First time seeing these Lehigh Valley railroad Pottsville branch remains!

Hello everyone. First let me correct my dates from this video. The Lehigh Valley railroad Pottsville branch was built in 1889, not 1869 like a said in the video. Wow! This is a cool location. We have both a culvert and bridge remains. With the height of the bed this had to have been for farmers access. I apologize for not knowing the history of land before its current use. This is now a large tree farm in Schuylkill County PA. After the town of Rauches the remains of the bed cut through tree farm land on their way to the town of Frisbie. This branch was built by the Lehigh Valley to tap into their coal interests in the Pottsville and Minersville areas. Passenger service would be available on this line but coal was the money maker. Special thanks to Todd ‪@ThirdHandle‬ for showing me this spot. Check out his channel for a great video about a pocket watch he recently discovered with his son. Thank you for watching. 6/30/24

[@nickmad887]

Thank you Kevin.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

You're very welcome Nick!

[@MillersRailfan]

Kevin: thank you very much

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Absolutely my pleasure. This was like Christmas morning seeing this spot!!

[@MillersRailfan]

@@kevinsalsbury2118 sweetness

[@bobjohnston8316]

That’s a lot of stonework to cross a farm lane. Is there any chance that it crossed another railroad or possibly an inter urban line?

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Good evening Bob. Hope you are well. I took a look at at the oldest picture I could find and what I'm thinking is this. PA 895 is relatively new in the grand scheme of things. I believe that this was once the main thoroughfare from Mckeansburgh PA to Drehersville PA. The road leading to this is Big Oak lane and it would have connected to Red Dale rd. I am 100 percent certain that this was not rail or trolley related, definitely non rail. Agreed that it's a lot of stone work but I believe this was an important road at one time. This is a great question Bob! Have a good night.

[@ThirdHandle]

Now that I think about it…that could be 895 before 895

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

That is absolutely a possibility. I'm going to see if I can find an old aerial shot.

[@davestrang8585]

Amazing culvert and bridge 🎉