Behind the Scenes @ Macy's Herald Square NYC - Tour of the Freight Elevators and Machine Room

[@TrumpForKing]

My grandfather worked in Macy’s 34th Street NYC flagship store as a stock and freight clerk delivering merchandise from the loading dock to floor departments for 30 years. He rode these very elevators thousands of times. Thanks so much for posting this video. Very interesting to see where my late Grandpa used to work.

[@DieselDucy]

Awesome thanks for sharing!

[@MrCinimod93]

its awesome these things are so well built that they are still in service and cheaper to keep them then to replace

[@elevatorsonly]

Wow....Amazing that you got access back there.

[@BuildingToursForLife1660-4]

EPIC Elevators y'all these elevators are definitely a treasure and a treat!

[@QuadroNVS]

its amazing how many people are into this elevator stuff.

[@elevatorsfromfrance_official]

Thanks for the video Andrew! I remember watching this video when I was younger and how much I wanted to visit this place. Yesterday, my dream came true as I visited Macy's! That's unfortunate that they're modding the escalators though.

[@craigs3183]

I've been to that Macy's store a few times (my sister used to work for Macy's and knew how the business worked and what each employee did). I really enjoyed the video. I think this store has the older wooden escalators. Those are a sight to see.

[@dennismanbook]

Very awesome video!! That CJ Anderson controller on the AB See elevator looks familiar, I ran an freight elevator with that control but it was marked for Hollister-Whitney elevator and this elevator was in the former Maytag Compny office building ( once was older factory areas) I ran this to haul out trash when i used to work over there. Some great driving there Dieselducy with them handcranks!

[@FranceHopper]

Wow. Definitely not a view you usually get to see every day. That was epic.

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

*17:02* "wait a minute... I am already an operator" I almost Died laughing hysterically

[@ryanreidy7026]

Did the one freight elevator have a operator? Where was that man going to when he pressed the doorbell? How many freight elevators are their?

[@upanddownadventures]

1:29 Did he turn on the elevator? Because of the very major renovations here, and the indicator I heard you got from here, it sounds like some or all of the elevators here are getting modernized? 5:04 Two gates closing inward! That is very rare! I wish you could have seen more elevators here. I am sure there are, or were some more vintage elevators you didn't film here. Do you know the status of the other elevators in this building? If you had been on every service elevator here, this video would have probably been 2 hours long or more!

[@HobbyOrganist]

When I was a kid and we lived in a 22 story building in NYC in the 1970s it had 2 manual Otis freight elevators and 2 Otis automatic passenger elevators, the doorman would shut the light off in the back freight elevator and chock the shaft door a little open, really meant to show tenants the elevator was closed/off after hours. I used to sneak down real late at night and go for joyrides on that back elevator, it was VERY FAST too, I would go full speed to the top and then quickly switch the controller to DOWN and it would make the change so fast I'd almost be hopped off the floor. The one maintenance guy who also ran the elevator would let me run it like that too up and down from the basement to the top. I used to climb on top of the passenger cars there and learned that if I bumped the door switch it would stop the elevator and reset it and it would head back to the ground floor :) One day a guy got in and wanted to go to the top floor, but as the car started to level I bumped the door switch and he wound up having to ride all the way back down and try to get back up again . He wound up walking up from around the 18th or 19th floor after a few tries :)

[@blueauraretriever]

those motors are beautiful

[@elevatordailies]

I love that freight elevator!

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

OH! The Main-Elevators Are Marcato Otis! The Express-Elevators Used To Also Be Marcato Otis, But They Are Now KONE!

[@randomminecraftperson3981]

Looks like you had an awesome time! I can't believe there is water Ina ll of the pits and they don't do anything about it. How does it now leak out into the basement?

[@metropolitanelevators]

Cars 57-59 use Gurney H19VTER machines with General Electric CR4464 controllers. I think car 59 was recently modernized but it still has its original machine.

[@QEElevators]

That is just... amazing

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks. It was an amazing experience

[@dmvelevatorsandmore]

Awesome machinery!

[@DieselDucy]

It was amazing!

[@jimster586]

Ben and I found a machine room full of Gurney equipment installed by Graves in 1929-1930. I have video of it.

[@DieselDucy]

when/where was this?

[@jimster586]

***** In the Times Square building last Saturday.

[@tjs468]

***** wasn't that the building that turned us away? or was that a nearby building

[@jimster586]

EthanS Elevators You and I rode the Haughton modded elevators in the Times Square building, the one that turned us away was the one on the corner of Main and Exchange.

[@HiFiAndElevators22]

***** We were on a tour of the building with the U of R's Urbex Club, and we got to see the machine room as we were heading up to the roof (it's laid out in such a way that you pass through the machine room on the way to the roof access door). And yes, we did have permission (the tour was led by the owner of the building). The other interesting thing we noticed about the equipment was that much of it was actually designed by GE (who we didn't know was in the elevator business) for Gurney (who then passed it along to Graves). In fact, in the one elevator that wasn't modded by Haughton, the COP actually has a GE logo below the Graves car switch. ***** We still need to find a time to get a ride on that un-modded elevator.

[@misterwint]

Amazing! Thanks.

[@SamSitar]

those elevators are excellent. how do the pie selectors work?

[@DieselDucy]

i have a video of one in action, check out my recent Otis machine room tour.

[@GodIsAble29445]

Nice big 25,000 lb freight elevator DieselDucy

[@QuarioQuario54321]

What are all those upper floors?

[@DieselDucy]

Stock room.

[@firesurfer]

@@DieselDucy I remember walking through them in the 70s. The setup for people doing the thanksgiving parade was up there. All the costumes and prep stuff was picked up there. (it's stored in NJ)

[@clcheatw]

Great video!

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

You should have also gotten video of the rare vintage escalators with the wooden steps!

[@DieselDucy]

I did :)

[@FrostPlixonz]

***** where do you live

[@Ih8kone]

CameronPlayz Roanoke Virginia

[@johnelevator777]

I went today to film the freights! :-)

[@historiclift27]

This is amazing but I gotta ask what's the best way to approach someone about an escort on old elevators. Through a friend I discovered a freight elevator here in houston that is a 1932 hand run otis in a skyscraper but not sure how to approach people

[@minecraftelevatorsltd4552]

HILARIOUS FREIGHT ELEVATOR

[@EWPA14]

There was another filmer who was able to sneak on 1 of the freights.

[@LuxuryLivingbyJessica]

Hi Dave 👋

[@blueauraretriever]

I wunna ride an AB SEE like that. Darn I never get to ride very fun things like that all I rode are boring hydraulics and boring tractions that all you have to do is press a boring button and it brings you to your floor.

[@user-rw3qq2sr1z]

I didnt hear the "Diesel Ducy" call lately :( great vid tho !

[@Ih8kone]

You forgot to film the passenger elevators.

[@jeffjohndrow8869]

I like historic elvators

[@elevatorsbylexi6778]

6:00-6:12 17 and 18 is pitch-black and 19 is not pitch-black

[@DieselDucy]

Ok

[@chancehill507]

Why do they need so many elevators?

[@Ih8kone]

It's the world's largest Macy's!

[@OntariosElevatorssince2013]

I find it very ironic how 3 Train Transit got kicked out of here for filming the main elevators, while you where allowed to film the freighter.

[@DieselDucy]

I guess it has to do with how well known I am and my level of professionalism. I can not remember the last time i actually snuck on an elevator. I used to do some stuff that was not too cool but I have really classed up my act and it has paid off.

[@OntariosElevatorssince2013]

***** He got detained for filming the PASSENGER elevators.

[@DieselDucy]

Jeromee Porter I remember that, I don't understand why it happened.

[@OntariosElevatorssince2013]

***** Because he accidentally caught some big jerk on camera while getting a cab view, and he got his panties in a bunch and reported him to security.

[@blueauraretriever]

Jeromee Porter I've never filmed an elevator before but I might buy a camcorder and ask to film the elevators @ my pap's warehouse.

[@user-rw3qq2sr1z]

What are these used for ?? pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=171632757257&alt=web

[@lucasgelevatorsandmore7722]

Your lucky I would love to do a think like that

[@DieselDucy]

It was amazing

[@nikospodas6201]

THE ELEVATORS HERE ARE MODDED EXCEPT THE FREIGHT

[@DieselDucy]

+Nikos Podas yes. Moded several times.

[@Elevator3322]

Only if you got this treatment at the Pittsburgh Macy*s lol

[@PAelevators]

Jacob you did get that treatment lol

[@lisaschultz7237]

I was just there lol but I didn't ride the freight elevator

[@yantisartika1283]

good

[@stinkylee2351]

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[@MyStinkyAnus]

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[@StinkyBrendan]

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[@StagnetCAMERA]

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[@stagnetlee3557]

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[@stagnetlee3557]

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[@richardzink6026]

Do a 5yr test on this with full weights it will wreck