California’s Abandoned Chicago Metra Train

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Discover the astonishing tale of California's abandoned Chicago Metra Train. Join us as we explore the history of California's forgotten train tracks, uncovering the mysteries behind their existence. From bizarre dormant tracks to the remarkable construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway, delve into the legends of "The Impossible Railway" and the iconic Goat Canyon Trestle. Learn how the rise of automobiles led to the downfall of California's once-thriving railroads and witness the surprising remnants of the San Diego and Arizona Railway. Embark on a riveting journey through time, unearthing stories that will leave you awestruck. Don't miss this enthralling exploration of forgotten railways.
Chapters:
00:00 - California’s Bizarre abandoned train tracks
03:32 - Construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway railroad
05:55 - Why the San Diego and Arizona Railway was exempt from Wartime rationing
06:36 - Why the SD&A Railroad was called “The Impossible Railway.”
08:03 - Why California built the Goat Canyon Trestle
08:51 - How the automobile led to the downfall of California’s railroads
09:14 - Why California Has an Abandoned Chicago Metro Train
15:10 - What remains of the San Diego and Arizona Railway railroad
IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Host - Ryan Socash
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Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.

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@treborrelluf 11 месяцев назад

Carrizo George was frequently mentioned. What a character he must have been!

@xsleep1 11 месяцев назад

It was a deep George too.

@SidGolan 11 месяцев назад

Costanza!

@michaeldesorcie6309 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, I cringed every time he mispronounced "Gorge."

@casinoboyeric 11 месяцев назад

@@michaeldesorcie6309 What about Jacumba?

@jaminova_1969 11 месяцев назад

@@casinoboyeric "Ha-cum-ba"!

@jdbsw6756 11 месяцев назад

This line would make for a killer set for Western movies or even a western experience of riding a steam locomotive on portions of it, having an authentic Western town built on the line near Dos Cabezas, riding horses everywhere else, and having a drink the saloon. I would pay to get brought in on a Steam train and spend a weekend hanging out in a town like that.

@macmedic892 11 месяцев назад

We can dream, but that’s about as far as it will go.

@timmyfrank7042 6 месяцев назад

Real life west world lol

@TrainSkater3709 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for making this video! I volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum and our goal is to preserve this railway. I'm glad to see a really good and in depth video on our "impossible" railroad!

@bruceaisher 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for all your efforts!

@Lorsterthe34st 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@goodqueer 10 месяцев назад

I hope we can preserve this bit of history because I'm looking forward to visiting the trestle bridges again. It's a fascinating site to see.

@anthonyxuereb792 7 месяцев назад

"Impossible" being the key word?

@seldoon_nemar 11 месяцев назад

I love how this channel feels like an OG History Channel or Discovery show. back in the late '90s/ early 2k's . Even the intro gives it that vibe. Keep up the amazing work

@tonystidham4564 11 месяцев назад

In 2015, I was traveling through Cadillac, MI, and something caught my eye just off the U.S 131 Business Route, so I pulled onto a side street to check. On a railroad siding on the north end of town, was a series of Chicago Metra train cars. Don't know why they were there

@atlbrysco6198 11 месяцев назад

Wow - I do remember the design of these Chicago cars... way back in 1989/90 I was in the Navy and stationed at Great Lakes, IL. I and my shipmates would ride in these double level cars down to Chicago to out and experience the real world and then come back to the station by the base. So many of those mates are gone now... thanks for the story of what we were riding and where they ended up!

@genevarailfan3909 11 месяцев назад

A handful of those bi-level cars are still running on Metra, and several have been modified to carry bicycles.

@GodBlezzAmerica 11 месяцев назад

My line mdw are still doubles

@genevarailfan3909 11 месяцев назад

@@GodBlezzAmerica Yes, all Metra cars are bi-levels. I was referring to that specific type of bi-level car--the former C&NW ones with smooth sides.

@GodBlezzAmerica 11 месяцев назад

⁠@@genevarailfan3909yeah my line has the new cars during rush hour but on the off peak rides they still have the older ones with the leather seats. The new ones kinda look like airplane seats

@genevarailfan3909 11 месяцев назад

@@GodBlezzAmerica I believe those are actually old cars with new seats. Hopefully new cars coming in a couple years won't have airplane-style seats!

@wbowes 11 месяцев назад

Hearing you pronounce gorge (hard G) like George (soft G) is grating to listen too. Other than that it is a really interesting and informing video.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the helpful feedback and thanks for watching our new video! - Socash

@sirbenjaminarthuriv4019 11 месяцев назад

I'm starting to think he purposefully chooses a word to mispronounce in his videos so as to drive engagement in the comments.

@krisklamka7905 11 месяцев назад

I think so, too. It seems like every video has at least one or two that really stand out.

@freetolook3727 11 месяцев назад

Like wearing goofy hats?

@omnominous4799 11 месяцев назад

Carrizo George is Yosemite Sam's cousin, I guess.

@MightBeAPizza 11 месяцев назад

*Just* took a METRA train for the first time ever about 30 minutes ago, great to see a video here on them. Such an interesting experience to ride on the second floor.

@wintersbattleofbands1144 11 месяцев назад

Upper deck. 🙂

@andrewerickson6690 10 месяцев назад

Neat trains huh? I used to go from otc to Harvard IL regularly.

@justinhobart8747 11 месяцев назад

Thank you, Ryan, for all the history. I knew about the cars, I knew about line and trestle, but I didn't know all of that... As someone who really likes trains and train history, I really appreciate it. You know, I think we got some of those old metro cars around here. I believe those are the same class of chicago metro cars that I got to ride in a time two. I believe they're the same type as the one's Iowa Interstate bought for their IAIS 6988 & IAIS 7081 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" Chinese steam locomotive... I went for a ride in them a couple of times back in 2011 once round trip at Rock Island Train Fest, Rock Island, IL to Walcott, IA I believe and once at Planes Trains and Automobiles, fest. Geneseo, round trip from Geneseo, IL to Annawan, IL. I'm not sure if they're still making any runs with those old locomotives or not. 🤔 I think they are, I'm gonna have to look it up. I would sure love to go on another ride sometime. I wish they'd still have that trained festival in Rock Island, that was a one time in history awesome amazing event.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

How interesting, let us know what you discover after looking into this more. I really appreciate your comment.

@harveystrodejr.0351 11 месяцев назад

You should try to make a historical on the city of New Haven, CT my hometown. It's got tons of history. It's the hometown of Yale University. This city is rich with history. You might like what you find.

@bruisersdilemma354 11 месяцев назад

@@harveystrodejr.0351 If Yale wasn't there, New Haven would be just another hick town in the North East homie.

@uhlijohn 11 месяцев назад

Those bi-level cars were formerly owned by the C. & N. W. then became property of METRA. All of the other Budd bi-level cars, I believe, such as on the C. B. & Q, were stainless steel sided cars.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

Very cool insight

@axlealex3352 11 месяцев назад

Didn't the Rock Island have some of those types of cars also? I thought I saw some in a couple old videos

@uhlijohn 11 месяцев назад

@@axlealex3352 They may well have. They had a lot of those old dinosaur single level coaches for years after Budd introduced the bi-level cars. I think it was Ben Heineman, former CEO of the CNW, who got together with Budd to make the bi-level. He wanted to streamline commuter operations to stem the losses but did not or could not get rid of commuter service so he tried to make it more efficient.

@markmanz8897 11 месяцев назад

@@axlealex3352yes. Rock Island had a bunch of the smooth sided cars. They were painted Red with a Yellow stripe..

@DanknDerpyGamer 11 месяцев назад

IIRC didn't Amtrak operate Budd bi-levels for a time as well on some routes (I THINK out of Chicago)? Not sure if they were from the C&NW or CB&O though.

@mojavedesert519 11 месяцев назад

I remember those cars well. They were putting together a tourist and dinner train and running the train as a test. There was also a dining and kitchen car (Amtrak?) attached to that consist. They left the cars sitting on the track and vandals somehow released the brakes. The cars rolled downhill and derailed on a curve. The kitchen car overturned. We hiked there a couple of days after the derailment, and I marveled on how fast they repaired the tracks. I thought it was strange that they even re-used the old spikes in making the repair. Shortly after that the dining and kitchen car were removed and the other cars left on the siding where they remain today.

@macmedic892 11 месяцев назад

Gorge, not George.

@phloughtgnarpsehs7263 11 месяцев назад

Was going to say something.. Glad I wasn’t the only ne that caught that.

@CrosscutFilmsSask 11 месяцев назад

Love all the effort that Ryan puts into these videos - but a simple mispronunciation kinda takes the shine off them, especially when repeated multiple times.

@gwenderp6229 11 месяцев назад

No this is Patrick.

@Winn3D 11 месяцев назад

@@phloughtgnarpsehs7263 only one, not only ne.

@0therun1t21 11 месяцев назад

First G is hard, second G is soft.

@droningharry 11 месяцев назад

I don't know if you knew this Ryan but those Metra trains were based in Joliet and were on the former Rock Island line. The service went threw off of the southwest suburbs. I took it from Joliet to Downtown in my first solo trip into the City when I was 13 and many times more afterwards. I loved those double decker cars and durning the week they were always packed with commuters going to and fro . It used to cost 1.00 for a ride and you better have had your ticket for the Conductor to punch or they'd make you buy another. Those were fun days. Always wondered what happened to them because there were a lot of them.

@chooch1995 11 месяцев назад

Nope….the car number was shown in the video - 7773. That’s not an ex-Rock Island car, rather a Chicago & North Western car. A little research finds that these are all former green & yellow C&NW cars.

@OddityOdysseys 11 месяцев назад

Excellent video! We released a Goat Canyon Trestle video last week. Great minds think alike! Such a fascinating site. Anyways, always love your excellent research.

@robbiet480 11 месяцев назад

I was so excited because I saw your video last week and was curious about these cars but Google didn't give me much, so when I saw the It's History video on my feed this morning it was a instant play.

@bruceaisher 11 месяцев назад

Oddity Odysseys - Beth and Drew! I love your channel!

@unclebearski3048 11 месяцев назад

Love the video, but it's not "George" as in the man's name. It's "Gore"ge.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

I’ll try to remember that next time.

@seanbohannon 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, that mispronounciation surprised me

@samiam619 11 месяцев назад

@@ITSHISTORYhow could you not know how to pronounce “gorge”?

@jameskelly6152 11 месяцев назад

There's an occasional mispronounced word or two but his videos are so good and researched thoroughly I recommend them to everyone !!! 💯

@Zman44444 11 месяцев назад

Ya know? I don’t remember subbing to your channel. I know of you guys due to Indie N. and his Great War series. Honestly you’ve become on of my favorite channels. So many different topics that one would never know of. Love it!

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

We are honored to have you with the show! Don’t miss the D-Day special we did with the Indie and the guys last month 😎

@0therun1t21 11 месяцев назад

I miss the Spreckles Factory, the name fits sugar perfectly and the sign on the factory was a landmark. The package design and logo were cool.

@TheTarrMan 11 месяцев назад

I remember those trains paint schemes. I don't think they use the bright orange seats anymore but I remember being a little kid when they did. They had the seats that can flip so you can face either way. I would sit up top and the conductor could walk around the bottom and reach up for the tickets. I remember being given a big stack of used ticket stubs once. (I've in Peora for the past 10 years now but this was back in the early 90's.)

@martinkeller2365 11 месяцев назад

Love all the different stories tied to Chicago you find. Keep it up 👍 We also have on old Metra train (Nashville Star) here in Tennessee but it still runs.

@brucewallace4337 11 месяцев назад

No what you have are some old Metra Passenger CARS When they were planning the Nashville Star system Metra actually gave them to them or sold them for $1 each because they were going to another Transit Authority. At about the same time they purchased some retired BN Metra E Unit Locomotives to pull them. By the time the Nashville Star was about to commence operation Amtrak had made available some retired F40 Locomotives that were much newer than the BN E Units which were then sold off. However one was kept for the RR Museum in Downtown Nashville. I lived in Nashville at the time.

@nightdipper5178 11 месяцев назад

I rode my bicycle out to the trestle on the hottest day of the year, over 120 degrees. Stopped and walked through the train on the way out. There is a nudist camp close to the start of the ride.

@dennisc6716 3 месяца назад

It's not nude anymore. They went clothed.

@NexxuSix 11 месяцев назад

12:10 Interesting at around this time, I was working for Nippon Sharyo USA. We were in the test-build phase of manufacturing the new Cal-Trans cars. However, these cars failed the FRA crush test, despite the cars being of a new design, and being tested several times. As a result, Nippon Sharyo USA lost its Cal-Trans contract. Rumor had it that a train building company in New York took over the project. It should also be noted that when Nippon Sharyo USA opened, there was mass protests at the Nippon Sharyo plant in Japan. During the first at round of Metra passenger cars built at Nippon Sharyo USA, the price per unit was inflated, so when the first project was completed, the property was paid off. As a result of a lost Cal-Trans contract, Nippon Sharyo USA shut down, and no longer exists.

@mikehawk2003 11 месяцев назад

That's unfortunate, their Caltrain Bi-levels are quite nice

@yourwhiteknight636 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting and well done, thank you. It's a shame that they are abandoned, train history should be preserved. I know I wouldn't mind having one or two car.

@genevarailfan3909 11 месяцев назад

Several are preserved. Metra is still using a handful of that type, and three operate at the Illinois Railway Museum in their original C&NW colors.

@josecampos7157 11 месяцев назад

Jacoba springs? It's Jacumba Hot Springs, known to locals as Jacumba(Ha Come bah).

@-oiiio-3993 11 месяцев назад

That's not what _Carrizo George_ said.

@devonboulden2496 11 месяцев назад

I didn't know this recent history of this trestle. So sad. It was a very cool part of RR history.

@vinsonfamilycollectibles8213 11 месяцев назад

Great video and great history... Thanks !

@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts 11 месяцев назад

Amazing story. The Chicago effect is huge. Thanks for sharing. ❤

@mikeb.7589 10 месяцев назад

I also volunteered at PSRM back in the late '80's to mid '90's! As a docent you had to study the history and lead the tours. It was fun. Hiked this section of track a couple times from Jacumba to Dos Cabesas. Some Chinese labor was used in the construction of the line. I remember there was a good Chinese restaurant in Tecate when we took a tour train there. Some Chinese settled in the area after the line was completed. There was also a Chinese architecture style house on hill in Jacumba. Italian and German prisoners of war were housed at Camp Lockett which is adjacent to where the PSRM Campo museum is located. Some Italians stuck around too after the war was over. There was an Italian restaurant in Tecate called Passetto's I remember. Descendants of the POWs ran it. Love history. Thank you Ryan.

@leomaranton 9 месяцев назад

It is sad to see such a railway in which a huge investment has been made, how it sits abandoned instead of being lost in the tourist circuit. A pity of such splendor

@redlight722 11 месяцев назад

In the railroad. We don’t call it abandoned, they are “unused”. Because someone still owns them.

@DOLRED 11 месяцев назад

These appear to be early Metra repaints of CNW equipment. Metra has sent these type coaches to the annual "Galesburg Railroad Days" held in June. I rode them there in the 1990s, and in Chicago as well (Northwest Line 1978-1989). Would never have believed they could end up sitting in a southern California desert. Museum yes, desert no. Thanks for the video!

@edwinhageman9377 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting and informative information! T. Y. Too you and all behind the scenes! T00 make this video possible! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! These videos take passion from many people to make!

@mackpines 11 месяцев назад

Although I will probably never have a chance to hike this railroad, at least I can drive a train along the line in Trainz Simulator. Definitely do a video on Southern Pacific’s Tillamook line in Oregon and it’s eventual demise.

@darthmaul216 11 месяцев назад

Hey it’s dippy fresh

@doctordeath.5716 10 месяцев назад

Great history and thank you for sharing this video

@badbilly1083 11 месяцев назад

Adam the WOO was here last week

@TonyLasagna 11 месяцев назад

10:05 this is a British freight train homie. I will say, there has been a big improvement of using the correct photos/videos for the subject. Almost there.

@vijayanchomatil8413 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this explanation. I have seen videos of exploration of this canyon and bridge and the passenger cars.

@P90F55 11 месяцев назад

Those cars were sent out there because they are full of asbestos. A Coaster engineer and a Metra engineer were talking and the Coaster engineer said, "Hey, maybe you know about this, there are a bunch of Metra cars in the desert..." The Metra enginner said, "So that's were they went. Metra had a bunch of cars with asbestos and one day they just vsnished."

@jasonervoes1326 11 месяцев назад

Hi hope all is well with you and your family too. Great video very interesting. Question Did they finally remove that abandoned train? Just curious

@austinwhipple1136 11 месяцев назад

I was there just over a year ago. Didn’t see the Goat Canyon trestle bridge but did see the abandoned rail cars. They are really neat to see and easy to get to.

@robinrussell7965 11 месяцев назад

Your trademark mispronunciation: it is Carrizo GORGE, not George.

@mikehughes4969 11 месяцев назад

I commuted into Chicago for a good few years in trains that look exactly like the one in thumbnail. Very strange to see where they ended up. I probably didn't ride in those exact cars, but I could have.

@marcleslac2413 11 месяцев назад

Theres even used to be 3 old amt 800 series cars from montreal. Unfortunatly 2 were set ablaze recently.

@ADxG1369 10 месяцев назад

Lived in chicagoland area (1996-98) and took the Metra daily from North Suburbs (Des Plaines/Park Ridge/Evanston) to Union Station (Downtown). These look like some of them. Cool story.

@johnalder6028 11 месяцев назад

Fascinating! You mentioned Wisconsin And Southern Railroad, I watch videos from Roman's Milwaukee Roads , he has excellent footage of that railroad. Greetings from Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

We have a FL video coming up soon! I’d also like to do some episodes about WI. Thanks for your support🙏

@johnalder6028 11 месяцев назад

@@ITSHISTORY I look forward to seeing them.

@user-vk3sf2qp4d 11 месяцев назад

Gorge, not George.. Amazing story. The Chicago effect is huge. Thanks for sharing. .

@Nderak 11 месяцев назад

this is the tracks next to the nudist camp right?

@straybullitt 11 месяцев назад

Yep! Just to the north of the camp! ⛺️

@dennisc6716 3 месяца назад

Former nudist camp.

@c1ph3rpunk 11 месяцев назад

Current Metra cars on the Heritage Corridor line look almost identical. Some of the most uncomfortable seats on all the Metra lines around here.

@dn744 11 месяцев назад

Awsome 😊

@bobdobalina838 11 месяцев назад

As a Chicagoan, those trains look very familiar. It used to be the illinois central line When I was a kid. We called it the I.C.

@smwca123 11 месяцев назад

Chicago and NorthWestern first introduced the "gallery" design circa 1956; it then spread to other Chicagoland commuter roads which were merged into Metra in 1984. The design spread to San Francisco, where SP operated them for what became Caltrain, and Montreal, Canada for CP, whence they passed to what is now Exo. Today the gallery design is largely out of favor; it's limited to low platforms, is not accessible, and cannot easily be made so. Starting with Toronto's GO Transit in 1977, cars with 2 full decks became the norm.

@deankurowski9202 11 месяцев назад

My god, I have seen the metro cars sitting outside the Wisconsin Southern yard in Horicon, WI. Did not realize they were connected story to those in California

@jge123 11 месяцев назад

So cool.

@kadenrobinson7067 11 месяцев назад

I can just imagine a scenic railroad or a railroad preserve society grabs those cars and fully restores them

@edgarsnake2857 Месяц назад

A great story, well told.

@MegaBait1616 11 месяцев назад

I've traveled all over our country and never understood why the people of California "TAG" everything up ?? Even in their parks n nice places.. smh.

@jetsons101 11 месяцев назад

Been to Manchester UK lately? Same problem, there is stupid in all countries.

@dodgydruid 11 месяцев назад

That bridge prob needs to be a brick built concrete filled viaduct or a steel lattice deck atop concrete pillars, last 100 years come rain or shine with little maintaining needs.

@Cupertinorail 11 месяцев назад

I have been waiting for this for a long time.

@jonathanpusar5931 11 месяцев назад

Think what’s more crazy is these same damn cars are still in operation… And they feel their age lol

@dougcannon117 11 месяцев назад

I enjoy your blurbs but this one did not seem to answer the Q - how those cars got out there. Why/when did Metra sell them? How did they get out there? What was the plan? Did someone actually anticipate enough passengers on this route? Why not mothball them, like passenger jets parked out in Arizona desert?

@fredlawson9394 10 месяцев назад

Very Interesting..👍👍👍

@YTPartyTonight 11 месяцев назад

Weird. I’ve lived in LA for 20 years. I moved here from Chicago. About 30 years ago-until ‘96- I worked on Canal Street. What is now Ogilvie Station yard runs past the back of the building I worked in. My work space was at the back on the 2nd floor. My window looked out onto that yard. Those Metra trains in that paint scheme-light grayish white, muted brownish stripe and muted rust orange stripe-ran in and out of that station yard, within mere feet away, past my office window.

@johnbristow5665 11 месяцев назад

Well George we have a preserved tressle in damp old UK! In Malden Essex it must be the smallest! And too damp to combust!

@oneblankspace4919 11 месяцев назад

Some other RTA semi-bi-levels wound up rolling on the Virginia Railway Express commuter service into Washington DC.

@mch12311969 3 месяца назад

Sad, but also fascinating story.

@michaelvaughn1496 11 месяцев назад

I love Carrizo George. He lives near the Carrrizo Gorge, right? Just south of the San Juan Gorge (or is that San Juan George? So hard to read and write English, especially for professional narrators).

@eozmansz8216 9 месяцев назад

being from this area and watching this is very entertaining

@FuhqEwe 11 месяцев назад

The television presentation format works on television because you can’t fast forward. Swing and a miss.

@beargillium2369 11 месяцев назад

Was hoping for some videography but cool video

@user-kv6wh5ut6o 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the video. It was good to hear about Mr. George. Maybe he needed to hire more good operators. 😂 I am sure you have heard about the George thing enough, and Jacumba. Thanks for pronouncing Baja right though, that might have did me in. A little info for you. A train isn't a train without a locomotive. Those would just be cars, or passenger cars, or rail cars, or train cars. Think of it like a Semi. A trailer isn't a semi, but it can be a semi trailer. Also, a locomotive by itself isn't a train. Sadly, the three Montreal metro cars, TPHX 801, 817, and 835, that are on a siding further up the line have been set on fire. It is sad the difference in a video from 12 years ago to a video from 1 year ago. 12 years ago they appeared to be in great condition, now they are just scrap.

@BallymurphyBabe 11 месяцев назад

I remember the seats moved so you could sit facing front or backwards.

@michaelhayes2461 10 месяцев назад

I saw a special on Huell Howser California gold that showed that line and those cars being used for a day trip from a San Diego train museum to the Tecate beer factory in Mexico.. Also I believe those cars were going to be bought by the failed. X-train project from LA to Las vegas. Then the entire project fell through. Just going by best recollection. Maybe it was on another SD rail line, not sure.

@freetolook3727 11 месяцев назад

I wonder how far you could get with a hand rail car?

@edwardhuster8466 11 месяцев назад

I rode those trains while at Great Lakes naval yraining center.

@YAOMTC 11 месяцев назад

13:10 It's 7773, at least that's the number on the train in the picture, not 7774

@Jpkjr52 11 месяцев назад

Interesting John in Chicago

@sportsMike87 11 месяцев назад

That's crazy

@randomstuffman01 10 месяцев назад

Thanks. toronto canada

@penelope8557 11 месяцев назад

The "mystery" is why RU-vidrs even watch this video beyond the first 30 seconds.

@edad6618 11 месяцев назад

i live near here in san diego, i remember when i first started hiking in the desert near these cars they were pristine, north of Jajamba. but the moved them further north near the nudest colony and then the word was out. covered with graffiti ever since. careful, it is CA desert. i almost got shot there but could not convince sherifs to intervene.

@csrrjefflloyd6496 27 дней назад

The passenger cars of which some were set on fire, were sitting on a spur track back from the main track. Someone released the brakes and some if not all of the railcars rolled down and across the main track derailing. This most likely would have damaged all of the trackage and railcars making it nearly impossible to salvage anything.

@BigGoucho 11 месяцев назад

Are trestles traditionally tripod supports relying on support from horizontal frames?

@DoctorVdW 11 месяцев назад

Not in this sense,but yes in heraldry. Used here, it is a set of repeating twin legs with horizontal crossbeams, all joined together to form the complete structure.

@tonyburzio4107 11 месяцев назад

The vast number of trestles have been wood, even big ones.

@thedona.r.kbnoah7334 11 месяцев назад

I love Metra trains ⚠️👀💯

@SH-ni8sh 11 месяцев назад

Would be some nice drone area footage.

@ITSHISTORY 11 месяцев назад

I totally agree

@dodgydruid 11 месяцев назад

Man them international routes must have been quite extensive if they were running BR class 66's on 'em...

@jbb8382 11 месяцев назад

Interesting

@Law0086 11 месяцев назад

Yeah there's that west coast flavor I've been craving!

@hlarks 11 месяцев назад

I rode those in Chicago in the 80s.

@havoc3742 11 месяцев назад

Me, when I see those cars: Oh hey, those are the cars that were used in "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" aren't they?

@mikehawk2003 11 месяцев назад

From the Southern Pacific Railroad for their San Francisco-San Jose commuter line, though they were manufactured by the same company. The cars was sold to the producers after the state took over the commuter line. I believe all the cars used in the movie were broken up after a tourist train plan went bust.

@Soundbrigade 11 месяцев назад

NO STOPS BETWEEN AURORA AND SAN DIEGO! PLEASE NOTE - NO STOPS BETWEEN ...

@johnlombardi1021 6 дней назад

youll at the goat Cayon Tressel hike trail

@chrisignacio1791 8 месяцев назад

it’s pretty sad that someone torched one of the ones I had a chance to walk through at this very place

@gonzoGarcia2006 11 месяцев назад

Do the abandon locomotives down the line in el centro

@darthmaul216 11 месяцев назад

And the worst part is that Metra could use those cars

@ronsblahblah 11 месяцев назад

Chicago news just said they are cutting service

@ThePronkMVP524 11 месяцев назад

@@ronsblahblahWhere did you read that? They just announced plans for a service to Rockford today.

@norlockv 11 месяцев назад

Metra is moving traffic from weekends and rush hour to mid day. The passenger traffic pattern is changing to mid week shoppers from early morning office workers.

@michaeldesorcie6309 11 месяцев назад

The "G" word you couldn't pronounce in the scenic railway's name is "Gorge," which is a geographic feature. "George," on the other hand, is a proper noun and not a geographic feature.

@chuckbade4486 11 месяцев назад

That's Gorge, not George.

@Calamity_Jack 10 месяцев назад

So sad that some people feel a compulsion to deface abandoned historical things with their amazing graffiti. Yeah, I know it can sometimes be artistic, but c'mon - not every single thing needs to be a canvas. I wish they had a little more respect.

@Idahoguy10157 11 месяцев назад

Passenger travel was replaced. And the Port San Diego didn’t create a container port. Lost business to Long Beach

@ChakatNightspark 11 месяцев назад

Train Tracks are Never really Abandoned. They are still Own by the Railroad Company that buys the route/tracks. While they could be Left unused for Many Many Many Years. Until the Tracks are actually Removed. They are not Abandoned and are still Own by the Company. Also Note 9:15 is the Start of the Actual Video Title of Why There are Metro Trains There. The Rest was not really needed in the video. As it did Not Explain anything about the Chicago Metro Trains Currently there.

@abskid495 11 месяцев назад

If only the names could be correct. Not sure what this George is but it is gorge, totally different. A name vs. a narrow passage through land aka gorge. Let us not forget Jacumba.

@michaelsmiley15 11 месяцев назад

That carrizo gorge line that contains the goat canyon trestle somebody bought it about 10 years ago and they were trying to restore it unfortunately they ran out of money and they sold it back to the county is a recall and unfortunately you can hike out there to the trussell but you risk being arrested for trespassing You used to be able to take the railcar out all the way to The trestle from the East end but unfortunately one of the tunnels has completely collapsed and you can only go so far without walking on foot and it is extremely remote it is the desert and could get one up to over 100° in the daytime especially in the summer and it's not something that is for the faint-of-heart should be traveling out there it's very dangerous

@RailfanJourneys 11 месяцев назад

Great video. Lots of abandoned railcars all over the country which have outlived their usefulness exist. These cars have a very interesting story. The Metra cars, known better as "Gallery Cars," aren't the most favorable cars.