Train Cab Ride Thru Cheat Mtn Tunnel

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This is a portion of a video I did for my elementary school students of a cab ride on the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley's New Tygart Flyer. The company uses engines from the defunct Western Maryland Railroad.
The kids especially enjoyed the excellent view inside the 1800 foot Cheat Mountain "S" Tunnel near Elkins, WV.
The extended version of this video is at: • New Tygart Flyer Train...

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@markhine4020 5 лет назад

Now thats how you film going thru a tunnel. High beams n grwat view. Thanks guys Nicely done

@nssteampunk4865 4 года назад

I rode in the cab of the GP9 on the Cheat Salamander in August 2015

@goodspirit717 4 года назад

Check out my video of the Cheat Salamander from 2003: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZY9xwhViODw.html

@westpoint64 9 лет назад

Love that Leslie S5T horn. Nice view, F-units are so cool.

@davidfarrell7318 7 лет назад

I love this video need more through longer tunnels

@donniewhite5561 9 лет назад

Fantastic Tunnel ride.

@jamiedawn4239 9 лет назад

That's a long tunnel.

@brianchernesky2894 5 лет назад

i like old classic trains!!

@doc559 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing 🏆🏆🏆🤗🙏

@Herbert04 8 лет назад

Thanks for the ride. Spooky tunnel that one is.

@smithtimkris98 Месяц назад

Got to be en eerie feeling heading towards a hole in the earth with millions of tons of mountain soil above you.

@dianewilson5516 2 года назад

Now that would be so much fun. I've had a Amtrak ride to and from San Francisco only once. I want to go again, or at least somewhere.

@donengland9140 6 лет назад

Great Video! I would love to have been there!

@TheAnunnaki-NYC 9 лет назад

Man o man I love the EMD F series.

@repeatman 10 лет назад

Love that Leslie S5T!

@robingilmore1444 Год назад

Thank you

@boofheadgerry 10 лет назад

Thats a tight squeeze!!!

@nickfalzone9040 7 лет назад

Cool video! Definitely felt my claustrophobia kicking in!!

@UFO151 10 лет назад

Beautiful Leslie 5 chime!

@lordswoodsaint70 8 лет назад

thats a cool video mate thanks for sharing from the uk

@goodspirit717 8 лет назад

+lordswood saint You're welcome.

@npsit1 8 лет назад

That's pretty awesome.

@nwa482 7 лет назад

I rode this train last summer. The falls of Cheat River is another high point of the ride.

@goodspirit717 7 лет назад

I'm happy that they are continuing to offer this ride. In my extended version (link above in description) I did include the Falls of Cheat River as well as the locations where the tracks to Durbin once intersected with this line.

@lhsouthern1988 7 лет назад

Awesome video

@oldigger7060 10 лет назад

Rather them than me! Very tight fit indeed. You wouldn't want to need to open a door in order to get out!

@reserrvoirman 11 месяцев назад

That’s a skinny tunnel. Looks like you’d be in trouble if you were walking thru and a train showed up.

@goodspirit717 9 лет назад

Reply to Chris Bow: Workers would be told about the train schedule. Most tunnels do have safety spaces on the sides. We were told for this Cheat Mtn tunnel that trains go through it slowly. And there are 2 locations where the walls are dug back, though with barely enough room for someone to stand.

@lifeisamatrix5960 8 лет назад

anytime work is done on rails it's done between schedules of running trains and radioed and verified few times over before proceeding to do it.

@christella16 8 лет назад

goodspirit717

@Mrcharles. 8 лет назад

That tunnel is pretty narrow! Probably would not want someone to walk in the there or you won't know what's coming towards you!

@walterschivo9123 4 года назад

I was going to ask if anybody walked through the tunnel, but judging from the narrow size and distance, probably not. There wasn't any graffetti in the tunnel either.

@henkzaanstad5857 7 лет назад

Very nice.....like this

@sonnydean1617 9 лет назад

Thanks for sharing your very cool video. That's what I call a tight squeeze. :-)

@goodspirit717 9 лет назад

Sonny Dean Glad you enjoyed viewing it.

@ConfusedColourfulShirt-bi8fh 4 месяца назад

that was a cool video

@PlanetMojo 5 лет назад

One hell of a skinny tunnel right there...

@gmaneis 6 лет назад

Looks haunted! Don't go in there at midnight! :-)

@cwade1824 4 года назад

Why on earth do they make the tunnels so tight!

@walterschivo9123 4 года назад

I think it's to prevent people from walking inside the train tunnels, but sadly, some people will insist on doing that. Only do it if there is absolutely no train coming, but best not to try that unless you got a good train scanner and can understand what they say.

@nancyhazlinsky4624 4 года назад

Think about the era in which it was built (late 1800s) and realize that was before power equipment and was cut out by hand.

@25mfd 7 лет назад

(at the 3:42 mark)...the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel". Nice vid.

@applecounty 8 лет назад

Gosh, that is a narrow tunnel! Was it used during the steam era? For a steam crew the blast from the loco' would have been 'uncomfortable. Interesting to see the construction.

@goodspirit717 8 лет назад

It appears the tunnel was in use by the late 1800's during the steam era. Some books have noted that steam engines in tunnels made for a hazardous situation for train crews.

@pentrexvideos 3 года назад

Looking for the owner. Pentrex Railroad Videos would like to use your footage. We do, of course, pay for footage. RU-vid does not allow any contact info here, so that is a problem. Reply to this comment if interested and we can work something out. :-)

@goodspirit717 3 года назад

Yes, I would be interested. Let me know if I can contact you through your website.

@maggy3418 5 лет назад

How is it possible that there’s no locomotive exhaust stains on the ceiling of the tunnel?? Locomotive exhaust comes out at high pressure; you’d think there would be a black streak on the ceiling from beginning to end.

@jacuzzibusguy 4 года назад

MAGGY my thoughts exactly!

@poltergeist1105 2 года назад

Maybe the water rinses the soot off?

@JayLookie 6 лет назад

The tunnel looks like something out of a horror movie.

@peteharrison9816 5 лет назад

Love it

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 4 года назад

1:53 Nice waterfalls!

@johnjp5883 6 лет назад

Not a lot of extra room through those tunnels

@FreeRidefr8hopping 5 лет назад

The cost of boring a hole of this length is extensive, many tunnels up here in Canada have had the height increased to allow double stack thru, didn't look like they did that in the video

@lifeisamatrix5960 8 лет назад

I like how you almost feel like it's gonna hit on the sides

@A_10_PaAng_111 7 лет назад

It does on modern freight locos. I think a loco engineer posted a vid of his freight going through it and the sides of his loco is getting dinged and scraped.

@LeoLeo-qo7yw 5 лет назад

The video it's called "Scary Train Tunnel in Cumberland Gap".

@Jleed989 4 года назад

In the days of stream, where did all the black smoke go?

@goodspirit717 4 года назад

The smoke from the steam engine would go backwards along the train in the tunnel. That often caused problems for the rest of the train crew.

@robertramsay5963 6 лет назад

Amazing that thos locos stay on the rails when they rock and roll so much. Thanks for posting. So nice to be inside an F or is it an E?

@goodspirit717 6 лет назад

A few years ago someone posted here that this is an F-unit and that the horn is a Leslie S5T.

@abandonedsecrets 9 лет назад

Sure enough you don't want to be inside when a train goes in.

@a.j.deutsch1792 7 лет назад

URBEX - Abandoned Secrets, you could probably outrun it and the Train can stop pretty fast for how slow it's going.

@hostile177 10 лет назад

Wow, tight fit!

@Howoldareweanywayyipes 2 года назад

wow!

@Bivolari 6 лет назад

The power of that diesel really came through on my computer speakers.

@LeoLeo-qo7yw 5 лет назад

Isn't this tunnel the Cumberland Gap Train Tunnel?

@goodspirit717 5 лет назад

No, this is the Cheat Mountain "S" tunnel located a few miles east of Elkins, WV.

@nikolayborisenko3732 10 лет назад

What is the date of filming? Is it really WM F-unit action?

@goodspirit717 10 лет назад

This was videotaped in 2003. Don't know what type of unit it is but the New Tygart Flyer ride is still in operation.

@nikolayborisenko3732 10 лет назад

goodspirit717 So it's modern railroad museum train ride... The F-units are original WM locos, or these units were repainted in historic WM livery?

@goodspirit717 10 лет назад

Nikolay Borisenko I'm not familiar with the WM engines. You might be able to get information from the company sponsoring the ride: mountainrailwv.com/contact/request-info

@iamphoenix7942 7 лет назад

Scary kinda looking

@chrisbow1776 9 лет назад

do they not make tunnels in the USA with manholes in them to stand in if a train comes ?. what is a worker suppose to do in that one if a train comes.

@mca0824 7 лет назад

Thant tunnel looks much nicer than the tunnel in my video. You should take a look.

@nigelterry9299 7 лет назад

Breathe in!!!!

@brianbooher7318 4 года назад

I'd be afraid that f unit would break down

@mikegross6107 7 лет назад

I think they would be SOL if a knuckle broke in the middle of that tunnel, doesn't seem like enough room for a person on either side to make repairs. Guess they would have to PUSH the train from the rear.

@Mc007- 6 лет назад

Do the trains still use this tunnel

@goodspirit717 6 лет назад

Yes. It is used by the New Tygart Flyer excursion train. Info at mountainrailwv.com.

@carburetedseltzer120 10 лет назад

how do you get train cab rides !!!!!!!!

@goodspirit717 10 лет назад

I talked with the train conductor before the ride explaining I wanted to videotape from the cab so I could show this to my students and he gladly gave me permission.

@carburetedseltzer120 10 лет назад

goodspirit717 goodspirit717

@maggy3418 5 лет назад

goodspirit717 you’re very fortunate for that opportunity. There isn’t a snowflakes chance in hell that would be permitted around Canada.. absolutely no cab rides on our trains for security reasons.

@charlesdell2864 9 лет назад

Great video, how long is this tunnel?

@goodspirit717 9 лет назад

It's in the text I posted. The tunnel is 1800 feet long.

@SankhaSubhraMondal 6 лет назад

👍👍

@denisetindall85 8 лет назад

I DID SUBECRIBED TO THIS VIDEO ON YOU TUBE I REALLY LIKE THIS VIDEO ON YOU TUBE THANK YOU FROM DENISE TINDALL😂

@P11Bass 8 лет назад

if got stuck no way to get out

@kenberrie7843 7 лет назад

oh yea there is allways a way out, just use another train to pull it out...

@bettyboop65340 10 лет назад

why you blow horn at tunnel

@nudist0885 10 лет назад

In case someone is in it. Freight trains always blow their horns when they're less than 100 yards away from entering a tunnel. They can signal to people that are about to go into a tunnel that they should wait; They can signal to someone that's already in a tunnel that a train is coming.