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Welcome to the Club! I get dizzy just sitting in my office chair watching as the camera's POV goes out over _nothing!_ The view is great, but I'm always glad to see the edge come back in view. (Funny part of it is, I don't feel it at all in planes, though that's probably because it's like sitting in someone's living room next to a rather small window. Also, the first couple of days I drove in the Colorado Rockies were what WW2 airmen used to call "Washer-biters" because of the clenching your behind does to the seat cushions, but I was soon able to pull my van over to a pull-over spot, get out, and look across a precipitous valley at a mine structure on the other side. It wore off after I got back to the Midwest. I always tell people, "I get dizzy if I stand on a thick rug."
Thank you for posting this. Back in 1979 when this was abandoned I would have been the perfect age where my friends and I would have been exploring every inch of this cool location. At over 60 years of age now, I'm forced to relive those adventures through your videos. Keep doing what you're doing now because father time plays a cruel trick on all of us and before you know it it gets harder and harder to explore awesome places like this. Please stay safe.
First of all, THATS a freaking goldmine for teens who wanna explor and have a little fun. Secondly, how the hell do you find these gems dude. Amazing strucure. Great video
It definetly is. I live righ by it and kids from school are always going to it and exploring. There's not much to do around here but explore the outdoors so it's a pretty popular place to go.
@@ramsayreid that's a different one, but on the same rail line, if you get off of Route 80 onto 94 towards Blairstown it's about 4 miles to the Viaduct in this video, and hey if you want, go to Blairstown it's where the movie Friday the 13th was filmed.
Likewise. I'm from Central Jersey and go hiking in Upstate and go hike the Blue Ridge Mountains, and not once have I ever heard of this place. Definitely going
I lived in Blairstown NJ from 1967 to 1980, and continued to visit family there until about 1990. I remember my awe as I stumbled upon this bridge while exploring on my bicycle. That rail line went right past my best friend's house about 4 miles North-East, and I remember freight trains using that line. There's a fascinating history of transportation in that area, and the railroads there were one of the main reasons that Blairstown existed. That line replaced a much less train-friendly rail line that went through a narrow tunnel and steep hills near Manunka Chunk. Yes, there is a small village called Manunka Chunk! At one time, both railways were in operation at the same time, but that tunnel and the hills made the Paulinskill Viaduct win out over the other line. You might be able to explore that tunnel, but the last I heard, local farmers don't take too kindly to people doing this, as it involves trespassing in their fields. I could go on and on, but all I'll say is that I enjoyed your video a lot, and it brought back lots of childhood memories!
thanx!...brings back many memories!...used to party there in h.s.-early seventies, when freight trains were still using it ...did the usual pennies, beer cans, etc on tracks to crush them...the manholes were located between the tracks...very fun to be in there when a train went by..you could pop your head out just enough to scare the crap outta you!!!....we used to climb the arches and also just sit on the edges and enjoy the views.....don't remember all the graffiti, some initials mostly, but mostly gray, blank walls....i hope the boards in the piers are not the same ones from the seventies!!...also, at time there were no ropes.......spent a number of nite time beer parties there that were alot of fun (and it also qualifies as one the strangest places in my travels that i've had "relations" in).......never had any trouble with authoritys, tho if seen by the train crews, they would really lay on the horn!!!...come to find out they had an agreement with the local cops that, that was a signal that there were trespassers...however, the viaduct was in the jurisdiction of a small town just northwest called Columbia..which had 1 full time officer and 2 p/t, and they were usually "unavailable'......they would call the state troopers, which meant you had at least an hour to wrap up party!!...at the time, in northwest nj..a lot towns did not have their own force, so they contracted with the state and in that area, they were always tied up with problems on the highways....i don't know about them resurrecting the train service, there was talk of making it part of hiking routes through the area....further north they did that in the paulinskill lake area, stillwater, nj...running along the east side of the lake......oh and your tshirt reminded me of my 65 vw bus that used to take me there!
I live about 25 mins from the Viaduct. There is a smaller one that crosses the Delaware. I've walked and driven over it, but never underneath in the archways. Nice stuff!
Thank you for all the adventures you take us on. Your videos are so engaging. They are full of historical facts along with forgotten or untold stories. I look forward to watching them.
We used to party in/on there back in the day. It's like seeing an old friend after all these years. My tags are probably under an inch of paint now, lol. - Roxbury High School Class of '95
I party there before that. North Warren 88. I think his dates are off by a few years lived in Columbia NJ and there is a bridge like it that crosses the river into pa . My brothers and friends road dirt bikes from Columbia to Blairstown on those tracks and that was late 70s early 80s . It was abandoned for a time before that. He must be talking of the tracks not the bridge . Northern parts through Northwestern area was still used then
@@bobgillis1137 they used a lot of concrete. Romans used concrete that set in water to build their whalfs. If Rome hadn't fallen we'd be a few hundred years in advance of now technology wise I reckon as we lost that knowledge for hundreds of years before it was rediscovered.
He never shows his face but you can tell by the panning shots that he has a cameraman with him in this video. That was certainly that guy laughing, not any ghost.
I just recently found your channel and I’m so happy. I’ve watched quite a few explorer vloggers but your content really hits the spot for me! Love the original picture comparisons, your humor, etc. Perfect mixture! Now I’m off to binge the rest of your videos. 😂
They started laying tracks out of the yard in Port Morris a few years back. They made it about a mile and stopped because they didn't have the rights to cross a road.
Myself and some friends went through the entire thing at night with flashlights about 20 years ago. There is also some amazing trout fishing in the river below.
Friends and I used to ride a homemade rail car out here around 1980 or so. I've been through this viaduct several times. The echo chambers were awesome.
Eeeuuuuu you got my respect or what bravery or stupidity. No really it is beautiful thank you for this information all that defacing people can't leave things alone becareful
Oh my goodness! I hate tight spaces, and heights, you got guts. LOL The structure is beautiful though, and very historically interesting. One thing about it, the graffiti lightens it up, not boring. Great job.
I've been there a number of times. My dad used to bring me as a kid cause I loved the old RR stuff. There would always be people there bungee jumping. I went right before I moved from NJ in 2019 and it was such a cool blast from the past to revisit something from my childhood. My dad and I always called it the Lackawanna Cutoff.
As a construction guy with over 40 years of experience with scaffolds I am impressed the slacker that would go thru so much just to do graffiti would carry scaffold boards to the bottom of these. Those things are heavy. ;-)
When you got close to those edges high up it triggered my vertigo. Got really dizzy and my legs felt weak. Love the places you go cuz I could never go there. Thanks.
Underneath the viaduct was a station for the NYSW railroad, a turntable pit, and yard tracks. Just west of this location was the junction of the LNE railroad. Hainesburg also had a general store along Rt.94,the Hainesburg Inn (nightclub during the 1970's). There is a lot of history in this area.
Another masterful video! You always do two things… The viewer is right there with you meanwhile, in a way, you’re also teaching something to the viewers and that makes all of the difference.
I used to work on a rail starting in Danville,Pa. There was some bridges like this and some abandoned hotels on the railway. I never got to explore the hotels, but they looked really cool.
This one left me breathless. Those tight spaces made me feel panicky as I am a bit claustrophobic. The views from up top are amazing but dangerously high if someone took a tumble over the edge. Great video that left me filled with anxiety and excitement.
Up north here in Cannukistan we have built a walking and bicycle trail that crosses the country. It often uses old railway beds and bridges. Back in 2003 a large forest fire in the Okanagan valley of BC burnt some of the wooden trestles but they were rebuilt as they are an important local tourist attraction. That is quite a structure.
This is awesome. Subscriber from UK. We have loads of abandoned train tunnels and bridges here this one looks really unique tho. Love how you've captured it and most of the graffiti is done well and adds to its charm
Whoa, looking through that line of arches was like some kind of psychedelic acid trip lol. But I couldn't help but wonder when you were first trying to get down there, if you thought for a moment "what the hell am I doing?"
OMG- my heart is pounding! I’m claustrophobic!! I really hope someone is with you. Please don’t go alone.... what if you sprained or broke your ankle?!? 🥺
Excellent video. I would not have the nerve to go down those spots in the bridge and to walk up to the edge and look down. I’m amazed how the engineers thought of ways to inspect that bridge and then how it was constructed. Thank you for taking me there.🙂
I love your videos. I always learn so much. I hear a Rhode Island accent ? Maybe ?? Definitely North Eastern. I’m a born and raised RHode Islander now living in Eastern Tennessee Mountains 🇺🇸🇺🇸. Keep up the great videos. Your a natural 🙏
Hey dont worry how long you could be doing this tough stuff. Just do it day by day and enjoy it. It is so amazing what you do and when I see you in your videos I say hi to you too.
I love old, abandoned structures! Keep on doing the videos! I'm Pretty much used up with arthritis, now, so I'll Depend on you to do the crawling around places like the via duct, now!
If you ever visit NY, you should vlog two areas here, 1st the Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse (town of Florida, Montgomery County) - 8 people killed on April 5, 1987 & 2nd the Schoharie Limo Crash (Schoharie) - 20 killed on October 6, 2018 accident happened by & at The Apple Barrel (they have erected a monument for the victims) while there you need to eat at The Apple Barrel, delicious food)
Something just told me to find this minutes after it was posted, and as always I am in for a treat. Keep on exploring and challenging us to think about our world, Chris.
For a few years New Jersey Transit was welding the manhole covers down but people kept on coming out on the tracks with torches and opening them again after a while they gave up.