Exploring Abandoned RR Spurs & Trains Passing At Railway Crossing Middletown Ohio! Norfolk Southern
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- BIG Trains Pass At Railroad Crossing, Abandoned Railroad Spurs & Abandoned Railroad Crossings! These Trains Are In Middletown, Ohio On The Norfolk Southern Railroad Dayton District! Includes A CSX Fast Freight Train At A Railroad Crossing & DPU Locomotive Shoving Train Past Old Train Station. Includes soccer game shorts, Middletown Fire Department and the pets.
First we get a close in depth look at an industrial railroad line in downtown Middletown, Ohio. This used to be a very busy line with numerous customers. Today there are only two left and most of the line will never be used again. A railroad bridge remains on the line and numerous railroad crossings. I do have videos of railroad switching on this line at the customer near the end of active track. This is not a very good area for railfans. Drugs, crime and poverty make the area a little sketchy. I have been approached twice by people wanting to know what I was doing when I was filming from public property. This railroad spur comes off the Norfolk Southern Dayton District. Part of the spur goes by Smith Park which is a gigantic soccer complex. That area is very nice and Lillia had 4 tournament games to play there over the weekend and that is why I was there to film trains. There was over a couple hours of downtime between two of the games. I filmed while she was there with her team. They tied two games and lost two games over the weekend. This video features a minute of the Saturday afternoon game.
I went across the Great Miami River to catch a fast CSX train in West Middletown. That train was booking! It was a cool shot watching it pass the old building. CSX is on 160.230 and NS uses 160.980 along with the EOT of course.
Next we go over to the old train station in Middletown. After waiting for hours I was thinking about leaving when I heard chatter on my radio. I heard two trains talking but I didn't know what mile post I was near so I didn't know where they were. I started filming a westbound freight when after about a minute a second train showed up running eastbound. That was a great shot at the railroad crossing and one of the trains had a DPU on the rear. Look how long the westbound train was!
Lillia played 2 games on Saturday. They had two games on Sunday with the first one at 8am and the second one at 1pm. I wore the wrong shirt. I wore Aubreys team shirt but I didn't have one for Lillias team. Part 2 will show part of the games on Sunday with the only goal that our team scored. I got it on video in the very last game. We also see the pets and the slide show that comes from the video.
Filmed Saturday, September 9, 2023 in 1080p with 60fps. Thanks for watching!
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Thank you for this journey down memory lane. If they could talk, they'd have a lot to say about the traffic that used to run on them so many years ago! A time that's gone forever...
Makes me wonder how long the trains were and did the traffic back up much
Good that you are documenting abandoned rail lines and industrial buildings. Sad that they are no longer needed since we manufacture so little in this country now. Feels like we are devolving back into a colony, shipping out raw materials and buying finished goods. Suddenly it's 1723!
Train meets are always fun to see.
I agree with you. I hate seeing these lines close. It would be cool to see a train on the windy spur
This video is one of my favourites so far, Jawtooth. An excellent mix of mainline action and branch/spur history. Cheers!
Thanks for your support!@@nikbennett4894
Imo it's not that we don't manufacture as much it's but more shipments go by truck and railroads don't have much interest in freight unless it's bulk commodity
Water treatment has converted to ozone, generated onsite from air, instead of chlorine. Safer all around.
Those tracks were very busy with freight to SORG Paper Mill for decades. Pulp boxcar, tankers and coal cars were brought into a small railyard. Plus covered hoppers went to the water treatment facility with CaCo3. This track was use as recently as 2014-2015 when I worked in Middletown. Thank you for covering this history.
At the 5:18 mark where that empty grass lot is. I worked there from 1971 to 1983. Right out of high school. It was called Water Refining Inc. We built water softeners. Our receiving docs where angled to that track, so semis could unload without being hit by the train! That spur went to Sorg Paper Company. Sorg and Water Refining have been closed since the mid 90s. The park is called Smith park. They host a hot air balloon festival in June. The abandon restaurant was once a Ponderosa Steak House.
What was your job at Water Refining Inc. ? where did you go after 1983?
@@BRIANDER100 Cincinnati Milacron, the branch in Maineville, Ohio
That area used to be busy back in the 90’s. I would railfan it several times a week. The local would come and switch 3-5 times a week and would have 15-20 cars at times. I talked to the crews at that time and they were always very friendly. So sad to see whats happend to the rail in that area. Thanks for recording that area Jaw Tooth. Love all your videos.
Good morning Mr Tooth! Hope you're having a great day!
Morning!
This video is awesome! If those tracks could talk the stories they could about days that are gone forever. Those tracks might be gone the next time you visit. Thanks for documenting. Have a nice day 😊🌈
Couldn't agree more! After I put the video together I also found another piece that came off that spur and had a couple of railroad crossings that I missed. I want to get that piece the next time
Two trains passing! Doesn't get any better than that!
Great video JT. Love the railway archaeology, I've done a bit of this myself on an old heritage line and it is a lot of fun.
Very cool! I plan on filming the old TTI line near Cowan, Kentucky soon also
I find checking out abandoned RR tracks fascinating, just imagine what it was like when they were still in use. And to capture two trains meeting does take some luck. Really enjoyed this one JT, sad to see RR track no longer in use. Take care Jawtooth.
You got a great catch on the train meet. Cool on the abandoned track. And by the way Lol. Got a freight train yesterday and auto rack with Homer Simpson sleeping he's huge the whole length of the car.
Thanks for bringing back my memories of Middletown, OH. My aunt and uncle lived there in the 1960's when my uncle managed a Marsh grocery store literally just east or cattycorner of where you were starting your video shooting the spur coming off of the CSX main right there. The former Marsh store is now a Needlers supermarket and was just across University Ave. My aunt and uncle lived around 2 1/2 miles northeast of the store but within a quarter mile of the CSX tracks. I remember back then that those tracks were a New York Central main from Columbus, OH and were fairly busy. I could see those trains right across University from my uncle's store and again just down the street from my uncle's house. I loved the New York Central. Thanks again!
Great video about some of the history of Middletown. The Miami-Erie Canal ran through Middletown close to where you were taping. There is a Canal Museum just north of where you were. The deteriorating railroad bridge you showed passed over the hydraulic that used to power the Sorg Paper Mill. While in West Middletown you were close to where Abe Lincoln passed through. And when you were at the Middletown Depot, you were close to where the Big Bear Tobacco Warehouse used to stand.
Middletown’s history included steel along with paper, tobacco, lumber, and ice.
The open field shown around the 5 minute mark use to have an old civil war era building that originally made tobacco products. In the late 1800 to early 1900 Middletown was one of the largest tobacco producers in the country. This building eventually produced water softening equipment and was called Water Refining. I worked there from 1980-83 and remember seeing trains use the spur. The bridges to Smith Park and the Railroad bridge shown was going over an old industrial water canal that suppled water power to Sorg Paper which generated electricity from it. The canal dried up when in the 1980’s I think the dam on the Great Miami River that supplied the water to the canal was washed away. I love that you documenting the industrial history of the area and was glad you got good video of the trains. You have a blessed day
Yep, the old Chataqua Dam
@@TheBobbybbc The dam that supplied the water for the hydraulic canal was located halfway between Franklin and Middletown just downstream of the Great Miami River Park off of Verity Parkway. That one and the Chatuqua dam washed away within a few years of each other.
JT, thank you for documenting this stuff. Love it when you are around Middletown, like Carlisle, Germantown, Franklin... Lived there from 85 to 92, and those rails by Smith Park were not used as much by then... I did used to hang out at that train station and watch all those trains through downtown. Good stuff! Oh, stop and get yourself a Jug Burger off Central Av the next time you're there!
Excellent video this morning. Great info and interesting trains.
Good shot of the tail end DPU going out of sight.
Good stuff.
Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo comme toujours !
Thanks for taking the time to shoot and include that industrial spur. They're disappearing quite quickly in most every city large and small. They always seem to ramble and twist especially if there is a river or to accommodate a customer that's not on the straight away. Some interesting older buildings we're also in this tape along with that low bridge. CSX train had more of those aluminum Ingot cars headed back to Canada somehow they seem to find you. A great meet on the NS and quite the number of gondolas and steel coil cars for the Mill Town That's a sharp-looking Depot and thankfully it looks in good shape. Even in 1963 the City rated two passenget trains a day each way via B&O plus also NYC while PRR was a freight only branch. Again a lot of the viewers appreciate those off-the-beaten-path tracks because next time they may not be there
The spur to the left was where the Sorg Paper Company used to be, and the old bridge goes over what was the industrial canal.
I noticed on Google Maps they show a few boxcars at the paper company. I wonder when they stopped using the rail
@@JawTooth From what you shown it looks like the paper company is gone, in the 90's i know this and water treatment plant was still used. Actually i believe somehow the spur to the paper company used to go further on down to another paper company i think i t wad called Jefferson Smurfitt and they would loaf box cars the spur ended alongside Verity Pkwy. Rt.4 just before downtown when coming up from Hamilton.
Yes, it used to continue across Central Avenue. The city paved that crossing over not too long ago.
There were videos I seen long ago on UA-cam of some fright cars being moved off an abandoned rail line, on track in this condition, before tracks being removed. I can't seem to find them anymore, maybe one day you will come across a rare move like this to add to your videos.
You're in my hood!! That spur that goes into the paper plant goes past it clear through downtown, and I haven't seen a train on it in at least 20 years! That building in west middletown is the old freight depot, the passenger depot used to be on the other side of 122
My friend lives in Middletown, and I was just there Labor Day weekend, awesome. Thanks for the history and finding abandoned rails. You've inspired me to start uploading my own train videos, so I can share my finds also. So thank you!!
Very cool! Be careful and stay safe
Fascinating, Brian. History talks. And 22:30 - THAT’s a MEET!!!!
Rooster! Rooster! Rooster! ‘AR, AR, AR, AR, AAARRRRRRRR! Great, interesting video. Amazing what survives. Thanks, Jaw Tooth.
Glad you enjoyed it! I thought you wanted to hear the rooster but you want to see him. Okay, I will make a video with him crowing in the beginning. It will take a few days since I already have a few videos in the process
Hi JT, loved this video. It was very interesting to see the abandoned spurs. All the information you gave about them and the customers that they connected to was very interesting. That old bridge looked very rotted and unstable. I'm glad you didn't try to walk across it or go under it. Wouldn't want anything to happen to you! Please keep up the fantastic videos and stay safe!
Awesome, thank you!
Enjoyed the video! Our bridge gang was “camped” on that spur closer to the main line late 80’s. We replaced a number of ties on the bridge over the Great Miami river, only some of the worst ones…behind Sorg paper the siding ran over some water retention facility, replacing those ties was quite the job! Thanks for the trip!
That sounds like it was quite the job! Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Great video!!!!!!
I love Jawtooths own little world of NS CSX and his pets in the Jawtooth world. I love watching the Jawtooth videos too! See you later in the next railfan video!!!
Awesome video with a dpu working hard and a horn salute from the fire truck but wait there’s more 👍😎🚂🇺🇸👍🫡
Thanks 👍
I also love to find out information about abandoned tracks and I worked as a brakeman for 2 years keep up the great work !👍👍👍
It’s always fun to discover the history of these forgotten rail lines.
@@JawTooth yes I’m a nerd when it comes to railroad history !😂😂😂😂
That's awesome that you got to see 2 trains at once at the same railroad crossing with the 3rd train having a Canadian Pacific engine help pulling the train and a pusher engine at the back pushing
Thank you for the sweet adventure on the abandoned tracks 🇺🇸
Our pleasure!
Hi JT, I really enjoyed this video, it had everything! Really interesting those old tracks & the history of them a shame nothing runs on them now but what a sight it must have been when they were in use, will have been trains everywhere! Its a great place for watching the trains & exploring the old tracks. Fab the 2 teains passing at the end! Your kitty adorable how she plays. Thanks JT have a great week, ❤😊
Very nice video. I hate to see all those abandoned lines, when back in the day they were busy bringing in materials to industries that are now gone. What a shame.
Loved the tour of the old spurs! Reminds me of walking the old ones here when I was a kid!
Thanks for the video my friend, have a nice day, and greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Thanks for the visit
Great locations, and action, as usual. And, you make me say, for about the 40th time, over a few years, you say "wow, I got lucky," when, actually you are a powerful train magnet. The trains passing, at is a true classic gem. Thanks, again, J.T.
Thanks 👍 I always tell ppl that 90% of my luck is just by showing up lol
Well!! I sure enjoyed this video! Loved the abandoned rail footage, and that 2nd NS train was QUITE a surprise!
Middletown seems to be a pretty busy place. That's probably why, along with the river running through it, 'they' had to cut it into two pieces. The pace was just too much for an ordinary Middletownian, I'm thinking. Gracias por tu video, Señor Jaws. RT sends, Puebla, México...
Good point! Too much going on for one side of the river. They keep CSX on the west side where the pace is slower
Outstanding catch on all trains!!! Great variety of cars! Tons of coils steel cars old school and new breadbox on wheels cars!! Start the video, son!!! Awesome soccer footage also!!!!
Nice place !!!!! OLD Bridge !!!! OLD railway!!!! Cool video Jaw!!!!!!!))))))))))))
I enjoy watching your videos, wanted to set up the spare room for models, can not believe the cost. Very best to you and Jessie
Thanks for watching!
Nice catch of a Midwestern industrial city,and hope that more industry can take advantage of a rail spur as an option.More industry means more jobs for everyone.😊😊😊😊.
Very interesting. Love old rails and researching their history!
Good Morning JT,
I use to work at Graphics Packaging up here in Ontario years ago. Even the paramedics give you a horn salute! Great video SIR, I love the commentary and the history in your videos. CP represent!
Right on! That is pretty cool. I have a video of the train switching Graphics from a couple years ago
Thanks again, I am sitting here in the uk having my lunch at work and love seeing the trains and also your country plus all the local information you give us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was very interesting reliving all the old sidings, still kinda sad to see it all decay and go away. thanks again JT.
Outstanding documentation of the out of service tracks
Great adventurous video great place thanks Jaw tooth
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Jaw Tooth. Lot of history there.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome trains in Middletown, Ohio, thank you.
Thank you too!
Excellent video JT. I love seeing all the old abandoned stuff. Hopefully that old spur can be used again someday.
I hope so!
Always enjoy your videos. Thank you. Please keep them coming!! I look forward to them.
It's been a while since you filmed two trains passing each other at the same time, going in different directions. The first train seemed endless. Good catch !!
Thanks for spending time on the historic rails! Great vid! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Trains are going through Middletown Ohio today and
an abandoned track, kids playing soccer cats, dogs
and slideshows,Thank You Jaw Tooth.🤠🐶🐱
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Thanks for watching!
This is an exceptionally interesting video, Brian. Thank you for making it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The spine car with the round metal shapes was something I've never seen before. That's awesome! 😊😊❤❤❤
Too bad you can't whined back time and catch some trains on those old tracks! Nice train meet. Thanks for the video. Hope she so her game! Stay safe
Thanks for showing us the abandoned spurs.
Our pleasure!
Cool tour through history with an excellent host. Looks like one spur went to the water treatment plant and they probably got tank cars of chlorine for disinfection. Ultra violet lights are now used for disinfection as it's better for the environment. The action is a bonus, liked it much! Thanks JT!
The trains passing was awesome great catch.
Thank you very much!
The spur crossing the road by treatment plant use to service Sorg Paper Co. That particular spur was used in 2001 to take the Yankee Dryer from the #3 machine in Sorg as it was being cleared out before it was tore down. I was part of the crew from RGC that removed it and loaded it onto the rail car. It was shipped to a paper mill in North Carolina.
I see a good HO switching layout with all of these spur tracks. I liked watching your find. The NS meet was cool!
Glad you enjoyed!
I really enjoy seeing the pets at the end thanks for doing such a great job Mr tooth
Glad you like them!
A very interesting video of the daily goings on in an Ohio town. You attribute your good fortune to luck, but even though that has something to do with it, you still had an inner sense to be where the action was. That and the fact of the soccer game. Love your videos. Keep on railroading.
Thanks for watching!
Very Cool!!! Thanks for posting!!!
2 trains??!! And a CP locomotive, awesome catch!!!!
Yes! Thank you!
The track that go into the paper plant continue out the other side, eventually paralleling Water Street, with several old switches around 1st Ave, and ending just before 2nd Ave. (The tracks are visible on both sides of Central Ave, but has been removed from the road.) Inside the plant fence, there's a spur that has to be passed to access, and that goes NW along the SW side of the plant.
Love Video n this ol stuff n Middletown n gt locations n town I dont like things too perfect >>
Thanks for watching!
Long time no see . I've missed your show. I've been struggling with Meadical problem. Your program helps keep me going. $ is tight or I would send some support. Keep being a good family man that's #1 I like that you include them and your pets. My kids are my Lacey Dog and our new kitten yet to be named.
Wow! Thanks for the video! Like you said, it's amazing it's still there. It's history right in front of you! I wish we had this in massillon. We had it long ago, but it's long gone now. (Sniff)
Couldn't agree more!
Neat old building grown over when the first train came by!!
Great video JT! Thanks 👍.
Thanks for watching!
That was a great train video. Loved the walk down the abandoned line too!
Amazing videos jaw tooth keep up the good work
Great view of two sets passing, especially that dpu disappearing on the curve! 🎯
Thanks 👍
Love your channel JT; thanks for all you do!
Thanks for watching!
Great video , it has everything , i really enjoy you exploring these spurs , even better if they are still in operation....Keep em coming 🙂🇬🇧
Nice footage and job of documenting old spur lines,CSX highballing/booking and nice meet on NS, first train looked like it had some auto parts box cars!🛤🚂🇺🇲
That train was really movin thru town! Surprised that they didn’t slow down some as it went thru West Middletown! Your following shot showed some signals which weren’t apparent in opening shots! Lots of unused signals that could be used to better use on busier crossings! Just an observation!
I will definitely have to check the abandoned spur and these abandoned train tracks and abandoned railroad crossings and abandoned railroad crossing signals someday
You should!
@@JawTooth Definitely
@@JawTooth I have a question for you I hear you say but wait there's more in alot of your videos I've watched is it okay if you If I can say that in some of videos I make on my UA-cam channel as well I recently hit 200 subscribers a while back but I wanted to ask you first
Great video and awesome find and awesome catches of trains Jaw Tooth do you think these tracks will ever see a train and rail and train service and how long have they been abandoned and when was the last time that they were used and what customers did they used to have and still have
❤ very nice ,only bridge we have left sitting is at the outside of our quarry, abandoned 40 years ago. . Glad you took video of what's left. Everyone forgets.
William Nimmo. So ill
Great rail history! The cars keep the rust off the tracks I guess. Really shows all the rail customers that used to be there. 😢
Nice work catching that double header there. Brian!
Thanks 👍
That was a good CSX train. Fairly long, good mix of cars and fast! 😊😊
Another great one JT! Nice catches and super track tour!
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Thank you very much!
Great video JT, did Lilly's team win the soccer game ?
I like abandoned RR . I can look it . Thank you very much .
Glad you like it and thanks for watching! I know of a couple other abandoned railroads that I plan on filming
Great catches and excellent video jaw tooth
Thank you very much!
Hey jaw tooth lucky catch of 2 trains passing. Sad to see abandon tracks. If you come to Utica NY you can see active spurs on the NYSW RR. Have a great railroad day 🙋♀️
Good morning jaw tooth
Wow! The NS on the far track was really long. The entire near train went completely by and the other was still going. 😊😊❤❤
Nice shots of the old abandoned sidings! I have an Aeronca that was built in Middletown. Loci looks upset that Norfie won’t play.
Thanks for watching! Loki is more energetic
😊Very nice video.and the history of Midlle town,nice place to see. that rails is very old,1922.,no more in use,not good.😅thanks Brian.greetz:🍐Peer.
Maybe next time in Middletown check out N. Excello Yard, Reed Yard and switching operations in and around the former AK Steel.
I will try to get some of that. The area is just a little bit questionable lol
@@JawTooth Haven't been up there in years but yes it sure is although same could be said for most of Middletown. Specifically the area around Yankee Rd. and Rt. 73 was the area i was talking CSX crosses Yankee Rd. and the NS at a Diamond i believe , but also on a high viaduct now just to the left of the road is N. Excello Yard. Just south of Rt. 73 there is an industrial track crossing Yankee Rd. Now if turn east on Rt. 73 there are tracks leaving AK Steel connection towards Reed Yard which after the yard will become IORY Mason Sub.
Always look forward to the puppydog/kittycat footage at the end.
Good Morning Jaw Tooth.