Lackawanna Cutoff Update #16 Roseville Tunnel and Colby Cut

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday. I apologize for not making a progress video of the cutoff for a while. I have been super busy. Here is update #16. In this video, you will see progress made in Colby Cut and the tunnel. I did not walk onto the right of way this time because it was supper muddy. At the end of the video, I decided to do a pacing of the cutoff from the future site of Andover Station to the Roseville Road bridge. I hope you all enjoy this update and stay tuned for update #17.
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[@brianfalzon6739]

That is exciting news to hear that the Cutoff is coming back to life in the future!

[@thephantomeagle2]

this is beyond exciting. while I live in Michigan and will likely never see this train or ride it, to see Amtrak and maybe even freight plying this wonderful line again is such an amazing thing. Conrail lived up to the Con in their name with the thousands upon thousands of miles of rail they stupidly gave up.

[@_SP64_]

I still don't understand why Conrail went through the effort of ripping up the tracks along the entire corridor instead of just abandoning and leaving it to rot

[@thephantomeagle2]

@@_SP64_ greed. They likely used a lot of the rail elsewhere, and they generally didn’t like other rails taking over their abandoned lines.

[@x12z12]

Great to see the new video and the progress on the tunnel itself. Looks like great news about Amtrak possibly returning. Keep up the great work!

[@michaelimbesi2314]

This is incredible, thank you for filming this. I’ve been following the saga of the Cutoff for years, but since I no longer live in NJ, I can’t really go see it for myself.

[@lhaley9873]

This was one of our destinations at 3am in the 70's after the original SNL

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

That Colby Cut will be something when it fills up with snow !! They better have a big rotary plow with about five engines pushing it.

[@kjcsinger]

I want to purchase tickets on the first train out of Andover Station!!!

[@tapeNJ]

I know exactly where you were standing. I didn't know it was called Colby Cut. Do you know where that name came from? I recently filmed the section along Stanhope Road bridge, and I get super nervous I'm gonna slide down into the cut. I've always got one arm wrapped around a tree while filming with the other. Nice shots, by the way.

[@edholderproductions]

thank you very much. Once you do it a few times, it gets easier. I am not sure where the name came from. I do know where the nick name of the tunnel came from. When snow melts it forms ice in the tunnel. Calling it the ice tunnel as its nick name.

[@donmoore7785]

Names of the cuts were often a landowner where the cut was placed. Chuck Walsh of the Lackawanna Cutoff channel discusses this in his videos.

[@edholderproductions]

Thank you for this great information.

[@rich9862003]

Is there any activity at or in the tunnel?

[@edholderproductions]

Yes. Inside the tunnel.

[@johnuhelski8613]

What a massive waste of $$ . This could only happen in the Northeast !!

[@edholderproductions]

Not a waste of money at all.

[@johnuhelski8613]

Oh , but yes it is . This trackage will be re laid and the trains will probably run ..... someday... but will hey be used ?@@edholderproductions

[@edholderproductions]

Yes they will be used all the time.

[@johnuhelski8613]

Ed, While I appreciate your excitement over the rebuild of the Cut Off , I just can not get on board with the idea of people leaving their cars to make this a viable run and use of millions of dollars . I would love to see Amtrak run from Nashville to Atlanta , two of the fastest growing cities in the eastern half of the U.S. In spite of millions spent on studies of this service since I moved south in 1981 , NOTHING has come of it. They want a high speed line , when a viable rail line already exists. They did run varnish on jointed rail in the 40's and 50's , but now they cannot pull it off with ribbon rail !! I just do not believe the Cut-Off rebuild will EVER get folks out of their cars . The traffic in Atlanta and Nashville is BEYOND bad , this is where the $$ should go. Just my 2 cents here !!

[@back2the80s]

@jamesbarrett918this isn’t 1960s. Sussex county sucks train needed