I wouldn't say there was anything to be embarrassed about. I think we all understand where you're at and why things take as long as they do. We're all hoping and praying for you, even if some of us aren't in the States (like me). Keep going, and I really wish you well on getting this contract. 😁👍

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Phil Its people like you that I am in this game for, we cant all try this, thanks for being a part of the great ETR adventure! Brian

@rogerhaag9069

Жыл бұрын

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! Been thinking about you!!

@eugenetswong

10 ай бұрын

Phil, and other kind supporters, thank you all for speaking out with encouraging words that most/all of us agree to but didn't have a chance to say many months ago.

@eugenetswong

10 ай бұрын

​@@eastterminalrailway5975Brian, I'm so happy for the update. By the way, I came up with an idea. In the city where I live, there always seems to be people wanting to get rid of gravel for free, and maybe are willing to pay to dump it, so maybe you could gather some in a big pile, near where you want to load those train cars. You could pile up the gravel to for a ramp for loading up box cars. If you could get the right boulders or concrete barriers, then you cold form a nice platform along a siding. All of the nearby businesses with no rail could then be served. Boulders could also be used to shore up the stream/ditch. By the way again, I can't remember if I said it, but maybe the bakery would let you park your engine and rail equipment inside the fenced area.

@eugenetswong

10 ай бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 I just thought of something else. Maybe you could offer to build a fenced area around the tracks on the nearby property. This would be an opportunity to store freight cars at their loading door for more warehousing. This means that the freight cars are parked there indefinitely.

So glad to hear that the ETR is still alive.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas! Brian

Don’t feel embarrassed. A wise man told me once Rome wasn’t built in a day. The reason we all enjoy your content is more than just being rail fans. It is the fact that you are a hard working guy that anyone of us could sit down with and have a cup of coffee with even thought we have never met in person. Keep up the good fight.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

22 I'll buy, I do feel like I know you'all. Brian

Just glad to see that the ETR is still chugging along. I was beginning to wonder if maybe it was not turning out to be viable. It doesn't matter what direction the winds of reality take it, as long as it survives and you keep us informed we'll be here watching.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, loyal ETR friend.

@kthompmke

Жыл бұрын

Was so nice to see your update. You are one of my favorite sites I watch. Keep going after that contract.

Good to see you're still in the game! Building a business certainly has its ups and downs, doesn't it? Keep up the experiment as long as you can, and we'll cheer for you from the sidelines. Thanks for the video!

I feel most of us are just very happy to hear from you! We know things have been tough and tentative. That you're also working a full-time job to keep things going for your family, is courageous! That's a little insight that helps me understand your obstacles! We're along for the long ride, not just the short haul. So, as things change, no matter which direction, we would be most appreciative to know so we can celebrate with you or continue our prayers for you! Stay well, stay safe and stay in touch!

Putting your adventure here on KZread for all of us to see was an experiment and experience too! 😁🚂

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Hold my coffee and.............

@rearspeaker6364

Жыл бұрын

100 percent on that!!

ETR thank you for the update. Youdaman! It takes a lot of guts to do what you and your son did, build a railroad! Goid for you ETR : keep rolling down the tracks woooohoooooo

NO need to be Embarrassed because Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. You Only Fail if you Fall Down and Don’t get Back Up. Thanks for the Effort.👍🙏

Well there you have it Brian. Over 200 comments, and having read them all, of the same general sentiment. All just pleased to touch base and know that the show, while perhaps in a holding pattern, still goes on. Good to see you mate. Warm regards from Queensland, Australia

Glad you’re still chugging away on the dream. Keep us in the loop.

Thank you for sharing this journey with me and all the ETR nation. No apologies needed. It is the journey you are sharing is why I tune in. I will stay tuned in to see whereever this adventure goes. Keep on keeping on Brian and God bless you.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Looking forward to hearing an update!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

I'm praying you get the contract, and it entices customers to build or reopen to rail service if they are already there, along the line and grow your business.

Thanks, Brian, for letting us "railroad voyeurs" peek in the window of your great experiment and live a little vicariously as we watched behind the scenes, safe and warm around the pot belly stove in the virtual ETR caboose.

Glad you're back! I was fearing the worst.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

A little down but not out! Brian

Don't let it escape you Brian that people here like you. Your demeanor, personality, and integrity are all as appealing to me as the ETR and any business you do. Stay strong and keep posting content...

Nothing to be embarrassed about, the ETR Nation is with you all of the way, what ever the weather.

Kudos to you , you did more then try to build a railroad, you built a successful KZread channel , possibly a monetized endeavor of it’s own. And you be like minded individuals together for a common cause. That is quite the feat itself.

Keep up the good work. Looking for more info/updates.👍🏻

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Andrew I don't know what direction the big customer will go, but you'll hear about it first.

As a viewer from your first winter, I always enjoyed seeing that you uploaded, no matter what the video is. I love hearing your stories and some of the inside of a railroad infrastructure. Fingers crossed for the NS & ETR contract. Thank you for such amazing contact, I hope that you never stop with the amazing content

No worries Brian. Been with you from day one. You should post more often, even if it's a "stop and smell the roses" along the right of way, pointing out your favorite freight cars of a passing train. 2-3 minutes is fine, all episodes don't need to be a mini-series.

No reason to be embarrassed! I has worried something bad had happen to you. Glad you’re okay, looking forward to more updates. Ron

Good to see you agian, I have learned so much from your videos. There is no embarrassment. You haven't failed. The goals may be different, circumstances have changed(or better understood). You are still putting on your boots and going at it. That sir is not failing, no sir that is GREATNESS. Thank you for bring us along for the ride. I cant wait to see what is in the next chapter for the ETR.

Happy New Year and good luck moving forward, even if sometimes it may be two steps forward and one step back. Hey, you are on your feet and you are moving. Thanks for the channel.

Brian, First I want to say thanks for the picture 📷 of you, Ron Jedlicka ,Peter Jedlicka, and myself at National Pike Steam Show in your opening of your show. It was a good time This is a journey that has been taken and has many station stops 🚉 . As such, each station stop picks up more and more great people 😀 👍 that has now become the ETR Nation. The kindness and support for a farther and son for trying to build a railroad on their own is overwhelming. It shows how much a dream can mean not just to you, but inspire others to take that journey and follow that dream along with you. Don't feel down or disappointed my friend, you can make this happen. Your ETR NATION is with you. The next station stop🚉 is coming up and the doors🚪 will open. Stay safe my friend, Richard Bause

Just watched this in August. Hope your bid will work out. Saying this as I’m drinking coffee out of my ETR mug. (Home from work prepping for a medical procedure).

I love Atlas Shrugged. Some say it's about railroading, politics, or economics, but it's really about none of that; it's about apathy. If any one thing will bring down our society, it's apathy.

Hello Brian, good to see you again, and no need to be embarressed at all! If you never try, how are you gong to find out the result(s)?? What ever you are thinking / planing to be doing will be good. Enjoy the coffee!! Best wishes from Lincolnshire UK

So happy to hear the ETR is still alive. No need to be embarrassed. Keep chugging along. 😂

Thanks for the update. I like watching you. And listening too, you have a good voice.. I wish you luck on the transload project. My experience in the feed industry is that trackmobiles are dodgy, and a good pull from a Cat was much more reliable.

First and foremost glad yr healthy and yr still trying to bring this to fruition. I sure hope so, look forward to yr videos. Would appreciate maybe a monthly update if possible. Good day!

Hi Brian, Thank you for posting the video. I was starting to worry about how you and your son are. Like you have said in the past the RR was a big gameable. The worst-case scenario was a loss of a dream. Keep on chugging you should be able to pull it off. Stay safe healthy and Happy.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Lex Someday I'll talk about the dream and reason that this was such a undertaking. Brian

I wish I loved coffee like every one else, I never developed a taste for it.

Always look forward to another video from y’all. It’s impressive that you guys keep going and keep looking for avenues to get through. Keep it up and I’m sure all of us are as excited for the future as much as you are.

Don't think you could make a boring video if you tried! Great to see you and best of luck with the bid.

Thank you for sharing. Very nice update. We do completely understand.👍

Just about read to turn in for the night and think to myself I'd not had an ETR vid show up lately and here one posted 3 days ago. First off belated Christmas and New Years greetings and glad to see that things are in a holding pattern rather than other less pleasant reasons for no updates. Been with ETR since the day the first video dropped with 2 guys hacking into a jungle of vegetation that we were assured had rails in there somewhere to this point where there's an honest to gosh cleared ROW. Mission changed a bit from the original but you're rolling with the changes to improvise and adapt and I'm still pulling for the ETR to make it work.

This is my only channel subscription I check for frequently and watch right away. I was concerned that you quit the project. You have been depressed lately. Not good. I came here for a happy Brian to give me good news. It has been a year since you last showed the loco running. I so wanted to see it run north to south on your whole line. If you want to come to South Jersey I can take you to a VERY successful shortline very similar to yours that is likely the last in the country to run Baldwins every day for a living. The owner is very railfan friendly. They have just started a separate line for tourist trips on track that was not active for passenger service for many years. They will soon have their 0-6-0 running they have totally restored. I might be able to get you a shop tour.

Glad to be back on the rail with you. The way I see it, you have track and a locomotive. As W.P. Kinsella wrote " If you build it, they will come"

Awesome Update. Always pulling for you guys!

Always look forward to your posts. Wishing you success on the bid!

You are an honest and principled man - where's the shame in that?

The label on that Daylight coffee shows a Southern Pacific RXR locomotive - now a museum locomotive that occasionally makes runs - pulling the Daylight passenger train between Los Angeles and Seattle. It's twin train was called the Lark. That was many decades ago. Thanks for the memory. We met at Fullerton. Jon

You can always learn from your mistakes also can learn from what you did to get here in the process. An Win or an Loss both you can learn from because you are always learning and finding out about stuff through your life. I am only in my early 40s going to be age 43 in July.

Well, lucky for you someone in NS is trying to fix their poor local rail traffic. I was wondering when is the next meet up. I love watching this project take place

I’d go as far to say your experiment was a success, because father and son DID purchase a rail line and rehabilitated it. I remember the jungle and flooding issues that you inherited. I, like everyone else here, am rooting for you. Good luck with the contract and thanks for the update!

Wishing ETR best of luck securing a contract to unload that steel and look forward to your future success.

The only time to feel embarrassed is for failure to try. Trying and failing is a necessary part of business. Many businesses fail initially but eventually find their niche. Some just give up at the first sign of failure. You are doing ok.

Great to get this update. We are still out here sharing your dream. Mild winter down here in North Carolina too. Godspeed.

Good to see not all is lost good luck on the bid to get the ETR working Cheers to a coffee Brian

Honestly, this was the BEST video you have ever made. You have earned my respect. You know, there is another youtuber who decided to start a project but he and his wife decided it would all be funded by youtube and people sent their money to them, and some months were good for them and others not so good. They were spending the money on BS stuff like an airplane and flying lessons and they weren't going forward with their project and people picked up on this real quick. Neither of them had a job nor did it seem they wanted one. And people unloaded on them. They got harassed, people called the cops on them, people showed up at their property and when the lockdowns happened, they made a video shaming their subscribers for not supporting them enough. I seen the video a couple weeks ago, its 2 years old now. And now they are crying cyber bullying, and woe is us and boo hoo, and they are putting up websites about bullying and lying saying this cyber bullying has happened to thousands of content creators (No actually it hasn't, it happened to them) and they are going on and on how they are the victim and everyone else are the problem..... You are going about this the right and honest way. You take responsibility for yourself. You have a job. You aren't accepting anyone's money. You are being a standup guy and I appreciate that more than you can possibly imagine. If your rail venture takes off maybe I'll invest in it. LOL.. Hats off to you for being straight up and watch out for them train gremlins. They are good at hiding in odd places and coming out when you least expect it....... 😅😆🤣

Thinking about you Brian and Graham..Praying that all is well.

Thank you for the update!

Thank you for the update

Thanks for the update buddy. Love ya man!

so good to hear from you!!

This has been a awesome journey I’ve made your railroad in a game as in I love the last mile concept, but I have found a cool little place in my heart for this railroad hope you’re doing well keep up the good work

Glad for the update and that you're still in the game. Hang tough and all will work out as it should

Happy New Year! Thank you fot the update.

Great to hear from you! I'm glad you're healthy!

We're pullin' for you!

Glad to hear y'all are doing well

It's good to hear an update, thoughts, and prayers going forward with how this may or may not end up. I've enjoyed watching this timeline of reports and updates. I wish you all well until the next update. Take care.

So glad to see this update Brian. A lot of us were worried what had happened. Fingers crossed that it works out.

nice to see you again! and thank you for the update. take care.

Glad you are back. I am Always interested !!! Keep forging on.....and enjoy a hot cup of coffee.....

Brian and Graham it's good to see and have news from you. The Track mobile project could gain you a whole different following and viewership. You're in my prayers again today.

Glad to see that you are still in the game! Always great content and I look forward to these videos, all of them be it the ETR or auctions or trips, you make good content that is very relatable to many of us here. Stay well.

Thank you sir

Thanks for the update! Praying for your eventual success! Looking forward to the next progress report!

Glad you made an update and explained what's going on, Brian. Learn from the mistakes and be wiser from them in the coming days.

Glad to see a new video!!!!! I have been concerned about your venture, but glad to hear this news!!! It's uplifting and I'll add this to my prayers. Hope you can get the deal!!!!!

Good luck, keeping the fingers crossed for you!

I have found every aspect of your journey fascinating. Getting to watch you encounter obstacles and how you deal with them is a learning experience (and let's face it, great edutainment!) Keep going. I look forward to the track-mobile rebuild.

Thanks for the update, Brian! Hoping that the contract goes your way! Cheers!

You have lofty goals, SIr! Thank you for all the content so far! I personally would be happy to see anything going back and forth and you own tracks. Silly? Anything on trucks slowly moving on this personal railroad!

Thank you for sharing your journey with us Brian. You have done a lot more than many others., and thus, should never be embarrassed. Wishing you the best.

In life we need a pause, and contemplate our next move. Sometimes silence can be a healing balm that helps us reset our lives. Brian I was wondering why we we haven’t heard from you or Graham , hoping all is well. I know you both are busy guys and it’s hard to post / make videos and work full time. We here @ ETR nation are rooting for you and your son. Glad we got the update and how things are going, but for me it’s never a let down. What separates you from Danny, Jawtooth, Delay in Block ect is that you bought an abandoned railroad and made a video of that process. Not only that , but your equipment purchases, trips, repairing and working on the railroad & equipment. You have a lot of knowledge and wisdom. You share that with us and your journey . We are right here with you. There is nothing wrong with Danny, Jawtooth or Delay in Block for that matter , it’s just your style that makes it relatable and genuine . God Bless🙏

Ups & downs to be expected! Hang in there It will pay off!!!

Content has always been gold keep in coming. Good stuff

Welcome back. Thanks for the update. Wishing you success 🙌

Best wishes for the ETR and you endeavors. No matter what happens you have tried and that's what matters the most.

I had wondered to myself just the other day.....thanks for the up date!

Hope things are going well for you. I've always enjoyed your videos.

Glad to see you’re still sporting your entrepreneurial spirit!! Like others have stated, I was concerned that you made a decision to take your losses and run. Glad that you’re continuing with your experiment. Your journey is intriguing and your business sense will keep me watching. Good luck with the contract.

Good to see you back, Brian! Here's to a successful bid, hope it lands your way!

Great to hear that work is still being done! I remember before you got the tonner when I met your son at ltex when he was looking for a engine and I was there taking pictures! I think a great way to make some extra revenue in the meantime would be to get like a caboose or small passenger car and have some exusrion trains

No worries brother!! We're with you no matter what!

glad to have you back

Im glad your posting again!

Don’t feel embarrassed! It’s a process and process takes time and often changes/adapts. Exciting news about the bid. Hope you win it!

So glad to hear from you. We are still hoping and praying that it will work out for the ETR. I am happy about to hear the update. 👍❤️🙏

Thank you for sharing your videos...

Great to see you are moving forward...best wishes!

In the song Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe, the passengers start out in Philadelph-e-i-a. How could that be? ATSF didn’t go that far east. Point is, anything is possible and success comes when least expected. I’m for coffee, White Castle & the ETR!

Glad you're doing well. Keep at it.

I’m glad to hear you guys are still trying! I was getting worried you guys had given up. It would have been a sad day for your followers! Good luck!🍀

This has been a great educational experience. I learned a lot about little seen sides of railroading. I sincerely thank you for sharing with us. Didn't hear the jet.

Brian, your doing something we all appreciate and, enjoy and we are proud of you. Your doing something that we enjoy watching, enough said. If you can put more videos out there we'll be happy to watch. Thanks Eric-