JOETHECROW
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So you think that big barrel was for water for the train?
ORIGINAL: JOETHECROW
So you think that big barrel was for water for the train?
The "grade" you guys hiked in on seemed pretty level and uniform....(Neccessitys for a railroad)...Also they couldn't go too far without water for steam...That along with the brake shoe and distance in would all indicate a railroad...We have quite a few old settlements that were built along (or grew up around) a rail line...Could well be. All our old wooden oil barrels are made from redwood or cypress...Cool vid.
ORIGINAL: dogtx
Did you guys metal detect the trail you where on?
I bet you would find some RR nails.
The barrel most deff held water.
It had to of been a rail road.?
Cool place.
It would be fun digging with you guys, good sense of humor.
ORIGINAL: JOETHECROW
So you think that big barrel was for water for the train?
The "grade" you guys hiked in on seemed pretty level and uniform....(Neccessitys for a railroad)...Also they couldn't go too far without water for steam...That along with the brake shoe and distance in would all indicate a railroad...We have quite a few old settlements that were built along (or grew up around) a rail line...Could well be. All our old wooden oil barrels are made from redwood or cypress...Cool vid.
We still have areas in North Jersey today Rick where the tracks are that close, so it's plausible...ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W
I don't know for sure because I haven't researched it.But I can't see a train running a mere 30 feet from a row of houses.
ORIGINAL: epackage
We still have areas in North Jersey today Rick where the tracks are that close, so it's plausible...ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W
I don't know for sure because I haven't researched it.But I can't see a train running a mere 30 feet from a row of houses.