"STOP or PROCEED?!" NYSW Utica NY

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Ай бұрын

A New York, Susquehanna & Western freight (using a leased CSX engine) warily approaches a parked truck on Utica NY's Schuyler Street the morning of March 25, 2024.

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@ILSRWY4 Ай бұрын

this never gets old... imagine sitting on your porch on a warm summer morning and instead of cars going by on the street feet from your front door, a train goes by, in town!!!.

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

This always brings back memories of living where you could watch the trains go by from your porch, even though it wasn't Schuyler St. I took lots of pics from the porch, but can't post them here, unfortunately.

@susanallen2678 Ай бұрын

I would love it.

@suddenlysolo2170 Ай бұрын

Not if you had children. How could you let them ride their bikes or walk to school?

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

@@suddenlysolo2170 Being a firm believer in safety, I would tell children to stop their bicycles first before waving to the engineer and under no circumstances are they allowed to paint graffiti on the rolling stock or throw peaches at them.

@user-uo6zw2rv2x Ай бұрын

That is so cool.

@memirandawong Ай бұрын

It's beautiful. I'd be out there like a kid everyday watching.

@johnnydodgecountry9508 Ай бұрын

There's just something so cool about watching a train go through the streets of Utica. Good stuff and TY for taking the time to post these videos.

@user-ip6jy7ek2l Ай бұрын

i grew up in new york and had the erie railroad running through the woods about a hundred yards behind my house. at night it was like a fire breathing monster running in the forest. great childhood memory.

@tihzho Ай бұрын

The smart thing the city of Utica could do is paint a yellow line on either side of the tracks that shows clearance for the train. If you park crossing that yellow line the train cannot pass and you will be ticketed with a substantial fine you won't forget.

@DesielRiggz1 Ай бұрын

Not a bad idea. That should be done for all street running rail sections.

@mandywithell Ай бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same!

@chris4321das Ай бұрын

Love it! Dad's buddy used to run a freight train through our neighborhood and let me drive across a busy intersection (I didn't hit anything 😂😂) when I was 6. Good memories 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

@nessgardenrailway3049 Ай бұрын

Great video, great sound. Love the commentary. Cheers

@MichaelErvin-jl1in Ай бұрын

I thought that looked familiar. You finally did a video in my neighborhood. I live on the corner of Wilbur and Ontario.

@railroadingrambler218 Ай бұрын

I used to deliver Sunday newspapers in your area back in the 1970s

@OldTrucker958 Ай бұрын

Hey Rambler! Plowed a foot of snow in Town of Lee! We plowed from 4:00am till 3:00 pm. I agree it may have been our biggest storm to date. January 7th in Lee north of Rome was significant. Love the shots of train busting snow. Keep the videos coming!

@andrewh.8403 Ай бұрын

I'd love to get a closer look at the impressions the loco makes in the snow. It seems like some of the traction motors left their mark. (It never snows in Brisbane Qld!) Great vid as always.

@MervynPartin Ай бұрын

Very enjoyable. That street running and the scene in the snow were great shots.

@TowMater603 Ай бұрын

Nice seeing my old area. I was born in Utica and lived in Oriskany for 14 years. I miss it there.

@vinnyg.8170 Ай бұрын

Hello from Pottersville NY. It seems like march always has a last minute trick up his sleeve, Nice vid, Regards to Witold.

@backalleyrailroading2835 Ай бұрын

Another great episode from the Railroading Rambler... First scene was a tight squeeze, but like they say "An inch is as good as a mile" when it comes to clearance.. Scene two in the neighborhood was crazy when they had to dig the switch out of the snow before working the customer siding. Love seeing things like this.. Great video bro.!!

@trenamerritt5344 Ай бұрын

I thought for sure id hear shearing of metal there! Close shave! Glad they could get the switch points to work! When it gets ice in there... not good! Watching from Rome, NY. You and Witold stay well, and have a Happy Easter!

@jaysmith1408 Ай бұрын

We always used Tiger Torches, but this works too

@annettelaurence5716 Ай бұрын

Thank you for freezing to bring us this video. I can't believe you have snow! 🙃

@JoolsBurke Ай бұрын

Jus' a cute little train, playing in the snow 🙂

@suespony Ай бұрын

Nice video, I have not been to Utica NY in least 12 years now. Went there for my son's college orientation at suny I.T.

@edogle8163 Ай бұрын

Nice video you explain the trip nicely...Thxs again..... Have never been to that part of the world....

@rescuegirl Ай бұрын

Greetings from Rutland, Vermont! I can't wait for warmer weather as I plan to do a lot of rail fanning this summer!

@c182SkylaneRG Ай бұрын

Man, if that one box car that was leaning over a bit was leaning the other way, that wouldn't have been enough clearance. That was tight!!

@adriaanboogaard8571 Ай бұрын

Nice video I liked the old town building's and the bird sounds in the background. When I was 8 years old I lived in a similar place. It was along a Denver and Rio grand track that once was a trough line. It became a spure bringing box car's to Granite furniture from the Roper yard in Utah. My buddy and I would run out and catch candy the operators tossed from the cab. The track is now The Sugarhouse trolly line

@mtlicq Ай бұрын

Beautiful NY ! and train spur line too.

@ph5740 Ай бұрын

Love the sound of those old EMD`s. Fun fact: the engines were also used in the Danish (Swedish built) Litra MY locomotives from 1954 and onwards. Somtimes have the pleasure of their sound here also, once in a while when a preserved MY passes by

@user-xk4vt9ye8j Ай бұрын

This used to be a common sight in many industrial cities. In Rutland VT many lines cross city streets resulting in some interesting encounters as gates go down and trains dart across roads.

@andrewpalm2103 Ай бұрын

My home town is MIchigan City, Indiana where the South Shore ran through town on 11th and 10th streets due to its interurban heritage. My father commuted to Chicago and back and every weekday evening my mother would drive my brother and me to the station near 11th and Franklin to pick him up. There was a bar on the SW corner of that intersection with street parking. One day the eastbound carrying my dad had to stop just short of the intersection because a car was sticking out of a parking space enough to block the train. One of my favorite childhood memories is seeing the conductor (in full passenger uniform) get down from the train and go into the bar to retrieve the car owner so the car could be moved. This was a rare occurance because growing up in that town meant you learned early in life to stay clear of the big orange cars (and the freights, too). Cheers from Wisconsin!

@timlange531 Ай бұрын

I lived about two miles west of Franklin Street in the Pines, the tracks were right behind my house.

@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 Ай бұрын

An interesting scene, the freight train passing the truck and the shunting work on these snow-covered tracks and the switch. Thanks for sharing and happy Easter. Many greetings from Germany.

@trezjr73 Ай бұрын

Snow not bothering the birds too much. They've been singing like that for most of the winter.

@cmdrflake Ай бұрын

Hello with a shoutout from Tonawanda NY! Winter is not going quietly.

@railroadingrambler218 Ай бұрын

Always good to hear from you! Snow should be gone by the weekend I'd imagine.

@rael5469 Ай бұрын

Beautiful video. Really picturesque.

@mdmarko Ай бұрын

Have spent time in Utica, would come in the late spring. A grim place, any time of year. Best part of Utica was the public library, a Carnegie Library. Had translucent glass floors in part of the building, around certain of the stacks.

@paulbergen9114 2 күн бұрын

I was half expecting to hear a little crunching. of metal. While you were waiting for the move to the warehouse I must say all of the birds were more active than Witold who wrote out that it's not in my contract to go out today. That was worth the effort to catch that rare trackage especially in fresh snow

@wbbartlett Ай бұрын

Some top urban planning on display here.

@faxmen09 Ай бұрын

Indeed!

@jjg94706 Ай бұрын

Railroad built the track down the street much to the consternation of the local residents. I think the Lackawanna did it in the middle of the night.

@sondrabowers4837 Ай бұрын

Hello. Railroad Rambler, still winter up there. Keep the jackets & boots near the door. Hope Witold is inside staying warm. Have a warm evening.

@railroadingrambler218 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Witold enjoys the snow!

@OregonCrow Ай бұрын

Another great video! Thanks

@Steve-xf4uv Ай бұрын

That looked like an interesting backup move . Do they have to pull the cars out to the main line and return to leave the full ones or are there more than one track inside ? Pretty tight street move, that trucker had room to pull over a little more. He probably thought it was an out of service track. Nice video, you got more snow than we did in Canada.

@bighornmt Ай бұрын

Nice catch CSX GP38-2!

@williammiller2750 Ай бұрын

Great video from Okeechobee Florida.

@fredtyler8925 Ай бұрын

I remember when I was a kid in Arcadia Florida train used to come by my house it was the coolest thing ever it's still is

@PlanetMezz Ай бұрын

thanks.. great stuff

@johnstecz9169 Ай бұрын

Ever so cool ,love this wished I lived on that street

@richintalent Ай бұрын

Below Utica on NY 8 there was a railroad wye that i think was part of the NYS&W

@railroadingrambler218 Ай бұрын

Yes, called Richfield Junction, in Cassville. It’s on the Susquehanna’s Utica mainline (the tracks veered off the main heading to Richfield Springs, all but a mile of that branch was abandoned in the early 1990s)

@joestrainworldvideos3977 Ай бұрын

Wow very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Joe

@XrayxRich 23 күн бұрын

Train tracks are a dead giveaway that a noisy train will come by. When I left home I rented a room in a big house next to a school yard. The first Saturday morning I was awaken by the high school Drum & Bugle Corp practice. Scared the hell out of me. It was every Saturday morning. I never got used to it. After that I checked for the presence of nearby schools before I moved in.

@trainfire2008 Ай бұрын

You mean this video was Today⁉️ Wow I’m impressed that could pop up so quickly‼️

@tattyshoesshigure5731 Ай бұрын

Street running trains you have in the U.S are so cool! ❤

@dmorgan28 Ай бұрын

Whew that was pretty close! Cool video!👍

@tfs4499 Ай бұрын

Very nice catch!

@lesashiminski690 Ай бұрын

Hey rail rambler I wish I had a time machine and go back to 1950 when all rail lines criss crossed my area Earlville NY. Had E L RR . O W RR. U V RR. And L V RR. And W S RR.

@Jabberwok28 Ай бұрын

This is the true definition of a “trainspotter.”

@andyknott8148 Ай бұрын

Lets all wish NYSW #3040 a happy Easter and look forward to seeing him soon. And that also applies to you all as well. Andy UK.

@briank.8925 Ай бұрын

Take a picture at 9:13! Cool stuff though..going to the end of the line, and shoving in to the industry lead. CSX runs down a sub along Erie Ave in North Tonawanda, NY, to a customer, Niagara Sheets, a paper box company, and shoves in to their sidings.

@RobertCraft-re5sf Ай бұрын

I never get tired of seeing this. These only can work in towns where the people there have some sense... I'd bet they don't even build new railroads that go through streets anymore.

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

Mason St in Fort Collins, CO has one, used by the BN & SF railroad,.

@jamesgeorge5276 Ай бұрын

I believe the railroad tracks were there way before they those houses!!😮 ....They built those streets around the railroads!!

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

@@jamesgeorge5276 The RR always had the right of way down Schuyler St. . Many of those homes have been around since the 1800's, and the location of those tracks have been around longer than the homes ( in general)

@filanfyretracker Ай бұрын

today no city would give up street space to an RR and today we are smart enough to know its best to segregate rail and road traffic as much as possible. At best they would say the RR could put in a Cut&Cover tunnel. If the RR company said "we want to go a mile down the center of this road" the city would go "not happening".

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

@@filanfyretrackerModern RR's wouldn't want to be in the center of busy streets these days. It's more of a head ache than what it's worth. Back before the invention of cars, it was to the town's benefit to have the RR tracks close by with lots of sidings so they could have building supplies and freight brought directly in.

@UncleSalty-nz5uk Ай бұрын

Watching from Colorado

@browsman2328 Ай бұрын

What a strange thing to have a train running down a street. I grew up in little Sherrill NY. There was a track parallel to Rt.5 near the silversmith factory as I remember.

@tracyf6304 Ай бұрын

Yes, it used to run behind our house in Oneida Castle.

@dustindewind3210 Ай бұрын

If that doesn't make you feel like Sheldon Cooper,then I don't know what will 😂

@iv2sab512 18 күн бұрын

Nice hearing the blue jay at the end of the video.

@bjm676 Ай бұрын

Nice. These guys know what they are doing.

@James_Knott 8 күн бұрын

At least that truck wasn't blocking the track. In Toronto, there's an occasional problem with people double parking and blocking the streetcar tracks. I'll soon have an LRT running past my condo, but parking is not allowed on the street there and never has been that I'm aware of.

@Peter-mt6lg Ай бұрын

We used the arm length method on the SCL,stand next to on the outside of rail in question and extend your arm.

@nicksacco5041 Ай бұрын

“Where should we build the road?” “How about on the train tracks?” “Perfect!”

@dalejr183 Ай бұрын

Even if he hit that truck it’s the railroads right of way. Technically it’s considered trespassing if stuck.

@cdavid8139 Ай бұрын

Not necessarily. Depends on the local agreements made with the city over the years. If they were running under conditions where they have to stop within 1/2 distance of sight of an obstacle, the crew could be found by the railroad as violating rules.

@filanfyretracker Ай бұрын

highly depending on area, there are in fact cases where the road was there first and the RR got permission from the city to install a street running line for an industrial siding.

@cdavid8139 Ай бұрын

@@filanfyretracker absolutely correct. I've seen scenarios where the city requested the railroad come thru the center of town so as to encourage commerce. I've managed street running where when the line was put in the streets were dirt and there were no automobiles. Just horse and wagons. The railroad had switches in place along the line to serve various warehouses. Over the years the warehouses were torn down or stopped using rail and now it is just a railine running down the street.

@jeremycox571 Ай бұрын

What a squeeze !

@kimcooper4751 Ай бұрын

Using wife's phone today not her opinions This is some really nice scenery I'm in Florida now but grew up in the ice and snow up north and surely miss it didn't say removing it. One thing that would of really made my day is if the locomotive had crazy 8s on the number boards a CSX legend

@tomfrederick6083 Ай бұрын

I hit the side mirror on a truck parked too close to the track one day. It didn't damage the grab iron on my locomotive, so it was demolition derby time for me. Park on the right-of-way, expect to get hit.

@dckatyx9577 Ай бұрын

Well done Utica! In my city, all we have are bike lanes.

@Supernaut2000 Ай бұрын

I just can't imagine opening my front door and a goddamned freight train is right there! Nuts!

@aussiea1972 Ай бұрын

You're not wrong. Having them share the road like that looks bizarre 😳

@marcdb1412 Ай бұрын

Amazing. Great.

@guest6423 Ай бұрын

Watched a similar situation in TX, The engine proceeded until contact was made with a parked SUV. They said that that's the policy. They stopped immediately, and then had authorities remove the car. Minimal car damage, but required, according to that engineer. Perhaps there's some delay or difficulty with removing a vehicle otherwise.

@iaial0 Ай бұрын

"...and then what's this scratch on the bumper?" "Ahh I was read ended by a freight train" "Yeah, SURE"

@gusloader123 Ай бұрын

Reeaallllly stooooopid place to park that delivery truck. 🤪🤕 That street gives a new meaning to the phrase: "Living on the wrong side of the tracks."

@ClutchTFS Ай бұрын

I cant believe theres that much snow there im up in London, Ontario and its 10c sunny and no snow in sight.

@harvesterofeyes8813 Ай бұрын

No snow anymore thankfully. It melted pretty quickly.

@paulsheehan5010 Ай бұрын

That's crazy, having a train go through a residential neighborhood.

@KenanTurkiye Ай бұрын

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@railfansammy4974 Ай бұрын

Nice catches

@kristybeeman5095 Ай бұрын

Sweet Train Horn!!

@mandywithell Ай бұрын

I was watching and thinking "Please take the wing mirror off, please take the wing mirror off........"😀😀😀 Ps I am a truck driver!

@user-er3du2co2n Ай бұрын

Today is March 30th 2024 , Have you heard about Hobo Shoestring is missing ? He was last seen on a doorbell camera around 4 am but there’s no sight of him.

@TrainedSniper12 Ай бұрын

Up north always has the best trains

@MikeBrown-ht4kh Ай бұрын

It would be awesome

@freemanhall4826 Ай бұрын

If any major small city towns has a train rail going through streets main streets a safety system warning lights crossing has to in place for all

@zekemedia1310 Ай бұрын

I have a question. Could anyone tell me if there was a rail turntable just north of where the tracks cross oriskany blvd/5a. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Close call with that truck

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

There were a few.......The DL&W, The NYC and Hudson River, and the Utica & Black River, where their 'newer" roundhouse still stands. There's historical maps of the Utica yard online from around the 1870's ( Sandborn Fire maps) and others from around the 1880's and newer, showing the exactly locations of where they were.

@zekemedia1310 Ай бұрын

@@jimdep6542 Thank you for the info.

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

@@zekemedia1310 You are welcome ! I love the old RR history of the Utica area, so please fire away with more questions if they come up. I'll try to help out with what I know. Check out " Historical Map Works" for historic info and structure placement then you can choose which country you want and select the city / town from there

@zekemedia1310 Ай бұрын

I just checked out the site, great site with be spending alot of time on it, thanks again

@jimdep6542 Ай бұрын

@@zekemedia1310 I just added " Historical Map Works" site for you to check out too. Lots of historical maps of Utica and regions

@richardsylvanus2717 Ай бұрын

2 storms in 2 days = 25 inches snow north of Bangor...spring is over

@D.WittYard Ай бұрын

My guess? They’re paying for the lease on the CSX GP38-2, mind as well use it.

@davigorb Ай бұрын

All they had to do, just move over a little and then fit by the truck with no problems

@2Truth4Liberty Ай бұрын

If it would touch, then you STOP. Then notify authorities and get it towed at truck owner's expense. Close one ;-0)

@JohnRohoboth Ай бұрын

very nice video- thanks.

@microbusss Ай бұрын

looks like the tracks end at a golf course & because of development theres no way to reinstall the tracks either

@memirandawong Ай бұрын

Seem like paint striping or little flexible ginnie flickers would help vehicle drivers stay clear?

@antvo1162 Ай бұрын

Why did the middle car in the train tilt? Is it faulty?

@annyer262 Ай бұрын

Sorry your parts delivery took a little longer, I had to reroute, as there was a train running down Schuyler street!

@ranlive1 Ай бұрын

Locomotion has a nice beat.

@cmdrflake Ай бұрын

Or, we might get more…I don’t want to even speculate about that! ❄️😵‍💫🥶

@malindahenke5724 Ай бұрын

What is it about trains that's so fascinating to watch!!?

@edp2260 Ай бұрын

What is the loading gauge for that street? ;-)

@James_Knott 8 күн бұрын

I have seen railroad tracks on streets in industrial areas, but not residential.

@robertgift Ай бұрын

Sadly sounds likelectric valve opening and closing air to the horns. Should have been on the other side to show the switch being thrown. Wanted to see close-up of the snow in the rail where the wheel stopped.