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!!!.
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.
@@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.
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.
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 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
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!
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!
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.!!
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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.
It’s done for local people transport railway where I live but NOT for the Union Pacific lines even though it’s much more likely damage and deaths would occur from Union Pacific
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)
I lived at the 4 corners in Patucket RI and this happens every mon thru friday at 12 noon a small train chugs down George bennit hway stopping traffic on the spur rail.
Love it! Thank you. I just watched a WUTR video from last year. People are seriously talking about how the Mohawk Valley may turn into an East Coast version of Silicon Valley with all the billions pouring in for chip fabs. That's great news for Utica, and that's probably great news for the local railroads too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 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
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.
@@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)
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".
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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!!!.
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.
I would love it.
Not if you had children. How could you let them ride their bikes or walk to school?
@@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.
That is so cool.
It's beautiful. I'd be out there like a kid everyday watching.
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.
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.
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 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
Great video, great sound. Love the commentary. Cheers
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!
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!
We always used Tiger Torches, but this works too
Hello from Pottersville NY. It seems like march always has a last minute trick up his sleeve, Nice vid, Regards to Witold.
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.!!
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.
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.
Very enjoyable. That street running and the scene in the snow were great shots.
Nice video you explain the trip nicely...Thxs again..... Have never been to that part of the world....
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.
I thought that looked familiar. You finally did a video in my neighborhood. I live on the corner of Wilbur and Ontario.
I used to deliver Sunday newspapers in your area back in the 1970s
Greetings from Rutland, Vermont! I can't wait for warmer weather as I plan to do a lot of rail fanning this summer!
Nice seeing my old area. I was born in Utica and lived in Oriskany for 14 years. I miss it there.
Thank you for freezing to bring us this video. I can't believe you have snow! 🙃
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!
I lived about two miles west of Franklin Street in the Pines, the tracks were right behind my house.
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
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
Beautiful video. Really picturesque.
Hello with a shoutout from Tonawanda NY! Winter is not going quietly.
Always good to hear from you! Snow should be gone by the weekend I'd imagine.
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.
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.
Not a bad idea. That should be done for all street running rail sections.
I was thinking exactly the same!
It’s done for local people transport railway where I live but NOT for the Union Pacific lines even though it’s much more likely damage and deaths would occur from Union Pacific
Beautiful NY ! and train spur line too.
Jus' a cute little train, playing in the snow 🙂
Another great video! Thanks
Snow not bothering the birds too much. They've been singing like that for most of the winter.
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!!
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
Great video from Okeechobee Florida.
You mean this video was Today⁉️ Wow I’m impressed that could pop up so quickly‼️
Hello. Railroad Rambler, still winter up there. Keep the jackets & boots near the door. Hope Witold is inside staying warm. Have a warm evening.
Thanks, Witold enjoys the snow!
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.
Street running trains you have in the U.S are so cool! ❤
Ever so cool ,love this wished I lived on that street
Wow very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Joe
Whew that was pretty close! Cool video!👍
Nice. These guys know what they are doing.
Some top urban planning on display here.
Indeed!
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.
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.
Very nice catch!
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
If that doesn't make you feel like Sheldon Cooper,then I don't know what will 😂
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.
“Where should we build the road?”
“How about on the train tracks?”
“Perfect!”
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.
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.
Yes, it used to run behind our house in Oneida Castle.
Nice hearing the blue jay at the end of the video.
Heres something you may find interesting. :)
The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'......
.....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :)
In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name.
Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages,
but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :)
Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's.
The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to',
just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like
Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc.
Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like
Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on.
Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia).
The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old.
Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye'
we got various spellings like;
Turq-uía (in Spanish),
Turch-ia (in Italian),
Turq-uie (in French)
Turk-ei (in German)
Turk-ey (in English)
Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey....
...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'...
....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc.
In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German,
but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years.
Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas.
Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : )
So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : )
Best wishes. ;)
Nice catch CSX GP38-2!
I lived at the 4 corners in Patucket RI and this happens every mon thru friday at 12 noon a small train chugs down George bennit hway stopping traffic on the spur rail.
Watching from Colorado
Well done Utica!
In my city, all we have are bike lanes.
Love it! Thank you. I just watched a WUTR video from last year. People are seriously talking about how the Mohawk Valley may turn into an East Coast version of Silicon Valley with all the billions pouring in for chip fabs. That's great news for Utica, and that's probably great news for the local railroads too.
I don't mean to be a party pooper but I don't see that happening in the near future, for many reasons I won't get into here.
The weather for one.
@@n1westTrue and it goes deeper than that ( sorry for the PUN ) lol ....sorry , I cracked myself up.
thanks.. great stuff
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.
We used the arm length method on the SCL,stand next to on the outside of rail in question and extend your arm.
Must be dropping off beer supplies lmao
I just can't imagine opening my front door and a goddamned freight train is right there! Nuts!
You're not wrong. Having them share the road like that looks bizarre 😳
This is the true definition of a “trainspotter.”
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.
I was watching and thinking "Please take the wing mirror off, please take the wing mirror off........"😀😀😀
Ps I am a truck driver!
very nice video- thanks.
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.
"...and then what's this scratch on the bumper?"
"Ahh I was read ended by a freight train"
"Yeah, SURE"
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.
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
I cant believe theres that much snow there im up in London, Ontario and its 10c sunny and no snow in sight.
No snow anymore thankfully. It melted pretty quickly.
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
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.
@@jimdep6542 Thank you for the info.
@@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
I just checked out the site, great site with be spending alot of time on it, thanks again
@@zekemedia1310 I just added " Historical Map Works" site for you to check out too. Lots of historical maps of Utica and regions
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.
Mason St in Fort Collins, CO has one, used by the BN & SF railroad,.
I believe the railroad tracks were there way before they those houses!!😮 ....They built those streets around the railroads!!
@@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)
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".
@@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.
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.
Up north always has the best trains
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.
Seem like paint striping or little flexible ginnie flickers would help vehicle drivers stay clear?
Amazing. Great.
What a squeeze !
What is it about trains that's so fascinating to watch!!?
Sweet Train Horn!!
Even if he hit that truck it’s the railroads right of way. Technically it’s considered trespassing if stuck.
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.
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.
@@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.
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."
Locomotion has a nice beat.
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
Nice catches
2 storms in 2 days = 25 inches snow north of Bangor...spring is over
Sorry your parts delivery took a little longer, I had to reroute, as there was a train running down Schuyler street!
That's crazy, having a train go through a residential neighborhood.
looks like the tracks end at a golf course & because of development theres no way to reinstall the tracks either
It would be awesome
Was this taken today? We have no snow left today in Kingston On
Yes, today. We got a foot of snow on March 23rd
Cool i live in New Hartford!
So nothing is wider than the front of the train! Good to know for the driver! 😅☺️
Or, we might get more…I don’t want to even speculate about that! ❄️😵💫🥶
Why did the middle car in the train tilt? Is it faulty?
On the return trip, do they have to PUSH the cars all the way?
No, there are turn-arounds at a few locations which allow the engine to lead on the return trip down Schuyler St.
@@railroadingrambler218Thanks, I thought so, as I can't see them being allowed to run backwards.
My guess? They’re paying for the lease on the CSX GP38-2, mind as well use it.
Oh come on, it's only a little pin striping 😂
All they had to do, just move over a little and then fit by the truck with no problems
I have seen railroad tracks on streets in industrial areas, but not residential.