Abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger Station - PA

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  • @josephkepler6529
    @josephkepler6529 9 років тому +23

    I love how you stop and take the time to admire the interesting finds. Like the labels, or the teddy bear. It's like I'm exploring with you and have time to ponder how things got to where they are. Great job.

  • @shenandoahvalleytv
    @shenandoahvalleytv 10 років тому +40

    An amazing documentary. I grew up in Allentown, and would have been 14 when passenger operations ceased. So this kind of hit home. Of course, your story would never appear on the History Channel or be presented by a museum. You're the real deal -- no restoration or sanitized interpretation as you examine the details. The contrast between the decayed glory that remains from the station's heydey and the present evidence of homeless occupation and drug activity is very compelling to me. Thanks for your work.

    • @TheUnknownCameraman
      @TheUnknownCameraman  10 років тому +3

      shenandoahvalleytv Thank you for watching and for the thoughtful comment!

    • @dtg610420
      @dtg610420 9 років тому +2

      +shenandoahvalleytv Awesome comment as well, from one valley dweller to another.

    • @vapekitty
      @vapekitty 8 років тому

      +Ari Nelson I need that camera

    • @TheUnknownCameraman
      @TheUnknownCameraman  8 років тому

      *****
      i use a cheap piece of crap dslr and the cheapest lens available for it. nothing fancy at all. cheap enough that if something happens to it i won't stress it. i guess it's just all in how you use it? i wish i had a canon 5d or a 4k video camera with image stabilization or something like that.

    • @peachhead3
      @peachhead3 8 років тому +1

      Great footage!! Always afraid to go in because of the homeless or criminal element. This "modern" station was built in 1930s to replace the beautiful "old fashioned" Victorian one that was located across the street. As you can see in some old pix, there was a 2nd story but that was torn down mid to late 70s. About half of this station was devoted to the "Railway Express Agency" where you picked up your parcels before the days of UPS and Fed Ex delivery to your door.

  • @HimJimRimDim
    @HimJimRimDim 10 років тому +13

    I was a bit of an urban explorer in my younger days, back in the 1970's. In those days the URBEX scene was a lot different than today. We didn't have the internet to share our finds and, we didn't work in groups as it was difficult to find like-minded people. Instead most of us, myself included, did all our exploring alone.If we got injured or got into a jam we had nobody to back us up and nobody to get help. Still we took our chances and did it because we found it interesting. I think its great that nowadays most of you guys work in groups. Makes it a lot safer. Also, these days you have video cameras plus the Internet to share your work. These days I leave the urban exploring to the younger folk. I am not as agile as I used to be when I was young,

    • @sr0242
      @sr0242 7 років тому

      HimJimRimDim. you're talking stupid that's a load of crap and you know it because you don't know what you're talking about you just make things as you go along and anyone could do that that's not a dummy

  • @ObsoleteOddity
    @ObsoleteOddity 11 років тому +1

    I really like the informative bar pop-ups and the close up shots of eclectic items ~ well done.

  • @Caver461
    @Caver461 11 років тому +1

    There are some really amazing old ruins in the rust-belt. Thanks for sharing. I see you have an artist's appreciation for your subjects

  • @viewer608
    @viewer608 11 років тому

    Thanks to each of you . This is a great video and made me want to purchase so many of the items shown. This is truly a piece of history and wonderfully filmed. Thank you for taking us there. Well done. Jim , not Nigel

  • @johnsteinson
    @johnsteinson 10 років тому +2

    I grew up in that city in the 60s-80s and I've always wondered what the inside looked like. Thanks for the tour!

  • @carpdude73
    @carpdude73 11 років тому

    I love that no one in your crew says stupid comments while exploring. You're not loud and obnoxious and you capture the interesting things that I would be looking for if I was there. Thank you for posting your explorations!

  • @seanraleigh999
    @seanraleigh999 10 років тому +6

    I love these tours of abandoned buildings. Keep 'em coming!

  • @ShotofWry
    @ShotofWry 12 років тому +1

    My parents married in New York in 1957 and frequently took "the Valley" as they called it to visit my dad's family. They likely purchased their return passage at the very ticket booths you filmed. As a kid I often visited my grandparents and remember the LVRR freights passing thru, and the upper platform shelter still standing. Not much left from those times, except those old yellow clippings on the walls. Thanks for sharing your explorations.

  • @StephenCarlBaldwin
    @StephenCarlBaldwin 11 років тому

    This is a great work of visual historical documentation.
    The captions/story cards added context to the visual exploration.
    Brilliant.
    Brilliant.

  • @DOSgrid
    @DOSgrid 12 років тому

    Once again, good job guys!
    Hopefully someday someone will notice how respectful you are of the properties and allow you in to film even more less known and untouched historical gems.

  • @stemwhacker
    @stemwhacker 12 років тому

    The architecture of the building is breathtaking. Nice work documenting this amazing piece of history!

  • @AudiophileTubes
    @AudiophileTubes 12 років тому

    You guys (and gals) truly do bring history back alive! Thank you for all you do.

  • @shane8109
    @shane8109 12 років тому

    I love each video you've shot and can't get enough. Great stuff!

  • @nelo1285
    @nelo1285 11 років тому +2

    Amazing video! I remember sneaking in there as a kid after bike rides along the river. Thank You for the video and all of the historical references.

  • @gouryg4774
    @gouryg4774 8 років тому +6

    This is an interesting relic, with all the talk of putting a new passenger line through the Lehigh Valley and connecting to NJ Transit's line giving rail access to to the Northeast Corridor line from the Lehigh Valley it makes you wonder if this station could be resurrected.

  • @solohoh
    @solohoh 8 років тому

    Thanks for this video, I grew up on a farm on the Lehigh river near here that was south of Walnutport. That train went past my bedroom window about 500 feet away. We would pick up coal from the tracks for the cold winters. We moved to California in 1956. This brings me up to date on the local history.

  • @ChooChuChoo
    @ChooChuChoo 11 років тому

    Thanks for filming this, I've lived in the Lehigh Valley all my life but never bothered to check out any of our many abandoned areas (for a good variety of reasons) and your exploration in tri-state area is really intriguing.

  • @killerwhaletank
    @killerwhaletank 11 років тому

    I used to live right up the hill from this place. Fantastic of you to go searching through it!

  • @Lynchfan88
    @Lynchfan88 11 років тому

    The Unknown Cameraman! Bringing us the best in scarcely seen awesomeness!!

  • @Quadflash
    @Quadflash 6 років тому

    Great video coverage of a cool bit of history. Love the way that you capture the little details.

  • @dharkling890
    @dharkling890 12 років тому

    I agree the camera team did an excellent job. However, your additional story brought the adventure to another level and that was very cool! Thank you Mr. O'Hay.

  • @MsGrotesqueBurlesque
    @MsGrotesqueBurlesque 9 років тому

    Also grew up in Allentown. Finding videos of people exploring abandoned places in the Lehigh Valley makes me smile. I wish I had the balls and willing friends to explore some of these places myself.

  • @dharkling890
    @dharkling890 12 років тому

    I enjoy your vids guys! I especially love the attention to detail of so many different things such as architectural details, news clippings and some of the grand details alike the staircase! I think one of my favorite things is my empathic gifts allow me to feel the excitement and genuine love of history and what you are doing! Please don't lose that dude!

  • @wadeguidry6675
    @wadeguidry6675 7 років тому +1

    Your quality of filming and locations are excellent!

  • @tarahawk6244
    @tarahawk6244 10 років тому +1

    Your videos are the best "urbex" stuff around!

  • @scofab
    @scofab 11 років тому

    You always seem to find the finest details, that make it real, like being there yourself.
    Love this stuff, thanks. :)

  • @ipfeldspar
    @ipfeldspar 11 років тому

    I like your style! Great attention to detail, and lots of it!

  • @jimsoutdooradventures2748
    @jimsoutdooradventures2748 12 років тому

    Another great video! This one covers two of my intrests,trains and abandoned places.Thanks for the video!

  • @808SHIRTS
    @808SHIRTS 10 років тому

    Thank you for the dope camera work!

  • @DavidSpector
    @DavidSpector 11 років тому

    Great video. I have been going through all of them since I came across your channel. They are very addicting.

  • @abyios
    @abyios 11 років тому

    Thank You for uploading this video. I love videos about abandoned buildings and could sit and watch them all day long. Of course I'd end up with diabetes if i did that but, I can enjoy them while I have a little time.

  • @seagrave72
    @seagrave72 12 років тому

    Great Vid, very impressed to see so much of the original stuff in such good shape, around my way places have been destroyed because no one cares to preserve anything.

  • @BossSpringsteen69
    @BossSpringsteen69 8 років тому

    This is way cool. I see people much younger than me doing explorations like this is fascinating.I just happen to live in part of an apartment complex that was once large factory. Ive seen pictures and video of the abandoned factory during some urban exploration tours. From what it was to what is is now is amazing. I love your documentary work. This stuff you do is top notch. Keep up the good work.

  • @yawhause
    @yawhause 11 років тому

    Your videos are so interesting...love how you just "show the story" . Please keep up the great work.

  • @UrbexTroll
    @UrbexTroll 12 років тому

    Awesome camera work you guys. It's fun to live vicariously too. Hope to get out there to check out the Old PA Turnpike some day. Keep it up.

  • @jonrb86
    @jonrb86 11 років тому

    This was excellent! Great camera work and editing.

  • @shiloh4378
    @shiloh4378 11 років тому

    There was so much beautiful symbolism in this video. You do great work!

  • @deepfriedbarbie
    @deepfriedbarbie 11 років тому +1

    Made my night :) Wish I could have explored this place while I was visiting NY! Awesome job.

  • @londonliz43
    @londonliz43 12 років тому

    Thank you so much for the tour. It was really cool. You guys are very brave. Love watching.

  • @catherinetrammell309
    @catherinetrammell309 10 років тому +4

    This is so much fun to watch, I love watching these videos of yours, it mind blowing and I learn history to. Keep up the out of the world work.

    • @TheUnknownCameraman
      @TheUnknownCameraman  10 років тому

      Thanks!

    • @catherinetrammell309
      @catherinetrammell309 10 років тому

      Your welcome! I would love to do one of these with you, like a haunted building or house.

    • @voiceovernomad
      @voiceovernomad 10 років тому

      *****
      Hey I was wondering if you would be interested in grouping up for some really cool abandoned places my friend and I explore and have just stumbled upon. We want to use them for films mostly but It would be cool to have another Like minded/experienced individual to go out with. I live basically where you filmed the Railway Passenger Station

  • @KopperKid555
    @KopperKid555 10 років тому +2

    I find your channel very interesting because you show me abandon places near were I live... I was just at knoebles today and I was going to visit centralia but didn't have the chance anyway I like your videos... Keep on posting.

  • @Tekken3Princess
    @Tekken3Princess 12 років тому

    This is not far from where my hubby's cousin lives. Looks like it is time for a trip soon! I was surprised you all didn't find any other people in there with all those personal belongings sitting around. I also enjoyed the architecture, but I am sort of an architecture "nerd" :) Great job! I was eagerly awaiting a new video from you!

  • @pnk878251
    @pnk878251 11 років тому

    i love all the closeups you give on the documents and stuff you find...close up of a dead spider, or that old tire in the beginning, things like that. i always wish urb ex's would show me MORE of that type of thing. you really learn alot about the location and what not that way...love it. GReaT ViD! keep em comin, please!

  • @mccullough7197
    @mccullough7197 11 років тому

    I love watching your videos I learn and explore at the same time thanks!:) keep them coming!!

  • @EvilDarkCow
    @EvilDarkCow 12 років тому

    Love these videos, bro! I'm kind of a railroad fanatic so this really caught my eye when I saw it on the main page.

  • @jimbogusky
    @jimbogusky 11 років тому

    Great video! I grew up in Wilson Borough, a few miles away. That station closed down before I was born, but I always wondered what it looked like inside. It's a shame that the station has deteriorated so bad. It would make a great train themed restaurant. Unfortunately, that is not the best part of town.

  • @P0V3RTY09
    @P0V3RTY09 12 років тому

    I work for a railroad and I have to say, the " old school" way of how the buildings were back then look so much better then the modern prefab way today. I have been fortunate to have seen some of the historic RR buildings of my area before they were demolished... Thanks for the uploads, Keep'em coming !! Too bad you didn't see any old train movement records....recoding actual arrival and departure times of trains......oh well :)

  • @mikehollins1970
    @mikehollins1970 10 років тому

    great attention to detail and facts, keep up the great work!

  • @dylanvieytes
    @dylanvieytes 11 років тому

    I love yours videos. You are an awesome urban explorer. I have to deal with them occasionally with my job. You don't seam to vandalize the buildings you enter or leave any trace of your presence at all. I had to deal with 3 young urban explorers trying to make off with a 10ton gantry crane in their pickup from one of my employer's warehouse a while back. it was build some time around 1840 and abandoned in the 1940's and recently I've been put in charge of fixing the building to be used as a shop

  • @jobejahova
    @jobejahova 9 років тому +4

    I have seen that place a hundred times as a kid and always wondered what it was all about.

  • @fahrer4184
    @fahrer4184 11 років тому

    Agreed. I'm glad to see urbexers respecting the places they visit. Keep up the good work... you've got a new subscriber.

  • @tiapl888
    @tiapl888 11 років тому

    Probably the coolest channel on youtube!

  • @darrellkotack7318
    @darrellkotack7318 11 років тому

    Great work! ...and nice touch with the History inserts.

  • @susana.5799
    @susana.5799 11 років тому

    fan here....love watching you to . for a year now.. still doing good videos 'yay' hehe keep up good work :)

  • @Cshell777
    @Cshell777 12 років тому

    Incredible old memories in that place - fascinating to see the old newspaper clippings on the walls - always sad to see places like this go to waste. It's too bad that they don't restore it for historic purposes. Thanks for sharing.

  • @carolehayden8566
    @carolehayden8566 11 років тому

    I like the things you zero in on. You have the curiosity of a true artist. This was so cool Yhank you x 3.

  • @ScottKorin
    @ScottKorin 9 років тому +2

    Very frustrating that you used to be able to catch a train in Easton to NYC. The Lehigh Valley is the largest metropolitan area in the USA without light rail.

  • @will-i-am9575
    @will-i-am9575 10 років тому

    Thanks for posting this!

  • @33Kellymc
    @33Kellymc 9 років тому

    Awesome job exploring! Love your vids. Keep up the great work!

  • @klbird
    @klbird 10 років тому +7

    It is interesting to see the reaction of today's youth to the past that many of us took for granted when their age. I'm sure future generations will find their primitive cameras and light sources odd..Keep exploring kids!

  • @windymoore4009
    @windymoore4009 11 років тому

    Great video! Loved the pop up information regarding the station. So sad that it's left like that. Too bad that some kind of historical society couldn't have stepped in and had it as a museum.

  • @maddy6367
    @maddy6367 10 років тому

    I've seen that place a few times and I've always wanted to explore it. Great video!

  • @Tamlin73
    @Tamlin73 12 років тому

    Hi :)
    Nice film, lots of details, and i think much of the film could do great as pictures on the wall.... i like your type of filming, nice and calm :)
    Best regards from Norway :)

  • @akeffo
    @akeffo 11 років тому

    I grew up in the LV and did the same kind of stuff you are doing. Cool, keep it up. I live the historical aspect and the LV once a manufacturing mecca has remnants of its' past all over the place.

  • @nagaempress
    @nagaempress 12 років тому

    I have literally been waiting for this video to come out!!!!

  • @lauriemama
    @lauriemama 11 років тому

    This was interesting and I'm glad you documented it before it fell into too much ruin. Thank you for sharing.

  • @sa65cn1
    @sa65cn1 12 років тому

    What a fabulous place this must have been in it's heyday. Great job to TheUnknownCamerman!

  • @AmysBeauty04
    @AmysBeauty04 11 років тому

    Ive been watching your videos for awhile now, and get so scared by them, but find them so interesting! I dont know why I do this to myself. LOL

  • @1oldskoolluvr
    @1oldskoolluvr 9 років тому

    Those wrought iron railings & pillars that appeared @ the 17:00 mark were amazing. I would love to be able to rescue them from further deterioration, but i can guarantee it would never be an option die to red-tape & ownership retention of the property. Wonderful insight you guys have given to forgotten properties.

  • @MrCharlieOnly
    @MrCharlieOnly 12 років тому

    Another great video my talented friend. Killer location....

  • @coltsfan69
    @coltsfan69 10 років тому

    Great video. What's hard to believe is why can't they refubish this great place.

  • @SuperMissblueeyes
    @SuperMissblueeyes 11 років тому

    06:53(ish) looks like a weighbridge to me.
    Wow! Thanks for the video guys. I'm enjoying this all the way from the UK. I love how you find out & include bits of history about the place.

  • @greymajickjedi
    @greymajickjedi 11 років тому +3

    Liked and subscribed! :D
    Dude you NEED to bring me along on your next explorations. i have been in a station very similar to that many times. But your team seems to be oblivious to security, stealth, safety, and being mindful of their surroundings.
    You saw the pipe and personal effects, people obviously get high there. Was anyone trained or equipped to defend the group if the need arose? Was anyone ready to administer first aid should someone be injured?
    i love this kind of thing, because you walk through faded memories of rusted history when you explore places like this. And i am totally grateful to you and others like you that preserve these sites before they are reclaimed by time. But the times when several people walked onto decayed stairs or touched things that could be toxic, contaminated (or the instrument of a crime) made me wince.

  • @warriorwolfehh
    @warriorwolfehh 11 років тому

    I swear your videos are so cool! I've always loved watching shows and things based in the 1800 and 1900's and to see abandoned buildings and whole train stations is amazing! Just imagining that once this place was alive with a whole bunch of people that the majority of them are dead. I just find it fascinating and would love to visit places like these even if they're not the safest and it may be trespassing ^-^'

  • @danpeak
    @danpeak 10 років тому +2

    My memory..I am a small girl crying her eyes out as my favorite Aunt and her family board the train there to head back to Cali.

    • @HotCuppaCoffee
      @HotCuppaCoffee 10 років тому +2

      Danielle Notaro - Ah... Poor little pum'kin.
      In my imagination, your mom scoops you up, and tells you not to be sad, that you'll see them again soon.

  • @邱偉立
    @邱偉立 8 років тому

    thank you made these kind of films i think im there right now

  • @theshatnerman4242
    @theshatnerman4242 12 років тому

    LOVE ALL YOUR VIDS.KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

  • @ACEcolorado1
    @ACEcolorado1 12 років тому

    Love the 70's 60's newspaper clippings! Thats awesome how there's some historical sources left.

  • @ginamaria2579
    @ginamaria2579 10 років тому +1

    Awesome find guys, thank you !

  • @SweetJoyBG
    @SweetJoyBG 11 років тому +1

    Just found your site, loved the shots of all the abandoned places. Such a shame too. Imagine what they could do with a lot of these locations. Have you ever come across a place that had strange things happened? Sounds and movement that weren't made by you and your team. Haunted? Would love to hear stories on that as well.

    • @greymajickjedi
      @greymajickjedi 11 років тому +1

      Actually, a couple of times when that train groaned over head sounded downright otherworldly. o.~

    • @SweetJoyBG
      @SweetJoyBG 11 років тому +1

      Sounds like you really had your experience and then some in many areas. Good luck on your next video.

  • @joeypincombe8384
    @joeypincombe8384 6 років тому +2

    Where in lehigh Valley is this train station ?

  • @kellingc
    @kellingc 11 років тому

    Things I loved about this - the older images used in comparison, the information about the railroad, and the camera work Very cool, Kept me captivated for the entire 20 minutes.
    I really liked the eold newspaper aritcals about the line.

  • @haring814
    @haring814 11 років тому +1

    very cool video i lived in the valley my whole life drove past there a million times never knew that stuff was there. think i found i new hobby.

  • @cookingwithjesus
    @cookingwithjesus 11 років тому

    I love this stuff. I haven't visited an abandoned building in years.

  • @dtg610420
    @dtg610420 9 років тому

    Thats nuts, i know this area well, I worked not but a few blocks from this station, Thanks for such an amazing video and all the awesome facts about the Lehigh Valley Railroad!

  • @rubber20021
    @rubber20021 10 років тому

    lots of history, thanks for showing!

  • @DJmorex
    @DJmorex 11 років тому

    Good work guys!! Awesome place, I really enjoy the tour + the history of the station. is it posible to see the photos? Greets from Argentina

  • @leeblankley2029
    @leeblankley2029 10 років тому

    Like the videos, try taking a trip to England and video some of that stuff! haha keep em coming

  • @Rfvansaun
    @Rfvansaun 11 років тому

    I love the picture of the 2 button light switch at 5:39. My grandparents used to have those kinds of switches in every room of their house.

  • @michotruth3156
    @michotruth3156 8 років тому +4

    Sad with the homeless people living in these kind of places.. Lost souls.

  • @Gryffster
    @Gryffster 11 років тому +10

    Recommendation - get Peztl lamps to free up your hands. Helmet mounted cameras? Boots, gloves, beware of discarded sharps (needles etc) and avoid standing water (risk of Leptospirosis)

    • @krayezykat5149
      @krayezykat5149 11 років тому +3

      absolutely! giving me the willies watching these people touch things with their bare hands. oh my....

    • @TheUnknownCameraman
      @TheUnknownCameraman  11 років тому +6

      My light is about 5x brighter than even the best Peztl headlamp actually. It's great. The problem for viewers is that my camera lens lacks low f-stop capabilities for actually capturing the full amount of light available. So really, I need a new lens, not a new light.

  • @clevaantstyle
    @clevaantstyle 11 років тому

    So many buildings are left to time or to be destroyed.Thank you for this video.

  • @waylandjennings4073
    @waylandjennings4073 10 років тому +1

    Wow. Too bad it was allowed to fall into disrepair. Looks like a fun place to explore, but also very dangerous! Something I would have done a few years ago when I was a little more daring. Cool video--- be careful!!!!!

  • @ChazzKustomz
    @ChazzKustomz 12 років тому

    Totally cool!! If I lived down there, I would go with you guys. Great adventure.

  • @npo64
    @npo64 11 років тому

    I love your videos. Just be careful during your explorations. With all that water damage, you never know how safe the floors are. I'd love you to do a video of the old train terminal in Buffalo, NY. I bet you'd do a great job!

  • @commonman80
    @commonman80 11 років тому

    This reminds me of when I was a Kid. I used to love going and exploring old abandoned factories and stuff. Be that as it may. One thing I'm sad about and Glad about is that Homeless people find these places to reap shelter. At least they have a safe place to lay their heads at night. For what ever reason they're homeless. At least the buildings aren't going totally to waist. There are so many interesting American History lessons inside a lot of these old abandoned buildings. Good Work. Be Safe..

  • @MrMustacrackish
    @MrMustacrackish 10 років тому +2

    I go to a welding school in the area and a kid from new Jersey was making fun of kids from around here because of how excited we get about abandoned warehouses and stuff. He was like relax scooby doo, I'm 23 years old but I still think the history of this area is fascinating and who wouldn't want to check out places like this.

  • @itscrystalherex97
    @itscrystalherex97 10 років тому +1

    I love these videos! :)