"The Utica Local" NYS&W
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- This video features New York, Susquehanna & Western's Utica NY local on Dec 29, 2022. My dog, Witold, sat this one out. He'll be back soon enough, though.
The opening scenes are in the Utica yard. Next the short freight is observed heading south on Utica's Schuyler Street to customers in nearby New Hartford and New York Mills.
The next sequences are on former West Shore and New York, Ontario & Western tracks, both off the Susquehanna's Utica Main.
CORRECTION: In my commentary, I mentioned that O&W milepost 272 signified 272 miles from Hoboken NJ. In fact, 272 references 272 miles to NY City via Weehawken NJ.
The video concludes with a look at the freight's northbound run on Schuyler Street.
Here's the link to my O&W Utica Division drone video mentioned in the video:
• "Chasing A Ghost: O&W'...
And here's a drone video showing the route of the West Shore from east of Utica and through Utica:
• West Shore Historical ...
Great street running! Watching from Tampa....CSX country. That poor loco must be frozen...needs to get back South.
Watching from Indian Lake NY. Just a few miles northeast of Utica. Looking forward to the Adirondack getting things going again this spring.
To bad that train store closed on French rd. I remember they had a steam locomotive on display for a while.
My brother was the manager of that store (K&K Trains & Hobby)
@@railroadingrambler218 hey rail rambler I miss k&k hobby shop. I wish they stayed open . Got alot of things for my ho layout there . Hope you had a great Christmas. Have a great railroad day
A very welcome break from the cold makes for good rail watching weather! As a side note, there is a Fairmount A-5 speeder for sale in the area…
I am watching from Hackettstown, NJ. I worked for the NYSW while awaiting my flow from ConRail to NJ Transit in 1987. Worked out of Little Ferry, NJ. The Sea Land was the big customer along with the plastic pellet transfer in Little Ferry. Met Walter Rich several times. They were starting the Sparta renewal project.
Still watching from San Luis Obispo, Ca... Love your videos... Born and raised in Utica but spent most of my life in Syracuse.. Retired and moved to the central coast of California...
Thank you for posting. Watching from the mountains of Western Maine.
Another informative video, thank you from south wales, UK
Watching from the Poconos in PA. I used to travel to and through Utica in my past.
Watching from Genoa Ohio near the old NYCS main line. Thank you for your Awesome videos 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲👍👍
Watching from Reston, VA, however I grew up near the Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville RR in the old days. Sad that it is gone. I have small HO version in my basement. Good to see Utica is still enjoying a branch line. I thought there would be more snow..
Nice video. Thanks for the extra details. It helps new viewers to orient. Short line switching videos are what I like from Ontario, Calif.
Great video! Watchting from Leiden, the Netherlands
Good vid! Love street running! Watching from central Virginia!
Worked for NYS&W Mechanical dept 2005 thru 2008 and the 3040 was the assigned locomotive. I used to schedule it to CSX Selkirk shop for wheel changeouts as needed. The 3040 is a workhorse.
Watching from Palmer Lake Colorado. Born in Watertown New York 62 years ago. Still have family in North Country. Enjoy your Videos.
Nice video ,Watching from Long Island , or as some of us say down here Lawn Guyland
Watching from Margaretville, NY. Happy New Year, John.
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year. Central Square NY
Subscribed 3 or 4 years ago and have enjoyed every one of your vids that I've watched. Thanks for all the entertainment you've provided over that time. Asheville/Charlotte, NC
Mt Vernon NY here. Always enjoy your videos. Have a great New Years!
I was in macquade and bannigan when they came by. Didnt make it out in time but did see them pass through a back window. What a beautiful day yesterday.
Darn missed the notification! Happy to see a new video! I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Hi, thanks for the video and Happy New Year to you from sunny Bedford, England, UK x
Great video. Have a great night .
Enjoy your videos from British Columbia. Keep up the good work!
Great video! Nice to see 3040 in action! Watching from Washington NJ!
Happy new year to you from Albano Laziale, province of Rome, Italy
Nice video. Have a happy and safe new year
Enjoyed watching from Okeechobee Florida.
Happy new year everybody, i enjoy all your video's especially about the nys&w and the o&w trackage. I am watching from lake ronkonkoma new york.
Its crazy i didnt even know this was on here i live in utica and i see this train all the time the streets are where i grew up
I love your history narrative. Please continue this in your videos.
Thank You and Happy as safe New Year.
Hello from Ocean View Delaware. My wife and I lived on Schuyler St in the mid 1970s. I loved when the trains went by our home.
Great video, lot's of info. Merry Christmas and a happy New year coming from Bulger in western Pennsylvania
I watch from Huntsville, AL. I love Schuyler st. Reminds me of places in Evansville, IN where I grew up. We didn’t have trains on Mulberry street, but I would have loved them. I like your easy going comments. Keep your vids coming.
Watching from Putney, VT. Keep 'em coming.
Watching from Indianapolis Indiana, I like all the information you add to each video Have happy new year and safe driving.😘🚂🚞😘
Recently viewed a "historic" video, here on TH-cam, of the former Monon Railroad, to include description of its CEO John Barringer the 3rd, supposedly, the "doctor of sick railroads," as I have once heard.
Hello there, watching from Mercer, Pa. Happy New Year to all!
Hello from Norwich, was in Utica on the 29th railfannig
I often wonder about the reaction of someone not from the area when they look in their rear view mirror and see a locomotive in it?? LOLOL
An uncommon sight to be sure!
Thoroughly enjoyable from metro Milwaukee WI. All the extra commentary regarding the mileposts and what the alignments were plus abandonment dates was deeply appreciated. The NYO&W was pulled up the year I was born. Like so many across the country they built on a hope and prayer and suddenly found out the harsh truth that the traffic levels weren't there
Interesting comment!
This was really great. Thanks again.
Greetings from Brantford, Ontario. Happy New Year!
That 3040...she's a looker...
Happy Holidays RR ! Ty for the content ! Watching from Ueno, Japan
Greetings from Tonawanda NY!
Great video and commentary, really enjoyable. Watching from Scotland.
Happy New Year to you from N Syracuse, NY
Watching from Marshfield Wisconsin
Live in NC. Grew up in Tully on the Syracuse branch. Used the see the ALCO named John Treene? Cool video!
Watching from Scottsville, VA. Enjoyed the video.
Thanks Railroad Rambler I hope you had a lovely Christmas and have a happy New Year to you and your family too . Kiwi Shayne Watching from the UK . I love Watching your Video of NYWS railroad and CSX and the other Railroads in your Area too ❤❤
I wish you a happy new year! You posted a very good video. When the train went down the street, the lights on the front and back of the locomotives were on! My friends liked it. You can see this at BNSF. Happy 2023!
Oneida Warehouse is the former location of a corrugated container plant. Originally known as Mohawk Container.
I like how the traffic signals function at the grade crossing, beginning around the 8:20 mark, how they work in conjunction with the railroad, so to stop all traffic where motor vehicles crossing here, would be affected with this train in the presence. I do know that it is located along NY's Route 8. The two lights, for the train's movement, light up either red, or yellow for when the train may cautiously proceed.
Great shots man, cool to see it’s switching!
Thanks for the very informative video. Having lived in Rome NY as a child many of the scenes were familiar. Greetings from Cocoa FL, a few blocks from the FEC's Rockledge yard.
Appreciate all the info on your videos. Happy New Year to you & Witold 🎉
Thank You for another fine video. I really do appreciate your efforts. Happy New Year. Watching from Groton, NY.
Downstate NY... near Newburgh area. Very cool, love the historical imagery of local railways. Thanks for sharing!
Happy New Year my friend! It's the 1st one of the new year! What a way to start it! May 2023 bring us all a sense of renewal! Good health and pleasant journeys!
An excellent video with a great commentary to back it up. Love the fact that there is still operational street running, which seems to be alive and well. We don't have much, if any at all, here anymore Down Under. Watching from New South Wales, Australia. Cheers and have a great New Year !
Thanks, it was a fine day to be trackside!
@@railroadingrambler218 Cheers and thanks for the reply !
Love to see various videos of all you railfans. I'm in upstate Illinois, on the CN sub of Waukesha, the former Wisconsin Central. One day I was watching my kids at the local pool, and a freight was coming thru town with a pair of SD40s from the Susie Q's of New York
Thanks as always. Happiest New Year.
Looks like spring is on the way up there,🎉 were mowing Grass in Mooresville N.C.
Enjoyed the video! Happy New Years to you! Eau Claire, MI.
interesting video. watching from Orange Park FL
Thank you for mentioning which railroads these were originally. I wish many others would do the same. BTW, I'm watching from Ft. Myers, Fl. Originally from Paterson, NJ.
Love the footage and commentary. From Long Island NY, wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Awesome video. Enjoyed watching. Happy New Year to you from all of us at SSRP.(Steve)
Watching from the West Country England another excellent video
Enjoyed the video HARRY Cannock Staffordshire England.
Happy new year 🎉
The commentary was very helpful and informative. Born and raised in WA State but moved out to Fly Creek, NY last year. Don’t know a lot about the shortlines out here so enjoyable to watch and learn. Recently learned that the headquarters is 9 mins away from me in Cooperstown. Go figure. 😊
Watching from the foothills of North Carolina. I hope you had a good Christmas and Witold is just sitting(laying) out the winter weather.
I'll say it once again... I love your winter videos the most and this was no exception. Enjoyed this one from balmy (45 degrees), snow free (for the moment) Rhode Island. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort!
Nice Header to the Video, I wonder who would have won in a head to head clash, Don't think I would like to be in the car if it ever came to that being pushed backward along the street, Oh well, Just a thought.
Seriously though Great Video and really nice Videography and Narative, Gota love and live this stuff as it's great, Thanks so much.
Regards
Always enjoy your videos especially the street running. Keep them coming.
Happy New Year from Yorkshire (Gods own County!), England.
Is it possible to get any dates off those old NYO&W rails? What a great story that railroad was. Not sure it ever made money but the railroad scenes and history are awesome.
I always watch your outstanding videos from Southern Oregon. Thank you for letting us know Witold will be back (without us needing to ask) . I hope you had a Merry Christmas & will have a Happy New Year,
You have the best videos. I love that you give so much information and history and bring Witold along when he decides to venture out. Happy New Year!!! Make sure you buy Witold a party hat, he looks like a real party animal. Haha! We are thankful for you and Witold. Keeping warm here in Lancaster/Carroll, Ohio.
Your RR videos are very well commentated, lots of information given. 👍 Spent 3 years living in Mayfield NY in late 70s, too much snow and cold. Greetings from NC.
Thanks! Winter is my favorite time to video, the snowier the better!
@@railroadingrambler218 I like watching the snow come down, looks nice. Dealing with the aftereffects and cold, not so much. I remember the blizzard of 77 coming down the thruway from Buffalo. Wasn't as bad as it was in the nickel city, but memorable nonetheless. Different strokes for different folks. 😄
Does the Susquehanna still have their rs1 that was their first diesel locomotive? I remember an issue of railfan where they washed the engine and all the crappy new paint came off and all the good old paint that was still underneath it came through reminded people of the Glory Days. Of course he would an rs1 is still usable as a switcher
I just missed the street running that day.... :( It's been years since I have! Was on Water Street hanging out by the old Lackawanna freight house and didn't catch them in time.
So when the CSX loco went to grab that bulkhead car, did the NYSW loco switch out the 3 box cars? I'm watching from Charlotte, NC, but am originally from Manlius, NY.
No, the switching move occurred when the backup move began earlier in the video. Notice the different boxcars from those that came up Schuyler Street to those holding on the former O&W Main waiting for CSX 2514 to return. I could not cover the switching and still be in place to catch the scene of the train returning back on the old O&W tracks. Thanks for your comment.
@@railroadingrambler218 Thanks for the clarification.
I'm in Utica, I think you might have seen me on the ADIX
I hope you told Witold that he missed a thrilling day of railroading!!
I'm sure Witold will join me for more thrilling trackside adventures in '23, lol.
Munnsville NY.
Sorry, watching from Arlington Hts, IL
The new york mills line is still used? I actually moved to the area about a year ago from the uk was always wondering if the tracks through nym where ghost tracks or actually used. More because I live in the village now and occasionally go 'huh I hear a train' but have yet to see one in the metallic flesh.
Yes, those tracks are active!
@@railroadingrambler218 nice to know I'm not imagining things! Thank you for all your wee history lessons too, I'm learning a lot about the area :)
I too enjoy you videos. The commentary is informative while also allowing the viewer to hear the trains! I live in Southeast Pennsylvania and travel through Utica five or six times a year on my way to the Adirondacks. I paddle and hike there often, and the first time I paddled on the Bog River and under the out of use NYC line, I imagined what it would look like to watch a train traveling through. Now I may just be able to time it so I can see it without dreaming.
I appreciate learning the proper pronunciation of Schuyler St. My local pronunciation of the Schuylkill River led me astray! One question for you as a short/lazy google search did not help. What is the purpose of the flange marker?
Thanks for your kind words! A flange marker gives warning to the operator of a railroad snowplow to lift its wings before it encounters pavement or some other potential obstacle (like a rock cut)
@@railroadingrambler218 Don't you mean the small plow underneath the railroad snowplow? (Maybe, if I remembered it correctly, the snowplow you once videotaped, in an earlier video, appeared that the front of their snowplow actually lowered so to clean between the rails! The crew inside the plow could actually "raise" the front of their plow so to clear crossings, switch rails, and obstructions that are at the rail's height. The function sounded like air, supplied by the shoving locomotive.)
Oh! BTW, on the old Rutland Railroad, now part of the Vermont Rail System, their flange markers also have blades, in a V fashion, so to inform the crew to close the snowplow's wings, when it begins to enter a rock cut. Three blades (two to the right, one to the left) indicate to both close the wings and raise the flanges blade below. Great video, as always!
Interesting video, watcing you from Askim community, close to Oslo, capital of Norway.
They are so much nicer up there. Down here in KY they paint stripes and if you're over the line while the train is coming through, you will get hit rather than them stopping to wait for you to come move it.
Beginning circa 4:05, I noticed that the crossing signals exhibited six brief shutdowns. What is that all about?
I am watching you from Jamestown New York south of Buffalo
I'm surprised that some of the street signs in the immediate area do not include another sign, with the words: "ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACKS!
KEEP CLEAR OF ALL TRAINS!" (or similar) included.
Las Vegas,NV.
Watching from Nashville, Tennessee. You said in the comments that your brother was the manager at K&K Hobby shop. Was his name Dan? I used to be in there every weekend before they closed.
Yes, Daniel is his name. He's driving for Lab Corp these days.
Good to hear that Dan is doing well!!
Mooresville N.C.