"STOP or PROCEED?!" NYSW Utica NY

A New York, Susquehanna & Western freight (using a leased CSX engine) warily approaches a parked truck on Utica NY's Schuyler Street the morning of March 25, 2024.

[@ILSRWY4]

this never gets old... imagine sitting on your porch on a warm summer morning and instead of cars going by on the street feet from your front door, a train goes by, in town!!!.

[@jimdep6542]

This always brings back memories of living where you could watch the trains go by from your porch, even though it wasn't Schuyler St. I took lots of pics from the porch, but can't post them here, unfortunately.

[@susanallen2678]

I would love it.

[@suddenlysolo2170]

Not if you had children. How could you let them ride their bikes or walk to school?

[@jimdep6542]

@@suddenlysolo2170 Being a firm believer in safety, I would tell children to stop their bicycles first before waving to the engineer and under no circumstances are they allowed to paint graffiti on the rolling stock or throw peaches at them.

[@user-uo6zw2rv2x]

That is so cool.

[@memirandawong]

It's beautiful. I'd be out there like a kid everyday watching.

[@user-ip6jy7ek2l]

i grew up in new york and had the erie railroad running through the woods about a hundred yards behind my house. at night it was like a fire breathing monster running in the forest. great childhood memory.

[@johnnydodgecountry9508]

There's just something so cool about watching a train go through the streets of Utica. Good stuff and TY for taking the time to post these videos.

[@tihzho]

The smart thing the city of Utica could do is paint a yellow line on either side of the tracks that shows clearance for the train. If you park crossing that yellow line the train cannot pass and you will be ticketed with a substantial fine you won't forget.

[@DesielRiggz1]

Not a bad idea. That should be done for all street running rail sections.

[@mandywithell]

I was thinking exactly the same!

[@chris4321das]

Love it! Dad's buddy used to run a freight train through our neighborhood and let me drive across a busy intersection (I didn't hit anything 😂😂) when I was 6. Good memories 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@nessgardenrailway3049]

Great video, great sound. Love the commentary. Cheers

[@MichaelErvin-jl1in]

I thought that looked familiar. You finally did a video in my neighborhood. I live on the corner of Wilbur and Ontario.

[@railroadingrambler218]

I used to deliver Sunday newspapers in your area back in the 1970s

[@TowMater603]

Nice seeing my old area. I was born in Utica and lived in Oriskany for 14 years. I miss it there.

[@OldTrucker958]

Hey Rambler! Plowed a foot of snow in Town of Lee! We plowed from 4:00am till 3:00 pm. I agree it may have been our biggest storm to date. January 7th in Lee north of Rome was significant. Love the shots of train busting snow. Keep the videos coming!

[@MervynPartin]

Very enjoyable. That street running and the scene in the snow were great shots.

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Man, if that one box car that was leaning over a bit was leaning the other way, that wouldn't have been enough clearance. That was tight!!

[@annettelaurence5716]

Thank you for freezing to bring us this video. I can't believe you have snow! 🙃

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

Another great episode from the Railroading Rambler... First scene was a tight squeeze, but like they say "An inch is as good as a mile" when it comes to clearance.. Scene two in the neighborhood was crazy when they had to dig the switch out of the snow before working the customer siding. Love seeing things like this.. Great video bro.!!

[@andrewh.8403]

I'd love to get a closer look at the impressions the loco makes in the snow. It seems like some of the traction motors left their mark. (It never snows in Brisbane Qld!) Great vid as always.

[@trenamerritt5344]

I thought for sure id hear shearing of metal there! Close shave! Glad they could get the switch points to work! When it gets ice in there... not good! Watching from Rome, NY. You and Witold stay well, and have a Happy Easter!

[@jaysmith1408]

We always used Tiger Torches, but this works too

[@JoolsBurke]

Jus' a cute little train, playing in the snow 🙂

[@trezjr73]

Snow not bothering the birds too much. They've been singing like that for most of the winter.

[@andrewpalm2103]

My home town is MIchigan City, Indiana where the South Shore ran through town on 11th and 10th streets due to its interurban heritage. My father commuted to Chicago and back and every weekday evening my mother would drive my brother and me to the station near 11th and Franklin to pick him up. There was a bar on the SW corner of that intersection with street parking. One day the eastbound carrying my dad had to stop just short of the intersection because a car was sticking out of a parking space enough to block the train. One of my favorite childhood memories is seeing the conductor (in full passenger uniform) get down from the train and go into the bar to retrieve the car owner so the car could be moved. This was a rare occurance because growing up in that town meant you learned early in life to stay clear of the big orange cars (and the freights, too). Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@timlange531]

I lived about two miles west of Franklin Street in the Pines, the tracks were right behind my house.

[@ph5740]

Love the sound of those old EMD`s. Fun fact: the engines were also used in the Danish (Swedish built) Litra MY locomotives from 1954 and onwards. Somtimes have the pleasure of their sound here also, once in a while when a preserved MY passes by

[@vinnyg.8170]

Hello from Pottersville NY. It seems like march always has a last minute trick up his sleeve, Nice vid, Regards to Witold.

[@suespony]

Nice video, I have not been to Utica NY in least 12 years now. Went there for my son's college orientation at suny I.T.

[@edogle8163]

Nice video you explain the trip nicely...Thxs again..... Have never been to that part of the world....

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

An interesting scene, the freight train passing the truck and the shunting work on these snow-covered tracks and the switch. Thanks for sharing and happy Easter. Many greetings from Germany.

[@mtlicq]

Beautiful NY ! and train spur line too.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Nice video I liked the old town building's and the bird sounds in the background. When I was 8 years old I lived in a similar place. It was along a Denver and Rio grand track that once was a trough line. It became a spure bringing box car's to Granite furniture from the Roper yard in Utah. My buddy and I would run out and catch candy the operators tossed from the cab. The track is now The Sugarhouse trolly line

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

This used to be a common sight in many industrial cities. In Rutland VT many lines cross city streets resulting in some interesting encounters as gates go down and trains dart across roads.

[@rescuegirl]

Greetings from Rutland, Vermont! I can't wait for warmer weather as I plan to do a lot of rail fanning this summer!

[@wbbartlett]

Some top urban planning on display here.

[@faxmen09]

Indeed!

[@jjg94706]

Railroad built the track down the street much to the consternation of the local residents. I think the Lackawanna did it in the middle of the night.

[@fredtyler8925]

I remember when I was a kid in Arcadia Florida train used to come by my house it was the coolest thing ever it's still is

[@Jabberwok28]

This is the true definition of a “trainspotter.”

[@bjm676]

Nice. These guys know what they are doing.

[@mdmarko]

Have spent time in Utica, would come in the late spring. A grim place, any time of year. Best part of Utica was the public library, a Carnegie Library. Had translucent glass floors in part of the building, around certain of the stacks.

[@cmdrflake]

Hello with a shoutout from Tonawanda NY! Winter is not going quietly.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Always good to hear from you! Snow should be gone by the weekend I'd imagine.

[@sondrabowers4837]

Hello. Railroad Rambler, still winter up there. Keep the jackets & boots near the door. Hope Witold is inside staying warm. Have a warm evening.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Thanks, Witold enjoys the snow!

[@iv2sab512]

Nice hearing the blue jay at the end of the video.

[@rael5469]

Beautiful video. Really picturesque.

[@bighornmt]

Nice catch CSX GP38-2!

[@trainfire2008]

You mean this video was Today⁉️ Wow I’m impressed that could pop up so quickly‼️

[@XrayxRich]

Train tracks are a dead giveaway that a noisy train will come by. When I left home I rented a room in a big house next to a school yard. The first Saturday morning I was awaken by the high school Drum & Bugle Corp practice. Scared the hell out of me. It was every Saturday morning. I never got used to it. After that I checked for the presence of nearby schools before I moved in.

[@johnstecz9169]

Ever so cool ,love this wished I lived on that street

[@richintalent]

Below Utica on NY 8 there was a railroad wye that i think was part of the NYS&W

[@railroadingrambler218]

Yes, called Richfield Junction, in Cassville. It’s on the Susquehanna’s Utica mainline (the tracks veered off the main heading to Richfield Springs, all but a mile of that branch was abandoned in the early 1990s)

[@dustindewind3210]

If that doesn't make you feel like Sheldon Cooper,then I don't know what will 😂

[@OregonCrow]

Another great video! Thanks

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Street running trains you have in the U.S are so cool! ❤

[@andyknott8148]

Lets all wish NYSW #3040 a happy Easter and look forward to seeing him soon. And that also applies to you all as well. Andy UK.

[@nicksacco5041]

“Where should we build the road?” “How about on the train tracks?” “Perfect!”

[@lesashiminski690]

Hey rail rambler I wish I had a time machine and go back to 1950 when all rail lines criss crossed my area Earlville NY. Had E L RR . O W RR. U V RR. And L V RR. And W S RR.

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

I never get tired of seeing this. These only can work in towns where the people there have some sense... I'd bet they don't even build new railroads that go through streets anymore.

[@jimdep6542]

Mason St in Fort Collins, CO has one, used by the BN & SF railroad,.

[@jamesgeorge5276]

I believe the railroad tracks were there way before they those houses!!😮 ....They built those streets around the railroads!!

[@jimdep6542]

@@jamesgeorge5276 The RR always had the right of way down Schuyler St. . Many of those homes have been around since the 1800's, and the location of those tracks have been around longer than the homes ( in general)

[@filanfyretracker]

today no city would give up street space to an RR and today we are smart enough to know its best to segregate rail and road traffic as much as possible. At best they would say the RR could put in a Cut&Cover tunnel. If the RR company said "we want to go a mile down the center of this road" the city would go "not happening".

[@jimdep6542]

@@filanfyretrackerModern RR's wouldn't want to be in the center of busy streets these days. It's more of a head ache than what it's worth. Back before the invention of cars, it was to the town's benefit to have the RR tracks close by with lots of sidings so they could have building supplies and freight brought directly in.

[@williammiller2750]

Great video from Okeechobee Florida.

[@dckatyx9577]

Well done Utica! In my city, all we have are bike lanes.

[@Steve-xf4uv]

That looked like an interesting backup move . Do they have to pull the cars out to the main line and return to leave the full ones or are there more than one track inside ? Pretty tight street move, that trucker had room to pull over a little more. He probably thought it was an out of service track. Nice video, you got more snow than we did in Canada.

[@briank.8925]

Take a picture at 9:13! Cool stuff though..going to the end of the line, and shoving in to the industry lead. CSX runs down a sub along Erie Ave in North Tonawanda, NY, to a customer, Niagara Sheets, a paper box company, and shoves in to their sidings.

[@dmorgan28]

Whew that was pretty close! Cool video!👍

[@joestrainworldvideos3977]

Wow very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Joe

[@kimcooper4751]

Using wife's phone today not her opinions This is some really nice scenery I'm in Florida now but grew up in the ice and snow up north and surely miss it didn't say removing it. One thing that would of really made my day is if the locomotive had crazy 8s on the number boards a CSX legend

[@PlanetMezz]

thanks.. great stuff

[@UncleSalty-nz5uk]

Watching from Colorado

[@browsman2328]

What a strange thing to have a train running down a street. I grew up in little Sherrill NY. There was a track parallel to Rt.5 near the silversmith factory as I remember.

[@tracyf6304]

Yes, it used to run behind our house in Oneida Castle.

[@Peter-mt6lg]

We used the arm length method on the SCL,stand next to on the outside of rail in question and extend your arm.

[@tfs4499]

Very nice catch!

[@tomfrederick6083]

I hit the side mirror on a truck parked too close to the track one day. It didn't damage the grab iron on my locomotive, so it was demolition derby time for me. Park on the right-of-way, expect to get hit.

[@mandywithell]

I was watching and thinking "Please take the wing mirror off, please take the wing mirror off........"😀😀😀 Ps I am a truck driver!

[@paulsheehan5010]

That's crazy, having a train go through a residential neighborhood.

[@TrainedSniper12]

Up north always has the best trains

[@dalejr183]

Even if he hit that truck it’s the railroads right of way. Technically it’s considered trespassing if stuck.

[@cdavid8139]

Not necessarily. Depends on the local agreements made with the city over the years. If they were running under conditions where they have to stop within 1/2 distance of sight of an obstacle, the crew could be found by the railroad as violating rules.

[@filanfyretracker]

highly depending on area, there are in fact cases where the road was there first and the RR got permission from the city to install a street running line for an industrial siding.

[@cdavid8139]

@@filanfyretracker absolutely correct. I've seen scenarios where the city requested the railroad come thru the center of town so as to encourage commerce. I've managed street running where when the line was put in the streets were dirt and there were no automobiles. Just horse and wagons. The railroad had switches in place along the line to serve various warehouses. Over the years the warehouses were torn down or stopped using rail and now it is just a railine running down the street.

[@gusloader123]

Reeaallllly stooooopid place to park that delivery truck. 🤪🤕 That street gives a new meaning to the phrase: "Living on the wrong side of the tracks."

[@jeremycox571]

What a squeeze !

[@marcdb1412]

Amazing. Great.

[@kristybeeman5095]

Sweet Train Horn!!

[@ClutchTFS]

I cant believe theres that much snow there im up in London, Ontario and its 10c sunny and no snow in sight.

[@harvesterofeyes8813]

No snow anymore thankfully. It melted pretty quickly.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

[@2Truth4Liberty]

If it would touch, then you STOP. Then notify authorities and get it towed at truck owner's expense. Close one ;-0)

[@guest6423]

Watched a similar situation in TX, The engine proceeded until contact was made with a parked SUV. They said that that's the policy. They stopped immediately, and then had authorities remove the car. Minimal car damage, but required, according to that engineer. Perhaps there's some delay or difficulty with removing a vehicle otherwise.

[@iaial0]

"...and then what's this scratch on the bumper?" "Ahh I was read ended by a freight train" "Yeah, SURE"

[@ranlive1]

Locomotion has a nice beat.

[@richardsylvanus2717]

2 storms in 2 days = 25 inches snow north of Bangor...spring is over

[@Supernaut2000]

I just can't imagine opening my front door and a goddamned freight train is right there! Nuts!

[@aussiea1972]

You're not wrong. Having them share the road like that looks bizarre 😳

[@malindahenke5724]

What is it about trains that's so fascinating to watch!!?

[@davigorb]

All they had to do, just move over a little and then fit by the truck with no problems

[@railfansammy4974]

Nice catches

[@maidsandmuses]

Why on earth don't they paint two lines on the road alongside the track to indicate the loading gauge + a bit of extra margin? That way motorists know if they have left enough room for passing trains.

[@cdavid8139]

Money. Cities don't have a lot of it. There's probably hundreds of other scenarios requiring taxpayer investment the city needs to tackle

[@MikeBrown-ht4kh]

It would be awesome

[@cmdrflake]

Or, we might get more…I don’t want to even speculate about that! ❄️😵‍💫🥶

[@CentralFan-op3nv]

My guess? They’re paying for the lease on the CSX GP38-2, mind as well use it.

[@bokhans]

So nothing is wider than the front of the train! Good to know for the driver! 😅☺️

[@user-er3du2co2n]

Today is March 30th 2024 , Have you heard about Hobo Shoestring is missing ? He was last seen on a doorbell camera around 4 am but there’s no sight of him.

[@freemanhall4826]

If any major small city towns has a train rail going through streets main streets a safety system warning lights crossing has to in place for all

[@Ichwillkeinenaliascheisyoutube]

Is there a chance to reactivate this "forgotten" track too ? It stabs my heart whenever is see closed tracks that could be used if the politicians really would want that...

[@annyer262]

Sorry your parts delivery took a little longer, I had to reroute, as there was a train running down Schuyler street!

[@memirandawong]

Seem like paint striping or little flexible ginnie flickers would help vehicle drivers stay clear?

[@jjlpinct]

Cool i live in New Hartford!

[@microbusss]

looks like the tracks end at a golf course & because of development theres no way to reinstall the tracks either

[@zekemedia1310]

I have a question. Could anyone tell me if there was a rail turntable just north of where the tracks cross oriskany blvd/5a. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Close call with that truck

[@jimdep6542]

There were a few.......The DL&W, The NYC and Hudson River, and the Utica & Black River, where their 'newer" roundhouse still stands. There's historical maps of the Utica yard online from around the 1870's ( Sandborn Fire maps) and others from around the 1880's and newer, showing the exactly locations of where they were.

[@zekemedia1310]

@@jimdep6542 Thank you for the info.

[@jimdep6542]

@@zekemedia1310 You are welcome ! I love the old RR history of the Utica area, so please fire away with more questions if they come up. I'll try to help out with what I know. Check out " Historical Map Works" for historic info and structure placement then you can choose which country you want and select the city / town from there

[@zekemedia1310]

I just checked out the site, great site with be spending alot of time on it, thanks again

[@jimdep6542]

@@zekemedia1310 I just added " Historical Map Works" site for you to check out too. Lots of historical maps of Utica and regions

[@user-sw1mt8ii5j]

Oh come on, it's only a little pin striping 😂

[@iaial0]

If the truck lives there the person driving it might as well have a wooden frame to sit on the rails and gauge the clearance

[@robertmartin4847]

Was this taken today? We have no snow left today in Kingston On

[@railroadingrambler218]

Yes, today. We got a foot of snow on March 23rd

[@benjamincresswell3713]

If that was normal, I guess I don't need to be in the nuthouse anymore.

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

CSX means that if you face one of its train, your only choice is either to be Crashed, to be Smashed or to eXplode

[@robertgift]

Sadly sounds likelectric valve opening and closing air to the horns. Should have been on the other side to show the switch being thrown. Wanted to see close-up of the snow in the rail where the wheel stopped.

[@markdanielczyk944]

Pretty cool! Nice to see some people are jerks and push their snow into the road.