Abandoned Coal Town Comes To Life, Amtrak Train Stops At Passenger Train Station, Thurmond Trains 4K

[@Terence_317]

Hey I was on that train heading too Indianapolis I saw you !!! My mom was like I that's what I like doing filming and catching trains omgggg I'm so glad to catch you filming 🎥 ! I was like that's jaw tooth !!!

[@JawTooth]

Wow, that is awesome! I couldn't see in the train car windows and I wondered if anyone recognized me. Pretty cool and thanks for commenting Terence!

[@Terence_317]

@@JawTooth I was in the second coach car in the 3 window in back I couldn't see myself or mom because windows are tinted from outside I see but it was nice to catch you filming 😃🛤 jaw tooth!!

[@JawTooth]

@@Terence_317 Good thing I was on that side because if I was on the other side you wouldn't have seen me. I bet that was a fun ride going through the mountains and tunnels. The last time when I was in Thurmond a couple years ago Amtrak came through in the dark and it was about the same time. You picked the best time to ride Amtrak with the long days of light.

[@as-gf9pc]

You are Jaw Tooth Junior, man.

[@michaelmassie2383]

You are so lucky to have seen him in action. That's amazing though!

[@bbsl1967]

Love how the first train giving the horn salutes to the railfanners

[@rustonbucyrus3047]

Hello from England again. 🇬🇧 Jaw Tooth you are the tops!! I do like your style, you take us to the real US. You tell us the history of the place and never chatter during the train run-by like some. Watching the freight consist is somehow mesmerising. They should prescribe your videos for stress relief!! Regards Charles

[@eastcoasttrains7467]

West Virginia is one of the best places to watch trains

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Mostly coal trains.

[@williambowers8042]

I guess so... Ain't nothing else to do...🙄

[@STho205]

I used to check into a $70 3rd floor room at Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry and watch trains and the old B&O round signals change at Maryland Heights tunnel all night long. I miss that place. I knew when a developer got ahold of it, they'd condemn it.

[@eastcoasttrains7467]

@@STho205 haven’t been to Harpers ferry in a long time

[@karenfuller7635]

I have been visiting with my mom and dad in Talcott, WV. I live in Oak Hill now. My dad is 93 and on March 14, he will be 94. He worked many shifts at Thurmond as a Telegraph Operator and it has been a real treat to hear the history from someone who actually spent time there. My late husband didn't grow up in WV, but he loved it and Thurmond was a favorite spot of his. I will be learning more as we go through more pictures. My mother is 92, soon to be 93. Their minds are sharp too. Next I want to record some stories from my dad and post them. There is something unique about Thurmond. Until next time. . .

[@horror-metal-mike4320]

Very AWESOME CSX coal train and coal tower in very COOL historic coal town! NICE to see an AMTRAK train stopping here as well! I totally agree with East Coast Trains, this is one of the best places to see trains in action! Very BEAUTIFUL and a lot of NICE scenery! It would have been COOL to see that tower being operated JT! Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see the other part of this video!

[@BraunBrosBriar]

That was a long coal train. It was moving, too!

[@denimadept]

@@BraunBrosBriar We get coal trains here in Littleton, Colorado (just south of Denver) all the time. Full going south, empty going north.

[@horror-metal-mike4320]

@@BraunBrosBriar Best place for railfanning!

[@horror-metal-mike4320]

@@denimadeptWhich trains go through Littleton? BNSF and UNION PACIFIC? I've seen just about every kind of locomotive go through Fayetteville, North Carolina! BNSF, CANADIAN NATIONAL, CANADIAN PACIFIC, CSX, KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, NORFOLK SOUTHERN, and UNION PACIFIC! Mostly CSX trains go through Fayetteville. I'm Mike of Braun bros and briar. I would definitely love to see Colorado, especially Glenwood Springs and the Glenwood Springs Caverns theme park!

[@denimadept]

@@horror-metal-mike4320 I think they're BNSF, though I'm not sure. I'm not really a railfan. I just like these videos. 🙂

[@GrandadsLetters]

Awesome video! It’s easy to imagine a tender being loaded under that historic tower! The Amtrak action was a good catch, too. Thanks for being willing to put in the time to capture these snippets of history. (Kudos to the State of West Virginia for preserving this site)

[@hernanpatricioorellanaalar3473]

Great Video! A historical raíl place. Thank you very much Mr. Jaw Tooth! 😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@thoughtfinder]

Now this I find very very fascinating. A railroad going right through a practically abandoned ghost town. Just awesome. So awesome

[@MarkTheLostTraveler]

That is a great spot there in Thurmond, West Virginia for train spotting.

[@rickrogers2649]

Such a cool place. A town frozen in time. Thanks for posting this.

[@--marshy--]

I love how a completely dead town, Always in silence just about, Gets it's own big moment like that, Truely Great catch!

[@albertofranchi6408]

Fantastic thurmond

[@JawTooth]

thanks for watching!

[@Midnight-tw3gp]

I've been there 3-4 times in the last couple of years. Those 3 buildings are original to the town and also the last original buildings that still remain. I hope you were able to check out the town of Prince, WV about 15-20 miles past Thurmond. They have an early 40s train station. Still has the original C&O logos on it and the sleeping kitten on the the floor of the station. Great video as always. Keep up the great work.

[@scotty12342]

Love the sound of that train horn echoing in that mountain vallely

[@foxtrotzulu4605]

Excellent video! Thurmond is an awesome place.

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome video Jawtooth! Awesome place! Sure is great the state is restoring it! Thanks for sharing! I'm ready for part 2!

[@richardpowell7013]

What a neat little town I guess you could call it lol. That'd be a great place to live to always catching a train coming by. Looks very peaceful there and to have mountains so close by. Awesome video JT and thanks for sharing son!

[@JawTooth]

You got that right!

[@York22]

You could move there. Build a new house and help it regain its glory

[@richardpowell7013]

@@JawTooth I saw a video on Rj Corman last night and didn't know if you've ever seen it. Very good video on how he become BIG in the Railroad Industry.

[@solutions2exist556]

Excellent catch. Did not know Amtrak would stop in an out of the way location.

[@allenwright95]

Good video I really enjoy your dogs chewing on each other

[@deathvalley1592]

IT’S REALLY FANTASTIC WHEN YOU HAVE INTERESTING BACKGROUNDS…..LIKE ON THIS VIDEO!!! WATCHING YOU IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!

[@mattyo8828]

Holy Jesus Christ that’s a lot of enthusiasm

[@chrischapman5010]

Your other commentors are correct. The rails are only cut to the base to save time and gases. When the grapple lifts them to load out, they snap right at the cut!

[@1940limited]

Interesting.

[@theophilhist6455]

One of the coolest train passages in the US. My wife and I were just there June 4. An equally beautiful day. We saw a west bound with 5 engines and 220 cars. That bridge is special..one way in and out. Met 3 of the residents. Not too many places you can say you met half a town in less than an hour. Love that New River Gorge area.

[@JawTooth]

I'm going to go back again this year. I have another friend who wants to go and I want to film RJ Corman bringing coal down

[@Daddymouse-ny9cz]

Neat spot, great old buildings! Glad they are in for preservation!

[@MrSdmckenna]

That's along the New River. Rafted it aome years ago. The boyscout camp, the Bectel Summit is across the river. Before it opened scout leaders painted the train station. There was a short article in Trains magazine. The writer walked up to the platform and noticed a guy sitting on the ground. He struck up a conversation. The guy was a river guide. On the Gauley River, a rough whitewater that flows into the New River. He said it was a good season "We didn't lose anybody". There is a bridge near there it closes one day a year to allow base jumping. I recall from the river you could see traces of rail lines the climbed into the hills to reach the mines.

[@jamesmoore7155]

Those traces are still there I’m a native born and raised here. You can actually hike some of the old mine lines because they were ripped up after the kaymoor mines closed.

[@MrSdmckenna]

@@jamesmoore7155 It is a very pretty part of America!

[@jamesmoore7155]

@@MrSdmckenna indeed it is good sir. Like the saying goes there’s no place like home!

[@BraunBrosBriar]

Thurmond is packed full of history. When me and my brother were there we got to see the museum. It was very interesting.

[@terrysweat4187]

Awesome video, that’s something that the state of Virginia should do to help these small towns now. Thanks for sharing.!!

[@raymondparker1110]

Agreed ! We have way too many small towns dying and drying up that have been bypassed by highways, and the trains all now just roll right on through without ever stopping... so wish I had been around back in their heyday, to witness and experience life back then. I know it would have been a refreshing change to what things are like nowadays..

[@chuck3042]

The only thing Virginia is worried about is taxing us to death and making sure we can smoke some weed we’re becoming the California of the east coast

[@penguinsfan251]

Sadly, Virginia is now all about the obnoxious DC suburbs and their woke politics. If you are in rural Virginia, which is really quite nice, then Governor Pinhead and his merry band of dufuses don't care if you exist or not.

[@garyburg9504]

Not Virginia. This is West Virginia.

[@Erick-ve1jx]

Beautiful location,great video as always

[@railfannetwork7907]

Good Sunday Morning Jawtooth!!!

[@foxgeirgesda]

I love that old town! I wish it could come back to life. 🌺

[@seaandra79]

Love this! I have been able to visit Thurmond, WV only a couple of times. I am a direct descendant of Captain WD Thurmond. He was my great, great, great grandfather. I love seeing the family history.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Cedarsman.]

One of the best places Brian 👍👍

[@willielarimer7170]

I would love to live in a town like this ,having peace and quiet, unless a train goes by, still better to hear a train, instead of gun shots every day

[@tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208]

The scenery in this town is quite cool. That's what made me to watch the video

[@kimberlyatwood5154]

What a cool video! Love how u show us the history of old railroad buildings . I hope they restore the coal building- wouldn’t it make a cool rail fan viewing area! Cool town !

[@jeanhutchinson6198]

1:43 I love it when they blow "shave and a haircut two bits!"

[@davidmihevc3990]

You're dating yourself Jean, there's getting to be fewer people that know that these days. 😄 I enjoy hearing it too.

[@jeanhutchinson6198]

@@davidmihevc3990 😄

[@wvben]

Even those who have seen Roger Rabbit should know this.

[@kennyspry5189]

Tower looks really good for being 92yrs old.

[@JawTooth]

Those things are built to last hundreds of years

[@kennyspry5189]

@@JawTooth Yeah isn't that just Amazing to be able to last that long as long as No Jerk Kid's Destroy it

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

That's cool! There's an old coaling tower that was tipped over for clearance reasons, near me on the Old Main. I've taken pics of it but never thought to include it in a video. Maybe I will, thanks for the idea! 😉

[@frederickwise5238]

Hey dude, HI! B&O machinist, Western Div Newark Oh 1957.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@@frederickwise5238 👍👋😄

[@anthonykotoff3041]

Awesome train video and the dog in the end was nice to 🐕🚂

[@sparkythedetroitdoggo8281]

One of your best in my opinion . The horn @ 9:20 is almost haunting then the crossing lights come on and then you hear the crow . I'm from Oxford north of Detroit where the Grand Trunk Western crossed over the Penn Central / New York Central railroad . Many great memories . My father grew up in West Virginia . I remember many vacations and the highlight was watching the Chessie system coal trains going through the mountains . I can still picture them in my head today . Great video son !

[@JawTooth]

Thanks!

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

Lagrange, Thurmond and the tehachapi loop would make an awesome American railfan tour. Thanks from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 UK.

[@tucobenedicto109]

C&O coaling tower. Love those semaphore Signals!

[@train1962]

Love that spot.Had the pleasure of riding through there on the Cardinal both ways back in October.Thanks for sharing such a nice place with us Brian.

[@jackrabbit2688]

Now this, is awesome. Nice video Jaw Tooth.

[@brianbickley8368]

Thanks for the info on the old coal loading building!

[@0779BooBoo]

I have been through that old town. Great place to watch trains!

[@stephenrick6672]

No coaling towers where I live. Nice to see that one still exists.

[@Sven_Okas1967]

Nice coal-bunker, thats cool. You can really feel how it rushed like coal into the tender, even the black cloud of coal dust I see figuratively in front of me. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

[@mclary9808]

I worked on the Fall 2019 excursion train from Huntington to Hinton and back. I had the time of my life! Hope to do it again.

[@dawtrek1656]

Beautiful country.

[@silverhawk_25]

Great video Jawtooth enjoyed the live action trains pretty cool that Amtrak stops there and Thurmond West Virginia is a town with only 5 people wow wonder where they all stay

[@kenshin891]

Nice! I saw this place on Discovery. That coal tower is nice. CSX Colinwood Yard in Cleveland used to have a massive coaling tower built during WW2 to accommodate the massive spike in rail traffic. Of course, 15 or so years later it was out of use. They demolished it back around 07-08.

[@arnesw2647]

Finally there was a passenger train. Thats pretty cool! And that coal tower was very interesting to watch! Thanks JT! 😉👍🇳🇴

[@tonyhoneyman3693]

Because of you and Hobo Shoestring , I made the trip to Thurmond this past weekend. Enjoyed the area and walked it. Thanks again for your visit and video. Also visited the falls coming into the area. Loved it. Praying for you.

[@JawTooth]

Great to hear! that place is really awesome and I am going to return there this summer. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PatriseHenkel]

I rode that Amtrak (Cardinal?) in the 90s and I don’t remember if we got off or not… a historian from the park got on and told us about the town- there were 13 passenger trains PER DAY in the 1890s!

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Great video 🚄🚄👍

[@darrinsteph522]

Really enjoying your train videos. Keep making them and thank you sir!

[@Phantom-Signal]

Man you get to go to some amazing spots to film trains.

[@DelcoImagery]

Wow that’s so cool how he stopped here! This is a really historical place. Nice catches JT.

[@cameronreason]

Looks like 60% of the population are Railfans. Awesome video JT..Lookin forward to seeing part 2! Have a good rest of your weekend 🙏🏽

[@renegadetenor]

Your best yet, someone finally covered Thurmond! Thanks for going to the places I can't get to.

[@chatanugadotorg]

Thurmond's a fun place to visit. Doesn't have the traffic like Fostoria, Marion, and other places I like to visit in Ohio, but it's such a nice relaxing and out-of-the-way kind of place. I love that they have the little recessed areas on the bridge for pedestrians now. Used those in 2019 when I was down there to get some nice pictures and video of the river. Also got to see a rail train on that visit dropping off rail.

[@jacktaggart2489]

Thanks, Jawtooth! I enjoyed your video. I believe both trains were Westbound. There are several residences on the narrow street on the steep hillside along a very narrow 'street' just behind the storefronts. The R.J. Corman Line (former CSX, nee C&O) was fairly recently extended and activated to Pax, WV to an activated coal mine. I love visiting Thurmond; the coaling tower and storefronts, as well as the rail / vehicle bridge over the New River into town and signal towers give it a great current, with glimpses into the past, feel.

[@armyvet1090]

Love those trains AND those mountains in the background. That amtrak stopping was on my mine. Only thing missing, was a fellow with a side by side shot gun. Beautiful country.

[@nedj10]

Nice to actually see AMtrak stop there, I always see this place show up on the "5 least used Amtrak stations" videos that come out every year.

[@traditionallarry5378]

I like the intimacy of that small town and really liked that city hall building.

[@chuckkanupke5747]

Back in 70s our family spent 2 nights at Bankers Club hotel in Thurmond. Hotel was an overnight lodge spot for New River rafting outings. Also staying here were 12 People Magazine employees who were on New River rafting expedition. Stayed on 2nd floor where everyone shared restrooms and showers. Great meals prepared by staff. Coal trains rumbling through town all night. Thanks for the video update. We still recall our Thurmond experiences when times were more positive.

[@thess344]

Fascinating place.

[@robertnuttall9599]

Cool video JT!

[@WindOfTheWisp_Janine]

Coo video...love seeing these old towns...cool to see the Cardinal stop...I've ridden it to Chicago to catch the Southwest Chief to New Mexico...incredible trip!

[@daveshoemaker261]

I think it cool how you find these railroad areas that are hidden away to show us. Keep on tracking….

[@cherrylove3656]

wow I would love to visit this my moms name was Virginia from Virginia these old locomotives and buildings are very interesting looks like beautiful country

[@JawTooth]

Please do! You would always remember this place

[@jpf1950]

Thanks JT. I love your videos. The music at the end was excellent.

[@nuuch3679]

I love the history you throw in.

[@pat370]

8:42 the stop your talking about I believe is Sanderson Texas on the Sunset limited

[@chesterraybon3442]

Always like it when you shoot from that location. Takes you back to the more simpler and peaceful times. Thanks for the hard work. 😎👍👌

[@rwamchubb7977]

I've been there and counted 4 trains whilest I was there for about 8 hours or so. Neat place one way in and one way out.

[@ed777tx-edward8]

Excellent video of the CSX train. Nice looking equipment. Thanks for the video, enjoyed it Son.

[@divox9pqr]

Ive ridden the Cardinal many times on the way to Chicago. Thurmond WV is a historic site.

[@daf827]

What a fine video, son! Thurmond is a classic location. Thank you for driving to WV and hanging out in Thurmond for so long to catch the action for us.

[@tomsdotter3228]

Wow, what a cool place. Awesome video! Thanks!

[@crazyman762]

Thurmond is 1 of the coolest train sites in the world. I saw a train pass while in the 2nd floor cuploa of the station.

[@SWITCHMASHER]

Nicely done video as usual. Thank you sir!!!!!

[@gearheaddesignz]

Love your videos! That's a perfect spot. Love historic areas like that. Keep up the great videos!!

[@railfanlondonwhaley9521]

I enjoyed that video👍👍

[@DistantHorn]

You sir are a national treasure!! I love your videos. Thank you

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thank you!

[@beulahpowell1478]

You are recognized by those horn salutes, awesome 👍😊 This was very interesting. Chessie as always a cutie. Thanks 👍😊

[@sray6W6]

We were there a few months ago. Neat place.

[@RogerThunderhandsGilbert]

Love that town,,my kind of town! That station would bear a closer look,,to cool!

[@judithladson2038]

This particular video you shot on my birthday 🎂 I am gonna say its a present since I love old buildings and I'm happy they're fixing them up !! 😊

[@JawTooth]

Awesome! I hope you had a great birthday . I would have said happy birthday in the video if I knew

[@mattfoltz7752]

Love those K5s echoing off the hills. I hear the same thing over here along the Potomac.

[@RodrigoSousaFerrovias]

Great video my friend, very interesting! 👏👏👏

[@johnemery1135]

Like always, your videos are outstanding.

[@jimjoebob]

Finally saw that town two weeks ago , pretty neat place, saw one good train come through

[@JawTooth]

Very cool!

[@draff1662]

Cool, I felt like I was transported to the 1920’s. I hope the State completes the restoration. Thanks.

[@rickledges4412]

Chessie seemed to be enjoying himself taking in the sights at Thurmond. JT, thanks for spending many hours at Thurmond to being us this video.

[@jodimiller7931]

Mr. Jawtooth thanks for sharing this town and the trains coming thru, really enjoyed your video.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching

[@JeffMeadowsOutdoors]

Great stuff Jaw Tooth. Growing up in southern WV, coal trains were the only kind I knew. And what a coincidence you posted this now. I rode Tweetsie Railroad today, and the smell of the burning coal took me back also.

[@chrisryan5339]

Great job mate cheers. Chris from England.

[@SocialistDistancing]

What an interesting little town. I'd live there, as long as I could live in one of those buildings. For a town with a population of 5, there sure seems to be a lot of visitors. I noticed a semaphore signal at the station. I assume those are no longer working.

[@glennfoster2423]

The signal is a "Train Order Signal. It was controlled by the train order operator inside the station. The TO clerk would display a clear signal if there were no train order to an approaching train, and red (or something else) if the train crew had to receive orders.

[@paulremmey398]

Good idea , let’s move there