New find along the the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad! Near Summit Station PA. 

While I was in that creek I found a brick with a maker's mark. Patterson brick Clearfield PA. It's pretty sweet!!

@@kevinsalsbury2118 awesome! I think I stayed in clearfield when I went to rolling rock town fair 2.0. That was a long time ago!

Nice

Thank you Eric this is a most flattering compliment! You must know as well as I that this is so much fun. The amount of work and effort that went into building these roads is fascinating to me. Without them this country wouldn't have had the growth and prosperity it had. Not just on an industrial scale but also the private sector. Being able to go from place to place on rails must have remarkable for the folks that experienced this when it was new. Granted it's history is not all rainbows and gumdrops but it's a fantastic history that disappears with each new housing development and strip mall that goes up. Hope I can keep your interest. Have a great day.

😆About a year and a half ago I stepped on a ground hive. Got me three times before I even knew what was going on. My legs were going so fast that my body couldn't keep up. Probably looked like a Tom & Jerry cartoon.

@@kevinsalsbury2118 Had the same a few year back just cutting grass in my back yard. Bad on their part. With in minutes I dumped gasoline in that hole after it sat for a minute I put a match to it!!! No more yellow jackets. Then a couple years after that. I was out there cooking on the grill with my dog and saw him chasing something on the ground and then jerking his head back and it miner bees. First encounter in my 60 years of life. He got nailed on the snout a couple of times until I saw what was going on and put him in the house. They had several holes and were black with very small greyish white bands. I read up on them and this particular species rarely comes out of the ground. It's like several year cycle or something like that, so I kept an eye on them and sure enough a couple days later the were back in the ground or just moved. The females have their own nests but the males will nest close by and can grow up to 10,000 bees. I have no clue how many are down there. I have never seen them again.

@monmixer There nasty little things. Worked on a ski mountain quite a few years back. In the summer we would come upon a hive once and a while. Gave them the gasoline and match treatment as well. Looks like they got their revenge on me after all lol. I constantly am looking down this time of year. Don't want another lesson in this department. Stay safe and have a great day.

Certainly missed that. That's going to have to stay there for the next guy but damn.

Good morning John. That's where I would be in my youth. Heck I was just there and I'm old 😆

I'm looking on Google maps but can't figure out which one is number 5 dam lol. There are a ton of resiviors up there. Is it north or south of Shenandoah proper? Thank you.

Hey Stanton, thank you very much.

Thank you so much Steve!

Hey Samuel 👋 Thank you very much. Have a great weekend.

@@kevinsalsbury2118 weekend great so far (near 80°).

Absolutely perfect. Needed one like this!

The Ma&Pa is one that I'm not familiar with yet. I know of it's existence just not the history. Checked out your video of you going for a ride. The ballast looks brand new. Is that your work? Looks really good.

@@kevinsalsbury2118 yes ballasts were replaced after a bad flood a few years back..They are trying to extend the track ride but need more heavy equipment and volunteers..

Seems to be case at so many smaller railroad operations.

Agreed. A fresh snow highlights the grades perfectly. Lack of foliage is even better. The tradeoffs I find to be 70/30 in favor of fall and winter. What I like most about the summer exploring is the ability to get into the water ways. Sometimes it's the only way to circumvent private property. I'm actually planning my first kayak trip down the Schuylkill river. There will be some incredible things to see!

@@kevinsalsbury2118 Morning Kevin. I live in the Hudson Valley just north of New York City. My RR I follow is the New York Ontario & Western, New York Central, the Ulster & Delaware and some of the semi extinct short lines in the hood. There is a considerable network of rail trails in the area and my wife and I enjoy biking these pathways.

Wonderful area you live in. I follow the lost railbeds channel. Russ is really good at documenting the area up there. Would love to visit up there one day. Tons down here to keep me busy for a while though. Have a wonderful day.

Greatly appreciated spark plug.

Good morning Nick. Glad you enjoyed.

You and I share the same quality. I'm constantly looking for grades everywhere I drive. Even on roads I've traveled hundreds of times. Always looking for that one thing I missed. I spend a lot of time looking on Google maps, find a grade, then try to match it up maps on Wikipedia. It has been paying off. Problem is that there is so much to see that I never know which direction to go lol.

Fire in the sky. Thanks Dave. 😊

Good evening Bill. That is great they are recycling tires for asphalt. I had no idea. I could spend the rest of my life collecting discarded tires and still not get them all. And that's just in our area. There are spots along the Lehigh Canal that have so many. It's really a bummer to see.

Haven't made out that far yet. Hopefully this fall I'll get back out to wrap up this line. Have a great day.

😆🤣😂😹 I was good.... right?

Thank you very much. I use a 1996 Nokia flip phone so the quality isn't so good 😆😅 Just kidding but yeah I know it's not the best. That's why I try to find extra cool things to make up for it. Thank you for reaching out and have a good day 😊

Kevin ; keep on using that phone!!! You will be able to enter the antiques road show with it in a few years!!!!!

Kevin I know that my entire head twitches when I pick my nose with my right pinkie finger You might offer your guest tips on using his left hand for this necessary exercise

They just called me with an appraisal. I'm just not ready to sell yet.

I thought I was the only one with this problem Steve. Perhaps you and I should start a support group 😆🤣

Absolutely! Planning my first trip down th Schuylkill with a friend. Hopefully around Labor day.

Pardon my ignorance Steve. Is it a good film?

@@kevinsalsbury2118a jazz standard made famous by Miles Davis in 1958

More a curiosity than disrespect. There is a ton that I will never get to see because I respect the property. I weigh my options and then move forward. Don't spray paint or steal, just like history. If that means trespassing on some abandoned quarry property then so be it. By the way do you own this land?

OMG "total disrespect" ! Respect for other people's privacy. Respect for history, and the men who toiled to bring industrial development to this spot. Respect for common sense, it's "abandoned". No working equipment, no tools or other valuables. I'd say he has a whole lot of sense, and respect for another man's domain. And has a wonderful fascination with cool old stuff. Two thumbs up!

Greatly appreciate this @docwatson

I have concerns with your disrespect for tresspassing. This land belongs to someone, even though it is listed as commercial property. My guess is had you requested permission to film on this land based on the fact that it was for historical documentation purposes you would have recieved permission to do so. Your approach could potentially cause you harm.

@rogerpoorman7099 I am happy to agree with you on your comment. It's the term disrespect I don't agree with. Disrespect would have been me climbing on everything in sight, vandalism and so on. I walked through a parking lot to a stream. If this would have been active, or someones house or farm I would have left it be. Again I'm agreeing that I should have asked, however the chance was here so I took it. No disrespect intended towards you with this reply.