Exploring Nemo's Tunnel & Abandoned Train!

[@Salty_reviews]

Wow, that's an Alco RS-3 locomotive, although in rough shape that should be a preserved museum piece. I'm sure if the museum in Spencer, NC or Roanoke, VA knows about it they're probably trying to get it out when funding is available.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It really is a neat train.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

MY SON MAX 7 SAYS COOL GOING THREW THE TUNNEL ,, AND THE TRAIN WE LIKED THAT!!! IN THE 70S I REMEMBER GOING ON TRAINS LIKE THIS.. SAD THIS TRAIN DIDNT GET SAVED.. GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you Ronald. I’m glad he enjoyed them.

[@rexabrams2694]

That was fantastic! Love searching old abandoned gravel pits, caves and stuff. Thanks for including us.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you for watching.

[@trainscout]

Looks like a great Disney adventure ride, like the Mine Train with all the waterfalls.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Yes, unfortunately it’s closed now.

[@melindalawler4576]

Love the abandoned train.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Me too. It was fun.

[@michaelsfabwork2985]

Awesome place to explore. Looks like a ton of fun. Take care and stay safe

[@timroberts3139]

Pretty cool adventure; tunnels; narrow and slippery trails overlooking flooded river; & abandoned train.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was a fun, short trip.

[@GotterAdventure]

Very scenic! The water in the tunnel made it even more epic!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It sure did, it sounded really weird on the tunnel with the water and gravel echoing.

[@kiwijonowilson]

Awesome tunnels and trail. It reminds me of some of my off road adventures in NZ.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, it’s closed now.

[@beachesPawn]

Thanks for taking us along for the adventure

[@OverlandFlorida]

You're welcome.

[@JamesRobertSmith]

Man. There's no way I'd take my V8 wide-ass truck through Nemo's Tunnel. What amazes me about things like the abandoned coal mine and diesel engine and passenger cars is the pissed away wealth and infrastructure. Just left to rust and rot. Not even an effort to recycle any of it. Now merely a target for subnormals to vandalize. Very interesting video!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was really wide, you're truck would have no issue. You're right about not scrapping any of the metal. The train was old, but the mine looked like it hasn't been closed for too long.

[@floridaman1776]

I take my Tahoe through there with plenty of room to spare

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

Dude!!! .... Thats an Alco RS-3 .... One of my favorite locomotives!!!! 😳

[@OverlandFlorida]

Glad you recognized it!

[@DomicoGoggins-ub8gj]

Yes ma'am

[@pawadventures5544]

East TN. is beautiful, then again I grew up in Appalachia so I'm a little biased. Cool video. 👍🏻

[@OverlandFlorida]

The whole area is beautiful!

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Cool video. That locomotive is pretty rare and there are few around still running. It makes me sad that it's in that condition

[@OverlandFlorida]

People keep stealing parts off of it. Thanks for watching.

[@carmenfoote7999]

It makes no sense that this train could not have been saved. A Southern RS3 is pretty rare and would make a great museum piece. Too bad no one is smart enough down there to save it. Great video though. Joe S

[@OverlandFlorida]

People keep stealing parts off the train. We saw people in jeeps removing things and taking them.

[@williammcgeehan3424]

Nemo tunnel was part of the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific ( CNO&TP ) . Southern's high capacity north - south mainline with a portion between Kentucky and Tennessee including the 27 remaining tunnels as of the late 1950's nicknamed " The Rathole " division . It was apparent to Southern Railway as early as the late 1950's that the tunnels were too small for the modern diesels and the new gigantic boxcars coming. EMD SD24 locomotives and 86 foot long hi-cube boxcars and 89 foot long tri-level auto rack cars clouded the line's future. The EMD SD24 locomotives barely fit with just inches to spare. The hi-cubes and auto racks couldn't make it through. Southern Railway daylighted the route by abandoning most of the tunnels with massive cuts or tunnel bypasses or they created new tunnels so that now, only 4 remain. Only one old tunnel was enlarged on site. The new clearance at Nemo tunnel is 20 feet of width and 30 feet of height. Contrast that with the original tunnel clearance of 15 feet of width and 20 feet to the top of the arch. By 1964 the big job was done and the Rathole Division remained in name only. There is another interesting tunnel at Kings Mountain Kentucky.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thanks for the history and I’ll look into the other tunnel.

[@davidskiff3083]

My Father was a model railroad enthusiast who modeled the rathole division in HO. His layout covered the entire basement and had 1😊0 tunnels.

[@70diezel]

Pretty cool. Love the trails

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you, we had a lot of fun!

[@rayfridley6649]

Nemo's tunnel reminds me of the Crozet tunnel in Virginia, west of Charlottesville. Tunnel goes under the Blue Ridge Mountains, close to U.S. route 460 and I-64.

[@OverlandFlorida]

I’ll have to check those out.

[@joerockme7485]

I’m in Tn , what part of Tn are you in ? Yes the rain came!!!! ....Great video, I get my camper shell today for my Tacoma, Yeeeeeee Ha😎See ya on the next 🇺🇸

[@OverlandFlorida]

We were all over Tennessee, I usually stay near Franklin Nc.

[@joerockme7485]

My wife & l have homes in Fl , NC & Tn , had a few Jeep’s now a Tacoma new toy always enjoy 😎

[@GATORADDAM]

I can't believe the timing.... I'm headed up to Lebanon Tennessee in a couple of weeks on business. After business is complete I plan to make the 2 hour drive and spend a couple of days exploring that area, including the tunnel.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Go to Brushy State Penitentiary. You won't be disappointed.

[@GATORADDAM]

@@OverlandFlorida Just Googled that. Definitely looks like a must see! Thanks.

[@darksideemt]

Minus all the water that place looks cool. I really want to go do the tunnel and trail.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was a lot of fun. The water made it more interesting.

[@thomaswilson813]

By far the coolest trail you’ve done!!!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was cool. Really short though, you could do the whole thing in 15min.

[@EdgarRodriguez-ms7yk]

I found your channel today and subscribed and will be looking forward to do one of those meet ups with my 20yr old 2wd Sequoia, which I've been prepping for camping/overlanding. I've got some great tips from your videos :) Keep them coming!

[@OverlandFlorida]

I'll be making a meet up soon on Facebook.

[@BeastFamilyADV]

Time for Will to get a lift! Lol that looked like an awesome adventure! I’m gonna need to tag along next time!

[@OverlandFlorida]

He does! Even just a small lift like mine.

[@swallowsjeremyy]

I'd have to play the song "Its a small world" all the way through there.

[@curtisblair7618]

Cool trip.

[@Armadillopepper]

Really interesting

[@T-bone1950]

Looks like fun. I wanna take my Prius on those trails.😊

[@OverlandFlorida]

Unfortunately they are closed. But I’d love to see your Prius out on those trails too.

[@T-bone1950]

@@OverlandFlorida Great! It'll take two of us to push or carry it. 😁

[@BuyFromNeil-CoreysCars]

Awesome video! All the water was crazy!!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was so much fun!

[@christophermartinez5314]

Excellent video

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you.

[@brinnborden2475]

That was a good 👍 video make more please

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you.

[@bobm2817]

Wouldn't you rather be riding on those abandoned rails? That's what the do all over the west. We even have some abandoned rail here in Florida, not much but some interesting lines.

[@OverlandFlorida]

I’d much rather be riding the rails for sure

[@panhandletrains]

Nice video - looks like a fun adventure 👍

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you. It was.

[@dormiacrouch1905]

You guys are out of your everlovin minds going in that rough terrain in those type of cars and trucks in that wet flooded potholed slick mud and pouring down rain!!!!! No way would a wise person go do that!!! Hope you make it out safe for another crazy trip of exploring!!!! Guess you all did or we wouldn't be seeing this😅Good thrills ! Stay alert and safe!!?

[@OverlandFlorida]

It sure was fun. Unfortunately it’s closed now and no once can access the tunnel.

[@ForbiddTV]

You kept banging that trailer hitch, would have served you better if you had removed it for the trip.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Maybe I just like banging things.

[@brownpcsuncedu]

15:48: "Look at these huge electric motors in here." Close--those are generators, which take force from the diesel engine and turn it into electricity. The electricity from the main generator (the big one in the middle) runs the *real* electric motors down on the axles. Don't feel too bad, though; electric motors and generators are pretty nearly the same thing. The main difference is whether you feed it mechanical force to get electricity (generator) or feed it electricity to get mechanical force (motor). It's actually quite common in railroad practice for the motors down on the axles to run part-time as motors and part-time as generators-when they run as motors, they pull the train, and when they run as generators, they soak up mechanical force from the motion of the train to slow it down.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thanks for the explanation.

[@BuccaneerOverland]

Kevin another cool video. Keep them coming.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thank you Robert.

[@scvandy3129]

Loved every minute. Nice how you mixed up the views, from inside the vehicles in transit and then from the camera posted along the road / trail capturing the vehicles slowly passing by. Your narration was good. I would like to have seen a left to right (or right to left) pan of the train cars and the engine. When walking on the engine, so rather close up, we could almost make out the letters spelling Southern. Had you done an exterior long shot -- an overview -- that would have given your audience the full perspective. Walking through the tattered passenger coaches got a bit repetitive. Someone provided the history of the line and how the tunnels proved too small for the larger locomotives and cars so many of the tunnels were 'daylighted.' "Thank you, Overland Florida; and 'Safe Travels' always." p.s. Let's follow up and see how the Neanderthal who parked her / his pick-up on the live railroad track was publicly shamed in the local newspapers and local TV stations' newscasts. Plus, got an immense fine from the county, state and the railroad. And their auto insurance premiums tripled.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Yeah, unfortunately it’s closed now. But it’s probably for the better.

[@frontagulus]

Need post10 to come down and drain that tunnel to save it - it will collapse

[@OverlandFlorida]

It’s closed now.

[@hotrodpawns]

Brave people to be driving in there, i would be afraid of a collapse.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was actually really fun. But unfortunately, it’s closed now.

[@SwellRunner]

Always wanted to do Nemo tunnel!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It only takes about 15min to do everything at Nemo's Tunnel. It was enjoyable though, thanks for watching.

[@91Bronco]

About to drive through Tennessee in 2 days to be heading back down to Florida from Colorado.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Have fun!

[@dustinyoung4681]

Unfortunately they closed this and blocked up the road and blocked the bridge at new river train

[@OverlandFlorida]

Thats unfortunate.

[@trainchaserelliot]

My comment is for anyone who has visit Nemo’s tunnel. How do you get to were they started by the live train tracks? That’s where I need to go to make some videos. We do not have a vehicle to drive through the tunnel but if I can get some directions that would be great!

[@OverlandFlorida]

You can't miss the live tracks. You have to pass them when you enter the tunnel.

[@RailPreserver2K]

I'd contacting any local railroad museums nearby because they could potentially truck that railroad equipment out, I can already tell you the locomotive will never run again but it would be good to have preserved as a static display piece. The passenger cars might be able to be restored if the vandalism can be kept down

[@OverlandFlorida]

People have been stealing parts off of it. But apparently it’s been closed off and no one can access it easily anymore. They closed Nemo’s tunnel as well.

[@ACAdams70]

This was awesome! Thanks for taking us along. Do you think there’s always water in that tunnel? Or is it because of all the rain? Wondering if a stock 2WD could make it through?

[@OverlandFlorida]

A stock 2wd can do this. My truck did everything in the video in 2wd. There are usually puddles of water in the tunnel. It's not deep at all. Maybe 7 inches.

[@thepubliceye]

Love it but be careful, you can be arrested on railroad property near the active line.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It’s closed now.

[@jaroddaetwiler9848]

How do you get to the abandoned trains from Nemo's tunnel? Is it far? I've been to the tunnel but would like to see the trains too.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It might be like an hour. Look for an abandoned mine near brushy mountain on Google maps.

[@jaroddaetwiler9848]

@@OverlandFlorida AWESOME!!! Thank you for the heads up. Definitely something my daughter would love to see. She is always interested in exploring abandoned things. 😁

[@OverlandFlorida]

@@jaroddaetwiler9848 it's pretty cool. Stop by Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. It's on the way.

[@asifrazaalikhan854]

Clean all this and clean so it use and it for the environment this present that past clean all this so it can be seen

[@OverlandFlorida]

What??

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

So what?????

[@cwp1alpha]

Too bad those rail passenger cars are abandoned. Easily restored, and that one engine as well, with the diesel engine in it. Such a sad waste.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Lots of parts on the engine have been stollen.

[@900108Chale]

15:28 *How's that for a thumbnail?*

[@OverlandFlorida]

Haha!

[@jamesblack449]

I live in Tennessee I've never heard of Nemo's Tunnel where is it I'm not a native Tennesseean so that's why I never heard of it.

[@OverlandFlorida]

It’s closed now.

[@aaronerskine3401]

why is the tunnel closed?

[@OverlandFlorida]

Some idiot parked their truck on the live train tracks for a picture and got hit by a train.

[@alvarsdzenis4739]

@16:56. That's the back of the engine.

[@atshinkansen7439]

Early hood diesels such as these oftentimes were designated to run long hood forward, especially considering this is a Southern Railway locomotive, which made it common practice. The best way to check is to look for an “F” at one end or the other, near the steps. That identifies the official “front” end.

[@trainchaserelliot]

That’s a live train track becareful!

[@OverlandFlorida]

As we pulled up we saw a train!

[@JobyJoby-iw2wr]

Back story?

[@OverlandFlorida]

To what? The tunnel is closed now because someone parked their truck on an active trail track and got hit by a train.

[@rayfridley6649]

Nemo's tunnel has no ventilation to remove carbon monoxide from vehicles. That would give me the creeps!

[@OverlandFlorida]

It was fine lol

[@ramblerdave1339]

Did you ever consider using shorter wheelbase or smaller vehicles?

[@OverlandFlorida]

I’ve had multiple 2 door jeeps.

[@gecsus]

Really... You don't know what a generator looks like? The train is powered by diesel that generates power for the electric motors. That's why they call them Diesel Electric Engines.

[@chrishenderson9688]

How do u get to the train from nemo tunnel.

[@OverlandFlorida]

Study Google maps.

[@abelsonaaron]

Damn, you where in my area and I missed it. I'm hauling the gladiator down next Friday, dropping truck and trailer at my mims in Tampa. What places around that area should I check out?

[@OverlandFlorida]

Citrus WMA has some sandy trails and some caves to explore.

[@abelsonaaron]

@@OverlandFlorida Thanks, ill check it out. Found a little spot after the skyway I plan to stealth at one night also.

[@OverlandFlorida]

@@abelsonaaron you can at the rest area on the south end of the skyway.

[@ItsMeHammie]

What was the trail you went on after Nemo's tunnel? Or is it part of the trail? Any gpx file?

[@OverlandFlorida]

The trails were at nemos tunnel. It's a small place. It takes like 15min to do everything.

[@philliphall5198]

Was the train cars for employees to travel to mine??

[@OverlandFlorida]

No.

[@bubbatim2009]

When are you going get your Yoda repaired? Those lights just have to bug you...

[@OverlandFlorida]

It's been 15k miles now. Maybe I'll get to it next month.

[@thomaswilson813]

How long is the whole trail

[@OverlandFlorida]

Maybe 15min if you don't stop to get out and look. It's a small loop.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Name of company dates some context

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

Will my Tundra fit thru that tunnel?

[@OverlandFlorida]

Yes.

[@xterra4hire]

How deep was that water Kevin?

[@OverlandFlorida]

8 inches at most.

[@xterra4hire]

@@OverlandFlorida next time I drive down there I’ll have to check it out we drove down there this time,

[@Peter_Mueller1975]

Why is it necessary to have a cracked windshield in the US? All "KZbinrs" have this, but i can't find out why. You do this on purpose, but i don't get the meaning? Are windshields very expensive? It instantly looks like a abandonend destroyed car. Maybe you could raise a patreon site to get your subscribers pay for a windshield? That would be the next step i think? Oh i think im getting it, saw the frame shaking like crazy on this korean japanese car, is it because the frame is not stiff enough for offroading an bends so hard the windshields crack constantly? Ok thats really sad but explains it, funny!

[@OverlandFlorida]

Man, or should I call you a they? Typically the cracks are caused by rock chips driving down the road or from branches slapping the windshield while we trail ride. You spend a lot of time with this comment. I enjoyed the laugh.

[@Peter_Mueller1975]

@@OverlandFlorida hey Kevin, ja typing took me at least 30 secs and english is not my native language. You're right, if we're both enjoying a laugh thats fine. I know what you're saying and you're right. I saw guys chippin their windshield just for views/clicks - so i'm sorry

[@jefs2928]

Gigantic ecological footprint whit a lot of big engine cars for some old wreckage to see. Walk to these kind of sites next time and you will see al lot more detail. Or was it to show your cars ?

[@OverlandFlorida]

Wow, you must be fun at parties. I’m sure the blasting though the mountain for the tunnel had more of a foot print than any of the vehicles traveling through them.

[@jefs2928]

@@OverlandFlorida .......and that was 50 years ago ? No. And the rest of these kind of useless video's is for likes and money probebly ;-) to pay for these to big cars ?

[@OverlandFlorida]

@@jefs2928 Thanks for paying for my big car....

[@johnmoar7658]

ok ,nosey parker ,shut thedoors after you ,just like a farmers gate

[@OverlandFlorida]

Wut?

[@89785]

Nobody needs a diesel locomotive, it would be better if they handed it over to the metal than it stands and rusts like this

[@OverlandFlorida]

Yeahhhhhhhh. No, it’s fine where it is.

[@bradleysfireworks2022]

THEY NEED DAVE SPARKS CREW TO GET IT STARTED

[@OverlandFlorida]

Haha. It’s missing too many parts.

[@magaisacult2023]

Wow, would suck if a car came from the opposite direction, and someone had to back out 1/2 way! OK, 8:20 I'm outta there@

[@OverlandFlorida]

Most people go through the tunnel one direction and leave another way. But yes, someone would have to back up that far. Nothing was hard, we did it all in 2wd.