Thank-you so much for posting this. I am 67 now and in a wheelchair due to a rough life and lots of hard work. I used to get out and take walks like this all the time when I was younger and I really miss it. Watching you guys do is as good as it gets for me now. I like the way you use the camera and show it as a kind of POV video. Great job and please keep them coming. Dizzy
I hear u buddy.. I'm also in a chair(paraplegic) and the only vein I have to the beautiful outside world is youtube.. so many people around the world taking these videos in high quality it's like I am virtually seeing the world from my bedroom~
I enjoyed this boonie hopping mission as well I have been wanting to take the crumbsnatchers out and show them what is right outside I'm good and tired of hearing I'm an indoor kid grandma. Not if I can help it. Exploring is where your mind grows full with questions that deserve answers and further exploration.
Richard Dismore .....your comment really is really touching. I'm glad you enjoy these awesome videos. I'm just getting started making videos of my own and plan on similar type content.
Before I get yelled at for trespassing.... Those rails have been abandoned for about 20 years and are on a property that I have permission to explore. In fact it’s about 2000 acres I have to explore, so expect more videos of this area coming soon! That being said, that bridge was pretty dangerous, so don’t try this at home folks. Or if you do don’t tell anyone that I said it was ok haha liability haha Also, another reason why I don’t publicly share exact locations. I know that angers some folks. Oh and the PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT WANT ME TO REVEAL THE LOCATION! I can’t see why some folks can’t understand that.
Smug Smugly the sign I filmed at the beginning of the video and then again after crossing the railroad bridge. The sign that says “extremely dangerous no trespassing.” That’s where the title came from. Further more by watching the video you can learn that the wood is rotted and if someone were to walk across it without paying attention to their footing they could fall through. Which is why it’s dangerous.
Very interesting video gentleman. It's amazing how nature reclaims what was once theirs in as little as 20 years time. Over the past century our nation has lost hundreds of thousands of miles of railway lines to abandonment. On this particular line you're exploring I'm guessing who ever owned the line at the time of abandonment must have decided it would have been more expensive to remove the rails and sell them as scrap metal then to just leave them there and I'm glad they did so. Our nation has lost too much of it's railway history. In many areas nobody would have a clue that there was once a major railway line or rail yard in thousands of locations across the country. Please stay safe and continue your excellent work because many of us really appreciate what you're doing.
Tommy D It could be that the railroad is not willing to rule out the possible future use of this line. It is very difficult, if not impossible, for a railroad company to reclaim a right-of-way once the trackage has been removed. Railroad companies shut down lines and leave them dormant for years sometimes with tracks in place should the need ever arise to reopen them in the future. Usually by then the tracks will have deteriorated well beyond usability and will require complete renovation, but since the tracks were still there, the railroad still has full right-of-way. Several old rail lines near where I live have been renovated and service restored in recent years. Part of one involved reclaiming a right-of-way where track had been pulled up. That was a legal challenge.
There was a line from Slidell Louisiana to Bogalusa. You can tell it was there by the way the trees have grown in, but the rails have been removed, but if you look really closely, you can tell that the ties are still in place.
Rogers Hunter Now with big semi trucks there is less demand for railroad bridges. Back then almost every small city had one. My home town has taken down a lot of railroads. I saw the city I live in in a history archive. There was a lot of rail lines. Buses also replaced some of the need for trains.
Tommy D There is big profit in pulling up abandon rail lines for scrap. But like the rails in this video there is much bigger profit in pulling up rail to relay. A lot more money in relay rail than worn out scrap. With over 45 years in railroad operations I don’t think this line is officially abandoned with the Surface Transportation Board.
Rogers Hunter The rail, ties, and ballast, can be pulled up with out the line officially being abandoned and the right of way remain in tact. I actually deal with this issue in my Railroad consulting business. In fact I am interested in this line due to watching this video and seeing how good of shape it appears to be in. With a few exceptions the ties look to still be solid, and the rail does not appear to be very worn on either side of the individual rails. You can find rotten ties and worn rail on active lines including the class 1 railroads like the UP, NS, KCS, etc, etc.
You guys in the USA are so fortunate to have sucha great country such wide open spaces...my dream is to visit your country one day....Ernest...South Africa
My 90 year old dad sketched out a scene where he as a young boy in overalls in the 1930’s sitting on a steel bridge in southern Tennessee fishing with his Victorian era grandmother. He hired an artist to do it up in pen and watercolor and now hangs in his cottage.
This video really brings me back to the many Sunday afternoons, me,my mom and dad,would take long walks on the railroad tracks close to our house..those were some lovely times❣❣
The date on the side of the rail is the date that it was rolled. To the right of that would be dash marks. Count those and that will give you the month that the rail was rolled at the mill. example 4 dash marks would be April
Okay now you've got my full and undivided attention!! 😀 Anyting old or abandoned rail related really piques my interests. These tracks, bridges and yards literally built this country!! I'm always out following tracks, exploring old tunnels, Bridges, abandoned Yards, hell even rail museums!! To some these are just old desolate tracks, to others it is beautiful history built and used by people just trying to make a paycheck support their families. The families that would grow up and eventually become our grandparents!! This bridge and tracks are absolutely beautiful, thank you for going out there and bringing us this amazing history!! Great job, and there's always be safe out there my friends
I figured you’d enjoy this one! There’s a lot more track out there to explore, but I think this is the only bridge. I love abandoned rail stuff as well. I have found several stops along this line of track. Gotta dig into to the woods and see if I can find at least foundations.
Get an employee timetable from the early 1900s to 1950s. Get a highway or city map and go looking. I had an engineer working with me who said after pissing trackside that "nothing will grow there again..ever". It appears he was in error..it will overgrow.
This reminds me of abandoned tracks in Westville Illinois that we would walk on back in the 1980's. They led to an old abandoned coal mine, it looked like they just packed up and left everything one day and left everything behind. It was really neat!
Those rails were produced by Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company (TCI-U.S. Steel) at Ensley, Alabama. Central Of Georgia Railroad was a big purchaser of TCI's. Great Video! Thanks for the upload sir.
Theory: the original wooden trestle was replaced with the steel trestle in the early 1950s. The old trestle was dismantled and hauled to nearby storage and burning locations. They burned it to 1) dispose of it, and 2) to reclaim the scrap iron - they did the same thing with old wooden freight cars. It's also possible that the new trestle is pre-WWII and that they started burning the old one as part of a scrap metal drive for the war effort.
I second that notion. So many otherwise (would be) great videos are ruined by music blaring away. ..And the music is almost always much louder than the talking (if any). So yes, as Sylvia said above, Thanks!
Definitely keep it as is. I quite enjoyed that accent mannerism reminds me of my uncle Melvin but his was a Tennessee twang/thang spent most his life in California but never changed who he was.
Just to add info about rail markings. "115" is the weight of rail per yard. Heavier weight rail can support heavier trains at high speeds. "25" is the engineering standard used to rolled the rail. "25" was for " American Railway Engineering Association" "RE" is the shape, or design of the rail. Example "HF" means Head Free. This was made during the second WW to save steel. By beveling the underside of the rail head, they saved 3 pounds per yard. So 134# rail was now 131# rail. So in 1 mile @ 5280', divided by 3' = 1,760 (Yards per mile) , Times 3 pound per yard =5,280#, times 2 rails equals 10,560# per mile of steel saved. "CC" means Controlled Cooling. "TENN" in the location of the mill where the rail was rolled. "1950" the year the rail was made. At some point there were "///" marks after the year to indicate the month the rail was rolled.
Hello Robert, Brian and Cody. I discovered the channel this past weekend and I just want to say wow you guys are amazing. The content on the channel is truly amazing. I’ve been binge watching when I can. I’m loving the old cemetery explores and off the beaten path ones as well. Being a history nerd I’m always interested in the Civil War stuff as well. Keep the great work. I’m always looking forward to the next video.
This is one of the most ideal days I can think of . Hiking and exploring with my friends on a beautiful warm day. Reminds me of doing that kind of thing as a kid and all the fond memories of it. Would love to do it some more, even though i'm 45!
I'm a new sub from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and I loved the explore video of the abandoned railway line and the bridge. You're not a chicken! I'm scared of heights too. That is a very legit feeling. Always listen to your instincts.
I'm a retired engineer from CSX with 31 years of service. I know the difference between a mile post and a whistle post. A whistle post does not have numbers. A mile post does.
Abandoned rail tracks are very melancholic places. Here in the UK many have been changed into official walking-routes and cycle-paths (eg The Maunsell Trail in Derbyshire); but I think much of their melancholia stems from the fact that they were once needed by the community, and were busy with people, or goods, travelling around. The only poisonous snake we have un England is the Adder; and they would usually scarper on hearing human voices or steps. This is a really atmospheric post, though. Thank you all.
This was good... "Someday that bottle will be older than it is"... Funny... And then you said "do they still make RC?"... I was like, I'm drinking a two litre of RC right now... That bottle was from about the late '70s to mid '80s... They quit making "RC" for a while, I believe, then started making it again around the late '90s to early 2000s... The sigh with the "0" was a 30mph speed zone marker... Probably for the upcoming tressel... Hey, watch out for the ghost train... Awesome explore though, keep it up...
Nice video. Abandoned railroads are almost always cool. Even though this line has obviously been abandoned for quite a while, it is still modern enough to have welded rails (ribbon rail). If you look closely, there are no joints between sections of rail. That makes a much smoother ride....no "clickity-clack" while riding the train. Welded rail started becoming popular in the 70s I think. This right of way looks to be in decent shape, in spite of the growth in and around it.
sjoldtimer yes, this rail was used up until about 20 years ago. It was originally a part of Central of Georgia. This stretch dates to the 1890’s. Although, yes the rails are newer for sure. I didn’t know that about the welded rail thing though.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory There are still sections of main line railroads that do not have welded rails, although they are few and far apart. The way the tracks are laid these days makes the welded rail (also called "ribbon rail") fairly simple to install. And, if you ride passenger trains at all, you notice the difference in ride (and sound) between jointed and welded right away. Regardless, very enjoyable video.
So amazing to see Bryan out and about after that health scare. I know that getting out to adventure is doing him a world of good and he looks fit and healthy. Super video guys!
As an old railroader, the date on the rail is when the foundry cast the 39' section, not when it was laid on the ground, but I'l bet you already knew that. And, yes, the larger timbers are bridge timbers, not ties, probably from culverts under the track roadbed that have collapsed. Enjoyed the video.
Great video! We have a bunch of abandoned stuff here in PA. I dirt bike and ATV around coal mines, and abandoned tracks. We have a couple old collapsing tunnels, too. I used to ride my dirt bike across a shorter trestle, being careful h, of course. And thanks for no background music (noise)!
You three are amazing. You are courageous and let others share in your adventures. Please be careful. May God bless you with safety and protect you from the elements; I.e. poisonous snakes, bad bugs, etc. Perhaps you might find another Whistle Stop Cafe. THANKS!
2:30... As a kid I used to hang around RR tracks. There usually is a metal stamped plug about size of a dime in the ends of the RR ties that have the year the tie was laid. They can vary a lot cause they were always replacing them.
lol yeah I was glad when I got to the other side. I thought that sign was so funny to see on the other side. “Well it didn’t warn me before I crossed it!”
Where I live in New York the old independently owned RR tracks were removed and the bridges were removed for safety. You can see the paths still, although they are overgrown with weeds. You can also see the weathered foundations for either side of bridges. When I was younger we explored and found many glass insulators for the lines which followed the tracks.
Robert ... you definitely have this 77 year old grandma scared to death ! Also afraid of height and snakes. I’m not even there with you, but you sure keep me prayed up with some of your videos! Lol You take care young man.
Thank you for your video! When I was younger I'd do the bridge with no problem!! Now it's a different story!! So glad you are doing all these wonderful story's!
I love seeing those old railroad tracks, and ties very intresting. Be careful ,those old ties look pretty rotted to me, scary !, That old bridge was awesome ! Were they called trestle bridges , All those wild berries growing, we use to drive down the old shelter belt roads, and then get out & pick berries .years ago. My mother made the best pies ! Thanks for sharing your adventure. God bless
I’ve always heard railroad bridges called railroad trestles. I think a trestle bridge has something to do with how it is designed or supported. Not sure what exactly defines a trestle bridge. I’ll have to Google it. Yeah those ties were definitely rotten
open deck steel plate girder. Probably will last another 20 or so years as long as the steel is solid the deck can weather away and it could be crossed with care. Great video guys.
I'm laying in bed watching this and the bridge made me nervous lol. I'm deathly afraid of heights. Used to love exploring like this in my younger, healthier years but thank goodness for CZcams. Not the same but almost as enjoyable. Thank you.
Great video......I'm originally from Atlanta's southside....looks like it could be part of the old CofGA/SouRR line running between Newnan and Griffin. I know that those rails are still in place. Blackberries and muscadine grapes....oh yeah. Cheers, Greg in VA.
I absolutely love doing the same things you are doing in your videos. I like to explore old cemeteries, creeks, and old buildings. Walking in the woods, driving down dirt roads. Thanks so much for sharing your videos. Do y'all ever run into wild animals ie. bears, big cats etc.?
"Gotta Watch Out for Snakes"......just those words alone make me glad I live in an area where we don't have rattlesnakes and copperheads in the woods, haha. I still step ON logs and not over them......I've seen a few copperheads and timber rattlers in my day, haha.
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Thank you for sharing this. I have a phobia of bridges, which I'm trying to conquer, but this bridge is so pretty and interesting. Worth watching to the end.
Sometimes railroads used "date nails". It was a round headed nail with a number stamped on it to denote the year the ties were installed. It was placed in the middle of the crosstie centered between the rails. Example: 48 is 1948 09 is 1909. It was mostly discontinued in the late '50s.
I was reminded of the scene in the movie "Stand By Me" when they were crossing the bridge, I was waitin' for the train to come. BTW settlements that popped up along train tracks were called tent cities and that's where the workers lives.
I would go out riding on my horse and if we ran into some blackberry bushes I would have to wait until my horse finished eating them before we moved on. THANK YOU for the cool adventure.
I had the same with my horse when I lived in Portugal, he would live for it to eat blackberries and then he would clean his mouth on me. Haha the purple foam coming from his mouth looked funny, almost like he had lipstick. He was a stallion so I had to ride him with double bit as the mares roamed free in the area so he had a hard time eating them (I always took some for him as treat after he was back in the stable). Fun part is there were some ruins and dolmen on the property but at that time I had no interest into it, at least not so much.
I know there's a rail line that becomes abandoned in Bishop Georgia and goes for about 18 miles to Madison Georgia the abandoned portion crosses two rivers on two tall trestles and most of the sections are inaccessible you'd have to walk through the woods to find them I've wanted to document the abandoned rail line from its beginning point to its end but I've never been able to
The rail line you are referring to runs from Athens to Madison, and has been abandoned since the 70s. There are several switches and bridges that are hidden in the brush, and that line still has the rails. It's a fun one to explore.
Hey Robert, thank you that was wonderful watching you all cross that railway bridge. I was raised on a farm so all my life l have lived in forests or woodlands, l live in out of town now but have suburbs not far, watching you videos takes me bak to a happy life and wishing l was out there with you all. I got done by a tick, our are called Queensland Bush Tick, it had to get me one day. But your railway bridge was absolutely fascinating. Keep Safe out there, oh by the way, you have a peeker wich is a Bigfoot follow u for a little while, you will see him/her just like a dark shadow beside the trees. Alot of leans also. Thank you again For the fantastic videos, Debra from Australia.
Only a country boy would dare know what you can eat in the wild. In Kentucky and Tennessee we ate wild strawberries while training in the field. I like the way you said it's a hot sunny day in Georgia. I say the same about Nebraska. Great to be outdoors with you. I went for a walk a few Sundays ago on an abandoned road. The trees were arched over the roadway and the roadbed overgrown with weeds, grass, etc. When I got home, I stood at the kitchen sink to wash my hands and a flat round insect fell out of my hair! I tried to mash it with my thumb but ticks are tough. It died with the tines of a handy fork. Normally, I would have sprayed my clothes with 25% DEET, but I couldn't get into the house till the wife got back from church. Be careful out there. Excellent camera and audio work!
Uneconomical. The traffic is not enough to support the maintenance costs. The lack of traffic may be due to available alternate routes and lack of originating or destination traffic.
that bridge looks to be quite solid to me,, even the ties aren't rotted yet, you would be surprised how strong it is. I bet it would be able to handle a train with no problem. Im sure you can find bridges on short lines in far worse shape that are in regular use the bridge is all steel construction with concrete caps on the piers, probably built sometime after WW2. Looks like a Southern RR design to me. Put new ties on the deck and it would handle anything running today.
I love this bridge. It would be hard for me to leave it. I've never been there but I had a dream not long ago about this bridge or one very much like it. I was a good dream as I remember.
I was raised in Georgia as kids we walked old roads like this. One the sides we could find old telegraph wire insulators. I found some that date back to the early 1900s. We even found an old house foundation with a cemetery next to it had grave slabs with dates from the late 1800s.
Thank-you so much for posting this. I am 67 now and in a wheelchair due to a rough life and lots of hard work. I used to get out and take walks like this all the time when I was younger and I really miss it. Watching you guys do is as good as it gets for me now. I like the way you use the camera and show it as a kind of POV video. Great job and please keep them coming. Dizzy
I hear u buddy.. I'm also in a chair(paraplegic) and the only vein I have to the beautiful outside world is youtube.. so many people around the world taking these videos in high quality it's like I am virtually seeing the world from my bedroom~
I enjoyed this boonie hopping mission as well I have been wanting to take the crumbsnatchers out and show them what is right outside I'm good and tired of hearing I'm an indoor kid grandma. Not if I can help it. Exploring is where your mind grows full with questions that deserve answers and further exploration.
Richard Dismore .....your comment really is really touching. I'm glad you enjoy these awesome videos. I'm just getting started making videos of my own and plan on similar type content.
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That bridge looks like it's in better shape than a lot of bridges that are still open in the US!
The tracks as well, except for the vegetation growing on them
Crazy how quickly nature can take back an area that most likely was bustling with activity not too long ago. Great vid, as always!
Yes it is, thank you!
Before I get yelled at for trespassing....
Those rails have been abandoned for about 20 years and are on a property that I have permission to explore. In fact it’s about 2000 acres I have to explore, so expect more videos of this area coming soon!
That being said, that bridge was pretty dangerous, so don’t try this at home folks. Or if you do don’t tell anyone that I said it was ok haha liability haha
Also, another reason why I don’t publicly share exact locations. I know that angers some folks. Oh and the PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT WANT ME TO REVEAL THE LOCATION! I can’t see why some folks can’t understand that.
Sidestep Adventures I understand about protecting the location. You are trying to protect some people from themselves. Great video.
Can't wait 🤯
Sidestep Adventures I know a place just like this near an old furniture factory
How do we know its extremely dangerous?
Smug Smugly the sign I filmed at the beginning of the video and then again after crossing the railroad bridge. The sign that says “extremely dangerous no trespassing.”
That’s where the title came from.
Further more by watching the video you can learn that the wood is rotted and if someone were to walk across it without paying attention to their footing they could fall through. Which is why it’s dangerous.
Very interesting video gentleman. It's amazing how nature reclaims what was once theirs in as little as 20 years time. Over the past century our nation has lost hundreds of thousands of miles of railway lines to abandonment. On this particular line you're exploring I'm guessing who ever owned the line at the time of abandonment must have decided it would have been more expensive to remove the rails and sell them as scrap metal then to just leave them there and I'm glad they did so. Our nation has lost too much of it's railway history. In many areas nobody would have a clue that there was once a major railway line or rail yard in thousands of locations across the country. Please stay safe and continue your excellent work because many of us really appreciate what you're doing.
Tommy D
It could be that the railroad is not willing to rule out the possible future use of this line. It is very difficult, if not impossible, for a railroad company to reclaim a right-of-way once the trackage has been removed. Railroad companies shut down lines and leave them dormant for years sometimes with tracks in place should the need ever arise to reopen them in the future. Usually by then the tracks will have deteriorated well beyond usability and will require complete renovation, but since the tracks were still there, the railroad still has full right-of-way. Several old rail lines near where I live have been renovated and service restored in recent years.
Part of one involved reclaiming a right-of-way where track had been pulled up. That was a legal challenge.
There was a line from Slidell Louisiana to Bogalusa. You can tell it was there by the way the trees have grown in, but the rails have been removed, but if you look really closely, you can tell that the ties are still in place.
Rogers Hunter Now with big semi trucks there is less demand for railroad bridges. Back then almost every small city had one. My home town has taken down a lot of railroads. I saw the city I live in in a history archive. There was a lot of rail lines. Buses also replaced some of the need for trains.
Tommy D There is big profit in pulling up abandon rail lines for scrap. But like the rails in this video there is much bigger profit in pulling up rail to relay. A lot more money in relay rail than worn out scrap. With over 45 years in railroad operations I don’t think this line is officially abandoned with the Surface Transportation Board.
Rogers Hunter The rail, ties, and ballast, can be pulled up with out the line officially being abandoned and the right of way remain in tact. I actually deal with this issue in my Railroad consulting business. In fact I am interested in this line due to watching this video and seeing how good of shape it appears to be in. With a few exceptions the ties look to still be solid, and the rail does not appear to be very worn on either side of the individual rails. You can find rotten ties and worn rail on active lines including the class 1 railroads like the UP, NS, KCS, etc, etc.
I love the way Cody always seems to be smiling, its always great to see smiling faces especially Cody's
You guys in the USA are so fortunate to have sucha great country such wide open spaces...my dream is to visit your country one day....Ernest...South Africa
My 90 year old dad sketched out a scene where he as a young boy in overalls in the 1930’s sitting on a steel bridge in southern Tennessee fishing with his Victorian era grandmother. He hired an artist to do it up in pen and watercolor and now hangs in his cottage.
I love abandoned buildings, roads, rails etc. You can see the past and imagine how it was there.
Lots of history to be found
Great walk in the woods video, with no artificial drama added. You have a good eye for a few artistic shots as well. Very peaceful.
This video really brings me back to the many Sunday afternoons, me,my mom and dad,would take long walks on the railroad tracks close to our house..those were some lovely times❣❣
The date on the side of the rail is the date that it was rolled. To the right of that would be dash marks. Count those and that will give you the month that the rail was rolled at the mill. example 4 dash marks would be April
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Thank you for taking us exploring with you and always giving us a part of history when available.
Okay now you've got my full and undivided attention!! 😀
Anyting old or abandoned rail related really piques my interests. These tracks, bridges and yards literally built this country!! I'm always out following tracks, exploring old tunnels, Bridges, abandoned Yards, hell even rail museums!!
To some these are just old desolate tracks, to others it is beautiful history built and used by people just trying to make a paycheck support their families. The families that would grow up and eventually become our grandparents!!
This bridge and tracks are absolutely beautiful, thank you for going out there and bringing us this amazing history!! Great job, and there's always be safe out there my friends
I figured you’d enjoy this one! There’s a lot more track out there to explore, but I think this is the only bridge. I love abandoned rail stuff as well. I have found several stops along this line of track. Gotta dig into to the woods and see if I can find at least foundations.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory awesome, good luck. Film whatever you find, all of that stuff is very interesting!!
Get an employee timetable from the early 1900s to 1950s. Get a highway or city map and go looking. I had an engineer working with me who said after pissing trackside that "nothing will grow there again..ever". It appears he was in error..it will overgrow.
This reminds me of abandoned tracks in Westville Illinois that we would walk on back in the 1980's. They led to an old abandoned coal mine, it looked like they just packed up and left everything one day and left everything behind. It was really neat!
Those rails were produced by Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company (TCI-U.S. Steel) at Ensley, Alabama.
Central Of Georgia Railroad was a big purchaser of TCI's. Great Video! Thanks for the upload sir.
Theory: the original wooden trestle was replaced with the steel trestle in the early 1950s. The old trestle was dismantled and hauled to nearby storage and burning locations. They burned it to 1) dispose of it, and 2) to reclaim the scrap iron - they did the same thing with old wooden freight cars.
It's also possible that the new trestle is pre-WWII and that they started burning the old one as part of a scrap metal drive for the war effort.
#362 Thanks for taking us along! Be careful walking the rails, they aren't forgiving if something bad happens. Retired from the Rail Roads.
Thank you for not playing background 'music'.
I sometimes use music in an intro, other times I like the natural sounds.
Which is perfectly expectable by most. Thanks! @@AdventuresIntoHistory
I second that notion. So many otherwise (would be) great videos are ruined by music blaring away. ..And the music is almost always much louder than the talking (if any).
So yes, as Sylvia said above, Thanks!
Yeah, for once, there's a video without annoying background music 👍
Definitely keep it as is. I quite enjoyed that accent mannerism reminds me of my uncle Melvin but his was a Tennessee twang/thang spent most his life in California but never changed who he was.
Just to add info about rail markings. "115" is the weight of rail per yard. Heavier weight rail can support heavier trains at high speeds. "25" is the engineering standard used to rolled the rail. "25" was for " American Railway Engineering Association" "RE" is the shape, or design of the rail. Example "HF" means Head Free. This was made during the second WW to save steel. By beveling the underside of the rail head, they saved 3 pounds per yard. So 134# rail was now 131# rail. So in 1 mile @ 5280', divided by 3' = 1,760 (Yards per mile) , Times 3 pound per yard =5,280#, times 2 rails equals 10,560# per mile of steel saved. "CC" means Controlled Cooling. "TENN" in the location of the mill where the rail was rolled. "1950" the year the rail was made. At some point there were "///" marks after the year to indicate the month the rail was rolled.
I really enjoyed our ramble thru the woods and across the bridge. I will be looking forward to more adventures to come. Thanks guys.
Hello Robert, Brian and Cody. I discovered the channel this past weekend and I just want to say wow you guys are amazing. The content on the channel is truly amazing. I’ve been binge watching when I can. I’m loving the old cemetery explores and off the beaten path ones as well. Being a history nerd I’m always interested in the Civil War stuff as well. Keep the great work. I’m always looking forward to the next video.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying!
Very much enjoyed this from a couple that explore abandoned railways in the UK. Look forward to more like this. 👍👍
for someone who has a fear of heights, you confronted it very well....better than what I could have accomplished!! Thanks for the video!!
That bridge reminded me of the movie Stand By Me when the kids were walking across the bridge
This is one of the most ideal days I can think of . Hiking and exploring with my friends on a beautiful warm day. Reminds me of doing that kind of thing as a kid and all the fond memories of it. Would love to do it some more, even though i'm 45!
The high school age me would have been walking on the side boards of that bridge, now 4 decades later I'd be crawling. Great video, thanks guys.
This is exactly what CZcams is about. Well done. Yes, I subscribed.
No you didn't
Gee, that's funny. It's listed in my subscriptions column. @@twstf8905
That bottle - "One day it'll be.... a lot older than it is now"!!! Classic comment!
Wherever I am there I am... lol
@@AdventuresIntoHistory no matter where you go, there you are.
Jay E Jeffries that’s it lol
I'm always here, I'm never there, I'm never ever anywhere, except for here... 'cause there is where I've been...
I'm a new sub from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and I loved the explore video of the abandoned railway line and the bridge. You're not a chicken! I'm scared of heights too. That is a very legit feeling. Always listen to your instincts.
I'm a retired engineer from CSX with 31 years of service. I know the difference between a mile post and a whistle post. A whistle post does not have numbers. A mile post does.
Abandoned rail tracks are very melancholic places. Here in the UK many have been changed into official walking-routes and cycle-paths (eg The Maunsell Trail in Derbyshire); but I think much of their melancholia stems from the fact that they were once needed by the community, and were busy with people, or goods, travelling around. The only poisonous snake we have un England is the Adder; and they would usually scarper on hearing human voices or steps. This is a really atmospheric post, though. Thank you all.
This was good...
"Someday that bottle will be older than it is"... Funny... And then you said "do they still make RC?"... I was like, I'm drinking a two litre of RC right now... That bottle was from about the late '70s to mid '80s... They quit making "RC" for a while, I believe, then started making it again around the late '90s to early 2000s...
The sigh with the "0" was a 30mph speed zone marker... Probably for the upcoming tressel...
Hey, watch out for the ghost train...
Awesome explore though, keep it up...
WHAT ABOUT JOLT, DO THEY STILL MAKE JOLT???????????
@@jbrisby I'm not really sure to be honest... Heard of it, but haven't seen it in a minute...
You can also date that RC bottle by looking at the last state printed on it. It'll be where it says what states recycle them.
Nice video. Abandoned railroads are almost always cool. Even though this line has obviously been abandoned for quite a while, it is still modern enough to have welded rails (ribbon rail). If you look closely, there are no joints between sections of rail. That makes a much smoother ride....no "clickity-clack" while riding the train. Welded rail started becoming popular in the 70s I think. This right of way looks to be in decent shape, in spite of the growth in and around it.
sjoldtimer yes, this rail was used up until about 20 years ago. It was originally a part of Central of Georgia. This stretch dates to the 1890’s. Although, yes the rails are newer for sure. I didn’t know that about the welded rail thing though.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory There are still sections of main line railroads that do not have welded rails, although they are few and far apart. The way the tracks are laid these days makes the welded rail (also called "ribbon rail") fairly simple to install. And, if you ride passenger trains at all, you notice the difference in ride (and sound) between jointed and welded right away. Regardless, very enjoyable video.
@@sjoldtimer the mainline CSX in my town just finally replaced with welded rails a few months ago
So amazing to see Bryan out and about after that health scare. I know that getting out to adventure is doing him a world of good and he looks fit and healthy. Super video guys!
Absolutely! And thank you!
As an old railroader, the date on the rail is when the foundry cast the 39' section, not when it was laid on the ground, but I'l bet you already knew that. And, yes, the larger timbers are bridge timbers, not ties, probably from culverts under the track roadbed that have collapsed. Enjoyed the video.
that flowing water....so soothing
That bridge was tense! Great adventure!😇❤🙏
Such an old soul shows behind those eyes...signs of a wise young man.
Great video! We have a bunch of abandoned stuff here in PA. I dirt bike and ATV around coal mines, and abandoned tracks. We have a couple old collapsing tunnels, too. I used to ride my dirt bike across a shorter trestle, being careful h, of course.
And thanks for no background music (noise)!
Thanks. Great video. I felt like I was on this adventure with you guys.
You three are amazing. You are courageous and let others share in your adventures. Please be careful. May God bless you with safety and protect you from the elements; I.e. poisonous snakes, bad bugs, etc. Perhaps you might find another Whistle Stop Cafe. THANKS!
And poisonous plants!
Thanks for bringing me along to your adventure... Nature VS humans? Nature will always win
Absolutely
2:30... As a kid I used to hang around RR tracks. There usually is a metal stamped plug about size of a dime in the ends of the RR ties that have the year the tie was laid. They can vary a lot cause they were always replacing them.
Robert , that was scary walking across that bridge! My husband was telling me will be fine , I was yelling at tv - go back . Nice video to see ! 😀
lol yeah I was glad when I got to the other side. I thought that sign was so funny to see on the other side. “Well it didn’t warn me before I crossed it!”
Sidestep Adventures Been there, done that. While exploring this vast wild area, a sign was posted at the end of the trail...Beware of Dogs...!!
Cool Video! Just imagine the thousands of trains that passed through there, and the history that has taken place on those old rails. Really cool spot!
Where I live in New York the old independently owned RR tracks were removed and the bridges were removed for safety. You can see the paths still, although they are overgrown with weeds. You can also see the weathered foundations for either side of bridges. When I was younger we explored and found many glass insulators for the lines which followed the tracks.
What an awesome video! Touring a place I've never been nor likely will ever be. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful, and you have a way of showing different point of view that makes me feel like I'm there with y'all. ( w/o the bugs and sweating). Thanks!!
This is really cool! Thanks for sharing!👍
Robert ... you definitely have this 77 year old grandma scared to death ! Also afraid of height and snakes. I’m not even there with you, but you sure keep me prayed up with some of your videos! Lol
You take care young man.
Thank you for your video! When I was younger I'd do the bridge with no problem!! Now it's a different story!! So glad you are doing all these wonderful story's!
Cool bridge! Really nice forest that you've got there in Georgia! Cheers from New Zealand!
Blackberries and other wild edibles along trails are the original "Trail Mix Snacks"...
K Kates we go trail riding in SE Ky enough blackberries fall in on ya to make a pie mmm
I love seeing those old railroad tracks, and ties very intresting. Be careful ,those old ties look pretty rotted to me, scary !, That old bridge was awesome ! Were they called trestle bridges , All those wild berries growing, we use to drive down the old shelter belt roads, and then get out & pick berries .years ago. My mother made the best pies ! Thanks for sharing your adventure. God bless
I’ve always heard railroad bridges called railroad trestles. I think a trestle bridge has something to do with how it is designed or supported. Not sure what exactly defines a trestle bridge. I’ll have to Google it. Yeah those ties were definitely rotten
I'd especially love something off the beaten path Civil War related. Thanks again, love the channel!
I agree.. that would be fascinating!
Thanks, that was a nice explore. I was worried when you were crossing that old rickety RR bridge, I'm also afraid of heights.
Great video so much history thank you for showing
Awesome thank you so much for sharing this with me and please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
open deck steel plate girder. Probably will last another 20 or so years as long as the steel is solid the deck can weather away and it could be crossed with care. Great video guys.
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Fascinating video!
I live in GA and used to love exploring places like that in my younger days.
Really impressed with the video, as a victim of a copperhead bite in North Carolina, you guys had me scared!
"victim" lol
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I'm laying in bed watching this and the bridge made me nervous lol. I'm deathly afraid of heights. Used to love exploring like this in my younger, healthier years but thank goodness for CZcams. Not the same but almost as enjoyable. Thank you.
Thanks a lot guys for sharing your adventures. It's nice for those of us that can't do that any more.
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Great video, with equally great narration. The perfect watch for this Sunday morning!
Great video......I'm originally from Atlanta's southside....looks like it could be part of the old CofGA/SouRR line running between Newnan and Griffin. I know that those rails are still in place. Blackberries and muscadine grapes....oh yeah. Cheers, Greg in VA.
I absolutely love doing the same things you are doing in your videos. I like to explore old cemeteries, creeks, and old buildings. Walking in the woods, driving down dirt roads. Thanks so much for sharing your videos. Do y'all ever run into wild animals ie. bears, big cats etc.?
Only deer so far!
"Gotta Watch Out for Snakes"......just those words alone make me glad I live in an area where we don't have rattlesnakes and copperheads in the woods, haha. I still step ON logs and not over them......I've seen a few copperheads and timber rattlers in my day, haha.
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Brian (the sage) said about the RC pop bottle: "One day it will be way older than it is now". I'm still laughing!
lol
Nah, it's about as old as it's gonna get... Lol cool find though...
Thank you for sharing this. I have a phobia of bridges, which I'm trying to conquer, but this bridge is so pretty and interesting. Worth watching to the end.
It's a pity they don't restore that amazing bridge and the rail line for tourism?
Great work on the video guys.👍
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Another great adventure to a place I would never know about or get to experience!
That marker with a zero and a faded 3 was the speed limit sign.
Sometimes railroads used "date nails". It was a round headed nail with a number stamped on it to denote the year the ties were installed. It was placed in the middle of the crosstie centered between the rails. Example: 48 is 1948 09 is 1909.
It was mostly discontinued in the late '50s.
That was really beautiful!! Thank you!
Snakes aside you find some really beautiful out of the way places there in Georgia. It's hard to find places like this in Florida.
really enjoyed the walk. what I found amazing was how much higher they built the rail bridge in the 40s or 50s compared to the late 1800s
What amazes me is that the rails appear to be continuous welded !
I was reminded of the scene in the movie "Stand By Me" when they were crossing the bridge, I was waitin' for the train to come. BTW settlements that popped up along train tracks were called tent cities and that's where the workers lives.
I would go out riding on my horse and if we ran into some blackberry bushes I would have to wait until my horse finished eating them before we moved on. THANK YOU for the cool adventure.
Thank you! That is too cool, I love horses. I used to take care of my neighbors horses when I was young
I had the same with my horse when I lived in Portugal, he would live for it to eat blackberries and then he would clean his mouth on me. Haha the purple foam coming from his mouth looked funny, almost like he had lipstick. He was a stallion so I had to ride him with double bit as the mares roamed free in the area so he had a hard time eating them (I always took some for him as treat after he was back in the stable). Fun part is there were some ruins and dolmen on the property but at that time I had no interest into it, at least not so much.
Awwww man two of my favorite Georgia things....wild blackberries and muscadines 🤤
Robert. Great adventure. Thanks for taking us along!!
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!
You could make a 30 minute meditation video of the water flowing sound..... that scenery was nice too.
Awesome video guys. Reminds me of my childhood in kopperston WV
I know there's a rail line that becomes abandoned in Bishop Georgia and goes for about 18 miles to Madison Georgia the abandoned portion crosses two rivers on two tall trestles and most of the sections are inaccessible you'd have to walk through the woods to find them I've wanted to document the abandoned rail line from its beginning point to its end but I've never been able to
That’s awesome
The rail line you are referring to runs from Athens to Madison, and has been abandoned since the 70s. There are several switches and bridges that are hidden in the brush, and that line still has the rails. It's a fun one to explore.
@@baradwyre1973 It’s not abandoned. Norfolk Southern still owns the right of way. It’s why the tracks were never pulled up.
Pretty cool vid. I can't believe that one tick was the only one. You must have found hundreds by the time you were done.
I was well protected by Off... thankfully only found the one.
your friend is 100% correct. Those Large Beams are for Cribbing and at one time very likely was the Cribbing for the real road bridge
That big railroad tie at 14:10 is a tie used specifically on a bridge. The cutout you referenced is for the bridge girder.
Get yourself four rail wheels a little four stroke motor and build a railcard to explore fully with some tourists Could be profitable
Hey Robert, thank you that was wonderful watching you all cross that railway bridge. I was raised on a farm so all my life l have lived in forests or woodlands, l live in out of town now but have suburbs not far, watching you videos takes me bak to a happy life and wishing l was out there with you all. I got done by a tick, our are called Queensland Bush Tick, it had to get me one day. But your railway bridge was absolutely fascinating. Keep Safe out there, oh by the way, you have a peeker wich is a Bigfoot follow u for a little while, you will see him/her just like a dark shadow beside the trees. Alot of leans also. Thank you again For the fantastic videos,
Debra from Australia.
Only a country boy would dare know what you can eat in the wild. In Kentucky and Tennessee we ate wild strawberries while training in the field. I like the way you said it's a hot sunny day in Georgia. I say the same about Nebraska. Great to be outdoors with you. I went for a walk a few Sundays ago on an abandoned road. The trees were arched over the roadway and the roadbed overgrown with weeds, grass, etc. When I got home, I stood at the kitchen sink to wash my hands and a flat round insect fell out of my hair! I tried to mash it with my thumb but ticks are tough. It died with the tines of a handy fork. Normally, I would have sprayed my clothes with 25% DEET, but I couldn't get into the house till the wife got back from church. Be careful out there. Excellent camera and audio work!
Great video and exploring. Plenty of those old rails around you. Makes you wonder why they stopped using them.
Uneconomical. The traffic is not enough to support the maintenance costs. The lack of traffic may be due to available alternate routes and lack of originating or destination traffic.
My grandpa was a railroad engineer in that area. No doubt he drove trains on those tracks way back when.
Wow, that’s awesome!
Mine too... in NYS....Delaware and Hudson.....
They ought to restore that line for a few miles, and let tourists ride on it!
The dates on the rails is for when the rail was made. Track machines have been in use since the 1940's.
that bridge looks to be quite solid to me,, even the ties aren't rotted yet, you would be surprised how strong it is. I bet it would be able to handle a train with no problem. Im sure you can find bridges on short lines in far worse shape that are in regular use the bridge is all steel construction with concrete caps on the piers, probably built sometime after WW2. Looks like a Southern RR design to me. Put new ties on the deck and it would handle anything running today.
I love this bridge. It would be hard for me to leave it. I've never been there but I had a dream not long ago about this bridge or one very much like it. I was a good dream as I remember.
Were you and some buddies going in search of a body in your dream.
I was raised in Georgia as kids we walked old roads like this. One the sides we could find old telegraph wire insulators. I found some that date back to the early 1900s. We even found an old house foundation with a cemetery next to it had grave slabs with dates from the late 1800s.
Thanks for sharing your adventures, love old railroads wherever they are…
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