Rust Belt Shortline: Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad

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On July 21st, 2023, I spent my morning in Johnstown, PA following the Conemaugh & Black Lick railroad. The C&BL is a former Bethlehem Steel railroad that served various steel mills in the area. Most of the mills closed by the 1990s, but today the railroad still serves Gautier Steel and Johnstown Wire. On this day, I would follow SW7 #51 as it served the wire mill and ran to the Norfolk Southern interchange on the east side of town. Despite a rather unfriendly crew, I still enjoyed documenting this interesting little shortline!
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@thepuzzleguy5989 29 дней назад

This is one of the most well filmed train videos I have seen in a long time!

@ekapus 29 дней назад

Seconded

@SamLovesTrains 26 дней назад

@@thepuzzleguy5989 Thank you! I appreciate that!

@AppalachianRailfan99 Месяц назад

I love small shortline’s like this. I guess it’s the simplicity of them, then ya got classic locomotives, jointed rails and friendly crews.

@tomt9543 28 дней назад

That’s funny because he says in the description that they were less than friendly!

@AppalachianRailfan99 27 дней назад

@@tomt9543 I usually don’t read descriptions lol

@BNSF798 29 дней назад

Great production as always Mr. LovesTrains

@SamLovesTrains 26 дней назад

@@BNSF798 Thank you 798.

@xlncaustralia3261 18 дней назад

Another awesome video. Thanks for sharing these views that most of us would otherwise be unable to see. Your hard work and time are appreciated.

@AndreiTupolev 29 дней назад

I love the picturesque names these little operations have.

@meanwolverine4573 24 дня назад

The area of the C&BL is even more picturesque than their names! Google Hootlebug Trail BlairsvillePA

@ellis7099 26 дней назад

Glad to see the shortline getting some attention. I go there sometimes, to go shopping or get car parts and always see some locomotives sitting out or that old snow blower out. Never see them in action though.

@gatblau1 28 дней назад

Very cool! I love short lines!

@Galaxy2517 29 дней назад

Scenes like this used to be all across this country. This video is a gem...Nice to see that old ALCO still getting it done.

@user-mr3ct1dm9p 29 дней назад

I think that's an EMD loco--- did not see any Alcos .

@user-lq4mo8dw1p 29 дней назад

Didn't see any Alcos but it was a neat video

@tomroise9426 28 дней назад

Yes it’s an EMD SW9/1200

@mikepenrod544 27 дней назад

Great video, Wish you would have seen this railroad back in the day when the steel mill was going strong and the C&BL was interchanging cars with Conrail and the Chessie System several times a day. They worked around the clock. Johnstown was a great place to grow up and watch trains!!!

@SamLovesTrains 25 дней назад

Thank you! I wish I was around back then too! I bet Pittsburgh was a lot busier as well.

@Nurvington 29 дней назад

Great video enjoyed this very much.

@SamLovesTrains 26 дней назад

@@Nurvington Thanks!

@paulbergen9114 29 дней назад

These videos just speak volumes. That a.m. shot with the clouds and fog being touched by the Sun. I have been here with Paul Schneider when he was doing the Horseshoe Curve tape for Kalmbach in the late 1990s and the mill was already closed. Your shot of the empty yard which is where we saw hundreds of empty gondolas and flats that would never work again and the contrast of a brand new BN coal train being ready for delivery from Johnston American car which is gone now too. Here's to.that loneliest SW and I had said to myself on that trip a train going over that thin black Bridge would look great and 25 years later I was right. Here's to that little Survivor

@SamLovesTrains 26 дней назад

@@paulbergen9114 Thank you! I enjoyed reading your comment. The bridges on this line are very interesting! I think I’ve seen some of your slides posted online.

@TedNewkirk Месяц назад

Love this!

@notlisted-cl5ls 25 дней назад

a salute to glory days. great vidya. thank you so much!!

@lnproductions3227 29 дней назад

Awesome video here! Cute little critter there shuffling around

@mikesimmons8762 27 дней назад

Great video. Always fun to have new learning.

@johnalder6028 29 дней назад

Well done video !

@kelvintorrence5994 29 дней назад

great video and i love my swithers and slug units thanks

@StormySkyRailProductions Месяц назад

Awesome video of this railroad operation. Enjoyed and have a wonderful upcoming weekend. Steve

@SamLovesTrains Месяц назад

@@StormySkyRailProductions Thank you! You too!

@StormySkyRailProductions Месяц назад

@@SamLovesTrains you're very welcome and thank you very much also.

@ActNaturally 23 дня назад

Like the over head view, great catches. New sub. all the best.

@RandomRailfan828 29 дней назад

Great shots man, what a neat little railroad!

@rickdee67 28 дней назад

Excellent footage!

@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg 29 дней назад

Nice video excellent my friends 😊

@WesleyEast-RRfan 29 дней назад

Beautiful. Great video.

@thomasmackowiak 29 дней назад

Thank you for uploading this video of the Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad that you took on 21 July 2023, Sam! I never knew that this railroad existed until I saw its name in the header of this video. I liked watching the switch engine doing its chores. (Posted 5 July 2024 at 2100 CDT.)

@centraliowarailproductions2810 29 дней назад

Nice catches!

@thurmandavide 27 дней назад

That wire came from our area down at Liberty Steel in Bartonville IL, obvious with that TZPR gon with wire from the wire mill. Nice to see where that ended up.

@user-xy1lp8jx2h 28 дней назад

Very good video! That is the type of railroad that I would want to work for!!!

@rickchapman9232 29 дней назад

What if a company in this video is looking for workers, then they could be found this way. Think of it as free advertising.

@tomp8871 24 дня назад

I was a little confused in the beginning, I thought they made the wire there, but I was educated by the end

@djavidianmx1832 28 дней назад

Cool vid. Shortlines are the backbone of America! Wouldn't mind a little narration for info though.

@farmerdave7965 29 дней назад

**Like**

@TomStarcevich-fb3qo Месяц назад

🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃👍

@chrisbarr1359 29 дней назад

At 04:50 what is loaded in those high gondolas? Coils of wire?

@brienza1975 Месяц назад

What did he say?

@SamLovesTrains Месяц назад

@@brienza1975 He said I was trespassing and that they would call the police. I was standing along the side of a public road. Perhaps I was a little close to the tracks, but I didn’t think it would cause such a reaction!

@brienza1975 Месяц назад

@@SamLovesTrains If you were on a public road..they can't do crap to you. Great video by the way.

@TomStarcevich-fb3qo Месяц назад

The railroad guy is a duchebag call the 👮‍♂️ cops ok karen relax 😌 your job isn't that important 🙄

@CarmieThompson Месяц назад

@@GRE2057 Ohhh, Sam the terrorist. 😂 The Police could issue a warning or a citation for being a pedestrian in a dangerous area & that's about all. Also depends on the local ordinances. The switchman was just having a bad day. He's probably a teddy bear if he has a good lunch.

@nynphose 29 дней назад

they working a job to feed family and fear snitch manager investigator who knows if you get hurt near the tracks they could be blamed if they do not report see it from worker view would you want strangers filming you at your job all day and then posting it to internet? i would say back off give room you do not know how people will react when you push buttons and even if they are "wrong" you could end up in bad situation. no matter where you stand they were aware of you and it causing distraction use caution

@tomroise9426 28 дней назад

Is this steel plant their only customer?

@jims6323 26 дней назад

Where exactly is this?

@SamLovesTrains 26 дней назад

@@jims6323 The engine shop and wire mill scenes were shot on the northeast side of Johnstown, PA. Everything else is closer to the downtown area.

@johnalder6028 29 дней назад

Maybe they think your a company spy ?😂

@grandiose_3392 28 дней назад

Did they call the cops? 😆 What an asshole..

@JohnWilson-wg4gk 28 дней назад

That's the river that destroyed Johnstown ??? Meh...

@flynlr 28 дней назад

was a lake that came down the river that destroyed Johnstown ......dam broke

@discodave4190 28 дней назад

@@flynlr You are talking about the 1889 Johnstown Flood, There have been other floods in Johnstown which did not involve a "lake", most notably in 1977.

@meanwolverine4573 24 дня назад

During the Great Johnstown Flood, a dam in Austin, Potter County PA, also breached. The huge walls of the dam walked downstream. They still stand there in place! Check "the dam page" for more info about the damn dam, the dam park, the Dam Show '24, and the dam rules!

@meanwolverine4573 24 дня назад

@@discodave4190 '72 Hurricane Agnes, the final nail in the coffin of Penn Central ...

@discodave4190 23 дня назад

@@meanwolverine4573 Hurricane Agnes was in 1972, not 1977.