I came for an underwater train and an outdoor adventure. I received no train or adventure, but it was outdoors. 1/3.

Yes , it was easily visible in the 50’s/60’s when I grew up in the town . As I remember,the stack was visible on the far side

I worked for allaire park back in 1968-1969 and we had permission from the jersey central railroad to drive back where you are in the video to pick up old railroad ties. I saw the train engine you are talking about....however I don't quite remember the exact location in the lake. I would have the go back there to refresh my memory. Things change dramatically in 50 years!!!

Yes,the train is there I grew up in Farmingdale and me and my friends played back in the woods. The train is there.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

Жыл бұрын

So cool

Back in the 40s, my older brother and his friends used to challenge each other to swim through the engine.

Good stuff, my brother, his wife and sons live in Howell, and my sister, her first and second husbands, and four kids lived in Freehold, right up 33 from Farmingdale and Howell.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Every Thursday, the local train CSAO SA-31 brings wood to Woodhaven Lumber in Lakewood and some other local industries in the area.

@DelcoImagery

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

A quad-copter would make surveying that area alot easier. Cool vid though. Creepy looking area.

I walked those tracks a hundred times or more back in the 80s. I had no idea a train was there. There was a gravel pit off the tracks in Howell that used to host some big parties, but that's another story.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool

There is a man-made lake in an abandoned marl pit in Mantua NJ. I was told by some of the older locals that there is a train at the bottom of that lake. I've hiked past that lake for years and not once caught any glimpse of a submerged train mostly due to the opacity of the water which has a greenish blue color. The lake is within a public park named Ceres park. It's a wonderful place to hike and mountain bike.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow I will check it out

I watched this in 2015 when you posted it and I’m still waiting for you to go there with your Kayak ! Lol I recently went to shades of death road and Jenny jump I love all these things in Jersey im a history buff

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

I have never returned yet

@jw4321

Жыл бұрын

To this day.

I was there back in the 80's, my in-laws lived on Shafto St. You could walk to the end of the road, through the woods to the Marl Hole. Water back then was a bluish clear and you could see the Engine pretty well. Fished it a little never caught much of anything.

I grew up in Farmingdalw and fished the Marl Hole many times. My Grandfather, also from town, said too that it was a jockey engine to do with the mining of the marl. Marl is organic and used for fertilizing farm fields. Iwas was thinking of going back down there to show my son the stack.

@kennethganslen1931

Жыл бұрын

I used to live across field from the marl holes. Actually there’s 4 of them. Great fishing once you beat the lily pads out of the way. Snapping turtles as big as garbage can lids. The Migamahome creek ran thru our property across from Tom’s Tavern. You could dig marl out of the stream bank. Any relation to Megill Hardware? Used to love that place. My dad did the grange hall renovation. I think Farmingdale was a great place to grow up. I live a 2600’ in WV so a bit of altitude change.

Just did a ghost tour in farmingdale this past week. They have another this Saturday actually. They told us all the really cool history of the town. It was a fun experience.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

Oh and there's a lot of pickerel in that pond!

This lake is a former Marl pit. The train was used in the pit to extract the marl and was just left there after the pit outgrew it’s profitability.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, great information

Yea, when i was a kid we fished there. I remember the stack above the water. We always said there were probably skeletons down there from the train crash; LOL

you might see more if you ever got off the tracks, my understanding is the train is just on the edge of the lake.

That is not a saw mill pond. It is the Marl Hole. There is a box car down in there as well as an ol' steam jennie. You can see the roof from the bank. Most kids in town learned to fish there.

@unclematty56

8 жыл бұрын

+NJ Outdoors (Outdoor Adventures) Never knew the whole story. It does sit up right. The exhaust pipe from the jennie is closer to the bank. If you are walking from town, the boxcar is about 1/3 of down the length. I have seen it from the bank and passed over it with a canoe while fishing. Marl is a type of soil that is rich with nutrients and was used as fertilizer. That's the reason the Marl Hole was originally dug.

@unclematty56

8 жыл бұрын

+NJ Outdoors (Outdoor Adventures) Not to many folks around anymore that would know. Most of the ol timers have passed or moved. Most folks up town are newer to the area or if they been there awhile, never listened to the old stories. Most folks never knew there was a powder mill in town before it blew up. You were able to still find bricks and such from the building years ago in the woods. That was down the tracks a little ways from the Marl Hole. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806EED61131E033A25753C2A9679D94659ED7CF is the link to the story on the powder mill.

@carltonmatthews7122

8 жыл бұрын

Coming from town, it was down on the left side I believe

@seanmurphy2302

3 жыл бұрын

@@unclematty56 Nice work. Muchas thanks.

Actually I grew up right behind the Mark Hole as we called it. There’s actually 3 pits there. The biggest one is next to track. I It is a train . It’s the steam engine used for mining the green sand or marl as its called . Great fishing there. The stack of the steam engine is as you look at the pond is toward the left and no more than 30 yards from the shore. There were snapping turtles as big as trash can lids. My dad used to swim there . We grew up on big farm which is now a golf course on Asbury Ave. I can tell you more about it and the powder mills further down the track. Oh by the way that track enters NAD Earle the Navy Ammunition Depot .

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking this out. Yes, separate video on the Power mills

@seanmurphy2302

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. That track eventually ends out on the pier in the Sandy Hook Bay. Good looking out.

@tommcconville677

Жыл бұрын

Right, Earle runs along Brickyard road in N. Howell. My brother Mike and his wife and 3 sons lived in a home on a street just off Brickyard, then sold it and bought a house in Ctl. Howell. Roosters used to walk through the backyard or congregate in N. Howell, and wild turkeys occasionally.

@tommcconville677

Жыл бұрын

@@seanmurphy2302 That's right, through Leonardo to the pier in Sandy Hook Bay.

theres a cool rope swing and catch net over there probably where u saw debris

I funking miss living in NJ and walking through the woods and marsh lands discovering old abandoned relics.

@joeypincombe8384

7 жыл бұрын

just because steam locomotives have lost there purpose does it mean they should remain that way just food for thought i think they should drain the lake and find out what's true and what's not. if they do find it they. can always sell to restore and resale to. north creek branch railroad upstates new york. all they have is mostly old diesels like BL2 and F7. and they could always enjoy the the sounds of steam.

I saw it many times as a child in the early 1980's

Awesome video 👍

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@austinmiller3497

4 жыл бұрын

@@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures You're welcome

The majority of the comments are ppl that have been to the lake. Pretty awesome

Growing up in Farmingdale in the late 50's. The train was very easy to see Huge no no back in the day to go there. Luckily never caught. Story was it was an extremely foggy night..the train missed the turn and went into " the marl hole". Six people were on the train...no one survived as the story goes!! Early 60's a father and son were fishing in a small boat..the boat for some reason got stuck in the under growth in the water. Both tried to free the boat...fell over board Some one heard their screams for help...ran back to get help in town. The story goes that several men ran down the tracks to the hole...but never found the bodies As the years passed the stories got really creepy. One is if you walk the tracks at night you can still hear the train... and the screams of father and son. Never attempted it myself !!!

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Wow I what a story. It was confirmed in earlier posts it was a steam powered machine in the marl pit.

how many trains run on those tracks?

When will you go back ?

Did you find the old party spot? Just before it, to the right. Where did you walk from?? Toms Tavern or Town?

If you look on the right side of those tracks not too far past the bridge there is some kind of old training area that’s pretty cool to walk around in

@JayBlocc

2 жыл бұрын

i know exactly what your talking about (i think) and some of my boys actually built all of that with the help of some other adults it was just meant to be a play area outdoors

I have seen the steam engine in the 1970’s. Good fishing hole

IN THE 1860S, There was a spur that ran out from the Southern RR. to Asbury ave. the name of the road then was Long Branch road. I have a map on Photobucket. Google TOMSTV1 go to the local file see page 4

@whiteknightcat

8 жыл бұрын

The Southern Railway never operated in New Jersey. It operated in the southern US, hence the name. The railroad that served the area was the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). Perhaps you're confusing this with the southern division of the CNJ, which is the division that served the area.

hello I work for norfolk southern the line is not abandoned until norfolk southern CSX transportation and njt transit say its abandoned!

when you go back i can help. I've fished and caught snapping turtles there for years.

@Overlandadventureinatoyotasequ

7 жыл бұрын

im back there all the time.the water should be low enough now.

@livinlikelarry8782

7 жыл бұрын

YOUR THE ONE WHO KILLED THE JESUS Turtles, atleast he skipped the swing

Did you ever end up fishing here? Any luck ?

The story, as I understand it, The lake that you show, is/was a Marl Pit. One that was actually mined. The train was used to bring the Marl to the surface. as the story goes, the pit began to flood and eventually caught the train in its last train up. Now there are parts of the story that I was told that just didn't make scene. but i will be looking into that as time allows.

@darylwoolley2701

4 жыл бұрын

Have you found out anything about the lake cause i have

@noah8877

Жыл бұрын

Wat ya find

Where is your second video on this ?

Funny thing about well maintained. That line hasn't been maintained since the mid to late 60's and is currently at the second lowest ballast as the trains can't and won't go past 12 mph on a good night.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking this out

@gunrunner7224

3 жыл бұрын

@@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures live just up the street from the line. The engineer was barely doing 7mph last Thursday and that was a csx gp40 with 6 bulkheads and a SP boxcar heading for Lakewood. On the plus side there is rumors that NJT is surveying for possibly converting the line into passenger service again which means a full overhaul of the line and crossings.

Almost positive this lake in the video was used for digging up iron back when Farmingdale was first founded, could be wrong, but pretty sure it has something to do with that.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a Marle pit

I think there is alot more to that lake that you need to know. Supposedly its a natural tomb from a disaster in the marl hole itself

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow 😳

@darylwoolley2701

4 жыл бұрын

@@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures i have been down there with a friend that is a medium. She picked up alot of bad vibes. She said i needed someone stronger for the spirits. Also my mother was never allowed down the tracks cause thete use to bs KKK meetings down there.

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a lot of unique energy there

@seanmurphy2302

3 жыл бұрын

@@darylwoolley2701 Holy crap! There were Demoncrats meeting in Farmingdale, NJ? Shiver me timbers.

@jaroufa1

Жыл бұрын

My father worked with a man who committed suicide. His body was never found,the snapping turtles ate him They found a note by the tracks

All these unused train tracks in the state such a shame they could add so many stops on the commuter rail but they stupidly don’t

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

Жыл бұрын

This is for freight trains

Those tracks are clearly not abandoned, the tops of the rails are perfectly shiny

Anyone know what exactly where in Farmingdale this is located? Would like to do this hike

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

Жыл бұрын

The tracks, heading east

@IraThor

Жыл бұрын

@@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures Found it, thank you.

Did the train de rail and crash into the water or purposely pushed in the water like 90-80 years ago or something?

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a steam powered tug that is in there at the bottom of the marl pit

@christopherrodmell1694

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a steam locomotive that’s long since been in the water

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Rumor has it

What part of the lake is the train at?

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

10 ай бұрын

It’s actually a marl pit. I don’t think it’s a train. I think it’s a track driven bulldozer that is in the lake.

@WaterPercy

10 ай бұрын

@@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures my mistake, yeah I'm aware, it's a steam tractor, just wanna know what side of the pit

Anyone ever find it?

@Umad24

4 жыл бұрын

DieselElevators yep

hey guys

The train is in the bottom left corner it’s rusted to shit near surface

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

True. It’s a tractor for the marl pit

@giggles7104

4 жыл бұрын

What's the time stand for where the train is under the water at the bottom left corner

Good stuff

will they ever drain the lake for the small steam locomotive to be restored in full operating condition. some day when i win the lottery I'll take it up here to the Michigan state fare grounds building to house and restore all Railroad equipment including trackside signals and switches and turntable equipment even rail speeders and rail trucks all kinds of steam locomotives and diesel locomotive and electric locomotives and all kinds of coaches and freight cars and cabooses. and retrofit the building to house and restore all Railroad equipment and locomotives. up here even a lunch cafeteria so the worker's dont waste gas to go out and get lunch and come back from rush hour traffic And there's plenty of space and plenty of abandoned houses and apartments and lofts and trailer parks up here and abandoned streets and neighborhood's up here in Detroit Michigan. i would hire many of the war vet's and people looking for a summer time job and work release program and community service up here. that's always been my dream to restore steam locomotive and become a railroad engineer and recently found out that in a pass life i was a railroad engineer. i guess I'm just an old soul

Baysterds

That train is Owned by csao right csx ns Conrail

Sorry, didn't to sound that nasty.

Old news!

@NewJerseyOutdoorAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

Yes old video too

six-seven minutes of babble?

@seanmurphy2302

3 жыл бұрын

Go tell your wife. Maybe she cares.