I'm a native New Yorker and I had absolutely no idea they had a Staten Island Railroad always thought it was a small island you could get around by bike

As a Staten islander who lives near the SIR I think SIR gets made fun of and people call it a “Subway” but it contains railroad tracks like LIRR and goes out. Ik the NYC Subway exits to go outside but technically it’s mostly inside but the SIR in my opinion is one of the most interesting railroad for Staten island

It’s like a hybrid mix between LIRR and NYC subway.

13:24 That roll sign can’t decide where the hell to go! 😂

I've been taking these trains since 1967, when I was about 6 years old, so I remember when the R44s were brand new. We lived in Great Kills, and the SIRT station was a hangout for us in our pre-teen days. The tracks were very accessible and when going across town we just used to cut across the tracks at Colon Ave. or Lindenwood Road. This was a daily thing when we went to PS 8 (before PS 32 opened) and later on when we went to IS 24, which was on the other side of the tracks from where we lived. Otherwise you had to walk all the way down to the station and cross over the trestle, and that put you about 3 blocks out of your way, so who was going to do that? One of the "fun" things to do was climb up on the roof of the shelter over the platform, jump onto the train when it pulled in, and "surf" the car up to Bay Terrace or New Dorp. I have to admit I never did this myself. That was cheap thrills for the older kids and by the time I was older the R44s were in and nobody did it any more. I guess those smooth tops were harder to hold on to.

Rode it once. The R44s were run down and the track was bumpy. Interesting to see they maintained the original numbers - the numbers on the subway version were all changed

These r44 on the Staten Island railway are very old.

The Staten Island Railway is a "Railroad" ie subject to Federal Railroaf Administration(FRA) rules not Federal Transit Administration rules. SIR has a few exemptions the biggest is Ditch Lites, the two flashing bright lites on the front of locomotives, in addition to a single headline. FRA granted the exemption because of a fenced off right of way with no grade crossing s. Also SIR operates under a federal railroad charter, not a local transit authority. It is a unique operation in many ways.

SIR is my favorite place to railfan since 2019

Never rode the SIR before, but great to see

There was a plan to dig a tunnel under the Narrows to connect the SIR to the BMT (I think the line to Ft. Hamilton in Brooklyn). Purportedly, Robert Moses scotched the plan and built the Narrows Bridge instead.

Nice! I recently took a trip down there myself, the SIR is unique and those R44s are fast 💨

Love the locations. Hello from Florida..

I believe the R44’s are technically the worlds fastest subway train cars they could hit 87mph

Some of these stations could do with a good coat of paint! Also a full length roof over the platforms would be nice too

I could smell and hear YouMinHoLa’s Transit foaming in the comments

I was just on this! Cool.

5:54 R44 SIR door chime be like

The bullet assigned for New York City Subway to Staten Island Railway is a blue bullet with SIR initials

Bravo great job 👏 t

I’m moving back to Staten Island Port Richmond I was from . Post Ave . , New Dorp, Decker Ave. Deppe Place , my Grandfather was with Harbor Patrol on the Hudson River.

I miss riding this line!!!!!!!!

I have miss going there now :(

This was a steam powered railroad in the beginning with 2 branches. It carried passengers and freight.

I only been on that Staten island railway train once

That sea salt be beating up those SIR R44’s and those cars are 50 years old

All stations are free except the St. George Ferry if you enter you pay the fare, if you gonna exit you pay the fare and the bus transfer is free

It would be cool if they could do more. Maybe stretch out the network a bit more if possible. Also if the subway could connect to the railway it would be a great convenience.

13:25 The driver is switching the destination roll sign

Good news! MTA is now planning elevate transit, zoning for accessibility this year! : )

Damn those r44s go fast af

It's sad that the R44 never ran on the second Avenue line.

The R44s actually have WABCO AA2 horns, they're really nice when at high speeds! (The AA2 is the horn used for the GE R77E work trains)

For people who don’t know this the current sir line is the original line that opened in 1860

This looks like the train stations I get lost in in my dreams

I couldn’t believe that a railway could use underground trains And who cares I love R44s and R46s (I just need smooth and plain heads)

Lol who still takes the Staten Island Railway. I haven't taken that since 2015. Nice video btw.

The R44 is coming to be replaced by the new R211 subway cars

Weird how the SIRT is an odd connection between the B&O and NYC Transit.

2:54 S53 Nova bus at top?

🤩 wowed your new show was name is Nachito

Wow, so first @TrainCam does 360deg SIR video, and now @DJHammerTrains goes to SI.

The express train speeding was like nOOOOOOOOO

1:08 Was that the SIR rail car on the left that R44 replaced?

*H A L T !* How is there an IRT maintenance car on SIRT? I shall have to watch this video to find out.

This trains used to run on the A line

Howling

5:43

Does the railway have a carwash?

I wonder why the SIR’s R44s are single units?

How does the SIR exit to the National railroad network?

There's NO Night Service on the SIR, it doesn't run 24/7 like the main NYC Subway

440 is the only car that isn’t a raggedy Pos💀

I literally thought for a moment it was accessible by a commuter rail 💀

Why does St. George have several platforms?

3:28 is Oakwood Heights

Hey. You just Put up a Really Really Great video. But I am not from there. What was I looking at??? I wish other content creators would Video as you did. Nice Clear Sharp and pausing to show us something. But you did not do any telling of what you were showing. It's extremely frustrating to view this. Not knowing what the heck the sights are. Like I have never been on Staten Island. I know it is part of NYC. But Why the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road color light signals? I thought I was seeing wrong. Wow. Let me go look up why . Thank you for the video trip. very nice. 👍👍👍

Only train I haven’t ride in nyc

I wonder if Elon Musk's Boring company could dig a tunnel between the SIRR and the BMT-IND in Brooklyn UNDER THE NARROWS?

How much is a monthly pass ?

Never understood why if State island is part of NYC why haven’t it been train that goes from state island to Brooklyn never made since to me

I forgot to join the premiere, I was playing roblox

It used to be owned by the B&O railroad. Still has the B&O Position Light signals. A relic of the past. Staten Island has a gazillion bus lines. One or more actually parallel the SIR. Lots of service between Tottenville and St. George. Cannot understand why MTA continues to operate this Toonerville Trolley when every dollar counts.

Mow car stripped of black gates

They have a better system

Vincent - KZfaq

Since the SIR is technically only a railroad in Staten Island, it shouldn't be part of the NY Subway system and instead be a separate railway system like the LIRR run by MTA by using either diesel engines or EMU

Exploring? How do you define that as exploring? For all the detail shown, that could have ben in Siberia.

I think ya should have shown the names of the stations ijs also you usually ride trains and take videos from front window. Most people have no idea 💡 that SI has a MTA rail system. You should provide some information ℹ️ to educate otherwise it just looks like random train platforms that look alike. Kinda boring and repetitive. imo ijs 🤷🏻

This railroad is a joke old cars and terrible weekend suspensions all to upgrades r211 electric 3 rd rail