Screaming into the 5 Mile Deep "Mouth To Hell" (The Haunted Hoosac Tunnel)

"The Mouth To Hell"
THIS TUNNEL is almost FIVE MILES LONG and runs DEEP under a mountain. Its history and lore is peppered with tales (many REAL) of murder, ghosts, and mass fatalities. If you want some grim reading, look more into the history of this train tunnel- a project that SO huge it made worldwide news and was know as the "big dig" of the 1800s.
The Hoosac Tunnel was an absolute marvel in engineering, but one at a great cost- an incredible amount of lives. The mere thought of tackling such a gigantic and expensive project to more-easily link east-to-west trade (from Boston and back) was thought to be insane, but it WAS completed.
Ultimately, the tunnel was finished in 1875- having taken 24 years to build. (I erroneously mention 1877 in the video). Whatever the case, its old, its creepy, but its incredibly intriguing.
There is a great documentary you can watch for free on youtube as well under "Hoosac Tunnel Documentary.
I've long been wanting to visit "The Hoosac Tunnel"- a train tunnel cutting under the Hoosac Range between North Adams, MA and Florida, MA and finally had the chance to- while alone. I did ask one neighbor (a few houses down when asking for directions) who said "it was fine to check out", but the "No trespassing" signs posted later on made me think he really didn't know/was wrong. I was already in the thick of things by the time I saw them, so I pushed on, and was respectful, even hiking out some litter with me.
I really suggest not going alone, as it can be a dangerous area, and well, if you even decide to go at all, its at your own risk.
There are a few who have walked ALL the way through the tunnel (no thanks). Its a five mile straight shot at a very slight incline (crowning in the middle for drainage), so at one point, the mere pin-prick of a tunnel entrance disappears behind you completely as you reach the crest of the trek.
I was introduced to the history of this place through the book "Weird New England"- which I LOVED
Here's a link should you want to check it out: amzn.to/2DfO1qJ

[@JimmyCornPop]

The building at 3:00 was actually an electric sub station to power the electric assist engines. The electric engines were used to pull passenger trains through the tunnel. The coal burning steam locomotives at the time would have suffocated the passengers. Even now with 'cleaner' diesel fuel, the tunnel still gets filled with fumes. ' Brick Kiln' was a little east of where you filmed, I think.

[@streetsshallprovide2029]

Great info! Thanks so much!

[@davidthurmond6735]

Notice how he's walking on snow sounds like a old train taking off

[@cherylebbing199]

Your absolutely right about that.

[@paulvalentine1483]

I walked that as a teen. I'm 67 now, and I can tell you it is NOT haunted. Ghosts don't exist. We had lanterns and flashlights with us, and it was a fun walk.

[@derekdiedricksen9170]

A lantern walk through there would be pretty amazing!

[@southernman5839]

I never seen a ghost? I guess I’m not that lucky? I’m 67.

[@i.m.askance7996]

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting it, and thanks also for not making it about yourself by not constantly being in the shot. Well done!

[@cassiecraft8856]

Looks like someone likes “Highway Patrol”!

[@i.m.askance7996]

@@cassiecraft8856 Oh yeah! "Twenty One Fifty Bye"

[@TraceyRolandelli]

That stonework is quite beautiful actually.

[@scdevon]

I like those arched alcove recesses in old RR tunnels especially old Pennsylvania RR tunnels. Lost craftsmanship.

[@theallstargame3350]

I’ve been in twice, and took a few pictures. I’ll never go again that’s for sure.

[@NewEnglandDirtRoadie]

that's it? that's all you're gonna tell us?

[@elguerocallejero1]

Why?

[@MangoMike316]

I've been reading everything that I can find on this tunnel and watching all the videos that are on KZbin about the Hoosac Tunnel and most of them are many years old, so seeing something new and current is a treat. Would be nice to see the east tunnel entrance as well but thanks for this video.

[@hoenix3278]

Mango Mike same I live in the area but I’ve never been there

[@janetairlines1351]

@@hoenix3278 funny. I've never been to this entrance....only the east end. I almost went tonight. My sister has a new spirit box and she wants to try it. The east end is safer, it is in the middle of nowhere. With the west end, you have to worry about north adams junkies being around.

[@vicd6902]

Mango Mike I’ll be going back soon. I plan on uploading a video. As well as the old paper mill up the road a ways from the east portal. Subscribe and click notifications for me. I’m going back around the 19th. It’s very interesting. Lots of history.

[@daniellegoebel9100]

Born and raised there

[@trains3501]

@@janetairlines1351 2:12

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

It's crazy to walk through that tunnel alone. There's no cell phone service in there, so if you trip and snap an ankle or get hit by a falling rock, you are on your own. Lots of risk and no reward, except bragging rights.

[@Friquido]

I'd do it for street cred 100%

[@MrCatfarmer]

I grew up just a few hundred feet down the road from that road. My house was next to the creek crossing rt8. Played at the tunnel as a kid. I personally walked the tunnel twice. The tunnel is 100 feet short of five miles

[@westwasbest]

Nice simple to-the-point video, I live in Albany New York not too far from there planning on heading over there in the next couple of weeks or so to check it out, maybe I'll make a video also!

[@MrCatfarmer]

There to the right of the tunnel opening use to be a warning shack for the track walker. A man use to have to walk that tunnel every day looking for obstructions. Every so many feet inside the tunnel are little tunnels to get away from the tracks when a train comes through. I don’t know about now, when I was a kid, there were lights in the tunnel every couple hundred feet.

[@raytylicki9001]

Yes the light at the end of the tunnel is a train

[@Nyctophora]

Interesting! I know you as the Tiny Homes Man, nice to see other interests as well :)

[@jonlouis2582]

As if North Adams isn't creepy enough....

[@sheluvsbrooksie7522]

For real

[@GOTHICSTEELE1]

Up to 10 trains a day go through the tunnel

[@Topnikko]

I'm going to walk through it sometime in the next few months.

[@rancherodave]

That old barn thing is a old hydro electric generator house. Used to frequent that area weekly as I went to college at mcla which is right down the road. Used to mountain bike in that area all the time, there is a nice state park on the hill or small mountain peak above that area if you take the old fire road across the bridge past the hydro house. Very cool new England town. Also if you look to the left of the east portal in the rock, there is a small cave that you could climb in.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

I'm pretty sure that "cave" is the Haupt Tunnel, which was basically an early bore that was abandoned.

[@MrCatfarmer]

That water has been there for ever. Places around North Adams that were built with the removed rock from the tunnel are haunted. Pleasant hill road is a good example.

[@MrCatfarmer]

Laying on the ground is the remains of the roll up door for the tunnel. The door would be closed during the winter to stop ice from forming in the tunnel. It would open when a train came through.

[@MrCatfarmer]

Near the tunnel on the right side are large rocks. Behind a huge bolder is an opening, you have to worm your way through a ways and opens to a small cavern.

[@sandrakilday3551]

very eerie tunnel,especially when you are by yourself,the whole area looked creepy ,i think maybe take someone with you on these locations,very good video thanks for sharing

[@furfamilysue]

Good video. I give you credit for going in winter time. I have been on Florida side a few times in better weather. I have never been to the North Adams side but I feel like I have now.

[@MrCatfarmer]

Spent a large part of my childhood there at the tunnel.

[@gmaneis]

Nice job creeping me out with your commentary! Fun!

[@EB1878]

I enjoyed this video. I recently listened to the bedtime stories about the Hoosac tunnel. Sounds like a creepy place you wouldn't want to find yourself in on a dark night alone. Even if you used the buddy system, it would still play on the mind wandering through the tunnel. I live nowhere near the Hoosac tunnel, but if it's truly haunted, I'd rather see it during the day than at night. Don't know who might call that tunnel home, so I wouldn't venture very far in. I bet the evps are constant considering it's a haunted location.

[@dumdum7786]

There's 2 railroad signals in there, could you imagine having to stop in there?

[@JsMisc]

They're block signals and with Pan Am's scheduling, there's usually five to six trains pass through (PAS 11R, PAS 16R, RJED, EDRJ, PAS 22K, PAS 23K afaik). With the schedule, the trains are all spaced out by a few hours and they'll meet nowhere near the tunnel or be stuck behind each other inside the tunnel (thank god). Kinda felt liking clearing this up. But jeez to go through that tunnel in an engineer's POV is freaky.

[@richharris9489]

Saw a train sept 5 2021 think it was 16r east .

[@seashackf1]

There’s a video of a passenger train that does stop in the tunnel. The guys filming were in the last car and the door was open.

[@animalmansurvivor1452]

This is super neat......and freaky! I wouldn't have gone in further either.

[@kandiwolfe1125]

Wow! I haven't seen you forever Deek! This just popped-up on my feed! 8t is Labor Day, September 5, 2022! That is one helluva creepy place for sure! Thanks for sharing this with us! I am hoping life is treating you and yours well, my friend! Take care! Peace....💜💙💜💙💜

[@MemphisMojo15s]

I just have to do it. "HEY!" Lol caught me off guard..you got me 😂 I got earphones in ✌️

[@richharris9489]

They run at least 6 trains thru here . Saw one sept 5 2021 at the east portal

[@goldtentee]

And these trains are long. At the Rt 8 crossing in Charlemont best to shut off your engine for the train to go through.

[@WELLINGTON20]

I have surveyed in there at one point 2 times a week through the whole thing, portable chair and wind up torch and gas mask and good to go. All those times i’ve been I’ve never seen or heard anything paranormal.

[@jodi1978]

Love places like that.

[@markcinque106]

jkh 1978 wow man that's some Tunnel.

[@austinmiller3497]

I wonder how many trains go through that tunnel daily and weekly

[@fhowland]

8 a day

[@J_heterodox]

North Adams side. The Florida, MA side is even more remote.

[@galactic_socialist]

We get about 2 trains going each way per day. The arch supposedly has the saying " we hold the western gateway" on it. I think it's behind the metal shielding That tunnel is my apocalypse/ nuclear war bolt hole. I'm going to drive in a Mile or so and hope it's enough

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

Unless you could somehow manage to seal off the entrance, all the radiation would still get into the tunnel and kill you.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Absolutely outstanding. Never knew this thing existed!! WTH were they thinking? 5 miles!! That would be an achievement today.

[@ericlakota6512]

Ive never ben to that side of tunnel really cool

[@HayastAnFedayi]

Trains actually run pretty frequent through the tunnel @oddUSA, its part of PanAm's mainline

[@MrCatfarmer]

Surprised that old brick building is still there. Had many a fire in there.

[@MrCatfarmer]

We’re that barn like building is there is a pond and a damn. That’s the creek that passed my house. I assume the building is a pump house.

[@bocabec6744]

I walked into the east portal for about 100 yards on a September day in 2009. I heard what sounded like men working with sledge hammers and yelling. It was an eerie place for me to visit. I was not afraid. I do believe in ghost but I don't think their mission is to hurt me.

[@legoose1380]

The most badass title.

[@kylieknysh4461]

I was there and one of the buildings had a huge whole on the floor and had ice spikes pointing up so if you fell you would be impaled

[@sheluvsbrooksie7522]

You from north Adams

[@connormeechan5784]

That twisted metal was the shutter for the facade of the tunnel

[@incrustwetrust69]

connor meechan yeah they recently replaced it with a newer one that was part of the old one

[@derekdiedricksen9170]

Thanks- later figured it might be that. Appreciate the info!

[@williammcgeehan3424]

Another good one is.......... It's Alright ? Comes back to you " Alright " ☺

[@Redgonetogray]

It just had a partial collapse this week in there.

[@99999liquid]

Scores of Men were killed during the building and were buried under the tracks. 1800s style That's why they say it's haunted. And it is.

[@1neAdam12]

@0:27 Cottonwood and a baby one at that.

[@southernman5839]

Is it an active railroad ?

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

The East Portal is more accessible, more scenic, and generally more interesting.

[@scdevon]

This tunnel seems like it was never stable. Loose soil / rock composition and loads of water. It was a good feat of labor, but a pretty poor engineering feat, actually. Band-Aid fixes from the start like the brickwork. No wonder there were so many casualties. Thanks for sharing.

[@buffplums]

Scary stuff mate

[@stendhal48]

You're trying to scare yourself lol. Creepy ooo!

[@iidie4]

My land butts up to the tunnel it’s always a fun time goin in or around there

[@sheluvsbrooksie7522]

But there is like little holes in the wall that you can go into when a train passes bye

[@MrCatfarmer]

People would steel cars and abandon them in the tunnel.

[@johnny6148]

rails being used no rust

[@slappy_ham6999]

I'm literally heading there within a few hours. Trying to find someone to tag along. I'm possibly going alone lol.

[@jc10907Sealy]

Did you survive?

[@nashcoleon4244]

@@jc10907Sealy guess not

[@sheluvsbrooksie7522]

Jen Clark lol

[@slappy_ham6999]

Long walk I'll tell ya. Had a few trains coming by, pretty scary. I did go alone, the entire way in and out. Never again.

[@stonecoldfan3167]

Last time I was in the mouth of hell I was going down on my ex-wife.

[@buffplums]

Looking at the colour of the rails I’d say that route is pretty busy, at least one or two trains a day. The tracks usually start to go yellow after a few days of inactivity.

[@sheluvsbrooksie7522]

Notice how it’s says your going to be okay on there and it says that same thing above the tunnel thing railroad by mingos

[@bluelipbeaver]

When we were young boys we would take Karen Sibley into places like that in order to see her "equipment." I remember her as being a rather nicely equipped neighborhood girl. We would line up, our nostrals blowing out hot devils air, as we readied to come forward for our turn. We had not a clue as to what we were doing. She grew up to be a doctor while the rest of us didn't amount to a warm bucket of spit. Oh, such is life. Fun to remember those dank little buildings with broken glass and half burnt tree branches. Great memories of a Maine childhood.

[@jim4448]

The coal trains comes through here. Going to Boston to Pennsylvania.. To the electric company Boston Edison electric. To make electricity. That's about once every 10 days. I believe the tracks belong to the Gilford railroad at the present moment. I used to live approximately one mile from these tracks.. About 30 miles East where you are..

[@fatmaccbea6376]

I would never try to enter..

[@caboosech]

it was a control tower for train moments

[@mickeybelanger890]

Building to make nitro glisten. IT WAS A ELECTRIC TRAIN STATION

[@TravelwithAustin]

Five miles long? Hell no.

[@cassiecraft8856]

Sounds like a Bobcat.

[@lynneferencik1378]

Trespassing anywhere along rr tracks is probably not a great idea- this is an active line, not to be fooled with.

[@davy1458]

You are the first person I've ever come across who is aware that walking on railroad tracks is considered trespassing and that the police can charge you with a crime and take you to jail for it ....if they choose....i learned this a long time ago when a friend and I were taking a short cut and walking down a rail road track when a police officer stopped us....placed us in hand cuffs and began search our pockets.....as he was doing this I thought I was a big shot know it all and told him that he had no right to stop us , put us in hand cuffs and pilfer thru our pockets, I said he was illegally violating our rights .....thats when he informed me that rail road tracks where not public property and that we were trespassing....which was news to me to say the least....thankfully he didn't take us to jail and let us go with a warning...and informed us that he thought we might have been walking the tracks while smoking pot and that if he would have found us in possession of pot that he would have arrested us and charged us with possession and trespassing.....thankfully that was before I'd ever smoked pot for the first time in my life....but I learned alot that day.....dont walk down rail road tracks or at least do not let the cops see you walking down the tracks.....and the second thing I learned is that it's foolish to carry drugs around in your pockets because you never knows when you might get stopped and searched....if your gonna be a druggy then leave your dope at home....and it's probably a good idea as well to keep yourself at home as well whenever you are doing drugs and getting high....might just keep you from getting hit by a train.... or hit with a felony......both of which will fuck up your day!

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

@@davy1458 But what if I want to walk 2 miles into the tunnel and smoke a fat joint? What am I to do?

[@davy1458]

@@PatrickPierceBateman smoke quickly before the trolls ask for a hit....you don't wanna smoke wirh a troll because they spread warts and herpes.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

@@davy1458 I'd just hotbox the whole tunnel so them trolls could get a second hand smoke high. Also legends say if you don't share your weed with a troll they will grab your nuts and pop them like grapes.

[@davy1458]

@@PatrickPierceBateman those trolls used to be normal people.....till they started smoking meth....damn those highly energetic goblins they never take a break or a nap.

[@DD-bn2mx]

sounds like you do get spooked easily lol

[@petemavus2948]

Is this guy DEEK ?

[@mermaidsong4072]

they are not going to answer you till you get halfway thru, then they will come for you, they've been dead a long time.

[@stephenlindow4421]

I walked into it twice. Its cave-in now is a mess.

[@6eight9]

So you can't walk in there now

[@streetsshallprovide2029]

@@6eight9 As of when- apparently trains still run though it....

[@camoguy973]

They run trains through there everyday

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

Several of them.

[@InductedMist]

The yellow piece to me look like the side door of an Autorack freight car. I dont know why it wouldve come off like that.

[@williamjackson5767]

It was

[@chrish.4686]

There are probably homeless people living in there.

[@bluelipbeaver]

If they had shot a spir five miles south from Adams and shot due east, that tunnel would not have had to be built. It was politics as usual, even back then. I miss the elevated hiway going through Boston. There again, follow the money. The hell with logic.

[@anthonylively9264]

the rowe ma side is much better.....

[@mickeybelanger890]

Twin sin city No,Adams. Adams. A ,dams no.a,dams God dams.the devil lives in N.a. N/A

[@ericlakota6512]

Hosic mens forbidind mountian

[@stevenklingler9376]

Pretty sure the loudest sound on earth is my ex wife's mouth! 😒

[@bulgingbattery2050]

BERKSHIRE ACADEMY

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

SEVERAL trains run through the tunnel DAILY. You should do some research before you do any commentary on something you know nothing about. Your info about the brickwork etc. was WAY off. The granite composition in that mountain is some of the hardest rock on the planet. Cave-ins were the least of their worries.

[@streetsshallprovide2029]

Thanks for replying like a know-it-all total jerk instead of just helping out and offering up some info and history which we all would have appreciated. I never, ever, said I was any expert- was just giving information I had just read a few places online. Its just a youtube exploration video- relax....

[@ellengallerani9836]

Brick work was necessary on the west end, the end he was exploring. It required so much brick that they made their own brick factory to make the tunnel because the material just fell apart when digging. Granite makes up most of the tunnel but not on the west end.

[@daniellegoebel9100]

I literally was born and raised here and some of your facts are WRONG and I walked the whole thing and have REAL stories. Btw north Hampton is like an hour away. Not right by. Talk to me if you really wanna know

[@streetsshallprovide2029]

Feel free to share- I'm not from the area, so god forgive me (gasp) for getting a few things wrong!

[@CurbsideBills]

You're name is Danielle and you're this big of a douchebag???