Thank you for making this video! I volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum and our goal is to preserve this railway. I'm glad to see a really good and in depth video on our "impossible" railroad!
@bruceaisher Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your efforts!
@Lorsterthe34st Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@goodqueer Жыл бұрын
I hope we can preserve this bit of history because I'm looking forward to visiting the trestle bridges again. It's a fascinating site to see.
@anthonyxuereb7929 ай бұрын
"Impossible" being the key word?
@treborrelluf Жыл бұрын
Carrizo George was frequently mentioned. What a character he must have been!
@xsleep1 Жыл бұрын
It was a deep George too.
@SidGolan Жыл бұрын
Costanza!
@AegisDivision01 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I cringed every time he mispronounced "Gorge."
@casinoboyeric Жыл бұрын
@@AegisDivision01 What about Jacumba?
@jaminova_1969 Жыл бұрын
@@casinoboyeric "Ha-cum-ba"!
@jdbsw6756 Жыл бұрын
This line would make for a killer set for Western movies or even a western experience of riding a steam locomotive on portions of it, having an authentic Western town built on the line near Dos Cabezas, riding horses everywhere else, and having a drink the saloon. I would pay to get brought in on a Steam train and spend a weekend hanging out in a town like that.
@macmedic892 Жыл бұрын
We can dream, but that’s about as far as it will go.
@timmyfrank70428 ай бұрын
Real life west world lol
@seldoon_nemar Жыл бұрын
I love how this channel feels like an OG History Channel or Discovery show. back in the late '90s/ early 2k's . Even the intro gives it that vibe. Keep up the amazing work
@atlbrysco6198 Жыл бұрын
Wow - I do remember the design of these Chicago cars... way back in 1989/90 I was in the Navy and stationed at Great Lakes, IL. I and my shipmates would ride in these double level cars down to Chicago to out and experience the real world and then come back to the station by the base. So many of those mates are gone now... thanks for the story of what we were riding and where they ended up!
@genevarailfan3909 Жыл бұрын
A handful of those bi-level cars are still running on Metra, and several have been modified to carry bicycles.
@GodBlezzAmerica Жыл бұрын
My line mdw are still doubles
@genevarailfan3909 Жыл бұрын
@@GodBlezzAmerica Yes, all Metra cars are bi-levels. I was referring to that specific type of bi-level car--the former C&NW ones with smooth sides.
@GodBlezzAmerica Жыл бұрын
@@genevarailfan3909yeah my line has the new cars during rush hour but on the off peak rides they still have the older ones with the leather seats. The new ones kinda look like airplane seats
@genevarailfan3909 Жыл бұрын
@@GodBlezzAmerica I believe those are actually old cars with new seats. Hopefully new cars coming in a couple years won't have airplane-style seats!
@macmedic892 Жыл бұрын
Gorge, not George.
@phloughtgnarpsehs7263 Жыл бұрын
Was going to say something.. Glad I wasn’t the only ne that caught that.
@CrosscutFilmsSask Жыл бұрын
Love all the effort that Ryan puts into these videos - but a simple mispronunciation kinda takes the shine off them, especially when repeated multiple times.
@gwendeerlin Жыл бұрын
No this is Patrick.
@Winn3D Жыл бұрын
@@phloughtgnarpsehs7263 only one, not only ne.
@0therun1t21 Жыл бұрын
First G is hard, second G is soft.
@MightBeAPizza Жыл бұрын
*Just* took a METRA train for the first time ever about 30 minutes ago, great to see a video here on them. Such an interesting experience to ride on the second floor.
@wintersbattleofbands1144 Жыл бұрын
Upper deck. 🙂
@andrewerickson6690 Жыл бұрын
Neat trains huh? I used to go from otc to Harvard IL regularly.
@tonystidham4564 Жыл бұрын
In 2015, I was traveling through Cadillac, MI, and something caught my eye just off the U.S 131 Business Route, so I pulled onto a side street to check. On a railroad siding on the north end of town, was a series of Chicago Metra train cars. Don't know why they were there
@justinhobart8747 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ryan, for all the history. I knew about the cars, I knew about line and trestle, but I didn't know all of that... As someone who really likes trains and train history, I really appreciate it. You know, I think we got some of those old metro cars around here. I believe those are the same class of chicago metro cars that I got to ride in a time two. I believe they're the same type as the one's Iowa Interstate bought for their IAIS 6988 & IAIS 7081 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" Chinese steam locomotive... I went for a ride in them a couple of times back in 2011 once round trip at Rock Island Train Fest, Rock Island, IL to Walcott, IA I believe and once at Planes Trains and Automobiles, fest. Geneseo, round trip from Geneseo, IL to Annawan, IL. I'm not sure if they're still making any runs with those old locomotives or not. 🤔 I think they are, I'm gonna have to look it up. I would sure love to go on another ride sometime. I wish they'd still have that trained festival in Rock Island, that was a one time in history awesome amazing event.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
How interesting, let us know what you discover after looking into this more. I really appreciate your comment.
@harveystrodejr.0351 Жыл бұрын
You should try to make a historical on the city of New Haven, CT my hometown. It's got tons of history. It's the hometown of Yale University. This city is rich with history. You might like what you find.
@bruisersdilemma354 Жыл бұрын
@@harveystrodejr.0351 If Yale wasn't there, New Haven would be just another hick town in the North East homie.
@wbowes Жыл бұрын
Hearing you pronounce gorge (hard G) like George (soft G) is grating to listen too. Other than that it is a really interesting and informing video.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the helpful feedback and thanks for watching our new video! - Socash
@sirbenjaminarthuriv4019 Жыл бұрын
I'm starting to think he purposefully chooses a word to mispronounce in his videos so as to drive engagement in the comments.
@krisklamka7905 Жыл бұрын
I think so, too. It seems like every video has at least one or two that really stand out.
@freetolook3727 Жыл бұрын
Like wearing goofy hats?
@omnominous4799 Жыл бұрын
Carrizo George is Yosemite Sam's cousin, I guess.
@uhlijohn Жыл бұрын
Those bi-level cars were formerly owned by the C. & N. W. then became property of METRA. All of the other Budd bi-level cars, I believe, such as on the C. B. & Q, were stainless steel sided cars.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
Very cool insight
@axlealex3352 Жыл бұрын
Didn't the Rock Island have some of those types of cars also? I thought I saw some in a couple old videos
@uhlijohn Жыл бұрын
@@axlealex3352 They may well have. They had a lot of those old dinosaur single level coaches for years after Budd introduced the bi-level cars. I think it was Ben Heineman, former CEO of the CNW, who got together with Budd to make the bi-level. He wanted to streamline commuter operations to stem the losses but did not or could not get rid of commuter service so he tried to make it more efficient.
@markmanz8897 Жыл бұрын
@@axlealex3352yes. Rock Island had a bunch of the smooth sided cars. They were painted Red with a Yellow stripe..
@DanknDerpyGamer Жыл бұрын
IIRC didn't Amtrak operate Budd bi-levels for a time as well on some routes (I THINK out of Chicago)? Not sure if they were from the C&NW or CB&O though.
@mojavedesert519 Жыл бұрын
I remember those cars well. They were putting together a tourist and dinner train and running the train as a test. There was also a dining and kitchen car (Amtrak?) attached to that consist. They left the cars sitting on the track and vandals somehow released the brakes. The cars rolled downhill and derailed on a curve. The kitchen car overturned. We hiked there a couple of days after the derailment, and I marveled on how fast they repaired the tracks. I thought it was strange that they even re-used the old spikes in making the repair. Shortly after that the dining and kitchen car were removed and the other cars left on the siding where they remain today.
@droningharry Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you knew this Ryan but those Metra trains were based in Joliet and were on the former Rock Island line. The service went threw off of the southwest suburbs. I took it from Joliet to Downtown in my first solo trip into the City when I was 13 and many times more afterwards. I loved those double decker cars and durning the week they were always packed with commuters going to and fro . It used to cost 1.00 for a ride and you better have had your ticket for the Conductor to punch or they'd make you buy another. Those were fun days. Always wondered what happened to them because there were a lot of them.
@chooch1995 Жыл бұрын
Nope….the car number was shown in the video - 7773. That’s not an ex-Rock Island car, rather a Chicago & North Western car. A little research finds that these are all former green & yellow C&NW cars.
@Zman44444 Жыл бұрын
Ya know? I don’t remember subbing to your channel. I know of you guys due to Indie N. and his Great War series. Honestly you’ve become on of my favorite channels. So many different topics that one would never know of. Love it!
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
We are honored to have you with the show! Don’t miss the D-Day special we did with the Indie and the guys last month 😎
@UncleBearski Жыл бұрын
Love the video, but it's not "George" as in the man's name. It's "Gore"ge.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
I’ll try to remember that next time.
@seanbohannon Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that mispronounciation surprised me
@samiam619 Жыл бұрын
@@ITSHISTORYhow could you not know how to pronounce “gorge”?
@jameskelly6152 Жыл бұрын
There's an occasional mispronounced word or two but his videos are so good and researched thoroughly I recommend them to everyone !!! 💯
@martinkeller2365 Жыл бұрын
Love all the different stories tied to Chicago you find. Keep it up 👍 We also have on old Metra train (Nashville Star) here in Tennessee but it still runs.
@brucewallace4337 Жыл бұрын
No what you have are some old Metra Passenger CARS When they were planning the Nashville Star system Metra actually gave them to them or sold them for $1 each because they were going to another Transit Authority. At about the same time they purchased some retired BN Metra E Unit Locomotives to pull them. By the time the Nashville Star was about to commence operation Amtrak had made available some retired F40 Locomotives that were much newer than the BN E Units which were then sold off. However one was kept for the RR Museum in Downtown Nashville. I lived in Nashville at the time.
@OddityOdysseys Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! We released a Goat Canyon Trestle video last week. Great minds think alike! Such a fascinating site. Anyways, always love your excellent research.
@robbiet480 Жыл бұрын
I was so excited because I saw your video last week and was curious about these cars but Google didn't give me much, so when I saw the It's History video on my feed this morning it was a instant play.
@bruceaisher Жыл бұрын
Oddity Odysseys - Beth and Drew! I love your channel!
@redlight722 Жыл бұрын
In the railroad. We don’t call it abandoned, they are “unused”. Because someone still owns them.
@0therun1t21 Жыл бұрын
I miss the Spreckles Factory, the name fits sugar perfectly and the sign on the factory was a landmark. The package design and logo were cool.
@TheTarrMan Жыл бұрын
I remember those trains paint schemes. I don't think they use the bright orange seats anymore but I remember being a little kid when they did. They had the seats that can flip so you can face either way. I would sit up top and the conductor could walk around the bottom and reach up for the tickets. I remember being given a big stack of used ticket stubs once. (I've in Peora for the past 10 years now but this was back in the early 90's.)
@yourwhiteknight636 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and well done, thank you. It's a shame that they are abandoned, train history should be preserved. I know I wouldn't mind having one or two car.
@genevarailfan3909 Жыл бұрын
Several are preserved. Metra is still using a handful of that type, and three operate at the Illinois Railway Museum in their original C&NW colors.
@devonboulden2496 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know this recent history of this trestle. So sad. It was a very cool part of RR history.
@badbilly1083 Жыл бұрын
Adam the WOO was here last week
@nightdipper5178 Жыл бұрын
I rode my bicycle out to the trestle on the hottest day of the year, over 120 degrees. Stopped and walked through the train on the way out. There is a nudist camp close to the start of the ride.
@dennisc67165 ай бұрын
It's not nude anymore. They went clothed.
@josecampos7157 Жыл бұрын
Jacoba springs? It's Jacumba Hot Springs, known to locals as Jacumba(Ha Come bah).
@-oiiio-3993 Жыл бұрын
That's not what _Carrizo George_ said.
@NexxuSix Жыл бұрын
12:10 Interesting at around this time, I was working for Nippon Sharyo USA. We were in the test-build phase of manufacturing the new Cal-Trans cars. However, these cars failed the FRA crush test, despite the cars being of a new design, and being tested several times. As a result, Nippon Sharyo USA lost its Cal-Trans contract. Rumor had it that a train building company in New York took over the project. It should also be noted that when Nippon Sharyo USA opened, there was mass protests at the Nippon Sharyo plant in Japan. During the first at round of Metra passenger cars built at Nippon Sharyo USA, the price per unit was inflated, so when the first project was completed, the property was paid off. As a result of a lost Cal-Trans contract, Nippon Sharyo USA shut down, and no longer exists.
@mikehawk2003 Жыл бұрын
That's unfortunate, their Caltrain Bi-levels are quite nice
@mikeb.7589 Жыл бұрын
I also volunteered at PSRM back in the late '80's to mid '90's! As a docent you had to study the history and lead the tours. It was fun. Hiked this section of track a couple times from Jacumba to Dos Cabesas. Some Chinese labor was used in the construction of the line. I remember there was a good Chinese restaurant in Tecate when we took a tour train there. Some Chinese settled in the area after the line was completed. There was also a Chinese architecture style house on hill in Jacumba. Italian and German prisoners of war were housed at Camp Lockett which is adjacent to where the PSRM Campo museum is located. Some Italians stuck around too after the war was over. There was an Italian restaurant in Tecate called Passetto's I remember. Descendants of the POWs ran it. Love history. Thank you Ryan.
@robinrussell7965 Жыл бұрын
Your trademark mispronunciation: it is Carrizo GORGE, not George.
@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts Жыл бұрын
Amazing story. The Chicago effect is huge. Thanks for sharing. ❤
@P90F55 Жыл бұрын
Those cars were sent out there because they are full of asbestos. A Coaster engineer and a Metra engineer were talking and the Coaster engineer said, "Hey, maybe you know about this, there are a bunch of Metra cars in the desert..." The Metra enginner said, "So that's were they went. Metra had a bunch of cars with asbestos and one day they just vsnished."
@DOLRED Жыл бұрын
These appear to be early Metra repaints of CNW equipment. Metra has sent these type coaches to the annual "Galesburg Railroad Days" held in June. I rode them there in the 1990s, and in Chicago as well (Northwest Line 1978-1989). Would never have believed they could end up sitting in a southern California desert. Museum yes, desert no. Thanks for the video!
@TonyLasagna Жыл бұрын
10:05 this is a British freight train homie. I will say, there has been a big improvement of using the correct photos/videos for the subject. Almost there.
@mackpines Жыл бұрын
Although I will probably never have a chance to hike this railroad, at least I can drive a train along the line in Trainz Simulator. Definitely do a video on Southern Pacific’s Tillamook line in Oregon and it’s eventual demise.
@darthmaul216 Жыл бұрын
Hey it’s dippy fresh
@leomaranton11 ай бұрын
It is sad to see such a railway in which a huge investment has been made, how it sits abandoned instead of being lost in the tourist circuit. A pity of such splendor
@MegaBait1616 Жыл бұрын
I've traveled all over our country and never understood why the people of California "TAG" everything up ?? Even in their parks n nice places.. smh.
@jetsons101 Жыл бұрын
Been to Manchester UK lately? Same problem, there is stupid in all countries.
@johnalder6028 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! You mentioned Wisconsin And Southern Railroad, I watch videos from Roman's Milwaukee Roads , he has excellent footage of that railroad. Greetings from Port Saint Lucie, Florida.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
We have a FL video coming up soon! I’d also like to do some episodes about WI. Thanks for your support🙏
@johnalder6028 Жыл бұрын
@@ITSHISTORY I look forward to seeing them.
@user-vk3sf2qp4d Жыл бұрын
Gorge, not George.. Amazing story. The Chicago effect is huge. Thanks for sharing. .
@austinwhipple1136 Жыл бұрын
I was there just over a year ago. Didn’t see the Goat Canyon trestle bridge but did see the abandoned rail cars. They are really neat to see and easy to get to.
@Nderak Жыл бұрын
this is the tracks next to the nudist camp right?
@straybullitt Жыл бұрын
Yep! Just to the north of the camp! ⛺️
@dennisc67165 ай бұрын
Former nudist camp.
@marcleslac2413 Жыл бұрын
Theres even used to be 3 old amt 800 series cars from montreal. Unfortunatly 2 were set ablaze recently.
@ADxG1369 Жыл бұрын
Lived in chicagoland area (1996-98) and took the Metra daily from North Suburbs (Des Plaines/Park Ridge/Evanston) to Union Station (Downtown). These look like some of them. Cool story.
@mikehughes4969 Жыл бұрын
I commuted into Chicago for a good few years in trains that look exactly like the one in thumbnail. Very strange to see where they ended up. I probably didn't ride in those exact cars, but I could have.
@bobdobalina838 Жыл бұрын
As a Chicagoan, those trains look very familiar. It used to be the illinois central line When I was a kid. We called it the I.C.
@smwca123 Жыл бұрын
Chicago and NorthWestern first introduced the "gallery" design circa 1956; it then spread to other Chicagoland commuter roads which were merged into Metra in 1984. The design spread to San Francisco, where SP operated them for what became Caltrain, and Montreal, Canada for CP, whence they passed to what is now Exo. Today the gallery design is largely out of favor; it's limited to low platforms, is not accessible, and cannot easily be made so. Starting with Toronto's GO Transit in 1977, cars with 2 full decks became the norm.
@FuhqEwe Жыл бұрын
The television presentation format works on television because you can’t fast forward. Swing and a miss.
@edwinhageman9377 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative information! T. Y. Too you and all behind the scenes! T00 make this video possible! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! These videos take passion from many people to make!
@c1ph3rpunk Жыл бұрын
Current Metra cars on the Heritage Corridor line look almost identical. Some of the most uncomfortable seats on all the Metra lines around here.
@jonathanpusar5931 Жыл бұрын
Think what’s more crazy is these same damn cars are still in operation… And they feel their age lol
@dodgydruid Жыл бұрын
That bridge prob needs to be a brick built concrete filled viaduct or a steel lattice deck atop concrete pillars, last 100 years come rain or shine with little maintaining needs.
@dn744 Жыл бұрын
Awsome 😊
@jasonervoes1326 Жыл бұрын
Hi hope all is well with you and your family too. Great video very interesting. Question Did they finally remove that abandoned train? Just curious
@Cupertinorail Жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this for a long time.
@kadenrobinson7067 Жыл бұрын
I can just imagine a scenic railroad or a railroad preserve society grabs those cars and fully restores them
@vinsonfamilycollectibles8213 Жыл бұрын
Great video and great history... Thanks !
@dougcannon117 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy your blurbs but this one did not seem to answer the Q - how those cars got out there. Why/when did Metra sell them? How did they get out there? What was the plan? Did someone actually anticipate enough passengers on this route? Why not mothball them, like passenger jets parked out in Arizona desert?
@michaelvaughn1496 Жыл бұрын
I love Carrizo George. He lives near the Carrrizo Gorge, right? Just south of the San Juan Gorge (or is that San Juan George? So hard to read and write English, especially for professional narrators).
@YTPartyTonight Жыл бұрын
Weird. I’ve lived in LA for 20 years. I moved here from Chicago. About 30 years ago-until ‘96- I worked on Canal Street. What is now Ogilvie Station yard runs past the back of the building I worked in. My work space was at the back on the 2nd floor. My window looked out onto that yard. Those Metra trains in that paint scheme-light grayish white, muted brownish stripe and muted rust orange stripe-ran in and out of that station yard, within mere feet away, past my office window.
@FremontRailMediaАй бұрын
Carrizo Gorge has a railroad, their 3 locomotives (2 F units with the big "SPIRIT" text and 1 alco unit), they're all stored at Jacumba Yard, they rarely try to repair something on the SD&AE railroad nowadays. Bonus Fact: There's a VHS video on KZfaq showing the arrival of the Chicago Metra's train cars.
@csrrjefflloyd64963 ай бұрын
The passenger cars of which some were set on fire, were sitting on a spur track back from the main track. Someone released the brakes and some if not all of the railcars rolled down and across the main track derailing. This most likely would have damaged all of the trackage and railcars making it nearly impossible to salvage anything.
@eozmansz821611 ай бұрын
being from this area and watching this is very entertaining
@BallymurphyBabe Жыл бұрын
I remember the seats moved so you could sit facing front or backwards.
@deankurowski9202 Жыл бұрын
My god, I have seen the metro cars sitting outside the Wisconsin Southern yard in Horicon, WI. Did not realize they were connected story to those in California
@YAOMTC Жыл бұрын
13:10 It's 7773, at least that's the number on the train in the picture, not 7774
@freetolook3727 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how far you could get with a hand rail car?
@mch123119696 ай бұрын
Sad, but also fascinating story.
@doctordeath.5716 Жыл бұрын
Great history and thank you for sharing this video
@darthmaul216 Жыл бұрын
And the worst part is that Metra could use those cars
@ronsblahblah Жыл бұрын
Chicago news just said they are cutting service
@ThePronkMVP524 Жыл бұрын
@@ronsblahblahWhere did you read that? They just announced plans for a service to Rockford today.
@norlockv Жыл бұрын
Metra is moving traffic from weekends and rush hour to mid day. The passenger traffic pattern is changing to mid week shoppers from early morning office workers.
@edgarsnake28573 ай бұрын
A great story, well told.
@vijayanchomatil8413 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this explanation. I have seen videos of exploration of this canyon and bridge and the passenger cars.
@johnbehneman1546Ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
@news603redux Жыл бұрын
They are CARS, not trains.
@Calamity_Jack Жыл бұрын
So sad that some people feel a compulsion to deface abandoned historical things with their amazing graffiti. Yeah, I know it can sometimes be artistic, but c'mon - not every single thing needs to be a canvas. I wish they had a little more respect.
@fredlawson9394 Жыл бұрын
Very Interesting..👍👍👍
@user-kv6wh5ut6o5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. It was good to hear about Mr. George. Maybe he needed to hire more good operators. 😂 I am sure you have heard about the George thing enough, and Jacumba. Thanks for pronouncing Baja right though, that might have did me in. A little info for you. A train isn't a train without a locomotive. Those would just be cars, or passenger cars, or rail cars, or train cars. Think of it like a Semi. A trailer isn't a semi, but it can be a semi trailer. Also, a locomotive by itself isn't a train. Sadly, the three Montreal metro cars, TPHX 801, 817, and 835, that are on a siding further up the line have been set on fire. It is sad the difference in a video from 12 years ago to a video from 1 year ago. 12 years ago they appeared to be in great condition, now they are just scrap.
@chuckbade4486 Жыл бұрын
That's Gorge, not George.
@joshuamoody2941 Жыл бұрын
CARIZZO GORGE, NOT GEORGE! ITS NOT A SLICK PIMP FROM THE 70'S.
@dodgydruid Жыл бұрын
Man them international routes must have been quite extensive if they were running BR class 66's on 'em...
@edad6618 Жыл бұрын
i live near here in san diego, i remember when i first started hiking in the desert near these cars they were pristine, north of Jajamba. but the moved them further north near the nudest colony and then the word was out. covered with graffiti ever since. careful, it is CA desert. i almost got shot there but could not convince sherifs to intervene.
@Soundbrigade Жыл бұрын
NO STOPS BETWEEN AURORA AND SAN DIEGO! PLEASE NOTE - NO STOPS BETWEEN ...
@edwardhuster8466 Жыл бұрын
I rode those trains while at Great Lakes naval yraining center.
@Jay-vo4ec Жыл бұрын
Carrizo GORGE, not George.
@Law0086 Жыл бұрын
Yeah there's that west coast flavor I've been craving!
@penelope8557 Жыл бұрын
The "mystery" is why KZfaqrs even watch this video beyond the first 30 seconds.
@hlarks Жыл бұрын
I rode those in Chicago in the 80s.
@AegisDivision01 Жыл бұрын
The "G" word you couldn't pronounce in the scenic railway's name is "Gorge," which is a geographic feature. "George," on the other hand, is a proper noun and not a geographic feature.
@BigGoucho Жыл бұрын
Are trestles traditionally tripod supports relying on support from horizontal frames?
@DoctorVdW Жыл бұрын
Not in this sense,but yes in heraldry. Used here, it is a set of repeating twin legs with horizontal crossbeams, all joined together to form the complete structure.
@tonyburzio4107 Жыл бұрын
The vast number of trestles have been wood, even big ones.
@KibuFox Жыл бұрын
Uhh.... I hate to be the guy that goes "actually" to you, but the comment at 12:45 is a perfect example of you NOT doing actual in depth research in regards to the railroad. It does still exist, and is actively working to re-open the line. There were setbacks due to Covid, yes, but work continues, which includes completely replacing bridges, and upgrading trackwork to modern standards. The bridges being replaced with metal bridges, in place of the old wooden trestles. I would hope a history channel would actually research a subject, but guess this is youtube and it's too difficult to actually do anything the correct way.
@havoc3742 Жыл бұрын
Me, when I see those cars: Oh hey, those are the cars that were used in "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" aren't they?
@mikehawk2003 Жыл бұрын
From the Southern Pacific Railroad for their San Francisco-San Jose commuter line, though they were manufactured by the same company. The cars was sold to the producers after the state took over the commuter line. I believe all the cars used in the movie were broken up after a tourist train plan went bust.
@wavesnbikes Жыл бұрын
Vandals have destoyed this equipment.
@beargillium2369 Жыл бұрын
Was hoping for some videography but cool video
@SH-ni8sh Жыл бұрын
Would be some nice drone area footage.
@ITSHISTORY Жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@johnbristow5665 Жыл бұрын
Well George we have a preserved tressle in damp old UK! In Malden Essex it must be the smallest! And too damp to combust!
@oneblankspace4919 Жыл бұрын
Some other RTA semi-bi-levels wound up rolling on the Virginia Railway Express commuter service into Washington DC.
@randomstuffman01 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. toronto canada
@michaelhayes2461 Жыл бұрын
I saw a special on Huell Howser California gold that showed that line and those cars being used for a day trip from a San Diego train museum to the Tecate beer factory in Mexico.. Also I believe those cars were going to be bought by the failed. X-train project from LA to Las vegas. Then the entire project fell through. Just going by best recollection. Maybe it was on another SD rail line, not sure.
@Idahoguy10157 Жыл бұрын
Passenger travel was replaced. And the Port San Diego didn’t create a container port. Lost business to Long Beach
@thedona.r.kbnoah7334 Жыл бұрын
I love Metra trains ⚠️👀💯
@tmastersat Жыл бұрын
There are those who would love to have cars like that for railroad projects
@ChakatNightspark Жыл бұрын
Train Tracks are Never really Abandoned. They are still Own by the Railroad Company that buys the route/tracks. While they could be Left unused for Many Many Many Years. Until the Tracks are actually Removed. They are not Abandoned and are still Own by the Company. Also Note 9:15 is the Start of the Actual Video Title of Why There are Metro Trains There. The Rest was not really needed in the video. As it did Not Explain anything about the Chicago Metro Trains Currently there.