Switching On The I.T Abandoned High Line

Neat video. I wish I had known about that a couple of years ago when I visited St Louis. I actually drove under it a couple times.

That's a nice video. Even includes a little street run. Thanks for the post and the link.

Something different, for sure.  Very interesting video.  Thanks.

Would like to see more.  That's kinda fun to see, the bridges growing, the over heads still there for a double main with the wires missing.  Going through the "tunnels" that look like they could collapse anytime.  Nerve racking to the engineer I bet, and has a post apocalyptic feel to it.

Sinclair

My thoughts exactly. I noticed how gingerly the shove was handled up on the elevated portion as well as the engineer ( while running through the" jungle" asked how things were looking up ahead. Whats interesting about the terminal as well as the "high line" was that for a time, both interurban trains and diesel switchers shared the same route as the terminal was both a freight and passenger depot.

The high line is being turned into a elevated garden walkway like the NYC high line. 

I have never seen such Switching before.  Had I seen this line

without the Switching taking place I would conclude it was abandoned.

This video indeed had a haunting look to it from days gone by.

Great video, Many Thanks for posting it.

Billy C

Here is a newspaper article that gives some information and pictures of the tunnel at the end of the video.  It was actually a trench with a road built on top.  The video stops about 900 N Tucker Blvd, St Louis, MO.  You can follow the route of the video on google maps. 

Nathan