Hoosac Tunnel Wanderings
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this video we travel to Florida, MA and visit the famous Hoosac Tunnel - the 4.75 mile long wonder of the engineering world. We mix today with yesterday in the form of modern day diesels and the ghosts of past steamers.
Probably one of my favorite tours for the beauty of Mother Nature! Gorgeous area! The stonework is amazing; how well our forefathers built things, to last! I watched this video twice so far - thanks for another great presentation!
@@rcague You are very welcome!!!
Yes, Russ, the stonework is amazing! Loved this tour you and Terry had us on! I’m ready to explore!
Hello. The metal towers are parts of the electrical lines back when the tunnel was electified. Great videos and great editing by yout other half.
I figured it was electrical based.....Thanks! I'll pass that along to the "Editor-in-chief!!"
Another fantastic video
Thank you!
Very haunted 👻 the tunnel was on Ghost Adventures show
Oooh! I'll have to look that episode up and watch! Thanks!
Bunch of people died in there. Lots of cool ghost stories
@@danhoyland142 Yes- it is an eerie place for sure!
Good video on the tunnel. My friend wandered inside there from the North Adams side and she said after walking inside for a bit, it got cold and hard to breathe. There is a good 5-part UA-cam video on that tunnel called Hoosak Tunnel Documentary, and part 4 addresses that compressor building.
Cool...I'll look that up!
Great Video I really enjoy them.Thanks
Thank You!
Again awesome video…love it! I live in central Massachusetts,now I have to go west! LoLoL
Check it out! It's awesome! Thanks....
Just found you and subscribe…. I live in MA,laughed when you gave mention to MR.Shoestring and yes I saw his video on this tunnel!👍
Thank You...glad you enjoy Train History! Yes, ole Shoestring is quite a character!
Another great one!!! Thank you
Thanks Kevin!
Excellent!
Thanks, going back to locate and document what's left of the Hoosac Tunnel& Wilmington roadbed.
Awesome view of the train once I caught a UP intermodal once during the summer when the tunnel was very foggy
We wanted to get pics of a train from trackside but...yes, from down below seemed to capture it as well! Thanks for watching!
Been there done that, but in early fall
It is a humbling experience for sure!
The HT&W veered north off the east side of the trestle. As of a few years ago there still tracks remaining on the row.
Yes- we were informed the R.O.W. was on East side of trestle. Going back soon to search and document. Did not know there was any evidence of track still left!! That will be a bonus if we can find it! Thank you!
Nice video on the tunnel. Fyi it's pronounced " HooSack and you are correct the east was much easier to drill. On the west end on the south side of the tracks over the hillside you can see the now collapsed original bore that was abandoned. They actually bored down and dug east and west on the west end to accelerate progress as the west was very hard . Also, by accident, it was discovered that nitro was stable when cold when a wagon going to the tunnel crashed on a cold day, and it didn't explode.
Very interesting! This tunnel is amazing! Could spend days exploring and probably still not catch everything. Thank You!
"Hoosac" is an Algonquian word meaning "place of stones". The tunnel is still in use today. There is a video showing the Barnum & Bailey Circus train going through the tunnel at night.
@justiceprevail1552 thanks for the insight. I have a friend who was there just the other day. Up by the vent fans. , regards.
One of these days, Russ, you may find Jimmy Hoffa!
Hmmmm.....wouldn't THAT make the press!
The narrow gauge Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington ran on the opposite bank of the river from the compressor house. It interchanged with the B&M on that side too.
Yes, we "deduced" that fact as we were wandering around and also once we realized the tailings pile gradient was NOT the railbed. Planning on putting together as much research as possible then returning to site for another video on The H.T.& W. Thanks!
FYI - 20 million bricks were used to line the walls of the tunnel.
Holy crap!!! Thanks....
This man knows real upstate ny
New York is a beautiful state historically speaking and geographically speaking......not so much tax-wise!!
@@lostrailbeds8289 agreed. I'd like to scuba dive Lake George village and see where the D&H tracks end some day.
@@jamesmcmahonii8433 Yes! Now THAT would really be cool!
WARNING! Do not be dumb and enter the Hoosac Tunnel.. Trains cone through at any time without warning... space between train and the walls are only a few inches.. not safe ... only Railroad staff should be inside of the tunnel
@@stevenprovost2029 Agreed!