Finding the fire ring is definitely a Wow ! That's so cool. I hope anyone else who finds it leaves it alone for others to marvel as well. Congratulations Jeff.👏

I was driving my school bus,along with another, taking 5th graders from Sacramento to Yosemite for a week. We got stopped by CHP. Had no clue why. The officer explained a movie was being shot and we needed to turn the buses off and windows up. I looked over and seen the engine behind the DeLorean. We watched them starting to push the DeLorean and off we went after it was clear. That was one of the coolest things that I was fortunate to see. That old building in the background was in a 60s film I forgot the name of. Thought I'd share a fun moment of my life. Be safe and happy everyone

Back to the future, three was my first first job in the entertainment business because I owned the biggest lathe in Tuolumne county. I had to modify the railroad wheels for the DeLorean, because it was continually derailing when it went over switches, it turned into a 30 year career in special effects.

As a young girl I got to ride on the train several times. My dad was involved in steam engine and railroad repair. We (my dad’s business) had a round house too dating back to the 1880’s. It was I. Oroville. Now gone. A fire burned it down in the late 70’s.

The Back to the Future trilogy is my all time favorite movie!!! Maybe because I was young and had a crush on Michael J Fox. Maybe because I still remember going to the theater with my big sister. Whatever the reason, I still watch the movies from time to time (now with my 15 yr old daughter) and I still love it!!! Thank you so much for showing this. That is so cool that the campfire is still there.

. Thanks for Taking us back to the future 😂

I was glad to hear Dan Blockers name come up. As a racing fan I remember when he sponsored a sports Racing car in the can-am series that was ran in the 60s-70s. I was not involved in racing until 1979 when I ran my first race at riverside raceway. Dan was beloved by many people not just movie and tv watchers.🤠👍

We went on a Saturday so we could ride the steam engine which was so cool and I recommend you visit the museum. The workshop is very interesting and shows how they repair the engines and the a working machine shop and turn wheel with all volunteer. if you’re interested in trains and movies with trains this is for you!

I really enjoyed when you went there for the festival and meet some of the actors! It would have been cool if the would have left the #3 on for Back to the Future. It’s amazing these old trains are still around in 2024! Unfortunately Michael J. Fox’s health to took a turn for the worse. I wish him happiness. Back to the future would have been the perfect movie to restart now! Since I was a kid I loved the sound of the train bells. Wow can’t believe the fire ring was still there! Thanks Jeff for another great video!

Very cool Jeff! Glad to see you went back to take a second look at the caboose.👍 That was me, lol. 11 years ago, my middle son,Sean, made revamping the movie prop display room his Eagle Scout project! It still looks good.😃 Thanks for all your work on these excellent videos. Lance

You should check out Merced Falls and Hornitos.. My great grandmother owned/owns the Ole river inn saloon.. The Ole railroad turntable plus more is located directly behind the bar. Maybe consider a segment on the area. Nonetheless, We enjoy every episode. Thanks, Callie & Joel Bell

Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday! Thanks for sharing this filming location again. It's great to learn about history. Have a wonderful day!

My husband who is retiring this June at age 61, has worked on the railway for 45 yrs. He said he never wants to see a train ever again. 😂 Great episode Jeff, by the way I loved Petticoat Junction. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

This one had some of my HH favourites: 'Back to the Future' and the old West! YAY! (and yee-hah!)

Fantastic show Jeff. Fun watching you find those special spots ! How cool seeing the actual Petticoat Junction water tower. Lori Saunders.👍🏻 Thanks for taking us along ! Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

This is great to see again! I loved Little house on the Prairie, I have all the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, cause I am a romantic vintage loving 🥰 woman. And I have see Back to the future too, all three parts were great; special the first episode. They were something different; adventures and comedy. Thank you for sending us this updates! 😊👍🏻

I always learn something new from you when watching. Great info. Thank you Jeff.

Railtown is one of my favorite placed to visit. The boneyard of extra and used train parts can keep me mesmerized for hours...much to my wife's annoyance. Great video, Jeff!

Another great movie/tv history lesson. Thanks, Jeff. I hope your friend's followers like his video as well. Congrats on finally finding the fire ring. I'm looking forward to your next adventure in history.

Hey Jeff! This is Daniel H. That's awesome that you captured the area of the old mill site! We used to see it while driving on Highway 120 before the fire destroyed it. It's amazing that the fire ring is still there even after all this time. With the couple's retirement, the locals may consider organizing another "Back to 1885" event to uphold the tradition. MJF's stand-in, who lives in the area, expressed interest in adding more DeLorean's to the mix. We'll see what happens!

That is SO cool that the water tower from Petticoat Junction is still there! I loved that show when I was a kid.

My family lived in Chinese Camp back in the early '70's. I went to the "pagoda" school while my older siblings went to Sonora for school. I remember these places so well. Thanks so much for this video as well as your others. I live a few states over now, and this is a nice way to visit the old stomping grounds.

What a fun adventure. I love seeing old filming locations. As always, thank you for taking us along...

Great video. Around 1989 I guess I talked on the phone with elderly technical gun coach and holster maker Arvo Ojala who taught fast draw to Marylin Monroe, Paul Newman, and endless others including Michael J Fox. He told me he was recently working at BTTF 3 on this movie set. I was mad wishing I called earlier as I fantasized that I might have gotten him to let me watch. Ojala also did Three Amigos and you can see “Biff” in this film is wearing a holster that one of the Amigos wore, but on a plain belt. Like a dummy I put off visiting the place before it burned down.

Another great and fun video. Thanks for the mention of Brisco County Jr. A short lived but fun Bruce Campbell show.

I loved this episode with all the info and history of Hollywood trains. Finding the fire ring was the icing on the cake!

Another fine program, Jeff! My late mother helped drive Zumwalt family cattle from Altaville/Angels Camp into the summer ranges near Highland Lakes and Folger Peak back in the mid-'20s. Charlie Tryon, a fixture in the Angels Camp community, lived just above the Sierra Railroad tracks as they entered Angels. His dog would run down to the trackside to get the paper that was tossed from the first train from Jamestown in the AM.... Charlie called the Sierra RR into Angels the "Tri-Daily" because it would leave and "try all day" to make it back in the afternoon. At the time, there were various switchbacks the trains had to negotiate to get down to and up from the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River bed (now inundated by the new Melones Reservoir. KEep up the fabulous efforts! Best, PK

I've been to Railtown, it is a fantastic place. There is so much Hollywood history there. I was very excited to see the Petticoat Junction water tower. Thanks for bringing up the memories.

Thank you once again for taking us with you. I remember visiting Railtown in 82 when it opened. Fun place to see.

Jeff, you did it again. Another amazing episode, with an extra bonus, that of a western theme. I no absolutely LOVE Westerns and I'm a fan of all the shows you mentioned here. And the firepit ring, WOW! That was a great find. I hope that everyone else who finds that place, they'll show respect like you did, and not disturb it. Already looking forward to your next post, Jeff. Hope you and Sarah have a great rest of the day and new week ahead. May the Peace of the Lord be upon you all. God Bless you both and your families. 😊

U Gentleman help bring back alotof MEMORIES as I am frum that area; GREAT JOB & I still enjoy the 'foothills'; so much amazing history....THANK U!!🙂

Thanks you from france. Great video as always. A Huge bttf fan 😊

I like having these types of videos sprinkled in. Fun to see how things have changed. Thanks for taking us along. 🙂

That fire ring find is awesome! Makes you want to pull up a lawn chair and sit by it minus the fire. Just for the experience.

Love getting my weekly HH "fix"! So sad it all burned up...Thnx for the memories Jeff! ~Chris

Always great to revisit the BTTF 3 property and share with fans that want to see the old set locations and what Railtown offers.

Thanks again Jeff for taking us to the location of Back to the Future movies. It great you were able to spot some iconic scenes from this movie. 🎥

I rode on the #3 train way back in 96 when I lived up in Douglas Flat area. We went out only a couple miles and then they turned her around and we came back to the Jamestown station. But it was fun. Funny note about the The Runaway Caboose episode if you don't know already. There is a scene where the train is chugging along and you can see a white pick up driving down old hwy 4 I think way in the background. I always get a kick out of seeing that "blooper"

Back to the Future III was my favorite of the 3.---I'm old enough to have seen a few episodes of Petticoat Junction! ---So happy for you that you discovered the fire pit. AND, made someone else's day as well!

The SIERRA RAILROAD was HOLLYWOOD's go-to railroad even though the studios had their own trains and rolling stock... Big movies like DODGE CITY with Errol Flynn, MAN OF THE WEST with Gary Cooper, and TV's CASEY JONES and IRON HORSE... I din't get to work on BACK TO THE FUTURE II or III, but I did work on the original, even with Eric Stoltz at the start through to Michael J. Fox whilst he was on his sitcom at the same time... boy he had the energy back then!

At the very beginning of the clip @ 4:50 the man on the left with his head turned was a local extra who had one speaking word in the movie: “Clara.” That man’s name is Victor Belprez with whom I worked when I was a teenager on Sierra RR excursion trains in the 70’s. Victor tended bar on the trains and later at the St. Charles Saloon in Columbia when this movie was made. Victor was a big, gentle guy who taught elementary school, owned a chimney sweep business and gave good advice to a young me. One of the most magically serene nights of my life was in the early 80’s at the St. Charles during a rare snowfall. The power went out and we sat in the old saloon with the pot belly stove crankin’ and the coal oil lanterns lit, Victor pouring the beer. We had a cribbage tournament with other patrons and left the bar with the trees (and me) lightly dusted and only enough snow on the road to keep things quiet. This is why I love your channel. God bless the History Hunters and God bless my friend Victor, RIP. Many thanks you guys. Great show. Brings joy in ways you probably don't expect. 🙂

Interesting video. I’m old enough to remember seeing the smoke from those old steam trains and actually rode on one when I was in kindergarten, only about 6 miles, from my little home town to the neighboring town.

LH is one of my all time favorite shows I watch to this day. Thanks for this!

It was fun seeing the sites of old movies and TV shows.

2 favorite things history hunters and trains. Another great episode, always love the movie sets and places especially from the old westerns. Thanks for sharing 👍

Jeff, I can't believe your work it's incredible ! You come up with more information . It would take me a year to come up with I only wish you could put out more then one per week. THANK you Frank from Montana......

I've always enjoyed your videos of BTTF Jeff. This one is cool because you found the fire ring! Thanks for another look at movie history.

Jeff this is a great video! Loved the old railroad engine and the stories. I learn something every time I watch! 💯👍👊❤️

I have always wished I could see this area back around the time of filming. I was just at 1897 2 weeks ago and have watched B to the F3 many many times. It never gets old. Thanks for sharing this very cool stuff!

Kind of reminds me of the trip I took years ago around Baker City in Oregon to find the filming site of No Name City from Paint Your Wagon. You would never know it was there.

Even growing up in Modesto and spending time in the park it is great to see all the hidden gems.

Great video

A great love of the old trains started with ol' #3 growing up there. I must get a ride on the Chuggin, the Polardville train. Man I miss their chicken! Thx Jeff great video!

Enjoyed again, Jeff and Sarah

As a teenage boy, I loved Petticoat Junction. And it wasn't because of Uncle Joe! 😅. Love your videos, Jeff!

This is so cool! I would love to go on adventures like this! Always great to watch your stuff, Jeff. Cheers 🍻

Really good video Jeff as i grew up watching petticoat junction you walked me back in time Thankyou for taking us on a journey through time :)

Petticoat Junction!!!! Loved that show 😊

I remember well the filming of Back to the Future because I am a truck driver and remember being held up on 120 as they didn’t want any vehicles showing up in the background on some scenes... if I remember right the CHP would not allow them to hold traffic for anymore then 20 minutes at a time... and there were plenty of signs warning of the delays ahead so you could take an alternate route

You had me a Back To the future!!! Great find with the fire pit Jeff! Love the video!!!

Well done Jeff

what a great episode! can't wait till it clears up and we can go look for that fire ring!

Best episode yet! Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

How cool the fire ring was still there! Thanks for another great video. Stay safe in this storm!

Jeff, that was a wonderful video. Thank you again for sharing that information on back to the future 3. That was awesome that the fire ring was still there

Outstanding as always Jeff!

Thanks, Jeff! This was so cool.

Totally loved this episode!! Wonderful job. It’s a shame all those sets burned down. Must’ve been a wild fire….

I enjoyed this episode very much! Thank you 🙏

A friend of told me right after the lightning strike, that he and his crew of volunteer fire fighters good have saved the movie set, but his supervisor's told them not to, that they had to stay at the highway, to keep it from going across the road

Your videos are simply amazing. The location of sites and built in clips make your videos that more captivating. For me, to know and see, unfortunately not in person like yourself, this is where so many famous people and movies took place. To know they walked these grounds....fantastic!

Love Petticoat Coat Junction. I miss those shows. Great Video..

Hello boy you sure brought alot of memories love it all but when you had the clips of petticoat junction boy I used to watch that a lot . The episode of Little House on the prairie season 2 episode 16 I'm going to have to find that anyway thank you for the adventure of the history of this 🏆

Jeff I saw both of your other Back To The Future videos. Fully enjoyed them. I love your movie/tv show location videos a lot. Keep em coming.

So cool jeff, I loved this watching the sets and the trains that was used in those sets. partically the train that was used in high noon. loved that. and the caboose that little joe used as well, There was another train used in the tv western show the wild wild west. I do know the inside shots was done on a set tho. but they also had a real train they used in that show. not sure were that train is now. kinda of a shame those movies won't pick up there mess after filming is done tho. seeing the pieces left is just littering the earth more. Thankyou jeff. I enjoyed seeing the sets.

You never disappoint, and yes I also have a pic with old #3 ,

Hi Jeff! Awesome video! As the wife and I watched your video, I told her I didn't remember seeing the neat stack displays when I was up there as a teenager. Then it hit me, you reminded me how old I was, Back to the Future was not filmed yet. :) Oh well, cant stop time. Next visit to see family in Sonora and Columbia, we will stop and check it out. Where's that DeLorean when you need it to go back in time haha.

Jeff, Adam the Woo's video from the other day with Biff (Tom) from Back To The Future was a really good video as well. Good job on finding these locations. I enjoyed this one even though I am not a fan of the movie.

Thank you so much for sharing this episode. Love it. Been to Jamestown many of times & visited railtown as well. Love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing. 😊

I love this kind of then and now content, and am now subbing to Shaun's channel. Another excellent vlog. Edit: I recognize Harold Gould from Golden Girls, it's my wife's favorite show.

Cool video. I like seeing the actual locations from famous movies. Thank you.☮️💖🎶

Always enjoy, but really enjoyed this one, plus around 10 years ago did visit Jamestown and saw the #3 Engine. Thanks for sharing and I'll be sharing your Video with my model train friends. (I have a 1/87 DeLorean and steam engine that I run at train shows.)

Loved this Jeff!!

Another awesome episode! Love it. Thanks Jeff.

Another great one Jeff!

Nice! Always glad to see views of the Sierra RR. Spent 2 great summers working there.

I love it. You really get to have all the fun and meet the coolest people.

Love it. Great presentation! Thanx!

Always interesting and well presented. Great job Jeff.

I can't get enough of stuff like this! Great video!

Great video, Mr. Duffy!!!

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

I’m petticoat Junction old. It was my favorite program in the 60s.

I love BTTF.....and would love to visit those spots sometime. Great video!

back in the day we use to let the air out of our tires and ride those same tracks. the movie set down chinese camp area burned in early 90s from lightning fires. i could show them where the movie OLD YELLER was filmed

Thanks for sharing. Went to Railtown in Sept. 2022 and found it to be a fascinating place.

Been there, nice to have a little more back story! Thanks.

Thanks for sharing…. Great show

Thanks Jeff good job

Thanks for sharing this! As a movie buff I always wondered where this train location was! Sad from a California native. lol