"216 Miles On The Adirondack RR" Utica-Tupper Lake NY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2023
- Climb aboard the biggest rail excursion east of the Mississippi River!! This video features scenes from Adirondack Railroad's Oct 29th Utica-Tupper Lake NY run beginning in the Mohawk Valley and traveling through the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, all on rails of the late, great New York Central Railroad.
Featured are interviews with Adirondack volunteer Matt Giardino, Adirondack engineer Mike Waterman, Adirondack conductor Al Heywood and lifelong railfan Carl Trainor.
A nice interview with Matt !!
We took our Grandson to camp at Limekiln lake on 8/6/2023.
We aborted camping and stayed in Old Forge for 4 days, due to the bad weather.
We had tickets on the Adirondack RR, but due to the washouts, the runs were cancelled.
Next year we will try again !!
Still had a great time in the Beautiful Adirondacks (Daks)....
One of the best places on Earth !!
From Kingston Ontario - great trip
Wow that's a beautiful place.
Now that was a quick 52 min of viewing! I enjoyed every min of it, thank you for sharing your ride with us! 🚂
Great video
Always learn a bunch from your videos, and the interview segments are a great addition. Almost as good as being there. Thx John!
It was good to see some of the old areas I used to roam. Though I miss Utica Station and Utica itself the colder temperatures just dont do it for me. Well done!
I have been on the Alberta Prairie Railway which operates excursion trains from Stettler AB to Big Valley AB, and in Big Valley, a local church group serve a buffet lunch at the local community hall....mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad, drink gravy meatloaf, turkey or other including homemade pie for a small fee to passengers off the excursion train.......maybe a good idea for somebody to consider in Tupper Lake....a great idea to raise money for the local community. A win, win for everyone and the home cooked food was great....reminded me of a "Fall Supper" at the local church growing up. Not only that, the residents in Big Valley had a flea market set up for passengers to make purchases from the local residents.
really great awesome video John
It was great sharing the ride with you'
Hello from Tonawanda NY!
I rode this line in part during the 1998 NRHS convention. It was really fun then. The equipment looked great and the atmosphere was terrific.
Great production John.
Happy Halloween, RR and Witold! Cheers from Belton, MO.
This was so good! Thanks for posting!
Very cool ride along video and thanks for sharing. Enjoyed watching and have a nice rest of your day.(Steve)
Very nice, this trip is on my bucket list! Thanks for posting!!!!
Hey rail rambler glad you had a great time riding train.
Thanks for showing us the line from the railroad side. As the train moved along I think you shot it most of those other locations as the station or outbuildings looked familiar. Quite a number of old summer cottages up that way and I'm sure some have become full-time homes over the years. Great to hear that Alco sound and see the smoke rolling back. If trailer train TTX had passenger service their Fleet would be Trackside with those little rail cars even painted yellow. I'm like you can't resist those open vestibules even if the weather is sub par. The Duluth MN museum has a very smooth riding Northern Pacific baggage car that I've ridden in upper MI. MN. WI. As for Bitold he had the " what took you so long" look. So if you noticed some Brandy and cigars are missing can you get a mysterious bill for a steak to go you'll know he was relaxing. Snowing at a faster clip than expected right during rush hour what roads are still clear due to warm pavement
They sure did a wonderful job bringing back 6721 after it's mihap. It looks great.
We were in the dome car and didn’t explore the rest of the train. Your video helped us to see what the rest of the train looked like. We loved seeing all of the sights again too. Thank you for sharing your video.
I was hoping some of the passengers on the train would see the video, thanks for commenting. I tried to get a dome car seat, lower level, but they were all sold out. However, the car I rode in was very nice, seat very comfortable, so I was very pleased regardless.
Yes your seats really looked comfortable. If we go again, we might choose coach seats. That was such a memorable trip! ❤
Great video John ! Thanks
Wow what a beautiful station! Love those marble columns. Nice trip, thanks for taking us along with you. Watching from Central Ohio. Keep warm this winter and stay safe. Tell Witold we said Hi. ❤️🙏
So many of these old stations are really beautiful. I'm amazed that they haven't been sold off to some developer
I beleive the station has historical landmark status and also has state dmv offices. It is also the regional transportation centre. Interstate, local and regional busses use the station. It is a very beautiful bldg.
If I am correct, the station was designed by the same man who did Grand Central down in the city
@@lisabishop6266 You are correct.
Watching from Castleton, NY. Thanks so much for posting this video. Fun to see from inside the train. Of course watching the train go by is also fun.
Thanks so much for sharing. Missed seeing Vitold.
Howard in NC
Absolutely fascinating! Loved every minute of this video! Thank you.
Thanks for a really nice long video. I think it would have been more enjoyable if the weather had cooperated. Union Station is a beautiful building.
Nice job of putting this video together... Love the station you started out at along with the scenery of Upstate New York along the ride. Good information in your commentary as well !!!
Great video. I really enjoyed watching the trip. Thank you.
I was your engineer for that trip. It was a challenge, but we got it done.
Nice going indeed!!
Excellent job, John!!
Hi R&R, this is a great video. Sorry,Witold. see you next trip.
Watching From DeRuyter NY. The trip to the Adirondacks was very nice, but had trouble hearing you.
Thanks for the video ! Do me a favor........next time keep the camera rolling between the Sand Rd. Crossing at the old Trenton Falls station and through that stretch over to the Prospect Station spot.. Your videos are really helpful for my virtual RR project of the old Black River line. Much appreciated.
Would probably have more interest if the train went to Lake Placid. Sad they ripped up the tracks, but it is nice for snowmobiling.
I really enjoyed ! Thank you From the Queen Village
Great video! What is the story about the Prospect Station and it's spur? That seems interesting!
Thanks for those cards John, that open air car got really cold at some parts if the railway I don't know how you managed to stay in there all the way from utica to tupper lake.
Good meeting you! I figured I’d be staying in the baggage car several hours so I dressed appropriately, wasn’t really cold despite getting an “ice cream” headache.
@railroadingrambler218 good thinking, it was my first official time on the andirondack railroad so i didn't know what I'd be doing most of the ride
Me and my dad saw you and billy on the train to otter lake and back to thendra. I was the kid you gave the card to.
I remember, thanks for commenting!
@@railroadingrambler218 Love your videos keep up the great work
Wonderful video and you were so helpful and clear, adding even more enjoyment to this trip that we took as well this past Sunday. May I ask please, what was the area you were sitting in? Was it next to the dining car? And was that coach or first class? It looked really nice and roomy And comfortable. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video! I was sitting in the car right next to the baggage car, the second car from the rear of the train northbound. It was coach class. The car was used for spill-over for Utica coach passengers and for all coach passengers boarding in Thendara. In my opinion, it was far roomier than the other coach-class car.
@@railroadingrambler218thank you for letting us know, and for helping us understand it. We liked how your seats in coach looked, because we were hoping, if a seat across from us were empty, to have our feet up on that bench across from us, and it looked like that would be possible there in coach. It looks really comfortable. The upstairs on the dome car, where we were, was very nice, but the seats were very “vintage“ (aka small😊)
Missed the entire season of the RR. Again.. :(
Are there still rails to Lake Placid, or have they been pulled?
Pulled from Tupper to Placid for a trail.
What is the cause of the creaking that can be heard especially in the shots of the open carriage?
What was the big white building behind the station at Thendara, a railroad hotel at one time?
That is Van Auken’s Inn.
Quite sad they had to rip up the rails that go all the way to Lake Placid instead of building a bike trail next to it :v
Smh