And that's the NICE part of town! LOL Seriously, I grew up there (I'm 48) and it hasn't changed much, but somehow looks much more run down on film than it is in person. I won races in that pool, drank in those frat houses, shopped in those stores, got gas at those filling stations... a great place to grow up, though it may not look it. I think the people made it. Great people... it's not about the houses, you know. Thanks for capturing this; thanks for the memories!

I can see my house in this, a block to the left from Benny's. When this was recorded though, I lived in the Phi Tau house beside Benny's and you can easily see my car, the green one in front of Benny's & behind the tree (@1:45). It's neat seeing a Montgomery pan like this on KZfaq

i am a montgomery, my great great great grandfather founded the town, in the 50s my grandfather owned a plymouth dealership, Hancock motors. This is my town you can say run down but its the people, the mountains and the feel. And to the person talking about london wva almost all my family is buried in london memorial park including my grandfather lawrence "pug" hancock. other then the montgomerys that are buried on the hill behind the bridge. please dont say this town is run down

The Amtrak journey in WV was one of the highlights of my US holiday

Montgomery is my home town, Im in Lewis county now. I know its been over two years since the video was made, but the place sure looks run down. All my best wishes to Montgomery! Thanks for the video!

i grew up In london, atkins lane, went to school at grant, joined army now live in texas, Retired, love going home to visit, nice to see everything is still standing, Jerry

with proper management and structure, montgomery could be the ideal working class, excoal mining town of wva. I hope to return soon!

Thanks for the nice comment,torpedo :-)I'd been taking a few photos as we went through KY and WV,then I saw the mine in the distance and started to video it; as I did so the train began to slow down so I kept recording. I had no idea we were coming into Montgomery,it was just accident that I videoed it! The backing track is 'All in its own time' by Anandi.

I grew up down the river in london but my dad lived up on 4th ave in Mont, hell we live in a trailer park back in the 70's down where the krogers used to be, if anybody remembers that

I live in the Stoke area and love to travel. Philly/NYC this June and Seattle/Portland/SF and Milwaukee to come in September

@pignanelli It comes across on video as being a dull day whereas it was actually quite sunny and warm. Maybe it's that that makes it look rundown? Places often look nicer in the sunshine

i miss the moutains and the river, especially london

hey skygage1405 when did you live in london, maybe we knew each other, i live down adkins lane and maw maw live out behind the grant elementary