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chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbio9y wrote
Reply to comment by BeneficalDalek in Apocalyptic trolley graveyard sitting out deep in the woods of Pennsylvania by chrisluckhardt
I’m Canadian so my perception might be skewed, but west Pennsylvania feels a lot like West Virginia or Ohio.
chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbi2ie wrote
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Do you remember the OP who took the photo?
chrisluckhardt OP t1_jca19xc wrote
Reply to Apocalyptic trolley graveyard sitting out deep in the woods of Pennsylvania by chrisluckhardt
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."
chrisluckhardt OP t1_j9vu2cz wrote
Reply to comment by Used-Establishment86 in US Navy abandoned this cryptographic and intelligence communications site on a remote Alaska island by chrisluckhardt
Not sure what you're referring to. This photo is from Adak Island.
chrisluckhardt OP t1_j9gx9rq wrote
Reply to comment by 1800cheezit in US Navy abandoned this cryptographic and intelligence communications site on a remote Alaska island by chrisluckhardt
Congrats, you also get dibs on its abandoned basketball court!
chrisluckhardt OP t1_j9gvadv wrote
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Video tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R5VfJzf5Bw
Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) was an organization within the US Navy on Adak Island. It was tasked with intelligence gathering, cryptology, and denial of intelligence to Cold War and other adversaries. More than 700 military personnel were assigned to operations in these isolated facilities. Military activities lasted on this location from September 1943 until March 1997 when the entire Adak base was closed. But thawing arctic ice and geopolitical concerns has the US Navy considering a base reopening.
chrisluckhardt OP t1_jcbisqj wrote
Reply to comment by Bending_toast in Apocalyptic trolley graveyard sitting out deep in the woods of Pennsylvania by chrisluckhardt
Pennsylvania is filled with neat abandoned treasures like these trains!