What Happened to the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad?

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What Happened to the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad?

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Fremont Nebraska is a awesome Hot spot for railfaning Union Pacific freights headed in the Omaha subdivision or headed up onto the Blair Sub. For Union Pacific it is the most busy place in all of Eastern Nebraska. Along with UP is the BNSF Sioux City Subdivision which doesn’t see all that much mainline action but can have some interesting switching and local action.If your in Eastern Nebraska or Neighboring states this is a must see place.But at one time it was more then just theses railroads. There was once a short passenger line Called the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad.This is its story and history.
I don’t own most of the clips in this video and I have given credit to them.
Music is by Lakey Inspired

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@railfanmaximstill7279 2 жыл бұрын

3:33 That caboose sits behind sheds on the Inglewood Side of town. There's actually two BN Cabooses there.

@backalleyrailroading2835 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Des Plaines Illinois where there were 3 railroads. SOO Line, Milwaukee Road and of course Chicago North Western. Noticed they were all mentioned here. This was very interesting and nicely done.

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool place, I think I’ve been there before. Yes all of these fallen flags were awesome. Thanks for the comment I’m happy you enjoyed it

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

@@unionpacificomaha The industry was no longer regulated so they could do anything they wanted. The government is controlled by highway and airline people. They know if you deregulate railroads they merge up and get rid of competition. Mergers are about having less. Driving rates up, making other non rail carriers more competitive for most shipments by rail. These massive take overs got rid of jobs, ruined towns and screwed over employees and customers. With less jobs and higher rates. Which are passed on to consumers. Just look at towns today that have lost their rail transportation.

@railfanmaximstill7279 6 ай бұрын

7:26 One of those crossing signals has disappeared

@UP4014SteamTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Job Will I remember going to that Railroad For The Day out With Thomas Event !

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I went for that thing once too

@UP4014SteamTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

@@unionpacificomaha Nice Next Time we go to Fremont we should Explore the old train and tracks

@NealMouse9140 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard on Twitter the Thomas Replica derailed there back in 2002.

@UP4014SteamTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

@@NealMouse9140 That s Interesting my first time hearing about that

@NealMouse9140 3 жыл бұрын

@@UP4014SteamTrainFan Yeah, They Said No One Was Hurt. Thomas was Hooked At the Back Of the Train, until he got uncoupled, and derailed off the tracks. They managed to put him back on Tracks. It Could be Found on an Newspaper on twitter

@Rosso_Dabosso 3 жыл бұрын

Glad someone made a video on the old line. Got stopped a couple times at the highway 77 crossing in Fremont, once with the Thomas day. Never did get to ride it. Hope to explore the abandoned line up to Hooper some day.

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

It is cool

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

Cowboy was also the name of the local passenger train, ran on it. Most revenue was the mail and packages . When that was put on trucks the train was finished. The small mail shipments left and small packages were on the highway bus line. Arrow Stages. When the trucking lobby got that business the bus disappeared too. Air Services not maintained by the government for high income people are gone too now.

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

Is that the crossing they were shoving back and a truck hit the volunteer flagging the crossing from the caboose? Killed him I think. It's a busy crossing had lights and bells on it no gates.

@StevenKCRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and great job doing an explanation on this! Great to know more info on this railroad!

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes it was great for me to learn about it as well

@crsd80mac37 3 жыл бұрын

the cowboy sub is a baller name.

@curtismass1014 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking me down memory lane. I grew up in Hooper. I remember one summer they had to stop train just before it entered town to let the fire department to respond to an emergency. If I had the money, I would repair and add on to the line. I would have it go from Omaha to Norfolk, Nebraska on existing rail. Stopping in Schuyler, Columbus and Madison. The reason I would not have it stop in Hooper is because there is a new(ish) bypass in the way. There are also plans to make 275 four lanes all the way to West Point.

@unionpacificomaha 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment, glad I could bring you back. Thanks for watching!

@WOLFTICKVIDEOS 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man thanks for the history lesson, very well done.The 1702 was great and the 2021? Needed a "ie" at the end of SOO LOL, go hogs. Thanks again brother, dad and I enjoyed very much👍👍

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! I love learning about this piece of history

@texasrailfanproductions8572 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice tiny Documentary

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@texasrailfanproductions8572 3 жыл бұрын

@@unionpacificomaha no problem

@thomasnumber1609 3 жыл бұрын

I rode on this railroad when I was a kid. I was sad when I first heard it was closing down.

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. Miss it

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

I was a member and early volunteer. The line was mismanaged from the being. Never paid on a loan for the track . The $200,000 loan was sold to a scrapper who is ripping up the track now. 2021

@TheSharkKing45 Ай бұрын

Updates to the video. Cargill 316 went to the Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita Cargill 66 went to Saskatchewan Florida and Alabama 18 went to the Sioux City Railroad Museum Some of the stock went to either private ownership , or the Illinois Railroad Museum. 1219 and the Centercab has been completely scrapped FEVR 1101 and CBQ 1938 have been relocated to a private property behind Sapp Bros The Baldwin City Dinner train was acquired by Rock Island Rail about a year ago.

@unionpacificomaha Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great info!

@TheSharkKing45 Ай бұрын

@unionpacificomaha no problem I forgot to mention that ex UP business car 125 had/had been parked at the OL&B yard in Lincoln since about 2022 , still awaiting restoration into Nebraska Railroad Museum business car "Silver Pioneer"

@unionpacificomaha Ай бұрын

@@TheSharkKing45 yes I saw it many times

@cherylthome6963 3 жыл бұрын

hey unionpacific omaha thanks for the info of this railroad intrusting fact this was my childhood train however i only got to ride it three times then i never came back until i saw this video ( i will be making a video of the sw1200 in ho scale along with the dinner cars and the other passenger cars ) i also went to hooper and not much was on the abandoned line only a few old boxcars and two switchers. i can wait when they move the locomotive and the cars to nebraska city. stay tuned for my video of making sw1200 1219 and others bye

@trainqueen 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job this video is amazing

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@trainqueen 3 жыл бұрын

@Daveomabegin 2 жыл бұрын

I read in Wikipedia that this train was in the movie To Wong Foo thanks for everything Julie Numar

@Railfan225 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what happend so I clicked on this video

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@user-wi8hx7uu7i 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@UnionPacificTrainMan1988 3 жыл бұрын

This train is said to go all the way to nebraska city but hopefully the train will be restored

@unionpacificomaha Жыл бұрын

Plans changed unfortunately

@UnionPacificTrainMan1988 Жыл бұрын

@@unionpacificomaha I know because they are going to be moving the last two passenger cars at the end of the month

@Candanciee 3 жыл бұрын

They where out recently pulling up more of the old track on the north side of Fremont and trucking it off.

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I know

@Candanciee 3 жыл бұрын

@@unionpacificomaha My husband has a shop out next to the where Fever ran. I sure miss seeing the train go by.

@northernohiorailfanningpro8899 3 жыл бұрын

Darn that really sucks that the equipment is just sitting there. I hope you get to catch it when they move them

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I hope to as well

@TonyThePlaneTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

Cool story

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@railfanmaximstill7279 2 жыл бұрын

That hope is gone It's going to be a bike trail. Update in 2022 are now being scrapped at the site at there place.

@unionpacificomaha 2 жыл бұрын

I know

@TonyThePlaneTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Union Pacific Omaha

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

@evanf1293 3 жыл бұрын

Sure is quite sad to see that most of the line no longer exists like other tourist lines that suffered the same fate such as the Knox & Kane, McCloud Railroad, and many other tourist lines that once existed.

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

These are small businesses, they can't have a bad year or two. They don't get bailouts like GM and airlines. Which got billions and billions of government money given to them in 2020

@evanf1293 2 жыл бұрын

@@intercityrailpal yep

@TheSharkKing45 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to FEVR caboose 1740. Can't seem to find much on it aside from one site suggesting that it went to the Boone and Scenic Valley. Got any information on that FEVR F7 by the way?

@unionpacificomaha 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure, as for the F7 no info either. If we had the number on it we could have some more but I’m not sure

@railfanmaximstill7279 3 жыл бұрын

I rode on the dinner train What street did you shoot the cnw locomotive

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

Cool and I’ll front street

@TonyThePlaneTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

It's sad because they are abandon this railroad

@TonyThePlaneTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

Cool story

@unionpacificomaha 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyThePlaneTrainFan yes it is

@intercityrailpal 2 жыл бұрын

The group borrowed money from a bank for the line $200,000 and NEVER PAID IT BACK OR THE INTEREST ON THE LOAN. In a clean up of the banking industry from bailouts and corruption they had a non preforming asset. So the bank sold the loan to a scrapper. All he had to do is wait. And watch the railroad fall apart. The government gave them a year to fix cross level track conditions. Nothing was done. So they shut them down. Now the rail is being torn up. The few members left have abandoned the few assets left. This group was never very progressive. The profit center was the dinner train. Which did not share revenues with the museum. They got the state of Kansas to pay to move them down there. Where they operate today. These are the same people that would be against big government! Except when it benefits them.

@unionpacificomaha 2 жыл бұрын

Oh well, cool history. I appreciate the fill in on info