I Found An ABANDONED Turntable - Plus Bonus Item
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2020
- Ever see an ABANDONED Railroad Turntable in the woods?
In this video we head to Lehigh Gorge state park to investiate the ruins and remains of some railroading history. What was once part of the CNJ Railroad is now being overtake by nature. Not only do we find the turntable itself, but also the base of a water tower and an old switching tower that is still standing. So come along with me as we take a step back in time to see what remains of the Abandoned CNJ Railroad Turntable. Enjoy
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The shot of the sky and river at 25:17 was gorgeous! Love the way the clouds looked-- kind of like the inside of a marble. Very interesting finds today. I am always amazed when you explore a place that has open holes in the ground, exposed metal, and high ledges (dangerous!) that they remain intact....not covered, fenced off, signs warning you to keep off or be careful! Seems like our society is overly concerned about our safety everywhere you go, so these places really stand out to me & remind me of the days when we were young and there were no helmets, pads, or hyper-concerned parents watching your every move all day. Good times!
You make a good point. These locations definitely draw me in.
I believe the elevated pilers had tracks on them and I think I could of been for equipment maintenance. That's my guess. I love it when you take us on these railroad remains trips. It always extremely interesting.
Yea, i believe tracks as well as i watch it back.
After I researched and found photos of turntables, I was able to realize just how awesome this explore really was. This had to be a sight to see in its day. I'm so glad I can still learn new things and hope I NEVER get too old to do so. Thanks for a fun outing and for enlightening me on an ingenius piece of work called a turntable.
Aww, glad to hear that sarah. Thanks for joining us on this adventure.
I love seeing old reamstic of railroads
Tip for ticks...mixture of tea tree oil and water spray on you, and if you get one dawn dish soap on qtip and rub in circular motion. Works every time, we live in a very rural area and the kids are always getting them. 😊 I held my breath when you did that big step! Lol
Haha 🙂
The line ran from White Haven to Mauch Chunck near Jim Thorpe PA I use to ride horses with my friends on a lot of old abandoned railway beds from all over Pa down into Hoboken thank you so much for a wonderful passed memory that I will never forget. Thank You
My pleasure deb
There used to be one of these in Taylor (PA) where Kane built all their warehouses over the past 20+ years. There was also a 2-3 story building that was 2/3's buried in the culm banks along with various other ruins, including at least one OPEN mine shaft (that I almost fell in once) and a mine tunnel at the end of Rundle Street in West Scranton.
Thank you for sharing. Very exciting find🚂 I wish you and RJ the best❤ Reminds me of The Wandering Woodsman. He frequently encounters spiders too 🕷🕸🕷🕸🌲🌳. I also enjoy railroad stuff🚂🚄
I love stone walls. So pretty and great texture.
The town I used to live in is called Horton Kansas was home to a massive Railway yard operated by the Rock Island. Not much is left though. I took pics of what is left a few years ago. Thanks for sharing 😀
I would say that you are right and it was used as a maintenance for trailers for the RR and ect. It was a one horse town definitely RR owned and operated. Many many roads followed the tracks because they were prepared already. Maybe an aqueduct for the water. Car’s used to have to pull over if they were going up hill so water was accessible for trains and cars. I could hear the acoustic echo!
Awesome video and a very interesting place to explore 😀👍 beautiful shot of the sky and the river 😀😊 great explore and a gorgeous day for a trek through the "woods"
Thanks again for letting us all tag along and for doing what you do 😊🙂 always interesting to watch and to learn 😀👍 I hope the time never comes when I am too old to learn about something new 😀😊 Blessed be and stay safe ❤😊
I love trains. My dad worked for Conrail for many many years and i was able to go to his work when I was little to visit. I saw a turntable in actual operation in the 1970's. It was just awesome!!!
That's awesome. I love Conrail
This whole experience seeing all of this was so awesome and am glad that i was able to see this with you. I will definitely hold onto and cherish these memories forever.
Looking forward to your video
Very interesting video Jason. Anything to do with railroads grasps my attention! Cool. You explain very well. Thank you for another adventure! I hear the train a coming.........👍🏻🤗❤️
Thanks terry
History disappearing just waiting to be found. Ohhhh, that round ruin is gorgeous! Lots of metal remnants too up further. Omg, mighty excellent find ( I can't put my excitement into words enough, lol). That echo is cool!
That roof has decayed more on the bonus item since I seen it last, those trees are trying to reclaim, lol. Ohhh, a different view...sweet!
Great explore you two!!! Thumbs up!
Nice lengthy comment haha 😄
@@JPVideos81 Nah, if this was to be translated into an alien language, it would only be 3 characters. 😁👽
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wow!! seeing the picture of what a train turntable looks like was very impressive. you just wonder. it must have been something to see when it was up and running. thank you for showing this area to me and everyone else who's watching.
Wish i got to see it before nature reclaimed it.
Wow that was just totally fantastic. I too love anything train I was really glued to video so much to see. Thank you so much for taking me along and p,ease stay safe
Ty linda
Such a beautiful area full of History. You know how much I love my abandoned rail LOL
Thanks for taking us along, that train ride at the end was the icing on the cake.
Looking forward to seeing more of the same stuff up in your area and hope you can make it down sometime to check out some of this stuff.
@@JPVideos81 for sure,. I'm finding more and more spots as time goes on.
Also I'm hoping to get up that way within the next month or so, there's a few things I would love to see.
Love the history you found in this video very interesting Great video again
I'm always fascinated as to all the abandoned train tracks and things in Pennsylvania . I don't know if there is that much in my state . I enjoy every minute of the adventure...
I'm always discovering more
Very cool find JP! History like this is great to be remembered! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure
when we grew up on south side Easton , at the end of Canal St. there was a round house turntable for the trains ..
Thank you for sharing! Appreciate the background info that you give us; I always learn something from your videos!
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Thanks for sharing your walks, and explorations!
My pleasure
That was a great exploration! So many neat things there. Thank you for sharing it with all of us!
Would love to show you sometime. Lots to see in this area, including the turn hole tunnel.
Always enjoy your videos, especially when you are out & about finding past history.
Ty
Hi Jay, a very cool find, who knows what else is hidden in the undergrowth. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖
May have to return in the winter
I checked that turntable out a few weeks ago when I parked near there before going biking. I shot some video but haven't posted yet figuring I'd go back over the winter when more might be visible. Cool seeing your perspective on it, and I hadn't found the other structures. I'll poke around more next time I'm there. Fun stuff!
Cool little area
AT 4.34 the concrete pit with concrete risers was the clean out for coal cinders from locomotives.
I don't know how you do it, but I'm sure grateful that you do. Another fantastic and informative video. Like you I am interested in all things relating to trains. Thank you again for taking the effort and the time to explore and show us what you find, I really appreciate it. You have a good week and bless your family… Bye for now
Thanks 👍
What a great find Jay. So many sites like this have been filled in and reused for other purposes, and no spray painting! I wonder if somewhere there might be photographs of it when it was operational? Very enjoyable Jay, Thank you 👍✌
I had a hard time finding info, but im sure its out there.
We call It A Loading Dock And I Live in Yeatesville Nc And There was A Old Train That came Across the Creek..back N the 30 0r Earlier.. Great fine
I think you are explaining everything great! Most people wouldn't appreciate what you are seeing! You did a wonderful job explaining where you are! Thank you 😊 you can almost amagine history! Sorry if my spelling is incorrect!
Aww, thanks so much
I have seen a still active turn table. It is for the Green Mountain Flyer scenic railroad in South eastern Vermont. I have been on the fall route a few times from Chester, Vt to Bellows Falls,Vt. during the summer. It is a beautiful country ride. I have also been on the Adirondack Scenic railroad. It ran from a tiny town called Thendara just outside Old Forge, NY. Both fun.
I hope to see those in person sometime
Jay,
I just wanted to mention as regards the CNJ station and related places, Years ago , as a picture framer,
I framed a map of New Jerseys railroad line.
It was a late 1800's map and at that time, there was an extensive network of major and minor lines and spurs throughout the state.
In my NJ explorations of forgotten places and and trails from the 1960's until about 2010, I saw the evidence of these lines.
Sometimes just clearings with a few remnants of ties, sometimes tracks, but from Cape May all the way up to Sussex county
there were a lot of Railroad sites.
The Burlington City line , on the banks of the Delaware river ,was very active in the19th century and is now a major commuter route to New York City.
If you ever get a change Visit Burlington City, the old part is the same as it was when Benjamin Franklin stayed there over night after walking from New York. The next day he was in Philadelphia and we all know how much that move by Him influenced Philadelphia and the nation.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Hi JP brilliant mate., that old turn able area was really interesting in within your epic nature even better, the old strain place near the tracks that you got that amazing views on definitely looked dodgey ., amazing pictures ., and the presentation was AA+
Thanks man. So many things hiding in the woods just waiting to be discovered.
@@JPVideos81 +hi Jp glad your out there finding the treasures to share with us🙂, things like this really do make you wonder what's hidden within our worlds bushlands, I've been wanting to find an old workers camp I read about last year and I researched for so long and so far I've found the old rail-line which just ends in the bush! Summer mission 🙂
Always nice to go along on explores.
Thanks for joining us
I loved the river shot SO beautiful. I would love to ride the train. Seeing what the turn table looked like when in was in use was very helpful in visualizing what you were showing. Enjoyed this video. Thanks
My pleasure gina
i just watched a video showing how a turntable works pretty awesome!!!
Nice find JP ! The weather was beautiful and I'm looking forward to the next video.
Love the fall weather in Pennsylvania. Perfect for being outside exploring.
I have pic of the turntable. It was considered a maintenance of way area. It had no roof as of the 1940s and was still in servic then. It was open to the weather.
It was a great experience for me. great video.
Good eye on the water tower JP yes those big old steam locomotives used a lot of water
Thanks bev
Wow that's so awesome! It's so incredible that you are tracing history! I wish I was there! Have fun and be safe!! ❤️🇺🇸🙏
Thanks kimmy
When you said something about trains, it made me come on here fast lol. I think that could be a hydrant and a water valve both, thats hard to say there. All the remnants of the old structures that was there is awesome to see. That round structure that was there was awesome to know it was a water tower at one time. Very awesome to see the remnants of the old railroad turntable too.
Thanks Alan
I'm guessing those supports at around 9:00, 9:20 once supported tracks. They are the same level as the train bed you found. I know steam locos had to dump cinders from time to time. I think it's a little bit long for that. Another theory I had is maybe a train pushed hopper cars out there and they dumped material that went down onto the train below as for instance from narrow gauge cars to standard gauge cars. I would guess some kind of ore, maybe coal.
Great video JP thank you so much for all you do.
Glad you enjoy the videos david
Thank you! I’m learning so much about trains 🚂. I had no idea what a turntable was. It’s huge!! Appreciate your time and effort.
Glad you learned something. Thanks for checking it out.
Love exploring old ruins... X
Me too
Awesome explore!! I'm guessing the elevated piers were to unload coal via gravity to piles below for truck delivery. Thanks for sharing!
Or ash pit
Nature has done a good job of reclaiming it. 🍁
Thanks Jay! I only remembered the one on Polar Express! Silly, but it looked almost realistic. Water tower foundation looked cool. Can’t imagine how hard they worked building that. I know so little about RR’s it’s tough to have any “intelligent” comments on it. I remember walking the tracks that went by my grandparents’ place. I was caught below the tracks when a train went by. Loud! Rocks flying & hitting me. I almost got in trouble some guy on the train yelled at me! Was fun exploring though the rest of the time. I was about 9 then.
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.Loved this explore ....beautiful location and hidden treasures . "I'm just gonna leap from here to there " ....just realized those are words I haven't used in a long time ..LOL... So great that you get out and do what so many of us can not do . I get excited when I find a rusty nail or pretty rock in my yard .I can imagine how amazing it must be to find these awesome structures and artifacts in the "wild" ....Lots of fun to share YOUR fun ! Always something interesting ...Love the still shots ...beautiful !
Hey Barb.....Sarah from the Philippines here. I agree with you totally. I am the same in finding small bits of nature that fascinate me. But to find this was awesome. I had to research to actually see what a turntable was and when I did I could envision exactly what Jay and RJ were explorong. It was an awesome find!
I dont leap often lol
@@JPVideos81 I think you probably take many 'leaps of faith' JP; some successful and some not so much! Ha ha. :) I've seen you get wet many times.
This is so cool! Does it go into Pennsylvania! Keep your eyes open for lanterns! I have an old railroad lantern! You also don't want to fall through the ground! Have you found old railroad spikes! Have fun! It's so cool!
@@kimmy5755 have found plenty of spikes and random pieces of items over the years.
JP I think you're right about the rails going across those columns, I bet they unloaded hopper cars there. Great video! Thanks for bringing us along!
I believe so
Looks like the old hydrant.
I love watching your videos because like you said , watching your videos we find things that we want to go to. If I were with you I would probably try to take what’s left of the turntable home with me 😂
I love anything that has to do with trains including trains,train tracks and train turn tables 😁
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JP, really enjoyed your awesome and cool video! And very interesting too! Thank you for taking me along with you!
Anytime 😊
Cool video !! Love that old fire hydrant !! Some cool things to be seen here !! Great video !! 👍👍
Lots to see if you know where to look
You explained it really well.
Ty
The structure at 25:25 is an old interlocking tower
Beautiful..
Ever explore for old Interurban artifacts? Old bridges or structures or old right of ways?
I really enjoyed this explore Jay!!! You did a great job (as usual) on explaining everything!!! I love trains and seeing all of this train related stuff is awesome!!! Thank you so very much for the hard work that you do to bring us these amazing videos!!! Looking forward to more especially Wednesday's!!! I love your vids Jay, thank you for sharing them💙☺
Thanks gini. Railroad history is fascinating to me and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I love these videos. Thanks for taking me along, JP and RJ. Love and Prayers
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I believe the stone round structure was a water tower. The Turn Table is usually concrete and metal. I wonder where the Roundhouse would be located if I fact there was one. The elevated portion you initially saw was a shop facility that would have had an engine house since there wasn't a roundhouse to service the steam locomotives. Your explanation was very helpful. You do an awesome job explaining Jay! Love the CNJ Terminal. Very impressive! Thanks for sharing!
Enjoyed seeing the old Station 2 I feel like my dad is looking down and watching the video with me how he loved trains and streetcars Ty
You also have the Turn Hole Tunnel right up the road there... Great videos! I never did any video, just pix. And it's even more beautiful in the Fall!
I did a video on that
@@JPVideos81 I saw!
When you were speaking from the center of the roundabout it sounded as if you were in a room rather than in the woods. Guess that was a lesser effect of the echo you heard, cool!
Haha, definitely some unusual audio
With the turntable, watet tower and elevated rails, it looks like a locomotive service yard. It makes sense to prepare the engines before heading into the mountains and coming out of them.
Definitely seems to be along those lines. May check back in winter when more is visible.
It looks like a repair shop for the railroad system .... it looks medieval water tower
My Lehigh valley!!!! Thanks Jay😘
Anytime kendra
Great video. The colors and wild growth is beautiful!
Could the unknown structures have been a platform perhaps?
Maybe. Seems more similar to an ash dump or ash pit.
thanks for sharing this was awesome find you guys find.. :D
Awesome find and an amazing explore thanks for sharing.
Love finding old railroad items like this. Was a fun exploration
That was pretty cool. I loved that beautiful rock structure. Omg! That had my mind racing with Ideas. Loved the keystone that was holding the arch. That was awesome. I could see that in my yard with a waterfall stream and pond with plants everywhere. A little platform to sit and hear the echo of the water. It would be my Personal relaxation spot. 😊
That would make a beautiful and unique pond
That's such an awesome find!!
So much history just hiding in the woods.
Yeah, those turntables were really great. Thanks!!!
@5:55 Are you certain that hydrant looking thing is for water? It definitely looks the part, but it kinda makes me think of an old track switch as well. It's possible that area may have been a siding track with a mechanics pit to work on the underside of engines & cars. Thanks for bringing us along for the explore!!!!!!! Very interesting stuff!!!!!!!
Rj who is a former fireman confirmed it
@@JPVideos81 Gotcha. If that was in the video, I missed it for some reason. Nice to have someone around who is experienced with things like that. I kinda feel dumb for bringing it up. lol
That turntable is deceptively huge once you get down in it. I'd like to see it cleaned out so ppl could get a better idea of how it worked & what it looked like back in the day. I've just got to the part with the old communications building. Man, I wish they would restore that!!!! The brickwork looks solid!!!! Surely it could still be useful for something.
Thank you i enjoyed watching see you next time
Thanks for watching
Great video! Thanks for taking the time and for sharing.
You're welcome
Great video. The river looks so pretty. Reminds me of the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee nestled in between the mountains and trees. How was it going over the bridge?
Bridge wasnt too bad
Beautiful sky!
Fire hydrant is why I'm guessing , I looked them up tyvvm for sharing
Thanks joyce 😁
That is a very beautiful place thank you JP
My pleasure
Very interesting video. It is awesome how you find these things to share with us. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoy your videos, but I was confused to me a turntable is the circular rotating platform of a phonograph. A device for playing sound recordings. I learned something new.
More than one turntable lol
The part of the turntable that the loco spins around on is called the bridge
Yay, I only smiled a little bit when I heard Jay searching for the right label for it. When I was planning my new HO model railroad that never materialized, I was looking for a way to indicate stall and track lead positions for the turntable indexing panel. My niece's fiance, who was a young electronics engineer, was visiting and seemed to think he could design a simple solid state circuit board to have a numeric display like that of a pocket calculator. He got a little mixed up and referred to the "roundtable" and "turnhouse" at one juncture, but I was polite and didn't correct him. The turntable was often just called the "table," but because they were actual bridges that pivoted in the middle, they were quite literally turn-tables. The one at Steam Town seems to have either a through girder or one of the odd combination through and deck jobs. As engine technology advanced and locos got longer and longer, the height to length ratio dictated deeper and deeper pits, so lots of the newer, longer bridges were built as through or combos to reduce the pit depth. Adding to the problem was the fact that most turntables were _balanced_ tables, with the weight carried by the tables' center bearing pedestal, and since the locomotive engines were much heavier than their tenders, the balance points were somewhere in front of the cabs, leaving the front ends of the tables empty. The wheels in the bogies under the ends of the bridge were only there to take the weight of the locos when running onto, or off of, the table. So, (I believe) the Bethlehem Steel Corporation came up with the "twin span" design in 1921 which allowed the bridge to sort of hinge in the middle, carrying the weight on the center bearing and both wheel bogies. Fascinating. Having spake, I shall fold my tent and steal off into the night, leaving you muttering about "nattering old fools. Stay safe.
Yes, thank you. I couldn't think of the name.
Awesome video thanks for sharing this so cool👍💙
Love old railroad history
This was very interesting!! Love to listen to you explain things. You do it very well. That river view was Amazing & so were your pictures! You were really close to that terminal on your train ride. Cool old building! Loved this explore, thanks so much!! 🥰
Train ride will be out on Wednesday 🚂
@@JPVideos81 Looking forward to it Jay. Have a great day!
Wonderful adventure!
Thanks
Now that was an interesting video. Great location
Right up your alley
Hey what's up JP been a while hope all is well 👊🏼. Nice find
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We choose you to go to the railroad and get the history also the County Assessor's Office. Star it on Google Maps and a Historical Point of Interest. As a Clamper this is something we do here in California. I myself am always correcting Google Maps on Roads that they are saying there. When in fact they are
1DEAD END with tight turnaround
2 Levee Road that is now closed with a big steel gate
3 Don't exist
My biggest pet peeve with them is there is a White Slogh around here it's about a mile long but they are saying every River between the Mokelumne River and Calaveras River is white Slough that a good 15 to 18 miles. Thanks for history lesson.
Love all your videos and the hei
i loved seeing this and thank you for helping me put Noah asleep after he heard the train he was out ❤❤❤ stay safe love ya
He'll love Wednesdays video
We'll gosh you find the coolest locations.
Sometimes haha
supports for a coal tipple maybe?
A surprising find indeed. 💖
Really cool stuff. Thanks JP!
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1. I'm sure rails went a cross on a bridge... it's called a coal dump Jay... it was used cleaned coal out of the bottom of Hopper cars and dump them to the line below or into trucks on the road or just to a storage area for coal... pretty massive, and pretty modern I'd say it was probably used up to the 50s, the water pipe was probably used to spray water to keep the dust down, not to mention probably also could have been used to fill the boiler on a steam engine.
2. That's exactly what that is a water tower base. Bet you'll even find a pipe connected down to the hydrant below somewhere there LOL
3. Turntable for sure
Others said an ash pit. Either way, definitely appeared rails went across it.
@@JPVideos81 it definitely could have been an ash pit as well... But it's pretty big... They're basically the same design... The size of it is what makes me think it's for coal rather than just a ash clean out...