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I like what you said about places that people don't get to go to. I'm in a wheelchair and don't leave the house very often. Most of what I see and do is through my computer. Videos like yours let me see and experience a lot more.

When you look at the old maps you realize that railroad tracks went almost everywhere. Now the remnants remind us of a way of life that is long gone.

My father worked the NH&I Railroad in the eighties and early nineties. He was able to identify everything in this video with detail. What you saw was quarry equipment, a stripped locomotive, two tenders, the larger of which belonged to the stripped loco, and the smaller of which belonged to number 1533, which at one time was the railroad’s primary engine. The bridge over the water is called an aqueduct. And the barge isn’t from canal days. It’s from an old mule barge. Pretty cool stuff.

I really wish one of these old Mexican 4-8-4s could be restored. They were such handsome engines in their day.

This is an ALCO steam locomotive that was built for the Mexican National Railways at the ALCO plant in Colony, NY. It was owned by the NRHS Chapter there. The owner of the NH&I was looking for a larger locomotive that could be on the NH&I and entered into an agreement that said the New Hope and Ivyland would restore the locomotive to operating condition in exchange for its temporary use on the NH&I. It was then supposed to be returned to its owners. I filmed it being pushed over a trestle, expecting to see it topple into the creek below, but to my surprise, it made the crossing with no problems. Repair work was about to begin when an inspection of the boiler revealed extensive corrosion that would require extensive repairs. That's when this locomotive was pushed onto the NH&I's rip track in back of the engine house and left there to rust away. Since then, the person who entered into this deal is gone and the future of the locomotive is undetermined.

These water "sediment" basins were put in by the railroad as refill stations for the steam locomotives. Probably had bunk houses for the RR men to live in. The men ensured the elevated tanks were kept full of water for the trains. They used these basins so sediment and minerals would sink and not get mixed into the supply to damage/corrode the steel boilers of the locomotives. Well water was too mixed.

I agree with you on not telling where these places are. I made the mistake of uploading videos of my exploration through an abandoned power plant, thinking it wouldn't get many views, I said exactly where it can be found, now it's kinda wrecked.😥 Sorry to the people who worked there, and live near it. Maybe some organization with gobs of money will see this, and try to rescue that locomotive...??

That's a big locomotive, definitely needs love.

I drove Santa Fe trains when I was 13 - 14 years old. Not steam engines, they were standard diesel powered, this was back in 78 -79 timeframe. I actually peeled out a couple of times and would shoot sparks from the wheels, lol. I got to drive them up and down the tracks at a rail yard in Wichita, KS. My brother-in-law worked for Santa Fe and would take me to the yard on weekends and we would "test drive" the trains after a repair was made. Some of the best times in my life. Great video, thanks for posting.

The first tender is marked as New Hope & Ivyland Railroad. They’re a preservation and museum railway operating in Bucks County Pennsylvania. The locomotive you stumbled across is a Northern type Steam Locomotive. The 4-8-4 Locomotives were built by both Baldwin and ALCO for more than a decade, and saw much use on various North American railways. Classified as “Northern” type locomotives, they were primarily used for passenger service. The 4-8-4 is a reference to its configuration. 4 dolly wheels up front, 8 drivers, and 4 more trailing. The small 2 axle trucks in the front and rear are for weight distribution and to keep the locomotive going in the right direction. The only wheels under power are the 8 large drivers you can see starting at approximately 5:24 in the video. The large drivers are a clear indication that this locomotive was made for speed rather than pulling power. It’s likely you stumbled across a parts locomotive owned by the NHRR(New Hope & Ivyland Railroad). Considering how it’s mostly stripped of useful parts, they probably have long since stopped pulling from it. It’s likely this is an old New York Central passenger locomotive, seeing as the other big northern railroads, such as the Pennsylvania Railroad and Burlington Route, were more fond of Berkshire’s and Mountain/Mohawk types for passenger service. Of course, this could also be a former Canadian Pacific or Canadian National Confederation type (their name for the Northern class). But, yeah, it’s a cool part of history you stumbled upon. Unfortunately, it’s not actually abandoned, and you’re trespassing on private land seeing as NHRR is owned by the Bucks County Railroad Preservation & Restoration Corporation. I’m not saying you can’t be there, but just be mindful of the fact that the place you’re in is a parts yard for steam locomotives and other antique rail equipment.

That big old engine would have been quite a deal to watch moving down the tracks! Good video, Chris.

I was a trainman, conductor … and also played banjo for the tourists on the New Hope & Ivyland Rail Road back in the 1970s. Back then the primary engine was # 1533 a Canadian National ten wheeler. It was a very cute engine. As I was watching this video I didn’t recognize any of the rolling stock.

Ironically I had photographed this engine at the NH&I RR at some point in the 90's, it was at that point fully intact, there was also a florida power and light Alco RS3 on the property, I was told that it was a Baby Niagra" by some of the workers on site. interesting to see this video and come across it again. thanks for posting this!

I live a short distance from the aqueduct in your video along the Delaware River. It was built to transport coal from the mines along the Lehigh River. Our town has the remains of a lock lift to raise boats coming to Pennsylvania. They had 2 water systems, one for drinking, one for water power. We have a church in town that has a water turbine to power the pipe organ.

The painted car looks like either a baggage car or an old USPS car. In the old days mail was moved by rail from town to town on the passenger trains. It would be picked up at one town and sorted by the postal crew for all the towns ahead. they would do this continuously. mobile postal distribution center. They have a fully restored one at the Sacramento rail museum.

I'm from Pennsylvania and I use Google Earth to track down cool places like this all the time. The coolest spot I ever found was a massive abandoned limestone quarry with crystal blue water and a bunch of old rusty machinery and 200ft tall coaling towers we could climb in and dive out of into the water. On the far end there was a 40 ft cliff and I'll never forget one summer day, a friend and I brought a mini trampoline, set it up and started doing flips off it. That's when we discovered the cliff was covered in giant stalactite and flowstone formations. I'll never forget my excitement. Coolest hangout spot ever!

Guys, there are trail cams all over back there. JDM concrete is open again. The Mexican engine & tenders have been sitting back there for over 25 years. My son liked walking back there when he was younger. 🚂

I live there in that town .. and I go on that trail with my bike A LOT. Thanks for NOT REVEALING THE NAME OF THE PLACE!!! We love respectful visitors and explorers like yourself Chris, Jay and Lamont.. but we hope curious graffiti vandals and other elements don’t find this place. It’s still public access so ain’t our business stopping nobody if they wanna go here. All we can wish for is “leave it like you found it”. If they find this place, it’ll turn into a small camp with beer cans, liquor bottles, trash and graffiti - within months. Right now it’s a great trail for the local retired couples and young working class folks and their pets and children.

Canal portion traversing over river is called an aqueduct. I've seen a number of them viewing narrow boat canal videos in the UK.

Thank you for going to this place and showing us this relic and what a wonderful one it is!

Excellent video. A year ago, last July 4th I sought out this abandoned railroad tunnel in Clinton MA next to this beautiful dam. I walked through that entire tunnel despite the no trespassing sign. It was spectacular and I was the only one there, who else would walk through an abandoned tunnel on the 4th of July by themselves on this beautiful hot day? Only Me! I was glad I did it that day. It was interesting seeing graffiti from 40 to 50 years ago. I wasn't supposed to be there, I just got such a kick of going to this abandoned place. It wasn't a safe tunnel as I could see part of the ceiling had caved in and was on the floor of the tunnel. But it was spectacular just me and the frogs and my powerful flashlight. I highly recommend you go to places like this. I left no trace of my visit. No graffiti or trash. I am sure if the owner had a little more money the place would have been fenced off, glad it was not fenced off during my visit. Last winter I crossed an abandoned rail road bridge that crossed route 95 in Waltham MA. That was also an adventure. I do these things by myself which may not be smart but I enjoy doing these things.

WoW what a find on a woods walk!!! Such a Beautiful Iron Horse out there all alone waiting for its date with mother nature. Thank you for this one!! Huge shout out to Journey with Jay!!!💯💥💯💥❣

I'm no big train buff, but i love this older stuff. It would be great to see it up and running again, what an awesome sight that would be.

ah yes.. New Hope and Ivyland's 3028... hope to see that restored someday

The small tender has what appears to have the name NEW HOPE & IVYLAND on the one side.

I love the old unknown. Inspiring me to go trek through my town and country! Ty!!! ❤

That something I have never seen up close. Thank you guys for sharing with us. 😊

Omg, what a find!!! I saw the upkick on the trailing truck and immediately thought OMG a J3 Hudson!!! But alas it's a Northern, but still rare. Hope their legacy will be saved

You guys have a great sense of humanity. Nicely done.

I live in the Adirondacks, this is exactly what I do for fun. There isn't any spot deep in the woods where you won't stumble onto history around here! It's blown my mind, the things we were never taught in school about our past is staggering!

That locomotive was very beautiful. Imagine if someone would purchase it and restore it so that people could visit it. The ticket price could pay down the costs of restoration. In a recreation area near us, old caboose have been cleaned and refurbished to be used as camper cabins.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your adventures!

Thanks for the video guys- amazing how things were built back then, just awesome to behold.

Man, this is unbelievable. Would love to know more about the locomotive, thank you for sharing your visit!! 🔥

Epic! I hope you guys remember to be safe around all that stuff. Rock on.

A awesome size of locomotive it looks like it could fit right into a mad max movie 😮❤

That's very cool. I've loved exploring since I was a kid 40 years ago. We used to have an old train station in our town (probably the size of a double-wide mobile home) we would ride our bikes to and go inside. My state is pretty young, so it's cool to see this stuff from pre 1900. We don't have anything like those canals (at least not shipping, storm water, yeah), especially one over a river! We do have one of the furthest inland ports, part natural/man-formed river.

Thanks for the tour.

Chirs, you find and show us the coolest stuff!!!!❤ Thank you!!!!

Wow! That's the coolest looking steam locomotive. What a beast!

“Steve Wallis camps inside of the boiler of an old locomotive.”

If you look on the inside of the railroad tracks you can find a date that the track was made so that gives you a good idea how long that place that you visited has been there. It’s a date that’s imprinted on there.

I’ve never seen a “canal bridge”. Very interesting! Thank you for sharing your amazing adventure!

Great video! Congratulations! Hugs from México!

Cool Chris! Very interesting! Thanks for showing it to us !❤

This is a qr-1 Niagara steam loco built by alco jn 1946 for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México

The railroads ended the canals, especially the Erie Canal. There is a similar canal in Maryland called the C&O canal (Chesapeake and Ohio) and it includes an aqueduct to continue the canal over the Monocacy river where it enters the Potomac. The Monocacy aqueduct looks a lot like what you found but appears older. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video, thanks for sharing! 👍👍 Pete 🇨🇦

What a great find. I dont know anything about trains,but ive always loved the look of a Steam Engine Train. Also,if you want to go to Great Falls, Virginia. Its beautiful and they have a old canal system.

Great video, what a marvelous machine!

What a super cool thing to find in the forest

Fascinating! Cool stuff, for sure- but do be careful. It probly is private property. Somebody somewhere owns all that stuff- and the land. Good adventure! Love historical places and things like this off the beaten path!👍🇺🇸❤️

Such a same. So such a cool find thanks for showing!

They built an aqua -duct over the river. There are several like that here in Illinois . Great find!

Thank You boys, that was a interesting old find in the bush 👍 Au

These are the videos I always enjoy a lot, despite the absence of a location or story spectacle! There is at least two things to grind your brains on: That mysterious concrete structure and what its purpose could have been and of course that stripped and therefore strange but magnificent looking locomotive.

GREAT video....TY for posting !

Hola, hermoso vídeo , pero muy triste a la vez, para mi es un crimen imperdonable el dejar morir y pudrirse una máquina tan hermosa y perfecta como lo es un tren y una Locomotora a vapor , siempre pienso que más temprano que tarde éstas maravillosas máquinas van a volver a salvar la vida de miles de personas y la industria en nuestro planeta , ellas generaban de todo hasta energía eléctrica , eran autosuficientes , sólo leña, carbón y agua , hoy les cortan la electricidad y ahí quedan paradas, creo que en eso Rusia hoy es el máximo exponente del rescate a todas éstas maravillosas máquinas incluso modernizando trenes antiguos con electromotores independientes pero sincronizados , es fabuloso gracias.

Thanks for the show.

A 4-8-4 Alco. A J unit Possible and Alco J3. We have one being fully restored in Nashville. 576 was taken out of the Centennial Park, Nashville Tennessee. Will be in operation end of this year of early 2025. It was the last of the J3s of its kind. They took the tubes out of the boiler of the Engine you are posting. So if you are in the Nashville area be sure to stop by the Railroad Museum to see the latest work on the Alco J3 576. Great job with this guys.

Amazing find. I can't imagine how long these places have gone unused, with how overgrown they are. I wonder what they were like back when they were active.

This is so dam cool ! Blast from the past . Love it ! !

I have an abandoned rail spur behind my apartment building. It was abandoned in 1967. There are fully grown trees between the rails. I use it as a shortcut.🚂

What an amazing find!

Thanks for the very interesting video and the amazing find. The history of that place would be fun to read and find out why they abandoned it. Good job!

This place is awesome!

I wish i had friends like you. This is so cool. All my friends are scared to leave the town i grew up in. Awesome vid 👍👍👍

When I first saw the thumbnail I thought it was an old Soviet steam engine. Still very cool, and I'll echo another comment in saying that I hope someone gets a hold of it and either preserves or restores it.

The two enclosed pipes in the firebox are Steam syphons, used to re-use superheated steam back into the boiler, we had the Southern Railway Bullied Pacific's which had the same design.. All the boiler tubes have been removed and the front plate... The canal over the river is called an aqueduct, we have one at Avoncliff " Kennet & Avon Canal in Wiltshire, Nr Bath..UK...

Cool stuff, I enjoy spelunking a bit too. That canal over the river made me think of the song Bridge Over Troubled Waters 👍

I love looking on google earth for things when I'm bored. Just the other day in fact I decided to start a project of mapping the abandoned railways where I live (Southern Ontario) that can still be seen in satellite views for fun. I find they can be easily found as they formed property boundaries and leave "scars" across farmers fields, leaving paths that eventually make their ways into cities or other tracks, the more you look the more you end up finding.

The large stone structures remind me of the locks in Akron, OH. You can still see parts of them in the park.

Very good. Fascinating.

In the 70's and 80's my brother and I would explore the waterfront of the NY and NJ metro area. Wow, there were hundreds of abandoned piers and warehouses and factories. We went on a half sunk ferrie on the Jersey side of the Hudson River and found cups, saucers and plates that they used for their coffee shop. Hard to believe but it's all gone now. With all the new condos built along the waterfront you can't even get to the river anymore. It was an urban explorers dream. Better than Disneyland!

I'm originally from Rochester New York where the canal crossed over the Genesee River before they dug it down where you guys were so you're welcome and Rochester is 30 40 miles away from Schenectady as well where that train was made pretty trippy thanks for sharing the video

Man ! Fascinating! That is the coolest thing! Wow !

Back in my day as a kid, my best friend and I were out in the woods exploring, and we came across, it was like a pool of dark blue, green substance. I think we found an industrial dumping site. We put our foot on top of the stuff and left an imprint. I look back now and think, that had to have been some sort of illegal dumping of some sort of chemical. It was scary back then, we didn’t tell anyone. We probably should have.

Thanks Chris, for the upload. I have friends with BNSF Railroad, and I will tell them about your video, and channel. I know they'll find it interesting.

@1:20 that is an old canal lock. Very cool find!

Great video!! I live in western PA, so to see this makes me happy. Shame it couldn't go Steamtown, or somewhere like that to be refurbished and preserved, instead of rotting away in the woods. The Horseshoe Curve could use it on display too!

Excellent video. I really enjoy watch you along with Jay. He seems like a really cool guy as always, stay safe and healthy. And your family, friends and all your viewers. ❤

We never know what we will find in the woods. I agree with you about the graffiti on the locomotive, I can imagine how beautiful it was. I just subscribed to Jay's channel, thanks to you!

Awesome video and thanks for sharing. Dave

Great find!.

Great find Chris.

The ledder is for the floating tanks inspection. Unfortunately that tanks are most of the walls missing. Awesome video ,gents !

I honestly hope they do something with 3028, it deserves to see the light of day and fresh rails again.

Great program, and thank you for bringing this to the people, I don't get out much longer.

This is so sad. This is how we treat our own history. Our technology.

From Pennsylvania and live in Oklahoman. Nice to see the back hills of my home state!

All the equipment has historical value. The N de M steamer belonged to my past club. The Mohawk and Hudson NRHS in Albany NY. We had a special train to it on the D&H in 1967. Open cars! Caboose and Baggage car which had toilets in it for the passengers when needed. 45mph speed limit so the wind was not too much. It was such fun! Over the years the chapter died off. The steamer project was stopped. Many people and groups take things apart and have no more energy or money to continue. Our trip circled Albany on those lines that are trails today. The coach is a Cannonball coach from the Long Island RR . It was for diesel service on the east end of the Island. The New York Central baggage car was for the very profitable mail, and package express business that the railroads completely lost Oct 1967. Amtrak tried to get into this business. But could not overcome the trucking companies lobby nor the railroads that are controlled by stock ownership positions of oil, and GM. Today we are building new steamers. Like the T-1 in Ohio. Of the Pennsylvania RR. And I still race across the country on Amtrak's popular name trains. The pathetic underfund cut back Amtrak is all we have today. I know you think of the Northeast Corridor which is only 466 miles of 20,000. It is the most comfortable way between two points.

Cool find...stuff should be in a museum somewhere.

I remember exploring NH&I back there like 10 years ago after riding the train and finding that locomotive sitting back there. Not far from my house at all

Another great video. Liked to have pics of inside of passenger car but otherwise great! Thanks, Chris

Chris, I think your train/Railroad videos are Awesome!

I'm inspiring 56-year-old artist... All I can say... Is that f****** thing is awesome!!!!!!

You're lucky you're there in the winter... all that hairy vine all over the place is poison ivy!

Would be cool to transport back in time when the train , barge etc was new , thankful I have an imagination 😊

Very cool engine. Thanks