My Aunt is in her last hours and she asked me. If I had photos of the west. She loved watching wild west movies with the old trains and right away I thought of these videos. She is watching with a smile on her face! Thank you guys for taking her on a last ride on earth...You were her 1st video I found.
50 minutes of nothing but rolling rail, yet I can't stop watching. Probably the scenery, along with the refreshing feeling of freedom cruising unimpeded through miles and miles of desert. Love it!
I love this!!! I can imagine reaching a point , deep into nowhere, pitching a tent, cooking up a meal and enjoying the silence and the stars as night fell. Wake up to a beautiful sunrise.
That looked like so much fun. Horn got a little annoying, but if it was on my cart I would probably do the same. Grown men never grow up we just get better at building our toys! Great vid guys. Would love to see some kind of series come out of this. Travel the country looking for old abandoned tracks to ride and explore
In 2016 we rode a rail speeder up those tracks and snuck into the employee neighborhood (abandoned). Security started chasing us and we ran back to the speeder which we used to make a hasty retreat. My friend really angered the guard and 4 weeks later when we went back, a 6 foot long bridge which went over a stream had been damaged to the point it was impossible to traverse. In 2018 we got confirmation that the guard was so angry he took his 4x4, tools, and chain and wrecked it on purpose, he made it basically a Derailment waiting to happen. I see the new timber as you guys drive over it, glad it's been fixed, the guard was actually prosecuted so this stretch of rail should be good for a long time (hooray!)
@@archiemoreno oh that makes me very sad. I had to stop riding due to an unrelated injury, almost ready again... guess I'll be looking at other locations.. I've heard railroad pass near Boulder city is a great time however the railroad museum uses it so you need to schedule it at off peak times..
I worked on the drilling and blasting crew at the Eagle Mountain open pit iron mine back in the late fifties. I actually grabbed a ride in the cab of one of the Diesel engines. This Part of the desert is really desolate, there is NO shade, temps. Reached 130 degrees in mid summer out in the open.
Between 1989-2002 when I still lived in L.A., I used to take I-10 out to Red Cloud Rd., and wander 5 miles south, to go target shooting, and also off-roading (though you have to stay on existing roads, due to all of the designated "wilderness areas" out there), and those tracks are right next to Red Cloud Rd. at the freeway offramp. I've followed them from the freeway to the mine a few times, and once from the freeway, towards the Salton Sea, to the main line. I understand that within the past 10 years, that UPRR finally cut the tracks at the mainline junction.
In 1979, I met my husband and I was introduced to the vast expanses of southern pacific, this looks a lot what I appreciated of the big sky and no annoying people
I know the cars loaded with iron ore made their way to the Fontana mill, but am I right in thinking that the Kaiser locomotives did not pull them all the way there ? At some point didn't Union Pacific's locomotives take over on the mainline?
@@2centsam927 It was Southern Pacific RR and yes at first the cars were pulled by the Eagle Mountain Railway from the mine out to the mainline spur, eventually the EMR locos were phased out and SP locos took over.
Thank you guys. For that wonderful experience riding through the desert it was like a dream. I always wanted to travel though the desert like that .it really means allot to me that you took the time and effort to record the experience, it's such a good thing by allowing others like me to enjoy the trip. Thank you again for that experience. I hope they never shut that track down. Infact, I hope they open more of the rail lines to keep the history. Stay cool guys, awsome job.
This is the best thing I've seen in a long while, absolutely brilliant! I would take a tent, BBQ and cool box full of beer and food and camp at the end then ride back in the morning.
I went to kindergarten at the Eagle Mountain Elementary school. My dad was a millwright there we lived on Ironwood street third space from the end of the street. My playground back then was that whole area from the end of the street all the way to the tracks. Back then those tracks were filled with ore cars loaded with pellets. Fun times we had catching desert tortoises and lizards out there. The girls would give the tortoises names and write them on their shells. Oh how times have changed.
@@archiemoreno Yep, it is now a ghost town. We moved out of Eagle Mountain back in 1974, so well before the mine closed. But yeah we had a lot of fun out there. The employees had built a simple dirt circle track near the dump along with a mini drive-in so on Fri- Sat nights we would all head out there for either some movies or some dirt jalopy racing.
@@archiemoreno me to.. this is so sad they just rip it up like it was never anything... So much Old world Civilisation just thrown away and hidden.. lied about
Ahhh!!!! beauty...., young; I am almost 80 years old, but seeing this adventure of yours, and as a motorcycle trip; and feeling the hot wind and the heat flowing through the body is free life. Happy day. I traveled with you guys...very grateful.👏👏👏👏
So cool ain't it. As my town was little in the 80 s I whanted to build one to get to the next town and back quick at nights lol how cool it would be if it whent all way from near house. To town ..it be fun way to get into town an back home for Shaw ...
Not quite sure why honking the horn every 5 seconds was deemed necessary, it was a bit annoying but other than that an enjoyable ride.. Thanks for letting us tag along! :)
I hate to admit this but if I made this video I would have been having too much fun not to honk the horn every five minutes. "Choo Choo, check out my train! HONK HONK" It made me giggle thinking about it.
Thanks for the ride guys. That was wonderful. I worked on the railroad back in the early 70's and remember going south and came around a curve going about 50mph I imagine and one of the track inspectors was up ahead about 1/4-1/2 mile. He was still on the track trying to get off. The engineer slammed on the air. He got off ok and the air brakes were released but it sure put a scare into us. Riding a train is pretty much what you guys experienced except you're up higher and can see a bit better in the distance. Thanks again
I’m in. Rig with brush guard, plexiglass bug screen, sun tarp, (doesn’t look it’s rained in about 1200 years.) spare cart in tow with seven days of food water beer camp gear solar panels, satellite internet. Chill out and enjoy the scenery. Way cool guys!!!
Didn't see this but that's exactly what I was thinking! Light camping gear, food, lighting, electronics, power - how awesome would that be? Didn't even think about solar but a couple small usb solar panels and Lithium packs to keep small electronics charged and your good. Would have to be of course anything other than summer. Early spring/fall maybe.
This looks like one of the coolest ways to spend your time with a fairly creative setup. There is something magical in that constant sound of steel against steel. The air and flora around. Wish there were more of abandoned railroads in Poland...
What impresses me is the enormous amount of work and $$$ to build that rail line. Note how the rail line is several feet above the desert floor. Some places 10 ft or more. Just the site work alone must have cost a fortune. I am from La. and have seen the Miss River levees for years. That is what the rail line reminds me of. Enormous amounts of capital was and is expended to maintain the levees, 100's of millions.
Rails like these were basically the backbones of the USA, and still are pretty much even with aircraft and automobiles. Before the rails, we were limited to draft animals and river/canal traffic (The USA was rather uniquely gifted there). Millions of tons travel across these lines even today, it's kind of a shame the abandoned lines are torn up.
Out there try to chill with my little cart and got this tailgater blasting that horn…one too many times and he’d catch a paper bag full of shit to the face!
It blows my mind how far we're come as humans. To think they built these railroads the hard way, with their blood, sweat and tears. It was a good ride. Imagine how hard and slow life was in the early days.
@@KB-ke3fi I'll buy that...I know they used prisoners on these rail lines too. Sad but slavery has been around for centuries. Fortunately we've abolished it in the West. Now we call it capitalism.
Rescue pull,chain pulleys,dragbuckets off train clean ups dump trucks hydraulic wheels ,now make it popular up in Canada trying too recuce you. Check roads near border your end, now. John.
Imagine being out in the middle of nowhere, in a vehicle riding a route entirely alone but for one other person, and still feeling like you gotta lay on a horn for some stupid reason. Yeah, this is that guy.
I am often amused by what I, and some others, will watch on UA-cam. One can experience so many things that you would never even think of. Much less experience. Thanks for the ride!
I would love to do that! I would try to rig it with some kind of canopy for shade though. The desert sun is brutal..Thanks for sharing your adventure on UA-cam. I would take a sledgehammer to that airhorn Gallagher style.
@@ninemilliondollars All the first man has to do is look backwards every now and again and if the rear car is missing, turn around and go look-see until found. No need for the blasted horn..
I always wanted to do something like this, but nowadays they pull the tracks up pretty fast after abandonment. Just really cool that you shared this. Took some planning too!
My grandpa worked making railroads back in the 1940’s. I can only imagine how hard it was because there were not that many machines. Everything was done by hand.
I had to work on that railroad track In 1975 parts of it was washed out and they used use miners to dig it out. I started working at eagle mountain iron ore mine in January 1975 stopped working there in June 1975. They were cleaning up all the back up piles. Then doing some repairs for 3 months. Then in September of 1975 the union went on strike. Don't know what happened after that.
The railroad scenes in the movie "Tough Guys" with Bert Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were filmed on the Eagle Mountain. Railroad. Steam locomotive, Southern Pacific Daylight engine #4449 was used.
This trackage, terrain and scenery most definitely brings to mind the fantastic western adventure -- 'topped' off with Claudia Cardinale -- "The Professionals" (1968). Seeing this, beginning to end, makes me wanna get out the DVD or Blu-ray to watch it -- and her -- again. . . . Having driven Highway 111 multiple times it was interesting to see the road and light traffic plus the Salton Sea from the perspective of the Eagle Mountain Railroad on the final minutes of the return ride. 56:04 - 56:07 These final seconds, a still photo suitable for framing almost, definitely provide a beautiful perspective with clear, full image of the speeder, sun at a good angle making the tracks, ties, scrub brush stand out against endless sand. Dramatically we view the line heading off into the horizon, to the Salton Sea with the San Jacinto Mountains in far background -- . 'the whole enchilada.' TMI: When making another EMR round trip -- and if not in a hurry -- bringing along gardening shears, or if not too heavy, a weed eater in order to trim the over-reaching bushes encountered would be prudent. . . . On UA-cam we see many videos of abandoned tracks (ed. - "thank you, contributors!") and it's remarkable to see how the train tracks, while rusted, going through flat dry terrain can almost appear untouched, as from a 'time machine,' yet the wooded, VERY green Georgia, North Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin, Oregon, etc. environments grow, grow and grow. The naturally grow to the degree the tracks are impossible to use a speeder, or even pass by foot, and in some instances, even see. Perhaps 20 years ago driving 111 north from Brawley to Indio I stopped and photographed the switches and tracks making this route's connection to UP's main line -- 'just because.' . . . Another time when a UP crew was doubling the track; they did not 'have a cow' about being photographed as we hear far too many times. . . . . Back to the subject at hand, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, let us all hope "the last 10 miles of track" still and WILL "remain." . . . It would be just like a federal governmental agency like the Environmental Protective Agency to shut down the track for one of their lame reasons such as "the noise of the speeders is frightening the desert tortoise and rattlesnakes." Similar illogical reasoning has delayed for decades high-speed passenger rail, L.A. - Vegas.
Yeah maybe they can also pack a lawn tractor. They aren’t there to landscape. One is there for quiet and scenery and the other guy is there just so he can blow that stupid horn every 10 seconds
The laughter at each stop was awesome. See ladies? It does not take alot to bring a man happiness. Freedom. No pressure. And simple pleasures are key to being happy. Well, and maybe an airhorn. Possibly that's why there is no passenger seat. LOL!
I hiked the Spreckles railway years ago! From Jacumba to Ocotillo! Did over 3 days exploring the canyon floor and the tunnels! Found old chinese shoes! Place is crazy! The Goat Canyon Tressle is awesome! Hello from Scotland!👋🏴
I grew up near the ocean here in SoCal, and driving through the desert is usually quite boring for me, but transiting it like this puts everything into an entirely different and delightful perspective. The sounds of the rails (minus the horn) is very relaxing, and the desert beauty seems to go on forever. Plus it just looks like such fun! Very nice video. 👍
I'm back here again, I tell you what to videos like yours got me through the lockdowns sure looks very fun don't stop riding the rails Brotha God Bless 🙏
The video brings back memories od when the SP pulled the ore trains out of there. A friend worked there back in the "60"s. Eagle Mountain lost their post office in "83.
For a railroad that’s been abandoned for almost 40 years the track and ties are in amazingly good condition. Great video. I would love to do this myself one day.
Absolutely love this video. Could sleep while listening if not for the horn. But, thanks for sharing. Will probably watch it a few more times in the future. Railroad companies could make millions by building these hour long rides through places like that. But their greed what cause the price to be to high.
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Thank you for sharing, this is so special somehow. The rattling klanky noise, the wind and the horn, I could hear how much fun you had toot toot. The pictures ❤
I saw some guys who had bicycles set up with some contraption for riding the rails, and they were seriously in the middle of nowhere in southern Argentina. Great video and fantastic mountain scenery there. They would stop at small villages to camp each night. It was an abandoned narrow gauge railroad.
If you go out into the boonies a lot, investing in a satellite communicator with emergency locator is worth every penny. My jeep broke down once way off the beaten path and I was in panic till a hiker happened along that had one. He let me use it to contact some friends to come rescue me and I bought my own shortly after.
Great ride. For a line that has been out of service for all these years it's surprising that sections of track have not gotten excessively out of gauge. There are a couple of old videos up on UA-cam showing some of the last trains pulling ore cars over this line. An area of the country I'll probably never see...Thanks.
@@katmandoism Hello, I went to work for Kaiser in Eagle Mt in 1974. When I was processing in, there was a major dump truck accident that killed the driver and apprentice, I believe. They lost the brakes down hill but the runaway truck ramp did not slow them down and the fully loaded 150 ton truck went airborne and the fall protection plate over the truck cab smashed the driver and the apprentice when they landed. I used to run around Eagle Mt with my Red '71 Mach 1 mustang.
The front cart's wheelbase looks way too narrow. You can see him bouncing back and forth down the tracks. A simple adjustment would stabilize the ride. And take that horn away from that child 🤠!
I believe you could fix a spring loaded wheel on it were thy would go in and out at wheel not sure but I believe a person could try and spring loaded them with a small amount of pressure against them to float on the axle some way
Yeah that, and it seems like it would be a nicer ride if the wheels were larger. Maybe a bit quieter with lower wheel rpm with larger wheels. Less bearing wear too.
I did NOT know this was a thing, and now I want to do it! Haha, it was a blast watching your adventure. Thanks for filming so much of it. The lawn chairs and coolers cracked me up, so thanks for that too.🤣
I enjoyed that more than I thought I would LOL! Amazed at how fast you can go & how lightweight the vehicles are. Way more fun than the old handcar for sure! ☺️👍
I was thinking the same thing. even in parts of Sonoma county. Up in Mendocino there's more and i've wanted to use a rail cart on those tracks but not sure about the conditions
That was built back in the days when men knew how to get stuff done! Imagine trying to build that now, especially if some government agency was in charge. It would take 10 times longer than it should and run many times over the initial budget. Just like California's idiotic high speed rail boondoggle, which will take decades to complete.
Buster Keaton made a film quite late in life for , I think, Canadian Pacific, across Canada to the ocean on one of the larger railroad versions. Well worth watching. Also, as I child I used to use the track of the closed railway as a footpath, Southern / British Railways from Fordingbridge towards Salisbury in southern England. The tracks were still laid but rusty and when a company train used the track for removing sidings , signalling equipment etc, the passage of the wheels lefts marks and it would be spooky if your little speeders did the same , Ghost Train in California stories round the camp fire. Brilliant video, good memories.
Yo guys what a wonderful trip!! Thanks. Makes you wonder why it got abandoned. I love the vastness and quiet and endless sand and scrub, very relaxing for the soul.
My Aunt is in her last hours and she asked me. If I had photos of the west. She loved watching wild west movies with the old trains and right away I thought of these videos. She is watching with a smile on her face! Thank you guys for taking her on a last ride on earth...You were her 1st video I found.
One love to your Aunt brother, so beautiful ❤
Damn thats a knife to the heart to read. Sad for your aunt
It's not what it's cracked up 2 bee one love 2 your aunt
Sua tia está com Deus um abraço do Brasil
😅😊😊@@tweeze2700
50 minutes of nothing but rolling rail, yet I can't stop watching. Probably the scenery, along with the refreshing feeling of freedom cruising unimpeded through miles and miles of desert. Love it!
Exelente cierto amigo libertad única
Lol me too bro
@@marcelovalenzuela947 Me too and great to travel a railroad that is now, sadly, being ripped up.
Totally agree!!👍😉
So cool!
I really enjoyed the ride, except for the excess horn blowing. Thanks so much for this piece of history. Aarre Peltomaa
That's what trains do in the mornings at 2 am just annoy you or wake you up
dude would not stop with that dumb horn lol
@@jamesbenson228 yeah the horn was a bit excessive especially since it was for no reasons.
I like the horn
@estevan6970 yup lol lol lol lol lol lol doesn't bother me
You know you got freedom when you can build your own railcar, slap a cooler and a horn on it and have this all to yourself...this is freaking awesome!
???? Freedom is of the mind
@@bearbones4347 cringe
@@winterflakes101nope
@@HannahRoot55 yep
I love this!!! I can imagine reaching a point , deep into nowhere, pitching a tent, cooking up a meal and enjoying the silence and the stars as night fell. Wake up to a beautiful sunrise.
That's how i want to live but my life sucks !
@@The_Random_68 I think everyone would be happier living this way. I believe modern life is our punishment for rejecting mother nature.
@@ross2595 yep so true !
scorpions will get you
@@ufartface damn scorpions!
That looked like so much fun. Horn got a little annoying, but if it was on my cart I would probably do the same. Grown men never grow up we just get better at building our toys! Great vid guys. Would love to see some kind of series come out of this. Travel the country looking for old abandoned tracks to ride and explore
Very much enjoyed this little adventure, thanks for sharing 👍.!!!
Yes, Horn did get a little annoying but good to watch nonetheless
SPeak for yourself. Don't indite all men with your juvenile attitude.
Big boys toys.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.😁
In 2016 we rode a rail speeder up those tracks and snuck into the employee neighborhood (abandoned). Security started chasing us and we ran back to the speeder which we used to make a hasty retreat. My friend really angered the guard and 4 weeks later when we went back, a 6 foot long bridge which went over a stream had been damaged to the point it was impossible to traverse. In 2018 we got confirmation that the guard was so angry he took his 4x4, tools, and chain and wrecked it on purpose, he made it basically a Derailment waiting to happen. I see the new timber as you guys drive over it, glad it's been fixed, the guard was actually prosecuted so this stretch of rail should be good for a long time (hooray!)
@@archiemoreno oh that makes me very sad. I had to stop riding due to an unrelated injury, almost ready again... guess I'll be looking at other locations.. I've heard railroad pass near Boulder city is a great time however the railroad museum uses it so you need to schedule it at off peak times..
So it WAS you two. lol.
We’ll get those pesky kids on their carts next time. Mark my words. (Shakes fist)
@@thomas7770 They stole the apples off my tree.
NO SUCH WORD AS "SNUCK." THE PAST TENSE OF "SNEAK" IS "SNEAKED."
Man hats off to the workers who laid this track! Can't imagine working in those conditions!
“Dock that chink a days pay for sleeping on the job” Blazing Saddles
chain gang
I've been working on the railroad.....
Convicts and poors..
Thank the Chinese.
I worked on the drilling and blasting crew at the Eagle Mountain open pit iron mine back in the late fifties. I actually grabbed a ride in the cab of one of the Diesel engines. This Part of the desert is really desolate, there is NO shade, temps. Reached 130 degrees in mid summer out in the open.
Consider yourself a lucky man!
It really makes you wonder how the settlers survived this desolate shithole
I was wondering what happens if the cart breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
Between 1989-2002 when I still lived in L.A., I used to take I-10 out to Red Cloud Rd., and wander 5 miles south, to go target shooting, and also off-roading (though you have to stay on existing roads, due to all of the designated "wilderness areas" out there), and those tracks are right next to Red Cloud Rd. at the freeway offramp.
I've followed them from the freeway to the mine a few times, and once from the freeway, towards the Salton Sea, to the main line.
I understand that within the past 10 years, that UPRR finally cut the tracks at the mainline junction.
@@kjisnot then they would be prey to the beasts
Soy cubano me gusta mucho ésas aventuras d ustedes .trabajé 48 años d MECÁNICO d las yamadas auto carriles me gusta mucho su trabajó gracias a todos..
Its look like best roller coaster ever. Greatings rom Czech Republic guys
Cesta jak z Ostravy do Brna. 😊
In 1979, I met my husband and I was introduced to the vast expanses of southern pacific, this looks a lot what I appreciated of the big sky and no annoying people
*Opened in 1948, the last Train Rolled across its 51 miles of Track in 1986*
In very good condition considering! No termites in these parts?
Why this rail track was closed..?
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I know the cars loaded with iron ore made their way to the Fontana mill, but am I right in thinking that the Kaiser locomotives did not pull them all the way there ? At some point didn't Union Pacific's locomotives take over on the mainline?
@@2centsam927 It was Southern Pacific RR and yes at first the cars were pulled by the Eagle Mountain Railway from the mine out to the mainline spur, eventually the EMR locos were phased out and SP locos took over.
Thank you guys. For that wonderful experience riding through the desert it was like a dream. I always wanted to travel though the desert like that .it really means allot to me that you took the time and effort to record the experience, it's such a good thing by allowing others like me to enjoy the trip. Thank you again for that experience. I hope they never shut that track down. Infact, I hope they open more of the rail lines to keep the history. Stay cool guys, awsome job.
I'm sure the rail carts could go faster if the flanged wheels were bigger and there was suspension and damping.
i thought that is a waterless lake
Thanks from me too. Keep videos coming please.
This is the best thing I've seen in a long while, absolutely brilliant!
I would take a tent, BBQ and cool box full of beer and food and camp at the end then ride back in the morning.
I never get tired of seeing your adventures on the rails, take good care of yourselves every time you go out.
I went to kindergarten at the Eagle Mountain Elementary school. My dad was a millwright there we lived on Ironwood street third space from the end of the street. My playground back then was that whole area from the end of the street all the way to the tracks. Back then those tracks were filled with ore cars loaded with pellets. Fun times we had catching desert tortoises and lizards out there. The girls would give the tortoises names and write them on their shells. Oh how times have changed.
@@archiemoreno Yep, it is now a ghost town. We moved out of Eagle Mountain back in 1974, so well before the mine closed. But yeah we had a lot of fun out there. The employees had built a simple dirt circle track near the dump along with a mini drive-in so on Fri- Sat nights we would all head out there for either some movies or some dirt jalopy racing.
Thanks for sharing that.
Eagle Mountain K-8
😢 ❤
@@archiemoreno me to.. this is so sad they just rip it up like it was never anything... So much Old world Civilisation just thrown away and hidden.. lied about
Looks so fun! It's crazy--in the first few minutes you can tell that whole region was probably under water 1,000 years ago
Maybe 100 000
Maybe last spring in the spring run-off.
Ahhh!!!! beauty...., young; I am almost 80 years old, but seeing this adventure of yours, and as a motorcycle trip; and feeling the hot wind and the heat flowing through the body is free life. Happy day. I traveled with you guys...very grateful.👏👏👏👏
So cool ain't it. As my town was little in the 80 s I whanted to build one to get to the next town and back quick at nights lol how cool it would be if it whent all way from near house. To town ..it be fun way to get into town an back home for Shaw ...
They indicated this was filmed in March. I was in the area for a month once before in April, and the weather was not that hot.
Thanks for the ringside view! Was so gutted when the ride came to an end!
What's with the horn every 10 seconds? What else did you get for Christmas?
I dreamed of doing this years before I discovered UA-cam, but then was delighted to see that others have already done it. So much fun to watch.
Not quite sure why honking the horn every 5 seconds was deemed necessary, it was a bit annoying but other than that an enjoyable ride.. Thanks for letting us tag along! :)
I can hear you sir.
I hate to admit this but if I made this video I would have been having too much fun not to honk the horn every five minutes. "Choo Choo, check out my train! HONK HONK" It made me giggle thinking about it.
Agreed, constantly blasting the horn was super annoying.
Annoyed easily? 😅
Annoyed easily? 😅
This is too awesome for words. It reminds me of rowing on a river. Great job guys-thanks for keeping history alive for as long as you can.
Thanks for the ride guys. That was wonderful. I worked on the railroad back in the early 70's and remember going south and came around a curve going about 50mph I imagine and one of the track inspectors was up ahead about 1/4-1/2 mile. He was still on the track trying to get off. The engineer slammed on the air. He got off ok and the air brakes were released but it sure put a scare into us. Riding a train is pretty much what you guys experienced except you're up higher and can see a bit better in the distance. Thanks again
A beautiful Zen Journey for the mind! Well - done! Thanks!! Silence has much to express.
I’m in. Rig with brush guard, plexiglass bug screen, sun tarp, (doesn’t look it’s rained in about 1200 years.) spare cart in tow with seven days of food water beer camp gear solar panels, satellite internet. Chill out and enjoy the scenery. Way cool guys!!!
👍👍👍
Didn't see this but that's exactly what I was thinking!
Light camping gear, food, lighting, electronics, power - how awesome would that be?
Didn't even think about solar but a couple small usb solar panels and Lithium packs to keep small electronics charged and your good.
Would have to be of course anything other than summer.
Early spring/fall maybe.
Don't forget: bring plenty of gasoline!
I believe walking out there would kinda suck!
My dream excursion.
Looks like you better stay in the city
This looks like one of the coolest ways to spend your time with a fairly creative setup. There is something magical in that constant sound of steel against steel. The air and flora around. Wish there were more of abandoned railroads in Poland...
What impresses me is the enormous amount of work and $$$ to build that rail line. Note how the rail line is several feet above the desert floor. Some places 10 ft or more. Just the site work alone must have cost a fortune. I am from La. and have seen the Miss River levees for years. That is what the rail line reminds me of. Enormous amounts of capital was and is expended to maintain the levees, 100's of millions.
Rails like these were basically the backbones of the USA, and still are pretty much even with aircraft and automobiles. Before the rails, we were limited to draft animals and river/canal traffic (The USA was rather uniquely gifted there). Millions of tons travel across these lines even today, it's kind of a shame the abandoned lines are torn up.
I would build a small camping house at the end of the line. Maybe park a trailer house there.
I was coming here to comment on the obnoxious horn, but I see everyone beat me to it. Brilliant idea though, rail cars are awesome.
It was cool the first couple times but it was disruptive to actually trying to enjoy the video.
@@robsmith400 yea, I like to hear the clickety clack of the rails, and them BLLLAAAMMMM!
Out there try to chill with my little cart and got this tailgater blasting that horn…one too many times and he’d catch a paper bag full of shit to the face!
I love the horn,it's got attitude.
The horn must be sounded for bridges and crossings.
It blows my mind how far we're come as humans. To think they built these railroads the hard way, with their blood, sweat and tears. It was a good ride. Imagine how hard and slow life was in the early days.
We're mentally insane monkeys, of course it looks mind blowing
Yeah most of it was built by Chinese slave labor. And everyone thinks it was only on the cotton plantations in the south lol
Now abandoned...
@@KB-ke3fi I'll buy that...I know they used prisoners on these rail lines too. Sad but slavery has been around for centuries. Fortunately we've abolished it in the West. Now we call it capitalism.
@@Momo_Kawashima We are better than animals we are something more
Greetings fro Australia. You guys prove that yr never too old to have fun! I just couldent stop watching. Thanks for a great video 👍
They're in their twenties...not very old 😂 😂 😂
Rescue pull,chain pulleys,dragbuckets off train clean ups dump trucks hydraulic wheels ,now make it popular up in Canada trying too recuce you. Check roads near border your end, now. John.
Doesn't that damn horn ever run out of air? If it doesn't, it should. Makes a pretty fun video pretty annoying.
I made it 3:10 and I'm off to something else.
Honk if you haven't seen an Uzi fired from a rail cart.🤣🤣🤣
I usually watch videos with sound turned off. It’s super duper!
Whats with the horn..That got old fast..Otherwise loved the video..!!!
YEAH ..I'M ABOUT DONE.. HORN IS REALLY ANNOYING
Imagine being out in the middle of nowhere, in a vehicle riding a route entirely alone but for one other person, and still feeling like you gotta lay on a horn for some stupid reason. Yeah, this is that guy.
Well there are others in vehicles that cross it here and there. There might even be someone on the track approaching. If not we're rail fans here.
Imagine crying about someone blowing a train horn in the middle of nowhere. You'd have to be a pretty miserable loser to do something like that.
Just turn the sound off,cue up Working Man's Dead,it works nicely with this run..✌️
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bless his heart he's got a horn and playing like he's on a train...lol
That whole area off to the side looks like an ancient lake bed. Really cool.
Much of the area was at one time an inland sea. So yeah river/lake beds are all over the place.
I am often amused by what I, and some others, will watch on UA-cam. One can experience so many things that you would never even think of. Much less experience. Thanks for the ride!
Well, there goes 50 minutes I'll never get back and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!!!
Except for that fucking horn.
TOOT TOOT
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I would love to do that! I would try to rig it with some kind of canopy for shade though. The desert sun is brutal..Thanks for sharing your adventure on UA-cam. I would take a sledgehammer to that airhorn Gallagher style.
Solar panel canopy.
Wondering if the horn is to let the first car know the second car hasn't broken down. Don't know if there's cell service out there.
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@@ninemilliondollars All the first man has to do is look backwards every now and again and if the rear car is missing, turn around and go look-see until found. No need for the blasted horn..
@@BasicModelling OK, but the horn is the easiest way so there's no need for the first man to keep turning around.
I lived near some railroad track as a very young kid and that horn brings back memories. Horrible... horrible memories!
I always wanted to do something like this, but nowadays they pull the tracks up pretty fast after abandonment. Just really cool that you shared this. Took some planning too!
They have tracks that have been abandoned for 50 years still sitting there. Thousands of miles in the United States and Canada.
Imagine all the work that went into the making of that railroad back in the day
My grandpa worked making railroads back in the 1940’s. I can only imagine how hard it was because there were not that many machines. Everything was done by hand.
How long is this stretch of railroad?
@@kerrysupporter 50 miles
Where was it linking. What towns or cities are near this line
@@kerrysupporter im not sure
So relaxing the only thing keeping me awake is the horn
Yeah needs to chunk the horn off the side.. otherwise pretty cool
WOW!!!! This is so cool! Thanks for taking us on the ride!
رحلة جميلة تمنيت أن أكون هناك أنة لشيء ممتع بعيد من ظوضاء المدينة وزحمة البشر جميل جدآ
I had to work on that railroad track In 1975 parts of it was washed out and they used use miners to dig it out. I started working at eagle mountain iron ore mine in January 1975 stopped working there in June 1975. They were cleaning up all the back up piles. Then doing some repairs for 3 months. Then in September of 1975 the union went on strike. Don't know what happened after that.
The railroad scenes in the movie "Tough Guys" with Bert Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were filmed on the Eagle Mountain. Railroad. Steam locomotive, Southern Pacific Daylight engine #4449 was used.
i punched em both out in a fight, one swipe.
A young Red Hit Chili Peppers had a brief cameo as well
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I wanna do this someday so bad. The peacefulness,the solidarity, just you a machine and miles of rail and world to discover.
Pretty cool but I think the track noise would be overwhelming after awhile
Its look like best roller coaster ever))That looked like so much fun))
This trackage, terrain and scenery most definitely brings to mind the fantastic western adventure -- 'topped' off with Claudia Cardinale -- "The Professionals" (1968). Seeing this, beginning to end, makes me wanna get out the DVD or Blu-ray to watch it -- and her -- again.
. . . Having driven Highway 111 multiple times it was interesting to see the road and light traffic plus the Salton Sea from the perspective of the Eagle Mountain Railroad on the final minutes of the return ride.
56:04 - 56:07 These final seconds, a still photo suitable for framing almost, definitely provide a beautiful perspective with clear, full image of the speeder, sun at a good angle making the tracks, ties, scrub brush stand out against endless sand. Dramatically we view the line heading off into the horizon, to the Salton Sea with the San Jacinto Mountains in far background -- . 'the whole enchilada.'
TMI: When making another EMR round trip -- and if not in a hurry -- bringing along gardening shears, or if not too heavy, a weed eater in order to trim the over-reaching bushes encountered would be prudent. . . . On UA-cam we see many videos of abandoned tracks (ed. - "thank you, contributors!") and it's remarkable to see how the train tracks, while rusted, going through flat dry terrain can almost appear untouched, as from a 'time machine,' yet the wooded, VERY green Georgia, North Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin, Oregon, etc. environments grow, grow and grow. The naturally grow to the degree the tracks are impossible to use a speeder, or even pass by foot, and in some instances, even see.
Perhaps 20 years ago driving 111 north from Brawley to Indio I stopped and photographed the switches and tracks making this route's connection to UP's main line -- 'just because.' . . . Another time when a UP crew was doubling the track; they did not 'have a cow' about being photographed as we hear far too many times. . . . . Back to the subject at hand, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, let us all hope "the last 10 miles of track" still and WILL "remain." . . . It would be just like a federal governmental agency like the Environmental Protective Agency to shut down the track for one of their lame reasons such as "the noise of the speeders is frightening the desert tortoise and rattlesnakes." Similar illogical reasoning has delayed for decades high-speed passenger rail, L.A. - Vegas.
Same place
Yeah maybe they can also pack a lawn tractor. They aren’t there to landscape. One is there for quiet and scenery and the other guy is there just so he can blow that stupid horn every 10 seconds
Legend has it, you can still hear a train horn. Cool ride!
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The laughter at each stop was awesome. See ladies? It does not take alot to bring a man happiness. Freedom. No pressure. And simple pleasures are key to being happy. Well, and maybe an airhorn. Possibly that's why there is no passenger seat. LOL!
They know it doesn't take much, and they hate it.
50 minutes of watching your foot and the rail rolling by, hypnotizing and fascinating at the same time.
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@@motoqueirosemcabeca822 It honestly was. It made me think, I whish I could spend my day like that.
Loved the scenery. Thanks for taking us along.
I hiked the Spreckles railway years ago! From Jacumba to Ocotillo! Did over 3 days exploring the canyon floor and the tunnels! Found old chinese shoes! Place is crazy! The Goat Canyon Tressle is awesome! Hello from Scotland!👋🏴
the land and railway surveyors picked a good route in them there days --ready for the BEVERLY HILLBILLYS
Very cool, and amazing that no one has gone out there and scrapped all that rail..
It's a go-cart on a rail. If I could put a tall sail on this it would be my dream. A Rail-Sail.
No. There is little wind there. If you get a headwind you are stuck.
Very cool!!!! Great to see these old abandoned rail lines still get some use before they are torn up & scraped.
I’ve discovered an app that offers tickets at a very good price due to a current promotion. If you’re interested, I can share it with you.
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I've driven past this railroad many times on I10, always wanted to explore it. My friend Wim Mott has done this about 15 years ago.
The one in front wasn’t driven by gasoline but by acoustics energy from the horn behind it.
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I grew up near the ocean here in SoCal, and driving through the desert is usually quite boring for me, but transiting it like this puts everything into an entirely different and delightful perspective. The sounds of the rails (minus the horn) is very relaxing, and the desert beauty seems to go on forever. Plus it just looks like such fun! Very nice video. 👍
This is legit. One of the best YT videos Ever !!!
I love the horn.
You guys *ROCK*
I'm back here again, I tell you what to videos like yours got me through the lockdowns sure looks very fun don't stop riding the rails Brotha God Bless 🙏
The video brings back memories od when the SP pulled the ore trains out of there. A friend worked there back in the "60"s. Eagle Mountain lost their post office in "83.
For a railroad that’s been abandoned for almost 40 years the track and ties are in amazingly good condition. Great video. I would love to do this myself one day.
Absolutely love this video. Could sleep while listening if not for the horn. But, thanks for sharing. Will probably watch it a few more times in the future. Railroad companies could make millions by building these hour long rides through places like that. But their greed what cause the price to be to high.
David Rider 😮
That looks like a blast of an adventure. One of the things I want to put on my bucket list for sure
stunning, excellent idea of yours to do this. really enjoyed watching it . thnx X from sheryl in the uk.
Something beautiful and peaceful about that. Love Southern California
this is so relaxing to watch & enjoy.
i like the desert SW & the openness to enjoy plus this rail ride
that's the end of the journey, Excellent ride sir...enjoyable.
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Thank you for sharing, this is so special somehow. The rattling klanky noise, the wind and the horn, I could hear how much fun you had toot toot. The pictures ❤
I’ve discovered an app that offers tickets at a very good price due to a current promotion. If you’re interested, I can share it with you.
Это круто, интересно, и романтично. Жаль, что железные дороги во многих странах разрушили. Отличное видео!!! За сомбреро и гудок - отдельное спасибо)
This looks like so much fun! God forbid if you ever broke down in the middle of nowhere.
I saw some guys who had bicycles set up with some contraption for riding the rails, and they were seriously in the middle of nowhere in southern Argentina. Great video and fantastic mountain scenery there. They would stop at small villages to camp each night. It was an abandoned narrow gauge railroad.
If you go out into the boonies a lot, investing in a satellite communicator with emergency locator is worth every penny. My jeep broke down once way off the beaten path and I was in panic till a hiker happened along that had one. He let me use it to contact some friends to come rescue me and I bought my own shortly after.
Not to worry. He’d just keep blasting that damn horn until someone came to see what all the fuss was
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@@trevorjameson3213 that sounds amazing. What do search to find this video?
Great ride. For a line that has been out of service for all these years it's surprising that sections of track have not gotten excessively out of gauge. There are a couple of old videos up on UA-cam showing some of the last trains pulling ore cars over this line. An area of the country I'll probably never see...Thanks.
Lucky it hasn't wasted out. Like it did in 1975. I know had to work digging it out.
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Me gustó mucho el viaje era el segundo pasajero. Jajaja.
do u remember the title of that video..? I would like to view it...
@@katmandoism Hello, I went to work for Kaiser in Eagle Mt in 1974. When I was processing in, there was a major dump truck accident that killed the driver and apprentice, I believe. They lost the brakes down hill but the runaway truck ramp did not slow them down and the fully loaded 150 ton truck went airborne and the fall protection plate over the truck cab smashed the driver and the apprentice when they landed. I used to run around Eagle Mt with my Red '71 Mach 1 mustang.
Appreciate sharing the ride, beautiful scenery!
This was excellent! Best part of the ride is that the driver can take his eyes off the road and enjoy the sights.
Yes bay " quitan rieles y se duerme x mirar la panoramica y se sale de la via"??? What " the charly"???
The front cart's wheelbase looks way too narrow. You can see him bouncing back and forth down the tracks. A simple adjustment would stabilize the ride.
And take that horn away from that child 🤠!
Sorry, it's not the wheelbase it's the track width.
I believe you could fix a spring loaded wheel on it were thy would go in and out at wheel not sure but I believe a person could try and spring loaded them with a small amount of pressure against them to float on the axle some way
Yeah that, and it seems like it would be a nicer ride if the wheels were larger. Maybe a bit quieter with lower wheel rpm with larger wheels. Less bearing wear too.
Yes the “Horn” little things amuse simple minds ….
I think the wheels did not have sufficient taper to self centralise, they should not be flat.
Dammit, I wanted to stop watching this but couldn’t. Thanks for a great ride to the very end. 🐨🇦🇺
This is NOT the ASMR sleeping to a train video that I wanted. Kept me up all night.
That looks like so much fun! What a view too!
I did NOT know this was a thing, and now I want to do it!
Haha, it was a blast watching your adventure. Thanks for filming so much of it.
The lawn chairs and coolers cracked me up, so thanks for that too.🤣
es bonito mirar estos hombres trabajar y. disfrutar así que Diosito los haga sentirse muy felises
I enjoyed that more than I thought I would LOL! Amazed at how fast you can go & how lightweight the vehicles are. Way more fun than the old handcar for sure! ☺️👍
Beautiful views! I could really get into this kind of Hobby...👍
Hi Tim 😮
Closest view of the tracks one will ever experience, so cool! Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏
The horn dude needs to chill.....otherwise GREAT video... (I would have stopped from time to time to explore....(tressels/oasis with trees...etc)
Explore, stop the video from time to time, great scenery.
Thats cool you could just load up your camping gear and get a private spot in the middle of nowhere....imagine the stars at night with no city lights.
America has some unbelievably beautiful and alien scenery, very jealous ❤
Nice scenary... the frequent horn blowing was unnecessarily annoying though.
Thank you for uploading, I enjoyed it a lot! :))) So sad the tracks have been removed in the meantime.
That’s cool, up in Northern California we have miles and mikes of abandoned track , this is inspiring
I was thinking the same thing. even in parts of Sonoma county. Up in Mendocino there's more and i've wanted to use a rail cart on those tracks but not sure about the conditions
How funny those are probably the same tracks that come up to Eureka, I heard there are 2 cool rail tunnels up here somewhere, have fun
@@harrynutz4550only certain areas seem to be ridable or even visible anymore lol
All that vacant landmass and here I live in middle of snarled-up traffic jams where humans seems to be standing one over another due to over-density.
That looks like more fun than any roller coaster ride.
Give the damn horn a break
It was nice till he started with that stupid horn
@@Joseph-fw6xx that horn should go up someones arse
No shit.
Amazing how much physical labor was involved in building all of that. Amazing.
That was built back in the days when men knew how to get stuff done! Imagine trying to build that now, especially if some government agency was in charge. It would take 10 times longer than it should and run many times over the initial budget. Just like California's idiotic high speed rail boondoggle, which will take decades to complete.
Simply put that is awesome 👍👍looks like the best fun you can have with your pants on 😁👍
Buster Keaton made a film quite late in life for , I think, Canadian Pacific, across Canada to the ocean on one of the larger railroad versions. Well worth watching. Also, as I child I used to use the track of the closed railway as a footpath, Southern / British Railways from Fordingbridge towards Salisbury in southern England. The tracks were still laid but rusty and when a company train used the track for removing sidings , signalling equipment etc, the passage of the wheels lefts marks and it would be spooky if your little speeders did the same , Ghost Train in California stories round the camp fire. Brilliant video, good memories.
Ребята,я вам завидую белой завистью. Удачи вам.Да хранит вас судьба.
Thank you soo much!!!
What a great rail trip you guys. Hope you had fun, getting out there in the wild country and letting loose.
Yo guys what a wonderful trip!! Thanks. Makes you wonder why it got abandoned. I love the vastness and quiet and endless sand and scrub, very relaxing for the soul.