Mahanoy Train Tunnel - 1800s Fan Houses

►Please Subscribe goo.gl/7t6Eqc
►Facebook / jpvideos81
►Don't forget to hit the like button
►Exploring Nomad Channel goo.gl/jDaK38
I'm back at another really unique location. This time we are checking out the Mahanoy Train tunnel. This tunnel is very unique as its rail line is still in active use but the fan houses are now abandoned. I flew my drone around the front portal and then we ventured all the way through it and found some unique things inside. Enjoy

[@babsann8463]

Loved the adventure! Thanks! Beautiful in the woods, with wild Ferns growing everywhere! I liked how you kept showing where things were on that picture.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Thanks for the shout out. It was interesting to see the inside.

[@JPVideos81]

Anytime, thanks for watching this video.

[@charleslambiase5670]

Bring it back memories like when I was a little kid growing up in downtown Jersey City New Jersey exploring the old abandoned railroad property and buildings and items like this and etc etc I love it I hope it's still kind of preserved that it didn't tear it down yet

[@jeffgentle6497]

I have seen some other videos on this tunnel but, this was the best coverage because others refused to go into the tunnel. I knew about the ventilation shafts but, not the abondoned coal mine. Man this was a very cool video and as a huge rail fan I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks again! You are my KZbin Guru!👍😊🚂🚃🚃🚃

[@JPVideos81]

Not recommended to go through, but it was worth it to get the footage.

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

Was worried we'd hear a train whistle at any moment and couldn't believe you turned around and walked BACK thru ! ( was hoping you had a car parked on the other side.)Did enjoy the trip back though. You must not be claustrophobic if you wanted to explore that ventilation shaft ! Had no idea it was so huge until you showed Kyle along the wall...gigantic in there . That was a surprise . Thank you for showing that. Heard "Dawn 's voice " at 25:01 ...amazing . I really enjoyed this tour.

[@JPVideos81]

I checked the train schedule prior to going. Didn't want to encounter a train in there.

[@LeonardFShanerJR]

@@JPVideos81 How did you check the train schedule?

[@JPVideos81]

We contacted them, spoke with dispatcher.

[@noahhayes5850]

I’m from this area of PA and have never seen the other side lol happy I found this

[@charredpyrographyphotograp7204]

At 25:01 did anyone else hear a whisper saying “only I can see.” Played at few times. Anyone else?

[@JPVideos81]

Ill take a listen

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

I definitely heard it too ...

[@kellythornton7644]

I heard it! creepy it's a man indeed!

[@paulacorreia6307]

Yes. I did..

[@melissawo4672]

I heard same thing definitely mans voice creepy but did make me laugh when you said holy s!$* I laughed so hard

[@joefaulkner6583]

Nice video. As a fan collector I really enjoyed seeing those big fans .

[@noahroad6577]

I actually slept there in one of those little shack’s by the opening of the tunnel for I think, 2 or 3 nights. I was hitchhiking through the area in 2016, and I found this place. I thought it was interesting and convenient. There was a spring where I got my water, and I had a couple days of food. It was rainy, and I was tired from my travels. That’s why I stayed for 2 or 3 days. From there, I hung around Mahanoy city, sleeping in the woods or under bridges. It’s one of my favorite areas of Pennsylvania. The spring of 2016 is a fond memory to me.

[@marleneestabrook1999]

this was by far one of your best!!!!!! those fans were humongous to have the mine vain right there was awesome to see so wish i was there great video thanks for taking me along

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for the awesome comment

[@localsouptalks]

I’m enjoying your videos. Thanks for going into these places for me.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks rose

[@elizabethwilson974]

Another great explore, JP! Such an eerie yet interesting place! I liked the Official Trump Hairpiece at 5:58.. I found the number markers every hundred feet intriguing too.. thanks for another great video!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks Chris, this was one cool location. Literally and physically.

[@ghostontheline]

Thanks for uploading, enjoyed every minute. Cheers Pete in Somerset, UK

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching

[@darlenegood4101]

way cool. Love the mine, rock colors, shapes and everything. thanks for showing

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome

[@pokemonhunter9409]

Thanks for the extra details and info during your shoots... New sub and glad I did! The soothing light at the end of the tunnel is just a freight train comin your way! Lol. Thumbs up!

[@JPVideos81]

I'm not always able to provide details on the locations but i do, whenever possible.

[@patcheslove5139]

Reminds me of when Mom needed to get to the hospital to have her 5th kid. I was 10 yrs. old ,the 2 boys were 9 & the next one was just over 2. The old man had taken the car were ever that morning & Mom went into labor . So we all had to walk down the train tracks & across the trestle. Mom told us that if we heard the train coming we should jump without even thinking about it , because it was better to have a broken bone or 2 than be dead. The baby was a girl.

[@disco5166]

What an amazing find! Thanks for the information and tour!

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome Jane

[@williamkgrammer9449]

The big fans reminds me of the movie TOTAL RECALL , nice explore.

[@Ty-tie_FTW]

Another great video. I like how you advise people to stay out and use the video as reference. That could be a bad situation if a train came through. Stay safe and thanks for sharing

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks!

[@karendworschack756]

Interesting video! Thank you for sharing! 👍 Nice montage at the end!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks

[@allenthibault9523]

These Fan house's are incredible the shear size and weight the amount of power to make it go amazing the motor's are huge . sweet spot.

[@JPVideos81]

Would be amazing to see them in operation.

[@jvatell6111]

Great Explore and absolutely loved it!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks J

[@donnasilver940]

I enjoy all these kinds of videos

[@terryciavola2251]

Interesting to say the least. Love the way you explain everything! 👍🏻

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks terry

[@jeffs7944]

You do great videos. I appreciate seeing the history. The no trespassing sign though....

[@edithdavis2848]

Great tunnel. Thanks for the trip.

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome

[@melissawo4672]

My son who's 7 really enjoyed watching the video hes majorly into trains and he also thought the fans were interesting as well

[@JPVideos81]

Awesome!

[@jasoncarskadon6809]

This was really cool, I never knew that they would build a train tunnel through a mine.

[@JPVideos81]

Me either, first of its kind for me.

[@mikerusso4312]

that was really interesting i like your videos of abandoned mines very moving

[@JPVideos81]

Ty

[@davidgrenis638]

AMAZING HOW OLD AND THIN YET STILL BEING USED THOUSE RAILS ARE . NEWER RAIL IS ALL WELDED TOGETHER .

[@pattyroosa1712]

Interesting old tunnel. 👍

[@sandramason1987]

Amazing tunnel and great history.

[@JPVideos81]

Ty sandra

[@lesaanderson2525]

You always do an awesome job. I love your videos

[@JPVideos81]

Ty lesa

[@Brianrockrailfan]

great video jp liked ⚠

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

The side of the fan with the access door is the fan intake and the other side would have been covered. Otherwise it would have dragged in the smoke it was designed to dispel. The ducting you saw is to chanel the fresh air into the tunnel portal. Nice video thanks

[@Wistful77]

That was fascinating, --thanks.★★★★★ I love PA.

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anthonydavis9662]

Hey JP, nice video; I just saw this one. Just one small suggestions: a "mine shaft" is a very specific thing. It's a vertical tunnel serviced by a pulley or rope/cable system. You'll almost never come across them in Northeastern deep mining because their lateral geographic footprint is so small. What you were looking at was best described as a "slope" or, more generically, "workings". "Stopes" are indeed mined-out areas like the places supported by "stulls" or timbers. Mine explorers like us use these specific terms to transmit specific information. So you may want to update your terminology if you haven't already; I know this is 3 years old. :)

[@journeywithjay]

great video bud!!! I went here a couple years ago to take pictures, I took only a flashlight with me and never noticed those vent holes at the other end I completely walked right by there lol. maybe whenever I go to film this I will wear some old clothes and climb on up there.

[@JPVideos81]

They come out on the surface somewhere, I'd love to see video of that.

[@celioleitao7303]

Cool video.

[@bruceblumhagen2878]

Loved it!!!!!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@alliejoopai4870]

I like this tunnel, dark too.

[@jeffgrantMEDIA]

Really cool place. You are killing it lately.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks Jeff, i got some more places lined up. You're always welcome to do another collab again.

[@jeffgrantMEDIA]

The marathon is this weekend. So I get my life back! And I can do things on the weekends again, instead of running for 4 hours. Let me know when your heading out and I'll do my best to be free.

[@charlottewetzel5010]

Yep, you are in my old stomping grounds 😃😃!

[@kathleenhart4939]

And I thought I had already seen everything in or around Mahanoy City, lol.... You're right near my inlaws, I know exactly where you are! This was a very cool video, I enjoyed it very much!!!

[@JPVideos81]

Did you already know about this place?

[@kathleenhart4939]

Yes, I knew about it but I never went through the tunnel. If I remember correctly it connects to some tracks down off of route 222 I think, it's been a long time past for me to remember the exact route. They used fans when steam engines ran to help the engineer from choking to death from all the smoke inside the tunnel. It is part of the Reading Railroad line, there should be some abandoned railroad cars down off of route 222. Take a ride or look at a map, just continue away from Mahanoy City on 54 and go through some of the real small towns down a large hill on the right side there were abandoned cars, passenger and some freight cars, at least there were???

[@danmathers141]

I guess the fans were needed for the steam trains. Modern trains didn't require it.

[@arturovod5847]

I wonder how much the fan motor beat! When my mother worked in the Bassein, they had 4 fans, 20 Kilowatts each, in the Basement of the above-mentioned building! Diameter 2.8 meters! I was beating for 12 years when I studied everything there! PS: Greetings from Kiev!

[@rickyspanish7851]

woah thats pretty cool

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks

[@paulacorreia6307]

Nice Jay👍😊

[@Vladpryde]

Those are large types of fans called centrifugal fans (also known as "Squirrel Cage fans", due to their appearance). They don't tend to be as powerful as axial fans of the same size, due to their design. Good video!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for sharing

[@sandrawallder9247]

Amazing

[@nikegirl1]

Good one! :)

[@theresasparbanie937]

Hello I know a train tunnel built in 1802 still standing in etna pa in a small town in Pittsburgh pa real nice 🙂

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

You're a natural born teacher! At-14:24- Where you see those small 'cut outs' is where a person could duck into in case they were caught in the tunnel when a train would come.

[@nickmad887]

Thank you.

[@charlottewetzel5010]

You even pronounced the name right! Thanks for sharing!

[@charlottewetzel5010]

Your high-lighted message was blacked out. That’s ok, tho!

[@JPVideos81]

Which message?

[@kellyhoulton2998]

I always learn a lot from your vids. This one is really interesting. However... LIVE train tunnel??? Uhn uhn. No way. Even if I checked the train schedule 20 times for 2 weeks straight!! I really rely on you to go into places I could never set foot!! Thanks :-)

[@jonyemm]

Only comes through twice a day

[@raygamrat1466]

In reference to the comment made below about the voice heard at 25:01, please advance to 29:12 thru 29:14 and you will see a very strange anomaly passing across the top of the frame. slow moving mist like mass. It looked "out of place", that is why it caught my eye. Could it have been the same entity that spoke at 25:01?? Very strange indeed. Check it out.

[@maximus18771]

Also at 29:32 top left of screen

[@awizardalso]

That tunnel not only goes under Rt. 54 and I-81, it doesn't exit until it goes under Buick Mountain Rd as well. Using the distance marker on the Google Map air view, it looks like the tunnel is about 5000 ft. long.

[@chelseydeetta2847]

yes i have seen this before. i prayed so no train would come threw, you make me nerveous as it looked no where to go. Glad you both are save. You have to care for your own lifes also.

[@RevengeOfTheApocalypse]

A lot more to this location than I expected

[@JPVideos81]

Lots that i didnt get to see

[@pdca6287]

Nice video. Thank you. What the purpose of this facility was constructed for?

[@chelseydeetta2847]

I would be scard to death going threw that tunnel. I hope a train will not come, there is no room on the sides. Get going to get to the other end, man you make me nervous. Man that is really something of the mining days. Those men worked so darn hard with all the digging. I am surprised that the train does not leave any sparks that would cause a fire for the exposed coal. Its a good thing a train didn't pass threw no where to run. GoodJP

[@joecummings1260]

Anthracite coal is hard to light. It'd be really hard to set it on fire with sparks

[@nstrainmodeler22.official]

that tunnel is still active with train traffic at 0:43 in the video look at how light grey the tops of the rails are. that means its still in use. if it wasnt in use that top of the rail would be rusted over from the rain and weather.

[@JPVideos81]

I clearly said at the 3min mark that the tracks are active...

[@donnasilver940]

Is this outside of Mahnoy city? Im trying to pin point where its at.

[@jhmorgan72753]

Inter dimensional portal to the another time !!!!

[@co.agmusic]

Incredible video and very good Editing to

[@JPVideos81]

Thank you

[@journeywithjay]

JP if you ever need some good ambient abandoned music check out my man CO.AG. he puts out a track a day and really good too. I've used his stuff in my kmart video and another one.

[@coalcrackerchris]

this was a mine before it was converted into a train tunnel go up for yourself but beware of rotting timbers

[@neilhansen9886]

pretty sure transport tunnels have cutouts in the sides ( ribs ) for workers when trains run

[@alicefink1092]

JP that was funny when you came upon that opening ,, what the fk? Is that what you said? 😂😂😂 That cracked me up lol. That was cool finding that mine opening, you wouldn't expect to find something like that in a train tunnel,,pretty awesome .

[@JPVideos81]

I believe i did. It slipped lol

[@alicefink1092]

@@JPVideos81 that's ok I was not offended I just thought it was funny because your so calm and hardly ever utter a small cuss word so to hear that was priceless lol

[@ohioyodertoter6827]

the woodsman is the best cool video !

[@JPVideos81]

I agree, thanks

[@terot8341]

Was those biggest fans of your channel 😁😁

[@JPVideos81]

😁

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train!

[@raymondleggs5508]

You can look at the railheads to see if a railway is abandoned or not. if the heads are shiny, its not abandoned, if its all rusty its unused, or used very little. Especially if there is growth between the rails.

[@JPVideos81]

We know its not abandoned, we called and for the train schedule.

[@raymondleggs5508]

@@JPVideos81 I know you knew it wasnt abandoned, however a lot of people can't tell whether tracks are abandoned or not.

[@lennongroover4189]

and o they still spin?🤔

[@BobbieJ0e]

I thought this one was so interesting. Those fans are huge. Industrial age.

[@JPVideos81]

Nothing like we see today

[@theAussieG]

I’m surprised the railway company hasn’t removed the rusted metal at the entrance to the tunnel. If a metal beam collapsed onto the track it could be nasty situation for the train coming through.

[@travelingtom923]

Do train still use this line?

[@JPVideos81]

yes

[@galvaceci6498]

It seems to me that the fans were used as a safety measure. Since the tunnel is still used why are the fans not in use? Thank you for sharing this ❤️

[@JPVideos81]

The fans were for steam locomotives which produce heavy amounts of smoke and soot. Today, diesel locomotives run thru which put out far less smoke.

[@donaldeisenhart9168]

Is this the tunnel that is under 54 before the home town market just after rt 81 ?

[@jonyemm]

It is right outsude of mahanoy city. Goes under 81 and 54. The northern/western end is right at buck mountain. The eastern/southern end is at the bottom of the vulcan hill on the westbound side of 54.

[@577buttfan]

I drove past it yesterday you can see it from 54.

[@mollycaz1]

How did you know a train would not come along

[@chrisbolin5010]

What state is this located in

[@JPVideos81]

Pennsylvania

[@alphaone101]

Electric power supply to run the exhaust fans in 1862? I didn't think they had electricity in 1862 or did they? Great video, thank you for making it and sharing it.

[@JPVideos81]

Most likely the electric was added at a later date.

[@charlottewetzel5010]

JP, is this on the Vulcan Mountain?

[@JPVideos81]

I believe so

[@charlottewetzel5010]

The Vulcan Mountain and Buck Mountain are almost side by side. There might be a mile in between.

[@jasonjgr8580]

I was watching this when they where about half way through the tunnel I heard a train but it was near where Iam at . But at first I thought it was on video.

[@JPVideos81]

Lol

[@coalcrackerchris]

if a train comes climb on the ledge to the left (west side)

[@reynardbizzar5461]

That track is downright dangerous! How come trains don’t derail ? The track is not even spiked to the ties at one point! 👺👺👺👍🇬🇧🐀

[@raymondleggs5508]

Most of the mechanics look to be in decent shape. the ducts however are roached as hell lol.

[@charlottewetzel5010]

Where is this at? I went to school in Mahanoy City, in Pa.

[@JPVideos81]

Buck mountain near rt 54.

[@charlottewetzel5010]

Thank you for answering my questions. You made an excellent video and narration.

[@elliem3763]

Seen from an old Steven Kings movie.

[@Noches_masTetricas1987]

Tienes contigo las pruebas ve a investigar los bunkers

[@lennongroover4189]

so, where is this?🤔

[@jonyemm]

Right outsude mahanoy city, pa. Still active.

[@davidknibbs9646]

One of these good movies stand by me?

[@edithdavis2848]

JP the red print is very hard to read against the dark back ground

[@JPVideos81]

Sorry about that

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL😇. OBVIOUSLY 🙄 you you must be aware of the trains 🚂 schedule???😬😳 DO they have the little safety cubby holes that you can “jump “ into in case a freight train 🚊 happens to “appear”?🙄😳🚂 Just pray that it’s not a “high and wide”!!!........🙏🏼🙄. 👍👍👍💕

[@JPVideos81]

I checked the train schedule first.

[@neilhansen9886]

Fans would have originally been to ventilate mine workings

[@edwu8253]

25:01 "only i can pee"

[@Memorandum7]

Did anyone else see the face in the rocks in the center of the screen at 15:10?

[@tilworkinger1042]

this tunnel is over half a mile long! wow!certainly does NOT look that long, so beware!!

[@jayh9529]

Nice one take a look at wise up channel 🤔

[@kennethwallace4338]

Imagine the horsepower of those fans

[@JPVideos81]

Would be a sight to see