Another great video, Jaw Tooth, thank you. The year stamps seen on the web of the rail indicates when it was manufactured. After the year there will be veritcal lines & you count those for the month of the rail manufacture. At the 7:53 time mark where you see 1916 on the rail, to right of the year are the vertical "month lines". Looks like 8 lines for August, hard to see but it may be 9 lines for September. So, that rail was made in either Aug. 1916 or Sept. 1916
Thanks for the info! I have seen rail that was rolled in the late 1800s in several places that is still in use. I found a branch in northern Utah with rail rolled in 1894 and a line near Cincinnati with rail rolled in 1898 and still in use. It is smaller rail that couldn't handle the 286,000 pound standard
@@cadespencer6320 ua-cam.com/video/BryABrANC4U/v-deo.html I also have a few more. This video has 1898 rail on the mainline of a branch line railroad in Mason, Ohio
This is the train station in Claysville, PA. Just past the telegraph poles on the right is the house where my grandfather was born in 1900 and he grew up there. His two sisters lived in that house until they died, in 1978 and 1989. He turned out to be quite a train buff. wvhistoryonview.org/image/032850.jpg
I once read about a rail line that closed, and went up for sale. A farmer bought the right of way, and started his long farm. His property was about a hundred feet wide and 150 miles long. He said he got real good at driving in a straight line.
I love the 'rails to trails' program for old track trails in industrial/urban areas or in the rural countryside. I would NOT want a trail system 9 feet beside my house, however !
I love the abandoned, overgrown rail lines. I also imagine them to be haunted & mysterious. They also make me try to imagine what once used them, and what it must have looked like.
@@allthingsharbor simple solution, don't buy by the tracks :p Nothing gets my goat more than people that move near something loud and then complain. Theres a drag strip by me that got closed down by those 'nimby' types. Most of em were younger than the track was
Yes I agree. I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pa. & we had a spur line running from Trafford Park. to Export Pa. I moved to Michigan in 1970, but I have many fond memories of walking those Tracks, when no rail traffic ( seldom used ), the Trains gradually became Rare occurrence, until finally PRR decided to abandoned that Spur line, which now as I understand it is A beautiful Pedestrian Railtrail. I lived there from 1950 to 1970, many fond Memories
Up my way in Ontario, Canada, many out-of-use tracks get converted into trails (“rail trails”). They’re ideal as being initially for trains, they’re level and great for biking/hiking.
The townhouse I stayed at for college was right up against a railway too. After the first few days you got used to waking up in the middle of the night thinking an earthquake is happening. I do miss those massive diesels rolling by.
There are a lot of abandoned sidings on the local branch that I cover in Arizona as well. Good to hear that new sidings are going in there. More new industries should consider using the railroad.
Re: house that a train can pass through... I would look into improving the technology for detecting train locations, for the out of date rail crossing system. So you could have an appropriate and safe way to open and close your house when a train approaches. I would recomemd not building the house too close to a junction, but also not too far to have the trains travel through at a safe and reasonable speed. *(you know... once you secure the permission to build on the line itself.) Another idea is looking at steel and concrete combo for your house foundation. Reinforcing your basement with a train bridge like support to safely carry the train over the basement. And not worry as much about foundational cracks. It's not as bad of a smell as a steam engine, but you would also need a method to blow the exhaust away before resealing the room. You would likely need to tar seal the ceiling too. TL:DR There is a LOT to plan for in this dream scenario.
Guaranteed person who lives in that house guaranteed is definitely shaken every time that train comes through no doubt my mind keep up the good work God bless you take care of yourself and be safe I always give you a thumbs up you do awesome work
Very nice video Jawtooth! I especially enjoyed the “Before” pictures of the rail line in use and the “Now” pictures of what it looks like today. Kind of sad with lack of rail customers and the washout you mentioned and showed video evidence of. Keep up the excellent videos going forward, I really enjoy viewing them.
Got to love how close that house is - you could hand the crew A coffee out of the window :) Nice souvenir. Maybe rails to trails got hold of the track by the river. The track for the train in the end have a big sway in them! Thank you for the history lesson. It is hard to imagine letting track go unused, but that is a possibility on short lines I guess.
@@BriansAdventuresAndGaming That would be even slower than Doordash is currently. Last time I used it, it took an hour and 30 for my Wendy's to finally turn up.
That house seems to have had a typical 'A' shaped roof at one time. Maybe they had to remove half of the property thereby allowing the line to be built but, resulting in the tight clearance. Good video can never get enough of trains and huge ships.
When I was young and newly married, we were looking for an affordable house. I remember we stumbled upon some nice newer houses in a small village, which had very affordable pricetags. They had one thing in common: they were all built right next to a busy 2track mainline. No noisewall, no nothing, just a barbwire fence against the tracks. Otherwise very nice houses indeed. Why someone would build houses there is beyond me ...
Here where I live, they built a large apartment complex right next to a busy track. Now the residents want a no horn area. The railroad said no problem, here is your bill to get it done. They backed down when they found out it would cost them to make the change.
@@greedyargon2758 Nope. The houses were 5-8 y's old, and the railroad was founded back in the 1880's. I bet the land was so cheap that a constructor couldnt resist trying make some money putting up new houses there. Its not uncommon to see land as expensive as a new family house.
Another excellent vid JT! Going back to an abandoned line where you filmed before, that is a true Railfan brother. My 15 year old grandson wants to start his own Railfan page, and he loves your videos. Took him to see his 1st train when he was a year old and he's been hooked ever since. This past Friday when we were down at the Butler Interlock in Hamilton, we ran into 2 more Railfans and after a bit, my grandson said to me, "every Railfan we've met, no matter where we've gone, has been really friendly". He's right too. I told him it was probably because we all still have a lot of kid in us LOL
We have one that a train stops to pick stuff up every few days. I've gotten some good videos and when I hear it I try to put my son in his stroller and go over to see it with him but it's usually taking off before we get there. I do love when I'm in bed at night and hear a train whistle. It makes me feel so relaxed for some reason. Probably because I've always lived near train tracks.
It’s amazing how you are almost at 100k, and it seems like just yesterday when I first started watching you that you had less than 10k subs. Keep up the good work
in my childhood dreams.. many times..I've seen this... an abandoned railway line.. close to my home... and suddenly a train appears.. and I watch it from my windows... I loved it very much... by watcthing this video, it all came back to my mind.. thank you😍😍😍😍😍
...I love old train stories and videos...I live in rural Missouri and there are some old train lines here...I could live in that house just because of the train...
Jaw tooth keep these great videos coming, esp for people like me living in urban areas that don't see the beauty of trains,u make it possible to be there!thanks so much!
I remember when Owens Corning shingle plant in Brookville had a short train deliver to them anywhere from daily to 3 days a week. They used to deliver the granules that go on the shingles, but have increased their reliance of truck transportation for them. Up to the point where it is now 100% truck delivery. At one time this line connected to Metamora, Indiana, which is a little farther north and west of Brookville. I am not certain where the line goes to out of Metamora, but it is accessed from possibly Connersville. I have never tried to find out where the trains come from, but certain times of the year, you can take a train ride in Metamora. I would also recommend a trip to Connersville, Indiana to check out some of the old hardware they have sitting on rails in town. I'm not sure who owns or takes care of any of the old cars and locomotives, but for a small town like Connersville, they sure have a lot.
Thanks! This is a classic one here. I found a piece of rail that broke that was dated 1898. They replaced it and tossed a small piece aside. I got it and put it in my kitchen. Lol. Today this line is closed
That is so awesome to see a railroad track that close to a house. The only place I've seen a railroad track that close to a house was some where near Wheeling, West Virginia. Cool blue, gray and red EMD with a CANADIAN NATIONAL grain car. The only time I saw a track covered in mud was when Hurricane Matthew devastated the CSX mainline in Fayetteville, N.C. The tracks got flooded by creeks and floodwaters. Very cool rusty tracks running through farmlands and a nice grain tower. That trestle is awesome to. I love those black, orange, and yellow EMDS Jaw Tooth. Very unique video!
That's pretty cool, I once saw my friend Black Fudd's bedroom in his house in Sussex , N.J. his bed was 3 feet from the side of the train going through. Every morning at 4:15 AM he got woke up by the milk train going to NYC. The only thing between him and the train was a clapboard wall. They moved.
Literally almost every single person on this planet would not love living right next to the tracks. I bet you can hold a convention in a small room with every single person alive that would want to live there
Blimey! Buildings that close to the track! Now you know what British loading gauge is a little like :) Honestly quite extraordinary to have structures that close on a railway not built to a tiny loading gauge... Great find Mr. Tooth!
That was a great video. Really enjoyed it! I have a broken crank pin off a steam locomotive from the days when the Lackawanna RR near our house still ran steam. My great uncle retrieved the broken part and used is an an anvil for years. Now I have it.
The in fill on the abandoned section of rail line looks like river bed material. I wonder if the water was running down the hillside, onto the road and across the rail line to the river, bringing material off the hillside and maybe forcing the river into flood. Interesting film JT, thanks for your efforts M
Hey my railroad brothern JT i used to live about 200 feet of a major main line and i loved it. Man i miss that apartment LOL and U P Jefferson sub about 25 per trains day. and i love the eye on the news eleven spots, he come a pultzer in Live Action catches :-) and now its a BMW car lot were i used to live'...
Holy crap just imagine laid in bed, sunshine shining through the windows, chilling out with your partner at your side the “WWWWWWHHHHAAAAAARRRRRRRRL went the horn. There would be indentation into the ceiling of the bedroom!! Amazing job done for the video, thank you....Phil
That house next to the tracks reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode where they were in the cabin and the trains were bouncing the beds around . My late Mother said she and my father had something like what happened to Lucy happen to them . They were on vacation driving around up in rural Canada somewhere and needed a place for the night . My dad stopped in a veterans post and got directions to some cabins and when they got there it was full dark . My Mother said she could hear pigs somewhere nearby and they were screaming . When they were sleeping a fast freight came through and the whole place shook . In the morning when they could see they saw that the tracks were only about fifteen feet from the back of the cabin . This happened in 1950 and she never knew the name of where they were that night .
Sorry to see line abandonment like this. From what I gather from the comments, the line was damaged by storms and it was too expensive to repair. I wonder how the customer felt about about its service being cut. Keep up the good works Jaw Tooth.
Where my cousins grew up they had a Chicago & Northwestern main line about 100 feet behind their house. It has been a trail now for maybe 20 years now.
My house back yard goes direct to a train line, ±200ft. 2 trains a day (4 passes) to a aluminum smelter. Since we are not near a crossing, no horns, no problems. I loved to play on the tracks as a kid!
Rail 9ft...cars 7ft ...no afternoon naps in that house back then....didn’t take nature long to recover the area...great new customers kept part of the rail alive...liked how you tied the then and now together 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It sure is sad to see the branch-lines and the industry that supported them, fading to rust. I reckon that, where the track that's almost covered by the dirt along the river bank there is kept in place to re-enforce or try to hold the surface 'road' when it gets too wet. I can mind when you did that recording of the train passing the house. Now it's an overgrown memory, Mother Nature taking it all back I'm glad I got to see it running. Thanks Jaw Tooth.
In July 2017 I went to nayc in Indianapolis Indiana and I went through a couple of abandoned railroad crossings that had abandoned tanker cars on either side of the crossing in New Castle Indiana and there was also some abandoned train cars as well
I can't believe that I've been a Jaw Tooth subscriber this long! I remember the original video! I used to live in Hartford, WI and we had a track right behind our house. While we got used to the noise...except when they had to stop at 2am because some kids ( probably mine) had put a 50 gallon plastic barrel on the tracks to see if the train would hit it to knock it off.Scared the *&*%$ out of me when it screeched to a stop! Watched as the conductor threw the barrel up into our yard and flipped the bird at our house. Lol now. Our youngest son would occasionally hop a train and go for a ride, just to see the countryside! One time, he couldn't get off until he was 30 miles away at a small trainyard. Fortunately, our farmer landlord was there, saw him and gave him a ride back home. Kinda hard to believe he's gonna be 40!! and Yes, he doesn't do crazy stupid stuff like that anymore...at least not that he tells me...
That must be a strong house to survive the vibrations like it did. Trains passing my house (about a thousand feet from the tracks) still shake my house.
Never say never again-pardon the pun -but things change -new customers appear ! That house isn't near the railroad it's part of it !! God everything must have vibrated its self silly ?? Spot on now and yesteryear video Jawtooth -your not letting the past go quietly ! Enjoyed it all . Regards
I looked this house up on UA-cam a couple years ago, took me a while to find it! Also looked up that bridge in Paris Ky. Dad went to Paris with my Grandpa and uncle to the tobacco auction, my uncle owned a big truck they used to haul the tobacco there. There was some bad things involving excessive alcohol consumption there. Later on Dad was driving through there and he was driving too fast, his car went across a bridge sideways but he miss hitting anything by inches. Scared him pretty bad. My Aunt and dad enjoyed the bridge, but we didnt see a train, still very interesting.
I believe Owens Corning in Brookville was the last customer before that part of the line shut down. I last saw a train down that far probably in 2011-2013 or so. Cool update video.
Another great video, Jaw Tooth, thank you. The year stamps seen on the web of the rail indicates when it was manufactured. After the year there will be veritcal lines & you count those for the month of the rail manufacture. At the 7:53 time mark where you see 1916 on the rail, to right of the year are the vertical "month lines". Looks like 8 lines for August, hard to see but it may be 9 lines for September. So, that rail was made in either Aug. 1916 or Sept. 1916
Thanks for the info! I have seen rail that was rolled in the late 1800s in several places that is still in use. I found a branch in northern Utah with rail rolled in 1894 and a line near Cincinnati with rail rolled in 1898 and still in use. It is smaller rail that couldn't handle the 286,000 pound standard
@@JawTooth where is a video with rail that old?
@@cadespencer6320 ua-cam.com/video/BryABrANC4U/v-deo.html I also have a few more. This video has 1898 rail on the mainline of a branch line railroad in Mason, Ohio
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It just shows you how quickly a railroad can go from active to overgrown.
That's a hard core train lover to live that close to the tracks
I'd live there. That's pretty cool! 😁👍
This is the train station in Claysville, PA. Just past the telegraph poles on the right is the house where my grandfather was born in 1900 and he grew up there. His two sisters lived in that house until they died, in 1978 and 1989. He turned out to be quite a train buff. wvhistoryonview.org/image/032850.jpg
I agree,but as much as I love to ride,see,and hear the iron horse,I'd be terrified of derailment!!
always wished i had railroad close to house, sadly plans for railroad out the isles east of stockholm were shelved over 100 years ago
Road over tracks could be a bicycle path.
Cool video! Retired CSX engineer here...worked on the old Clinchfield line.👍
Very cool!
🚆🏡 That train is the home owner's alarm clock. Lol
After a while you dont even notice it anymore
@@thedudeabides3058 yeah lol ok
TheDude Abides does not speak of things that the dude doesn't have first handed knowledge about...
Or at least first handed second hand knowledge
It also signals that they need to change their underwear.
I like how they blow the horn when they are right next to the house in the old video.
imagine being a realtor trying to sell that house and then the train comes through horn blaring
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It would be good in a divorce case,both parties would try to push the house onto the other
I bet the value of that house has quadrupled with the cessation of use of that railroad.
@@grigorirasputin5020 I'm glad u liked my comment,guess u have a sense of humor like me
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I once read about a rail line that closed, and went up for sale. A farmer bought the right of way, and started his long farm. His property was about a hundred feet wide and 150 miles long. He said he got real good at driving in a straight line.
I'm not a big train enthusiast, but for whatever reason, seeing trains, and even abandoned lines in "odd" places is cool!
I agree and I look for them on Google Maps. I have a list of places that I plan on filming at
Saddest site in the world is decrepit, unused train tracks.
Ian H. Yeah I agree
I love the 'rails to trails' program for old track trails in industrial/urban areas or in the rural countryside. I would NOT want a trail system 9 feet beside my house, however !
I love the abandoned, overgrown rail lines. I also imagine them to be haunted & mysterious. They also make me try to imagine what once used them, and what it must have looked like.
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Yup the very definition of "xyst"
A path lined with trees, mysterious or magical.
@@allthingsharbor simple solution, don't buy by the tracks :p
Nothing gets my goat more than people that move near something loud and then complain. Theres a drag strip by me that got closed down by those 'nimby' types. Most of em were younger than the track was
It's fun to explore abandon railroad tracks, but it's also heartbreaking to see them abandoned.
Yes I agree. I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pa. & we had a spur line running from Trafford Park. to Export Pa. I moved to Michigan in 1970, but I have many fond memories of walking those Tracks, when no rail traffic ( seldom used ), the Trains gradually became Rare occurrence, until finally PRR decided to abandoned that Spur line, which now as I understand it is A beautiful Pedestrian Railtrail. I lived there from 1950 to 1970, many fond Memories
Up my way in Ontario, Canada, many out-of-use tracks get converted into trails (“rail trails”). They’re ideal as being initially for trains, they’re level and great for biking/hiking.
The townhouse I stayed at for college was right up against a railway too. After the first few days you got used to waking up in the middle of the night thinking an earthquake is happening. I do miss those massive diesels rolling by.
There are a lot of abandoned sidings on the local branch that I cover in Arizona as well. Good to hear that new sidings are going in there. More new industries should consider using the railroad.
The problem is the houses
I often wondered if I could have a house built so the track went through my living room. The rails would be hardly noticeable in the carpet.
Re: house that a train can pass through...
I would look into improving the technology for detecting train locations, for the out of date rail crossing system. So you could have an appropriate and safe way to open and close your house when a train approaches.
I would recomemd not building the house too close to a junction, but also not too far to have the trains travel through at a safe and reasonable speed. *(you know... once you secure the permission to build on the line itself.)
Another idea is looking at steel and concrete combo for your house foundation. Reinforcing your basement with a train bridge like support to safely carry the train over the basement. And not worry as much about foundational cracks.
It's not as bad of a smell as a steam engine, but you would also need a method to blow the exhaust away before resealing the room. You would likely need to tar seal the ceiling too.
TL:DR
There is a LOT to plan for in this dream scenario.
There was an episode of I Love Lucy where they stayed in a motel where the tracks ran through the room. Pretty funny!
@SN - 09ZZ - Glenforest SS (2172) Same.
Guaranteed person who lives in that house guaranteed is definitely shaken every time that train comes through no doubt my mind keep up the good work God bless you take care of yourself and be safe I always give you a thumbs up you do awesome work
if the train is going 10 miles per hour and carrying less than 10 cars, it won't cause any vibrations or a lot of noise.
Very nice video Jawtooth! I especially enjoyed the “Before” pictures of the rail line in use and the “Now” pictures of what it looks like today. Kind of sad with lack of rail customers and the washout you mentioned and showed video evidence of. Keep up the excellent videos going forward, I really enjoy viewing them.
Got to love how close that house is - you could hand the crew A coffee out of the window :) Nice souvenir. Maybe rails to trails got hold of the track by the river. The track for the train in the end have a big sway in them! Thank you for the history lesson. It is hard to imagine letting track go unused, but that is a possibility on short lines I guess.
Very Nice JT
The engineer could deliver a Micky D's burger and soda thru the top windows
Imagine ordering from Doordash and it comes in a train.
@@BriansAdventuresAndGaming That would be even slower than Doordash is currently. Last time I used it, it took an hour and 30 for my Wendy's to finally turn up.
@@BriansAdventuresAndGaming I bet someone on a train-engineer, conductor, etc DID just that!
If the track that's close to the house is abandoned and not being used anymore, then why not just tear it out?
@@kevinmiller6324 Perhaps the RR company forsees a use for it later.
Thanks for the history, JT! I love the orange and yellow locomotives. And I'd never live in that house so close to the tracks!
Thanks for watching this video Gary! An old classic
@JawTooth You're welcome. You linked it in another comment, and that's how I found it. 😊😊🤎🤎
I'm glad I'm still watching your videos 60,000 + subscribers later, good stuff!
Thanks Chris!
Now that's tight like a tiger. Great history. Kuul one bud. Thanks for sharing. You live in an amazing country.
Thanks 👍
At the 4:14 mark when it flashes back to 2011, my eyes let up even more seeing a blue kenworth k100 cabover.
That house seems to have had a typical 'A' shaped roof at one time. Maybe they had to remove half of the property thereby allowing the line to be built but, resulting in the tight clearance. Good video can never get enough of trains and huge ships.
When I was young and newly married, we were looking for an affordable house.
I remember we stumbled upon some nice newer houses in a small village, which had very affordable pricetags.
They had one thing in common: they were all built right next to a busy 2track mainline. No noisewall, no nothing, just a barbwire fence against the tracks.
Otherwise very nice houses indeed. Why someone would build houses there is beyond me ...
Here where I live, they built a large apartment complex right next to a busy track. Now the residents want a no horn area. The railroad said no problem, here is your bill to get it done. They backed down when they found out it would cost them to make the change.
Maybe the houses were there before the train tracks.
@@greedyargon2758 Nope. The houses were 5-8 y's old, and the railroad was founded back in the 1880's.
I bet the land was so cheap that a constructor couldnt resist trying make some money putting up new houses there.
Its not uncommon to see land as expensive as a new family house.
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Trains ran by our backyard in the 50’s. Maybe 20 feet, if that. Barely knew they were there after awhile. Save they shook the house.
My 2 yr old grandson just loved this video. Thank you for sharing your interest in trains. 👍🏻😊
Great job with the flashbacks. It’s always neat to see how things have changed over time.
Wooo! That’s why we have been watching lines like this one. Keep this coming. Out.
A piece of history,gone but not forgotten, great job on the video..glad to have watched it
Another excellent vid JT! Going back to an abandoned line where you filmed before, that is a true Railfan brother. My 15 year old grandson wants to start his own Railfan page, and he loves your videos. Took him to see his 1st train when he was a year old and he's been hooked ever since. This past Friday when we were down at the Butler Interlock in Hamilton, we ran into 2 more Railfans and after a bit, my grandson said to me, "every Railfan we've met, no matter where we've gone, has been really friendly". He's right too. I told him it was probably because we all still have a lot of kid in us LOL
It's so SAD to See Short Line Railroads Tracks being pulled out of service
We have one that a train stops to pick stuff up every few days. I've gotten some good videos and when I hear it I try to put my son in his stroller and go over to see it with him but it's usually taking off before we get there. I do love when I'm in bed at night and hear a train whistle. It makes me feel so relaxed for some reason. Probably because I've always lived near train tracks.
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It’s amazing how you are almost at 100k, and it seems like just yesterday when I first started watching you that you had less than 10k subs. Keep up the good work
in my childhood dreams.. many times..I've seen this... an abandoned railway line.. close to my home... and suddenly a train appears.. and I watch it from my windows... I loved it very much... by watcthing this video, it all came back to my mind.. thank you😍😍😍😍😍
Wow, thats crazy much much that railroad changed in a couple years. And that house, imagine trying to live next to that if it was more active.
you would freak out trying to sleep. but Driver has to use horn
Thanks much for the update on the Brookville Line. I enjoy exploring old abandoned tracks in In. and Ohio.
Glad you like them!
...I love old train stories and videos...I live in rural Missouri and there are some old train lines here...I could live in that house just because of the train...
Great video. Love the historic finds of old lines and spurs.
Thanks 👍
Gonna watch this bad boy a couple of times!
I bet they do a lot of dusting in that house!
Live House Rattling Action!!
One time I saw the train go by this house in the snow. That was cool because I couldn't see the tracks and it was almost touching the house
Jaw Tooth I like trains, but I am not sure I’d be too keen on living in that house.
Imagine living in the house near the track u could hear things crashing around the house by the vibration of the train
I would love that!
Blowing the horn in the middle of the night.
@@kpkndusa YES!!!!
@@jackd.ripper9951 THE Jack D, Ripper? OPE
@@kpkndusa Nah! I'm the original's father's brother's cousin's best friend's former roommate.
Jaw tooth keep these great videos coming, esp for people like me living in urban areas that don't see the beauty of trains,u make it possible to be there!thanks so much!
Glad you like them!
Wow! And, I thought my house is close to railroad tracks! Nice one!
That must have made for some sleepless nights. You always come up with some interesting stuff good job JT.
That was awesome seeing the old and new LIVE ACTION!
I remember when Owens Corning shingle plant in Brookville had a short train deliver to them anywhere from daily to 3 days a week. They used to deliver the granules that go on the shingles, but have increased their reliance of truck transportation for them. Up to the point where it is now 100% truck delivery. At one time this line connected to Metamora, Indiana, which is a little farther north and west of Brookville. I am not certain where the line goes to out of Metamora, but it is accessed from possibly Connersville. I have never tried to find out where the trains come from, but certain times of the year, you can take a train ride in Metamora. I would also recommend a trip to Connersville, Indiana to check out some of the old hardware they have sitting on rails in town. I'm not sure who owns or takes care of any of the old cars and locomotives, but for a small town like Connersville, they sure have a lot.
The Whitewater Valley tourist railroad operates from Connersville to Metamora.
Spending a windy Sunday watching your videos.
Thanks! This is a classic one here. I found a piece of rail that broke that was dated 1898. They replaced it and tossed a small piece aside. I got it and put it in my kitchen. Lol. Today this line is closed
That is so awesome to see a railroad track that close to a house. The only place I've seen a railroad track that close to a house was some where near Wheeling, West Virginia. Cool blue, gray and red EMD with a CANADIAN NATIONAL grain car. The only time I saw a track covered in mud was when Hurricane Matthew devastated the CSX mainline in Fayetteville, N.C. The tracks got flooded by creeks and floodwaters. Very cool rusty tracks running through farmlands and a nice grain tower. That trestle is awesome to. I love those black, orange, and yellow EMDS Jaw Tooth. Very unique video!
Very cool. I can't imagine living THAT close to a train tack, even though I do love trains! Scary stuff! Thanks for sharing this interesting history.
Great video! Love seeing the past compared to the present! Sad to see lines out of use though. Thanks for sharing Jawtooth !
That horn is blowing the panes right out of the window frames.
That's pretty cool, I once saw my friend Black Fudd's bedroom in his house in Sussex , N.J. his bed was 3 feet from the side of the train going through. Every morning at 4:15 AM he got woke up by the milk train going to NYC. The only thing between him and the train was a clapboard wall. They moved.
boy IF I lived there I'd be taking care of the tracks & spraying weed killer on it
if i lived there i would honestly be rail fanning for UA-cam everyday and i mean who wouldn't love to live right next to the tracks
I wouldn’t. I enjoyed watching the trains go by from the upper front yards of my aunt’s and cousin’s houses
Literally almost every single person on this planet would not love living right next to the tracks. I bet you can hold a convention in a small room with every single person alive that would want to live there
I would, its my dream to next to a train track and see trains!
Depends on which side of the tracks.
was interesting about the antiek tracks Brian. have with the familie a nice weekend from me and Tony.greetz:Peer.
Thanks, you too! Greetings to Tony and you!
That's neat I'd like to see that!
Outstanding job on this video. Now see if you can find another house almost as close to the tracks as this one but with trains still running there.
Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.
Wow, that's amazing how the vegetation has grown up over the years since then. Thanks for that bit of history on this line Jaw Tooth.
Loved it! I will watch your playlist of the Indiana & Ohio railroad. So interesting JT. 😊
Thanks Carol! I really appreciate your kindness!
Nice video and love the flash-backs! Thanks.
Blimey! Buildings that close to the track! Now you know what British loading gauge is a little like :) Honestly quite extraordinary to have structures that close on a railway not built to a tiny loading gauge... Great find Mr. Tooth!
I can’t imagine a train that close to my house! At night I can feel the vibration thru the wood floors from train tracks 9 blocks away!!
Wow that is way too close for me. Thanks for this video, I would have never dreamed trains would be that close. Thanks again.
You're welcome
Outstanding , I grew up with the tracks behind my mom's house .
That was a great video. Really enjoyed it! I have a broken crank pin off a steam locomotive from the days when the Lackawanna RR near our house still ran steam. My great uncle retrieved the broken part and used is an an anvil for years. Now I have it.
The in fill on the abandoned section of rail line looks like river bed material. I wonder if the water was running down the hillside, onto the road and across the rail line to the river, bringing material off the hillside and maybe forcing the river into flood. Interesting film JT, thanks for your efforts M
Very interesting history, I v been watching yours videos since couple of years, always interesting, thanks for sharing 😊🇨🇦
Hey my railroad brothern JT i used to live about 200 feet of a major main line and i loved it. Man i miss that apartment LOL and U P Jefferson sub about 25 per trains day. and i love the eye on the news eleven spots, he come a pultzer in Live Action catches :-) and now its a BMW car lot were i used to live'...
Wow never seen a railroad so close to a house good video, just wanted to say thanks for all information u share in every video jawtooth
Holy crap just imagine laid in bed, sunshine shining through the windows, chilling out with your partner at your side the “WWWWWWHHHHAAAAAARRRRRRRRL went the horn. There would be indentation into the ceiling of the bedroom!!
Amazing job done for the video, thank you....Phil
amagine being in that house when the horn blew i'd probably load my shorts. LOL
Thank you for the history JawTooth, it would be one the coolest things to see out the windows of that house!!!
That house next to the tracks reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode where they were in the cabin and the trains were bouncing the beds around . My late Mother said she and my father had something like what happened to Lucy happen to them . They were on vacation driving around up in rural Canada somewhere and needed a place for the night . My dad stopped in a veterans post and got directions to some cabins and when they got there it was full dark . My Mother said she could hear pigs somewhere nearby and they were screaming . When they were sleeping a fast freight came through and the whole place shook . In the morning when they could see they saw that the tracks were only about fifteen feet from the back of the cabin . This happened in 1950 and she never knew the name of where they were that night .
That is one of my favorite episodes, its from season four,episode fourteen,clasdic
I really liked this video. History, then and now. Very well done. Thank you.
Sorry to see line abandonment like this. From what I gather from the comments, the line was damaged by storms and it was too expensive to repair. I wonder how the customer felt about about its service being cut. Keep up the good works Jaw Tooth.
Where my cousins grew up they had a Chicago & Northwestern main line about 100 feet behind their house. It has been a trail now for maybe 20 years now.
My house back yard goes direct to a train line, ±200ft. 2 trains a day (4 passes) to a aluminum smelter. Since we are not near a crossing, no horns, no problems. I loved to play on the tracks as a kid!
👍 thanks for the great live action
Great video, Brian. Stay well.
Always enjoy your videos.
Keep up the good documentation!
Interesting bit of history there. Hope local buisness picks up and the track put in good use as intended.
Thanks for the videos.
Glad you enjoyed it
Rail 9ft...cars 7ft ...no afternoon naps in that house back then....didn’t take nature long to recover the area...great new customers kept part of the rail alive...liked how you tied the then and now together 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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Appreciate all your efforts and hard work
I've been to Cedar Grove for fossil hunting, but didn't realize that this was there as well!
It sure is sad to see the branch-lines and the industry that supported them, fading to rust. I reckon that, where the track that's almost covered by the dirt along the river bank there is kept in place to re-enforce or try to hold the surface 'road' when it gets too wet. I can mind when you did that recording of the train passing the house. Now it's an overgrown memory, Mother Nature taking it all back I'm glad I got to see it running. Thanks Jaw Tooth.
Nice piece of history. Cheers. Chris from England.
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In July 2017 I went to nayc in Indianapolis Indiana and I went through a couple of abandoned railroad crossings that had abandoned tanker cars on either side of the crossing in New Castle Indiana and there was also some abandoned train cars as well
It’s great seeing your interest of railways
I can't believe that I've been a Jaw Tooth subscriber this long! I remember the original video!
I used to live in Hartford, WI and we had a track right behind our house. While we got used to the noise...except when they had to stop at 2am because some kids ( probably mine) had put a 50 gallon plastic barrel on the tracks to see if the train would hit it to knock it off.Scared the *&*%$ out of me when it screeched to a stop! Watched as the conductor threw the barrel up into our yard and flipped the bird at our house. Lol now. Our youngest son would occasionally hop a train and go for a ride, just to see the countryside! One time, he couldn't get off until he was 30 miles away at a small trainyard. Fortunately, our farmer landlord was there, saw him and gave him a ride back home. Kinda hard to believe he's gonna be 40!! and Yes, he doesn't do crazy stupid stuff like that anymore...at least not that he tells me...
It's sad that those abandoned tracks won't be opened up for recreational use. Riding them on a lightweight, home-made rail cart would be awesome.
Amazing how quickly the vegetation takes back over. Just a few years and it completely covers/hides the tracks. A few decades and you'd never know..
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Thanks for watching!
Sad video my friend, I hate seeing abandoned lines. Keep the videos coming though!
That must be a strong house to survive the vibrations like it did. Trains passing my house (about a thousand feet from the tracks) still shake my house.
Never say never again-pardon the pun -but things change -new customers appear ! That house isn't near the railroad it's part of it !! God everything must have vibrated its self silly ?? Spot on now and yesteryear video Jawtooth -your not letting the past go quietly ! Enjoyed it all .
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I looked this house up on UA-cam a couple years ago, took me a while to find it! Also looked up that bridge in Paris Ky. Dad went to Paris with my Grandpa and uncle to the tobacco auction, my uncle owned a big truck they used to haul the tobacco there. There was some bad things involving excessive alcohol consumption there. Later on Dad was driving through there and he was driving too fast, his car went across a bridge sideways but he miss hitting anything by inches. Scared him pretty bad. My Aunt and dad enjoyed the bridge, but we didnt see a train, still very interesting.
I believe Owens Corning in Brookville was the last customer before that part of the line shut down. I last saw a train down that far probably in 2011-2013 or so. Cool update video.
Great video Jawtooth. Wow, what can happen in just a few years. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Will do!
Great video. Never knew you've been at it so long!!!
Thanks!
Brittle fracture cracked that rail good. Nice save.
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Awesome video! I love trains but wouldn’t want tracks that close to my house lol. Sad to see the tracks not in use though too
Informative video. Love the flashbacks too! Thanks.