East Broad Top Railroad

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East Broad Top Railroad

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In October 2005 the East Broad Top was holding their annual Fall Spectacular. This event was the first time in several years that more than one locomotive would be operational. So, I packed up my wife and three week old son and headed for Pennsylvania! This video is set up by location along the line, not in the order it was shot. Each morning started with a double headed coal train. This video brought back a lot of memories. I had forgotten what it was like to hear the whistles echo off the surrounding hills, and both locomotives passing the station at the same time. I can almost smell the place again! This video is longer than most of my other videos because I couldn't cut out a lot of things that add to the whole experience of the East Broad Top. Special thanks go to my wife, not only did she put up with me dragging her and our new born son train chasing but she also did a great job taking the pacing shots!

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@jeremylando40 Жыл бұрын

18 years later these beautiful machines are starting to come back to life

@rockguitarist931 3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty incredible that this line is still around.

@robkrasinski6217 2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that the tracks to Saltillo are next to be restored for tourist service? They were last used in April 1956 before the tourist era and Kovalchick ownership. But a mile south of Rockhill was already cleared before EBT closed. The new owners have their work cut out for them, the tracks are mostly overgrown that way and crossings paved over. Pogue bridge is in good shape and can be restored. Rockhill to Saltillo is over 7 miles, it would be about a 15 mile round trip. The current ride to Colgate Grove is a 10 mile round trip. There are plans to build a new Saltillo station using some parts salvaged from the old station. The old one was too far gone to save.

@regularguy7266 Жыл бұрын

Their also planning to go to Robertsdale, Woodvale, and they also said potentially beyond.

@robkrasinski6217 Жыл бұрын

@@regularguy7266 Beyond? I thought the railroad ends past Robertsdale at coal mines? How far does it go? That would be a real long ride from Rockhill to beyond Robertsdale. Compared with the current 10 mile round trip north to Colgate Grove wye. Why didn't Nick or Joe Kovalchick ever want to run tourist trains the other way toward Saltillo and beyond? They just let trees grow in the tracks. I saw pictures of the overgrown tracks. That would be cool seeing steam trains running again over most of the line that was inactive since 1956. Why couldn't the EBT Foundation buy the track north of Aughwick bridge to Mt. Union? I never went to the EBT but I read a lot about it. I live in eastern PA and I'm closer to the WK&S and Reading and Northern, east of Fogelsville by a few miles.

@regularguy7266 Жыл бұрын

@@robkrasinski6217 the line doesn't actually end at Robertsdale, it goes through Woodvale after Robertsdale and then to Alvin. Kovalchick did think about restoring tracks, but it was too late since it was during the early 2010s, which was when the EBT was having financial issues and closed down. Also, keep in mind while the original EBT mainline is about 33 miles long, the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec trackage, since they're also narrow gauge railroads but are in the western side of the country, is 40 to over 60 miles long. The thing is too, is that they use all of that trackage to the fullest extent.

@jakebello7988 3 жыл бұрын

Now, 15 years after this footage was taken... the legend returns...

@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 5 жыл бұрын

To me a steam locomotive isn’t just a thing. It’s a living and breathing animal.

@manjulaudayantha2388 3 жыл бұрын

Lqw

@Running-with-skizers 2 жыл бұрын

I love how each locomotive on this historic line has its own voice

@pabiker2147 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, looks like no 15 was doing most of the work, it's exciting to hear that no 16 then 14 will be coming back to life.

@vincentberkan605 5 жыл бұрын

Bring back the EBT!

@jrayproductions7790 4 жыл бұрын

SHE IS INDEED BACK!!!

@TheUnflushedToilet 4 жыл бұрын

it's your lucky day!

@toolsteel8482 4 жыл бұрын

Nice smoke ring at about 3:50 !

@DRGW168 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, I was there that day with my father and can remember the pouring rain. The general manager who was close friends with my grandfather handed dad and I tickets to ride the night train, one of the best memories in my childhood. It spurred me on to become a volunteer there in 2008 and right up until the end in 2011. I remember watching 15 get put away in 2011 for the last time, after a conclusion of polar express the other crewmember (who was the engineer for the M3 for the event) and I sat back on the one coach platform of the parked train and ate pizza till the wee hours of the morning while the fireman cleaned the ashpan and helped put 15 away. Oh when will the good times return...

@shanewalters2565 4 жыл бұрын

You're in luck pal, the railroad's making a comeback sometime late this year or early next year

@user-oh6ze3dq6p 3 ай бұрын

Watching a You Tube video of a neglected portion of the EBT reminds me of the abandoned right of way of the defunct NYO&W in Lackawanna County

@atsfevan0242 3 жыл бұрын

I mainly know EBT because of 14 when it pulled a photo frieght in the DVD "steam in the autumn". Even though 15 is my fav EBT engine I'm glad 14 will be returning to steam and that 16 will get a second chance at steam. And hopefully someday 15 will return too since it deserves a break after pulling all steam powered trains from the mid 2000s to 2011.

@destroyergaming637 4 жыл бұрын

They're restoring the entire railroad now.

@rider660r 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear it again. My grandfather road the EBT from Riddlesburg,Saxton,Goatown,Hopewell,etc. from 1911 to the 40's. Charles Mellott,Saxton,PA. (born. 1903)

@rider660r 6 жыл бұрын

Most of his ride was from the "cut",and the mines in and arond Riddlesburg/Hopewell"to the "steps" above todays Saxton Firehall. He rode the TNT car into the mines at age 11-14 (1914-17). He and my grandmother was married at his 11 and her age of 14 They passed on in the late 80's...

@briansmith5895 5 жыл бұрын

This is such a one of a kind railroad I've seen. It's a shame that someone wouldn't buy it. if I won a lottery, this place would be mine.

@toolsteel8482 4 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed , nice video of the E.B.T. I like the self propelled inter urban car . The train passes through lovely scenery which greatly adds to the value of this line. There seems to be a great love of steam-powered narrow gauge railways in Europe, especially the U.K. and Germany. I don’t know if they’re self supporting or their governments help. I enjoyed watching this, even though it’s been aired some years ago.

@evanf1293 3 жыл бұрын

glad this place will be reopening in 2021 and that 14 will be returning to steam along with 16 that hasn't seen steam since the 50s when EBT shut down for 4 years til they became a tourist line.

@wwrr98 12 жыл бұрын

I remember this, I was there with my dad that day. And to think, that was 7 years ago this October, and now they aren't even running.

@ITrooper089Productions 3 жыл бұрын

I’d give it till 2021 then maybe Steam will return to EBT’s rails

@giggles7104 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video Greetings from the pine Creek railroad in alliaire state park wall township new Jersey we actually have one of ur east broad top coal hoppers in our yard an yes we're narrow gauge.

@Willysmb44 4 жыл бұрын

Assuming they get running again someday, from 8:52 to 9:18, they should market this as a roller coaster, it'd get more riders!

@4501trainman 11 жыл бұрын

I hope they can iron things out. It is a great historic,operating railroad site.

@Railfan705 6 жыл бұрын

14`s whistle sounds like it belongs in the hills of PA, 15 sounds like off a cruise ship

@trainknut 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I mean it is in the hills of PA..

@nicholasmedovich8691 3 ай бұрын

M1 waddling like a 🐧

@TrainsAreReallyCool Жыл бұрын

Steam will run again on the EBT. Soon.

@c.northway8061 10 ай бұрын

My guess is that 17 was not able to run this year, heard it may be due to excessive drive rod noise

@otissumnerbrown 9 жыл бұрын

I heard that the line was "leased", but that he could not continue to keep the EBT line working. Unless it is re-started soon - there will be no more EBT. The town depended on it for income and growth. Do not know what happened to it.

@trainmaster844 8 жыл бұрын

+Otis Brown The railroad is still around, but still mothballed. No word of if and when it will be returned to service.

@otissumnerbrown 8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Kovacs Thanks for the update. It was a great attraction. I doubt that they can ever get it re-started.

@trainmaster844 8 жыл бұрын

I have heard it's up for sale, but the roadbed needs to be rebuilt, along with a few other items.

@LamhirhAbriel 8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Kovacs It is. If you have a few million (I recall the remaining property south of Augwick Creek to Robertsdale is $8M), write Mr. Kolvalchick a check. While the land north of that point was sold to the 'association' that leased it, the EBT holds common carrier status and legal privileges associated it like eminent domain...

@maxm4375 4 жыл бұрын

You can stop wondering about it now, the East broad top has just been bought It is under new management

@samthompson1080 8 жыл бұрын

Odd.. it was 14 when it was leaving the building.. Outside it was 15

@trainknut 7 жыл бұрын

They were probably running both, because the next shot is 14.

@absolutelyrandomful 11 жыл бұрын

I actually didn't know that

@RyanHatterer-Ryanns999 10 жыл бұрын

Maybe one of you guys can tell me, But I hear a few days ago that the friends of the EBT are trying to return freight and passenger service over the full line, and they got the yard and some of the line in Mt. Union already? I know the family that owns the railroad was thinking of selling it but I didn't hear much more other then this information. can anyone help.

@fermitthekrog6318 4 жыл бұрын

Well east broad top posted a video that they plan to resume operations really soon.

@johnb7286 Жыл бұрын

Please make a donation. My wife and me were down here right after we were married. She passed last year on May 7. I made a 20000 donation in our memories. Married for 44 years.

@charleskadyk928 4 жыл бұрын

Any of you know the names of the engineers on these runs?

@Midland1072Productions 12 жыл бұрын

What happened to 14?

@TheUnflushedToilet 4 жыл бұрын

It was stored when they stopped operations. It's now being restored to operating condition along with al the other locomotives and almost the rest of the railway so that they can resume operations next year.

@atsfevan0242 3 жыл бұрын

She stopped running after 2005 but is now being rebuilt along with 16