Where are they?

Route 66. Mountain lions and other exotics in a "zoo". Fascinated tourists would stop, get gas and a Coke.

People in 2024

Just another scrapyard.

Pour water on the headstones to read the letters.

1973 gas was .39 that's crazy that they've been there that long

You should have a mask on‼️ All that old chipped paint likely has lead in it.

what is this gas station called? where exactly is it on route 66?

Graffiti?

Amazing what 40+ years difference since I last walked in there.

Old Exxon Station with a vintage Credit card machine. Clean that up and put it for sale as an antique.

Replaced by the newer ALP-45DPs and ALP-45As. Unfortunate that these weren't preserved

Hi, I too really appreciate your videos, I'm am a descendant of the Castners and Comptons, they were my 4th and 5th grandparents. I will be going to visit this place next week, coming from Wisconsin. I know the approximate location, would you have any suggestions on where to park and walk in from? Your video's give a much better understanding of what to expect, so helpful! Thank you very much especially respect for the place, you made my day.

As for some of the newer graves; some Graveyards would maintain a trust fund for various family or individual graves; and once a gravestone gets worn or damaged, they'd replace it with a newer stone. Sometimes descendants will/would do that as well. Is this a functioning cemetery? a Town cemetery? I'm blown away at how unkempt and let go it is.

The locomotives should be cleaned and fixed up. It should be sold to other countries. Thank You

$.39 gas was around 1985

Amtrak came to exist by federal mandate 1971. By the late 1960s and early '70s trains disappeared off the tracks. The federal government wanted a train and this is how Amtrak became what it is today. It still is federally funded by Congress. And they're always running in the red never in the black. However hundreds of thousands of people use them throughout the United States every day.

I used to ride amtrack back in the 70s from Chicago down to Cairo Illinois as a child by myself from moms to dads.one night i fell asleep and missed my stop two trains had to stop in the country and switch me back north. I was on my way to new Orleans.

The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (on the maintenance report you found in the cab) was responsible for the 2013 Lac-Mégantic disaster ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal,_Maine_and_Atlantic_Railway#2013_Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_disaster). This loco probably came from the sell-off of their assets.

Nice

The seat across from the Engineer is for the Brakeman, not his partner.

Hi, I just found your video, and wanted to say thank you for sharing this to KZbin. I am a descendant of many of the Castner’s and Compton’s that are buried in this cemetery. Specifically, James Castner, the Revolutionary war veteran and his wife. They are my 6th Great Grandparents. Their son, John J Castner, also a veteran of the Revolution, and his wife, Katherine Reamer/Reemer are also buried in this Cemetery. They are my fifth great grandparents. I do know that John was a Tavern Owner/Innkeeper of an inn in Bridgewater, now known as the Vosseller House, although it’s now a private residence. Sadly, my branch left New Jersey a long time ago, and I currently live too far away to visit and help as I’d like to. The cemetery and headstones are in heartbreaking condition. I hope a visit won’t be to far in the future. Thanks again for sharing.

Not snow cone cups, the paper cups are for water. I remember being on an Amtrak train when I was a kid. They had a “cold water” taps on the train it was a little push button spigot. If you would like to see an Amtrak concept cars, there is the Tennessee valley railroad museum. Next option would be the Erie railway museum in Pennsylvania. All of those cars were for marketing research for passengers. The concept cars were supposed to be destroyed after the testing were completed, however these didn’t make it to the scrapyard. Nice video.

I didn't serve snow cones on amtrak but it was for the water fountain area etc- Ps.Toot, toot...

It's a shame vandals just have to destroy and leave their mark!

Location?

Definitely rattlesnakes living under it 🐍

50:50 ,that's a GM built train 🚆 ,you can see the tag plate below the controls

Surprised that the copper thieves didn't steal all the copper wire & breakers out of the amtrak engine

Silver Streak.

If you notice towards the end in the last pullman sleeper, there is a cabinet labeled Shoe Compartment. There was also an access door to this locker for the Porter who would come by at night and polish your dress leather shoes for you. Keep in mind yesrs ago People dressed professionally when they traveled unlike today. This was a nice service when traveling first class. Next time you video one of these old cars pan slower. Some of us older guy's can help you. By the way the second seat in a locomotive is for the conductor on a freight train.

This young fellow doesn't seem to get out much. You can still buy a pack of Kool cigarettes in the soft pack, and we still use those paper cone style cups to this day. Usually, they are right beside a Gatorade or water cooler, and that is not a "pull tab" Budweiser can. Lol

Stumbled across your video. I Have Great Respect for Someone like you who is full of Respect for His elders and How he got his Freedom. Very Hard Work and the Love of Others. Thanks Brother !!!!

I like the video

I just joined. Very informative video. The only long distance train experience I had was the beginning of 1967. I was in the fourth grade at the time. The train was the Silver Meteor. Leaving Penn Station Newark NJ to Tampa Florida. About 25 hours in coach. The train was operated by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. If I recall correctly. The locomotive looked the same like the one in the video. As I said correctly because it was a long time ago lol. When we returned from Florida three months later. It was on the Silver Star. Again by the Seaboard Coast Line. To New York Penn Station. The plan was to live in Florida. But due to family issues we had to return up north.

Coka

Could be water funnels

To start there's a bunch of breakers u gotta flip on

Hate seeing it sit there

I encourage people to support Amtrak

I love amtrak

Off the side of train lol

Wonder if it will start

Our country and government sucks

Hate seeing train cars empty cause homeless people could use them to sleep in

Where is this grave site located? What state and city?

Racist city 🎉

Carry an old time weed whip in your trunk so you could whip a path for yourself. My grandma had one we used often on large swaths of grass ect.

We had a couple of yard tracks to store the vintage passenger railcars in Los Angeles(1980's). They couldn't "Give Them Away' because it cost more in scrapping than the value of the stainless steel, copper, and iron. One private party started to dismantle one of those passenger cars and gave up less than half way threw because he was spending more on acetylene than the worth of the scrap metal. That's why you see places like this where they just abandon them in abandoned tracks. I do know of two private parties who bought a coach car each to restore and lease them out for private parties. They ran behind the last Amtrak car and the baggage car. Even that was a money loser. Changing subjects......face the equipment when you descend the ladder on any railcar or locomotive.

All of the the porcelain sinks and toilet are the first thing the 'Scrappers' smash to recover the copper pipes and valves.