Eagle Mountain Ghost Town going over the Railroad Bed.

We rode part of the kaiser steel railway. or better known as the Eagle Mountain Railroad. Today the tracks are no longer found. They were removed in 2016 and 2017. The railway was built in the year 1947 - 1948 that worked until the year 1986 transporting iron ore from the mine of the same name to the foundry in the city of Fontana CA. in whose mine the town of Eagle Mountain was located. what a completely abandoned finger. There is a lot of information on the Internet about this place. But with my friend and a great adventure partner in the Railcart Little Fox. (the TOTO) and his 4×4 can-am we hit the track bed from Interstate 10 to the ghost town of Eagle Mountain. I hope you enjoy the entire 50 mile or so ride. crossing the southern california desert. United states of america.
Recorrimos parte del kaiser steel railway . o mejor conocido como el Eagle Mountain Railroad. hoy las vias ya no se encuentran .fueron removidas en el año 2016 y 2017 . E ferrocarril fue construido en el año 1947 - 1948 que funciono hasta el año 1986 transportando mineral de hierro desde la mina , del mismo nombre hasta la fundición de la ciudad de Fontana CA. en cuya mina se encontraba el pueblo de Eagle Mountain. que dedo completamente abandonado. hay mucha informacion en Internet sobre este lugar . Pero con mi amigo y un gran compañero de aventuras en el Railcart Little Fox. (el TOTO ) y su 4×4 can-am recorrimos por el track bed desde la interestatal 10 hasta el pueblo fantasma de Eagle Mountain. espero que difruten del paseo de unas 50 millas en su totalidad. cruzando el desierto del sur de california . de los estados unidos de america.

[@Yormsane]

Jeez, how sad to see all those houses slowly falling apart. Bridges and several areas of track bed were washed out too, from recent monsoons, and the heavy machines that removed the railroad tracks. The desert landscape changes so quickly, when left to its own devices. Glad you made it there and back safely. Another great video, thank you Archie!

[@LesterMoore]

Looks like a possible place to set up a homeless encampment.

[@pattiwhite9575]

Brought back memories of roaming around SoCa in the late 70's. So many Sunday drives out of San Diego. Later getting a 4x4 and adventuring into the mountains to learn how all those gears worked on mountains. Always good weather and lots of fun outdoor things to do. We would spend hours watching hang gliders and parachuters jumper from planes by the side of a canyon. Accidentally driving into Mexico at Tecate. Freezing our butts off camping up in the mountains. Finding a hide away bar. Just so many things happened in the short 4 years we lived out there. And still I am awed by the mountains of weird large boulders.

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Great video bro, that location the history, and its present condition are endlessly fascinating, you save me a trip👊thank you

[@Arzman6011]

I could feel the imprints of the lives and dreams of those

[@paulman246]

I see you like all the spare wheels left up there!

[@jerrylofy9153]

Awesome video! I was able to pull up Google satellite view and track exactly where you traveled through the entire video. Sad that they pulled up all the tracks. Great work guys!

[@clearlycaribbeanreb2895]

This channel is so cool. Seeing these parts of Southern California brings back great memories!

[@geralderdek282]

That was some adventure! Thanks for doing it!

[@yangerasimenko]

Железная дорога, город призрак.. ожившие картинки из вестернов..Очень ждём!

[@archiemoreno]

Thanks

[@robingilmore1444]

Wish we had these toys when I was younger.

[@texleeger8973]

This trip led me to read the history of Eagle Pass ghost town, Fontana, Ontario International Airport, California Speedway (formerly), and a wee bit more. It is far too easy to get sidetracked on the Web but, if one is a curious traveler, learning pathways are unlimited. Thus, thank you for this very enjoyable trip to Eagle Pass.

[@mal_752]

Splendid drive along the old track bed. Brilliant 👏 👏 👏

[@desertbob6835]

I see they finally scrapped it out. I remember watching the Kaiser U25Cs notching up with a string of ore empties coming back from Fontana after we'd swap loads for them at Ferrum. Pulling loads up to Beaumont was a long, slow slog .

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Fascinating place. I’ll have XC to get out there on my next Cali trip.

[@oldnstillworkin5709]

I would have liked to see more of the mine. Maybe next time

[@richardhelit844]

Eagle mtn rd & Victory cyn.my dad parked the trlr about 1947.we lived there.

[@briana.1878]

Nice vid!👍 Eagle Mountain was bought for $22.5 million back in Apr by a Cerritos based company. They havent said what they're going to do with it.

[@worldcooking]

It is a very good video with interesting places traversed by this vehicle.

[@laerciorodrigues8769]

Assim morrem as alegrias e os sonhos de um homem crianca

[@rumaldodominguez3000]

Great videos amigos thanks from the great state of Texas

[@rvvanlife]

Thank you so much for making this video, very interesting 👍👍👍

[@cristianruiz9325]

Gran aventura 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kitwilliams8268]

nice work, enjoyed watching the video....

[@deusdetefranciscodesouza8099]

Esse lugar tem muitas histórias de ferrovias de quando começou e o porquê de ter acabado , e esse vilarejo deveria ser de dos trabalhadores que viviam por aí. Gostei do passeio deveriam fazer turismo por ai tem muitas histórias ainda mais para os jovens que estudam..

[@mal_752]

Has all the track been lifted and removed?. Brilliant video. 👏

[@Paul-ow6of]

Great ride!

[@oldnstillworkin5709]

Id be driving out there and getting the equipment for sure

[@JohnShinn1960]

Stayin tuned! 🤠👍

[@ClaudiaHernandez-gr6yt]

It seems to have been a fine town,

[@Arzman6011]

people who lived there, just through this media/video. Sad to see and feel.

[@mineadventures7938]

i was unaware the caretaker left. interesting mines nearby to see, maybe i will take a peek

[@shirishvasave8002]

As the all (?) tracks have been removed, there will be no more rail carting adventure.. Only memories. It's a sad news for the real die hard fans of rail carting and rail cart DIY builders...

[@NontasK]

It's a bad time when railway tracks removed from their place. The future conditions show exactly how useful is a railway service (with the necessary management) in addition to cars and traffic road.

[@salbug65]

so when you guys got off the freeway you went north of the 10? always thought the town was south

[@deusdetefranciscodesouza8099]

Show 👏👏👏

[@AtomicReverend]

It's so crazy back around 2000 most of those houses were not abandoned. Clearly time and vandals have had their way.

[@maxwellthepig4419]

4 Wheeling now Archie?!

[@billyhatcher643]

im wondering when they tore down the entire rail system there cause it must have been cool to see that stuff sad to see the rail system isnt there anymore but its not too hard to identify where everything was

[@svyatie_motori]

Красиво!

[@LesterMoore]

Any idea when (who?) the RR tracks and ties were removed? Just asking.

[@kghallcaptures]

Some mystery buyer (which we all know is connected to Blackstone most likely) just bought it for 26 million

[@kevinjones4008]

Its sad they took up this lone now would have been good for a scenic railroad or tourist attraction

[@rvvanlife]

Exactly 👍👍 Would have made a beutiful scenic railway

[@kevinjones4008]

@@rvvanlife maybe someday it will come back if someone has the money for it and run steam engine on it I hate to see these old lines go to waste and torn out it upset me bad

[@rafalkrawczyk1426]

I read that city is fenced around. Its true?

[@HimanshuSharma-dm8ol]

Does all tracks are removed ?

[@davidvalentinmunguiavelez9814]

¿Y para qué levantaron la vía?

[@archiemoreno]

creo ,para que yo no la recorra mas

[@eduaroalvarez3317]

Que paso con la vía ferrea

[@archiemoreno]

En el 2016 la empezaron a levantar

[@hikingriverandcanyonalfons121]

Están guardadas en un corralón en el desierto para reciclaje,en el 10fwy y rice road ,tengo un video con dron en mi canal 19:16

[@djokosantoso8251]

Sepergi komplek perumahan perusahaan pertambangan

[@michaelmorgan7893]

Too bad they couldnt have incorporated that town, and left the rails connected to the Union Pacific. They may have been able to build a viable community of affordable housing with transportation out there.

[@Cwra1smith]

Next time grab the wheels off of the abandoned carts for rail kart speeders.

[@rvvanlife]

I thought the same thing 😅

[@GaryH-pw9cm]

Without a railroad to haul the ore the mine would probably never work again and be able to make a profit. Kind of sad, but that's the way it goes.😑

[@hikingriverandcanyonalfons121]

Todos los rieles,durmientes,clavos y acero que levantaron de este lugar ahora se encuentran en un lugar del desierto,fwy 10 y rice road le do a eagle montain.tengo un video en mi canal 16:31

[@danielt.8573]

If you build a dormitory town dependent on a single industry this is what happens.

[@lossangeles]

A flood caused this abandonment?

[@jaanfo3874]

No. It was a company town (Kaiser steel). The Iron ore mine which the town was built to support shut down gradually in the late 70s (Topped out around 2200 residents) although work to decommission the mine and ship out the stockpiled iron lasted through the mid 80s (last iron ore train from the mine ran in 1986; at the time there were only 750 residents) and all the residents gradually left as their jobs were cut. The High school was converted into a prison after the mine shut down, but the prison itself was shut down after about 20 years (2008-2009 during the great recession). There has been periodic discussion about turning the former mine into a waste disposal site, using the railroad tracks to ship refuse from the LA basin, but after 30 years that doesn’t seem to be happening.

[@shahzadazulfiqar1]

​@@jaanfo3874 Thank you for telling all this story because It'ws actually wondered either a waste of how big investments in railway track + a town , looks like high temperature made this area uninhabited too.

[@jimkeskey]

@@jaanfo3874 Ain't no more railroad tracks son.

[@jaanfo3874]

@@jimkeskey Hence why “that doesn’t seem to be happening.”

[@michellewelch6013]

@@jaanfo3874 interesting story, thanks for sharing this.

[@vivavasquez]

elon musk wants to build something like this in Texas . an apartheid plantation of some kind .

[@billy3424]

Too much editing.