Inside the RhyoliteTrain Depot !

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @christopheralan5666
    @christopheralan5666 12 днів тому

    Awesome video, that's a beautiful building!! I really wanted to jump thru my screen and start sweeping and cleaning that place up!!! Very Cool!!!

  • @Lostmineagain
    @Lostmineagain Місяць тому +7

    Been out their many times over the past 40 years. Happy to have been their 40 years ago it is now a tourist site. Many thanks for this video.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +3

      yep, same with so many places ..... I still enjoy it, Rhyolite has such a cool vib.....

    • @railfanhunterjacob6353
      @railfanhunterjacob6353 Місяць тому

      @@jamprowler I feel like it needs to be restored, from what I heard Brightline West are planning to have a stop at Las Vegas and there's a chance that Amtrak will return to Las Vegas in the future

  • @JL-lg8tk
    @JL-lg8tk Місяць тому +11

    That cubicle at the back of the building is where the station master/dispatcher would be able to see the trains coming in. The tracks were on that side of the building. Passengers would board and deboard on that side. The doors on either side of the cubicle would be where passengers would leave or enter the building. That door at the end of the building appears to be the entry to the freight office.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +3

      Great Info, thanks for sharing ! / Freight was the word I was thinking of when I recorded the video, but couldn't think of it at the time. We only had about 15min. inside, otherwise I would have done so much more !

    • @JL-lg8tk
      @JL-lg8tk Місяць тому +2

      @@jamprowler Back in the day railroads would build their stations with a splendid front facade. It would give people a sense of excitement and luxury to look forward to. Also it was when railroads had pride in their passenger rail service. When this one was in operation I'll bet it was the most handsome building in town.

    • @KenKayess
      @KenKayess Місяць тому

      That protrusion on the track side was the "operators bay". It was where the operator/telegrapher did their work. No tickets were sold from those windows. That was done inside of the building, from the back side of the room where the operator worked. This was pretty much a standard design arrangement for most depots outside of major population centers, regardless of being wooden structures or ornate brick. The operator/telegrapher was not in charge of the building. That person in charge was the "agent", and Rhyolite was an "agency". As important as it was, initially, there may have been multiple shifts of operators/telegraphers.

  • @Sharkman6275
    @Sharkman6275 Місяць тому +1

    Great video!! I visited this town a few years ago when I was camping with some friends out in Death Valley! Thanks for sharing this video!

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  29 днів тому

      Glad you liked it ! , camping in Death Valley sounds like it would be fun !

  • @stuartatkins5425
    @stuartatkins5425 Місяць тому +4

    Thanks for sharing your adventure in the out lands of Nevada with us.

  • @yardhog
    @yardhog Місяць тому +10

    The book "Railroads of Eastern California and Nevada, Volume 2" has a good amount of information on Rhyolite and its railroads. It might answer your questions about the station, ticket sales and so on. Very nice video and really nice to get to see the interior.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +2

      Thanks ! / I'll check it out. I have always been fascinated with Rhyolite and the old west...

  • @shylowexplores
    @shylowexplores Місяць тому +6

    I’ve always been curious what the inside looked like. Fascinates me how the railroad depot is in such great shape, others didn’t make it. Someone told me part of the reason was people would go out there and take materials from the buildings.
    Great video, thanks for the tour

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      yes, it is in great shape compared to the rest of town that is mostly gone.... I hope they can restore it some day

    • @nexttsar
      @nexttsar Місяць тому +1

      The depot was used as the Rhyolite Ghost Casino for many years after the railroad closed. It was open up through the 1950s. That is why the interior is in rather good shape.

    • @shylowexplores
      @shylowexplores Місяць тому

      @ I would have loved to have gone to that casino. Thank you for the info

  • @jamesf4405
    @jamesf4405 Місяць тому +8

    My wife and I honeymooned in Las Vegas in 1985. We visited Rhyolite. Back then, there was sort of an old saloon in the station. It had a bar that dated back to the 1800s. It was open everyday but Sunday. The bar was absolutely beautiful and very ornate. The barkeep told us the entire story of where it came from and when it was put into the station. I wish I could remember all the details, but I'm old now. Doubt it is still there. Did you happen to see it? Also, back then, there were still remnants of the curtains hanging in the bank windows. I think, but not sure, there was also a steel door on the bank vault.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +2

      I wonder what happened to the Bar.... I don't remember the exact year, had to be 84 or 85 when I first went. at that time the fence wasn't up, and it wasn't open. at least when we were there. would have been neat to see the bar !

    • @jamesf4405
      @jamesf4405 Місяць тому +1

      @jamprowler I wish I knew what happened to the bar too. It was huge, and very ornate. Back then, it was a bar/cafe/gift shop type of business. Someone around there should know.

  • @terryjackson4075
    @terryjackson4075 Місяць тому +2

    Great video Joe enjoyed it very much🎉

  • @banjomandh
    @banjomandh Місяць тому +3

    So cool, I always wondered what the inside of the depot looked like, thanks!

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +2

      Me too ! / so glad I had the opportunity to go inside and share it with everyone !

    • @scottbenke7182
      @scottbenke7182 Місяць тому

      I think that you meant to say "So, wicked cool". LOL

  • @wildweasel8564
    @wildweasel8564 Місяць тому +2

    Thank You Much! First time I've seen the interior of the train depot.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Glad to be able to share it with you!

  • @andrewbernhardt3061
    @andrewbernhardt3061 Місяць тому +8

    Thanks for the inside tour. I would be nice if someone 3D scanned the inside so others can explore virtually. I occasionally take a day or night walk to Rhyolite from Beatty on the railroad bed. The railroad depot is my turn around point... about 8 miles around trip.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +3

      the ranger did say it was scanned a few years ago for preservations and potential restoration in the future. I hope that happens, it has so much potential. we only had about 15min. inside, otherwise I would have been more thorough. but it was still really cool to see it inside and so glad I took the super bright flashlight !

  • @phoenixjames7316
    @phoenixjames7316 15 днів тому

    Was there years ago. Always wanted to see inside. Thanks

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  15 днів тому

      me too ! / so glad I was able to get inside and get it on video !

  • @somedayistodayrv
    @somedayistodayrv Місяць тому +2

    Amazing story and so much history. Great information about Rhyolite and the Depot. Wow! Thanks for sharing with everyone. Take care.

  • @hestheMaster
    @hestheMaster Місяць тому +1

    The second floor was the stationmaster's home back then. The inside stairway led to it. I see lots of modern type
    wallboard for later modifications for the old bar that was there last. Awesome tour of the depot's inside. Thanks for
    showing it! BTW your drone work is excellent!

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      the Stationmaster prolly had one of the nicest homes in town as I think people mostly lived in shacks.... after seeing it, I could live there ! / and thanks, been practicing allot with the Drone......

  • @LongdistanceRider22
    @LongdistanceRider22 24 дні тому

    How exciting to see interior of this historic building… there are other buildings too.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  24 дні тому

      Thanks ! / it was an absolute thrill for me to see the inside ! / prolly only 2nd best to the Trolly Graveyard I visited on another video.....

  • @anthonyhitchings1051
    @anthonyhitchings1051 23 дні тому

    Thanks for this video

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  22 дні тому

      glad you liked it ! / it was a great privilege to get inside !

  • @brookswilson1072
    @brookswilson1072 Місяць тому +4

    Gosh, I visited Rhyolite in April 1967, the end of my senior year in college. I don't remember the station at all. Just a dumb kid. I do have a picture taken of me feeding a wild burro there. The area of the station that juts out about which you wondered its' purpose was most likely the dispatcher / station agent's office where he could see the track in both directions to see what was occurring at any one time. I say this since I was a volunteer on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (once part of the Denver & Rio Grande Western RR) running between Chama, NM, and Antonito, CO. The stations in those towns had a similar foot print and purpose.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks for the info ! / certainly makes sense !

  • @davidmckibbin4440
    @davidmckibbin4440 28 днів тому +1

    my friends and i would go to death valley two or three times a year while in high school in the 60S i remember going in side the train depot and the bottle house, back then not very many people went to death valley, the campgrounds were free. in the late 70S we started going to the saline valley north of death valley to the hot springs which was below mammoth mountain.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  28 днів тому

      Those were the days ! / when things didn't have to be locked up and fenced in....

    • @davidmckibbin4440
      @davidmckibbin4440 28 днів тому

      @@jamprowler in the 60S the train depot was something special, i hope it will be restored in the future. if you havent you should check out ash meadows, way back there was a bar and whore house, a swimming hole full of crawdads, now the area is a state park. also devils hole outside death valley jct.was not fenced in at that time. i love death valley i know it like the back of my hand.

  • @michaelmorgan7893
    @michaelmorgan7893 Місяць тому +1

    That bay window that sticks out on the track side, was where the train master (station agent) would see the trains coming and pass train orders to the train crew.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      that certainly makes sense..... different times then, no cell phones, no radio communication.... just had to know about when the train was going to arrive, and watch for it !

    • @michaelmorgan7893
      @michaelmorgan7893 Місяць тому

      @jamprowler true. It wasn't until the late 1890s before centralized traffic control and signals were developed. Before that, those telegraph wires along the track was how the station master communicated the train orders and scheduling to the trains.

  • @minmal
    @minmal 2 дні тому

    When I was a kid, 1967, I got to go inside the depot. There was some sort of care taker that watched over the place. It was still in very good condition at the time.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  День тому

      I wish I could have seen it then , sad to see it in it's current state....

  • @cathymelton9197
    @cathymelton9197 Місяць тому +1

    Yes, very cool, beautiful town.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks Cathy ! / I'll be back there for more soon !

  • @mikefitchNYC1971
    @mikefitchNYC1971 Місяць тому

    Such an awesome video Joe! New subscriber.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks ! / much appreciated !

  • @Tequilaboylv
    @Tequilaboylv Місяць тому

    Great video…I’ve been watching your videos for sometime and you do a fantastic job with them keep up the good work. Now I have to checkout Rhyolite.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks for watching! It's a great place to visit !

  • @rondeichman
    @rondeichman Місяць тому +1

    Great video! I have been visiting Rhyolite since the early 90's and often wondered what was inside the old depot and now I know. That whole area/region is loaded with history and old ghost townsites. If you get a chance to drive west through the Panamint valley and beyond Panamint Springs, there is the semi ghost town of Darwin that is equally as cool. Thanks for the video!

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks Ron ! / I never heard of Darwin , but just looked it up ! / looks like I'll be making a trip there soon ! / thanks for the tip !

    • @nohojim
      @nohojim Місяць тому

      @@jamprowler If you go to Darwin, find the old graveyard by the airstrip.

  • @alexpiper9475
    @alexpiper9475 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Hope you enjoyed the ride !

  • @walter772
    @walter772 Місяць тому

    I’ve been there bunches of times and always wondered what the inside looked like. Too bad that it could not have been preserved in better condition. Thank You for sharing and a great job in the photography!

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks ! / yep, I've been going there for 40 years and this was my first time inside, it was really cool, yet also a bummer as to it's condition....

  • @richardbrobeck2384
    @richardbrobeck2384 Місяць тому

    great video !

  • @pcatful
    @pcatful Місяць тому +2

    That is not a gutter, it is a downspout that drains the gutters. The "circular rounded door" is "arched". NICE filming. I can't help but imagine the men walking up that stairway all full of expectation ,and down, lighter of mojo and money.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      haha, good point on the downspout ! / I'm hoping someday some video will turn up of it when it was in operation...

  • @dalemeyers4175
    @dalemeyers4175 Місяць тому +1

    The bay window is there so the agent can see approaching and departing trains. Yes mail wold have been carried to all the towns along the LV&T line.

    • @barfoonisland2003
      @barfoonisland2003 Місяць тому

      That should be the telegraph office if I'm not mistaken.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      yep, that makes sense, it was a different time, no cell phones or radios in those days....

  • @jeffthain4420
    @jeffthain4420 23 дні тому

    The Bay window was there for for the agent to see the trains approaching. The curved door was either freight for or where they may have stored the speeder or putt-putt.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  22 дні тому

      makes perfect sense ! , thanks !

  • @markheld5788
    @markheld5788 Місяць тому

    I hope they preserve it.great video i just subscribed.

    • @lawrencewiddis2447
      @lawrencewiddis2447 Місяць тому

      Who are “they?”

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks ! / yes I hope they do to, would love to see it restored.....

  • @detroyes2
    @detroyes2 Місяць тому +1

    Kinda wish someone would put up the money to restore the place, maybe make it a museum.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      That is my hope as well !

  • @danhealey5417
    @danhealey5417 Місяць тому

    i wonder what's going to happen to the station and thanks so much for showing us what it looks like inside and i always wanted to know thanks and you have another new sub

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks Dan ! / the Ranger told me they have no plans on doing anything to it. he made reference to hoping that the nearby town of Beatty would take it over and rehab it. I think it would be awesome to see it remodeled to it's original state. It was a real treat to get inside, just wish I had more time as we only had about 15min. inside...

    • @danhealey5417
      @danhealey5417 Місяць тому +1

      @@jamprowler hey thanks for the reply and lets hope the station get's a new life....thanks again

  • @jeffreymcfadden9403
    @jeffreymcfadden9403 Місяць тому

    12:26
    Note the grounded outlet, mandatory for new construction since 1962 and all construction in 1974.
    Half inch drywall, not plastered.
    Plastic ice trays, not aluminum.
    Looks to have been occupied at least into the mid 1970s.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      yes I understand it was a Museum , Gift shop, and I think they served some food in the 70's into the early 80's . wish I would have had the opportunity to see it when it was open for business....

  • @TOM2RN
    @TOM2RN 15 днів тому

    Appreciate the builders. This was constructed with hand tools, not power tools.

  • @bardlardstudios7035
    @bardlardstudios7035 Місяць тому

    Nice!!!

  • @pacz8114
    @pacz8114 Місяць тому

    Very enjoyable and informative. Thank you. (As a friendly suggestion, try making a video with just the ambient sounds: these unique areas supply their own natural sounds, which fully complement the visual and is far more pleasing than using anonymous piped-in "music".)

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks ! / I do appreciate the Feedback !

  • @karlwolf8703
    @karlwolf8703 Місяць тому

    “Wicked cool…”. Are you from Downeast?

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Pittsburgh ! / p.s. I don't usually say that , but I did notice I said it quite a bit in this video ! / funny stuff....

  • @jessiev7322
    @jessiev7322 Місяць тому

    How were those banks destroyed? Looks like they were partially bulldozed.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      from what I gather, they were stripped of all that could be reasonably transported out and to another town, what was left simply crumbled.... in the ruins of the bank, you can see the big blocks of concrete that have fallen from the structure.... the is a big quarey just over the hill that often blasted shaking the whole town, I was always worried that something would collapse when I was there....

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy Місяць тому

    Been wondering when I could see the inside again

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      when did you see it inside, has it changed allot since then ?

  • @davidballoid2118
    @davidballoid2118 Місяць тому

    It's unquestionable that all Depots handled U.S. mail, so yes that arched doorway in the front handled light freight, mail and parcels while passengers boarded at the same time. Along with downsizing in its latter years the depot handled a multitude of functions just like the way businesses do today to keep itself afloat to the very end.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Thanks for the info ! / much appreciated !

  • @terrysmith8133
    @terrysmith8133 Місяць тому

    how do you get access to the depot?

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      Well that is a good question.... my last video was on the Cook Bank Building in Rhyolite, someone sent me a note stating that the Train Depot would be open for a private tour on that particular day. I headed up in hopes that I would have a chance and wound up meeting the Ranger as he was unlocking the gate ! / it was on my bucket list for many years, so glad I got to see it and was able to do video and share it !

  • @robertdavis5714
    @robertdavis5714 Місяць тому

    Close to Death Valley, but 3800 ft. in elevation, need to see this joint in person.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Awesome Place ! / so much to see !

  • @dalemeyers4175
    @dalemeyers4175 Місяць тому

    Two comprehensive books regarding railroad history in this area. "The Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad" and "Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad - The Nevada Shortline". Both written by Phil Serpico.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      I will check those out, thanks for the tip !

  • @tylerdowd
    @tylerdowd Місяць тому +1

    Cool

  • @joemama22
    @joemama22 Місяць тому

    When I was a kid, I visited this place and toured the museum... It did not have the abandoned feel that it currently has. I do remember the lady in charge. She was kinda creepy. Too bad it's falling into decay.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      I was a bit shocked of the condition inside.... such a shame, I really hope someday they can clean it up and do some restoration

  • @CBeard849
    @CBeard849 Місяць тому

    My GGF was a Bullfrog Miner.....and may have traveled in and out of "town" using that place!! I'm not sure what it would cost to restore that building and maybe a few more but perhaps fees charged to visit would make it a "paying" situation?? Unless someone restores and protects these sites of historical interest they will eventually disappear.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      that would be cool to hear him tell stories of his visits there !

  • @jaymartin3992
    @jaymartin3992 Місяць тому

    I recall from park signs I read during my visit the rest of the town was stripped for materials after abandonment. Not natural decay.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      I think so, from what I understand they took what ever they could to the next big boom town.... but not sure about the concrete and block buildings collapsing......

  • @mikeashely8198
    @mikeashely8198 Місяць тому +1

    Just think about that railroad station.The type of people that used it like steph belly scotty sdorothy and a few others and did they leave their money in the bank

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      I would love to see a video from back when the town was at it's peak.... one just may turn up some day ....

  • @actionjackson4305
    @actionjackson4305 Місяць тому

    Every old railroad depot had a window sticking out past the building so they could see the train coming and let the passengers know it was almost there.

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Місяць тому

    13:33 *"This is wicked cool!"* 😄👍 _tell me you're a Yankee without telling me you're a fellow Yankee_ 😉

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      yup, I did notice I said that several times ! :)

  • @kira5868
    @kira5868 Місяць тому

    That be a cool home

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      That's what I was thinking too !

  • @BobGlenn-r9v
    @BobGlenn-r9v Місяць тому

    This town should be restored.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      I'm with you 100%. !!

    • @BobGlenn-r9v
      @BobGlenn-r9v Місяць тому +1

      @jamprowler if it was restored it would be a great place to go during the summer, for families, bring back a small train that circles the town, a lot of ghost towns have been rebuilt.

  • @thomasmixson7064
    @thomasmixson7064 Місяць тому

    Following completion of transcontinental railways, settlers left wagons, horses and days of walking ever westward behind. Railroads established towns with depots, and eagerly made fortunes transporting everything needed and the people, to then sell them the land owned by the railroad on either side of the tracks. In 1959 at 10 years of age, I boarded the Atkinson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Super Chief for San Diego via Los Angeles. San Diego, climatically, is far different from the Panhandle of Texas! San Diego, now an expensive, exclusionary urban meganopolus was then a small coastal city of about 275,000. San Diego, was home of the 7th Pacific fleet, employed thousands civilians, and Convair/General Dynamics & other aircraft & defense manufacturers cranked out planes & missile systems. Chicken of the Sea's docks and "tuna factory" processed tuna from ships, and some of the richest people in the world had homes in LaJolla.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Good Info, thanks !

    • @davidmckibbin4440
      @davidmckibbin4440 28 днів тому

      i was born in san diego in 1951, san diego was a very special place,and still is in some ways.my favorite place to go, love the beach. i now live in arizona, i would never move back

  • @glenbohannan6435
    @glenbohannan6435 Місяць тому

    All train stations have rail boardings in rear

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      That would make sense, wouldn't want people walking over the tracks to get to the building....

  • @InvisibleCitizen
    @InvisibleCitizen Місяць тому

    Railroad tracks were almost always behind the depots since the tracks are somewhat dangerous! The tack side is also louder and dirtier! Back when the coal fired steam engines were used black soot fell out of the sky!

  • @rsimpkins1120
    @rsimpkins1120 Місяць тому

    Someone has been using that freezer after the 1930's. Plastic ice cube trays.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      yep, it was a museum and gift shop in the 70's-80's / I never had the chance to see it when was open though...

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy Місяць тому

    Harsh winters has done most of the damage there

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      could be, I don't think I ever made a winter trip there....

  • @paulascholz600
    @paulascholz600 Місяць тому +1

    Your intro is 45 seconds too long.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      yep, I hadn't realized I used that on the prior video on the Cook Bank Building..... hopefully you got past it ok. I will make a shorter intro in the future.... :)

  • @princessofthecape2078
    @princessofthecape2078 Місяць тому

    Nevada as a whole is just such an intensely depressing place. I love the west, but I am very glad there are alternatives.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому +1

      I don't mind it, especially with history. I live in Las Vegas and most that is old is torn down. very little history here as compared to Pennsylvania where I grew up.....

  • @apolloskyfacer5842
    @apolloskyfacer5842 22 дні тому

    Excellent video. 10 outa 10 points. Background music. A big fat zero.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  22 дні тому +1

      Thanks for the input ! / I really appreciate ! / I will re evaluate background music on future stuff.

  • @mikecrawford6284
    @mikecrawford6284 Місяць тому

    You should of lifted the top of the toilet tank to see what year it was built. I'm thinking the 40s

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      didn't think about that.... prolly was 30's or 40's....

  • @mikecarr1484
    @mikecarr1484 Місяць тому

    I got married there. Ryolite.

    • @jamprowler
      @jamprowler  Місяць тому

      Nice ! / what a cool backdrop !