[HD] First Freight in 12 Years on the Utica Branch

[@mutanay77]

For being dormant for 12 years, this track looks better maintained than some mainlines I've seen out there.

[@slr_393p]

Look's a bit sandblasted from harsh winter storm's. and muddy from many spring's. but yeah. Certainly seen much worst.

[@richintalent]

And now it's dormant again

[@ocsrc]

You take 206 west over the Chenango River, and the street splits and it is like you traveled back to the 1940s These little towns were all self contained and the downtown had the parking diagonally in the middle of the street and all the stores lined the blocks in the middle of town And at Christmas time the town would have all the decorations on that main Center of town and all the stores would be lit up with decorations in the windows and it was so beautiful and peaceful Back around 2008 I drove down to Pennsylvania and I came back up 476 and up 81 which is just a beautiful drive over the mountain and it's so rural and it's just a wonderful drive and I went through Binghamton and I stayed at one of the motels about an hour north of Binghamton and I left around midnight to drive back up to Saratoga and I took 206 from Whitney point up and down the hills and mountains till I got to i-88 and the snow on all of the fields and hills and the moonlight reflecting as I drove 206 was so beautiful and driving 88 I didn't see another car for 2 hours and the moonlight reflected off of those giant mountains that look like gumdrops and I cried it was so beautiful You just don't see peaceful quiet rural places like that anymore and having that much beauty and that much silence just driving without even the radio on it felt the way it must have felt back in the 1800s before there was electricity and you could see just from the moonlight and the stars were so bright and it was so quiet I wish I was well enough that I could travel just for day trips to go to places like this like I used to and just enjoy the countryside I'm so sad that I'm sick and bedridden I can't do anything and some days I'm too sick to even pick up my cell phone or watch TV from bed I tell everyone to do the things you want to do now because you never know when something like this could happen to you I regret not being able to do so many things and I shouldn't have put them off

[@jimdep6542]

Now if they could just bring back passenger service so we could "ride the cushions".

[@catlover2368]

lake village Arkansas railroad is also no longer abandoned!. it is up and running again. old tracks ripped up and new ties and tracks put in, old bridges torn down and rebuilt. and freight is now rolling again

[@MiddleTennesseeRailProductions]

Hell YES!

[@gnrrailroad1531]

Trump 2020🇺🇸

[@geoffreylee5199]

Like the plant on the top of the yellow and black unit.

[@shortliner68]

That must be a Utica branch from the Utica Branch.

[@griffinstrains]

It most likely fell when the train was going through the trees

[@neilclark2245]

attempting to make rail travel more green

[@Dutch3DMaster]

@@shortliner68 Hehe :P.

[@shortliner68]

@@Dutch3DMaster I couldn't resist that comment. :) Speaking of branches, I had the opportunity to ride in the cab of an engine over a short branch line many years ago. It was a branch line in more ways than one because in some places you had to duck away from the cab window. Tree branches were so close they'd poke through the window and hit you in the face as the engine passed by, if you weren't watching out.

[@sunnyunfunny]

0:18 Hey, the Susquehanna GP40 has a unauthorized rider on top!

[@Daisyno2]

the branch?

[@davemorford5662]

I've been watching this branch for years, including the original flood, the proposal to bring it back, the work, and finally, the re-opening. The tracks look quite good. I wonder if they will eventually increase the speed. Interesting to note that the NYS&W still list the tracks of out of service on their website. Anyway, as far as I know, they have no customers on the re-opened line.

[@danielgolus4600]

Website now (as of Jan 2019) shows the Utica route as open.

[@davidroosa4561]

Thats why they didnt bother to rebuild after the flood, no customers between Chenango forks and Sherburne

[@TheNomadicRailfan]

Great job covering this move, nice video!

[@caleblindquist7021]

just found your channel today, and i’m not disappointed ! great content, awesome quality, and it’s nice to see a fellow new york railfanner!

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

Thanks for filming !

[@JawTooth]

This is a really cool video! Great job!

[@thatwesternmarylandguy7471]

Jaw Tooth, dude your channel is awesome! Definitely enjoy your unusual style of narration. "WOO! Live action!"

[@roadmaster1ful]

It always makes me sad to see a track abandoned. I've seen some really busy lines close that I never thought would

[@jimdep6542]

Those are some great angles you got for your videos ! I love to see activity on these tracks again.

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video! Like all of the older crossings seen (and heard) in the video as well.

[@chrishinnant3924]

Awesome horn on that 3040

[@Videostosnoreto]

Definitely. Loving that K5H.

[@thomasabramson100]

NYSW been servicing a brewery in Utica for years ?????

[@littlewingpsc27]

Wonder why the trip points for the crossings are so close to the gates that the gates don't have time to get fully down before the train crosses the road.

[@danielcarlin7784]

Grade crossings don’t have a trip point, they activate when the crossing senses the train, they didn’t activate because of rusty rail conditions.

[@Seriona1]

If I'm not mistaken, I think the sensors detect vibration in order to activate the lights. Hence why it's completely possible for the lights to literally go off last second if a train is going slow enough.

[@railroadmike6843]

@@Seriona1 vibration?? No its a track circuit. The axle acts as a breaker and sends the current from one rail to the other in the circuit and activates the signals. Many also have a timing circuit so the signal activates at the right time to match the train speed and thus slow means closer to the street

[@chrishinnant3924]

No train in 12 years I'm surprised some of those signal lights still work

[@Videostosnoreto]

There's been occasion light power moves over the past few months before this was shot but mow has been repairing what they can.

[@chrishinnant3924]

@@Videostosnoreto yeah I noticed how the train has to get right up on the crossings for the lights to start working but at least they are working

[@lightrailbo]

Ah! Jointed rail & mechanical bells. Now that's railroading at it's finest. In my opinion.

[@RailFan1981]

Very nice! Track looks to be in great condition but the signals need some work, lol.

[@scottn940]

Rust acts as an insulator. The more they run, the better the signals will operate.

[@jennyhaskell5348]

So........what happened to the CSX loco that went in, and never came out?

[@ryanwilson9555]

I've ridden a passenger train from Rochester, NY to Schenectady, NY which passes through Utica station.

[@cehayes74]

The Maple 🍁 Leaf or Sleepy Hollow Service !!!

[@MK06563]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. Super awesome!!!

[@amtrak713productions8]

As of February 2019 the line has washed out again and it’s unknown if the line will be repaired again

[@bazis98]

Oof

[@johngnipper1454]

I hope not , some things should be abandoned.

[@Daisyno2]

????????

[@crazyfvck]

@@johngnipper1454 Yeah, like how your parents plans to have a child should have been abandoned before you were conceived.

[@thatwesternmarylandguy7471]

I love the geeps and the older SD's. So here's the history on 2782: Built in July of 1978, 2782 is an ex Conrail diesel, and as stated in your video, is a GP38-2

[@texasandpacific610]

Why are the crossing gates not working

[@patrickmcconville9908]

What, are the gates at 11:00 on strike? Who did prechecks? Anybody?!?!?!?

[@timosha21]

Choo Choo: I'm a train and I approve this video

[@STATFIGHTER10]

Did anybody ever notice what was loaded on the cars it's border wall

[@catlover2368]

3:44 lol at the cop at your going to get hit by a train you should move

[@dragon-lf9ow]

Be nice he's working for his next doughnut or is it Taco Bell now? 😄

[@Daisyno2]

how can someone that size be a cop

[@nikposada0824]

That NY accent was strong too🤣

[@richkeeshan9757]

He's fire police, the fire station is on the other side of the tracks from City Hall

[@grantbagwell8092]

He’s being petty, the damn thing is moving at 1mph

[@patrickmcconville9908]

Tree branch on top of the Susquehanna unit is a nice original look. /s

[@ocsrc]

The crossing in Greene, right before the street becomes 2 streets with the center area like towns had in the 30s,40s, and 50s, that is a part of history I wish people would film a movie there It is beautiful Also a fabulous location for a train video, but trains don't run there any more

[@scotthayes5933]

In April 2014 the UP line that runs through my hometown was damaged by the tornado that hit Mayflower AR. There were no trains for up to a week after the tornado.

[@kitchener2200]

Nice catch. Awesome consist.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Anyone else notice the tree limbs on top of the second engine, at the beginning of the video?

[@israelswearingen8219]

I waited 12 years to work up the courage to hop a train... and this is what I got.

[@RLM382-3]

amazing Video! 11:26 The horn is almost Identical to a K5L

[@ladiedi0731]

Very nice! Upstate is so beautiful. Was it one of the hurricanes / tropic storms that took it out in 2006?

[@Videostosnoreto]

Nope. We just had absolutely ridiculous flooding and then pretty much doubled it in 2011.

[@danmathers141]

These engines are running light through a lot of area. Are they just advertising?

[@blackrose-je1lq]

It's really charming and I was fascinated by her. CSX It's my hero ... forever

[@mollycaz1]

When was last passenger train on this line

[@waynehutchings3841]

I saw passenger train in 1957 go through North Brookfield going south don't know exactly what year they stopped. They used steam engines in the 1950s.

[@mollycaz1]

@@waynehutchings3841 looks line a great line to run a Excursion train

[@waynehutchings3841]

.many trains went through North Brookfield in the 5os a fellow named Maurice Hindus came here from NYC to work on a farm and went to Colgate by bicycle in early 1900s and wrote many books about Russia his homeland. He came from NYC on the dlw rr. This line was upgraded a few years ago and should be used for excursions for tourism to central N.Y. and a link to Adirondacks. Their is a line to Binghamton from NYC where tourists could get a great connection to upstate and nice scenery on way. Shame to have line be idle and be just a place to store tank cars when it could be put to a profitable line. Much history along this line from Loomis gang back to utica to Binghamton Canal. Maybe someone will come up with a good program to make something like this possible.

[@waynehutchings3841]

I think train went through North Brookfield about 4 or 5 times a day in early 1950s. A lot of coal cars heading north in late summer and fall. A lot cheaper to haul by train.

[@waynehutchings3841]

@@mollycaz1 looks like a great line to run an excursion on or a line to use for tourists to go to Adirondacks for snowmobiling or camping in summer.

[@1990sRailfan]

Is there service over the entire branch now?

[@Videostosnoreto]

There was. Washouts in Oxford sent everything back to square one.

[@gregmoyer8959]

I wonder if 2782 is taking 3040 to the Dr?, nope I see it returning to UCA

[@norfolksouthernguy9350]

good video that was a short train

[@sergeant5848]

Im pretty sure boom gates are supposed to lower *before* the train arrives at the crossing.....

[@Dutch3DMaster]

My country has had parts of the railroad network built to American standards, and the crossings have been as well. If the regular contact for closing a crossing is not working due to a malfunction there tends to be a contact right before the crossing that a train needs to crouch up to, drive over it, activate the crossing, wait for everything to go down, sound the horn in a hi-lo fashion, wait again, sound the horn hi-low again and drive over at walking speed. At times, when people do not notice a malfunction but also are so sucked into their phones (or when car drivers stopped having the habit of looking left and right when nearing a railroadcrossing) it can happen that someone passes a railroadcrossing only to then have their peripheral vision spot a train pretty much on the crossing and give them a jumpscare.

[@sergeant5848]

@@Dutch3DMaster Thanks for the explanation and recalling inattentive crossing users experiences!👍

[@haroldalexis4200]

Really nice video shots of the CSX & Susquehanna engines my among my favorite EMD diesels great locations. Another 5 star video. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✅👋👋👋👋👋👍💙💛💛🚆🚅🚄🚅

[@thomasrankin8506]

@mikehobart you are my favorite KZbinr in the whole wide world

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954

[@schmedlywhiplash6267]

Bout good dam time they opened er up!😀

[@Videostosnoreto]

Was open anyways. Heavy rain last year washed it out again in two spots near Oxford.

[@robertlegacy7508]

Why did they rebuild it, not use it, it gets washed out again and nothing?

[@bugbomb8048]

CSX has a nasty habit of of over charging their customers and then nickel and dime-ing them to the point the customer cancels all service and has trucks in and out instead of the train.....

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Yes of course that's only one reason railroads lost most of their business to trucks!

[@stephanweinberger]

That extremely short activation distance for the crossing at ~11:30 seems kinda redundant... :-)

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Not fully sure what the mechanisms (electrically and/or physically) are in the US, but since a part of the Dutch railraod system has been built to American standards as part of restoration efforts by soldiers who stayed after World War 2, we have the same type of "last-effort" contacts for railroad crossings. They typically are used during malfunctions when the earlier contacts are not working. Trains (also those in regular service, not just those on reopened lines) will have to crouch up to that contact, wait for the crossing to close, sound their horn hi-lo, wait, hi-lo again and cross at walking speed. I'd say the signals on the route for closing a crossing in the regular way were malfunctioning and we were seeing the "in case of problems" type of activation part.

[@railsimsproductions]

Why would there be working gates and lights on a railroad that hasn’t been used in 12 years?

[@railfanowen9372]

Stuff happens: they may have been restoring the line as well

[@freddykool7135]

its shame here we go theirs 2 washouts on the line again hopefully they will fix these 2 washouts soon

[@ferdinandfrancis9673]

Good video quality.

[@markrhuett]

Track looks good for not seeing service in over a decade...

[@maxwilson7001]

Is it just me or does that officer not seem happy?

[@bloomsandbladeslawncare4629]

Time to reset signal switches for those gates!

[@jayfoster8120]

Tracks below Greene washed out again !

[@Videostosnoreto]

Just the Utica Branch being the Utica Branch

[@FDNY8231]

Nice video ....

[@author]

If the NYS&W was able to pick up a regular customer or two between Sherburne and Chenango Forks, that'd be great! Of course, NY's taxes and business climate aren't the friendliest in the world - that doesn't help.

[@davidroosa4561]

That's about the typical speed on that line even before the flood, terrible track-age

[@applecounty]

I like the mechanical Crossing bells.

[@charlesowens9784]

That truck driver needs a big ticket

[@richkeeshan9757]

And now the line is blocked and washed out again

[@skyman2002]

It is?

[@TheCapitalRegionRailfan]

Great video! why were there so many police?

[@Videostosnoreto]

Thats NYSW's cop. They have to flag 99% of the crossings because they are out of service.

[@davidroosa4561]

Terrible crime rate there

[@patrickmcconville9908]

Gates at 7:35 dropped WAY TO LATE!!!

[@NortheasternRailPhotography]

"If you don't wanna get hit by a train, you should move" ahhahahahahaha

[@tomshiro3277]

Boy that cop at 4:30 sure had an attitude How does someone that big actually get accepted to be a cop? Oh this is America I answered my own question

[@jakestree1892]

Even if signals dont work people should still look both ways gates weren't used til later years so people can drive around them lol

[@irelandbloke]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@nicolasgoldring7128]

Utica Branch? Dunder Mifflin, anyone?

[@Videostosnoreto]

DuNdEr MiFfLiN!

[@rickkilimun5430]

Dunder Mifflin?

[@rvnmedic1968]

@@rickkilimun5430 It's a great Panini sandwich served at the Woodland Farm Brewery. Also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunder_Mifflin

[@jlet4ever]

I don’t see no freight. Just power.

[@fredstuckmann]

Watch the second half of the video.

[@RadioDX3]

That cop was pissed. Was it me or was he also bitching at the CSX employee about the warning lights not working?

[@vex-nh]

"None of these lights are working." "Yea, I know."

[@KnoxvilleRailfanProductions]

That cop needs to chill out

[@bobavon6048]

They shouldn't running down the track with the signals not working. Who's bright idea was that?

[@BNSF1458]

It's not like there's going to suddenly be another train going in the opposite direction on a branch line without the dispatcher knowing.

[@amtrakb3216]

Nice!

[@halspencer6613]

That Norwich cop looks like he needs to go on a diet, quickly

[@ernestpassaro9663]

That cop yelling at that idiot was funny!

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Gates activated really late that rist tractor trailer almost got crushed lol

[@DaimosZ]

Is this an Albany Expression

[@davidroosa4561]

Steamed Hams!!!!!!

[@keplergso8369]

Why US cops are so fat ? I think you have to go to Mexico to find as fat. Nice video, all the times a pleasure to see a revived line ! The track seems in good condition. Jacques, from France.

[@chriswoodruff2293]

It’s not all the cops. Just a select few. Most departments now have a fitness requirement that they must maintain or be released. Some small departments have a hard time finding qualified help and take what they can get.

[@MMMRCHPCTB]

Camera man missed half the action...do busy click click clicking his slr

[@charlesowens9784]

Very cool to see

[@kennyspry5189]

Awesome Video BUT You Taking Pictures The Sound of Your Camera Is a SO Irritating. IT Gets on your Nerves!!!!!!! AWESOME Video.

[@chichi41]

You are nutz!

[@bazis98]

Personally I love the shutter sound 🤷🏼‍♂️ maybe it's just cause I want to be a Photographer but I enjoy it

[@tomtom1484]

Ah, yes! The police force hard at work @3:50.

[@AleksHarborBelt]

“Big stupid woman”

[@ernestohernandez1993]

Buen trabajo

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Great day for a trian ride

[@ernestohernandez1993]

Felicidades

[@mr.polemikus4933]

Yawn ...😴 in each normal country they first inspect the line and restore the level crossings, then passes a train at reasonable speed. who needs a train running slower 🐌than a old man in bicycle and a railway that needs the police. There will be fast🚅 HST 🚆railways in 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso long before USA🗽dynosaur🦕

[@augiestefanelli1977]

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