Theres a Train in My Yard! (Houses Along the Stewartstown) - (in HD)
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Published 2013-08-30
You can help support the railroad's goal of operating full-sized trains along the entire length of the line! Visit the railroad's official website at www.stewartstownrailroadco.com/ or the non-profit Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad at www.stewartstownfriends.org - and enjoy the video!
All Comments (21)
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My great grandmother had a train track behind her house like this. We used to run outside when they passed by because they would throw us candy and little toys. 💖
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In the early 50's my Uncle straight out of the USN was delivering a refurbished utility truck to an electric Co. in the Carolinas. He got it done driving straight through and chose to get a room for the night before hitch hiking back to the Cincinnati/NKY area. During the night the motel began shaking and the noise was deafening. He went to the bathroom in the rear where the noise originated. He opened the window vent door and said "I could have stuck my arm out the window and touched the train going by at 50+ MPH in the middle of the night". That is my favorite story he ever told me to this day. RIP Uncle Norbert.
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My aunt's house in Moorestown, NJ ? Best place to play at as a kid ! They had tracks in their backyard on an elevated roadbed, a creek that had been piped under the tracks into a small spillway, with frogs & fish and an old 25 ft. long boat up on blocks that we'd climb up and "sail the world" on, or "hunt the Bismarck" on.... What a great memory & this video triggered those memories...Thank you !! 😎
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When I bought the house they said those tracks are abandoned and will never be used again......today my dishes fell off the shelf.
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The dogs: ‘Well we kept it out of the yard again.’
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A realtor would describe these as "convenient to transportation".
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This is a great little railroad worth saving. Unlike most tourist lines, this is the real thing. It's like stepping back into the 1880s. And unlike most other short lines, the Stewartstown Railroad is the exact same company and charter that it started out with in 1884; opened in 1885. Amazing story. It has the exact same name, charter, route and capital stock that it stated out with in 1884. The line has never filed bankruptcy or been in "reorganization."   It would be hard to find another railroad that meets all of those points.
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My 2 year old Grandson is obsessed with trains, he would absolutely love this. I have to admit .. so would I!
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Amazing 1:1 garden railroad. The trees and scenery look so real....
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Wish I had a train separating me from my neighbors. You can easily get used to the comforting rhythm of a train, but annoying neighbors are always annoying.
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Live right beside a set of tracks, train goes by daily GRANDKIDS LOVE IT
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I knew an old ham radio operator who used to have a rail going through his back yard. He had coaxial cable secretely run under the groun and connect to the rail to use it as a massive earth mode VLF antenna.
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that's cool! Now I'd never be late to work again!
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I can't believe you showed us this entire trip without ever showing us the vehicle upon what you were riding! Nearly drove me crazy!
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Reminds me of Hooterville on Petticoat Junction.
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Haven't rode the Stewartstown in 30 years. Great video!
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Back in the 1950's & 60's, there were much more railroads running through residential areas to where this was not really a big thing. My cousin's had a train run right along the small side street next to their house. We would hear it coming and bail out of the house to watch it go by and wave to the train crew. Thanks for the memories!
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Wow, that was cool! The last time I visited that railroad it was out of service. I want to visit it again
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I have lived within 200-300ft of a main csx double track for more than 15 years I love it
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A beautiful place to live and so awesome that the train goes by, and doesn't sound the whistle. That would be great to go to sleep to the sound of that train.
