Hiding in a train tunnel at Odell Lake, OR

[@soniaburtis3613]

I'm the one who made the video been going into that train tunnel since I was ten years old it's 3/4 of a mile long and elevation is 5000 feet. When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's it took soooooo many engines to get the train up that high you could hear the trains coming for sometimes an hour when they built the railroad they had to use a lot of land and wrap the train through the woods to get it to go from 2000 feet to 5000 ft. I have been in that tunnel at least 200 times for trains and anytime I took someone there they went in to experience the unreal fun and scare it brings. Brings a smile and great memories to me seeing the comments from so many people. My wife and I did one with the Amtrack train. but nothing beats a slow moving Freight Train. When a train in the 60's and 70's came out of that tunnel the amount of smoke that came out was like Mt St Helens erupting. cant believe I did not have cancer by age 20 we would put our shirts over our mouths thinking that was good enough. All my family and friends the many times we have been in nothing bad has happened. In my lifetime no train has derailed in that tunnel. Thanks All for the great comments.

[@steverudder3321]

Still, one of my favorite KZbin videos! 😁👍 Wishing I still had by big wooden cabinet speakers and subwoofer to try and get a similar experience! Glad you did this and recorded it!👏👏👏

[@Jamesbond-uk2sz]

I've been through that tunnel, the are notches on each side of the tunnel for people to duck into in case a train comes. The diesel smoke completely blacked the tunnel so there is nothing reflective at all.

[@TI4438]

I never tire of watching this vid.

[@purpleturkey6633]

I love the sound of an oncoming train too. When I was a kid in my bed at night I'd hear that all the time.

[@Sabrinaxoxo92]

Lisa N me too and the sound of plane engines

[@Sabrinaxoxo92]

I grew up in Southern California near the bnsf

[@miraigohansupersaiyan7574]

Same for me. I always look forward to it when i hear an oncoming train engine

[@trovao1da2alvorada]

Me too. But I lived near a railroad (around a half mile from my former home)

[@cleanerben9636]

yeah but not in a fucking tunnel

[@donm-tv8cm]

Ohhh, that eerie rumble! NOT what you want to hear deep in a dark railway tunnel!

[@venomouswolf5703]

donm8615 ikr it makes you feel like you are trapped in the dark with oncoming danger coming and no escape

[@callumlovestrainsandplanes2108]

Yeah if you hear that deep rumble u know your in trouble cause of the approaching train

[@noahtheguy1828]

“This is too much fun!” He says as a multi ton death machine is traveling towards him at 50+mph in small constrained space

[@Rabbitrails315]

Yeah. That's more terrifying than cool in my opinion.

[@NLBusiness391]

This is such an awesome video!!!! Absolutely awe inspiring

[@cassiecraft8856]

There is something about a train approaching. The rumble. How it fills up your view. The ground starts shaking. They are a manly thing. Then how your heart literally drops when you see the last car,but picks up again when you hear the crossing horn coming again.

[@arkansastrash320]

Man seeing that light and hearing that thing coming even if I knew I had a place to hid safely its still so dang spooky.Thats just strange and scary and addictive too now I am hunting tunnel videos.I saw one where the train actually scrapes the sides of the tunnel now you better not ever get inside that one cause you have to out run the train.I don't think you could lay flat against the wall to live you be killed..

[@simonbone]

That would be the Cumberland Gap Tunnel in Tennessee. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHTVioiibZKKisk

[@bountyhunter4885]

@@simonbone Great video 👌🙂

[@hamish2202]

you can in some tunnels lay on the ground next to the track some have drains it would be so scary though

[@cassiecraft8856]

@@hamish2202 if you watch the video they’re talking about you probably would agree that you couldn’t even lay down in that tunnel. IT IS UNBELIEVABLY TIGHT! You have room around the boxcars but those engines are pretty square at the front. Plus the Cumberland doesn’t have alcoves. Even the engineers are scared of it.

[@maximuslanden7856]

sorry to be off topic but does anyone know a trick to get back into an instagram account?? I stupidly forgot the password. I appreciate any tips you can give me.

[@DMack6464]

8 years later... and this just now is in my recommended. What the fuck, youtube.

[@kefkaZZZ]

Same! Friggin weird!

[@markcinque106]

HEY,MY NICKNAME IS DAREDEVIL I WISH I COULD BE THERE!

[@markcinque106]

I RATHER PLAY HOOKIE AND DO THIS AT THE SAMETIME DUDE!

[@markcinque106]

SO FUCKIN COOL!

[@markcinque106]

HOW ABOUT TURN THE FLASH LIGHT OFF AND SAY AHH! THE BULB WENT DEAD ON ME JUST TO PRANK PEOPLE GOOD AND TURN IT BACK ON WITH THE TRAIN ROLLING BY?

[@andrewchurch452]

Last time I checked, train tunnels were only for trains.

[@typo368]

And what's your point?

[@favionmathis9407]

You think

[@kevinrichards3288]

Andrew Church of course.

[@andreashoppe1969]

But if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be able to watch this amazing video!

[@wakandaforeva7588]

Andrew Church well no shit 😂

[@mpenrose]

Scary as hell! That is awesome!

[@ophthodoc]

This video is AWESOME!! I almost want to fly across the country to experience this with you. Loved trains my whole life especially the anticipation as it approaches. Forget being in a tunnel (bonus) while you are at the other end (double bonus)!! Have you experienced any others like this? Way way cool. Thanks man.

[@matveisoykin4182]

It's dangerous and illegal, what would you do if there was no space to hide from the train?

[@ophthodoc]

@@matveisoykin4182 yeah I would have to check out the cubby size first. Definitely a gamble not to mention illegal

[@olehoel77]

I just realized, what if the engine on this had a blown turbo? It would literally fill the whole tunnel with smoke. And your lungs.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

Or, if it derailed in the tunnel???

[@cassiecraft8856]

That is really cool. Thank You from those of us who can’t.

[@patrickdumas224]

Even though the train never blew it's horn, I think you can here it at 3:48.

[@charlesrhett]

Yep that it you have a good ear

[@JunoTheRailfan844]

THAT RUMBLING SOUNDS HAUNTING XD

[@chrisbow1776]

I thought the train was never gonna end. I did this years ago as a kid in the 80s in the UK, all be it a much shorter tunnel and train.

[@boredpancake418]

I had no idea it was gonna go so slowly. That makes it so much scarier! Imagine trying to outrun that thing.

[@TheMetGuy]

You guys were very brave, that is one heavy freight train

[@thebluestreak3970]

That engine rumble sounds eerie, it sounds as if a cruise ship passes over since the propellers make that same sound. And how did the conductor not see you two?

[@cassiecraft8856]

There are alcoves in most train tunnels just in case anyone gets caught in there. Plus most of the time the engineers are so focused on the tracks ahead they aren’t looking at the alcoves.

[@Oneill5491]

@PlasticViolenceLego I think about a foot and a half. Plus there's a couple feet between the wall and the train. So between you and the train, there is about a 3 1/2 to 4 ft gap. When I was hiking down the tracks on another trip before this one, I ran into a tunnel with my uncle (the other guy in this video) as a freight train was coming down the hill. When we ran in, we discovered there were no cubbyholes with no time to get back out. We had to lay down against the wall with 2 ft to spare.

[@turbotommyguns]

Where's THAT video?? Would love to see it.

[@cassiecraft8856]

I bet that was freaky. Did they blare the horn at you?

[@jhibbitt1]

that looks like so much fun. i'd love to do that but unfortunately dangerous and illegal :(

[@loganflores486]

That’s what makes it fun😂

[@brent6872]

cool video. love it

[@adventureseeker9800]

Omg, The unbelievable suspense being in that tunnel, the train so far away down the tracks, all the while your sitting there thinking, is it really safe to be in the spot I'm in? Do I have time to change my position?

[@HitsTownUSA]

I've railfanned this line (much further south in Dunsmuir, CA). This line eventually turns into the Shasta Subdivision. Nice mix of manifest, unit and intermodal trains on this line.

[@Avid_CJ4_Enjoyer]

I remember I was at a friends house and my little sister was playing on train tracks, investigating, like a little kid naturally would. I hear rumbling in the distance and get her off the tracks, a long ass train comes ROLLING down the tracks, that train was so long it took like at least 5 minutes to pass. She probably would've gotten off anyway when a death machine comes rolling towards her, because it's not a tunnel or enclosed space, but that was her first time seeing a train, up close and personal.

[@Oneill5491]

@PlasticViolenceLego Yeah it's probably pushing 115 - 120 db in the tunnel. Family members in the past have been able to stand up flat against a train tunnel wall and survive, so we knew we wern't in life threatening danger. The tunnel we were in had a bit of a cuve to it, so we figured that we might not be seen if we lay down on the inside of the curve. The nose of the train engine sticks out far in front of the cabin window, so the engineers can only see track about 50 ft in front of them.

[@SuperVinceybaby]

Oneill5491 of course you weren't in danger. What you need to do is walk down the tunnel and the look for cover when the train is up close. That's living on the edge.

[@danielpartin7063]

stupid, but exciting

[@turbotommyguns]

That had to be very exciting!

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

As a railfan you never go inside of Railway Tunnel trains come at anytime in a runaway could be on the line and then your doomed never ever go near places in the railway where there’s only enough room for tracks

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

Also that’s a pretty long intermodal train and that takes a LONG time to stop

[@kdmq]

What if the engineer had hit the horn at 3:24

[@blitzir]

we wouldn’t have this video

[@Morcaiden]

"It is a balrog - a demon of the ancient world."

[@GypsyTaz]

We're trainhoppers & we would never walk through active tunnels. If you're in a tunnel look for a niche(cutout) & get in it quick! 2:36

[@abelduronp]

VERY SCARY I DON'T WANT to get hit by a train, I am really scared of trains and watching you guys actually going inside a dark train tunnel with an active train coming your way gives me extreme anxiety, just seeing that little bright light coming directly to you, getting closer and closer and brighter and also the loud train horn gives me fear already and as it approaching you can actually hear train tunnel wind seconds before it passes by, very dangerous to be doing this I would not attempt as I would be too scared to even think about it

[@alternative890]

Was that Union Pacific or BNSF??

[@thefrase7884]

Yes

[@alternative890]

@@thefrase7884 which of the two?

[@SignalMan9292]

@@alternative890looks like BNSF

[@alternative890]

@@SignalMan9292 ok

[@kevinrichards3288]

Those dudes looked like they only had little space to stand while that train went by.

[@tmp5]

Creepy ambience

[@maxrshelltrack7443]

There's no way you would even consider hopping on it inside the tunnel you would get chopped up real quick i don't think you guys even know how dangerous train hopping actually is especially if you can't really see what you're doing.

[@KevinRichards-my5oj]

The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.

[@KDC93]

You've heard of the tunnel. The one we all go through sooner or later. At the end, there's a light. And waiting for you on the other side of that light is either Heaven or Hell. This is that light. - Laurie Strode

[@icomsltd]

This is kind of what sleep paralysis feels like.

[@dancoulson6579]

When I see people doing this, but relying on the tiny LED light built in to the camera it's just dumb. Good on you for having the sense to use a good strong torch to see well. When dust or smoke kicks up, visibility can become so short and in a dark place, it's very disorienting. At least a well focused torch beam will show you where a wall is, and show you where you're walking, or even to see the alcoves to hide in.

[@matveisoykin4182]

Now imagine if it came while they were walking to that spot

[@andreashoppe1969]

How did the train driver not see you?

[@michelleseverino8232]

Exciting and scary at the same time

[@heathersensabaugh3819]

That must of been a really long train...

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

It’s Intermodal

[@joela9099]

I should start blowing the horn in that tunnel now.

[@kevinrichards3288]

Lol

[@danielpartin7063]

grade plus weight and length of train= speed if train

[@Cityawol]

I have seen some trains with over sized cars. It can be dangerous assuming you are in the clear along the side of a tunnel and something over sized comes along.

[@svetlamarinova2407]

That's a very long train.

[@SignalMan9292]

People say it’s illegal but no dang cop is going to enforce this

[@SignalMan9292]

Mixed freight. Luckily it wasn’t a loaded coal train

[@heathersensabaugh3819]

Damn I didn't think it would end...

[@marklee5970]

If you are thinking.of getting on a train. While it's moving. You will find loads of video's on utube.such as gifgas.

[@BATMANMBOLANG]

Mantap 🤙 Good job 👍

[@tominite8672]

how deep in the tunnel are you guys?

[@Oneill5491]

Probably about 80-100 yards in from the south end. Entire length of the tunnel is three-quarters of a mile.

[@kevinrichards3288]

The train started slowing down. Was it because the engineer & conductor might've saw you'll? Lol

[@arkansastrash320]

How far in the tunnel were you guys? I ask this because at the point where you frist started the video could a person take off running and ahead of the train and got outside before it ran over them??

[@Oneill5491]

Oh Yeah. This tunnel is 3/4 of a mile long and we were maybe 200ft in at the other end. You would actually have time to leisurely walk out when the train enters the tunnel at the far end.

[@arkansastrash320]

Thanks for the information.I would be running fast out of there LOL. This is the best and scariest video on youtube ever.You guys be carefull if you ever do that again appericate the video.Have you watched the video where a train actually scrapes the tunnel walls no hiding in that tunnel?

[@Atupeue]

BNSF sure isnt happy about that

[@NorthBay43]

True

[@eccotheorca7745]

take a note horror movies.

[@TheFoxVampire]

Jesus christ! I'd literally piss myself if I was I y'alls shoes!

[@Busdude97]

Holy crap it sounds like a barge going up the gorge!

[@josephclemens4008]

dope video, but the fumes from the exhaust could kill you

[@mahdej7832]

HI MAN CAN I USE THIS VIDEO IN MY COMPILATION.? FULL CREDIT IN THE DESCRIPTION THANKS

[@hokutosei.hershey-ho.high-8203]

GE DASH 9-44CW~

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

right - they would have felt that GE prime mover throbbing in their lungs. Super cool.

[@MrUranium238]

what a thrill

[@flipperfryer]

Damn Scary

[@aselimajalengka7079]

wow it's really long bro

[@GodlessFiend]

3:20 you’re welcome

[@jordanrader9281]

Wooooaaaahh yeeeaaahhh

[@evan_gaming889]

Dont take it at entering tunnel train

[@dragonfly4690]

be careful if the train is dragging something like a chain your stuffed

[@mountainmanwannabe9495]

You're not your

[@nivaneh1010]

@@mountainmanwannabe9495 please shut up

[@ophthodoc]

Agree w mountain man. This is one of my biggest pet peeves

[@bisthater9.228]

3:12

[@boplatt2564]

Um ok

[@Mrcharles.]

Is that where the engineer blows his horn?

[@benconway9010]

Wat if that train derailed and crushed u and obviously no one knew where u were and when it came to the questions asked cos it was a freight train was there anyone hurt and the reply came back no cos to the engineer it was only his train in the tunnel and when they came to removing the wreckage then found ur body's wat do you think the effect it would have on the driver he would be mortified would he yea so well done to to much fun

[@lehighandnewengland]

Ben Conway it takes a lot to derail a train. This is coming from a railroad worker.

[@seanatteberry3686]

@@lehighandnewengland Railroad worker with title of, "Railfan?" 😂😂 Right.

[@RealGTA5FreightTrain]

@@lehighandnewengland like a big azz avalanche

[@RealGTA5FreightTrain]

@@seanatteberry3686 he prob used to be a rr worker or the other way around

[@RealGTA5FreightTrain]

@@seanatteberry3686 and its not like railroad workers cant be railfans

[@josephmurrill8530]

I believe and know that you two guys are stuck on foolish, death was rumbling right beside you. That's a dangerous game. Nothing fun or awesome about this. Tunnels with tracks are for trains. Not people.

[@canucksfan2024]

Dumb idea too

[@steverudder3321]

The audio was fantastic! But the video really sucked. I suggest that you go back with better lighting and do it again. 👍

[@Mrcharles.]

If you put more lighting in there, the engineer would see you.

[@steverudder3321]

@@Mrcharles. You're probably right. I wouldn't mind doing this same thing, but I don't have any friends that would take that chance, or even like trains as much as I do. 👉The anticipation is KILLER!👍👍👍

[@cullenosbourn3304]

How stupid are you kids ? Are you trying to see how close you can get to it ? Trains will kill you . Yes I love trains and would love to go into a train tunnel, but it’s not worth dying for . Please, Please for the love of all is human , and not do this stunt again. Thank you.😮

[@andreashoppe1969]

The pessimist realises, there is no way out of darkness The opptimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel The realist realizes the light is actually coming from a train The train driver sees 2 idiots on the rail truck!

[@nolimo2593]

The 3rd idiot which is gone has to be u

[@NorthBay43]

Not cool dude 😡😤

[@reneheroux2178]

shit...

[@richardbolt4237]

Not to bright are you