Centralia PA - 40+ year mine fire - Who wants to go?

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:22 pm

Who's up for a road trip one day? I hear the best time to go is while the leaves are down - maybe late March?

http://offroaders.com/album/centralia/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTDAJMXZQKo

Post by **hEaT** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:43 pm

SVT Focus:

http://offroaders.com/album/centralia/i ... _8037a.jpg

Reminds me of the Chernobyl website, just a lot less creepy.

CV12Steve · Post by **CV12Steve** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am

Sounds like a cook out. Be sure and bring marshmellows, and your wienies . . . I never leave the house without it.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:49 am

Centralia is only about an hour from Carlisle - I think you should re-route your trip in 2010 Steve .....eerily rising up from the smoke and ashes comes a throng of Merkurs, for as long as the eye could see.

It's also about a half-hour from Harry's U-Pull-It, the largest junkyard in the world (or so they claim). You could probably just skip Carlisle entirely and hang out in the coal region for the weekend.

Post by **hEaT** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:02 am

Harry's is pretty impressive. I was only there once and it was raining. I wish I could spend a day in there browsing.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:42 am

hEaT wrote:Harry's is pretty impressive. I was only there once and it was raining. I wish I could spend a day in there browsing.

Yea, it's very easy to spend a FULL day there, and still feel rushed for time when it's near closing time. That's why I don't think I'd recommend a one-day Centralia/Harry's trip, unless it was only going to be a "casual" visit to Harry's. I haven't done it in a while, but the best bet is to go there mid-week (Mon-Thur) during the summer, when they're open 9AM - 7PM.

Hmmm, maybe a Thursday visit to Harry's, sleep-over at some PA B&B, and then a Friday morning visit to Centralia on the way to Carlisle? Admitedly that goes against my earlier suggestion of a visit to Centralia when the leaves are down, but just thinking out loud now...

Frag · Post by **Frag** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:16 pm

Interesting, it's labeled on the map but seems like it's not really there if you try to get an exact match.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... iwloc=addr

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:28 pm

Frag wrote:Interesting, it's labeled on the map but seems like it's not really there if you try to get an exact match.

How so?

It's sorta too bad that the state has knocked most everything down as they've claimed it. I'm sure the town would have much more of a "ghost town" factor if everything was left standing but vacant. Yes, I realize the State of PA probably didn't take my ghoulish interests into account when they made these decisions.

Frag · Post by **Frag** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:15 pm

Ahhh, nm... I thought if you put in a zip code that Google would figure the city out for you.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:20 pm

Frag wrote:Ahhh, nm... I thought if you put in a zip code that Google would figure the city out for you.

Centralia loses its ZIP
By Rob Wheary, Staff Writer September 20, 2002
rob_w@newsitem.com
CENTRALIA Ã¢â‚¬â€

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:29 pm

Here's an interesting page....
http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2007/07 ... ia-pa.html

Here's the first paragraph....

July 31, 2007 Ã¢â‚¬â€

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:26 pm

A longer video-documentary on the town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxidNSckKlA

The video is a little dated at this point. The home of Joe Moyer, who died in 2004 of "Black Lung", was torn down in 2007. Here's some before and after pics...
http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/ghosttown.htm

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:17 am

This would be cool to have a meet or cruise to sometime in the summer

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:52 am

Rooster wrote:This would be cool to have a meet or cruise to sometime in the summer

I'm thinking maybe sooner than that - perhaps the same week as Spring Carlisle, in case someone wanted to wrap that in and make it a multi-day event. You could actually make it a multi-day event without the Carlisle tie-in, as there's two U-Pull-It's within a half-hour of Centralia, as well as a car museum in Pottsville, about 15 minutes away.

Hell, maybe I'll put the camper top back on the Brat and go camping in central Pennsylvania for the week!

yottabit · Post by **yottabit** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:40 pm

Haha this sounds pretty interesting. I'd certainly be down for it if it is around the time of Carlisle. I wonder if that's where they got the inspiration for the movie adaptation of "Silent Hill"