Theres a Train in My Yard! (Houses Along the Stewartstown) - (in HD)

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Haven't you always wanted to live close to train tracks? How close? If you lived along certain sections of the Stewartstown Railroad, between Stewartstown and New Freedom, PA, you'd live very close! Check out this short video from a speeder ride along the line, and just imagine if you lived in one of these houses!
You can help support the railroad's goal of operating full-sized trains along the entire length of the line! Visit the railroad's official website at www.stewartstownrailroadco.com or the non-profit Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad at www.stewartstownfriends.org - and enjoy the video!

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29 авг 2013

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@MC-342 4 года назад

My great grandmother had a train track behind her house like this. We used to run outside when they passed by because they would throw us candy and little toys. 💖

@sexymommakat 4 года назад

We had train tracks in my neighborhood as well but not this close. I would run out doors when I heard them coming.

@mattdoe2368 4 года назад

Same my great grandmother had tracks behind her house we all go out there and wave and watch

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

I wish I had tracks this close to my house!!

@nickhill8612 4 года назад

Same and my grandmother said she was used to it and really didn't hear it. I remember when we would visit her the train would shake the house and keep us awake all night lol.

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

Sounds like fun to me - LOL

@dinkchow 5 лет назад

In the early 50's my Uncle straight out of the USN was delivering a refurbished utility truck to an electric Co. in the Carolinas. He got it done driving straight through and chose to get a room for the night before hitch hiking back to the Cincinnati/NKY area. During the night the motel began shaking and the noise was deafening. He went to the bathroom in the rear where the noise originated. He opened the window vent door and said "I could have stuck my arm out the window and touched the train going by at 50+ MPH in the middle of the night". That is my favorite story he ever told me to this day. RIP Uncle Norbert.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Sounds like a great time, great motel to be in... (at least for me anyway)

@craigfazekas3923 4 года назад

My aunt's house in Moorestown, NJ ? Best place to play at as a kid ! They had tracks in their backyard on an elevated roadbed, a creek that had been piped under the tracks into a small spillway, with frogs & fish and an old 25 ft. long boat up on blocks that we'd climb up and "sail the world" on, or "hunt the Bismarck" on.... What a great memory & this video triggered those memories...Thank you !! 😎

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you - you're very welcome!

@jackmacauley1918 4 месяца назад

I also grew up in South Jersey, I remember as a kid I would go to my uncle’s house in Mickleton and I explored some railroad tracks in a gulley behind the house once with my older cousins.

@24preacherboy 6 лет назад

When I bought the house they said those tracks are abandoned and will never be used again......today my dishes fell off the shelf.

@johnnybikesalot 5 лет назад

This is what they mean by "due diligence"

@kofola9145 5 лет назад

They are abandoned. For six days a week.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

No, they do mid-week work sessions along the line sometimes - maybe 3-4 days per week would be more accurate. LOL

@Sergei_kv82 5 лет назад

@@Bigjimvideo thats a lot of broken dishes

@williamorr9203 5 лет назад

Ha,probably sounded like the 12,th Panzer division was there.

@r.deeblanche6939 3 года назад

The dogs: ‘Well we kept it out of the yard again.’

@Bigjimvideo 3 года назад

LOL

@rhondawomble9036 2 года назад

My 2 year old Grandson is obsessed with trains, he would absolutely love this. I have to admit .. so would I!

@Bigjimvideo 2 года назад

He'd love it - I know I would!!

@derekalexander4030 6 лет назад

Amazing 1:1 garden railroad. The trees and scenery look so real....

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I know, right? It's almost like you could live in one of these houses! :)

@williammark3051 9 лет назад

This is a great little railroad worth saving. Unlike most tourist lines, this is the real thing. It's like stepping back into the 1880s. And unlike most other short lines, the Stewartstown Railroad is the exact same company and charter that it started out with in 1884; opened in 1885. Amazing story. It has the exact same name, charter, route and capital stock that it stated out with in 1884. The line has never filed bankruptcy or been in "reorganization." It would be hard to find another railroad that meets all of those points.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

If you're interested in helping... www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/friends-of-stewartstown-rr-campaign-is-raising-funds-to-resume-rail-service-over-historic-bridge?fbclid=IwAR3TUGy7Y3Xmz0TT0EMcvPRoE6-WKI8Sd9igcnO8_QreY706Rkj111xCiFE

@Guillaume2606 3 года назад

By the look of it, it's never been maintained since 1884 too!

@cinthia9602 3 года назад

Was it saved? It is such a neat line.

@williammark3051 3 года назад

@@cinthia9602 Yes, the railroad has been saved by volunteers and business people who put money into it to keep it solvent. It is a wonderful railroad. I volunteer when I can get there. Covid-19 hurt a lot but the company remains committed to keeping this historic railroad going. All officers, from President David Williamson on down serve without a single dollar paycheck. The railroad has not received a dollar in federal or state taxpayer funds.

@jamesvandamme7786 6 лет назад

A realtor would describe these as "convenient to transportation".

@jamesvandamme7786 6 лет назад

It would be OK if I was deaf, liked trains, and had no kids. But ten feet from a tree house & swing??!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I would enjoy it!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Well, that section of track hasn't been used by full-sized trains in a good few years, so the tree house and swing may have been built in the time since full-sized trains last ran. For more information on the railroad and the stretch to get back to full operating condition, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/

@DrFruikenstein 6 лет назад

I'd love it if I had a house there. The crew can stop at a friend's house for coffee. I remember stopping at a small restaurant in Indiana. A railroad ran right behind it. As I got out of the truck, I saw a train parked right behind the restaurant, with the locomotive idling. It turned out that the crew stopped for lunch, too.

@butthurt8 6 лет назад

I’m deaf, i would Buy this property in heartbeat

@Glenn631956 5 лет назад

Live right beside a set of tracks, train goes by daily GRANDKIDS LOVE IT

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

I would too!

@DrSurprise 6 лет назад

that's cool! Now I'd never be late to work again!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

If the railroad happened to be taking you where you needed to go, absolutely!

@eddiegreenslade8970 6 лет назад

you would be if you are using the UK train networks

@cartapax5077 6 лет назад

i can order a plane from internet

@ermielim3185 6 лет назад

DrSurprise èse

@Dovietail 5 лет назад

I can't believe you showed us this entire trip without ever showing us the vehicle upon what you were riding! Nearly drove me crazy!

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Sorry about that! This is what I was riding behind and filming from: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-o8GCw3IakKs/TqSMfIdMPeI/AAAAAAAAAew/s-Rq8opT5T8/s1600/photo-716353.JPG

@fab8657 5 лет назад

@@Bigjimvideo that is small!

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Indeed!! But fun!

@KandiKlover 6 лет назад

I knew an old ham radio operator who used to have a rail going through his back yard. He had coaxial cable secretely run under the groun and connect to the rail to use it as a massive earth mode VLF antenna.

@Petemonster62 5 лет назад

Some early two-way radio systems for railroads did use the rails as an antenna.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Very cool, I didn't know that!

@Sergei_kv82 5 лет назад

You could use it to ground a pre-existing antenna if you're lucky enough to be that close and had a need for a diffrent ground

@travelinthru9519 4 года назад

The hell they driving a Detroit

@DDay-vv9ec 4 года назад

Never thought of that.

@ronfullerton3162 4 года назад

Back in the 1950's & 60's, there were much more railroads running through residential areas to where this was not really a big thing. My cousin's had a train run right along the small side street next to their house. We would hear it coming and bail out of the house to watch it go by and wave to the train crew. Thanks for the memories!

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

You're welcome! I'm glad places like this still exist.

@ethanlamoureux5306 20 дней назад

There should be still today. For instance, every Walmart should have rail access. We have too many trucks on the highways, and 90% of them could be on the rails, which should go everywhere.

@marial.rapaglia4041 5 лет назад

Cute video of slow train going through residential houses backyards.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Indeed, thanks!

@davidpacksr1722 5 лет назад

Reminds me of Hooterville on Petticoat Junction.

@marzymarrz5172 5 лет назад

Wish I had a train separating me from my neighbors. You can easily get used to the comforting rhythm of a train, but annoying neighbors are always annoying.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

HAHAHA...

@daveblack7344 4 года назад

You are so right on that... I would love to have this train run by

@JawTooth 6 лет назад

Wow, that was cool! The last time I visited that railroad it was out of service. I want to visit it again

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Thanks! These sections are still out of service for full-sized trains, but they do run motor car trips a few times a year from Stewartstown to New Freedom and back, and you travel past all of these houses and more. The railroad is working to restore the entire line for full-sized trains, they've gotten a mile done so far. For more, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com

@paultassie582 5 лет назад

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@soniagutierrez9839 5 лет назад

Where is this treasure?? I love riding trains when I was young and I miss that .

@ronalddean4834 4 года назад

I think it is wonderful. Time gone by but still alive. I'd love to see the train going by from my house. We need more of the old ways. Everything in today's world is on a computer people think. Folks along the route appreciate it you have a gift. It could be worse.

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

It could be a lot worse!!

@Shellyz2u 6 лет назад

I have lived within 200-300ft of a main csx double track for more than 15 years I love it

@JawTooth 6 лет назад

You are lucky!

@shariys1 6 лет назад

I live half a mile from the CSX S-line in FL. A house recently sold that was right across the street from the track. Sure do wish I would have had the means, or that house would have been mine!

@Trainfan1055Janathan 6 лет назад

Shellyz2u Norfolk Southern runs right behind my house.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Very cool!

@jameschristiansson3137 6 лет назад

Grew up within 200 ft of the BNSF (CB&Q) Aurora-Chicago racetrack in Hinsdale. Ideal spot to raise children if you want them to love trains forever.

@briang6040 6 лет назад

I'd be in heaven living in one of those houses!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Me too!

@martam1560 6 лет назад

Drum Guy Me too ! I love trains !

@eliotvideos2009 6 лет назад

Drum Guy yeah me too trains are awesome!!

@MrHgavino 6 лет назад

Amen

@briang6040 6 лет назад

Paula Johnson I've lived next to train tracks several times in my life, where trains ran around 55mph, so no I don't think about the negative stuff like you do. Also, I have relatives and friends who have worked for Norfolk Southern and still do.

@d.christmassnow1113 5 лет назад

Oh this is great!! My Grandmother lived right next to a Main Line that now has 2 tracks. (Originally 4 Tracks) that still runs several times daily. There was a road next to the tracks (Railroad Street) that was not very wide and there were about 18 houses along that street. I loved staying there and watching the trains go through especially at night. They'd blow the whistle sometimes too. It was fascinating. There were, however a few people killed on those tracks over the years. Usually drunk and walking on them late at night. This again, is quite nice. I'd love to visit this area Love it!! Thanks for posting!!

@whatdoidonext2234 5 месяцев назад

Haven't rode the Stewartstown in 30 years. Great video!

@TrumpCardMAGA 5 лет назад

Growing up we had family we visited every summer in a small coal mining town in Virginia. The town had a train track that ran close through the town, and went through their front yard between their house and the road. I use to love going there every summer and watching the trains, putting pennies on the tracks flatting them out. Since many times it was dual engines hauling what seemed like countless cars overfilled with coal those pennies would be so flat and sharp enough to cut yourself. Seeing the train go through a town so close to the buildings and people make me miss those times, and remind me why I love trains model or otherwise to this day.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

I’m glad this video can bring these memories back for you - hopefully you can make more memories happen as time goes on!

@ovenheating9482 5 лет назад

Live about 100ft away from two main csx tracks with the rail yard being about 300-400 yards down the track. I constantly hear them moving the carts around and what not and the distinct railroad smell is amazing. Have lived close to railroad tracks for years.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Awesome!!

@danielgannon9502 3 года назад

THIS is the kind of rail video that I love. Never mind the 70 car freight blowing down the main at 50 MPH (though I've enjoyed plenty of those), the old time short line winding through farmland, villages and neighborhoods is where it's at! So much more personal and interesting. I wish the line that once passed by my home on it's way to several beach communities and two amusement parks still existed, but it's long gone now. All that's left is a recently rebuilt/reopened mile long spur coming off the main to service a couple of existing customers and I'm ecstatic about it's return! However, what you have here is priceless...

@Bigjimvideo 3 года назад

Thank you very much for the kind words! Indeed, I do like these more than the super-long mainline freights. Not to say they don't have their place, but this is cooler to me, IMHO.

@316minister 8 месяцев назад

I love this video! This railroad is a thing of beauty and should be preserved. ❤

@JesusismyRock773 5 месяцев назад

A beautiful place to live and so awesome that the train goes by, and doesn't sound the whistle. That would be great to go to sleep to the sound of that train.

@jasonpoole2093 7 лет назад

How in the world can a railroad be THAT close to homes and run literally through backyards? That is amazing to me that such a situation could have even arisen. VERY cool, I might admit, though!

@Bigjimvideo 7 лет назад

Well, knowing how old the railroad is, I'm assuming that the houses were built back that far - but there shouldn't be any clearance issues, considering that passenger cars ran along this line not too long ago.

@mariocassina90 6 лет назад

it seems to be india where the train runs through the markets...

@ericzerkle5214 6 лет назад

I've seen it here. There used to be an old PRR branch that ran pretty much right through peoples back yards. Tracks have been gone since the very early 1980s but you can still see the ROW as it curves through backyards..

@erikjohansson1814 6 лет назад

Mario Cassina 1.50, the American flag.

@dinos7185 6 лет назад

Jason....the Railroad was there first then the houses came....the railroad still has rights to it thus it can operate it....it probably was for an old coal mine

@fredgauge3022 6 лет назад

To all my train lovers and friends,who wouldn't love to see a train coming a feet from your house.esp,in your front yard,I think that is really awesome.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

It's very awesome!!

@snowwhitehair485 5 лет назад

I love the way the grass has been mowed in the centre of the tracks in some places. Such pride in a full-size garden railway!

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

LOL!! Yes, this could be considered an "over-sized" garden railway :P

@chado3000 5 лет назад

A block and a half was close enough. In the sixties and early seventies the hobos walked past our house on the way to the liquor store. The best thing was in the early morning hours, each engineer had his favorite tune to play on the horn, playing them as softly as they could so they didn't wake everyone up. Most are quite good, and they still do it.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Well fortunately there's no hobos to speak of on this line - it's only 7.4 miles long, not exactly a long enough line to warrant that sort of travel...

@lunatic1ism 5 лет назад

Just love this kind of railroading. You can keep your hi-speed unit trains! Once had a friend who had the Ann Arbor run thru his backyard! Spent as much time there as I could.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Awesome! I'd love a train to come this close to my house...

@amberwoods8847 6 лет назад

I lived right by train tracks growing up. They were just next to our garage. I used to watch as trains went by, and I'd wave at the engineers. I was very little at the time.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I'd still be waving today if that was me! Actually, when I'm out doing video of trains, I still wave to the engineer/crew/passengers - I can't help it. :)

@amberwoods8847 6 лет назад

+Big Jim Video Productions My little 7 year old son loves trains. Just like his daddy and I. His daddy and I are still together. We've been together for 12 years.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Well I hope your boy keeps on loving trains as he gets older, just like I did!

@amberwoods8847 6 лет назад

+Big Jim Video Productions His daddy and I will make sure that his love for trains stays alive.

@toddcampbell5603 4 года назад

Although, it was probably 75 feet away from the house, the CB&Q Chicago to Burlington mainline went through my uncle's back yard in Mendota. What a show for a ten year old kid in the late 60's.

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

That's still awesome! Wish I had that kind of backyard (or this here)...

@mercury7590 7 лет назад

I know some people would not enjoy the noise and lack of fences, but I would not mind seeing Mighty Mo going past my house everyday.

@Bigjimvideo 7 лет назад

I'd be right there with you! Although I'd personally prefer steam myself...

@Rebel9668 6 лет назад

Be fun to see the York come that way.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

You never know, maybe one day...

@carolhutchinson7763 5 лет назад

You could put a fence if the back yard is facing the tracks. Some cities forbid fences in front yards. It seems like only the poor and the rich have fences or walls in their front yards.

@mathuetax 6 лет назад

I could REALLY get into living in these places.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I think I could too!

@laventier2934 6 лет назад

take me on too will ya

@randomlyanonymous985 6 лет назад

Looks like loads of fun riding a train in an area like that. It looks so peaceful.😊

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

It's definitely both, very fun and a very peaceful area!

@jrgboy 5 лет назад

When I was a kid in South Wales, UK, the freight trains carrying coal from the mine to the steel works used to travel along the back gardens & the passenger trains were only 25 yards further along...

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Sweet!

@Seafarer25 4 года назад

Its so nice to live there beside railroad...

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

I wish I could too.

@martam1560 6 лет назад

Thanks Big Jim Video for sharing this video with us ! I love trains and I want to live there ! Lol

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Maybe one day you can - and thanks!

@Med0sproductions 6 лет назад

so fascinating! id love to see a freight train roll through every now and then

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

That would be cool! I'd be happy to see one of their excursion trains rolling through here - so far they have a mile restored for full-sized trains - a little over six miles to go - so they haven't quite reached these places yet - but it will be a sight to see once they do!

@sheldonhchambliss1385 4 года назад

Beautiful really beautiful

@bpp325 3 года назад

I've watched this several times. Can't get enough of it. Very very cool. Thanx.

@Bigjimvideo 3 года назад

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@lifeofajeeper5235 4 года назад

This was great! I loved it, would love to ride on it! Heck this would be awesome to model on the layout! Thanx for the video

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

You're very welcome!!

@jgc4818 6 лет назад

In 1889 a short line Railroad was built from Orlando FL to a nearby college, and the track wound it’s way along the lakes. Then in the 1920’s-1930’s the entire area where the railroad was located filled in with suburban sprawl, so the train would run along the side of the lake obscuring people’s backyard lake view. They called it “the dinky line”

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

At least the trains weren't being parked there, blocking the view entirely - the train would pass by, and the view would be there again. :P

@railrider4745 6 лет назад

JGCPranks : I grew up 40mi. east of there near space cntr. 36yrs.

@karlblume9419 5 лет назад

While Daddy was stationed in Illinois decades ago, we were housed off base in a farmhouse where the track ran along the back property line, maybe 60 ft from the house. Back then there was a lot of rail traffic, and to this day, the sounds of the engine and the whistle, and especially that distinct smell from the diesel locomotive transport me back there.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Awesome!!

@PhantomDrums917 5 лет назад

I love the old fashioned quaintness. Thanks for posting.

@gordonmccoy4537 6 лет назад

Fantastic little Vid... Something nobody sees...! Thanks! Gordon

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Thank you!! It is rare indeed.

@mikemcelveen2973 6 лет назад

Where the f is anybody! Are they stuck on their x box? I'd be running beside it jumping on for a ride😂

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

LOL! I might have to flag down the train as it passes by in order to get on. :)

@rrbone 5 лет назад

The owner of this layout hasn't detailed it with people yet.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Haha!! But they put a lot of attention to detail into everything else!

@Petemonster62 5 лет назад

It would be an interesting railroad to model!

@spencerbass7142 5 лет назад

I would build my own locomotive, never use my car again!

@RailGunProductions 11 лет назад

This is one of the most interesting lines I've ever seen. I've heard of street-running on railroad lines, but never driveway-running. Thanks for posting!

@natraj_j 5 лет назад

This looks both quaint and fun

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

It totally is, if you're ever in the area, you should check it out!

@jasperedwards81 6 лет назад

It's astounding how close some of the houses are to the tracks. I have never seen anything like this except in other countries. It would be amazing to live in one of those houses depending on how often the trains run on the line.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I'd have to agree with you - it is pretty amazing. The last full-sized train that ran through here was in 2004 - since then, only speeders/motorcars (smaller and lighter railroad vehicles used mostly for maintenance along the line) come through here, and it's not that often at all. The railroad and volunteers are slowly working to restore all 7+ miles of tracks so that full-sized trains can run on the line again - they have gotten a little over a mile so far, but they haven't reached these houses yet. Once they do, it will be mainly tourist trains that come through here, so a few times on a weekend. They are potentially looking for freight customers as well, but that's down the road aways, and it also would be infrequent. For more info, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/

@goober7535 6 лет назад

theyre trying to bring freight through there?! are they insane? my rural township had a railroad plan proposed (great lakes basin) and everyone went apeshit, and rightly so. the amount of noise and re-parceling needed for railways disrupts farmwork and daily life

@thebrantfordrailfan 6 лет назад

You stupid NIMBY....

@surythecat9993 6 лет назад

“Go play in the yard” I can’t ma, there is a train in the backyard. “Well okay stay in today then,”

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Hahahah - well you can assume that the train will move on by at that point... :D

@lawnmowerdude 5 лет назад

This video was really satisfying. I love seeing old rails get used.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

I love seeing trains on lines like these, especially one that's coming back to life like the Stewartstown is...

@Peshkatari 2 года назад

I remember reading about Stewartstown in an article in Model Railroader -- from 1966! (I still have the issue in my collection.) Glad to see it's still around 55 years later.

@Bigjimvideo 2 года назад

Indeed - and it's coming back to life (again)! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dU4qzX0ZN3g.html

@frankmarkovcijr5459 2 года назад

Model Railroader used to be so great in the old days that's always trains magazine and railfan and Railroad model Craftsman good old days

@CrazyBear65 6 лет назад

Man, this is cool as hell. I'd love to have a house with a railroad running thru the yard. (And a trout stream in the yard would be cool too.) I'm gonna have to drive up there and ride a train one of these years. Almost 5 years ago you posted this video, have they opened up more of it since then? It would be nice to see a big steam loco pulling freight thru there. Reading 2101 is still languishing in Baltimore at the museum, she needs a new boiler to make her operational again. If I ever hit the powerball, I'll buy her and restore her, just to see her live again. (She pulled the American Freedom Train, I saw her when it came thru Pittsburgh, I was 10, and I was awestruck.) Good channel, I subbed.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Thanks! They do have full-sized trains running now, but they haven't gotten to these sections of track yet. They do run a Plymouth locomotive and coach/caboose combo - plus they are rehabbing a former PRR flatcar for use as an open-air excursion car as well. For more, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/

@carolhutchinson7763 5 лет назад

Imagine seeing a train right outside your bedroom window.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

I wish I could (without putting a picture outside of the window)!

@kansasstatealerting2424 3 года назад

I don’t have to imagine that!

@gabbygirl1987 5 лет назад

I would train-watch all day! Love it!!!

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

Awesome - me too!

@BroadcastJohn 6 лет назад

Growing up, we had three sets of freight rails behind our house. Unfortunately, our two car garage with attached enclosed patio blocked most of the view. But I always loved listening to a moving freight train when I was laying in my bed at the rear of our house. Even when we travelled in sleeping cars on passenger trains (both pre-Amtrak and post-Amtrak) when we took vacations, I loved listening to the clickety-clack sound of the wheels on the rails. Because I miss living alongside active railroad tracks, I purchased a sleep enhancing sound machine that includes railroad sounds.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

That’s awesome! I have a similar app on my phone but rarely use it because I tend to fall asleep rather easily. That being said, I’m a fan of the clickety-clack as well and can easily fall asleep on a train, as much as I love them 😝

@lindaterrell6104 6 лет назад

Two houses I lived in had trains that ran through the back yard. The one in Boston, The kids’ game was to spit on each car. Object was to run out of train before running out of spit. The one in Safety Harbor Florida, had no fence. The house I am in now, in Dunedin Florida, is a mile from tracks. I can hear the horns late at night.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I can hear the horns from Amtrak/Septa/Conrail, etc from my house in PA too, sometimes - and I love it!

@jonmacdonald5345 6 лет назад

Linda Terrell Do you Guys Still see people on Flakka in Florida??

@lindaterrell6104 6 лет назад

Jon MacDonald Huh?

@jonmacdonald5345 6 лет назад

Linda Terrell Flakka look up Florida Flakka on RU-vid!

@lindaterrell6104 6 лет назад

Jon MacDonald Looked it up. NEver heard of it.

@JRNipper 6 лет назад

When I worked for the Soo out of St. Paul, MN we had some areas that looked like this on the way to the Ford plant in Minneapolis.

@kempmt1 6 лет назад

When I was young, and with my fascination for trains, I would enjoy watching the train go behind my house

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Awesome!!

@mothra__13 6 лет назад

that's pretty trippy. i had a rail line that ran behind my old apartment. was about maybe 10 feet back, but up on a bit higher ground than where the building sat. train would rattle my entire apartment, lol. people assumed i would hate it, but i thought it was pretty cool, especially since i would use the tracks as a trail to the nearby park and walk from there to my college campus.

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR 6 лет назад

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

@nathananthony2496 6 лет назад

BaltimoreAndOhioRR hi

@JJRicks 6 лет назад

Hi Dave

@overload65 6 лет назад

I lived in Australia and we had the sugar cane locos running 24 hrs a day 30 feet from the house during the cutting season you got used to it. Just!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

That's very cool!

@railfanryan Год назад

I don't live this close to the tracks, but close enough to where I can hear the E bells at night

@maaku03 6 лет назад

That would be awesome!.. just a train coming over!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

A train visiting your house? Would be cool...

@tdog-jy1pp 6 лет назад

What a great place to have a railroad where kids can literally be playing 3 feet from it

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Well. the railroad was chartered in 1884, so it's not like this is a new thing to these homeowners. One would hope that if one makes the choice to live by or move in near railroad tracks, that supervision is needed, or the kids are aware of trains potentially coming. That being said, the speeds on this line have been and will remain slow, and I'm sure that every precaution has been and will be taken to ensure the engineers are aware of these sorts of things as they run down the line. For now, though, only motorcars/speeders like these are on these section of rails. The last full-sized train through here was in 2004. They are working to restore full-sized trains along the entire 7+ miles of trackage, and they've gotten a mile of tracks so far, but not yet to these sections of the line.

@buzzdacoinzguy8625 6 лет назад

Hey Big Jim VP, thanks so much for a interesting look at the improbable...never thought railroad right-of-ways were this narrow. Maybe this line sold off property tight to lines to financially survive...warm greetings from Harveys Lake,PA.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Indeed, especially along rural branchlines like this, the right of ways can be very narrow! I'm not sure whether they did or not, they very well may have.

@RTS4018 6 лет назад

Sounds great. Thank you.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Thank you very much!

@fairportrailfanproductions8801 Год назад

Imagine thinking that you have an abandoned railroad in your yard…then you look out one day and a train is passing!

@grahamwilkes4062 5 лет назад

now that is what i call a garden railway

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

And a sidewalk railway, driveway railway... :D

@maryfaux9743 6 лет назад

I grew up with RR one block away & passenger trains from 40's & 50's came thru frequently in Washington NC. I just lived in a place with busy train traffic in my yard. I never get tired of trains, even when they vibrate the house!!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

That's awesome! I don't think I'd get tired of it either...

@robertdejong2148 6 лет назад

Robert de Jong -- From seven yrs.old til grad. high school in phila. I lived across the street from a Reading RR local's embankment that ran through a completely built-up section of Phila. (Northwood Park). Local ran through 4 times a day. 2x am (6:00 in - 700am out to Sears and downtown. Tracks were just perfectly high enough to be even with my second flr. bedrm.window. I'm 83 now and still can envision that old 2/6/0 steamer pulling 2 passenger cars waking me up for school each weekday. I went back about 20 yrs. after grad. from Temple U. and the tracks had been removed but the embankment was still there. Maybe I'll go look/see what remains of those 30 ft.high rights of way.

@davesnothereman7250 6 лет назад

Thems some finely maintained tracks.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

LOL! They haven't been used for full-sized trains since 2004, when the Stewartstown Railroad came into some financial troubles and some of the tracks needed to be fixed further on down the line. Trains stopped running then, and the tracks deteriorated to where they are now. The only vehicles that can run on the entire line are speeders/motorcars - but since the railroad came back out of the financial difficulties a few years ago, the all-volunteer crew is working to restore all 7.4 miles of the line, but it only goes as fast as funding and volunteer availability allow it. They currently offer full-sized train rides over a mile plus of trackage that they have restored - for more info, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/

@sarabpreetkaur3360 4 года назад

Everyone vanished in 2020. This video is ahead of it's time.

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

LOL!!

@mta224 6 лет назад

This is awesome!!Ya know,if a guy made this in HO scale they'd call it unrealistic...

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Sounds like someone should make this in HO scale, then :)

@radioactivedragon7143 6 лет назад

Maybe you should, you can map out the entire town :3

@grantcheney5070 4 года назад

Love it! That's actually a really cool idea as part of an HO layout. I also enjoy the street runners.

@DomManInT1 6 лет назад

You should be selling cold drinks and ice cream along the way. Maybe have a taco car on Tuesdays.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

There actually is a local fruit/vegetable stand along the line near one of the crossings along the line that could be stopped at! But yeah, that also would be cool to set up somewhere, I'd think. :)

@DomManInT1 6 лет назад

I was meaning take the drinks and ice cream along the train with you and then people could come out and flag you down and buy them.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Haha - that would work too!

@Petemonster62 5 лет назад

The Good Humor Engineer!

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

The Good Humor Train!! Hmmmm....

@alcopower5710 4 года назад

Outstanding. Love this area

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

Me too!

@leifjenkinson4039 6 лет назад

The Chicago "L" used to pass apartment buildings so close, you could read the brand of cereal on the box on the kitchen table. The squealing of the wheels on the tight curves must have been excruciating. Then there was the "South Shore Line" out of Chi-Town. At South Bend they bought the corner of lots so they could make the curves going down the streets of residential neighborhoods.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

One day I'll get out to Chicago and ride the "L" - even if it's just to say that I've ridden it.

@lespaulofdoom9288 6 лет назад

Man, if the Stewartstown Railroad held a Day Out with Thomas event, seeing the DOWT train with Thomas at the front going through your yard would be weird!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

I bet any kids living in these houses would be ecstatic!!

@lespaulofdoom9288 6 лет назад

And railfans living in the houses would look on in awe at Stewartstown Engine #9 pushing boxcars and coaches with the Thomas dummy engine at the front.

@6977warrior1 5 лет назад

This is nothing since no high speed long freight trains rumble thru there. They go very slow and pretty quietly. However, in northern NJ I lived about 100 feet from a high speed freight train line that usually consisted of 5 or 6 engines and about 100 to 125 freight cars going about 60 mph. It came by about 6 times/day and the rumble and horns were LOUD, especially at 3:00am. Everything in our homes rattled and eventually dishes and dolls and display items had to be reseated because they would slowly fall from their spots. We , as kids, loved "mugging" the train and throwing rocks and robbing stuff and hitching rides, talking to the engineers and caboose men (no more cabooses though) and playing on the tracks. Good ole days.

@BumberenzoManilupinoCity 3 года назад

Train in the Village! Nice!

@Bigjimvideo 3 года назад

Oh yeah!

@dennisb-trains23 2 года назад

In Holland, Mi. I lived less than 100 ft from an Amtrak/CSX line. It took a little getting used to but after a couple weeks it was fine. I could feel the freight trains sometimes before I heard them. I had a waterbed back then and the trains would move the water 😃😃.

@Bigjimvideo Год назад

Nice!!

@richardgerlach5156 6 лет назад

That creek bank looked kinda iffy!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Well, that's why so far, only speeders/motorcars like the one I was riding in are allowed on this part of the line. They're small and pretty light, so it shouldn't be a problem. They are working to restore the line for full-sized trains to run again, and they have about a mile or so restored so far (out of 7+ miles total), but they haven't reached these parts yet. Once they do, they'll take a look and shore up what they need to shore up and fix what needs to be fixed before they get here. For more, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com

@richardgerlach5156 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@jujubee463 8 лет назад

I love this, I'm such a train geek. How great is it to have a railroad in your yard?

@Bigjimvideo 8 лет назад

+jujubee463 It would be great - in my opinion - if one of these houses were mine!

@justinangle3933 6 лет назад

I imagine it's the same train at the same time every day. Probably going to a former coal mining community.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Sorry for the delayed response. This is actually a big farming area, in Pennsylvania, south of Harrisburg, not too far from Amish country. Right now, there's no full-sized trains running on these sections of the tracks, as the last full-sized trains to run on here were back in 2004. There were a number of issues, both weather-related and financial, that hit the railroad all at once then, so the tracks were mostly dormant for a number of years. But, a few years ago, the situations pretty much got resolved, and the railroad's fortunes started to turn around. So far, they've gotten a mile+ of track restored for full-sized trains to run on, but they haven't reached these areas yet, the only things that run on here are the occasional motorcar/speeder trip (due to track and tie conditions). The all-volunteer crew is working, as manpower and funding permit, to continue to restore more of the line. For more info, visit www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/

@susancrooks1776 6 лет назад

I wouldn't like a main line as much as this...I loved on a branch line in Mo. , and the engineers would actually stop and chat, or if they saw my dogs hanging around the track, they had a signal honk to tell me "Hey, those idiot dogs of yours are on the tracks again!! My boys were little, and the guys would come out to the front of the train and wave to them, and it delighted those boys.

@amypeterson4615 6 лет назад

Gorgeous, gorgeous footage. Breath taking. Thanks.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Thank you very much!!

@packard5682 5 лет назад

I love this little railroad! I wish I had lived beside it. I would ride it everyday! The noise wouldn't bother me. I live 2 blocks from the Union Pacific main line in North Platte, NE and I am so used to it that I don't even notice it anymore.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

I can occasionally hear the trains inside my house - outside very clearly, I live about a half-mile from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and oftentimes can hear horn action. :)

@DanJ30 7 лет назад

OMG...so close!

@Bigjimvideo 7 лет назад

DanJ30 I know! Which is kind of cool...

@cweakley 6 лет назад

"Kids, go out and play on the railroad tracks while I make dinner."

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Ha! I'd hope not!!

@MultiSkyman1 6 лет назад

How cool. Would have just loved this as a boy.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Can still love it as an adult, too! 😁

@siddywiddyb 6 лет назад

So interesting! All the great things i would never see without these uploads! Thank you!

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching and enjoying!

@shyne752 4 года назад

I would love a train in my yard

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

Me too!

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions 7 лет назад

if I lived in one of those houses, id build a rail bike or speeder to ride all the time when the train was not running

@LasVegas68 5 лет назад

I was thinking the very same thing! Lol

@MrWolfSnack 4 года назад

Get to know the crew and be friendly to them, they would likely let you get onto the track during an off-day or a service day and run up and down the line for a single trip while it is closed before they send out the maintenance train.

@d.fortner6653 4 года назад

This is crazy to see a train going through people's yards WOW!

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

I know!

@lunatic1ism 5 лет назад

Had a friend in Howell MI. The Ann Arbor ran next to his garage. He delivered papers to the crews, we got many rides, RR artifacts and tissues.

@Bigjimvideo 5 лет назад

That's very cool! Glad he was able to have those moments and those memories.

@TNS17 4 года назад

0:06 I love how it says in the bottom left corner ‘private property’ LMAO

@Bigjimvideo 4 года назад

LOL I don't think I paid attention to that before!!

@TNS17 4 года назад

Big Jim Video Productions LOL

@Rebel9668 6 лет назад

My Great Aunt had either an N,C&STL or an L&N line that went through her front yard and across her driveway in Whitlock, Tennessee. Now it's the KWT. Go on bing or google satellite images and type in Whitlock< TN and you can see the track running through several front yards, lol.

@Bigjimvideo 6 лет назад

Rebel9668 Makes me want to own one of these houses...

@Rebel9668 6 лет назад

No, I mean Whitlock. It's about halfway between Paris and Puryear, TN. I myself now live in Southern Indiana and there is a short line in Sellersburg called the Southern Indiana Railroad that also runs through yards and very close to folks houses. It's very light jointed rail and at one time was part of an interurban line. Now it's two small locomotives that carry cement from Sellersburg/Speed to Watson and their CSX interchange.