Rail Cart ride on abandoned Eagle Mountain Railroad in Southern California

traveled on 3/2/2022 the last 10 miles of tracks that remain, which at any moment will no longer be

[SeminarChauffeur]

50 minutes of nothing but rolling rail, yet I can't stop watching. Probably the scenery, along with the refreshing feeling of freedom cruising unimpeded through miles and miles of desert. Love it!

[Shooter]

My Aunt is in her last hours and she asked me. If I had photos of the west. She loved watching wild west movies with the old trains and right away I thought of these videos. She is watching with a smile on her face! Thank you guys for taking her on a last ride on earth...You were her 1st video I found.

[guillermodejesusquesadarod]

Soy cubano me gusta mucho ésas aventuras d ustedes .trabajé 48 años d MECÁNICO d las yamadas auto carriles me gusta mucho su trabajó gracias a todos..

[jasoncummings]

That looked like so much fun. Horn got a little annoying, but if it was on my cart I would probably do the same. Grown men never grow up we just get better at building our toys! Great vid guys. Would love to see some kind of series come out of this. Travel the country looking for old abandoned tracks to ride and explore

[ross]

I love this!!! I can imagine reaching a point, deep into nowhere, pitching a tent, cooking up a meal and enjoying the silence and the stars as night fell. Wake up to a beautiful sunrise.

[musicforaarre]

I really enjoyed the ride, except for the excess horn blowing. Thanks so much for this piece of history. Aarre Peltomaa

[wxstream]

In 2016 we rode a rail speeder up those tracks and snuck into the employee neighborhood (abandoned). Security started chasing us and we ran back to the speeder which we used to make a hasty retreat. My friend really angered the guard and 4 weeks later when we went back, a 6 foot long bridge which went over a stream had been damaged to the point it was impossible to traverse. In 2018 we got confirmation that the guard was so angry he took his 4x4, tools, and chain and wrecked it on purpose, he made it basically a Derailment waiting to happen. I see the new timber as you guys drive over it, glad it's been fixed, the guard was actually prosecuted so this stretch of rail should be good for a long time (hooray!)

[josenewtoncostacosta]

Ahhh!!!! beauty...., young; I am almost 80 years old, but seeing this adventure of yours, and as a motorcycle trip; and feeling the hot wind and the heat flowing through the body is free life. Happy day. I traveled with you guys...very grateful.👏👏👏👏

[Decadics]

Its look like best roller coaster ever. Greatings rom Czech Republic guys

[timmayer]

I worked on the drilling and blasting crew at the Eagle Mountain open pit iron mine back in the late fifties. I actually grabbed a ride in the cab of one of the Diesel engines. This Part of the desert is really desolate, there is NO shade, temps. Reached 130 degrees in mid summer out in the open.

[BarefootBill]

Well, there goes 50 minutes I'll never get back and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!!!

[lostpowerstocupofcoffeetot]

Man hats off to the workers who laid this track! Can't imagine working in those conditions!

[johnwhite]

Thank you guys. For that wonderful experience riding through the desert it was like a dream. I always wanted to travel though the desert like that .it really means allot to me that you took the time and effort to record the experience, it's such a good thing by allowing others like me to enjoy the trip. Thank you again for that experience. I hope they never shut that track down. Infact, I hope they open more of the rail lines to keep the history. Stay cool guys, awsome job.

[kathyjacques]

In 1979, I met my husband and I was introduced to the vast expanses of southern pacific, this looks a lot what I appreciated of the big sky and no annoying people

[Coyotehello]

50 minutes of watching your foot and the rail rolling by, hypnotizing and fascinating at the same time.

[jerryg.]

I went to kindergarten at the Eagle Mountain Elementary school. My dad was a millwright there we lived on Ironwood street third space from the end of the street. My playground back then was that whole area from the end of the street all the way to the tracks. Back then those tracks were filled with ore cars loaded with pellets. Fun times we had catching desert tortoises and lizards out there. The girls would give the tortoises names and write them on their shells. Oh how times have changed.

[ChadLuciano]

You know you got freedom when you can build your own railcar, slap a cooler and a horn on it and have this all to yourself...this is freaking awesome!

[USEditor]

This is too awesome for words. It reminds me of rowing on a river. Great job guys—thanks for keeping history alive for as long as you can.

[ArcturanMegadonkey]

This is the best thing I've seen in a long while, absolutely brilliant!
I would take a tent, BBQ and cool box full of beer and food and camp at the end then ride back in the morning.

[katerst]

I’m in. Rig with brush guard, plexiglass bug screen, sun tarp, (doesn’t look it’s rained in about 1200 years.) spare cart in tow with seven days of food water beer camp gear solar panels, satellite internet. Chill out and enjoy the scenery. Way cool guys!!!