lot more track like that in the next couple of years
Your 17! Nothing will stop you if you really want it! Start talking with the current owners of that loco and get a relationship going and you never know!
Rhino, keep dreaming in a good way. I think that we can do it. I want to do this, too.
Guy is a genuine genius.... preserving history.....got my respect Sledge out
Solidifying the dream, bringing railraods back to America!! ❤
Always was my fantasy. Nothing cheap or easy about bringing a short line back from the dead. May 2021 bring you lots of positive vibes.
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Next is cleaning the track, then getting something to ride on it. Can't wait to see the line when it starts looking in better shape!
When you cleared a railroad , you do it with your hands and machines ,not only visual talk !! .In your mind you can everything , it´s the worker with the experience that do the job !!
Bringing an abandoned line back to life!
They cut down a big ass tree in the middle of a turnout. It would all have to be rebuilt for millions of dollars to run anything more than speeders there, but it appears that’s what he wants to use it for. It’s just a quarter mile spur for a previously rail served industrial park.
You guys are AWESOME! I wish we could see some more outfits like you save abandoned branch lines, spurs, etc. This really needs to start becoming "A thing". Bravo!
I would think you'd need to run a ballast regulator with a broom over everything. Once the brush was cleared it wouldn't take too long to run over the entire length of your track with a broom to clear everything off. Just a thought. I think digging up all the old spurs and switches is just downright awesome! Congratulations, I envy you!
Amazing work! Even to find where the side spur leads to, incredible patience you all have there!
We're enjoying following along, thanks for sharing.
Exciting to see the amaizing progress you'll have made. I take it there is lots of potential for customers . Its amaizing how many short line railroads stay afloat and in business even with just a a regional railroad that obviously interchanges with the class ones! You talk about storage. That can generate lots of revenue lol.
If there is lots of revenue just in storage, then people need to seriously look into reviving short lines just for that.
I can’t express how cool this must be and to be doing it with dad must be amazing!
YAY! You got a sidetrack too! Great job so far guys!
I think for Christmas you should have been received an "SW9" with a couple of gondolas. How nice would that have been!
I know this video was a year ago and anything I say is moot. A forestry head for the miniX and a track loader, even rented would have done the job so much faster and less cost when man hours are counted. Then there wouldn't be anything to haul away either, just mulch for the right of way. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of this series, can I wish you a bleated good luck :P
For checking gauge, consider using a folding ruler, or better yet, fashion a gauge checking tool that immediately squares up downline.
I’ve tried to make them in the past but I would end up using a tape measure anyway so it was kinda pointless
I know you're not on Amtrak rulebook said no metal tape measures . 😉 Guage was via tool or folding ruler....
Volunteered as a teen 1995 2 foot Gauge RR, gauge tool built with "block(s)" to represent "Gauge" and solid piece across top with level buble built in.
I like to see rail lines restored even if it is just for storage. I'd love to get in there and do that work.
Stumbled upon this video and subscribed immediately. 👍
Same here!
And me too. I tried to get a 34 mile piece of railroad and got out bid. They pulled it up, we wanted to put in a Tourest RR to run our Steam Locomotive. I have been in Railroad operations since 2973.
@@billmorris2613 ....where are you located?
Alco Power I’m near New Orleans, Louisiana
Me too
a cat with a thumb is all u need but it's last year 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍
I'll check back in 10 years when you're done hand raking and hand sweeping lol
They insist on keeping everything secret to the public, don't ask don't tell. Although, 100 volunteers could make it go faster, just saying...
A bad attitude is like a flat tire; you can’t go anywhere until you change it. I think they are doing a great job. BRAVO 👏
@@jeffreygosselin7576 you're absolutely right. I do appreciate now they're hard work.
How every great preserved railway began in england lots of time and effort and plenty of volunteer staff enthusiasts you'll soon have locomotives running up and down the line. Is there many preserved railways in the states
You bought an abandoned railway? Why? I've got to go find out more! I'll probably like and subscribe soon! 👍
This is awesome!! Glad you are doing this!! :)
I honestly wish I was there helping you guys.
Me too!
Me to lucky lads
Me too!
Wow-Nice Clean Up...
RailRoad Tracks Being Saved
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Amazing undertaking! You folks have big ones... of all kinds!
omg ive always wanted to do this myself and have been looking for videos for a while now!!! this is the first one and i indeed say kudos to you for doing this! hope it all goes well :)
Don't use gauge rods to hold gauge, yes gauge rods works but you're better off stuffing new ties, we rebuilt a section of a lead track into an industry track and removed most of the gauge rods and stuffed new common yard ties and switch ties, them gauge rods will move laterally over time, gauge rods isn't a permanent solution to holding gauge, the most critical location to stuff new ties would be at the joints, it will hold the joints up and help eliminate the bars from breaking and hold gauge.
You guys doing a good job. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍❤️
Don, Washington Pa?
Cool. I own and operate a land service company and I did some work for Red Springs & Northern Railroad in Red Springs NC and there is a video of it on UA-cam. Have a great day be safe.
I enjoyed the video. New subscriber as of now. I look forward to seeing more progress on the railway. Thumbs up from Kingsport, TN!
I built and maintained light rail for seventeen years in Cleveland Ohio. Toughest job I ever had and these guys are doing it for fun? SMFH.
There's a line like that here where I live, I wanted to see it brought back to life which had a couple customers, but the line was severed turning part of it into a hiking/bike trail
So yeah guys Railroad been there for a long time Alot of work let's get down to it
Amazing stuff guys one tie at a time only way to build or fix em
Love this!
I love this !
Subscribed. I would love to have property with rail history on it.
nice switch broom at 3:10
Crossing the fingers for you guys !
Cool what your doing, wish you luck! Have you researched how long ago it was used? Also I'd strongly suggest soil samples to determine what was spilled or drained into the ground.
Man I hope you have means to lay, equalize, and tamp ballast, that line is definitely going to need it after you replace all those ties that have been buried under growth, and mud. I assume you do or have the funds to have contractors come in and do it. also do rail inspection for bad / damaged rail sections.
With the amount of vegetation growing within the four-foot suggesting how long the line's been out of use, probably all the rail is bad/damaged.
You guys ought to rent a bobcat with a brushcutter attachment, it would make short work of it.
What they really need is a track axe with high railers.
1:52 Take a look in the background.
This is pretty cool.
Kool! I hope you can run a train on it one day! 😀
Awesome!
Tracks look ok
Glad you enjoyed the pizzas I had sent up! Y’all doing good work but please be more careful with the chainsaws.
What causes the rails to go out of gauge? Yes track plates and spikes missing would cause it but other reasons for out of gauge. Rails with no plates and spikes are two rails wishing to be a railroad track.
Asome video and job
Man, it would be fun to be part of this.
This is amazing. There is an abandoned railroad by where I used to live and your giving me ideas. Keep up the good work, and if you don’t mind me asking how much did it cost?
Did he tell you how much it cost?
When I was a kid I wanted an electric model train setup. My Grandpa took me on a ride outside his village, he showed me abandoned narrow gauage railway and said: "if you want I can buy you this real railway, but you have to take care of it, cut the grass etc"...I end up never getting model train I allways wanted to have as a kid -_-
where was his village?
@@williammorse8330 on edge of todays so called Free Western World man, for real
Better than my story.... my dad came of age in WW2, I am somewhat of an anachronism compared to my peers parents.... when I was 6 or 7 I asked for a train, 👎no was the answer. Looking back he could have afforded it.
You look like my deceased brother-in-law! Nice job!👍
I'm not sure what is going to happen but it definitely looks interesting
Surprised the track gauge was narrowed. My experience has been where the rails have spread.
Trains running over the rails has a tendency to spread them, especially on curves. These will have spread because of vegetation growing up and pushing things around; I'd guess that would be more likely to be outside the rails, pushing them together.
Love this! I think I see several sidings. Was this a small yard? Could you share with us any sort of track diagram etc? Mileage? I'd really like to see the details while respecting your wish for privacy. Thanks!
Watch the videos to answer your questions
I wonder hoo many ties there gonna replace? Cause there will be to be new ties.Also some new rock but these guys got a good start.
Have you had FRA come and look at it yet? Or waiting to get everything cleared up? Would assume you will be needing to replace every few ties or whatever FRA requires to get to minimum Class standard to even operate.
I may have missed it but where is this?
not all railroads are truly abandon. very few are actually abandon. Might show on a map it is abandon. but Railroad companies do have the rights to start using the tracks again later on, if there is a need for it. There was a section of railroad track nearby where i am, Hasnt been used in over 60+ years. this year, railroad workers where clearing the tracks, adding missing tracks and replacing railroad ties. Their plan is by summer of 2021 to have the track up and running.
There is thousands of miles of tracks out there, that may be considered abandon according to some people. but, arent actually abandon. could be 100 year old tracks out there that havent been used since then. railroad companies still have the rights to them. and Can use them again some day.
It’s very easy to find out if tracks are abandoned by calling the Surface Transportation Board. There are several classes for railroads not being used.
Good luck in your venture
C'mon, you don't think the guy just found some tracks that nobody seems to be using and said "Hippity-hoppity, this railroad's my property -- I'm gonna run some trains", do you? The title of the video says they bought the line. It belongs to them.
@@billmorris2613 could you give us a link?
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Good evening from St John Parish, Louisiana 27 Dec 20.
Good afternoon from St John Parish, Louisiana 27 Dec 20.
Need to get UpState Brush Control in there!
Anyone else rooting for a rocket sled
Very interesting! What rail line was this before?
Respect....
I'd love to help you guys resurrecting that that railroad...but I live on the other side of the pond.........
You need some goats for brush removal. They eat it back. Then you can remove it much easier as needed.
You want to help put up fence the entire distance in that brush?
Is this a spur or a branch line ? Because theres a branch line near me thats passable until you get to Bishop Georgia, it's abandoned for about 18+ miles until you get to the city limits of madison georgia
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Muy buen trabajo, igual a los amigos del belgrano
Wonderful! Wish I were there to help. What caused the narrow gauge??
That's very cool. Why was it abandoned? And how long ago?
Can you sell or convert and use any of the lumber you have cut, that would supplement funds, or simply control burn to clear some out of the way to give you leeway to move about a bit. I know that on modern usable tracks when working on repairs you need all the room you've got plus some, so to be constantly tripping over trees, logs and general strewn weeds must be some awful working conditions.
Hard to believe that anything so small would have any value as lumber.
I love that hard hat! Where’d you get it?
How long is your railroad? When was last time this track was used?
Wonder which rail line used these tracks and what years
Now this is my kind of project ! Looks like a long hard slog so hard to keep up the enthusiasm. Do you have milestones that when passed can be celebrated ? (dont mean actual miles). We did this i n Kent in Great Britain and we now run trains. My best wishes to you and, yes, I have subscribed. Happy Christmas
As my father use to say....inch by inch it's a cinch
Very cool to see an old rail line being resurrected. Looks like you guys have a lot of work to do still before a locomotive and some cars can travel that section. How old is that line?
I think the line was put in around 1975. And was used by a beer can Company.
@@eastterminalrailway5975 😲 so pretty new actually.
@@wilfred8326 for railroad tracks pretty new lol
So much I want to know on why the purchase and future use
What was this line used for before it was shut down ?
Just get a big flame thrower & burn all of the brush, just be careful to not roast the track.
I have no idea how they are going to straiten the gauge between the rails without specialized heavy machinary.
Hydraulic ram and proper clamps
Exactly !
Back in the old days, they just used a bunch of guys with pry bars. It's entirely possible, but you need a lot of paid labour / volunteering friends.
Dang, I need to get me an abandoned railroad, also, what was this railroad?
Are the switches still working?
Do the plans include a Power Unit or 2?..
Have you considered securing a forestry mulcher?
A railroad brushcutter machine would knock all this out in hours.
What railroad did this start as? Do you know any of the history?
What locos are you thinking of buying?
maybe if u can find train cars-u could sell tickets for rides when this ridiculous virus nonsense ends and everyone can go out again
Oh yeah , 350.000 deaths from this 'ridiculous' virus .
@Joe Devola thank goodness President Trump expedited the vaccine and got rid of the logistical roadblocks to getting it distributed. Vice President Pence also showed good leadership.
@@coalminer666 saw an Elon Musk/ Joe Rogan video today, from pre November. You should watch it.
@@coalminer666 100’s of millions has died in the last 1000 years...
I'm curious. You purchased the tracks, does that include the right of way as well? And on that line of thought, had there been any spills along those lines in the history of that line? Are you going to be held responsible for cleaning any spills? Financially or otherwise?
Do you have any customers lined up it costs a tremendous amount of money to run and maintain trackage
just another casual day buying a track
It sure would be nice if you're episodes were numbered so I could follow it sequentially and see the progress
sorry. it should be fixed now, we have 10 videos if that helps, and they are all labeled the same
@@eastterminalrailway5975 how is it possible for a individual like myself to be able to purchase a railroad
@@harrybobb6927 we hope to make a video on this in the future. But it takes a lot of time and hard work to even get to talk to the right people.
How much did it cost?