Morristown & Erie MX-29 on the Dundee Spur 10/29/14 - The Historic Movement of U34CH 3372

[@archjen]

Cool! My grandpa was an engineer on the Erie RR and I have a pic of him in front of a steam locomotive in his coveralls. He later was an engineer on the GP engines. We lived in Paterson, just off of Union Ave., till I was eight, then we mover to Oakland, NJ. Good Times! Now that I’m 74, this made me smile.... Thanks for the video!

[@MYVP.]

And now 3372 is on the move once again

[@meruliouslacrimens5154]

Take heart, you published this in 2014, i have just watched it in 2021, wow an historical documentary. Thankyou for filming and sharing. People will enjoy this for years.

[@davea2288]

Nothing like trains to bring people together! Fantastic event and video! And the guy in the cowboy hat is priceless!

[@SeanScott80]

I'm NOT a train enthusiast but I was mesmerised by the whole thing! Especially when the train trundled down the road... Thank you to all!

[@jefftoole5154]

Sean Scott your welcome

[@zackbobby5550]

Everybody's a train enthusiast. Who could think trains aren't awesome?!

[@ph11p3540]

Priceless ancient metal from the age of industrial antiquity. Excellent historical capture.

[@sillyone52062]

Phillip Mulligan and

[@gracenauen9828]

Thank You for this Wonderfull Video All you folk's get to places to where I can not travel to any more. So you are my Eyes and ears that travel Around the world Thank June 23, 2017

[@xiaokikikling7230]

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[@candacelubin3813]

I love.the street running shot. Reminds me of street lines on brooklyn, ny where l grew up in 1940s and 50s Thanks Thanks to all involved.

[@713davidh42]

Thank for sharing a great video. Just love that street action with the old engines showing the clowns in the trucks and other drivers who's boss. It's nice knowing there are people interested in preserving this unique U34CH. I presume U34CH's once ruled the line now operated by those GP/F40PH's and that the FA in Passaic came via the Long Island RR.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

+713davidh42 Yup, the FA is indeed a former LIRR unit. I can only imagine how much different NJT was back then with all of the U-boats running around. I was only 2 years old when they were retired, so I never even had a chance to see them in action.

[@thechronicphilosopher6166]

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[@rdfoster2007]

Watching Alcos running and on the street no less is some of the best video! Thanks for filming this action!

[@keplergso8369]

Funny ! I noticed that the pavement between the rails had big holes at 17:35, and when I went on Google Earth on the same place, workers on the picture were reparing it ! Nice video ! On Google Earth we can see that this place was an industrial area, there are many branches further, abandoned and cut, leading to old closed factories. Jacques, from France.

[@Papasmurf7597]

Many, MANY years ago, at like 5 or 6 yrs. of age, I clearly remember riding in my father's '35' Hudson, on that street, and I can still see, in my mind's eye, the back end of a Vanderbilt tender, as my father followed it down the street. We had just crossed the river and where the street and tracks combined, we fell in behind the Vanderbilt equipped engine. Growing up in Riverside, very near the River Street station, Paterson, at the end of steam, I was sort of familiar with ERIE steamers, even at my age then. Thanks for the memories.

[@anthonytaraszka788]

I remember that section of rack in the 1940's with Erie steam switchers going down the road and across that trestle. As I look at that trestle it must have been repaired. If my memory serves me correctly the old structure was made entirely of wood.

[@josephvarchola2122]

That would be Monroe Street in Garfield NJ.

[@njmvcsp2575]

I took the last rail fan trip by NJ Transit by U Boats on August 27th 1994 thanks for the post it was like seeing an old friend!

[@tyleritguy7378]

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[@michael7423]

Very nice video with one of the best descriptions I’ve ever seen on KZbin, thanks for filming this historic move

[@tedwoe]

Wow! Great video and great description! Lots of maneuvering and switching down some side tracks that looked abandoned. I love urban exploration, and trains, and older forgotten sections of tracks like this that are rarely used. Thank you for filming and posting!

[@donnycross]

I love these videos of trains passing through cities etc,at street level, obviously the routes established many years ago, it just looks like wow! so unusual to us UK dwelers

[@Glassgirl2009]

Don the reason we don't see street running here in the UK anymore is all thanks to stupid "health & safety" rules. The thought of a man walking down the middle of the road in front of a big engine/train with just a flag would give them nightmares! The only street running standard gauge line left from memory is the Weymouth Quay Branch, and even that is closed. The closest you get is a short section on the Welsh Highland Railway in Porthmadog.

[@IndianaNorthWestern]

Don Cross The only bad thing is... you might get hit randomly...

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

Don't you just love HMRI?

[@ShadowSpace56z]

Theres still one here in Los Angeles California Metro Trains going through the main big streets .. with station islands

[@erie910]

Street running is neat. I ran trains in the street in Noblesville, Indiana for the Indiana Transportation Museum in the early 2000's. Street running has become unpopular also because the salt used to melt icw & snow sped up deterioration of the bases of the rails, requiring that they be replaced more frequently. The roads also kept moisture around the ties, causing them to deteriorate more quickly.

[@jerzycal]

I grew up in Passaic, and we had bragging rights to three railroads in the city. There was the Erie Mainline, The Lackawanna and that Dundee Spur belonged to the Susquehanna. That spur served several big factories in Passaic Manhattan Rubber and Okonite. I was in Passaic two years ago and I drove over to 4th street to check out the collection and I was very disappointed in how they are being stored.

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Love seeing these beasts coming down the roadway..and even truck drivers are probably stunned seeing something bigger than their trucks coming!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It is an incredible sight. Just a shame that this is the only example of street running for a normal railroad in New Jersey, and this line hasn't been used at all in the two years since this day.

[@Ithinkiwill66]

GenesisSanctuary it is sad, even in Canada here, many of the spurs are gone now...would of been soo cool to see many different trains working...and to see them doing what they do best!

[@klimentpetrov8789]

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[@lro255]

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[@Ithinkiwill66]

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[@indridcold8433]

Actually, I rather appreciated the orange rubbish truck in the video. It really gave scale to the size of the old ALCO locomotive. It also adds an element of what the locomotive crew had to go through to get to where they wanted to be. It was a great video.

[@WiredrawnMurder45]

Is it just me, or do those old F-units just look amazing? They may be old and lack the power of modern locomotives, but damn did they have a certain class about them.

[@tractorguy5151]

WiredrawnMurder45 No I agree with you they are quite cool.The DM&E line used to use one for shunting train cars from Rochester, MN to Utica, MN. But when Canadian Pacific bought the line they just scrapped it

[@TrainmasterCurt]

WiredrawnMurder45 That's an ALCO FA1 with a 244 engine

[@Kimmiesman24]

I am a trucker that loves all freight machines(trucks and trains) and i own 2 original operators manuals from 1949 and 1951 for f7 locomotives. Love them they were amazing machines. And the thought that the very manual i am holding probably trained many crewman is really amazing 😁

[@Dipsy1946]

Great video. Wife is from Garfield and it was good to see the train going down Monroe St. and then over the Passaic River. I went to Google Maps and checked out the location. From the sat view at 6th and South in Passaic you can still see all the rolling stock just about where they left it. Check it out if you are interested.

[@trfarmer3869]

They better keep those tracks. They might have to use them again and would be wise if they did so.

[@paulzammataro7185]

​@@trfarmer3869 All gone now.

[@johnctags]

Don't think I've seen a train on Monroe St. since the 80's. It was a common sight when I was a kid in the 70's. Great video!

[@daveaspen6775]

WELL DONE! I was on The London Underground, and I can appreciate the problems of moving "Stock" around. A WONDERFUL film.

[@mursiameta4595]

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[@TolgaEastCoast]

Great video. Really dig the street running and spur action. Nice to see old equipment moved as such

[@BrickTsar]

I always liked train tracks in the middle of the road. Want something like that on my LEGO railroad

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Thanks! The street running was one of the best things about this movement, especially because of how rare any movement on this spur is.

[@d1001]

“Dammit John, I thought you said there was a drive thru around here”. Lol great video.

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[@rosewhite---]

lovely to see and hear the big engines trundling down the main street of town!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Since this video still gets a lot of attention, here's an update on the status of this line: The New York & Greenwood Lake Railway has filed for bankruptcy, and the city of Passaic is preparing to have the tracks ripped up so as to redevelop the area. All of the equipment left behind at the facility is being gathered up and prepared for transport up the line to the NJT interchange in Garfield. This will be the final movement along the Dundee spur before it is completely abandoned, and the move is expected to take place sometime next week pending inspection by NJT. The equipment will then be brought to the NYSW PC Yard in Saddle Brook to be stored until a buyer is found. As for 3372, not much has changed, sadly. It's still at the URHS facility in Boonton, and it seems like there's no hope in restoring it.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

@Oliver Caguia I'll try to get out and film the last run over Monroe Street. Unfortunately, I missed out on seeing the equipment being pulled from the Passaic facility because I was getting over a cold.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It is now, but it will be repaired to move the equipment out once NJT gives their approval.

[@trapezemusic]

Great to see so many people taking pictures.

[@zosxavius]

Those alco units are real pieces of history themselves. Great video!

[@tomatoes3]

Glad I found this , a treat for most and more so to anyone from the UK .Thanks for taking the time to do it and posting.

[@emiliowilson9578]

Really good angles and great video of the train...amazing

[@nlo114]

Good video. It is good to see stuff like this recorded, as it is a rare and probably final event. Despite the walking pace of it all, I watched it and enjoyed seeing history recorded.

[@mysterj1]

What a neat video. My 2x great grandparents were from Dundee...the Brewer and Parker families. They were among the earliest settlers.

[@tommyhaynes521]

They should have run that collection cars and locos back through the main street of town just to mess with people.......really enjoyed this , thanks for posting

[@corycollier]

Call me sadistic, but I'd love to have seen that ^_^

[@1tonyboat]

Just loved the echo off the horns !!!

[@Edyth_Hedd]

Love seeing all of those old Alco units. Great video!

[@Trains4Fun]

Wow lots of railfan around in this video. Especially enjoyed the guy standing on the roof of his car snapping some video action in the second clip. Nice Video!

[@small_ed]

Nice to see old EL engines in action!

[@JawTooth]

I saw this in a magazine when they made this special move

[@thegamingrhino5864]

Jaw Tooth ayy jaw tooth

[@americanrebelvlogs1284]

Me to jaw tooth

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO OF OPERATION REAL WORLD RAILROAD AS WAS JOY TO WATCH

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great video as always....BIg like from Romania

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Thank you very much!

[@kenmoordigian1738]

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to bring a rare event to all.

[@HobbiesRfun]

Love those Alcos. Don't get to see many of them, especially in that good of condition. Looks like this railroad does a good job keeping them maintained.

[@brancarr1]

Great video! I enjoyed seeing the U34CH, and I hope they restore it back to operating condition. Equally impressive is the ALCO Century. I hope they plan on fixing/restoring the high hood GP9 as well as the FA-1. Subscribed.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Thanks! I also hope to see the U34CH restored in the hopefully near future. Unfortunately, I have no idea what's going to end up happening with the rest of the equipment stored in Passaic. It would be great to see them saved, but who knows.

[@victorderus2417]

Great video , thanks for making it and sharing it.

[@ericzerkle5214]

Ill be darned, the bell on the U34Ch works!!!!

[@kellingc]

going through a neighborhood like that - I can just imagine if one of the train crew lived in one of those houses. Parking the engine outside his house for lunch.

[@domboy08]

ive seen a train stop at a party mart by the tracks and come out with a full pizza and a 2 liter of mountain dew then continue like nothing happened

[@pauljohansson7697]

Honey I'm home for lunch.

[@chriswarner126]

There was a branch line in my area where the engineers house was right next to a crossing!

[@radanju3]

@@domboy08 LOL WOW that's awesome!!!

[@sylviacloutier2407]

Paul Johansson 0””!

[@benjamind7290]

Something quite satisfying about this whole thing.

[@kenkemzura903]

Excellent video. Hope the spur track is maintained for future use. Hate to see it abandoned and the equipment at the facility stranded.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Thanks! Sadly, it seems like the line actually has been abandoned. It saw a brief resurgence in freight activity earlier this year, but the tracks connecting it to the Bergen Line were cut, so now all of the equipment, as well as a hopper, are stranded in Passaic.

[@trfarmer3869]

@@GenesisSanctuary If the Bergen Light Rail gets built won't they need this track? I may have myself in the wrong area also. I wuold think that they would keep them for the revitalaztion of industry there.

[@davidpulaski5628]

FYI: @ 13:52 you can actually SEE the bell operating. Very cool !!! :-)

[@goodeye03]

Great video, 2nd time watching...The traffic after you pick up the consist looked like they wanted to bust past you...If that were done around here they'd have had about 20 cops....

[@Bloomfield246]

OMG! My father was born 100 years ago this past April on Passaic Street Dundee, a stone's throw away from the facility.

[@donaldbartram6315]

Been by Boonton many times in my truck on I 287.. always would check the trains parked up on the hill.

[@AsloAso]

This loco reminds me of my local town fire trucks that still use a bell while moving through traffic. Our fire trucks use a electric siren, but most of the time they use the bell as there isn't much traffic in the area.

[@koosmarryhaveman3827]

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[@koosmarryhaveman3827]

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[@Lodreus]

I love this train design. So cool.

[@Neno8403]

Loved the "shark nose" unit!

[@SgtPotatoChip6356]

I can imagine when #19 coupled to the U-Boat, waking up the U-Boat from hibernation and #19 screaming, "ON YOUR WHEELS UNIT, WE ARE LEAVING!" Also, I seriously can't tell the difference between a C36-7 and that U34CH. Maybe the dynamic brake grids on the C36-7 would give it away.

[@Prionel]

Excellent video work! Thanks! Very interesting.

[@bobross3080]

3:43 "Holy shit! Is that a train coming down the street heading towards me?"

[@TrainRM]

Simply amazing, moving all this stuff in the middle of a street....

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Street running is something to behold.

[@EricKNYShinzoOCHudson]

3372 has finally been restored!

[@luke_atthat]

Merci pour les explications. Great video! Thanks for the explanations.

[@turbopokey]

Looked up the cross streets of sixth and south in Passaic and followed along it during the video, pretty cool.😎😀

[@ricardopinto243]

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[@donnycross]

Fabulous, and great filming

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

And that’s where those cars sit until this day. I went exploring up in there back in 2018, and filmed and got photos. The guys who work in the garage back there spoke very broken English but was telling me those locomotive are suppose to be restored or something.

[@jappedut9009]

I really liked the guy with the Stetson , especially when he sat in the window of the old loco , he really looked the part of a cowboy on his old workhorse. And now I know that the bellsound used to come from a real bell , its probably done electrical now a days

[@chuckfanning5185]

Still uses a real bell to this day. just not a brass bell. Though it does use an electric/pneumatic actuator.

[@JohnsTrainVideos]

Street running is such a weird, fascinating thing to watch.

[@janelima1912]

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[@kennorcott7074]

It just feels wrong, doesn't it? Its like seeing a car boat

[@alexgonick]

@@kennorcott7074 I've been in a car boat. On water. Haha

[@johncotter1600]

Chicago used to be the king of street running. Now it's rare here too.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Ken Norcott not if you grew up seeing it.

[@douglasnash7821]

Even has an old LIRR power-pack in the mix of engines....and LOL at 12:38, the Signal Maintainer scratching his back with a wood wedge before he gets to work.

[@jon99t]

it was nice seeing it as I live over the pond

[@mainlineproductions513]

Awesome job hitting 1 million views on this video!

[@AndrewCalvin]

Nice to see that a man with a red flag is a better warning than a huge locomotive coming at you.

[@randalthomson4689]

The answer is simple. Put a yellow vest on the locomotive.

[@burnuts007]

Nice street running! Nice shot

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Thanks!

[@thatsicilian787]

I will miss these elegant beasts… RIP 18 & 19 1964-2017. At least they’re in the good hands of preservation.

[@warrenhoffman653]

Great video. I only live a few blocks away.

[@72867morgan]

🚅ty enjoyed immensely with morning coffee

[@Vortigan07]

16:11 I love how there's six million tons of steel straddling the entire width of the road and Garth Brooks there still deems it necessary to hold his stop sign hand up to the traffic!

[@davidballoid2118]

Love them old Alco's....

[@euclideszoto997]

I remember this train pulling passenger cars. It would roar into Paterson on the main line.

[@Lynchfan88]

That NJ Metro came by quick. I LOVE freights running on city streets, it's odd, but amazingly awesome!!

[@mr.sarcasm]

Just driving down the road and WHAT THE HELL THERE'S A TRAIN

[@ziiofswe]

Being that truck driver, cruising in his big rig, king of the ro.... WAIT A MINUTE.

[@cameronandhannah6157]

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[@murrayent1able]

Truck meets train.

[@SquidCena]

cleaning up shop* hums* looks out window* "is it me or a TRAINS COMING TOWARDS MY STORE?" train turns "phew"

[@Gargoyle2556]

Haven't heard so much creaking since I went to my auntie's nursing home.

[@bushranger51]

Looking at the condition of some of the track, makes me wonder why they would risk such a valuable engine, 'specially gave me a heart attack going over that trestle. And judging by the way the consist creaked and groaned after hook-up it must have been in storage for quite a very long time. But all in all a great post.

[@Hxvn1212]

cool ! I love to see ALCO locomotive !

[@brianconnell6848]

Haven't seen that Erie caboose since I was a kid. Glad some were saved.

[@PortaldosTrilhos]

Que belas manobras, adorei o vídeo parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼

[@skidmark7119]

Thats great run out of tracks!

[@joemelnick1572]

CLASSIC Jersey stuff 😎😎😎

[@LostInPhilly89]

"So, how was your day, honey?" "It was alright. Drove behind a train; nothing special." "Oh, that's ni... wait, what?"

[@Barflax]

"You're late for lunch honey. " "Sorry honey, got stuck behind a train on the road home."

[@anthony851]

What do the green "R" signs mean at 37:00? Are they something to do about the work further up the track? Hi from NZ, Anthony.

[@sjice69]

Great video.

[@richardcasey7521]

It sure would be interesting to know where it was coming from and going to, and why.... great video. That’s an old diesel electric but it seems to run just fine.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

All the information you're looking for is in the description. The U34CH doesn't run and hasn't for nearly 20 years. It has also been vandalized during the 14 years it spent in Passaic, so it's possible it can never run again.

[@stevebrewer3174]

Well they build new parts for Steam Engines so it can be done for Uboat 3372

[@TheClockwise770]

Wow that was some move to plan. Love the old diesel unit although I guess she will need a major overhaul :-))

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Excellent footage & HUGE LIKE I just subscribed 😎👍

[@doce7606]

Truck got in the way of the best bit of the recce/pioneer mission ! Driver's mate looks like Lemme (from motorhead) crossed with Albert King, lol. That train looks like a zombie, gypsy ghost train, amazing relics. This is real Americana train-porn. thanks for post, peace

[@VoteWithABullet]

That ALCO FA1 power pack is beautiful.

[@1575murray]

They looked great but the models ran better than the real ones their 244 engines were problematic and unreliable. Some got repowered with EMD 567 or Alco 251 engines and the rest did not have a long service life. By the early 1970s most were scrapped or had their trucks reused after being traded in.

[@markrhuett]

It shouldn't be difficult to restore the unit to operating condition, besides money. The prime mover is still being produced 7FDL16.

[@TonyFleetwood]

pretty funny to see a century series rescuing a universal series, but god do i love those old u-boats. the centurys are probably going to love up to their name at this point lol

[@jeroldcrawford3431]

Was hoping to see the front of the crossing signals, Seems like an interesting set of lights

[@GenesisSanctuary]

I can try to get a shot of that crossing from the front next time I'm in the area.

[@Whipslinger1]

@3:29 A train literally comes down the MIDDLE of a residential street in Morristown??!! Who would have thunk it. I never rode that line that far North before so I had no idea. Is this the Midtown Direct line to New York Penn Station? If so, I get off at the Brick Church station in East Orange. If its the same line, maybe I'll stay on it to see where it goes one day.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

This is nowhere near Morristown. Sorry if the title confused you, but this line is located in Garfield and Passaic. It's a small freight line that, sadly, is pretty much abandoned.

[@Whipslinger1]

@@GenesisSanctuaryOh! Ha ha ha ha. Thanks for clarifying that.

[@davidng2336]

Six years later, the Dundee Spur is no more.