just to think those railcars were once state of the art

@michaelnaisbitt1639

8 жыл бұрын

They are a unique link with the past and therefore must be saved. Not an easy job to restore but certainly possible

@pilsudski36

8 жыл бұрын

With those six wheel Commonwealth trucks, they rode better than today's Amfleet rolling stock. Seriously.

@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS

7 жыл бұрын

I can also confirm this!

@terrywitkowski6937

7 жыл бұрын

they sure as hell do. I rode amfleet cars from Chicago to NYC to see the USS intrepid memorial. they sure aren't 'superliners.'

@russellrobinson6404

7 жыл бұрын

Terry Witkowski lol, I never rode in the Superliners

Update, July 2018: the cars are in various stages of restoration - the Lion Gardiner was sold and shipped out to be restored - and with some additional track work, this section of track is once again "high iron." The volunteer staff at CMRR is a pretty amazing bunch!

@kittycatlpsproductions2147

5 жыл бұрын

countrypaul REALLY (starts crying tears of joy)

@joehnunya

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for updating this clip. Do one of the restoration phase if you can.

@marktomaszewsky5811

5 жыл бұрын

countrypaul this railway back in use?

@MK06563

5 жыл бұрын

Those tracks are being used now? Any videos of restoration.?

@santanuroy1704

3 жыл бұрын

@@kittycatlpsproductions2147 .

Good on you fella’s for saving these old carriages for future restoration! I think it’s the same as restoring old cars & trucks as they deserve it! And it doesn’t matter what part of the world we are in, it’s good to see like minded people who care about our transport history! Greetings from Melbourne, Australia.

@Utubin

3 жыл бұрын

Much love Atlanta Ga.

I remember seeing them sitting on the rails like that for many years and one day they were gone Crazy seeing this after all this time

Thanks for posting this, each one of those cars represents a big part of our history, I’m Canadian, but this is obviously in the United States, but both of our great nations were connected and founded by the railways. I hope they take those beautiful old cars and totally restore them back to their original grandeur. If ever you’re in Toronto, which is where I live, just near the base of the CN Tower, is the old railway round house, which is now a railway museum that has cars from the 1800s all the way up to today, all in perfectly restored order. I can’t explain the feeling you get when you walk into it, it’s like stepping back in time. Much like every major city in North America, Toronto had a huge railway system, which is now completely gone, replace mostly by trucks and public transit trains. But I’m glad that the area where the railway lands used to be, at least a small part of it, has been saved and restored back to the original condition. They even restored one of the conductors booths, one of the very first train stations from the mid-1800s. I’m assuming it’s the same in the United States, because I’ve been to most of your cities, and it’s the one thing we all share in common. Because were a waterfront city, as is most of the East Coast from Nova Scotia all the way down to Florida, goods were brought in by ship, and then distributed via railway. It’s more than just nostalgia, it’s almost romantic in a strange sort of way, as you walk through all the old rail cars, or climb on board the old steam engines, and first diesel trains, you feel like you’re connected to the time period. And while that era is long gone, it’s nice to see that they have preserved so much of it, which is why I pray to God they do the same to these real cars in the video. They have no price, because they’re irreplaceable.

@GigglyMan42069

5 жыл бұрын

I regret clicking read more

@rebooted.jupiter_

2 жыл бұрын

@@GigglyMan42069 that makes 2 of us

It’s sad to see them in that condition. I love seeing the trains and see there are people who actually care to try and bring them back to life. Those cars are a big part of our history.

well I HOPE the cars will be restored & not scrapped

@train5974

6 жыл бұрын

microbusss .All but 1 were sold for restoring. We kept 1 for ourselves to restore.

@claredegroff1491

4 жыл бұрын

Aren't those the ones that were being restored after a museum was built before politicans got involved. I talked to the workers there they were pretty upset after putting in so much effort the money spent only to have it all ripped away

@lisamyers-lucas74

4 жыл бұрын

they all lieng they got scrapped

@2drewbaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisamyers-lucas74... lie lying liar.

Great job guys, that railroad is coming alone nicely.

AMAZING - great to see them roll again

Me and my family rode the train last year with the 0-4-0, enjoyed it very much. Every one needs to remember it takes money and muscle to make it happen.

On one side of our family we're descended from Lion Gardiner, and on the other side we had a mason who actually built the station at Hurley(ville), Middletown and others. Nice to see!

Lots of history in just this video, thanks for sharing

that is amazing and a testament to how well they're built

Update, end of September, 2019: NEW WEBSITE: www.catskillmountainrailroad.com. NEW TRACKAGE: The CMRR is running on all available track, from MP3 at Kingston to the east, all the way west to MP 8:33, Route 28A at Stony Hollow. All track has been upgraded by mostly volunteer workers, and the derelict-looking cars are either off the property or have been restored! Unfortunately the 28A crossing was paved over by Ulster County, but CMRR is trying to get it reopened as the track is still on the ground further west to just before Basin Road (around MP10); it easily hosted inspection trains about 3 years ago. Unfortunately, the county has removed the rails west of there, but restoring an additional 1-to-1.5 miles of track would bring CMRR to Glenford Dike, a scenic point of interest on the Ashokan where the tourist ride could terminate. In the meanwhile, if you're reading this is 2019, some great fall foliage runs, pumpkin trains and the Polar Express are all scheduled for the rest of the year. Come on up to Kingston!

I remember driving by them many times.

Hi! Very nice video and interesting carriages. Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano :-)

smashing footage. love the horn

Nice. I must have driven by them 100 times when I lived up in Grahamsville.

Great work.

Awesome Video! First car across 209 looks like a Blue Comet car.

I've seen those things a hundred times going to Kingston .

Belíssimo vídeo amigo parabéns pelo excelente registro 👏💯

Thanks for the Video. An for the one's who updated in the comments.

Love he hand and whistle signals, my conductor and I use them all the time.

@markfrench8892

3 жыл бұрын

You call those hand signals? They're a joke.

I love the American railroads especially the short lines.I used to read that trains magazine when I lived in England and I loved the old tales of the railwaymen from the old days!

Really cool footage - I Liked & Subscribed 👍😎

@FL92002

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the sub!

So those cars rusted that bad after only 15 years? wow!

@judyroberts6740

7 жыл бұрын

Scot Caraway iiiiii

@CANControlGRAFFITI

6 жыл бұрын

Judy Roberts what type of reply is that

@TheCandoRailfan

6 жыл бұрын

Only?

@Chasingrail

6 жыл бұрын

Scot Caraway ikr

@dtvjho

6 жыл бұрын

They were probably already old when they were left sitting. If they were in good shape, the RR probably would have moved them off the line to a yard.

Show de vídeo parabéns!!!!

I'm more then amazed someone didn't steal the journal brasses from those cars sitting so long.

I hope they are restored, but it won't be too easy.

is there where 209 is very near 87? I remember there were a couple cars right next to 209 i think it was the kingston exit off 87

Good video......................

Great video loud train to overall score: 89 Good job

If you can go back in time. Can you imagine all those many faces looking out?

Nice old carriages, hope they are nicely restored 💖

@markfrench8892

3 жыл бұрын

They're called coaches not carriages.

@zeeteavathepipe3184

3 жыл бұрын

@@markfrench8892 In British English carrige means also coach.

@zacharyrollick6169

3 жыл бұрын

@@markfrench8892 Same thing.

Thumbs up !

super cool

Once, they were the most luxurious cars any railfan can enjoy. Now, they lay derelict. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Wood decays, And metal rusts. They once made many happy. Now they are looked upon in disgust.

@arifakyuz7673

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t look at them with disgust, I look at them with awe

I'm getting all emotional watching this.

It is a shame these cars could not be rescued and restored 15 years ago.

@Glaggle

9 жыл бұрын

Highlinerlocal66 Yeah... it almost makes me cry whenever I see an old train set rust away. Especially the beautiful 1st-gen diesels. :(

@srikrishnaammu6727

6 жыл бұрын

Highlinerlocal66

The train of the forgotten cars.

nice video

awesome! thx for sharing, new sub for life too :)

É top a nossa Ferrovia

We're wheel journals lubricated before moving? Hate to see anything needlessly damaged. Moved where? To be restored? Thank you.

Those cars ere built back when things were made to last. I'll bet those cars are over 100 years old

yeah that sounded like rust falling off, when they coupled the second car. I think not having those air brakes hooked up might have been a good idea as long as they were going slow. probably keeps those brakes from locking up because of the rust

Cool

Yikes! Even the work train has journal boxes.

Okay so there is a pneumatically ran whistle on the diesel. Lol haven't seen that in a while

I woul love to help you restore them, and do crew too like I do here on the NCRy.

does it have an air whistle?

@train5974

6 жыл бұрын

NostalgiaKarl K.F. That whistle is from a new haven fl9

I hope that they were restored to

It's amazing that they can move, many things when severely oxidized, will not spin.

@eolgrillo

4 жыл бұрын

But that locomotive is strong so I really shouldn't be impressed.

Dam I don’t ever remember having to do that with my train. Nowadays you just push the button and the fist opens. Guess real trains are different than toys?

So well the 2 passenger cars be saved?

How did those cars get there

I recognized the Lackawanna MU immediately. I rode those electrics countless times in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s until they were taken out of service. Are these coaches going to be restored? They look very rough.

@desertbob6835

8 жыл бұрын

+g bridgman That diner's scrap, for sure, salvage the trucks and some other stuff. The rot's incredible, and there's a fair amount of collision damage.

Are they planning on restoring these once beautiful cars?

@patrickkitchens3363

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Did they oil or grease any wheel bearing before setting off?

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

No. Didn't bring them far. Maybe a half mile .

@markfrench8892

3 жыл бұрын

@@train5974 half a mile is enough to do damage.

Those cars seem to be the former NJT MUs that were retired in 1984!

@pilsudski36

7 жыл бұрын

The second coach looks like a former MU, but not the first one - no six wheel trucks on motorized MU's.

@CANControlGRAFFITI

6 жыл бұрын

glen rock railfan seems all the info in in the description..

Look closely at the second passenger car it’s a New Jersey blue comet

I wonder how many miles those old cars went, before being abandon..?

👏👏👏

Great hand signals. No radio needed.

@Bauer-ke6lp

5 жыл бұрын

Thats the sense of handsignals...

Were did they go

Were those coaches restored and used on the trains, or did CMRR never get a chance to restore them fully?

@jaydyndickson4185

8 жыл бұрын

it should have been DCC DIRECT RAIL

the rear coach looks like it is in better shape. what did they do to the coaches when they moved them?

@train5974

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Twist pushed them up about 1,000 feet up the track.video called first train to cross hurley mountain road! Then sod most of them to tourist railroads.

They were not scrapped. one we kept for restoration and the other ones were sold to other railroads..

Is that a diesel with a whistle?

Is it me or does it sound like that diesel has an air steam whistle

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

It's a Hancock air whistle from a fl9.

@ls-zx5dd

4 жыл бұрын

Hi

looks like total restorations

Maybe the A-hole that set this car a fire has a few jollies left to enjoy seeing the departure of its damaged work that day. These days there seems to be too many are ready to destroy any part of valu history just because it may be placed into a remote idle state for days or years.

O descaso com os trens de passageiros não e só no Brasil.

I wish I could volunteer I’d love to help out and learn a few things

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

Why can't you? After a while you will get paid too!.

That looks beyond restoration

@zacharyrollick6169

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen way worse restored.

Expected to see the loco move away and just tear the bogies clean out from under the coaches! They shoulda stopped and freed off the brakes they would have been rusted on! I worked on the railroads as a commissioning engineer for many years, nice to see them rolling again , but those stuck wheels with just get flats worn on them if they dont free the brakes off 😕

Was that the sound of rust falling off of them or people walking around in the grass?

@zacharyrollick6169

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it was the sound of brush being pulled apart by the motion of the cars.

@thesexyblondguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharyrollick6169 Oh yea, definitely

Why no air connections? I have no clue so... I thought the brakes were locked with no air to them?

@train5974

4 жыл бұрын

You need air pressure to apply brakes. System probably won't hold air. Seals beed replacing.

I thought you had to hook the hoses up first like a semi.

Bloody buck-eyes, hernias in old iron!

How many years were they stationery?

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

About 30 years

These coaches all have celestial roofs reminiscent of the 1890's and non-roller bearing trucks. The Jaeny Couplers were no-doubt affixed later in the car's shown here in their early lives.

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

Clerestory. "Janney" (knuckle) couplers were standard well before these steel cars were built. Later passenger train cars have Tight-Lock couplers that won't override. Roller bearings came in beginning around 1940. The NC&StLRy J3 576 built in 1942 had all roller bearing axles yet plain bearing rods. The J3s' predecessor class J2 built n the 1930s was all plain "friction" bearings axles. The J3s had one-piece cast steel bed frames. The leading two driver axles had side play in the bearing boxes. The lead truck guided the locomotive. One old engineer said the "Stripes" (J3s) rode as smoothly as a six-wheel trucked Pullman car, while other locomotives pounded, jerked around, rocked and swayed so hard at speed that his feet were off the footplate (cab floor) much of the time.

will these carriages be restored?

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

We kept the one on the left. All the others were sold to other railroads.

where are those cars now?

@andrewdannunzio146

6 жыл бұрын

rez ones I personally painted on them with ewoke.

@chumgalaxyaltk3723

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdannunzio146 ur telling lies

@andrewdannunzio5283

4 жыл бұрын

@@chumgalaxyaltk3723 you are an ass hole

@andrewdannunzio5283

4 жыл бұрын

And Rez they still run! I lived right behind them,And have vids

Where's part 2 ?

those cars look they are from a ghost train

This should be done with the NY Central T3 and S motor in Albany

I used to go down the highway to Kingston that those cars were next to. I was wondering where they went...

The first car the engine hooked up too looks like it came from a nuclear holocaust

@CaptainAwesome-mz6mt

4 жыл бұрын

It honestly looked like it was going to fall apart

@keplergso8369

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainAwesome-mz6mt Yes, I am surprised it was still rolling. I guess they put some grease in the wheels just before.

@johnrobbo69

4 жыл бұрын

@@keplergso8369 looked like the first one had been subject to fire damage, the second one wasn't that bad. Looked like a burnt out car does.

amazing how careful they are. how old are the cars?

@train5974

3 жыл бұрын

1920 - 1935

@raywyatt5368

2 жыл бұрын

@@train5974 Sure would like to know what the container on the flat car was used for.

@train5974

2 жыл бұрын

@@raywyatt5368 used for tools. Spike pullers and things.

@raywyatt5368

2 жыл бұрын

@@train5974 Ok. Thank you.

Where is this ?

@roxfire23

6 жыл бұрын

emdman1959 Kingston NY

what about the blue car further down the track @ 3:09

@train5974

5 жыл бұрын

It was moved about 3 months later.

how come the air lines were'nt hooked up? ive been following your progress so i know you had them checked.

@JungleYT

6 жыл бұрын

I think the purpose of the flat car is to provide the braking that is absent from the cars?

@392nightrunner

6 жыл бұрын

The air lines are rotted and would rupture causing a massive air leak

@tomtremil

6 жыл бұрын

+huggable cactus I too was wondering why the air brake lines weren't connected. I didn't think about them being in bad shape sitting for so long. That makes sense.

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomtremil- Can't imagine the air brakes are in operable condition.

@Bauer-ke6lp

5 жыл бұрын

How opened they the brakes without airpressure?

Sad, I just read that the CMRR is closing. I did some environmental work for them in 2013 on the Dining Car 154, Coach Car 4322, Coach Car 1198, Coach Car 1204, Freight Car - Ballast Hopper - 51467 and Freight Car - Gondola 51899.

@RussellNelson

7 жыл бұрын

Their lease didn't get renewed en toto, but they now have a lease for about 5 miles of track near Kingston.

@ayoung2112

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know that they will continue.

@chasemorgansunredfarms963

6 жыл бұрын

alan young They are actually very much so alive and well. They have a brand new website. It's actually worth a visit. I would but I live all the way across the country.

PLEASE TELL THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SCRAPPEED

@train5974

6 жыл бұрын

coshyno No they were not scrapped. All but one were sold to other railroads for restoration. We kept one. It's in phoenicia. At railroad museum.

Is there more videos on these?

@train5974

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@lukebecker1959

4 жыл бұрын

@@train5974 ok

@train5974

4 жыл бұрын

First train to Hurley mountain road. Name of video. Pushing all 5 coaches up a grade.

I thought the CMRR was finally closed down?

@Awesomewolfpic

5 жыл бұрын

video was back in 2013

Hook up the brake glad hand

update for these cars in 2020?

@train5974

4 жыл бұрын

We have one we are currently restoring. Not suer ab5the others.