Wow, that's an Alco RS-3 locomotive, although in rough shape that should be a preserved museum piece. I'm sure if the museum in Spencer, NC or Roanoke, VA knows about it they're probably trying to get it out when funding is available.

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

It really is a neat train.

MY SON MAX 7 SAYS COOL GOING THREW THE TUNNEL ,, AND THE TRAIN WE LIKED THAT!!! IN THE 70S I REMEMBER GOING ON TRAINS LIKE THIS.. SAD THIS TRAIN DIDNT GET SAVED.. GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ronald. I’m glad he enjoyed them.

Cool video. That locomotive is pretty rare and there are few around still running. It makes me sad that it's in that condition

@OverlandFlorida

18 күн бұрын

People keep stealing parts off of it. Thanks for watching.

Wouldn't you rather be riding on those abandoned rails? That's what the do all over the west. We even have some abandoned rail here in Florida, not much but some interesting lines.

@OverlandFlorida

Ай бұрын

I’d much rather be riding the rails for sure

That was a good 👍 video make more please

@OverlandFlorida

5 күн бұрын

Thank you.

That was fantastic! Love searching old abandoned gravel pits, caves and stuff. Thanks for including us.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Looks like a great Disney adventure ride, like the Mine Train with all the waterfalls.

@OverlandFlorida

Ай бұрын

Yes, unfortunately it’s closed now.

Awesome place to explore. Looks like a ton of fun. Take care and stay safe

Man. There's no way I'd take my V8 wide-ass truck through Nemo's Tunnel. What amazes me about things like the abandoned coal mine and diesel engine and passenger cars is the pissed away wealth and infrastructure. Just left to rust and rot. Not even an effort to recycle any of it. Now merely a target for subnormals to vandalize. Very interesting video!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It was really wide, you're truck would have no issue. You're right about not scrapping any of the metal. The train was old, but the mine looked like it hasn't been closed for too long.

@floridaman1776

2 жыл бұрын

I take my Tahoe through there with plenty of room to spare

Nemo tunnel was part of the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific ( CNO&TP ) . Southern's high capacity north - south mainline with a portion between Kentucky and Tennessee including the 27 remaining tunnels as of the late 1950's nicknamed " The Rathole " division . It was apparent to Southern Railway as early as the late 1950's that the tunnels were too small for the modern diesels and the new gigantic boxcars coming. EMD SD24 locomotives and 86 foot long hi-cube boxcars and 89 foot long tri-level auto rack cars clouded the line's future. The EMD SD24 locomotives barely fit with just inches to spare. The hi-cubes and auto racks couldn't make it through. Southern Railway daylighted the route by abandoning most of the tunnels with massive cuts or tunnel bypasses or they created new tunnels so that now, only 4 remain. Only one old tunnel was enlarged on site. The new clearance at Nemo tunnel is 20 feet of width and 30 feet of height. Contrast that with the original tunnel clearance of 15 feet of width and 20 feet to the top of the arch. By 1964 the big job was done and the Rathole Division remained in name only. There is another interesting tunnel at Kings Mountain Kentucky.

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history and I’ll look into the other tunnel.

@davidskiff3083

Жыл бұрын

My Father was a model railroad enthusiast who modeled the rathole division in HO. His layout covered the entire basement and had 1😊0 tunnels.

Love the abandoned train.

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Me too. It was fun.

Pretty cool adventure; tunnels; narrow and slippery trails overlooking flooded river; & abandoned train.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fun, short trip.

Dude!!! .... Thats an Alco RS-3 .... One of my favorite locomotives!!!! 😳

@OverlandFlorida

Ай бұрын

Glad you recognized it!

Very scenic! The water in the tunnel made it even more epic!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It sure did, it sounded really weird on the tunnel with the water and gravel echoing.

Thanks for taking us along for the adventure

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Awesome tunnels and trail. It reminds me of some of my off road adventures in NZ.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

It was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, it’s closed now.

Pretty cool. Love the trails

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we had a lot of fun!

East TN. is beautiful, then again I grew up in Appalachia so I'm a little biased. Cool video. 👍🏻

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

The whole area is beautiful!

You kept banging that trailer hitch, would have served you better if you had removed it for the trip.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Maybe I just like banging things.

Nemo's tunnel reminds me of the Crozet tunnel in Virginia, west of Charlottesville. Tunnel goes under the Blue Ridge Mountains, close to U.S. route 460 and I-64.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check those out.

By far the coolest trail you’ve done!!!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It was cool. Really short though, you could do the whole thing in 15min.

I’m in Tn , what part of Tn are you in ? Yes the rain came!!!! ....Great video, I get my camper shell today for my Tacoma, Yeeeeeee Ha😎See ya on the next 🇺🇸

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

We were all over Tennessee, I usually stay near Franklin Nc.

@joerockme7485

3 жыл бұрын

My wife & l have homes in Fl , NC & Tn , had a few Jeep’s now a Tacoma new toy always enjoy 😎

I found your channel today and subscribed and will be looking forward to do one of those meet ups with my 20yr old 2wd Sequoia, which I've been prepping for camping/overlanding. I've got some great tips from your videos :) Keep them coming!

@OverlandFlorida

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be making a meet up soon on Facebook.

Awesome video! All the water was crazy!!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It was so much fun!

Time for Will to get a lift! Lol that looked like an awesome adventure! I’m gonna need to tag along next time!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

He does! Even just a small lift like mine.

Cool trip.

I can't believe the timing.... I'm headed up to Lebanon Tennessee in a couple of weeks on business. After business is complete I plan to make the 2 hour drive and spend a couple of days exploring that area, including the tunnel.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Go to Brushy State Penitentiary. You won't be disappointed.

@GATORADDAM

3 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida Just Googled that. Definitely looks like a must see! Thanks.

Nice video - looks like a fun adventure 👍

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. It was.

Minus all the water that place looks cool. I really want to go do the tunnel and trail.

@OverlandFlorida

2 жыл бұрын

It was a lot of fun. The water made it more interesting.

Looks like fun. I wanna take my Prius on those trails.😊

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they are closed. But I’d love to see your Prius out on those trails too.

@T-bone1950

Жыл бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida Great! It'll take two of us to push or carry it. 😁

Loved every minute. Nice how you mixed up the views, from inside the vehicles in transit and then from the camera posted along the road / trail capturing the vehicles slowly passing by. Your narration was good. I would like to have seen a left to right (or right to left) pan of the train cars and the engine. When walking on the engine, so rather close up, we could almost make out the letters spelling Southern. Had you done an exterior long shot -- an overview -- that would have given your audience the full perspective. Walking through the tattered passenger coaches got a bit repetitive. Someone provided the history of the line and how the tunnels proved too small for the larger locomotives and cars so many of the tunnels were 'daylighted.' "Thank you, Overland Florida; and 'Safe Travels' always." p.s. Let's follow up and see how the Neanderthal who parked her / his pick-up on the live railroad track was publicly shamed in the local newspapers and local TV stations' newscasts. Plus, got an immense fine from the county, state and the railroad. And their auto insurance premiums tripled.

@OverlandFlorida

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, unfortunately it’s closed now. But it’s probably for the better.

Really interesting

I'd have to play the song "Its a small world" all the way through there.

Kevin another cool video. Keep them coming.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert.

15:48: "Look at these huge electric motors in here." Close--those are generators, which take force from the diesel engine and turn it into electricity. The electricity from the main generator (the big one in the middle) runs the *real* electric motors down on the axles. Don't feel too bad, though; electric motors and generators are pretty nearly the same thing. The main difference is whether you feed it mechanical force to get electricity (generator) or feed it electricity to get mechanical force (motor). It's actually quite common in railroad practice for the motors down on the axles to run part-time as motors and part-time as generators-when they run as motors, they pull the train, and when they run as generators, they soak up mechanical force from the motion of the train to slow it down.

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation.

Excellent video

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

You guys are out of your everlovin minds going in that rough terrain in those type of cars and trucks in that wet flooded potholed slick mud and pouring down rain!!!!! No way would a wise person go do that!!! Hope you make it out safe for another crazy trip of exploring!!!! Guess you all did or we wouldn't be seeing this😅Good thrills ! Stay alert and safe!!?

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

It sure was fun. Unfortunately it’s closed now and no once can access the tunnel.

Need post10 to come down and drain that tunnel to save it - it will collapse

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

It’s closed now.

Too bad those rail passenger cars are abandoned. Easily restored, and that one engine as well, with the diesel engine in it. Such a sad waste.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Lots of parts on the engine have been stollen.

I'd contacting any local railroad museums nearby because they could potentially truck that railroad equipment out, I can already tell you the locomotive will never run again but it would be good to have preserved as a static display piece. The passenger cars might be able to be restored if the vandalism can be kept down

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

People have been stealing parts off of it. But apparently it’s been closed off and no one can access it easily anymore. They closed Nemo’s tunnel as well.

This was awesome! Thanks for taking us along. Do you think there’s always water in that tunnel? Or is it because of all the rain? Wondering if a stock 2WD could make it through?

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

A stock 2wd can do this. My truck did everything in the video in 2wd. There are usually puddles of water in the tunnel. It's not deep at all. Maybe 7 inches.

About to drive through Tennessee in 2 days to be heading back down to Florida from Colorado.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Always wanted to do Nemo tunnel!

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It only takes about 15min to do everything at Nemo's Tunnel. It was enjoyable though, thanks for watching.

Brave people to be driving in there, i would be afraid of a collapse.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

It was actually really fun. But unfortunately, it’s closed now.

Unfortunately they closed this and blocked up the road and blocked the bridge at new river train

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Thats unfortunate.

My comment is for anyone who has visit Nemo’s tunnel. How do you get to were they started by the live train tracks? That’s where I need to go to make some videos. We do not have a vehicle to drive through the tunnel but if I can get some directions that would be great!

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

You can't miss the live tracks. You have to pass them when you enter the tunnel.

Love it but be careful, you can be arrested on railroad property near the active line.

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

It’s closed now.

How do you get to the abandoned trains from Nemo's tunnel? Is it far? I've been to the tunnel but would like to see the trains too.

@OverlandFlorida

2 жыл бұрын

It might be like an hour. Look for an abandoned mine near brushy mountain on Google maps.

@jaroddaetwiler9848

2 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida AWESOME!!! Thank you for the heads up. Definitely something my daughter would love to see. She is always interested in exploring abandoned things. 😁

@OverlandFlorida

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaroddaetwiler9848 it's pretty cool. Stop by Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. It's on the way.

@16:56. That's the back of the engine.

@atshinkansen7439

2 жыл бұрын

Early hood diesels such as these oftentimes were designated to run long hood forward, especially considering this is a Southern Railway locomotive, which made it common practice. The best way to check is to look for an “F” at one end or the other, near the steps. That identifies the official “front” end.

Damn, you where in my area and I missed it. I'm hauling the gladiator down next Friday, dropping truck and trailer at my mims in Tampa. What places around that area should I check out?

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Citrus WMA has some sandy trails and some caves to explore.

@abelsonaaron

3 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida Thanks, ill check it out. Found a little spot after the skyway I plan to stealth at one night also.

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

@@abelsonaaron you can at the rest area on the south end of the skyway.

What was the trail you went on after Nemo's tunnel? Or is it part of the trail? Any gpx file?

@OverlandFlorida

2 жыл бұрын

The trails were at nemos tunnel. It's a small place. It takes like 15min to do everything.

Clean all this and clean so it use and it for the environment this present that past clean all this so it can be seen

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

What??

@bennetts-revenge_2

Жыл бұрын

So what?????

That’s a live train track becareful!

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

As we pulled up we saw a train!

Nemo's tunnel has no ventilation to remove carbon monoxide from vehicles. That would give me the creeps!

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

It was fine lol

15:28 *How's that for a thumbnail?*

@OverlandFlorida

Ай бұрын

Haha!

Did you ever consider using shorter wheelbase or smaller vehicles?

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

I’ve had multiple 2 door jeeps.

How do u get to the train from nemo tunnel.

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Study Google maps.

When are you going get your Yoda repaired? Those lights just have to bug you...

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

It's been 15k miles now. Maybe I'll get to it next month.

why is the tunnel closed?

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Some idiot parked their truck on the live train tracks for a picture and got hit by a train.

Was the train cars for employees to travel to mine??

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

No.

How long is the whole trail

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe 15min if you don't stop to get out and look. It's a small loop.

Really... You don't know what a generator looks like? The train is powered by diesel that generates power for the electric motors. That's why they call them Diesel Electric Engines.

Will my Tundra fit thru that tunnel?

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

How deep was that water Kevin?

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

8 inches at most.

@xterra4hire

3 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida next time I drive down there I’ll have to check it out we drove down there this time,

Name of company dates some context

ok ,nosey parker ,shut thedoors after you ,just like a farmers gate

@OverlandFlorida

10 ай бұрын

Wut?

Gigantic ecological footprint whit a lot of big engine cars for some old wreckage to see. Walk to these kind of sites next time and you will see al lot more detail. Or was it to show your cars ?

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Wow, you must be fun at parties. I’m sure the blasting though the mountain for the tunnel had more of a foot print than any of the vehicles traveling through them.

@jefs2928

11 ай бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida .......and that was 50 years ago ? No. And the rest of these kind of useless video's is for likes and money probebly ;-) to pay for these to big cars ?

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

@@jefs2928 Thanks for paying for my big car....

Why is it necessary to have a cracked windshield in the US? All "KZreadrs" have this, but i can't find out why. You do this on purpose, but i don't get the meaning? Are windshields very expensive? It instantly looks like a abandonend destroyed car. Maybe you could raise a patreon site to get your subscribers pay for a windshield? That would be the next step i think? Oh i think im getting it, saw the frame shaking like crazy on this korean japanese car, is it because the frame is not stiff enough for offroading an bends so hard the windshields crack constantly? Ok thats really sad but explains it, funny!

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Man, or should I call you a they? Typically the cracks are caused by rock chips driving down the road or from branches slapping the windshield while we trail ride. You spend a lot of time with this comment. I enjoyed the laugh.

@Peter_Mueller1975

11 ай бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida hey Kevin, ja typing took me at least 30 secs and english is not my native language. You're right, if we're both enjoying a laugh thats fine. I know what you're saying and you're right. I saw guys chippin their windshield just for views/clicks - so i'm sorry

Nobody needs a diesel locomotive, it would be better if they handed it over to the metal than it stands and rusts like this

@OverlandFlorida

11 ай бұрын

Yeahhhhhhhh. No, it’s fine where it is.

THEY NEED DAVE SPARKS CREW TO GET IT STARTED

@OverlandFlorida

Жыл бұрын

Haha. It’s missing too many parts.

Wow, would suck if a car came from the opposite direction, and someone had to back out 1/2 way! OK, 8:20 I'm outta there@

@OverlandFlorida

3 жыл бұрын

Most people go through the tunnel one direction and leave another way. But yes, someone would have to back up that far. Nothing was hard, we did it all in 2wd.