The whole area looks so enchanting. It is a shame that there is no upkeep.

@diane_alworth

Жыл бұрын

Enchanting. Perfect word.

@chucknorris277

Жыл бұрын

Post is the only visitor to Florida mass in the last decade lol

@Jago8616

10 ай бұрын

We had flooding a couple months back (probably around the time of this video) we still have peoples driveways washed out. Many condemned places.

Your theory about them purposely waiting for emergency funding is pretty solid, unfortunately. We just had a BNSF derailment at one of their bridges where I live, and engineers had been sounding the alarm for well over a decade!

@dalerockwell2226

11 ай бұрын

NS owns that tunnel. They're going to rehab it.

@benhartin5499

10 ай бұрын

The railroad owns the tunnel but not the culvert. I worked for Pan Am who owned it last, we did work on the tunnel drain system and had to deal with the state over some outlet lines we ran into the culvert which is owned by them.

@benhartin5499

10 ай бұрын

@@dalerockwell2226 Pan Am now CSX owns the line, NS has a minority share in the joint venture PAS. CSX/Pan Am retained 51% of the shares while NS only had 49%. G&W was given a 2% share when they took over as the operator this month.

I hope someone from the train company sees this and does something. Thank you for bringing us here again. I always feel like I got to go for a walk in the woods after viewing this. 😊❤

@timwilkinson2797

Жыл бұрын

Just put a Raibow flag n it gets funding !!!!!!!

@simontay4851

Жыл бұрын

Even if they did watch it, they still wouldn't do anything.

If there's a derailment or other catastrophe on that track, your videos would be priceless evidence to prove CSX's culpability and gross negligence, Post.

@richharris9489

Жыл бұрын

Csx doesn't own this part .

@dalerockwell2226

11 ай бұрын

NS, not CSX

@benhartin5499

10 ай бұрын

@@dalerockwell2226 CSX does, NS owns a minority share, and now G&W is the contracted operator.

Sad at how much you care about this place, hoping CSX would repair it, but unfortunately it will take a disaster before they do. Keep having the passion that you do. ❤

@conductorcammon

Жыл бұрын

Yup. They'll wait so they can get emergency grant from the govt. Record profits though!!!

@JE-zl6uy

Жыл бұрын

​@@conductorcammonat this point, the DOT needs to just buy the railways back and tax the railroad companies for their use. It's 1000% clear the Railway companies don't want to pay to maintain and would rather wait for catastrophe before taking any action.

@robertronngren2458

Жыл бұрын

😊

It is sad to see a historic structure being damaged due to lack of maintenance.

right in my back yard... with this knowledge of the situation scares the crap out of me because I know they don't take care of that track... I love it when you do the Hoosic... It is a very beautiful place... when we were young, we would go into the tunnel, can't do it these days, and I wouldn't because of the danger of derailment!! Another awesome video.. Hope to run into you someday.. that would be cool, you have a lot of fans in this area!! Peace Post 10..

Hi P10, Me and my husband don't miss an episode from you. You have great viseos, THANK YOU!! Take care, we wish you a nice summer 🇸🇪

"When u think was the last time the rail company unclogged _that?"_ 🤔 Does _building_ it count?

@simontay4851

Жыл бұрын

Never.

Interesting how railroad maintenance started to go bad when RR names went from proud heralds to various alphabetic names representing various wall street private equity combines.

I remember going there in the BSA as a kid. I can only imagine how damaged it is now after these past storms on 7/19/23 & 7/20/23. I work as a chemical operator in WMass and know some of are chemicals pass through this tunnel, scary stuff.

I went there when I was a kid it has not changed much. I thought it was in north adams. Thanks for posting this it brought back memories

The problem is these train companies won’t do a thing till some happens, such as a derailment with chemicals involved like in Ohio. The top brass get paid a lot, while having the rail maintenance almost non existent. The trains need more staff, and the top brass taking a pay cut that can be put towards maintaining and replacing the tracks.

@pagedeveloper

Жыл бұрын

That is true with most companies... I am a federal employee, and they spoke of a layoff, but did management take a pay cut no. They kept the 6 figure salaries that they had been getting. Just the small person (us who actually keep companies going) that we had to be without work for what ever time they decided. Oh Yeah, we could collect unemployment, yeah like that would pay our bills....

@KevinZ.000

Жыл бұрын

The scary thing is I work as a chemical operator in WMass and some of our rail cars that carry similar toxic chemicals to the Ohio derailment that I know pass through that tunnel.

@Classickoolcars

Жыл бұрын

@@KevinZ.000. Of course. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Waiting to see this location on American news when a train inevitably derails and post will have all these videos of how they could have prevented it LOL

@chalky_white

Жыл бұрын

What country are you in?

@chalky_white

Жыл бұрын

@@glenarseneau1231 I'm not sure that's true

@DavesRange

9 ай бұрын

Yeah maybe in a decade or two

You should contact the local news and tell them with all the derailments this past year that this type of neglect is what causes it from the damaged train tracks to the compromised wall

Did some reading and found out CSX Transportation bought Pan Am Railways and 50% of Pan Am Southern, the former owners, in May of 2022. Looks like they have big plans for the line. Hopefully improvements are in the works.

Hey, Post. So why is that manhole cover, uncovered? Some kids or even an animal could walk onto cover and fall right in that drainage system.

My four year old daughter wanted me to say Hi to post 10. She really enjoys the tadpole progress.

Guess the rake is insufficient for this clogging. Let's fund Post10 an excavator! 😅

👍🐢 what a eye opener sir... ty 4 the tour & the info... it's a shame really, cause it's quite beautiful the way it's all laid out and made to perform. But mother nature needs a helping hand to just get things back on path😉.

It’s wicked watching trains come out of the tunnel. The the cold air that pushes out ahead of the train is wicked.

Have Visited This Tunnel Several Times, Lack Of Maintenance Is Shocking! 🚂 Trains Roll Through Here Several Times A Day This Is A Lovely Area To Visit, Thanks For The Video!

Post 10 has single handedly transformed my opinion of the northeast and New England. I have so much respect for the region now. It's so beautiful. Much love from the deep South.

Great video post 10 sounds like they need to get this fixed and I live in Newark Ohio and speaking of railroads tunnels and bridges there is a bridge that's not far from my house that's at risk of collapsing and it's the Columbus and Ohio Railroad train trestle bridge and I found out that the cracks in the concrete foundation have gotten a lot bigger and to make matters worse another huge log jam has formed up right against the bridge and they don't get that bridge replaced or fixed or get completely replaced it's a matter of time before that bridge collapses so I'm thinking about reporting it to ABC 6's problem solvers and there were a few or more people that commented on my video that agree with me that bridge does need to be replaced and I imagine that you would probably say the exact same thing Post 10

Post 10 keeping train companies accountable. Careful, dude! CSX bigwigs may not like being exposed :P

@railfandepotproductions

Жыл бұрын

Class 1 RRs

@dalerockwell2226

11 ай бұрын

CSX could not care less. It's not their RR!

thank god we have an expert like you on the job. you know so much about track and road bed condition, especially water flow and track drainage. you should call the rail road right now and point out all of these things to upper management and tell them that there maintenance of way and engineering departments are not seeing these things. i am sure they don't have any idea these things are going on at this sight. now that you did your inspection and brought this to there attention they can fix all these things A.S.A.P. . i think the rail road will be so happy you trespassed on there property to do your inspection that they will refer you to the rail road police .or give you a job in there engineering department.great job post 10.

Shocking that the train company is willing to put their employees at risk. That is criminal neglect, in my opinion. 😮

@benhartin5499

10 ай бұрын

The state is responsible for the culvert. They took it from the railroad in the 90's when they did work to the road.

@susanmccarthy5977

10 ай бұрын

@benhartin5499 Thanks for the update. Even worse, you guys are paying to have your infrastructure maintained. Still criminal neglect, in my opinion.

Excellent video and narrative! Glad I found you here, I know right where you are having lived in Northampton for a very long time. I hope someone from CSX sees this and something is done before a catastrophe happens.

Cool looking place The water must be blasting through in a rain storm. Thanks for the show Post 10. From New York

"We are in Florida," oh god oh no "Massachusetts" phew.

@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty

Жыл бұрын

LOL underrated comment 😂

I’ve seen rail from the early 1900s still in secondhand service. It’s impressive how long a length of rail can last

Very informative. I've never thought to look at the width of rails before, just always concerned that no train was coming lol

From what I understand it's a heavily used route. One would think there would be regular maintenance and possibly a floor lowering in the future to accomodate stacks. The rail is way overdue for grinding. Hope it gets better as it can't get much worse.

@dalerockwell2226

11 ай бұрын

PanAm was a dilapidated joke. NS owns this RR now and rehab is already in the works.

I LOVE that he brings to light the absolute incompetence and laziness of the people in charge lol. Underworked and overpaid.

Rail companies in the US are beyond caring about anything but billions of dollars

@seand.g423

Жыл бұрын

Adorable how you're actually specifying _"rail"..._

The moss on the tunnel entrance is nice. Like a weathered model railroad set.

Wow I could have watched hrs of you in this location and explore more of the inside tunnel and surrounding areas that was a great place to wonder around thnx for this upload you left us all hungry for more 😢

I'd love to see what this looks like now, with all the flooding rain we have been having here in New England the past week.

Waoo...it is history right there you are showing us. Glad someone cares, be well...!

You seem to be genuinely concerned so isn't there some kind of safety bureau to which you could report this?

would be nice to see the dates on that rail so we can get an idea of how long they last in freight service. Also, that barrier on the dam is made of rail so can probably find a date there as well although stuff like that is usually made of used rail, so who knows how old it was when constructed. Still in all, RR history is interesting.

Good to see you checking in on the tunnel, good water flow this time, did you hike up and see the cascades in better action? Couple spots of the trail were looking bad last time I went…

It’s basically the lake drain all over again. They rather wait for a disaster or media coverage before they actually do something

@retrolover1990

Жыл бұрын

Just thought that myself, Lake Drain all over again

At least the water is not as high this time as it was the last time when Post 10 was up here

Yeah they need to get those rails replaced and put some freshly laid new ones down and those trash racks if they're not cleared out it will become a really huge problem if the water gets high enough the railroad line could completely washout as well

They haven't had enough time to prepare for this and not enough warning. You can't blame them for not taking care of this, it's too new to be failing already. Yes, this is sarcasm.

Hmm, I never thought about that; one rail being notably fatter than the other. More rail content Post 10 !!

Back in the 40's I remember riding through that tunnel on our way to Boston.

The entire area looks as though it hasn't been maintained for decades. I would have thought the railway was defunct and abandoned. Shocking that it is still in use. It's probably just a matter of time before an accident occurs.

All seriousness aside, this looks like so much fun!

We have had ridiculous amounts of rain nice video i myself have been un clogging drain pass' myself i live in western Ma i have never seen it so bad

Hey, you’re the guy that opens old food! Hello from western Mass.

It's so beautiful there. I really hope they get on it. Sad to see it all ruined.

You were fairly close to me! So many quirky things in this neck of the woods.

I want to see how you cleaning this mess 😅

Thats a really nice bench at 00:36

That's a beautiful forest.

Local municipality should be given a chance to look at this video as they can prepare for a derailment! Especially the fire depts in case of a tank car breach of hazards!

Hey post10, I’m not sure if this was the last time you visited the tunnel or not but since this video as you know we’ve got a ton of heavy rain, and that second trash rack the one closest to the under ground culvert tunnel gave way. I think it happened sometime in one of the December rain storms we had because it wasn’t like that in early in the summer. Just saw it about a week ago, the rack is completely ripped apart from heavy rain and debris

Nice and quiet.

CSX being shitty? Why I never.

Unfortunately. IT IS WHAT IT IS......Thanks and Be Safe bro!!!❤❤❤

Just to let you know trains are still allowed to go through. Awesome video my man love you!

Would be curious to know the age and weight of the rail. If you look in the web of the rail it will tell you the manufacturer the weight and date of manufacture.

Future court evidence. Sad to see such a well made drainage system be deglected to the point it creates a hazard.

Seems to me it would be easier to reroute the train track if possible since that thing looks like it’s going to cave-in at some point I mean it did last a while but they’re definitely not keeping it up for some reason😮

@rogerarchibald2627

Жыл бұрын

re-route? Where? It runs under a mountain for 4-3/4 miles!

I just went to the hoosac tunnel recently, and unfortunately, the situation has not gotten any better. In fact it’s gotten worse. The train rail has not been replaced and trains going across the rails are rocking back-and-forth violently because of the failing rail and the culver is still blocked. I would love to meet up sometime to do some further exploring, that would be fun

Not sure if you've seen my infrared ride through vid, but in it you can see a lot of damage and wearing. I was actually deposed for over 2 and a half hours recently by the insurance company Pan Am is suing for reimbursement for tunnel repairs so they could use a segment which shows the cave in occurring four and a half years before the actual cave in happened! Peace and maybe I'll see you at the tunnel one day. (Head there with my kids a lot.)

Can someone tell me what the twelve daily trains carry? This can’t be a very important line. Why is it there at all?

Is most of it from hurricane Irene that was never taken care of ? I know rt 2 Mohawk trail had lots of damage .

Hi POST ! I am new to your 2 channels so I am listen to all yours pasts videos. And this morning I listen to the same video on that track tunnel. I saw you with a girl puppy walking tru the tunnel. And I dont see the dog in some of your videos. She so cute. I dont see her in others video. Is she with you when you go on your adventures? Have a good day.

Have you ever been to the entrance side of the tunnel, I assume they built it to allow the water to stream out of both ends, from the midpoint? It has a very interesting history, 20+ years to build, many worker casualties, they say it is haunted. Did they just abandon the water power dam up the trail? It looks like it was just demolished and left alone?

@glenarseneau1231

Жыл бұрын

I live in the area actually been inside the tunnel, it’s been abandoned for a very long time, it does have a history but never seen any ghost

So hope just by your video will make a difference

Did you see any trains while you were there?

I love that rail fence made from actual rail tracks 7:01

local and state reps should be sent this video.

Pan Am southern is the owner. Now CSX and Norfolk Southern both own 50%. Not surprised on the rail. Pan am was known to be cheap on maintenance. I doubt that rail is newer. You'd probably be surprised to see how old that rail is. Should have the date on the side.

Been here several times digging the old houses of the worker's. My buddy and my kids did this with me, they hiked up a trail to a spring, I stayed behind aygot an education from a guy that came by and unloaded on me Amazing place, expesially the Hotel in the middle where the air ducts missed.

When there is a washout from the water, then it will get fixed. I can guarantee that nobody is paying any attention because they are busy trying to keep the track open in many other locations that are more obvious. The rail on the inside of the curve is squashed because of too high of superelevation in the curve. Each wheel under a 100-ton car is exerting about 33000 lbs of load on those rails and more if the cars are tilted toward the inside of the curve. That is about the amount of load that starts the steel rail to yield and not return to its previous shape.

It's such a shame because that old culvert is cool.

After the storms of July 9, 2023, I wonder if the prophesy of damage cut into the right of way?

This line sadly has been a joke for many years. Before CSX, NS bought it from Pan Am which had also allowed it to decline to pretty much 10mph speed restrictions the entire line. It it such a shame considering how MA is laid out with SO MANY towns being on either the B&A or the B&M mainlines.

@rogerarchibald2627

Жыл бұрын

CSX will use their line further south and the Hoosac Tunnel line will be abandoned (my opinion)

Every time you do a video at this spot, I just shake my head and think, someone should listen to you and do something before something really bad happens.

Beautiful area so terrible that they didn't maintain a historical area

I think maintenance forgot to put the storm cover back on

Not surprised! @CSX

There is another Hoosac tunnel in North Adams Massachusetts.

@johnchambers8528

Жыл бұрын

It’s the same tunnel. That is the other end of this tunnel.

@Kilnor

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchambers8528 oh! I thought it was weird that there would be two. Thank you!

More than likely the railway is just letting it go until one part affects the public road. The rest is being left to nature. I mean they could scrap most of the materials and fill in certain parts with the falling rock. But I'm not an engineer so they must have inspectors signing off on it.

Pretty sure this has already been mentioned but there's a podcast called "Lore" that has a whole episode about how haunted this tunnel is.

Please post the address and person / office who we could email or write to about these problems.

@simontay4851

Жыл бұрын

They won't listen.

I never seen a rail get like that

CSX freight trains on this track?

I am from that area. Actually the other side of the tunnel the North Adams side. I think that side is better kept.

U should make a stealth camping video around there

Hope they start to repair it soon gonna be bad if they don’t

That worn rail should be reported. Don't they do any inspection?

will you be posting a video on watching fireworks this year?

@post.10

Жыл бұрын

Don't plan on it

@ffsthe1stYT

Жыл бұрын

sad, for me i have this place that hosts every year and hundreds of fireworks every hour

@post.10

Жыл бұрын

@@ffsthe1stYT I don't think I ever really made a video of a firework show have I? I did a slideshow years ago and my own personal show last year

@ffsthe1stYT

Жыл бұрын

@@post.10 yeah but it would be really cool as a new type of content

I hope they know about the situation there

@simontay4851

Жыл бұрын

Even if they know, they still won't do anything until it fails catastrophically.

2:03 They need to bring out the rail grinder.

@post.10

Жыл бұрын

There's barely anything left that needs replacement

Hi post 10 you think that the company would repair all that damage if they keep leaving it like that it will cost more ln the end when they got to repair still you brought it to there attention all the best and keep safe Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧