Worlds Longest Railroad Trestle Street Running, Parkersburg West Virginia Trains, BIP Railroad

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Worlds Longest Railroad Trestle Street Running, Parkersburg West Virginia Trains, BIP Railroad

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Jaw Tooth

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@caseycathcart5852 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for highlighting our great railroad

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is an honor to have you watch and comment on my video! I just read about you in Trains Magazine April 2021 edition. I still have more video to post. Thanks for your comment!

@77thTrombone 3 жыл бұрын

I just looked up Cathcart Rail as a follow-up on another thread, then I saw CC's name here & was quite surprised. Best wishes for your business! I still think there's hope for rail, though US manufacturing trends are grim. Handsome paint scheme on your locos.

@wllstl 3 жыл бұрын

Cathcart Rail is a mover and shaker in the short line RR circles

@marinusapeldoorn6631 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this gentleman could give JT an extensive visit of his train company. If JT would like to of course. Wouldn't we all like the view of JT climbing one of these iconic locomotives.

@edwardgarea7650 3 жыл бұрын

One thing railfans know about Jaw Tooth: He always goes the extra mile, on in this case, trestle, in his quest to provide local railroading history. I had never seen nor heard of this before and got an immense kick out of seeing it. And how many would find the house overlooking the tracks with a driveway under the trestle? Imagine all the railfans that would salivate over the thought of living there. Add to all this the excellent photography and commentary and we have the recipe for one helluva video. JT is indeed the intrepid explorer.

@Morcaiden 3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@John900C 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a cool place to live for a railfan but moving in would be a hassle with the slope under the low bridge.

@hiworldstephensonultranate290 2 жыл бұрын

hi Huge Fan man living n Ireland

@disturbedkitty69 4 ай бұрын

It's ok 😂

@terrymarshall8874 3 жыл бұрын

I crossed this bridge 6 times in 1956-57 on the National Limited while a student in college in Cincinnati. It is an exciting feeling going west as you start across the bridge as the buildings appear to go down & the train goes up in the air similar to taking off in an airplane & the landing when going east toward Parkersburg. Thank you for filming the bridge.

@kapekodbob 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to go watch Back to the Future , the one that ends with the train.

@briannem.6787 3 жыл бұрын

Don't get that with new bridges, do you? Unfortunately, there's gotta be something for workers to hold onto while doing maintenance, so that view disappears. Of course, their safety's much more important.

@andywomack3414 3 жыл бұрын

I just posted a reply relating a similar experience. Traveled the route several times with family from Baltimore to Chillicothe, Oh. The westbound, 29, stopped on the trestle as it left Parkersburg. Some switching was happening at the rear of the train, at least on one of several trips we took. We could have been on the same train, as that was about when I was riding with family. I would have been about eight years old if that happened. By dad was a B&O locomotive engineer and we got to ride for free.

@paulbergen9114 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what an experience. When I worked in St Louis in the early 1980s I marveled at the 4 bridges over the Mississippi and 40 years later they still look great. Even move 100 feet and you get a whole new perspective

@jmtpubs 3 жыл бұрын

@@andywomack3414 Question - did the eastbound train go thru or near New castle PA? I ask NC when I was little, my mom & I took the B & O from Toledo to PA, and I remember going VERY slowly over a huge river. All you could see from the window was water on both sides. I admit that it was scary indeed, and I still can picture it 60 yrs later. I've been trying to figure out where this might have been.

@saxmanb777 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that bridge is impressive. Glad it’s still in use.

@VideoDotGoogleDotCom 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this quite honestly was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. What a sight.

@ttvclovxes Жыл бұрын

I live here and actually they are doing repairs on it right now. One of the pieces holding it up starting breaking aoart

@bernadovasquez2778 3 жыл бұрын

Watching trains makes me feel like im going somewhere

@t.j.carroll8512 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you doing the history and providing overhead views.

@tomcarr1358 3 жыл бұрын

The best yet. Speed limit about 20 mph? Hope the bridge and approaches' maintenance is affordable in the future.

@castle228 3 жыл бұрын

My paternal grandparents used to live in Parkersburg then moved over to Belpre. Thanks for bringing back some great childhood memories!

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jean2479 Жыл бұрын

This is my hometown! I didn't know this railroad trestle was the longest in the world! There are many fascinating things about Parkersburg.

@UweJMeyer 3 жыл бұрын

The engineers who have constructed this bridge have done a exellent job, 150 years is a long time for a bridge.👍🇺🇸JT, brilliant pictures.By the way, it's a very noisy living near the bridge.

@pulaski1 3 жыл бұрын

Bridges _used_ to be built like that - extra large, heavy and strong, but now with modern computers and detailed understanding about the strength of materials, bridges can be built "just strong _enough"_ and so tend to wear out. One hundred years from now there will be no bridge infrastructure left from the second half of the twentieth century, but Victorian bridges and infrastructure will mostly still be going strong.

@UweJMeyer 3 жыл бұрын

@@pulaski1 This is our generally problem in this world, in all situations:"Just enough" and cheap that it's squeaking.👍Greatings from Germany

@pulaski1 3 жыл бұрын

@@UweJMeyer If you have the problem in Germany, you don't want to know what it's like in the US!

@pablohammerly448 3 жыл бұрын

@@pulaski1 You're not kidding, since a lot of American infrastructure is crumbling. I've heard that many if not most American bridges need repairs if not replacement.

@pulaski1 3 жыл бұрын

@@pablohammerly448 I think "most" is an exaggeration, but "many" certainly. The state (NC) is replacing numerous small bridges in my area. Of the ones I drive over occasionally or frequently, there have probably been ten replaced in the past 10-12 years, and those are only ones that I know of because I drive over them. Each one means that the road is closed for 9-12 months. About ten years ago they also replaced one of the most decrepit bridges in the US, here in NC, where an interstate (motorway) bridge that was over 50 years old was an absurd design irrespective of its age - it was narrow, had a steep slope (the bridge was down in the gorge), and as if that wasn't bad enough, it had a kink in it. So about once a year, usually at night, an 18-wheeler (artic) would hit the wall, tip over, and block the interstate. The new replacement is extraiorinary - it is a simple concrete beams on concrete pillar construction, and is pretty much flat over the river and gorge, so if you didn't look sideways beyond the paved surface, you probably wouldn't even notice that you had crossed a bridge.

@jstoli996c4s 3 жыл бұрын

Street running and a huge tressle. Double score! ✌️✌️

@troyboy304 3 жыл бұрын

That would be an awsome speeder car ride over that trestle.Thanks for sharing.👍👍

@markryan1754 3 жыл бұрын

We have a railroad bridge alot like this one here in New Orleans called the Huey P. Long Bridge, It was built for the Southern Pacific

@paulbergen9114 3 жыл бұрын

About 50 years ago a friend of mine hopped a SP freight across that behemoth in a 40 foot boxcar behind a pair of C630s. Talk about some titty Pics

@andywomack3414 3 жыл бұрын

The summit of that bridge must be the highest point in Louisiana. It has to clear sea-going traffic I guess.

@jstoli996c4s 3 жыл бұрын

@@andywomack3414 I think it’s around 170ft of clearance

@Sicorius 3 жыл бұрын

BIP has one of the best color combinations. Gorgeous. Great job, as usual, Jaw Tooth.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@sethkraai9075 3 жыл бұрын

That is one of the coolest trains I've ever seen in my entire life! Wow!

@anthonycollins4747 3 жыл бұрын

🚂🚂 Another Jawtooth history lesson. Thanks Jawtooth. Great video. 🚂🚂

@TrainsPlanesAutomobiles 3 жыл бұрын

Now that is what you call AWSOME. Keep finding these awsome railway sights. Thank You😀😀

@stephenpegum9776 3 жыл бұрын

It was great that just over 3 minutes in that engineer blew his horn 3 times - guess he must have recognised the famous JT beside the track !! 😎👍👍

@marinusapeldoorn6631 3 жыл бұрын

Or he was crossing a street 100 feet further😂😂😂

@edwardgarea7650 3 жыл бұрын

I’d like to think it was because he spotted JT.

@SlickGokuBaby 3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe he just didn't want to Tbone any idiots that thought they had a chance to get across the tracks before the train since there is not any gates there...

@carlmorell567 3 жыл бұрын

Stephen Pegum- he was coming up on a railroad crossing - they are required to give two Long blasts and one short blast on the horn- or something like that. I thought everyone who liked railroads knew that

@stephenpegum9776 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlmorell567 Of course I knew that - I was hist making a joke !!

@debralavorata546 3 жыл бұрын

This trestle reminds me the el trains that run through the five boroughs in NYC, lots of history in this picture just by the buildings alone. It also reminds me of the former high line that ran through the meat district in Manhattan,love the horn on this loco,never saw one quite like that,ten thumbs up,thanks jaw tooth!!

@rj4590 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the livery on those sharp looking GP38-3s.Very cool vid.

@stretchlimo7275 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, an excellent color scheme 👍🏼

@shenascooking1 3 жыл бұрын

My son just moved to Virginia. When i come up there, i will surely have to visit this trestle. Very nice.

@unclebrownson 3 жыл бұрын

Forty years ago, I lived a block south of where you started filming, in a boardinghouse between the church and the white building. That's a parking lot, now. Between the trains and the truck traffic over the Belpre bridge, that building never stopped shaking. Thanks for the memory!

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR 3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to get there one day! Thanks for posting this! ✔

@jaminova_1969 3 жыл бұрын

What Amazes me is that after 150 years, the trestle is still being used! Obviously, it is well maintained! Thanks JT!

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

The United States government built it.

@austingreenough6396 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Jawthooth. Trestle Bridge engineering was well advanced for its day.The weight of the trains crossing this shows just how well in that period this was made .

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

The United Stated government had it built.

@thairatcatcher 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see 40 to 50 year old locomotives that have been rebuilt, repainted, looking like they just came out of the box. Local pride in good quality GM power. Great video.

@brianhickey5949 3 жыл бұрын

That is cool as all get out! It's like a roman road coming into the modern city. I would bet it's scary to be on the crew and looking down as you cross with the train - no visible means of support :) And how nice is it that we see a short line at work on the trestle.

@railartist001 3 жыл бұрын

MY Hometown.... thanks for coming here to film. See this trestle everyday.....

@glensatterfield9704 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming to West Virginia almost heaven

@jefferykeeper9034 3 жыл бұрын

What amazing is the fact that the engineers back then built the bridges big enough to accommodate the trains today.

@celioleitao7303 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, that's a railfans dream home.

@thepozfromoz5166 3 жыл бұрын

In the first scene,that's pretty cool "sheet" how that bridge levels off at the street with that grade crossing! Takes pretty fancy engineering to get that just right! 👍👍

@misschienbenikhet 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, this bridge and that crossing .👌👍

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Susanne!

@misschienbenikhet 3 жыл бұрын

No thanks,i like your video's.😊i'm sorry that my Englisch is not very well,but i'm trying the best.it's difficult to give a reaction when you have to do that in a different language,because i'm Dutch,i live in Friesland in the Netherlands.😊✌

@Carolb66 11 ай бұрын

Just love the BIP LOCOS! amazing old trestle still in use fab video. ❤😊

@awizardalso 3 жыл бұрын

I looked up Parkersburg, West Virginia on Google and found the trestle on the photo image. It is one of the longest trestle and bridge I have ever seen! I also like that you will travel so far to get things like this on KZfaq!

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I went all the way to Ogden, Utah to film the Big Boy. lol

@donaldstanfield8862 2 жыл бұрын

Trestle reminds you of something Romans might have built, amazing. Those black & silver engines are striking. Thanks for this historic treat! 🎯👊🏼

@rickeaston3228 3 жыл бұрын

Those new looking grey and black painted engines look really nice.

@wiseolesage 3 жыл бұрын

Never seen a trestle like this one. At 7100 feet thats amazing. This is in West Virginia coming out of Ohio. That was so cool. Now we do have some spectacular bridges in Kentucky. That one beat the cake.

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

The BIP locomotives are beautiful.

@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503 Жыл бұрын

I moved here in November. Love it here and the trains.

@JamesSmith-ue2ow 3 жыл бұрын

Smitty SF-3751 GREAT Location and video, never knew that was there, even when I lived in Ohio. Thanks for the info, and keep up the Great work.

@williamralph5442 3 жыл бұрын

Its amazing how the old bridges and trestles have withstood the test of time. Thanks JT.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@Mushroom67 3 жыл бұрын

I found the playlist, Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

@chesterraybon3442 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love a trestle. . Something about a train off the ground that's cool. Keep them coming.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@kens.3729 3 жыл бұрын

This Trestle is as Solid as it gets. They Don’t make Anything Remotely Close to this any longer. 👍

@timidema6374 3 жыл бұрын

That bridge is awesome, it is very long. But I like that house by the tracks ,I can watch trains all day long.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@vernonmatthews181 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Old School trestle bridge between Ohio & West Virginia, a huge feat for all those years ago. 😎👌👍

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

@troyboy304 3 жыл бұрын

like the seaboard boxcar👍👍

@AMPProductionsVideo 3 жыл бұрын

I did too

@trapdriver7006 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video I enjoyed watching it and shortline videos are the best.👍😀😀😀😀😀🇬🇧🚂

@paul1n3 Жыл бұрын

hometown💙, that railroad is ingrained in my mind. Running down the street passing the railroad to get to sheets in winter with my pals. Sometimes standing to watch it pass. As anyone who lives by a railroad says... TTTRAAIN

@RodPower78 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, JT. The best thing about it aside from the bridge was that Seaboard System boxcar. Seaboard System cars are an endangered species and you made a great find. Hopefully it will be given to a railroad museum to be preserved.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too! Its like a little museum display sitting by the trestle

@Galaxy2517 3 жыл бұрын

It's been sitting there for about as long as I can remember used to be an old caboose there somewhere too.

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

It’s basically scrap.

@markhayes6407 3 жыл бұрын

I dig railroad bridges. This one is really cool. Makes me want to model it

@guyallman777 3 жыл бұрын

I live here in pkb and it is a great place to be a rail fan! ,Very cool that you made the stop here !

@tommyhunter1817 3 жыл бұрын

That is cool. BIP has a little bit of everything.

@KenanTurkiye 3 ай бұрын

roses are red, violets are blue, trains, trams and buses come in all sorts of hue ;) my playlist #2 is about transportaion

@kevincroley4282 3 жыл бұрын

Great video son!!! Does anyone else do the wave n' whiff at the end or is it just me??

@fogdan 3 жыл бұрын

WOW!! AWESOME!!!! Thanks for posting!!

@johnd9031 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent photography. The power of locomotives impresses me.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@Roadsurfergo 3 жыл бұрын

Love the paint on those 38's

@donolbers9446 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 1972, it got hit by some barges, and was kinda shored up for a time. That line ran through my native Athens on it's way to Cincinnati from D.C. We would swing down that way to take the free bridge across the Ohio into Parkersburg, typically on our way to Ohio Valley Speedway on Friday nights. Sure do miss me old home 😉

@Bruno.Trains 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! Thank You. Best regards from France

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@scotabot7826 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome structure!!!! Love this kind of stuff Jaws!!!!! Thanks so much for bringing it to us!

@scotabot7826 3 жыл бұрын

Also loving the looks of those Geeps more and more!!!!!!

@donharsh5469 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome looking locomotives too AWESOME Jaw Tooth

@carypyke935 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible ! Thank you JT..

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@jamesmclaughlin6886 3 жыл бұрын

Great video JT. Thanks!

@jeffferguson4632 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Belpre, and still live in that area. I can tell you that in 1968, a local train would come through going westbound every afternoon just after school, and often if you hung out near the tracks, the conductor would toss some candy out of the caboose. All the way through Belpre, this track is elevated -- it basically cuts the town in half, right down the middle. CSX is upgrading and laying track right now in Williamstown and continuing up the WV side of the Ohio river, I understand all the way to Wheeling, so you might want to get over there and get some footage. I was told by the crew that they're re-routing traffic that way from other routes because it has less congestion or something to that effect. One of the continuous rail trains was parked on the Williamstown siding two days ago. Happy hunting!

@robertm8931 3 жыл бұрын

Cool piece of history & engineering...loved it

@ESPN7554Railfan 3 жыл бұрын

That bridge is so cool!!

@russelltrupia4479 3 жыл бұрын

That is one awesome bridge, they don't build things like that anymore. Thanks for taking use there JT.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@ryansansom6901 2 жыл бұрын

Great video JT. There are some impressive railroad bridges that cross the Ohio River. Back when they were built to last, and look good.

@JawTooth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@virginiason 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the area for almost 15 years but never knew that about the trestle. Learn something new everyday.

@ncplantdoctor 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting trestle and probably a great view of the river, but you can bet your bippy I wouldn’t want to look down.

@horror-metal-mike4320 3 жыл бұрын

The SEABOARD SYSTEM boxcar was very cool to!

@williamlane6130 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent video. Thank you for sharing this with me.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@JustinHTrainvideos 3 жыл бұрын

Love your street running videos, awesome trestle.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

More to come!

@petebachelder1131 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, best video yet, (but wait, I haven't seen them all yet)... Love that bridge, 1871 that is too cool for words, to think it is still in service today, talk about building a sturdy rugged top quality bridge, and they didn't have all the machinery we have today...WOW... Also wish I could see original pictures when it was build long before the modern day roads and buildings there now !! Oh and one more thing, really really like the NO LEFT TURN railroad signal !! Woooooooo, keep posting all the great stuff you do !!

@peggyscott125 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! I want to go visit this trestle. Amazing things that our ancestors built. And the house above the tracks, what a nice view. Pretty cool video!

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@southernboy7437 3 жыл бұрын

Son !!! You done good !!! It's gratifying to see so many short line railroads still operating. Thanks again for all your hard work in bringing it to us.

@wllstl 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the old Belpre-Parkersburg Bridge...you could see right thru to the river AND back in the 70s Amtrak stopped in Parkersburg

@gingerbread6614 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you.

@richardlowry4457 3 жыл бұрын

Jaw tooth, you are by far my favorite train spotter simply because you can see that you truly love what you are doing. Keep up the good but hard work

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@TheKenHerrick 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for the introduction to BIP too.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@LLOPEZJF 3 жыл бұрын

This bridge is subrealist !

@donharsh5469 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍👍👍👍👍👍 watching now and enjoying the video 👌👌👌👌😎😎😎😎❤️🚂

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@as-gf9pc 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Jaw Tooth,your videos are a relief for my strained brain.Thank you,keep up the good work.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@jimikrentkowski4073 3 жыл бұрын

Totally awesome bridge and video jaw tooth! I would love to live in that house next to the tracks for sure

@kimberlyatwood5154 3 жыл бұрын

Great perspective view! Enjoy your videos and photos!

@pveijk1 3 жыл бұрын

Nice movie! Monumental trestle bridge.

@JawTooth 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is!

@ronaldhass8413 3 жыл бұрын

Now that is one cool Tressel bridge

@robertpsieving4401 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you did the bridge. Several years ago I filmed a CSX train crossing it

@MrBillCNW 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for capturing this wonderful bridge jaw tooth yeah I’m like a lot of the rail fans there’s something fascinating about railroad bridges I don’t know what it is but I just love looking at them

@backalleyrailroading2835 3 жыл бұрын

Wow... Now that was a cool video of an amazing structure built to last in 1871. Those BIP engines are very cool as well. Nice detective work finding the house next to the tracks too. Awesome video all around, as usual...