"CLOSE But CLEARED By A WHISKER!" NYSW Utica NY

[@patriciaschuster1371]

For so.e reason,I can't get enoughof trains on regular streets. Thank you for being cold to make this!

[@MLampner]

I lived on Schuyler Street in the mid 1970s. More than once a conductor or brakeman would walk the street banging on doors trying to find who ever had a vehicle in the way of the train. When we were first married my mother-in-law came for a visit. We were getting ready to go to dinner and soon we heard the horn, we walked to the porch on the front of the house and my mother in law seeing the train asked what we do, so we told her, wave to the engineer so she did. He gave her a brief toot of the horn . We waited on the porch till he cleared the street and went off to dinner.

[@stephenpearce3475]

Hi from York, England! Looks like a great day in Utica for train videoing in the snow. The crew certainly had a close call!

[@erie910]

Thank you for braving the cold!

[@Sandi-ee1dj]

Love this video very interesting 🤔😊

[@merccadoosis8847]

Wow - that was close. Well done by the train's engineer to avoid giving those cars a shave.

[@josephschuster1494]

Street running is worrisome for the general public (pedestrians/tight spaces/potential derailments resulting in damage to homes & buildings) but is most enjoyable to railroad fans…truly a unique situation! 🚂

[@littlelittledeer1435]

Your videos are such a blessing to me. So cozy to watch from my home in Southern Oregon. Thank you!

[@CarolYannes]

Another great looking video with crisp images and a steady shot. Very nice.

[@anthony851]

I like watching street running vids. When we went to Canada in 2013 we made the 370km round trip Branford from Barrie to wacth street running, we weren't disappointed. Hi from NZ, Anthony

[@peterbenson3776]

I suppose they have to stop if they can but he was too polite with the train horn. 😂

[@mariofilippi3539]

Thank you for another wintry street running RR video. It's 4F here in NJ with 4 inches of the white stuff. A good old-fashioned winter.

[@KingsleyMoreland]

Enjoyed the video from Adelaide,South Australia.

[@browsman2328]

Greetings from Northern California. I have some history in this area since t I grew up in Sherrill. I check in once and a while, cheers and go Bills!

[@jimspinale4055]

it was very nice of the crew to be so cautious. Brightline never would have done that😁

[@argus1393]

Really?? I live 3 miles from FEC tracks where Briteline runs. Hardly a month goes by where som asshole goes around the gates at a crossing with predictable results. YOU CAN'T STOP A TRAIN ON A DIME.

[@Bhil3]

Great video. I always enjoy seeing this.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Crazy mixing trains and cars like that.

[@faxmen09]

Fwiw, I completely agree!

[@James_Knott]

@@faxmen09 I've seen that in industrial areas, but not residential,

[@faxmen09]

@@James_Knott Well Railroading Rambler has told the story about how it came to be. He used the term for the residents as being "railroaded". And to that I say, Indeed!

[@ontheroad5317]

I don’t know about this particular case, but in many of these situations the railroad already existed as the town grew around it. And it was before automobiles, so it wasn’t cramped by parked cars.

[@faxmen09]

@ontheroad5317 As Railroading Rambler tells the story, not exactly the case here. In the late 1860s the town of Utica decided to give the railroad an easement for track inside the town's "easement" for the road. The then residents of Schuyler street protested the 'fast one" by the town, to no avail. Syracuse court told the residents 'basically' to pound sand. That's how it came to be. If parked cars on SS narrowed by snow banks an issue now, any blame goes to the city, imo.

[@sheepdawg99]

Front porch with train going by 😂

[@johnbristow8099]

How thrilling to have trains travelling down the middle of the road! This doesn’t tend to happen in the UK.

[@briank.8925]

The first car has strobing corner lamps- street running and undercover detective work in this vid!

[@datalasse]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@Peter-mt6lg]

It was 36 yesterday morning here in Elfers Florida 👍

[@trucking604]

Nothing like the sound of an EMD. The only downside about railroads that run along streets is in the winter trains are exposed to the same rock salt to melt snow that road vehicles are exposed to.

[@sondrabowers4837]

I feel sorry for train crew. As usual, AWESOME video!Thank you

[@sondrabowers4837]

Forgot to say, you & Witold stay warm.

[@tfs4499]

Another good one! THANKS!

[@jeffersonspace]

Thanks... watching from Miami.

[@williammiller2750]

Great video from Okeechobee Florida.

[@martinr.swiatkowski1929]

Ah...the good ole SusieQ hard at work... one of my favorite railroads to photograph 📸 used to have a blast chasing them all around Binghamton..

[@patrickpeake3935]

Sublime video. 🇦🇺

[@DeliaJarvie]

Amazing love the white stuff ( snow ) hardly ever see any. Regards from Scotland.

[@garyoverton6222]

If these people were worried about their cars, why park them there.

[@paulbergen9114]

We got up to about 6° in Milwaukee how I believe we have about a negative 20 for a wind chill and tomorrow is to be even worse. This is when the train crew hopes the cab heater works decently. I'm sure that Witold asked for an extra blanket and that there was a fire in the fireplace. Bundle up thanks for the Trackside entertainment

[@secondarymainlineproductio3033]

You can hear the wheels running over the salt, sand, and debris from the snowy roadway.

[@paullight6341]

Greetings from South Ripley 3 degrees wind chill -25

[@richardbause2453]

John, I can see it from Pikes Peek here in Colorado that a peace of paper from the Boxcar will fit .😮😂 Will be back soon.

[@TrainTrackerINDIA]

Great View train in Roads ❤😮

[@Hogdriver88]

9 degrees - and all that salt - no thanks! But great video 👍

[@chrisbuxton1958]

Hi from a bar in Hua hin, on the Gulf of Thailand. 32c (90f)😂.

[@gregmoyer8959]

Watching from 27 degree high North Carolina

[@artiek1177]

Oh, you really didn’t need that side view mirror.

[@madmikemadmike2175]

wow what a cool place to live.

[@josephschuster1494]

I’m with ya…I always said to my wife “our next home will be situated nearby active railroad tracks and a grade crossing,” which never surprised her, as she already knew how much I love the railroads. 🚂

[@miltonblack7563]

NEIGHBORHOOD""""TAXI""""100%%%

[@trenamerritt5344]

Close shave indeed! 🤔 Have they ever had to have someone move because they were blocking the rails? Watching from chilly Rome NY Brrrrrr!

[@railroadingrambler218]

Yes, it’s a common occurrence for the crew to do that

[@kathyr2792]

What was there first? The RR tracks or the houses.

[@cmdrflake]

Greetings from Tonawanda NY! Now featuring arctic 🥶 cold! Why does Utica allow on street parking?

[@erie910]

Probably because these houses predate garages and driveways.

[@RichardPowell-o8j]

I would've strolled on through with train bcuz the extra snow takes up parking space but those people don't care. Signs should be posted when there's a significant amount of snow or shovel it out. Trains aren't supposed to give acceptions to those people.

[@peterbenson3776]

Btw when are they coming north to plow? Someone posted a video of the train busting drift at the north Remsen crossing

[@MacTurner-m2u]

Why would there be a railroad track in the middle of a street ?

[@TimIvins]

Those cars r in a bad spot

[@Steve-xf4uv]

Those people are either REALLY good at judging distances or really STUPID. Too bad the crews have to put up with that.

[@181-o6y]

Now what if this shit derails and hits someone’s house

[@jeffbronowicz3264]

I would at took my car around the block!!!

[@ernestpassaro9663]

They shouldn’t be parked there their problem !🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@faxmen09]

Yeah , especially if they only live there, they shouldn't have any rights. 🙄

[@faxmen09]

Yeah, even if they live there they shouldn't have any rights! 🙄

[@LesaShiminski]

Hey rail rambler those braindead people should have moved cars instead of just watching them. Wish it would stay at 30 degrees all winter.

[@ginog5037]

What a stupid town to have a railway, only in NY...

[@chrishackett554]

And what genius city do you love in?

[@rogertemple7193]

This was really a close call going by the parked cars but glad it made it by without any damages thanks.☕🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲