WHICH WAY DID HE GO, GEORGE?

COME ALONG AS WE RAMBLE AWAY SOME TIME THROUGH A SECTION OF THE OLD NYC RR HARLEM LINE AT A FEW CHOICE STOPS ALONG ROUTE 22 IN WINGDALE.

[@MikeG42]

A very enjoyable video. I like abandoned buildings and rail lines. Of course it's sad to see a railway line rusty and covered in weeds but also fascinating too. This was a fun tour of this town. Thanks man 😊👍

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- sad but cool.....all at the same time! Thank you!

[@MikeG42]

@@lostrailbeds8289 You're welcome

[@garysprandel1817]

Got a seminary in Mundelein Illinois near me that the old coal/boiler plant for the grounds was still in use but the spur off the old Soo Line was pulled out in the early 70s when the plant converted from coal to natural gas. The trestle to the coal dump either was scrapped if metal or collapsed if timber but the rails were still visible in the opening for the dump bin.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Awesome, thanks! Yes- there are just SO MANY rail relics waiting to be "found"

[@substance1]

Imagine all the guys that worked at that power station their whole careers.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- and for not much $$$ either! Blood, sweat, tears, and bad backs! Thanks!

[@cjones3710]

Wish I could have

[@charlielange4773]

Boy,I live in Sioux city Iowa and we've got lots of old abandoned ROWs and tree cuts, street running. These vids are so very cool! Keep the coming! And thank you.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Glad you're enjoying them!! Thank YOU!!

[@realmongo7565]

Thanks for the video! I had always wondered about that strange track arrangement since I have driven past it down Route 22 since the mid '70s.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Wish we could see some more train movements along there instead of just Metro North commuters.

[@maggiebaker6899]

So cool. My great-uncle George Herbert Wooding and my uncle Robert Earl Wooding worked for the railroads. George Herbert primarily worked out of the Ghent Tower and Robert Earl worked (decades later) for NYCRR Harlem Division.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank you! Really awesome to have had family running the rails.

[@anthonymaida5718]

Another GREAT Video GREAT STUFF!!

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank You!

[@waldemarogandotrens.8063]

Registro muito bacana, gosto de ver prédios e linhas abandonados, ao contrário do pessimista, vejo como parte da história de muitas vidas que estiveram ali, trabalhando e produzindo e a substituição é necessário num processo de modernização, redução de custos e principalmente de impactos sobre o médio ambiente, parabéns pelo excelente registro 👏

[@joeahearn4413]

Wow, this is cool and right here in my town, too! I have taken pictures of the coal tipple and power buildings as well as the warehouse building north of it. And yes a siding did run all the way up past where you parked Sam according to the 1958 USGS Dover Plains NY quadrangle map. So that loading dock probably did double duty for rail cars and for trucks.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Awesome info....thank you. (always nice when a "hunch" I have comes true!)

[@kellingc]

This was an awesome exposition. Thank you for taking me along.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

You're welcome....Thanks!

[@vettebecker1]

Really wish the tipple and buildings could be restored for future generations to enjoy

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- that would be cool! Sadly they'll just continue to rust and rot and dwindle......

[@merccadoosis8847]

Very interesting & entertaining video. Good capture of the scenery. NYS history is fascinating. So much activity took place north of the Big City, esp in the post Civil War era up to WW II. Keep up the good work.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- the region North of the City of New York is rich in History! Thanks.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank you!!

[@patrickreis8390]

Boa tarde muito bom vídeo parabéns, e triste ver alguns trechos abandonados , aqui no Brasil 🇧🇷 infelizmente são trilhões de dólares em ferrovias desativadas infelizmente destruíram 90% dos nossos trens de passageiros

[@jorgetoro3573]

Igual, que aquí en Argentina!😥😥😥😥

[@luciencote6214]

I like your video, lot of stories about this building, beautiful music too. Everything are abandoned both side of the road 22 ?

[@lostrailbeds8289]

The college that bought it started doing some work, but costs skyrocketed due to asbestos etc. The lawns get mowed and the snow gets plowed.....beyond that I'm not aware of what else happens there.

[@cowrailfan]

Awesome video past it many times on route 22 traveling up north

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks....glad you enjoyed and maybe had some memories!!

[@DarkTerritory71]

You mentioned, "Nothing being Mondaine," when constructed back in the day. I worked at US Steel in Fairfield Alabama, the power houses were all ornamental brick, the inside had polished floors, and marble walls, with ornamental iron holding the lamp on the wall, with big white globes on them. The handrails were all brass, just an absolutely beautiful building , just alot of pride from the brick Mason, to the Ironworker. We don't see that in today's construction. Not because the workers don't want to be, the builder doesn't want to waste time. It is sad

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Wow! Yes, the old buildings were beautiful. I love to look up when walking in a town, village, or city. The facades and balconies, and gargoyles! You're correct- I think a fair amount of artisans are still out there, but that ole bottom line doesn't allow for creativity. Thanks for the great comment!

[@charlesc.parker1164]

You're right about the beautiful craftsmanship of old buildings. Nowadays it's prefab and everything is completely disposable.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Those old gems were built to last!

[@alexclement7221]

15:30: What you are looking at there is a 'coal dump' trestle, where the coal burned in the building behind you was dumped from the bottom of the coal car into a hopper on either tires or on it's own track. Also, I'm fairly certain this hospital complex was originally a tuberculosis hospital, which is why they would have their own rail stop. Back before WWII, there were often separate cars for transporting TB patients, which were either run as 'specials' or at the end of a regular passenger train, (which were locked such that nobody could go from this car to elsewhere on the train). Since TB was so extremely transmissible, hospitals were always out on the countryside. My mother travelled on such a car when she was about 11, going to a TB hospital outside of Kansas City. Luckily, she recovered.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

I do not recall seeing rails in/ on the ground from bottom of coal bridge toward the building(s). So I'm pretty sure you're correct about a wheeled machine- like a small bucket loader. Glad Mom recovered! Thanks..

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Be interesting to use This beautiful track and Building as a future Shortline tourist Railway and a Transloads Facilities Grants ..etc...Thank you for Showcasing this trackage for future rail Customers 😮😢🎉😂❤

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Rail useage in this Country should come back! We need it! Thanks.

[@mattcrowley3075]

Great video! Can’t wait to check out your other videos! 👍👍👍

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks much!!

[@charlielange4773]

You can tell by the asphalt where the railbeds are. I bet that loading dock had a track right beside it and they'd push in a string of re cars for unloading. This is so very cool.

[@charlielange4773]

Just by the way the asphalt cracks in a perfect 4' 8 1/2 " width between the rails that's where an old bed is. Sometimes you can see it in concrete.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

@@charlielange4773 Yes- sometimes the rails/ties pop right up!

[@LunarEquity93]

Great video and footage those buildings are pretty old and those tracks look pretty old as well and it looks like the one going towards the coal area hasn't seen trains for so many years I wonder when the last time trains used it while the other track next to the main track looks completely clear and trains look like they still use it maybe they may use it for car storage or something else

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Rails to the coal tower haven't been used in 2 decades plus. The ones next to mainline are used periodically for car storage. Thanks

[@LunarEquity93]

@@lostrailbeds8289 Cool and thanks for the info I live in Newark Ohio not very far from a abandoned line and I've seen alot of brush and debris removal here lately over the years and I'm wondering if Ohio Central is planning on reactivating it to store train cars and more and the rails are still connected together at least it's part of the B&O Shawnee Branch Ex Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad line that used to run all the way to Shawnee Ohio back in the day and there used to be a switch at that line and there's a abandoned railroad crossing on south 6th Street anyway I figured I'd tell you about this and maybe you could check it out sometime in the future and happy exploring 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

[@RodeoRides]

I’m really digging the history in your neck of the woods 👍🏻👍🏻

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Hudson Valley NY is rich in History....thanks!

[@ctg6734]

I love instigative vids like this. Exploring abandoned buildings and railbeds is a fascination of mine!

[@lostrailbeds8289]

We do too!! Thanks!

[@nickpanda9322]

I have traveled through there by train and car many times and did not know there was old track still standing

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- there's old abandoned and forgotten sidings that once served vital functions all OVER the place along railbeds.....sometimes- you just have to start wandering around! But- in todays' World be careful....posted signs all over. Thanks!

[@johnmiller5678]

Excellent video ....maximum respect...liked and subscribed

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks...glad to have you aboard!

[@echohunter4199]

Dang, that is some light track there, not even sure it’s 83 pound! Back in 1993 while I was stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY I was out driving around in the training area and found a stack of old high throw switch stands so k drove out and loaded one in my little car and took it to my dads place in Oregon to make into a mail box post since he retired from SP/UP.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Nice! A very unique mailbox post with a back-story!

[@miniaturefarmer464]

Probably the siding can be used for MOW storage when they are repairing the main.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

I think they do use siding occassionally for MOW machines and such. Thanks!

[@dodgydruid]

Be interesting to know the architect of that building next to the substation, usually American railside stuff is unique to the US but that building has a very strong English railway design seen still today across the network for example Southern Region substation buildings.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Interesting.....perhaps in some archives, somewhere it could be found??

[@glennsrailroading]

Very cool. I always look for the coal sidings on old hospitals and buildings and have found a few, especially at State hospitals. They're going away fast as the places become ruins. Norristown and Pennhurst 30-35 miles outside Philadelphia.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes, the past is slipping away fast! We have to document and remember as much as we can before it's too late. Thanks!

[@eddielane9569]

Those discarded cans you saw is from the railroad. That is what contains the thermite for welding the railroad tracks together. There's a few missing pieces but you take one of the cans and set it on top of the track between the two rails your welding together and you lite the thermite in the center on top and it quickly Heats and burns through and welds the two sections together. If you've never seen it you can find it on KZbin.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank you! I will check that out!!

[@LunarEquity93]

I'll have to come over here sometime to check out that old coal tipple and the tracks and stuff

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Cool stuff!

[@LunarEquity93]

@@lostrailbeds8289 Yep and definitely alot of history there

[@LunarEquity93]

It looks like those new ties have alot of creosote on them maybe that's why they smell so much

[@hudsonvalleyrailandriverandair]

I mothballed that place in the 90's 😮 took a crew of inmates from Hudson correctional facility there 5 days a week for 2 years

[@lostrailbeds8289]

That was a crazy time in Wingdale....

[@shortliner68]

Always enjoy videos featuring coal handling facilities or industries that used coal. Looks like the tipple could handle several coal hoppers at a time. Wonder what method they used to move the coal into the furnaces? I worked at a state hospital in Maryland back in the early 1970s. It also had a coal fired powerhouse that had been converted to oil in late 1970. When the tipple was still there it could hold up to five 32' twin coal hoppers. They used a bulldozer to move the coal around. Enjoyed your state hospital tour very much!

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Why thank you! I believe they used 2 smaller bucket loaders at Harlem Valley. Maybe like Cat 920 sized........I also posted a video on Hudson Valley State Hospital a while back. Thanks!

[@shortliner68]

@@lostrailbeds8289 Thank you for the reply! After viewing your video, I went over to the historic aerial website to look at past aerial views of the hospital. I was surprised to see a large pile of coal next to the tipple as late as on a 1994 aerial view. The next later view is 2004 and all the coal was gone, and the siding appeared to be becoming overgrown.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

@@shortliner68 This place was bustling not that long ago, in the scheme of time.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Great Video !!

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks....glad you enjoyed!

[@amerbooboo1...]

I live in Allentown Pennsylvania there is a route 22 which is a highway love the video and history

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank you!

[@amerbooboo1...]

@@lostrailbeds8289 you're welcome

[@LunarEquity93]

I wonder if that Old hospital is haunted they definitely look apocalyptic and not a bad place to film a zombie movie though

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Could be!!

[@LunarEquity93]

@@lostrailbeds8289 Yep

[@ScottUnangst]

went to school a few miles south of here back in the '80's. was kind of a spooky place to me back then.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes....all old "abandoned" and run-down facilities can seem scary!

[@ScottUnangst]

@@lostrailbeds8289 it was not closed yet. the story employees told was the stuff nightmares were made of.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

@@ScottUnangst A tough place to be....working there as well as living there for sure.

[@timothygeorge1191]

Great Video 💯

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank you!

[@scottpool4777]

Yes class definitely more than they have nowadays.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Everything's changed nowadays! Thanks.

[@scotttraver7729]

Great Tour!!

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks Scott!!

[@jodyreeder4820]

Mmmm, That away (pointing both directions) XD

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yup!! Thanks.......

[@sshumkaer]

Where do you find the old Railroad maps?

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Google Earth and Hillshade Images

[@mikejohns3104]

When I worked there it didn't look anything like this. So sad.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Time is never good to buildings and infrastructure when allowed to rot away.

[@Raptorman0909]

And not far from here is the abandoned Dover Drag Strip...

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes! I remember it! Thanks

[@chriswashington4451]

Great footage

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thanks...glad you enjoyed

[@dennisrockbottomskelly7948]

Nice Job. Thanks :)

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Thank YOU!

[@Jim-ic2of]

Two trails cross in the lonely woods. I choose the rusty one . I think 🤔.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

The path less travelled.....

[@catholiccrusader5328]

There's a pretty long spur track in the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia however watch out for the homeless.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Not sure I'll make it to Philly any time soon, but I'll remember the advice!

[@MarkInLA]

4:37 Where the 'ground throw' would have been, not 'switch'. The rails and frog form the 'switch'....

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- thanks

[@jacobrieper4320]

I suspect they keep that spur clear for MOW equipment storage.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes, exactly my thoughts........MANY years ago I remember seeing 4 or 5 boxcars staged on that spur at any given time. Thanks!

[@joeahearn4413]

They do use it for MOW storage. I got a couple of pictures of the Sperry Rail Services measurements car and some LORAM rail equipment there in recent years. They have upgraded this section of the Harlem Line trackage recently so it did get used a good bit for that.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

@@joeahearn4413 Thanks for this info!

[@keithlewis9106]

Power House to smoke stack is not wood , it's steel as the boiler gas is hot and wood would burn . Should have two boilers and ash handling too.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- we realized that afterwards! Thanks...

[@Serial__DesginationN]

Whoever paved the crossing. Did they just decide “fuck it” and paved over the rails? *i can literally see them peaking out*

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The kinds of people that used to inhabit that psychiatric hospital are now wandering around the streets of New York City.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Sadly, yes, alot of them once discarded from the confines of institutions went somewhere...anywhere! Alot of them did end up in NYC. Thanks for watching!

[@Learn-more610]

Lots of lost rail beds in Pennsylvania.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes there are!! I need to live to be around 112 years old to get to them all!

[@jhonsiders6077]

On the power house that is not a catwalk that is the connection from the boiler to the chimney . With all the loony homeless running amuck they should reopen it and get those people off the streets so the bleeding hearts do not cry when one dies while being restrained after attacking people !

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Ok. I checked it out again and it's all metal....not wood.

[@Jim-ic2of]

Wing Ding , sweet Valley High Brawl School .

[@Hoyllandgeorge-qc5uz]

I wonder what you looking for George?!

[@sshumkaer]

What did they do dump coal on the ground?

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes. Here at this locale they did....and then push and shove and bucket it to boilers.

[@cjones3710]

Super Tape

[@Jim-ic2of]

Oh man you're stressing me out . Just tell me about the Rabbits .

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Good one!

[@jodyreeder4820]

BTW, shame that Noone would restore the area.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

They'll sit and fall into ever-increasing disrepair until....they come down.

[@rescue270]

George? George??? George is my friend...

[@miniaturefarmer464]

Spike pails.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

AHA!! That makes sense! Thanks

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Very sad point your video showcased so well ..Why is it so serious to have a abortion.....(Yes sad too ) But our Government throws away jobs,Tear up tracks Tha can Grow Economy. Adds to homelessness....And our Representatives say "Oh well. " ❤😢😢😢

[@sshumkaer]

Watch your own video you can see the perfect measured railroad groves in the concert along the building

[@johnnyh409]

Now all those that should be there being cared for are homeless on the streets.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes, that's the sad reality of our Nations' shuttering all the Mental Health facilities.....

[@thomashenniger2070]

700,000 brick

[@lostrailbeds8289]

HAHA!! Great guess, you could be correct!! Thanks!

[@torikicklighter1191]

So incredibly sad to see 😒

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes- it's there.......for now. Perhaps someday they'll rebuild the rail infrastructure.

[@sshumkaer]

Big sss hospital

[@sshumkaer]

Christian University bought it?

[@lostrailbeds8289]

Yes.

[@sshumkaer]

@@lostrailbeds8289 the Nazeriane need to get busy and do something with it, bring it back to life

[@briandonovan9560]

It would help if you could speak louder in future videos.

[@lostrailbeds8289]

I'll try...thanks!