That so much of this railroad, in this climate and without maintenance, is still traversable is a testament to those who built it,

@dammitbobby283

3 ай бұрын

Duh. it's in the desert, the only thing that could happen is rock slides and wind erosion.

@mobiltec

2 ай бұрын

The area is frequented by floods and earthquakes. That's why it has had to be rebuilt so many times and will probably never be rebuilt again.@@dammitbobby283

@Linda_Eskin

Ай бұрын

@@dammitbobby283 And flash floods.

@jsmythib

7 күн бұрын

Being American, lets start with the quality of the steel :)

In 1977 my friend Paul and I Backpacked the entire length down to Octillio... I see nothing much has Changed the Railroad Cars are still there.. We did locate an unknown herd of Desert Big Horn who were visiting the first tunnel right after the Trestle.. In 1978 we Backpacked Carrizo Gorge out to S-2. My Dad and I also had Mining Claims in the area and found a number of Quartz and Tourmiline Crystals.. Good Memories. Thanks for sharing...

@uwillnevahno6837

3 ай бұрын

Huh, I wonder what the story is behind the railcars, were they shoved over the side by the railroad company?

@mtlassen1992

2 ай бұрын

The story I read was the train came around a turn, the engineer saw a bright light ahead on the tracks and panic braked, which is a bad idea apparently in a train full of turns. Train cars derailed, and some went off the cliff. Above the cars still today, they left the twisted rails there. A brakeman was killed in that accident. I also read that bright orbs had been seen regularly during construction of the tunnels and trestles. Its such a remote location, that the workers slept in the cool tunnels at night for weeks.

This is like, the American version of British narrowboat canal touring.

@arch9enius

2 ай бұрын

Without the bunks, stove , drinks cabinet or porta potti.

Imagine how quiet and peaceful it is way out there... away from the sounds of the city, etc

Unreal tunnels... Really beautifully designed and built

Appreciations to the engineers who have designed and built those tunnels.

@jsmythib

7 күн бұрын

We have seen some very primitive man built structures last 1000+ years out west. Those should last alot longer...as long as geology doesn't eat them first :)

The tunnels are really superbly built, as if they had only been opened yesterday. Bridges too. TY 4 VID

This is great, it is so relaxing to watch these videos. I love what you do.

What a cool rig and amazing ride! ❤

Fantastic bit of filming. Wish we had this opportunity in the UK but we just tare all our old lines up 😳 thanks for posting 🤟

@TheSpotify95

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I wish we could do this as well. Would also make it much easier to re-open any lines that have been previously closed.

@Trainrhys

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSpotify95that’s why beeching ripped them up

@ST-lh6um

4 ай бұрын

It may be easier to pick up his cart and move it over or around the rock rather than moving boulders 😊

@rickstephens1130

3 ай бұрын

I just wonder how he stops in a hurry or at all? Because I didn't see any brakes on his cart! Especially if you are going down hill?

@MostlyPennyCat

2 ай бұрын

​@@rickstephens1130 Foot, meet wheel, wheel, foot.

I enjoyed the tranquility of this ride even from my KZread arm chair. That would be a very cool desert adventure. Like being on an old steam train of old.

Amazing landscapes, thanks for sharing !!

You need to bring a long pry bar along to move rocks

@user-od9iz9cv1w

3 ай бұрын

And some water and gas.

@slingshotjohnny1

3 ай бұрын

I had the same thought but no, their rig is light enough to just pick up and lift/portage over/around all but the worst of obstructions. When they got to the end, the long, rocking washout, I thought they could dismount and roll the cart but no harm, no foul for not trying that. Also, it looks like they didn't have a hand control they could have used from the side of the car, dismounted, so even mo' sketchy!

@arch9enius

2 ай бұрын

@@user-od9iz9cv1w Or black powder . Might encourage more rocks though .

Thank you for this wonderful video so relaxing.

Класс! Спасибо за видео! Смелые вы мужики! 🙂

Our San Diego County deserts are awesome!

@gatoslokosforever

2 ай бұрын

indeed, Mexico, whether occupied or unoccupied, it's always beautiful

That was breathtaking watching it on my mobile phone screen so I can only imagine how breathtaking it would have been to be there in person 🤩. Thanks for allowing us to come along for the ride.

LOVE the railcart! I rode this line from the East San Diego side in the early 1990s on a mountain bike. This was before the line was modernized and used briefly by UP freight trains. At that time, many of the tunnels were blocked and from the video, the trestle has incurred more damage from slides since the line was shut down again 😥 Nothing like biking across the many bridges and looking almost straight down the gorge through the catwalks. Thanks for the cool video!

Form a Cart Club. Encourage like minded people to make their own cart. Prepare a comfortable seat for four. Arrange travel on holidays. You can remove the stones. Once you reach a tunnel take five minutes break.

Wow what a hobby! Some of the views from the higher more open sections of track are pretty spectacular

We used to have a clear path all the way up to almost the top. The final tunnel was completely blocked. That was back in the 70s. Most of the tressels were gone. Just the track and the ties still all connected draped across the canyons and we went right through. We called them Whooptidos.

Cool video! You need a Gorn to throw those big rocks off the tracks. 😀

I’ve hiked in to the trestle…..it’s a beautiful walk!!

Very beautiful scenery :) I like.

I can picture being on an old steam chain going down those tracks it would be an amazing ride.

thanks for sharing a part of your adventure!

Great footage! Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

Thank you for clearing what you could. That trip is on my bucket list.

@ryanrandomness

Ай бұрын

👍

Great hobby sir! I've imagined riding on an abandoned RR in a handcar since I saw it on Petticoat Junction in the early 70s.

That was amazing, thanks for the ride

Now if only you had a canopy on that cart and a case of beer.🤠

I am so pleased to see the railroad tracks be used. Such a waste to let them sit.

Black Widow Spiders, Brown Recluse Spiders, Rattle Snakes cold warming in the sun, Warm Rattle Snakes trying to het in the shade, Scorpions! Nice Hobby 😊

@definitelynotpewdiepie

4 ай бұрын

lol, maybe you just shouldn't go outside then

I knew the man who ran the SP crew for the gorge back in the 60's and 70's. He lived in Jacumba until his passing a few years back.

Fascinating video.

Without real money and re-design, that line is done.

This is amazing.

We have something similar here near me in the Jura Mountains / France. But the cars are without a motor and similar to a bicycle and the tracks run through a wooded area. It's less spectacular than in America, but without bee attacks. 😊

HOW many times has KZread given me an off the rails new hobby to try? :) Going to checkout some of our very rare unused tracks in CT next week. Well see!

really nice and relaxing video.

That was great... i live in Los Angeles, and in 2 years i will be doing this when i retire...

Oh damn! That awesome bit of railroad history is in worse condition than I had thought. Lots of landslides and even some washed out bits. I'd be surprised if they ever officially used that line again for anything. Nice video.

muy bonitos paisajes gracias

Awesome adventures!

I’ve hiked a good bit of what you showed, but that was quite a few years ago. Then they had work engines go through trying to keep hikers out.

2:35 amazing shot to 2:40. Crazy . New sub and i love this video

Thank you very much for the ride

10.21 If possible show the bridges from below. That may be another marvel of yesteryears.

Loved water tower still being there.

Excellent video, I really liked it ahow de ball

Thanks for the video

Love it so exciting.

What an awesome cool way to pass some time outdoors and see nature!!

That looks like good fun

Add some swing-down/up wheels and a handle up front to portage around the slides. Looks like loads of fun!

This is how I want to travel to school

these speeder vids are allways good to watch goat tressel rr very interesting it amazeing the track is still there not turned into been cans ttfn&ty

I guess coming from east is better. Seen other videos where tunnnels were blocked and the bypasses were more sketchy. Climbing over a knoll at one point. Thanks for the video.

In the UK they would have a steam loco running trips for tourists on that line, we have the KWVR just down the road, From where live we can here them chugging up the Hill to Haworth, where the Bronte sisters lived. A come along, a jack and pry bar would have been useful.

Nothing to block the sun lol your a savage!!

So cool!

only things that could make that cart better are some shade, a cooler of drinks, and a chair. also, you''d do well to get some conical wheels, they help a TON on tracks like this!

These dudes are quite strong!!

Many thanks - looks like the number of rock falls has increased significantly an the last 5 years.

Interesting to watch thanks. I didn't see "we" giving a lot of help when we moved rocks and stuffs off the track.... but at 7:00 I did get to see him!

@leechjim8023

5 ай бұрын

Maybe the stronger guy just wanted to show off his strength!😂😂😂

Pretty darn cool. Have not walked back there since 2018. It is easier to bring a wheel barrow and rock moving levers with the rail car to help clear the tracks. Let me know I'll help. The wheels can be made to be much lighter weight. I would make the bed an "H" block setup so it is lighter weight and easier to take apart in manageable pieces.

02:08 🤩👌 Having the Django soundtrack in my mind.

This looks like great fun! These vid's have got me thinking. We've got a whole rail line up the island that's been unused for decades and goes through some beautiful forest. And I've got a welding shop so not hard to make a cart! I'm thinking something that's an electric and pedal power combo. I've got a DC motor kicking around from a treadmill and lots of old bikes. I just like the quiet over the gas motor. But having the speed, power and range of gas would be nice. Love that scenery. Total opposite of up here on the West Coast. ???: Do you think, for the wheels, some slices of heavy gauge PVC pipe would work as wheels? I was thinking to slip collars over the PVC wheels made out of a larger dia. pipe to act as the inside rail flanges. Maybe rubber over the PVC for the drive wheels for grip. Use appropriate size tubed wheel barrow or dolly tires for the wheels. Slip the PVC slices of these and inflate to hold the PVC rims in place. Would also give a bit of cushion to the ride and quiet things a bit. Any thoughts? (Coffee shop engineering always works perfect in my head! Physics be damned! LOL!! ) I was also thinking a "cattle pusher" of sorts would be good on these. But more like a flat blade to cut the brush you run into and also clear the small rocks, etc from the tracks. Couple arms out front of the cart with a section of wood of steel across the arms, maybe a couple feet out front. Mount a blade on the leading edge. The cutting knives front a wood planer or old sheer knife blades from a sheer at a print shop of news paper printer. Or just some flat bar steel. Have the arms ride just a 1/4" +/- above the rail on some roller blade or skateboard wheels. ...... Now my brain is just getting carried away.... LOL! Happy Holiday's! :D

@550n440

5 ай бұрын

Electric with a small quiet (Honda) generator and a solar panel would be awesome.

@wingnutbert9685

5 ай бұрын

@@550n440 Funny (maybe almost creepy...LOL!) you mention that! I was just eye-balling the Honda EU 2200 in the garage this morning and wondering if an AC motor or a DC treadmill motor would be a better choice for power/speed/distance per litre of gas. And if bicycle gears and chain would be strong enough to push a light cart.

@leechjim8023

5 ай бұрын

Forget PVC, just use good solid steel. PVC will shatter instantly!

@TDCflyer

5 ай бұрын

Wheels for the use on railroad tracks need to be conical in shape. Take a look at this view: 12:51 the shape makes the axles center themselves in between the rails. Cylindrical wheels will run their flanges against the rails all the time, causing lots of friction, consuming all the energy.

@wingnutbert9685

5 ай бұрын

@@TDCflyer Yes, I know and agree. But as an initial test project, simple to fab cylinders with flanges with do the trick. Should it work out and if there's enough distance to travel and enough enjoyment had from it, I'll fab some proper shaped wheels. 🙂👍

Beautiful place! Mystical! Historical! Mysterious! Is this road abandoned? For what reason? How long have you been visiting this road, in November of this year?

COOL!!!

Why does this give me Fallout new vegas vibes with a huge flavour if red dead redemption. 😊 love this

Nice ride but was disappointed you went all the way to the big trestle and didn’t film it…..?

This is so cool, I wish I could do it

I have ALWAYS wanted to build and ride one of these, but here in the PNW we hardly have any abandoned railroads - or at least ones that are still intact

How Friggin cool is this!!??

It's the right time of year to go You don't wanna be out there in the summer time The conditions are getting worse everyday Eventually the tracks will be in accessible The end of the video is what I was talking about That whole are was flooded during the storm in winter 22-23

This is so cool. Lesson for us in the UK see what you can achieve if you stopped ripping up our disused lines 😮

Meszmerising and quite relaxing to watch. Simple. Beautiful scenery. Good way to get my mind off of stuff and imagine I was there. Seeing some of those boulders was pretty sobering though. How many miles was this trip? What would be the plan if you had a breakdown, like a broken wheel or motor stopped? I guess just a long push back?

i would love to go up there for 1 month as a volunteer and help clear the tracks. i know it's dangerous but imagine the fun.

It was more fun to watch this at 2X speed.

that is very cool! electric motors are better every year"

I really like watching your videos, just wish you would talk about some of the things you are seeing.

Can you amagine the labor and man power used? 😮

Awesome video. Way too neat. I am working with some of my engineering students to construct one! Any tips for finding conical wheels/substitutes for them?

Красота.

Line closed in 2008. I assume large freight once used it. Great video!

@user-kv6wh5ut6o

2 ай бұрын

I have seen a video of a work crew working on it in 2012.

I am surprised no one has run into any of the crew members that are working on that line like I, seen in passed videos of them working on the rail line.

I just wanted to give you kudos for a great video. I don't comment a lot but yours was good for number one they were good content this really beautiful scenery and number two you know how to edit! I don't have to watch an hour and a half video. You edited out bits of it there weren't necessary 🙂 out of curiosity how many miles did you cover and did you do that on one tank with that predator motor? Or do you carry spare fuel

Would they ever fix the line great ride

Cool

Hey! My family is thinking of doing something similar to explore that same line but we were wondering what you did for the wheels? Are they the kind used for maintenance cars or did you make them yourself somehow?

@allensworth79

5 ай бұрын

you can probably use riding lawn mower wheels (the front zero turn ones) and use those. Just get the standard width measurement of a rail road track. I would be sure to beef them up a bit. Perhaps add extra welds or braces so they dont get beat up to badly. You can use go gart wheels too.

What is happening in America is a gradual economic Richotte from overly aggressive and forced dependance on hiways and Freeways for everything. This ripping up rail routes has ended in America but the pendulum takes decades to swing back. These west- east routes are going to be needed again. It will take time but we are seeing the shipping meltdown in the Panama Canal and the vulnerability of the Suez canal. Look to the recent buy back of the BNSF paying HUNDERDS OF MILLIONS of Dollars in penalties to take back The Montana Rail Link.

@frankfurter63

3 ай бұрын

That ' s especially true now that they've found those new lithium mines around Nevada/Oregon border. They are going to need train rails to carry the materials for years to come.

@darenjones8766

2 ай бұрын

What are you yapping about

@frankfurter63

2 ай бұрын

@@darenjones8766 Learn how to read.

@tudwortyjmcguern5689

Ай бұрын

u need to read the history of the pussguts of the big nothing rr and their disdain for the northern pacific rway. in the 80s the bn took over the slsf and let the pussguts who ran the slsf into the ground run the bn into the ground. said pussguts "gave away" the np line. in 97 the morons paid 40m$ + to get some of it back in washington, in 2022 ,after urs of harassing him, the morons paid dennis washingon 2b$ to get it back in montana. the np was a land grant line with tight curves and small tunnels. the rr in this country are "too big to fail" and have 0 concern for anything outside huge unit trains

@Robert-is7du

Ай бұрын

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Thanks for sharing! That’s my kinda place! What type of train use to go up there? Doesn’t look there was any life near by?

I really love your videos! How fast can reach the railcart?

I wish each, county and state would restore the abandoned rails, and offer “rail-cart excursions” I can see serious monetary value in this! Since modern American railroads are obsolete and worthless today.. I remember when taking the bus was fun AF! My ancestors relied on the railroad to explore the “New World” of the 1840’s to the 1960’s. Texas railroads tanked and was forgotten by the 1980’s. I miss those days. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

@profile2047

5 ай бұрын

Can you explain how modern American railroads are obsolete and worthless. Particularly I’m curious how they are worthless.

@lawnmowermanTX

5 ай бұрын

@@profile2047Why don’t you fill out your empty profile2047? I don’t like talking to ghosts.

I imagine back in the day that was probably a really nice train ride, but your video was cool, i like your homemade rail cart its a bit noisy though, with it being abandoned for so long aren't you afraid of going ove those old tressels and bridges ?

i'd worry about something mechanical happening. looks like a long hike back. neat though.

Maby add a canopy. You can make a fun railtrack camper out of that. Maby a solar panel ontop of it for some camping quality. Is the current setup heavy to move ?

@6:47 you show some rusted old bent rail. I think you and your buddy should haul that back to the scrap yard. You could make a few bucks to buy dynamite. Then you could blast all those boulders out of the way and clear the tracks so you don't have to keep carrying the cart around every rock fall!!🤠

Need a canopy from the 🌞.. what do you do if you break down? Thats a long haul back😵‍💫 great video looks like great time!

@ryanrandomness

4 ай бұрын

I've thought about a canopy. Haven't had a major breakdown yet. I'll cross that bridge when it happens