POTENTIAL DANGER Inside This Abandoned Train Tunnel (Phoenixville Tunnel)

[@JPVideos81]

Who else loves abandoned train tunnels? Despite a wet foot, this one did not disappoint!

[@tooshnikmadhok1979]

How do you get the courage to explore such bizzare places!

[@samaramesser5116]

This tunnel is only a couple of miles from where I live. I've been down inside it once but didn't walk all the way through. I love that you showed and described all of the interesting details of the entire tunnel from end-to-end! Awesome!

[@JPVideos81]

@samaramesser5116 I recommend going through to see it with your own eyes, but if not, I appreciate you checking out my videom

[@Camden09]

Holy cow! JP that mound of collapsed material your standing on is massive that is a massive amount of material that fell down

[@dianacanales2526]

Beautiful architecture of the tunnel had me admiring & appreciating the skill of builders back in the day. Wonderful to see how much of it is preserved, despite that massive collapse. Really cool of Randy to invite you to this place & nice to see you two partnered up for this exploration! Love the photo montage and I really like how you explain & show us things, like what the cutaways were used for, so Thank-you! Awesome video! Thank-you Jay & Randy!😊💙

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed the look and I appreciate the work as well. It was a fun day with Randy and you'll see what else we did on Friday.

[@tabbycat8323]

Your disappearing in the beginning was a noooooo... come back JP! As always love your photos at the end. Such a beautiful piece of history. Thank you for sharing.

[@JPVideos81]

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[@sonplusone7059]

That was great. Thanks for taking us JP and Randy 🤗

[@JPVideos81]

😊💙

[@patriciasentz4950]

It's hard to imagine with that huge collapse that this tunnel is still considered safe, but it was worth the look see. I loved how the green from the nature's carpet popped, especially when the beams of sunlight hit it. I noticed there's a second video this week. What a treat!😊

[@JPVideos81]

I'd imagine if it gets any worse that something will have to be done. Yes, that natures carpet certainly looked nice.

[@RailBuffRob]

It's not considered safe, it would just be too expensive to make it disappear. If it were considered safe then the bike path that uses the railroad route would go through it rather than detour over it.

[@Jared-91]

Cool I love train tunnels.

[@emeraldsoundproductions]

Great editing. I'm glad I was finally able to take you to the tunnel. Once in a while I come up with a good place to visit, lol.

[@colleenhusko7954]

Nice to see you back in this neck of the woods. Lived in the area my whole life. Trains and tracks still prevalent even after the steel industry left the area. Live next to tracks now. However, I did not know where this was. Thanks for taking us along.😊

[@JPVideos81]

It's a nice area and I'll be back to enjoy more of the area.

[@gaylebrodt676]

What an awesome adventure and so neat that Randy invited you to explore this! Yes, I certainly do love abandoned train tunnels! Looks like you did a good job on that balance beam. lol Wow, I can't even imagine what that was like when that open crater gave way. I wonder if it collapsed all at once or if it came down slowly. I know I have said this before, but I just love the construction of tunnels like this, they are so amazing! Beautiful photos! Great video JP, thank you! 💙

[@JPVideos81]

I wont be joining the gymnastics anytime soon for the balance beam lol. That's a good question about if it happened all at once or not.

[@Carolb66]

Hi JP, abandoned railway tunnels are my favourite explores. So much history attached, the architecture & the stories they can tell. I find them stunning no matter what condition they are in. Fab explore JP, ❤ from the UK. 😊

[@setcinvestmentpropertiesll5258]

I live very close to there and walk through the tunnel many times with my young daughter on my shoulders back in the 80s

[@garymessina1609]

Great adventure old train tunnels are great thanks Jay and Randy

[@JPVideos81]

This one was a real treat. Next time I'm wearing my muckers.

[@Boforsho]

Yahoo another video!

[@MrIceman22]

Awesome video jp thanks for sharing this with us always love your videos. at the 10:53 you can see a person at the end of the tunnel Jay when you go in that hole.

[@JPVideos81]

Good eyes. Two other people came down to explore the tunnel as well.

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

Really beautiful structure ...Love the old photo of the early days . You got some awesome shots ! Glad Randy shared this site with you and thank you for sharing the adventure with us ! 👍💙

[@JPVideos81]

He kept telling me about it and it didn't disappoint. Glad I could bring you along as well.

[@StantonsJourneys]

This is amazing with amazing history, love me an old railroad tunnel, thanks for sharing JP

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks Chris!

[@glennsmith3303]

That was super hard to find on a map. I had to go back to an old aerial to see both ends. Tunnels are usually kind of easy to find on Google, this one is super stealthy. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@ksokie63]

No disappointment here. Great videoon the tunnel and nice Picturesat the end . Thanks JP

[@HRHG9]

Love it!!! I love history and this is definitely is!!! ❤❤❤

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome tunnel JP! I absolutely love tunnels! Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure!👍

[@JPVideos81]

I loved checking this one out. I was really impressed with the collapse.

[@margiecooper6045]

Interesting JP. I enjoyed this one. Your photos really brought to light the beauty of this area. ❤

[@joangravel2436]

Thanks I enjoyed watching that was awesome

[@katnz7018]

just wow, amazing n wow, owh that upper caven looks so creepy but would be so cool to explore but might be unsafe..thanks for the awesome vid ! ~ x

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

Amazing tunnel, the collapse and the cavity above the tunnel suggest that further work needs to be done to address the issue. Which could mean the tunnel unfortunately being eventually just backfilled to "fix the collapse area" but hopefully that doesn't come to pass.

[@scottleidenberger4401]

Great find. I grew up not to far away in Linfield. I never new the PRR had a tunnel. The Reading had Black Rock tunnel and is still used by NS-CSX ? I'll have to get out an old Topo map and see if I can find the tunnel. Thanks for the explore.

[@JPVideos81]

This one is pretty easy to get to as it sits next to a cemetery.

[@tbar1011]

Great video J, I enjoyed it, thanks for sharing with all of us.

[@georgebaumgardner5280]

Love this video, I have always loved train tunnels, unfortunately there were not many around in our area here in NE Ohio. The closest to where I live was closed off many years ago and is no longer accessible. There is another south of us here but it is now on private property and dangerous to enter. Thanks for taking us along again Jay!

[@JPVideos81]

Pennsylvania seems to be loaded with them and I have more out in western Pennsylvania that I'll be documenting as well.

[@RailBuffRob]

The train horn was likely the Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Line, the freight only route that runs through Phoenixville just a few miles away. That said, a branch track that used to connect to the line though the tunnel is still in use about a mile or so from the western tunnel portal, and even with the limited use it sees, locomotives would still have to blow the horn at grade crossings. The "cutout" as you put it is most likely what you say it is, in railroad lingo this would be called a "safety alcove". That being said, electric signal systems sometimes had to be installed in tunnels and they would often make an alcove like this to hold the cabinet containing the relays and other electrical equipment for the signal system.

[@seanmcdonnell1282]

A friend and I checked that one out about 10 years ago. Unfortunately the water was about waist deep when we were there so didn't get to walk through. Nice to finally see the inside.

[@adzadzy]

This was cool to see, nice find jp, nice montage with music at the end too

[@jeffgentle6497]

Wow I am impressed with the way they built a gap between the natural rock layer and the tunnel. The hole you mentioned was indeed for inspection. There is an active tunnel near me that has a simular build. One of my railfans actually bought the old Frisco house above a tunnel that has an access hatch and ladder down to the tunnel. It's about 75 years old but not nearly as impressive but still kind of cool for exploring. Fortunately he has a scanner that let's him know when a train is approaching. Further down the line is a very cool abondoned freight station we explored years ago. Jay I shouldn't say it but there were a couple of scary moments I had on an active rail line near out Museum of Transportation where the old Mopac now UP and Frisco now BNSF were nearly ontop of one another, nearly getting taken out by a Frisco locomotive. I was around 16. Scary stupid kid I was! Lol 😆

[@JPVideos81]

The things we did as kids haha. Thanks for confirming that inspection hatch.

[@cullenosbourn3304]

I’m glad that you’re doing the train tunnels, I’ve been doing a lot of videos on train tunnels and there is a lot of abandoned tunnels in the US and even a few here in Texas . This tunnel here said 1884 ? It seems funny that there were a lot of tunnels built. In or around 1880s or 1887 . But anyway I’ll stop yammering , great videos. I hope you do more on train tunnels abandoned or active , like the Haunted Hoosac Tunnel built in…..1887 . You should check it out.

[@carlavision6143]

JP, very interesting and cool! Really enjoyed your video!

[@JPVideos81]

Ty Carla

[@carlavision6143]

@@JPVideos81 you're welcome!

[@marylougreen9136]

Thank you. I enjoyed the guided tour never saw one before.❤

[@terryciavola5962]

Great video JP! 👍🥰❤️

[@JPVideos81]

Thank you 🤗

[@Paladin.Krieger2287]

Caught an early one! I love your videos man

[@donnasilver940]

Nice and alot of natures carpet.I love the color green it is.

[@gigicostlow4414]

I love these tunnels. Whenever you go in one I'm thinking, cool place for some light painting. LOL

[@JPVideos81]

This would be a great place for light painting. I may have to do that sometime.

[@debbieblaylock9997]

I love it i love history. Just thank how many tran went through therer.all the cargo

[@patricksparks6631]

Train tunnels are amazing. How did they acquire so much cut stone and brick back in those days, how did they bore thru rock. Drill and blast, I guess. Primitive machines - probably steam driven ? Amazing - thanks for the video.

[@adamtereska8734]

Love the tunnels!!!!!!

[@Ranthra1]

Very cool tunnel! Thanks for sharing that with us! In early spring on a hike in the woods wear boots. LOL

[@JPVideos81]

Boots definitely needed!

[@cruikshank]

Great footage. The images were so sharp & saturated, the stills looked like Fuji-Chrome. Thanks for exploring & sharing. I look forward to more from that area.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks! Next adventure from this day comes out Friday

[@robertmanley7556]

Very nice I love a good ol train tunnel !! I would say its is holding up very well for being built in 1884 !! I really like this videos !!! 👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks rob

[@dbtech7914]

Cool video. That is not far from me. I'll have to go see it.

[@SR-zi6eo]

Loved this explore! I always appreciate the workmanship of our fellow Americans who came before us and built things with great pride and accuracy. God bless them. Thanks for taking us along; much appreciated! ………🌝

[@davidross5169]

Imagine being in there ,full of smoke!!!?

[@ServantofYaHi777]

Looking at the date stone , it appears to have been changed that tunnel is way older way older than 1884 more like 884. This was a very common practice post 1871 .

[@alanswafford9964]

Great video, but that is typical for you. Thank you

[@ChloeMMorgan]

Totally wicked seeing an upside down sinkhole....

[@JPVideos81]

It was an impressive collapse for sure

[@reneereb6499]

If you make it down to thus part of the state again, Pottstown,PA (about 20 min away) is a Panda Express.

[@JPVideos81]

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks

[@lukehansberry]

Wow so cool having fun adventures myself went to a lake a nature preserve a state park a pagota by the water found railroad tracks my next trek is to put my scooter on a bus rack and ride bus from Bremerton to Silverdale transfer on another bus ride up this other road called ridgetop then ride down to this other lake and see in person my child hood home which by the way when my parents sold the place in document property records it was placed on historic registry and first house built in that area been around since the 20s and when my father did a little remodeling he found in the wall 2 phamplets on paint one for house one for car from 1920 I had it long time ago but lost in storage

[@JPVideos81]

Safe travels on your trip

[@lukehansberry]

Thank you im 61 having time of my life@@JPVideos81

[@lukehansberry]

Oh and safe trips to you as well@@JPVideos81

[@gregdiamond6023]

That is a cool old tunnel. All that trash is a shame. Seems like disposing of things the hard way. I guess homeless folks probably camp out.

[@empressvogt]

I would have screamed as loud as I could if I was there.

[@coreybabcock2023]

If I was there I would say winnnnssstoonnn !

[@JPVideos81]

😁

[@johnperrotto64]

When was this filmed? The south portal is now completely filled in and has been for a while.

[@JPVideos81]

Earlier this month

[@emeraldsoundproductions]

Both portals are open. The part that was filled in was down from the south portal, which was explained in the video.

[@kevinj2412]

I wonder how long it took them to lay all those bricks. That was an awesome place.

[@JPVideos81]

Amount of labor is mind boggling, especially since the bricks are a few layers deep.

[@sheilan6235]

Interesting. Do you think the dripping water/drain caused the collapse?

[@JPVideos81]

It probably contributed to it

[@CheapestGamer]

Isn't there another tunnel up along the same route that's also abandoned? Or am I thinking of another area?

[@mimig5357]

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[@JPVideos81]

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[@opinionatedone2561]

Off subject, but method to reveal tombstone writing: Spray with water OR Deflect sunlight from small mirror (Sun needs be OPPOSITE side of writing)

[@billstill1794]

Ancient ruins - will be here long after we're gone...

[@randygyulay5114]

I have trouble deciding whether you are a troll or an ogre. You sure do enjoy hiding in wet, dark places. Keep having fun.

[@ServantofYaHi777]

I wonder if it was 1884 or I 884 many of these ancient structures the dates are misinterpreted . The capital I meaning in the yr of our savior Christ , 884 .

[@JPVideos81]

It's listed on sites with that date as well so that does seem to be the build date.

[@doctordeath.5716]

This is really cool brother and great video and great pictures ❤❤❤❤