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Abandoned Coal Town Comes To Life, Amtrak Train Stops At Passenger Train Station, Thurmond Trains 4K

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Trains in Thurmond, West Virginia pass directly in front of the abandoned brick buildings only a few feet away. A fast coal train passes and Amtrak stops at the historic train station on its way to Cincinnati, Ohio. We see the old steam locomotive coaling tower and railroad maintenance was going on so I showed the long pieces of rail up close that were being replaced. Thurmond is a national park and the buildings are being restored. This is an excellent tourist location and a perfect place for railfans. I went there with my friend Scott ( gambit 1960 ). We got there just after 11:30am and left around 9pm. In that 9+ hours we saw 2 coal trains, one grain train, Amtrak Cardinal and a maintenance of way train that was spraying weeds along the tracks. RJ Corman Railroad also has a branch that goes off the CSX mainline in Thurmond and goes to a coal loadout in Pax, West Virginia. No trains ran on the RJ Corman line on this Friday. Amtrak makes 3 round trips a week on this line between New York and Chicago. This is the second least used stop on Amtraks national system. Thurmond was the least used but Sanderson, Texas recently took the number one spot. I am told that Amtrak stopped here to drop off 2 passengers. The movie "Matewan" was partially shot here also. I filmed this in 4K so make sure you adjust the settings to 4K!! Filmed July 9, 2021. Thanks for watching! Please thumbs up and watch another JawTooth video to help my channel.
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@Terence_317 3 года назад

Hey I was on that train heading too Indianapolis I saw you !!! My mom was like I that's what I like doing filming and catching trains omgggg I'm so glad to catch you filming 🎥 ! I was like that's jaw tooth !!!

@JawTooth 3 года назад

Wow, that is awesome! I couldn't see in the train car windows and I wondered if anyone recognized me. Pretty cool and thanks for commenting Terence!

@Terence_317 3 года назад

@@JawTooth I was in the second coach car in the 3 window in back I couldn't see myself or mom because windows are tinted from outside I see but it was nice to catch you filming 😃🛤 jaw tooth!!

@JawTooth 3 года назад

@@Terence_317 Good thing I was on that side because if I was on the other side you wouldn't have seen me. I bet that was a fun ride going through the mountains and tunnels. The last time when I was in Thurmond a couple years ago Amtrak came through in the dark and it was about the same time. You picked the best time to ride Amtrak with the long days of light.

@as-gf9pc 3 года назад

You are Jaw Tooth Junior, man.

@michaelmassie2383 3 года назад

You are so lucky to have seen him in action. That's amazing though!

@bbsl1967 3 года назад

Love how the first train giving the horn salutes to the railfanners

@eastcoasttrains7467 3 года назад

West Virginia is one of the best places to watch trains

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 года назад

Mostly coal trains.

@williambowers8042 3 года назад

I guess so... Ain't nothing else to do...🙄

@STho205 3 года назад

I used to check into a $70 3rd floor room at Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry and watch trains and the old B&O round signals change at Maryland Heights tunnel all night long. I miss that place. I knew when a developer got ahold of it, they'd condemn it.

@eastcoasttrains7467 3 года назад

@@STho205 haven’t been to Harpers ferry in a long time

@rustonbucyrus3047 3 года назад

Hello from England again. 🇬🇧 Jaw Tooth you are the tops!! I do like your style, you take us to the real US. You tell us the history of the place and never chatter during the train run-by like some. Watching the freight consist is somehow mesmerising. They should prescribe your videos for stress relief!! Regards Charles

@MarkTheLostTraveler 3 года назад

That is a great spot there in Thurmond, West Virginia for train spotting.

@jeanhutchinson6198 3 года назад

1:43 I love it when they blow "shave and a haircut two bits!"

@davidmihevc3990 3 года назад

You're dating yourself Jean, there's getting to be fewer people that know that these days. 😄 I enjoy hearing it too.

@jeanhutchinson6198 3 года назад

@@davidmihevc3990 😄

@wvben 3 года назад

Even those who have seen Roger Rabbit should know this.

@thoughtfinder 2 года назад

Now this I find very very fascinating. A railroad going right through a practically abandoned ghost town. Just awesome. So awesome

@--marshy-- 3 года назад

I love how a completely dead town, Always in silence just about, Gets it's own big moment like that, Truely Great catch!

@scotty12342 3 года назад

Love the sound of that train horn echoing in that mountain vallely

@GrandadsLetters 3 года назад

Awesome video! It’s easy to imagine a tender being loaded under that historic tower! The Amtrak action was a good catch, too. Thanks for being willing to put in the time to capture these snippets of history. (Kudos to the State of West Virginia for preserving this site)

@pat370 3 года назад

8:42 the stop your talking about I believe is Sanderson Texas on the Sunset limited

@hernanpatricioorellanaalar3473 3 года назад

Great Video! A historical raíl place. Thank you very much Mr. Jaw Tooth! 😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@karenfuller7635 Год назад

I have been visiting with my mom and dad in Talcott, WV. I live in Oak Hill now. My dad is 93 and on March 14, he will be 94. He worked many shifts at Thurmond as a Telegraph Operator and it has been a real treat to hear the history from someone who actually spent time there. My late husband didn't grow up in WV, but he loved it and Thurmond was a favorite spot of his. I will be learning more as we go through more pictures. My mother is 92, soon to be 93. Their minds are sharp too. Next I want to record some stories from my dad and post them. There is something unique about Thurmond. Until next time. . .

@chrischapman5010 3 года назад

Your other commentors are correct. The rails are only cut to the base to save time and gases. When the grapple lifts them to load out, they snap right at the cut!

@1940limited 3 года назад

Interesting.

@tucobenedicto109 3 года назад

C&O coaling tower. Love those semaphore Signals!

@Midnight-tw3gp 3 года назад

I've been there 3-4 times in the last couple of years. Those 3 buildings are original to the town and also the last original buildings that still remain. I hope you were able to check out the town of Prince, WV about 15-20 miles past Thurmond. They have an early 40s train station. Still has the original C&O logos on it and the sleeping kitten on the the floor of the station. Great video as always. Keep up the great work.

@MrSdmckenna 3 года назад

That's along the New River. Rafted it aome years ago. The boyscout camp, the Bectel Summit is across the river. Before it opened scout leaders painted the train station. There was a short article in Trains magazine. The writer walked up to the platform and noticed a guy sitting on the ground. He struck up a conversation. The guy was a river guide. On the Gauley River, a rough whitewater that flows into the New River. He said it was a good season "We didn't lose anybody". There is a bridge near there it closes one day a year to allow base jumping. I recall from the river you could see traces of rail lines the climbed into the hills to reach the mines.

@jamesmoore7155 3 года назад

Those traces are still there I’m a native born and raised here. You can actually hike some of the old mine lines because they were ripped up after the kaymoor mines closed.

@MrSdmckenna 3 года назад

@@jamesmoore7155 It is a very pretty part of America!

@jamesmoore7155 3 года назад

@@MrSdmckenna indeed it is good sir. Like the saying goes there’s no place like home!

@willielarimer7170 3 года назад

I would love to live in a town like this ,having peace and quiet, unless a train goes by, still better to hear a train, instead of gun shots every day

@dawtrek1656 3 года назад

Beautiful country.

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR 3 года назад

That's cool! There's an old coaling tower that was tipped over for clearance reasons, near me on the Old Main. I've taken pics of it but never thought to include it in a video. Maybe I will, thanks for the idea! 😉

@frederickwise5238 3 года назад

Hey dude, HI! B&O machinist, Western Div Newark Oh 1957.

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR 3 года назад

@@frederickwise5238 👍👋😄

@BraunBrosBriar 3 года назад

Thurmond is packed full of history. When me and my brother were there we got to see the museum. It was very interesting.

@jeffgarrett2114 3 года назад

And there's all 5 watching the train 🤣🤣

@tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208 3 года назад

The scenery in this town is quite cool. That's what made me to watch the video

@solutions2exist556 3 года назад

Excellent catch. Did not know Amtrak would stop in an out of the way location.

@foxgeirgesda 3 года назад

I love that old town! I wish it could come back to life. 🌺

@railfannetwork7907 3 года назад

Good Sunday Morning Jawtooth!!!

@ESPN7554Railfan 3 года назад

Nice!

@deathvalley1592 3 года назад

IT’S REALLY FANTASTIC WHEN YOU HAVE INTERESTING BACKGROUNDS…..LIKE ON THIS VIDEO!!! WATCHING YOU IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!

@mattyo8828 3 года назад

Holy Jesus Christ that’s a lot of enthusiasm

@Daddymouse-ny9cz 3 года назад

Neat spot, great old buildings! Glad they are in for preservation!

@horror-metal-mike4320 3 года назад

Very AWESOME CSX coal train and coal tower in very COOL historic coal town! NICE to see an AMTRAK train stopping here as well! I totally agree with East Coast Trains, this is one of the best places to see trains in action! Very BEAUTIFUL and a lot of NICE scenery! It would have been COOL to see that tower being operated JT! Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see the other part of this video!

@BraunBrosBriar 3 года назад

That was a long coal train. It was moving, too!

@denimadept 3 года назад

@@BraunBrosBriar We get coal trains here in Littleton, Colorado (just south of Denver) all the time. Full going south, empty going north.

@horror-metal-mike4320 3 года назад

@@BraunBrosBriar Best place for railfanning!

@horror-metal-mike4320 3 года назад

@@denimadeptWhich trains go through Littleton? BNSF and UNION PACIFIC? I've seen just about every kind of locomotive go through Fayetteville, North Carolina! BNSF, CANADIAN NATIONAL, CANADIAN PACIFIC, CSX, KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, NORFOLK SOUTHERN, and UNION PACIFIC! Mostly CSX trains go through Fayetteville. I'm Mike of Braun bros and briar. I would definitely love to see Colorado, especially Glenwood Springs and the Glenwood Springs Caverns theme park!

@denimadept 3 года назад

@@horror-metal-mike4320 I think they're BNSF, though I'm not sure. I'm not really a railfan. I just like these videos. 🙂

@arnesw2647 3 года назад

Finally there was a passenger train. Thats pretty cool! And that coal tower was very interesting to watch! Thanks JT! 😉👍🇳🇴

@richardpowell7013 3 года назад

What a neat little town I guess you could call it lol. That'd be a great place to live to always catching a train coming by. Looks very peaceful there and to have mountains so close by. Awesome video JT and thanks for sharing son!

@JawTooth 3 года назад

You got that right!

@York22 3 года назад

You could move there. Build a new house and help it regain its glory

@richardpowell7013 3 года назад

@@JawTooth I saw a video on Rj Corman last night and didn't know if you've ever seen it. Very good video on how he become BIG in the Railroad Industry.

@theophilhist6455 3 года назад

One of the coolest train passages in the US. My wife and I were just there June 4. An equally beautiful day. We saw a west bound with 5 engines and 220 cars. That bridge is special..one way in and out. Met 3 of the residents. Not too many places you can say you met half a town in less than an hour. Love that New River Gorge area.

@JawTooth 3 года назад

I'm going to go back again this year. I have another friend who wants to go and I want to film RJ Corman bringing coal down

@seaandra79 2 года назад

Love this! I have been able to visit Thurmond, WV only a couple of times. I am a direct descendant of Captain WD Thurmond. He was my great, great, great grandfather. I love seeing the family history.

@JawTooth 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@terrysweat4187 3 года назад

Awesome video, that’s something that the state of Virginia should do to help these small towns now. Thanks for sharing.!!

@raymondparker1110 3 года назад

Agreed ! We have way too many small towns dying and drying up that have been bypassed by highways, and the trains all now just roll right on through without ever stopping... so wish I had been around back in their heyday, to witness and experience life back then. I know it would have been a refreshing change to what things are like nowadays..

@chuck3042 3 года назад

The only thing Virginia is worried about is taxing us to death and making sure we can smoke some weed we’re becoming the California of the east coast

@penguinsfan251 3 года назад

Sadly, Virginia is now all about the obnoxious DC suburbs and their woke politics. If you are in rural Virginia, which is really quite nice, then Governor Pinhead and his merry band of dufuses don't care if you exist or not.

@garyburg9504 3 года назад

Not Virginia. This is West Virginia.

@Sven_Okas1967 3 года назад

Nice coal-bunker, thats cool. You can really feel how it rushed like coal into the tender, even the black cloud of coal dust I see figuratively in front of me. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

@photosbywalt7124 3 года назад

Looks like the Amtrak stopped to let off a passenger. There is a black car leaving behind you at the end.

@wesmarks5 3 года назад

You are correct and I noticed one more thing. Right as the Amtrak is arriving there is a person on the walkway beside the bridge. About 15 seconds after the train arrives, there is the sound of a door. The sound repeats as Amtrak sounds their horn to move forward. As the camera plans after the train, you can see two people near the road.

@photosbywalt7124 3 года назад

Good eye on the two people headed over the bridge on the road after the Amtrak leaves. Explains the stop. Keep up the great work.

@michaelhuffor6732 3 года назад

I thought the same thing, also saw the black car. A courious question for one of the five residence, would be "How do you schedule a flag stop for a outbound passenger? Especially if you don't have access to internet or wifi.

@bradzeigler 3 года назад

@@michaelhuffor6732 You book the ticket online from somewhere that does have internet (or use the phone to the Amtrak reservation center), which updates the reservation system, which in turn initiates a call from dispatch to make the stop. Back in the “old days” you’d raise the flag at the station which was visible to the engineer, notifying him to stop, thus the name “flag stop”. I’m sure the station is used by people in the area rather than just the ghost town.

@charlottecunningham2141 3 года назад

@@bradzeigler thanks for answering two questions that were in my head🙂

@PatriseHenkel 3 года назад

I rode that Amtrak (Cardinal?) in the 90s and I don’t remember if we got off or not… a historian from the park got on and told us about the town- there were 13 passenger trains PER DAY in the 1890s!

@Cedarsman. 3 года назад

One of the best places Brian 👍👍

@mclary9808 3 года назад

I worked on the Fall 2019 excursion train from Huntington to Hinton and back. I had the time of my life! Hope to do it again.

@stephenrick6672 3 года назад

No coaling towers where I live. Nice to see that one still exists.

@chatanugadotorg 3 года назад

Thurmond's a fun place to visit. Doesn't have the traffic like Fostoria, Marion, and other places I like to visit in Ohio, but it's such a nice relaxing and out-of-the-way kind of place. I love that they have the little recessed areas on the bridge for pedestrians now. Used those in 2019 when I was down there to get some nice pictures and video of the river. Also got to see a rail train on that visit dropping off rail.

@Brianrockrailfan 3 года назад

Great video 🚄🚄👍

@taslimchoudhary1253 3 года назад

Excellent Video 💐💐🇮🇳🍀🍀

@Erick-ve1jx 3 года назад

Beautiful location,great video as always

@train1962 3 года назад

Love that spot.Had the pleasure of riding through there on the Cardinal both ways back in October.Thanks for sharing such a nice place with us Brian.

@foxtrotzulu4605 3 года назад

Excellent video! Thurmond is an awesome place.

@allenwright95 3 года назад

Good video I really enjoy your dogs chewing on each other

@musclecarmitch908 3 года назад

Awesome video Jawtooth! Awesome place! Sure is great the state is restoring it! Thanks for sharing! I'm ready for part 2!

@rickrogers2649 3 года назад

Such a cool place. A town frozen in time. Thanks for posting this.

@kenshin891 3 года назад

Nice! I saw this place on Discovery. That coal tower is nice. CSX Colinwood Yard in Cleveland used to have a massive coaling tower built during WW2 to accommodate the massive spike in rail traffic. Of course, 15 or so years later it was out of use. They demolished it back around 07-08.

@silverhawk24 3 года назад

Great video Jawtooth enjoyed the live action trains pretty cool that Amtrak stops there and Thurmond West Virginia is a town with only 5 people wow wonder where they all stay

@DelcoImagery 3 года назад

Wow that’s so cool how he stopped here! This is a really historical place. Nice catches JT.

@brianbickley8368 3 года назад

Thanks for the info on the old coal loading building!

@anthonykotoff3041 3 года назад

Awesome train video and the dog in the end was nice to 🐕🚂

@armyvet1090 2 года назад

Love those trains AND those mountains in the background. That amtrak stopping was on my mine. Only thing missing, was a fellow with a side by side shot gun. Beautiful country.

@SocialistDistancing 3 года назад

What an interesting little town. I'd live there, as long as I could live in one of those buildings. For a town with a population of 5, there sure seems to be a lot of visitors. I noticed a semaphore signal at the station. I assume those are no longer working.

@glennfoster2423 3 года назад

The signal is a "Train Order Signal. It was controlled by the train order operator inside the station. The TO clerk would display a clear signal if there were no train order to an approaching train, and red (or something else) if the train crew had to receive orders.

@paulremmey398 Год назад

Good idea , let’s move there

@0779BooBoo 3 года назад

I have been through that old town. Great place to watch trains!

@Phantom-Signal 3 года назад

Man you get to go to some amazing spots to film trains.

@Sacto1654 3 года назад

Gawd, you could hear that GE prime mover loudly "chugging" on that Amtrak locomotive when the train started to move. I wonder what the Siemens Mobility ACS-42 will sound like with that Cummins prime mover.

@michael931 3 года назад

ALC-42?

@ryanfraley7113 3 года назад

They are very quiet compared to the rest of the Amtrak engines, I know from seeing them at Carbondale as they are on use in Illinois lines already.

@jeremypreece870 3 года назад

At 12:33 in your video, in the background (as you wrap up the video) there is a car departing from the station. I know that you said that this is a station where trains only stop if requested, i.e. if someone wants to get on or off. I wondered whether that car would have been the passenger or passengers who had disembarked at the station, driving away.

@paulbergen9114 3 года назад

There just is a mystique to a place like this to the point you feel ghosts are close by. This town was featured on the Discovery Channel / A&E series Abandoned Places. They had some great photos of the depot and the throngs of people and how the bank was one of the wealthiest in all of WV. With poor roads the RR was the hub of the valley. The towns founder and/ or mine owner and wanted wholesome way of life. So across the river outside city limits was a large hotel offering wine women and song. (Plus gambling) Chessie looks like she's the keeper of the gates and awaits your return. As Amtrak departed the smoke it was throwing could have just as easily have been a steam loco .

@sanddabz5635 3 года назад

agreed!........i was picturing in mind steam trains running thru.

@dennisyoung4631 3 года назад

Riding the Coast Starlight to LA and back to Portland last May was a life-changing experience. I’m a confirmed *train-nut* now. *Sooott-train!*

@sanddabz5635 3 года назад

@@dennisyoung4631 I had the opportunity to ride the Desert Wind back in the day and it was truly awesome! I traveled from L.A. to Denver and enjoyed the snowy Rockies, Moffat Tunnel, Colorado river, all just amazing from a train window or dome-car! We had a sleeper and all........totally cool!!

@gary8306 3 года назад

Ghosts????

@RogerThunderhandsGilbert 3 года назад

Love that town,,my kind of town! That station would bear a closer look,,to cool!

@traditionallarry5378 3 года назад

I like the intimacy of that small town and really liked that city hall building.

@craigfazekas3923 3 года назад

I've seen this area/scene replicated in HO scale several times. Most recently, it was in Model Railroader with 2nd generation (GP 38s & SD 40s) diesel power sporting C&O livery (Chesapeake & Ohio). I recognized it immediately, thank you Mr. Jawtooth. I'm jealous. I wanna live your lifestyle & chase trains as much as you do !! I wanna get back to NH again, too. To ride the Conway Scenic RR. THAT was just featured in Railroad Model Craftsman. Fueling the itch to get back to New Hampshire again..... 🚬😎🇺🇸

@crazyman762 3 года назад

Thurmond is 1 of the coolest train sites in the world. I saw a train pass while in the 2nd floor cuploa of the station.

@Eddy63 3 года назад

Nice catch Son ... Chessie System stayin' out of the rain ... Lol ...

@rwamchubb7977 3 года назад

I've been there and counted 4 trains whilest I was there for about 8 hours or so. Neat place one way in and one way out.

@cameronreason 3 года назад

Looks like 60% of the population are Railfans. Awesome video JT..Lookin forward to seeing part 2! Have a good rest of your weekend 🙏🏽

@kenrosser8160 3 года назад

Been on that amtrack train ten times it goes from washington d.c. to chicago. The person who gets off there mostly are crews for trains an state employs who work there

@mattfoltz7752 3 года назад

Love those K5s echoing off the hills. I hear the same thing over here along the Potomac.

@pablo8435 3 года назад

Nice

@nedj10 3 года назад

Nice to actually see AMtrak stop there, I always see this place show up on the "5 least used Amtrak stations" videos that come out every year.

@kimberlyatwood5154 3 года назад

What a cool video! Love how u show us the history of old railroad buildings . I hope they restore the coal building- wouldn’t it make a cool rail fan viewing area! Cool town !

@jacktaggart2489 3 года назад

Thanks, Jawtooth! I enjoyed your video. I believe both trains were Westbound. There are several residences on the narrow street on the steep hillside along a very narrow 'street' just behind the storefronts. The R.J. Corman Line (former CSX, nee C&O) was fairly recently extended and activated to Pax, WV to an activated coal mine. I love visiting Thurmond; the coaling tower and storefronts, as well as the rail / vehicle bridge over the New River into town and signal towers give it a great current, with glimpses into the past, feel.

@sray6W6 3 года назад

We were there a few months ago. Neat place.

@gregorygallager4431 3 года назад

Thanks for the movie info, I remember Matewan and the setting it took place in.

@thess344 3 года назад

Fascinating place.

@divox9pqr 3 года назад

Ive ridden the Cardinal many times on the way to Chicago. Thurmond WV is a historic site.

@sparkythedetroitdoggo8281 3 года назад

One of your best in my opinion . The horn @ 9:20 is almost haunting then the crossing lights come on and then you hear the crow . I'm from Oxford north of Detroit where the Grand Trunk Western crossed over the Penn Central / New York Central railroad . Many great memories . My father grew up in West Virginia . I remember many vacations and the highlight was watching the Chessie system coal trains going through the mountains . I can still picture them in my head today . Great video son !

@JawTooth 3 года назад

Thanks!

@WindOfTheWisp_Janine 3 года назад

Coo video...love seeing these old towns...cool to see the Cardinal stop...I've ridden it to Chicago to catch the Southwest Chief to New Mexico...incredible trip!

@beulahpowell1478 Год назад

You are recognized by those horn salutes, awesome 👍😊 This was very interesting. Chessie as always a cutie. Thanks 👍😊

@daveshoemaker261 3 года назад

I think it cool how you find these railroad areas that are hidden away to show us. Keep on tracking….

@RodrigoSousaFerrovias 3 года назад

Great video my friend, very interesting! 👏👏👏

@chrisphillips4859 3 года назад

No other state is as beautiful as West BY GOD Virginia!!!

@326dad 3 года назад

Many pics on line showing C&O power running thru Thurmond including the Alleghenies

@henryngvideos8154 2 года назад

Thank you 😃😄😀💪💪🏽💪🏿💪🏾🤩😊

@gregsells8549 2 года назад

The one Amtrak station used less than Thurmond is Sanderson, Texas, which no longer has a depot building. Both are on tri-weekly routes--Thurmond on the Cardinal, Sanderson on the Sunset Limited.

@chuckkanupke5747 3 года назад

Back in 70s our family spent 2 nights at Bankers Club hotel in Thurmond. Hotel was an overnight lodge spot for New River rafting outings. Also staying here were 12 People Magazine employees who were on New River rafting expedition. Stayed on 2nd floor where everyone shared restrooms and showers. Great meals prepared by staff. Coal trains rumbling through town all night. Thanks for the video update. We still recall our Thurmond experiences when times were more positive.

@supercuda1950 3 года назад

This area is better known for the offroad trails, the Hatfield and McCoy trail system. Those buildings were being restored 3 years ago when I was there. I can't see much change. Do we really need to go overseas for rail?

@leonardovalladares4315 3 года назад

Ridiculous should be american made rail not overseas atleast it aint china made

@rustonbucyrus3047 3 года назад

@@leonardovalladares4315 How right you are British steel industry has been decimated by cheap and inferior Chinese imports. Regards Charles

@rustonbucyrus3047 3 года назад

@@leonardovalladares4315 How right you are British steel industry has been decimated by cheap and inferior Chinese imports. Regards Charles

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 года назад

There's a law that all railroad trains ( except for rare circumstances ) must be made in America. Should be the same for rails!

@kathyinwv250 3 года назад

Used to be the coal was mined & the rails made here in WV. Now what little coal that's mine here goes to Japan & the rails made in Japan & shipped back here. Lots of expense - all political.

@tonyhoneyman3693 2 года назад

Because of you and Hobo Shoestring , I made the trip to Thurmond this past weekend. Enjoyed the area and walked it. Thanks again for your visit and video. Also visited the falls coming into the area. Loved it. Praying for you.

@JawTooth 2 года назад

Great to hear! that place is really awesome and I am going to return there this summer. Glad you enjoyed it!

@sdrailfan892 3 года назад

town of Thurmond more than doubled having rail fans in town. :-)

@paulbetka2966 3 года назад

DOESN'T SHOW THE AREA .. GOOGLE MAPS 😕😕😕🥺🥺🥺 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👍🏻👍🏻😄😄🙏🏻 Awesome 👍🏻😎

@chesterraybon3442 3 года назад

Always like it when you shoot from that location. Takes you back to the more simpler and peaceful times. Thanks for the hard work. 😎👍👌

@donsimpson3935 3 года назад

loved the engineer and his horn

@rickledges4412 3 года назад

Chessie seemed to be enjoying himself taking in the sights at Thurmond. JT, thanks for spending many hours at Thurmond to being us this video.

@kennyspry5189 3 года назад

Tower looks really good for being 92yrs old.

@JawTooth 3 года назад

Those things are built to last hundreds of years

@kennyspry5189 3 года назад

@@JawTooth Yeah isn't that just Amazing to be able to last that long as long as No Jerk Kid's Destroy it

@jackjules7552 3 года назад

I love the Cardinal. Can't ask for a more scenic ride. I ride it between New York City and Chicago . Thurmond is listed as a flag stop on the timetable, meaning The Cardinal will stop only if the engineer is notified ahead of time that a passenger is either getting off or on the train or for some other reason. Otherwise the Cardinal will just by pass Thurmond and not stop at all. I remember when the Cardinal was a daily train and easier to book. There is talk of it going daily again with the arrival of Amtrak's new sleepers.

@JawTooth 3 года назад

I hope someday they make it daily. They have talked about increasing the Amtrak Cardinal trains for years. A couple years ago they said Amtrak didn't have enough passenger cars and locomotives to do it. Before that they use to blame CSX