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Bending_toast t1_jca3f3f wrote

That’s so cool! I’d love to come upon something like this on a hike

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chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbisqj wrote

Pennsylvania is filled with neat abandoned treasures like these trains!

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BeneficalDalek t1_jca6sx1 wrote

I'm sure that's not the only hidden graveyard deep in the woods of Pennsylvania.

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chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbio9y wrote

I’m Canadian so my perception might be skewed, but west Pennsylvania feels a lot like West Virginia or Ohio.

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chrisluckhardt OP t1_jca19xc wrote

Video tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DTcNTTWVo8

More info courtesy of The Vintage News: "Windber Trolley Graveyard: An apocalyptic trolley graveyard sitting out deep in the woods of Pennsylvania"

"Located in Western Pennsylvania in the borough of Windber, Somerset County, lays a graveyard that is extraordinary–instead of tombstones, this graveyard features a long row of street cars from the World War II era and it is commonly known as the “Trolley Graveyard of Windber.”

This wooded, remote destination, which strongly resembles a set of an apocalyptic horror film, has an extended section of closed-off rail tracks filled with over 50 trolleys (streetcars) that during the 1930s and 1940s ran in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Johnstown, Minneapolis, cities in New Jersey, and Boston.

Trucked by flatbeds from Boston, these cars were transported to a railcar repair shop in Windber, a small coal-mining town in the mountains of Pennsylvania. At first glance, the vehicles seem ready to take off in no time, but that won’t happen anytime soon. They sit and rust in the harsh weather conditions, and many of them have been vandalized by thieves for their copper wires or those who just want to tag these old remains."

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shitlord_god t1_jcaxiy9 wrote

I have a picture of that train from above asy phones background. I asked the person who originally posted the top down one on reddit.neat to see folks explore it.

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chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbi2ie wrote

Do you remember the OP who took the photo?

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shitlord_god t1_jcbjmdo wrote

I do not. I nuke my reddit history periodically.

It showed up a few weeks before they posted it themselves, someone else had taken credit for it. I asked op if I could use it - they said yes. I'll get a screenshot up later.

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N35t0r t1_jcaxo0o wrote

That's where they ran all the experiments

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_mistadobalina t1_jcb4guu wrote

Reminds me of Garden State and the ‘infinite abyss’.

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kstinfo t1_jcc5h4r wrote

$1,200 a month

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