"Full Stop (And Long Horn Blast) On Schuyler Street!" NYSW Utica NY

NYS&W trainmen need to be alert on Utica NY's Schuyler Street for road traffic, autos parked too close to the tracks and pedestrians. They also have to keep a keen eye out to ensure that crossing flashing signals are working. If not, they have to stop and either wait for the signals to come on or flag the crossing.
This is what happened on the Nov 29, 2023 as the engineer stopped his train just before the intersection of Court & Schuyler Streets. Eventually, the crossing signal came on and the train proceeded, with the hogger sounding an especially long final warning blast of the horn.
This video captures that event and follows the train a bit up Schuyler St, along Utica's Arterial (NYS Routes 5, 8 & 12), passing the Upper Main Street Clayville crossing, scooting by Summit Rd, Cassville and then at Paris Station.
The video concludes with the train heading north on Schuyler at the end of the workday. Another "stop, wait & proceed" situation is captured in this segment as well.

[@Polaris5664]

Wait, The train goes OVER a railroad crossing while street running? that is the coolest thing I have ever seen!.

[@SupaFly10579]

I always imagined how it would be living so close to a working line. My grandfather lived on a dead end street in Whitesboro and I would run a few houses down to watch the train. I was always happy going to visit him. The residents living so close to those tracks really must love it.

[@railroadingrambler218]

A friend of my mom’s also lived on one of those streets which dead-ended at the then Penn Central’s two-track main (NY Central’s water level route. While my mom was visiting her friend, I walked down to watch the trains. A freight came by, led by a huge black engine screaming along. It scared me so I turned to run away, twisting my ankle in the process. I was 8. Still became a railfan though, lol.

[@jamiew1664]

i liked reading your comment. Im from england

[@perrdawg-py8my1cl7l]

My grandparents lived 10 feet from a working line

[@razgrizraven]

@@railroadingrambler218 Reminds me of this foreclosed house I live near. There's a working line that passes right through the middle of the backyard.

[@AlinaKirkova]

😂😮​@@railroadingrambler218

[@chrissharp5073]

I'm from Herefordshire UK and model HO scale American Railroads. Your videos are a great insight into your Railroads and the wealth of detail, it's almost like being there. Great video and thanks for sharing.

[@LOD365]

Amen brother. You can’t beat American railroading, with retro spartan cab locomotives.

[@genericyoutubeuser3828]

Haha I'm an American modeling British scenes. You all have beautiful locomotives. I love your diesels- BR Class 37, Class 47, Class 55, Class 56, and the HST. All in the iconic BR blue of course!

[@rickdaystar477]

I appreciate your efforts to bring this video to KZbin. I grew up in that area and enjoy seeing it again.

[@tomchesley2604]

Everybody loves a cat in a video. We got us a nice snow dump here in Vermont as well.

[@nicholashaworth4110]

I'm in Devon, England. Thank you for braving the weather. It is a similar temperature here.

[@paberty12]

I am watching in Spring Hill, Florida. I am a retired Philadelphia and Western operator, did that for 34 years and retired at age 55 and moved to Florida where I have been for 26 years. I started a Facebook page for Red Arrow Lines back in 2010 and now have over 4,000 members in the group, I also manage 4 other transportation groups and having fun doing it. Thanks for the film great shots. Bert in sunny Florida.

[@malcolmkemp2222]

im in utica i grew up on skyler street .i always remember the train out om bed room window .it still takes me back waching your videos thanks..

[@stevenpivornik9982]

You would be the perfect person to ask this question then: Why are the crossing warnings facing the same direction as the flow of the tracks? Wouldn't the be facing the flow of automobile traffic instead?

[@srandyt2]

I'm in Tennessee. It amazes me how little attention people pay to this train as they whip across or walk out in front of it.

[@peterbenson3776]

They are just at creeping speed

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

Ehhh, I'm sure that 10,000 ton train can stop on a dime on those slippery frozen tracks 😋

[@lexifillems]

@@RobertCraft-re5sf Good job then that this train weighs below 1,000 tons. 😉 I'd even say it's closer to 500.

[@SupaFly10579]

Not alot of smart people in that area.

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

@@lexifillems Heheh, I noticed that after seeing it was just a few cars.

[@pingu4487]

Thanks for taking us along on your observations in and around Utica NY. Good to see Vetold could join you again. No snow here yet near Utrecht in the Netherlands. Hope to hear and see from you soon.

[@lesashiminski690]

Watching from Earlville NY 🙋‍♀️

[@Flounser91396]

Watching from Topton, PA. I miss seeing your videos on Trainorders, they inspired us to visit Utica and environs back in 2021! Glad I can still see them here!

[@raineman73]

I’m from London, Ontario, Canada. This city, and the nearby town of St Thomas, has a rich history as a major rail hub, where many of the major railways in the eastern US and Canada have passed though since the late 1800s. My great grandfather was a railway worker his whole life and helped to build the Michigan Central Railway Bridge in Niagara Falls.

[@scotti.6433]

Hey neighbour, I'm up near Ottawa where my great uncle started with the CPR in the 1920's at Carleton Place where he was from, by 1930 he was a mechanic at Ottawa's Mechanicsville roundhouse, then finished out his career in Montreal as a chief-mechanic by the end of the steam era that came to an official end in Canada in October of 1960, less than two months before I was born.

[@mk-of6px]

northern Indiana here, that looks like a nice area there, drove truck for 27 yrs always liked NY away from the city

[@Cookiegrabber-]

Thanks for always taking us along! We appreciate it! From Cazenovia.

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

Street running from ground level and in your vehicle to the backwoods and then more street running... Outstanding video as always !!!

[@LotusbandicootRR]

Would love to go see this stretch in person someday, it looks like the kind of thing that would show up in one of my railfanning dreams. The combination of the narrow street, the street running track, the number of crossing signals, the cramped little areas where the track switches off into the industries... it's all there. Would also be a blast to model it. There's a good number of Modern Industries crossing bells too... don't see those too often. (I own one so it's cool to actually see some in railroad use)

[@benbenzev]

Next time I'm in Utica I'll need to grab a half moon and coffee from Holland Farms, park my car and wait for the next street to pass by.

[@lisabishop6266]

Lol, the train rolls right past Dad's, sip your coffee in your car. ( But yea, HF's has great fresh stuff!! The head baker lives a few blocks up from me. Nice guy)

[@Senegal01]

The train ran through our farm in Bridgewater forever, the bridge of the Unidilla is still there, and have loads of photos I took to help and use for reference when building my HO train some day. I think I may even do the derailment in Bridgewater. Great video Sir. From Bridgewater, and live in Oneida now.

[@MilePost106]

I’ve never seen this far into this rail line. I’m used to seeing the line running through town when they switch out hoppers.

[@chuxproductions1090]

Great footage here! Lewiston Maine area, Newest CSX acquisition!!! (Old Pan Am/Guilford/Maine Central!)

[@Tom-xe9iq]

The Susquehanna sure gets their money out of 3040! Obviously a trusty soldier for the railroad. Cheers from Belton MO! Witold even made a cameo appearance!

[@emdB67]

Been enjoying your street-running coverage from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia for a number of years now.

[@MV-xp6zo]

Absolutely love your videos!!! Thank You!!!

[@paulbergen9114]

Well at least 3040 didn't stall out on the Hills. Thanks for getting the shots of the driveway Street on the going away shot and also that light snowfall fell just right on the joint bars and bolts. It appears the Dopey button was on for many of the motorists and pedestrians on Schuyler Street and of course if it wasn't for the wind blowing on Bitolds ears he has that Thousand Miles stare. The cow did lift its head under his own power but running away from the train requires energy so what was canceled. From Milwaukee thanks for the winter tour our inch of snow melted today

[@miken8rbiradio220]

Got to say one of the coolest videos I've seen in a long time. I just subscribed to you. Give a thumbs up for the men and woman. Of the railroads they keep America moving.👍😊

[@richardsylvanus2717]

People like to play chicken with approaching train. Good video as usual. Greetings from near Dover Foxcroft Maine.

[@kevinhenry7273]

Enjoying the evening here in Bethlehem, NC watching another video from the Railroading Rambler.

[@bobpaulino4714]

Nice video. My dad was raised in Ashtabula. Spent many holiday trips learning about railroading. Grandpa was a judge and knew everyone. A neighbor of grandma and grandpa's was in administration with NYC/ PC/CR. He took me up to meet the fellows in the control towers, shops, locos, and cabooses. Listened to the bells ring and the radio-phone exchanges as the trains thundered through, shaking the towers and rattling the windows. Shown how to set up the routes- my cousin's and I had to have help pulling the levers. Rode on locals on the head end and caboose, turned engines on the wye, and spotted them on the service and ready tracks. I'll never forget those trips. Also had a friend that had an uncle who worked at the buckeye yard in Columbus. In the 60's they'd show us how to operate the locos there too. When we were working on our railroading merit badge for scouts we took formal trips to the yards. You don't get that on the Internet. Feel sorry for the youth today that miss out on these experiences. The covered wagons were my favorite. There was a big derailment in '65 or '66. I remember the first engine on its side, the second off the tracks, and the mangled cars. Grandpa took me down to see the carnage. Unimaginable to a youngster. We also spent a lot of time in the harbor and lookout point. The tugs amazed me as they'd help position the ships at their berths. The harbor was such a busy place. One year a couple of ore/coal hoppers ended up in the drink. Id have loved to hear that crews excuse -- Different era. Miss the River Street Rambler in Savannah. Our pups have accompanied us on many adventures. They loved picnics by the tracks. Our min-pin chihuahua runt, Coco, would get excited and look toward the tracks when I'd ask her where the train was.

[@JeffWeselyan]

Wow long blast alright

[@rjl110919581]

FROM AUSTRALIA THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIDEO GREAT WATCHING

[@k1hasard]

Wellsville, NY here. My grandfather and one uncle worked for the Pennsylvania RR in the Hoboken, NJ marine shop. They maintained the steam tugs and wooden barges that used to float freight cars back and forth across the Hudson River. I am a retired motorman from the NYC subways, did 27 years. There's a rail line that runs through town here that is not abandoned, just not used except once in a while. I saw two brand new Acela trainsets pass through here in tow from Hornell, NY west to a yard in Olean, NY. They usually run a high rail pickup through here a day or so before a train comes through, I guess to remove any obstructions like downed trees etc. My father's family lived here and as a kid, we took the Erie Lackawanna RR to the station in Wellsville, and my dad's father would come pick us up and take us to his house. Freight ran a lot here back then, plus the passenger trains. Then the businesses along the line closed, or stopped using rail freight and the line sat for years till they ran two coal trains a day through here to some power plant somewhere. That converted to natural gas, so again the line sat unused as it does to this day. Sad, because I am about 250' from the line. I enjoyed your video and narration.

[@janvandeboel7932]

Enjoying your video all the way from The Netherlands. Thank you so much.

[@johnmurray4578]

Dallas TX. I enjoyed your video on railroading in Utica and the shoutouts to the cat and cow!

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

I love how you really can't even see the tracks 😂 looks like it's just driving down the street.

[@24quorthonschuldiner62]

That's what I'm thinking, are trains even supposed to run down in the middle of a street? I honestly never thought that was possible

[@rtrobinson88321]

Always enjoy seeing trains going down the street. I am watching this video from Casey, Illinois

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

8:10 That looks like a beautiful place to live 😊

[@wtstfire]

NYS&W fan from Richfield Springs.

[@williamhager1872]

I enjoy your channel, from Gerrardstown, West Virginia!

[@annettelaurence5716]

Thank you for freezing and filming this, love the snow. We have freezing temperatures over night but so far no snow! Thanks again for your films🙃

[@MMCS87]

I’m in Alabama now but grew up on Long Island and my dad lived in Utica for a few years.

[@calebmanuel17]

I love it, the quality of video looks like 2015 or 13 it brings me the memories. If god gave the power to humans we can go back to old time and watch.

[@stevenstorey1945]

What a beautiful cat, and some great video of the street running gp40. From the Great Central Valley of Northern California...

[@user-ro7zd7hg1f]

I am watching from Saskatchewan, Canada! Thanks for sharing. Those street running trains are sweet

[@trenamerritt5344]

Watching from Rome, NY. As always, I love watching your videos. Good heath to you and witold!

[@thomplacier677]

Watching in Georgetown Kentucky. Thanks for your videos!

[@poppopstrains8570]

I'm in Florida! Nice videos ! Thanks!

[@cp368productions2]

Same as always, Silver Springs. A floor below my collection of NYSW power which currently is 3010, 3018, and 4024 soon to be joined by 3040.

[@rustynails6700]

Enjoying your videos from Juneau, Wisconsin. Keep the great content coming.

[@ravenburdick8989]

Enjoying your snowy video from Charleston, South Carolina.

[@ELAlcoRS3]

Thank you for braving the cold and snow to record this video.

[@glentait4367]

Enjoying the video from the southern end, Chenango Forks.

[@gregmoyer8959]

Hey from Mooresville N.C , I think the cat is one of Witold s friends. I thank you for time making this video.

[@paulwilliams8870]

Watching from Simpson Pennsylvania where the old D and L line went by, always enjoy your videos

[@nikbennett4894]

Watching from Hamilton, Ontario

[@williammiller2750]

Great video from Okeechobee Florida.

[@auscambaiting]

Awesome video nice to see some snow early!

[@rickbennett5072]

Another great video of street running. I always enjoy this shortline. Rick from Kamloops,B.C

[@edwinchappell2153]

Very enjoyable video. High quality. I am watching from Ashtead, Surrey in the United Kingdom. We had about 5 minutes of snow today!!

[@Jay-vo4ec]

Hello from Los Angeles. As always, outstanding video!

[@ryansta]

Crazy, seems surreal to see that behemoth coming through such a built up area

[@switchitarailroad]

Another great railroading video from you and full of information and facts as always. I love the street running you have over in the US which inspired me to build a North American HO scale layout. Viewing from Falkirk in Scotland. Looking forward to your next upload. 😄

[@johngulino2651]

Watching from Oakland, California! 😀

[@U34CH]

Cambridgeshire, UK. Nice, easy to watch video. I have always liked street running, there is just something about rails in the tarmac!

[@Gentrol]

Nice catch! I love the kitty :3

[@trapdriver7006]

Excellent video which I enjoyed watching from UK 🇬🇧👍😃😃😃🚂

[@jimd.6152]

Really enjoy your video's from Decatur,IL

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

Gee, Darwin Candidates here too! I’m in Hemet, CA

[@user-rg2gj4mh9v]

Kenthhurst Nsw, Australia. Love watching trains going down the middle of the road. I watch a lot steam engine videos, went on a school excursion in 1968 and driver let me take it onto the turntable. He helped of course. Like your videos.

[@cmdrflake]

Greetings from Tonawanda NY! Looks like winter has arrived in the upper Mohawk Valley.

[@KflanntheRailfan]

Alright, I need to catch one of these railroads that go right down the middle of the street. Great video, love the catch in the snow. From Royersford PA.

[@minasgeraisrailways1]

Very nice video covering the railroad operations through the streets of Utica.

[@lexpo181]

Great video, watching from Canada ;)

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I miss visiting that area while my parents were alive.

[@EnginesInsider]

Thanks for your videos 👍

[@robertduckett4556]

I’m in CT now but used to live in the Utica area yrs ago. Love to catch a glimpse of the area and see what I can recognize.

[@punkrockjoe69]

I am a carman with the Essex Terminal Railway, I noticed all 3 of those hoppers have been through my RIP track, there are dates painted next to the AEI tags. We use those to keep track of the last time we had those cars in for work.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Very interesting, thanks for commenting!

[@LisbonRailProductionsandF1]

Magnificent catches of the train coming by and pass, that horn sound was lovely, i enjoyed iy a lot, keep up the great work, mate, i´ve subbed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.

[@rosemaryscialdone7021]

Hi Pal, really enjoy your videos.I live up the street on Patricia Court. I see you walking Vitold occassionaly around the area.

[@tracynation2820]

Super. Hello from Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

[@mikehudsonrocks9585]

Excellent video, John. Watching from Brantford, Ontario.

[@paulhenson5599]

Watching from Topeka, KS. I always enjoy your videos here and on Train orders, as we have nothing like that in this part of the country. Besides, Susquehanna is fun to say!

[@2arizona1990]

Awesome video, sir! First time that I've ever visited your site. Greetings from Colorado!

[@donaldhollingsworth1123]

I'm a new subscriber, thanks for saying the date and complete location where you were filming. I really enjoyed your video. Greeting from Asheboro, North Carolina.

[@rpdobbler]

SCHULAR STREET in the SNOW is my FAVORITE content you make! Love it! Cheers, my friend, hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

[@railroadingrambler218]

Glad you enjoyed the video, Matt! Yes, Thanksgiving was great, nice to hear from you!

[@rpdobbler]

@railroadingrambler218 all if was great! Love that hill too!...thanks for taking the time to make it! Hope we get some snow this winter & I can share it with everyone! Cheers my friend!

[@johndeutsch8079]

I'm In wellsboro PA...I'm enjoyed your video... thank you for filming 😎👍

[@jimdep6542]

Another great video and thanks for being out there. I really like the old structures still standing and the one at 7:42 looks to be an old freight house that one time had rail access....but apparently it didn't after you checked with someone who knows the rail history over there. I Just found it on Google Earth.....it took me a little while. On Railroad St in Clayville, you were filming facing north and I thought at first you were facing south.

[@davidvollmer959]

Seasons Greetings from Houston Texas. Great video.

[@johnwelch8428]

Chattanooga,TN great video.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Love U.S street running trains… they are so cool!

[@ronaldzbory323]

RONALD ZBORY Great video! Love your love for animals. Watching from Barberton Ohio.

[@Lep_Short]

That is amazing.

[@greggtodd8814]

GREAT VIDEO FROM DAYTON,NEVADA

[@ajvintage9579]

New subscriber enjoying your content from 45 miles east of Utica. Now I want to go to Schuyler St to see the trains run in person! Thank you for the fun tour!

[@railroadingrambler218]

Welcome aboard!

[@user-ve7lm4xr3c]

자동차 왕국인 미국에서 이렇게 철도 영상을 올려주시니 고맙게 잘 봤습니다. 미국은 대중교통으로 철도 이용이 저조해 전철화 구간이 매우 적다고 들었습니다. 역시 미국 철도의 중추는 디젤 기관차인거 같습니다. Thank you.

[@arcbassfishing]

Watching from Lisbon Ny. My 3 year old son loves watching your videos

[@railroadingrambler218]

That's great! Thanks for commenting.

[@markeverett48]

Watching from Wichita,Kansas! Great video!

[@cdavid8139]

Nice work Rambler

[@bradfordtownley9363]

And so winter comes to Utica...and College Hill. And so it begins...

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

All the best from 🇬🇧

[@ScapoloMichael]

I'm viewing from Caserta, Italy