Have you seen my video about Idaho’s abandoned B-23 Bomber? Check it out here if you haven’t: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5eElMmhY5DYp7g.html

@jcee2259

11 ай бұрын

If you enjoy military relics I recommend vacated bases. White City, OR, has one outside city limits. Google earth search may locate munition storage bunkers, unidentified ruins, etc. This summer I'm visiting a training area with caves beside the Ford Mountain Correctional Centre in British Columbia.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

@@jcee2259 sounds cool!

As an employee of this company, it’s not abandoned, it’s out of service. The reason the weeds are minimal and the track for the most part is decently clear, is because we have to keep up on the weed spraying on the right of way.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Maybe some day it will be returned to service thanks to your hard work!

@alvisjenkins1305

Жыл бұрын

How can it be active with all of the rock slides on the track ??

@Bidenforprison2024

Жыл бұрын

Hate to see any line go down. Keeping them railbanked is smart. Easier to repair than totally rebuild which rarely happens but not unheard of. We have a local line that was abandoned and ripped out. Now the politicians regret letting that happen. Bridges ripped out and roadbed obliterated makes it uneconomical to rebuild. It used to have 40-50 trains per day. 😔😔

@thephantomeagle2

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, let's hope they put it back in service.

@thephantomeagle2

Жыл бұрын

@@alvisjenkins1305 Out of Service means that it's not fully abandoned. If memory serves you need permission to fully abandon railroads. This is especially true if this line is a connection between two railroads. Look at the Tennessee Pass in Colorado. It's been OOS since the late 90s but the government won't let them fully abandon.The other major rail line over the Rockies is the Moffat. There's a long vital tunnel on Moffat. What happens if there's a collapse, or worse a major derailment and fire inside it. It could take months, or longer to reopen it. By having Tennessee Pass still available, it's likely that this would be an easier route to reopen. They also want to keep it as a possible alternative route if traffic suffices. As far as the line shown here, the government might require that it be fully opened, even if at restricted speed if there's a bridge collapse, major landslide, or other serious damage to the lines that it connects. I don't know the area, but there might be a company that wants to build a factory, or some facility that requires rail service. By having it it OOS, where is can fairly easily be re-opened, they have a better chance of a company moving into the area.

My family, 3 generations worked on that line. I brought the last log train out of Cascade for the INPR and helped write the feasibility study for the excursion trains that ran . It is a very high maintenance RR and for a small short line it was not profitable to keep it operating. It has not been abandoned however and hopefully either the Bertel’s or another group will come in and restore it and run trains on it once again. Great documentary on the line👍

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! It’s been cool to see people from the area chime in and add information from personal experience.

@FarmingWithYahweh

11 ай бұрын

Your comment is one of the things I love about the YT community. Thanks for sharing your history.

@evanstauffer4470

4 ай бұрын

There will need to be some economic impetus for the line to be restored. From what I could see in the video, some sections of track seem to be in remarkably good condition. I have run trains over a lot worse.

@annmatthews196

2 ай бұрын

I would love to ride again, LOVE to, I hope I get to before I check out

When the line was taken out of service, we rode most of it's length on our motorized railcarts. We knew it was a high maintenance line and wouldn't be long before it became unpassable. And boy were we right, there is massive rockslides / blockage now. Some of the boulders are as big as my apartment. So glad we got to see it up close before it was lost. to nature.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Wow that must have been a good time! You wouldn’t make it very far now.

My son thinks that line should be preserved, restored, and used again for both freight and passenger trains. But he doesn't want that to be wishful thinking he wants it to be a reality!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

That would be great!

@gretchenchadwick8343

11 ай бұрын

@@WhereKentWent Yes indeed We are glad you agree 👍😀😊

It is sad to see something like that railroad line abandoned. It is so unique and beautiful.

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

No kidding! Although many commenters have mentioned that it is not actually abandoned, just currently out of service. Maybe they will use it again someday!

My grandfather was a train engineer, I've loved trains all my days, I love seeing them and hearing them,I loved riding on them, I miss them so much.

@WhereKentWent

2 ай бұрын

Trains are great!

@lightspeed4596

2 ай бұрын

My uncle was an engineer, and my grandfather was a gandy dancer (lineman) for the railroad. I too love trains.

As a trail runner AND history hound, this was relevant to ALL my interests thanks mate To think history was the most boring subject as a schoolboy, but now I'm completely obsessed with it lol

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how that changes as we become adults! Thanks for watching 👊

I’m old enough to remember steam powered trains in McCall. I was fortunate enough to ride on the Thunder Mountain Line a year or two before they went out of business. I am surprised at how much rock and debris has accumulated on the tracks in so short of time. But then again, I’m not surprised. When built, the granite outcropping that comprises the tunnel north of Smiths Ferry, was not removed because they feared a massive landslide. As a result, that tunnel is only 39 feet in length and is the shortest tunnel, for standard gage railroads, in North America! Rockslides have closed Highway 55 twice in the last three or four years. The unstable rocks in the canyon contributed to the closure of the railroad. I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Maybe you could make another video running the tracks between Emmett and Horseshoe Bend. There are two tunnels and one or two wood trestles.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding so much insightful information! It's always cool to hear some of the history first hand, from people like you. I believe the tracks in some parts of Emmett are still being used, is the section up to Horseshoe Bend exempt now as well?

@theidahonortherngardenrail522

Жыл бұрын

@@WhereKentWent The "main line" to McCall started in Nampa. The route to McCall began at the wye, just west of the Nampa station, ran through Middleton and on to Emmett. The rails were ripped out from just north of the Chinden Blvd crossing a mile or so south of Middleton. Rail passenger service from Nampa to McCall terminated in 1949. The "secondary" route to Emmett ran from Payette. IT'S STILL IN USE. The tracks northeast of the Emmett station, could be used to Black Canyon dam, in theory. You'd be safe to run the 16 mile route from there. Use Google Maps and look at Old Dam Rd just short of the first bridge & tunnel on the south side of Black Canyon dam. That would be a good place to start your run. Then it's 8 miles to Montour which is similar terraign to Carbarton where you ended your first run. Or you can choose to run another 8 miles to Emmett. There are three more bridges, on that stretch, including the truss bridge just west of 55, which is slightly longer than the last bridge you crossed between the Rainbow bridge and Cabarton. The second tunnel, about midway, looks to have a massive rockslide at the south portal. September would be a perfect time to do this. Avoid the summer heat. Let me know if you decide to run this section. I'll join your channel: I'll know when you post the video. Bring up my channel and watch the first half of my first video. (The one with 60k views). It's indirectly about the stretch you ran.

@calypsonotch3953

11 ай бұрын

I wish I could have lived during the time of steam trains

What a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing!

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

Of course!

You create a nice vibe as you take us on a run through such a beautiful wilderness. Great music choices too. Thanks.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton! ✌️

You know the sad thing is this could be a critical link in running trains from Salt Lake City to boise to Kennewick to Yakima to Seattle. Thats a rout im sure would have a great deal of demand Amtrak should snach this track up for themselves before its too far gone.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

True! Seems like a good opportunity.

@daisymay5529

11 ай бұрын

Only problem is it's a dead end branch line that runs north out of the Boise area and dead ends at Cascade. Used to run thru to McCall and stopped there.

I remember riding and operating one of thunder Mountains locomotives the year the line went out of service. I really hope it will come back to service someday, and won’t go completely abandoned. I have too many memories of driving these trains through the beautiful mountains.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing! I bet you have some cool stories

i WAS AM ENGINEER TRAINER FOR THE INP FROM THE FIRST DAY AND 2 YEARS AFTERWARD RAN TRAINS ON THE WHOLE SYSTEM AS THE OFFICES WERE IN EMMIT AND LAGRANDE WORKED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY ON THE JOSEPH BRANCH. THE OWNER STILL LIVES RETIRED IN CALDWELL AND WE ARE GREAT FRIENDS AND OLD I WOKED MOSTLY OUT OF LAGRANDE. I REMEMBER THE GIRLS AT THE RESTAURANT IN BANKS ROAD ONE OF THEM TO CASCADE AS WE USED TO STAY OVER NIGHT THERE. THE CASCADE LINE WAS VERY SCENIC AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE MOST OF THE LINE IS ABANDONBED, SAD TO BE SURE I MISS YHE COUNTRY . I LIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FOR THE LAST 37 YERRS.....GREAT MEMORIES

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Cool! Thanks for sharing your experience.

Beautiful video on all levels...great spoken documentary, photography and music excellent. Thank you for sharing this incredible journey!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Barbara! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Did you see the old stagecoach trail along the hill on opposite side of the river. Interesting piece of history to point out.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I must have missed it!

I’m from North Carolina. In 2014 a buddy and I drove that stretch of highway and explored that railroad. I walked partway across the footbridge shown in the video and I remember many of the bridges and tunnels. At the time it looked like the line was still in service but lightly used.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

That’s cool! I think it went out of service not long after that.

I have driven the route from Boise to McCall at least a dozen times the old bridge crossing the river is art deco in design and very well restored. Cool video.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👌

Really fascinating video. Have alway been intrigued by this set of tracks going up north - so cool to see someone having explored it!

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out my video! Yes sometimes some of the most interesting things are right in our backyard. See you in the next video!

Very cool, thanks for taking us along. I share the same fascination with railroads and I remember passing this one on a road trip in 2007.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

Getting to wander old rails through beautiful country, hard to beat! Thank you for sharing. Great video

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Of course, thanks for watching

Thank you for sharing! Outstanding!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Of course! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Beautiful!! I love this so much! You did so great!! This was so peaceful and interesting to watch! Keep it up! 💯

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gina I really appreciate that!! Glad you liked it.

I enjoyed this video immensely. Trains have always been one of my loves. My grandfather worked most of his life for the Boston & Maine railroad out of Concord NH. He was an air brake inspector. I felt like I was right there with you. Great job!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Cool! That means a lot, thank you!

Beautiful video. Being a railroad enthusiasts and HO scale modeler.I thoroughly enjoyed this rail journey. Hopefully it will get restored and back in service. Bring back The Steam.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I hope so too!

Be careful running across those bridges. Years ago I was walking briskly across one near my house and I missed a tie. My leg went in between two ties and got twisted and great pain followed. Had to scoot myself to the end and down the embankment (active railroad) to rest for over an hour. One of the ties had shifted on one end causing the void and mishap. Thank God I did not break my leg.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I’m glad you didn’t break it too!

Enjoyed your video! Awesome adventures!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

Sick vid bro! Some dope shots

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Great video Kent!

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kyle!

Great video, thanks for sharing !

@WhereKentWent

8 ай бұрын

Sure thing, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Lived in Nampa for 10 yrs and explored the mountains as much as I could and could never get enough..Beautiful country..Camped in the area you were in and alot over around Idaho City...Im in Ohio now and hope to get visit there again. Loved the video Thanks

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Sounds amazing! Thanks for watching

Terrific, nice work! Thanks for the effort, central Idaho is my favorite place

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it’s got some beautiful areas!

Thank you for sharing.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Of course, thanks for watching!

Cool video. Very well done. Thank you!!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

Such a beautiful trip and gorgeous scenery

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I agree! ⛰️

Awesome combination of two different hobbies...Good research as well!! ❤❤❤

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Great video thank you some really great views.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Here on Vancouver Island Canada we have the E&N railway which the Alberni line shut down in 2001 with around 20 miles of unused track.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Maybe I should come check it out!

Thanks for sharing.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

🤘🤘

Nice job thanks for sharing 👍

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing thanks for watching 🔥

super neat vid, thanks for sharing. Completely agree, walking old railroad grades is super interesting and frequently beautiful. Lots of big landslide action on that one! Love the shots of the 1933 road bridge too.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent shot. Like ! ! !

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

i dont feel like going into what running does for people, but its life changing, it teaches SO much, so much so i know how to do mind numbing things and be somewhere else as one example

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Very insightful!

That was a lot of fun !

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Yes it was!

Shame the line could not continue as an excursion route. Gorgeous scenery!!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

It is a shame. Thanks for watching!

Amazing adventure and video! I subbed-up and look forward to more videos from you!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

That means a lot. Thank you!

G'day mate i thoroughly enjoyed your video exploring this fantastic railway line. We have similar abandoned and or out of service lines in Australia, sometimes running throughout beautiful countryside. Cheers old mate.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! 🙌

Nice run!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great filmmaking. Your second camera set up and editing remarkable. Love old and abandoned rail roads. Lived near railroads during childhood in Bend & Culver Oregon. Excellent video.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the compliment! I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

Very enjoyable video

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video mate

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video. Our family got to take the train ride many years ago, it was great as like you, I have driven Highway 55 many many times. So the different prospective from across the river was great.

@WhereKentWent

2 ай бұрын

Very cool!

That is such a beautiful drive, have been lucky enough to make it and snowmobile up there.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Great place to snowmobile!

That was fun, and I recognize parts from another video I recently watched. Very cool.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I like the split log fence there at the end

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Good stuff!

This was a refreshing video on all levels. Like you, railroads fascinate me. I would park my Jeep in remote locations with my girlfriend and wait for trains to come by. I remember thinking...."I wonder with these tracks are guiding that train to now." I have a model railroad in my basement, however this would be something I'd do in a heartbeat. Thanks Kent for the cool adventure.

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

Sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks for watching 🙌

Despite the railroad being abandoned it could be restored there isn’t that much damage to the tracks the rockslides can be quickly cleared and some weed killer sprayed on the tracks and you are mostly set to go.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight! Unfortunately I think it's one of those things where it doesn't bring in enough revenue to make it worth it right now.

@legotech7268

Жыл бұрын

@@WhereKentWent sadly I’m the current state of our country that is the case. However I do think it could be restored in the future since railroads are designed to be expensive to build but cheaper to maintain and it will probably stay that way for a long time.

Exellent! Greetings from UK.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in from across the pond!

So cool - great to see you powerful running wish I were as fit and young as you are. Enjoy! 👍

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I loved this video

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I’m glad! Thanks for watching

Get it reopened looks great and the scenery 👌

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Actually, following the rail on an abandoned track seems like a great hiking trip. In fact, having a portable rail cart could be fun by using using those rails.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

For sure!

I like the clip sir. Thank you

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

I’m happy to hear that. Thanks for watching!

Cool video! Love the scenery! Went on a road trip 2 year ago thru Idaho from Creston B.C. We have a out of service rail line here on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada Glad my wife and I went on a trip from Courtenay to Victoria when we did because they shut it down the following year

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Sounds like a lot of fun 🍁

Great video it would be nice to see trains use this line more often in the future

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Yes it would!

Always makes me feel sad to see a disused railway when I was a boy I used to love exploring a line that was disused but now most of this old lines have been completely lifted and in a lot of cases built over to prevent them ever coming back. I used to love the smells of an old railway, the grease on the track work points, signals etc everything black and oily and the smell of the creosote leeching out of the sleepers.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Good memories!

Nice hike. Great footage! A rail-to-trail being installed in Wisconsin is about $225k per mile. Just one viaduct rebuild on the _formerly_ John Wayne Trail was $5.5m. That same trail lost 20 miles one year due to landslides. A whole year. Then there's average maintenance costs. So, no. It's a Pipestone Pass dream 😉. Enjoy it before a bridge finally goes.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Good insights! Yeah maintenance in a place like this must be insane.

Driving by Boise on I84 I never realized there was such a nice canyon nearby.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s crazy there are some decent mountains pretty close to Boise

Kent, I enjoyed following along on Google earth. I'll check out your other adventures.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I used Google Earth when I originally planned out this adventure. It gave me a pretty good idea of what to expect but there are a few spots where the trees are so thick you can’t see the tracks. That made it so I didn’t know exactly where that big tunnel was.

Brilliant

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

It looks as if you could have easily run the whole thing in a day if you hadn't taken the time to give us all of the nice video angles of tunnels, bridges and scenery. Thanks for sharing!

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

It would have been a long day but definitely doable! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

Thanks You are one smart Dude! Dude.

@WhereKentWent

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

This is great. I would have been able to walk about a mile before i turned around and went back home though!!! 30 stinkin miles ON RAILROAD TIES!!! I have sore ankles just watching this

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 you’re the first person that I’ve had give me the much needed credit for doing this on railroad ties. The running required constant adjustments since I couldn’t run normally on the ties. Thanks for watching!

Most great video. But the railroad darn sure looks abandoned to me. I lived in Mt. Home, Idaho in 1972/73 and traveled to Boise, McCall, and a good bit of the surrounding area then. I'd bet I traveled Hwy 55 and probably saw this railroad although I don't specifically recall it. Idaho is a beautiful state. I left in Dec 73 haven't been back. Thanks for sharing this video.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

I remember in the late 80 when that railroad was still active a lumber car derailed near the Banks campground. The Payette was choked with finished lumber for weeks afterwards.

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

Wow that’s very interesting thanks for sharing!

Just walk and enjoy.🚞

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

I had plenty of time to enjoy on this trip!

When we moved to Meridian 6 years ago there were still Thunder Mountain RR brochures around town. I was very disappointed to find out they had already closed. When we later drove to McCall, I noticed some washouts and down trees on the right of way but not as severe as your trip.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was disappointed when I heard it was closed too. That’s why I decided to do this run!

@cbr600trash5

Жыл бұрын

❤

Thanks for this video, I appreciate all your work on it. From the looks of it, that railroad is likely still owned as a railroad, given that the rails and signage remains. (ok, confirmed by another comment below) Where I live (Vancouver Island, in southwest British Columbia), I do a similar thing on an old out-of-service railroad in my area, where it has been more than 20+ years since the last train. I love the combination of railroad history, exercise, and the continual evidence of nature pushing-back and reclaiming the grade. Thanks again for your excellent work.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

Quelle aventure ! Merci pour le partage de cette belle découverte. Nature intacte, silence, grand air, avec des trains ce serait évidemment encore mieux ! 😀👍👏

@WhereKentWent

5 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🚂

I actually got the chance of riding the tour trains when the railroad did a pumpkin patch train in 2013 or 2012 it was a thrill especially when the locomotives were old Santa Fe F units

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a good time!

@robeld6861

11 ай бұрын

We rented the train for our wedding in 2014. Everyone loved it.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

@@robeld6861 excellent!

Back about 1999/2000 there was lumber train that had derailed along that section. About 60 cars if I remember. Lumber all along the track.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Do you know of any news articles talking about that?

@MrDebone75

11 ай бұрын

@@WhereKentWent I'm sure there is but, ?

The only reason there are still tracks and they have not been scrapped is that it would cost more than what they would get out of it. The price of iron and all. Cool landscape.

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Good insight thanks!

Dude, the fact that there is debris everywhere makes it MORE dangerous to go into that tunnel. I'm not 100% sure that thing was structurally sound, just look how crooked the supporting structure was!!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I didn’t spend much time in there. I was mainly talking about the risk of being run over by a train.

neat old rails that be good for the rail bike

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

That would be cool

@herbieainsworth4793

11 ай бұрын

@@WhereKentWent yes rail bike price is up there for the kit but be neat for the rail line you show us

That would make a wonderful bikeway

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Yes it would 🚴‍♂️

I have only been twice, but I miss Idaho's wild beauty. It's just a shame that the government there has been focusing on harassing people instead of trying to improve life for the citizens, so I won't be back until that changes.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

🤔🤔

Running the distance. My kind of guy!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

💪🏃‍♂️

@ULTRA1BOB

10 ай бұрын

@@WhereKentWent I was thinking it would be fun to have a 100 mile race along the route of an abandoned railroad, preferably in the mountains.

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

@@ULTRA1BOB that would be fun! Those 100 miler guys are one of a kind though. Definitely out of my league!

Please do your research before you call something abandoned. This railroad is still very active. The stretch you were on was built by the Idaho Northern Railway in 1912 and pushed to Smiths Ferry by 1913 to which the Oregon Short Line took control and finished the railroad to McCall/Lakeport Idaho.

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

I'm aware that much of this line is still being used but the stretch I was on was clearly out of service. That was made apparent by the huge amounts of debris covering the tracks. Having a train use these rails would be impossible, at least right now.

@faststang85

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhereKentWent "out of service" not abandoned. I talked with the engineer of of inpr they have no intention of abandoning it anytime soon.

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

@@faststang85 That would be really cool if they ran trains on this line again someday.

@lilbit121101

2 жыл бұрын

Wow people really out here getting upset over one word….abandoned or out of service. Either way, no train is utilizing this part of the track at this time. It’s pretty simple and you are doing an awesome job! Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the mad facts! 💯👌

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilbit121101 Thanks Gina!

What a great video. I never say that In comments.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

That means a lot, thanks so much!

Realy very intresting.Govt should open the treck. Syed Ali usa.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

🚂👍

😮 That would make a nice rail to trails hike

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

True!

The structure you looked at after you crossed the Trestle on day 2 was the off loading platform for the old River to rails operation thunder mountain line and Idaho whitewater UNLTD where you could take the train up unload the raft paddle down river to the take out and have a Tasty Dutch oven meal in Smiths Ferry. I helped build a lot of it

@WhereKentWent

8 ай бұрын

That’s so cool!

In northern california most of the logging rail lines were sold and decommissioned. And eventually became part the the rails to trails network.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Very cool!

Where was the stretch of track you Hiked located

@WhereKentWent

2 жыл бұрын

A little ways North of Boise.

It make me so sad there is no train connecting the two.

At 14:30, what are those barrier gates on the tracks? I've seen these in pics.

@WhereKentWent

10 ай бұрын

That is just a fence around someone’s pasture.

Great video. Always sad to see lines abandoned or out of service. Looks like the line continued on. Where does it end at? Or does it meet up with another line?

@WhereKentWent

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Going south the railroad returns to service pretty quick. I’m not sure what it does going Northbound.

@robeld6861

11 ай бұрын

​@@WhereKentWent It terminated in McCall at the lumber mill which closed in the 80's. Track was removed between cascade and McCall. In later years it was used primarily to service the lumber yards in Cascade and Horseshoe Bend. As the mills closed down the trains stopped using the track until Thunder Mountain started running.

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

@@robeld6861 thanks for clarifying!

Railroad ties are not meant to be run on...the spacing is all wrong. Big surprise! I've walked more than my share of ROWs and my knees hurt just watching you. You're krazy...deserves a subscription!

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

You’re telling me! Maybe you can tell in the video that I was running a little funny. Thanks for the support!

I wish there were good tracks for a guy to take a rail bike or cart on, for a day of riding near Boise. This line appears to be a short ride. Imagine how awesome if you could plan a trip from Nampa to McCall and back. Lots of sight seeing and camping opportunities. :)

@WhereKentWent

29 күн бұрын

That would be so cool!

Hello Kent I Like Your Videos Dear ❤

@WhereKentWent

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!