Wheeling in Centralia - The "Real Silent Hill"
 

This is about my 15th or so trip to Centralia. As usual, for those who don't know, Centralia is located in east central Pennsylvania, not far from the former off-road park Paragon. There is a coal mine fire that has been burning under Centralia since the late 60's. The coal veins under Centralia and the neighboring towns are made up of Anthracite Coal. This type of coal is the cleanest & longest burning coal in the world. It has been estimated that the coal under Centralia can burn for another 250-500+ years, and possibly wipe neighboring towns off the map. The exact thing that has happened to Centralia.

This was more about wheeling & exploring the woods than Centralia itself. These are all shots with my cell phone. I'll upload some shots off my D2x (DSLR) later.

The group (My ZJ: No lift, 30" AT's, open front/rear; Buddies ZJ: AT's, 2" lift; Buddies MJ: 31" MT's, lift, LSD in rear Ford 8.8, 97-01 XJ front grill, bumper & fogs, etc.):

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Trails:
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Branch removal:
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Poser flexing:
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Very steep, slippery trail with some big rocks - does not look bad at all in these photos:
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And back in Centralia:
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All in all it was a great time. The MJ had a rear passenger side shock rip off the axle side. That was the only damage aside from the usual brush/tree memories, errr.. scratches.

No real jeeps :(


Hahaha looks like a good time. And cold.

Hah I agree. But, I've had 6 Jeeps over the years. 2 YJ's, 2 XJ's a TJ (All lifted and with mud tires, bumpers, winches, all that good stuff) and now my ZJ. This thing is great off-road with the tiny 30's, rides great on road, gets 16.5 MPG average (Every one prior was around 8-12 haha), has room for 5 AND cargo, and doesn't leak! lol.

It was about 14* and windy as anything...

coooooool

i went up in mahwah today with 8 jeeps, my blazer and a 4runner, we had quite a few casualties, including an entire 04 lifted GC that sunk, and my trans blew

looks like you had a good time ! i wish it was so far away

You should bring your tricycle there :bertstare:

To say an MJ isnt a real jeep is blasphemous...


That place looks like fun. Decent open trails and some good loose hill climbs. As far as stuff not looking as bad as it is, its almost ALWAYS like that.

Hahaha they are pretty sweet....

one day that will be me adam and brandon takin pics....

Love the shots on the cracked highway. Very nice

Dude We just did a mahwah run on sunday, its been dubbed Hell run, WORST TRIP EVER! 10 trucks out, all broke something, and the one that didnt brake hit a deer and gaurdrail on the parkway. Jackson Whites cursed us that day, 9hrs on stagg hill sucked, went like 5mi

I was just up there, ashland is probably next to go. Let me know if you go again I want to see some of those trails. Im pretty sure I know/have wheeled with the guy with the other ZJ think I saw thos pics on fb. edit, yeah ive wheeled with charles before

ha yea its a great trail too, i think we have another day planned, feb 5th maybe

I will never wheel that in the snow again so many winch outs, and winch ups! Plan to go back in the spring

Superbowl sunday?

yea in the morning

the kids i went with made a facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/NJ...76275269104045

I have never seen so many rear window pics in my life.lol