"Sweeping, Switching & Screeching" NYS&W Utica NY

This video features New York, Susquehanna & Western switching FX Matt Brewery (makers of Utica Club & Saranac Ale), Utica NY on July 5, 2024 and, shortly thereafter, heading back up Schuyler Street with 5 cars consigned to Utica-area customers.
My loyal canine companion, Witold, elected to remain hunkered down in air-conditioned comfort today instead of joining me (it was nearly 80 & humid this AM). He'll make an appearance again soon though, of that there can be little doubt!

[@benscamihorn8065]

I absolutely love the videos of them switching this business. The switch in the vault in the middle of the road along with an actual active switch there is very impressive to me.

[@user-mr3ct1dm9p]

Yes-- not to mention a GP40, in the middle of a street in a town in Upstate New York . It really does not get much better.

[@benscamihorn8065]

@@user-mr3ct1dm9p switching a brewery is just the final cherry on top.

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

My favorite too!

[@feminazislayer]

Welcome to upstate ny railroading. Aka funky town. We got all kinds of crazy little things like this.

[@williamrowe954]

Its called a submarine switch

[@anthonygermano9363]

The sound the unit makes when it’s idling never gets old. Just love it. Good old EMD. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ut000bs]

I was just going to comment this. I like hearing that 16-piece diesel orchestra.

[@shawnpowell5876]

STREET RUNNING trains are very unique to watch when you're use to seeing tracks with ties and ballast. I've been to LaGrange, Ky to witness it there and definitely quite a sight to see! If you've never been, make it a bucket list destination. Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA.

[@erie910]

I ran trains through a half mile of street track age in Noblesville, Indiana. It worked okay as long as the motorists got out of the way.

[@tfs4499]

I will never get tired of watching this crew, w/3040, switch the brewery! Great catch! 👍🏻😬👍🏻

[@John900C]

Living in the UK, where rail tracks are 100% fenced and strictly off limits, makes street running seem wildly anarchic and exotic. So much potential for collisions and accidents, not least for the guy casually operating the switch with uncontrolled road traffic squeezing past.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

😊💜😊💜😊 "Utica Club" toured that plant as a kid in the '70s.

[@jdfin]

Most excellent brewery-switch yet. So good my wife asked me to turn down the curve-squeal.

[@briank.8925]

This is why I need earphones to watch...my wife says "what is that squealing how is that enticing you?"

[@rogertemple7193]

I really like watching the street running trains and this is really interesting watching thank you. 🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲

[@robindenker2504]

Apparently the locals are quite used to the Unit traveling down the street to the warehouse to pick up the empty cars, as I saw no lights or flags until it departed brewery!

[@denisberger9657]

Is there a chance you might arrange to get inside the other side of the door to see where the empty grain cars are stored and where the new ones are put? Always enjoy your videos

[@shenanigan87]

Sitting on the other side of the Atlantic, I keep coming back to videos of this location, and I have no idea why. It's just nice to still have such local freight service instead of only trucking these days.

[@andyknott8148]

"Oh Miss Susie, you have a lovely set of bugles". And on my model railroad (here in the UK) #3040 is the only loco where I know the name of the conductor.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Ethan is a fine chap!

[@douglasalan5783]

Last mile is where the action is. Nice video.

[@alanmcgunnigle4186]

I love watching the switching process in the middle of the road. Always fascinating to watch.

[@CZpersi]

My country has one of the densiest railway networks in the world, yet these street running trains are extremely rare here. It is fascinating to see the huge loco in the streets merging with regular car traffic.

[@arthurgerber]

Looks like it was even busier back in the day with the boxcar height loading docks along the spur on the outer wall.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

This shunting video is fantastic. This switch setting device is interesting. Thanks for showing it and have a good week.

[@paolomariotti1]

Only in America can you overtake a train on the street... and only in America can you park a train on the street while cleaning the tracks!!! Fantastic !!! 😊

[@dd.greenefilms2598]

Absolutely great train video and interesting, most interesting and it's always good to know the rail crews because they know you know the safety rules and won't get in their way,Thanks for sharing this with the audience.

[@mikedurhan9941]

Really enjoyed seeing this close quarters switching; rarely get to see it. Thank you kindly for sharing this.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Awesome video and enjoyed watching once again. Have a wonderful upcoming weekend.(Steve)

[@Sven_Okas1967]

Street running and switching and the best sound ever. Thanks for that video. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

[@911porsche]

Great video as always. Enjoying it from the 100+ feels like heat of the Carolinas

[@kfdrailcar]

I’d say that move was a sweeping success!

[@paulbergen9114]

All is well if they're getting malt to keep producing the beer. We could use a break from the rain. Good to see the other car loadings holding up and we await the return of Bìtold

[@andrewbutler6477]

This video is great health and safety here in the UK world have a fit to see a large diesel loco on a city street !!!

[@Rickytrainwrestlingfan55]

Awesome freight, I'm a boxcar fan. Great catch

[@cmdrflake]

Greetings from Tonawanda NY! Service matters!

[@sanddabz5635]

Hello from Northern California! I would completely agree that service matters👍

[@23GreyFox]

3:25 Nice to come this close to a locomotive. Reminds me of the narrow gauge steam train that drive through the city once every hour.

[@mdouglaswray]

Excellent video - loved how sparing you are with narration, outstanding SOUND. Good angles and steady! Quality viewing!

[@robertcooper6853]

Bet that sucks to do in the middle of winter!

[@railroadingrambler218]

Well, check this video out to see just how nasty it can be kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4aaqIGmmKiSgJo

[@louGriggs1944]

Alway interesting to watch this switching action. Thanks.

[@jaygatz4335]

The natural place for railway tracks. Street running rules!

[@WildWildWeasel]

Damn, the curve makes the loco vibrate from how tight it is

[@stephenpearce3475]

Hi from York, England, thanks for another great video! Always enjoy watching the brewery switch. They seemed to be in a hurry today, perhaps because of the extra trip! Witold is a wise dog ....

[@williammiller2750]

Another great video from Morrisville NY.

[@wjsj69]

Aside of model RR's, I've never seen a big GeeP on such a tight curve, esp urban street running. That was cool.

[@contactdeklutskwijt1060]

The Screeching 😍😍😍

[@ricksmith4874]

Enjoying from Clinton NY. Thanks for sharing. Your partner had the right idea to stay in the office.

[@winterbliss4459]

amazed that those cars can go through a curve that tight

[@surimenon7660]

Brilliant Video, love US train video, LOVE the cleanliness HUGE DIESAL LOCO, ALL good wishes from LSM Family India ❤️🙏❤️

[@andrewpalm2103]

At least with a single point switch there's only one point to clear out. 🙂 I wonder if the dirt washed in with a heavy rain, as I don't see a wider spill. I always enjoy seeing another adventure at Door 18. Our Peanut, being a short hair miniature Chihuahua, likes a warm day. She sends her best wishes to Witold. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@railroadingrambler218]

Good point about the rain, I think that's a likely reason for the "crud" build-up. Witold sends his regards to Peanut!

[@spookerz35]

I believe i still have a can of Maximus Super from the 80s that was brewed there.

[@gregmoyer8959]

Hopefully see you soon, watching from Hot 🥵 and Humid North Carolina

[@raybame5816]

New to your channel...liked and subbed INSTANTLY. As all the other commentators, I really liked this and your other NYS&W and others RR videos. So nice to see interest in these operations. Thanks for being out in the heat and getting this down.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Thanks for commenting & welcome aboard!

[@mariofilippi3539]

Thanks for the video Railroading Rambler, always enjoy seeing trains going down streets.

[@robertgift]

Nice video! Thank you. Nextime please show the switch condition before sweeping. 7:39 What bell is heard? Inside warning for workers? 13:40 Showhat is ahead in case there is a mishap. Love the following-along view.

[@timeforbeans]

WOW this is awesome!

[@petevonstettina8627]

What a great vid!! I love street running.

[@iankr]

Wonderful. Many thanks!

[@misterflibble6601]

And I thought the track clearances on my model railroad were tight! And a siding THROUGH a building? I've always maintained there's a prototype for any idea you can imagine in model railroading! A neat idea for the next update to my layout.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Nice shots man, always cool to catch some street running action!

[@TwoRailfans]

I love all of these Utica videos!

[@datalasse]

Great clip with both pickup and setout! Thanks for sharing

[@glennfoster2423]

Railroading 101. Pull first, then shove.

[@derekalexander4030]

Nice catch.

[@neilburns8869]

I often find it fascinating the way some trains in the United States are permitted to come Such as along the middle of a street like this, not something that you would never see in the UK. Very understandable why they have the bell ringing like they do - don't ever be tempted to change that, it makes for a real good safety precaution and a warning to motorists and pedestrians alike.

[@davesnothere.]

I'd love that job. Somebody will tell me to move over and I'd say "Sure, find the steering wheel for me" Then give them the number to central control to complain about me not knowing how to pull over. I honestly believe it could happen.

[@frasermitchell9183]

The New York, Susquehanna & Western railroad, also known as the "SusieQ"

[@PiggyBankes1]

That loco wants to be a school bus when it grows up.

[@jimcarey9523]

How cool was that!

[@user-bz7iy4il8n]

Pretty cool video.

[@dchawk81]

1:00 when the boss already took the golf cart.

[@hnf1930]

Awesome!

[@peterzito1372]

Absolutely awesome love it one of the few spots in u s they do this😊 12:56

[@larrymaroney4390]

A great street running video. Union Pacific has a street rail line near Disneyland in Anaheim ca. Its Santa Ana st fairly busy line ,worth checking out.

[@benmoore2253]

All I see is a patient locomotive waiting for the track to be swept

[@tomy.1846]

Awesome!!

[@dennisk5818]

They need to grease those rails. They're singing up a storm.

[@KandiKlover]

Interesting how the business has a derailer to keep anything from accidentally slipping out into the street.

[@kmagnussen1052]

Oh I see they put the covered hoppers inside so the graffiti artists have a place with scaffolds and air conditioning out of the weather. Great idea. I expect to see some excellent art in the future.

[@dammitbobby283]

3:29 The building is curved to the tracks

[@briank.8925]

SNEAKing in door #18!

[@ocsrc]

They need a compressed air hose to blow the switch out

[@highrx]

Exactly what i was thinking.

[@Parulin7775]

Très particulier ces voies ferrés au milieu de la route. En France, il n’y plus ce genre de voie depuis les années 1970/80. Ce type de voie existait en France vers le début du 20ème, c’était des lignes à intérêt local à écartement métrique. J’ai un exemple: ligne Bray-sur-Seine à Jouy-le Châtel, cette ligne a cessé toute activité pendant les années 1960-70. Seine et Marne, Île de France

[@Myfamily1964]

Hey the engineer let the train engine double parked haha

[@Fireball409]

I actually lived in Utica for a while and I didn't ever see that!

[@user-xy1lp8jx2h]

Very good video. The clearances around the building sure look tight. About those tracks in the street are there wooden ties under the concrete that support those rails???

[@railroadingrambler218]

Yes, wooden ties

[@charlesp3764]

Very cool

[@Peter-mt6lg]

George,I think we need the excavator 😊

[@doughboy4681]

2:51 thinking hmm should I take it 😅

[@trens_bahia]

Top!!

[@cp368productions2]

Finally have the model of 3040. It's my 4th NYSW model.

[@lizlauber56]

I did the lettering on 3040 around 35 years ago at Rome Locomotive Works, enamel and brush. The cab lettering still looks pristine - they top coated it with DuPont Centuri clear, and it sure holds up!

[@ilya.kortev]

Like in Derail Valley! 🙂 👍

[@garfstiglz3981]

I watched the video and as always loved it. I looked further down the street on Google Earth and found a small tower by the railroad, it says on the plaque, Shyster Street Tower, but I can't make out the rest of the wording. Any idea of it's history?

[@railroadingrambler218]

Yes, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Pcm5KNgJxjaKc

[@YourLocalRailfan]

Imagine getting cut off in traffic by a locomotive

[@The_Jedi_Padawan]

or be fined for running a red light😁

[@YourLocalRailfan]

@@The_Jedi_Padawan lol

[@stevenclark3608]

Some awesome graffiti on those rail cars.

[@sanddabz5635]

Where does this rail line terminate, where was that last train heading to that you were following behind?

[@railroadingrambler218]

The Utica branch runs 95 miles to the south to Binghamton although only 23 miles of the branch (between Utica-Sangerfield) see active service. The 5 car train seen near the end of the video was heading to customers in New Hartford and New York Mills, both suburbs of Utica.

[@sanddabz5635]

@@railroadingrambler218 Hey, Thanks a lot!....I actually also took a look at the NYS&W website and checked out their map. The lines of service that are operational seem to be fragmented. I wonder what is the challenge of having a cohesive service throughout, and not out of service trackage?...... I'm sure it has something to do with customer demand, but how do they move their assets from one island of operation so to speak to another, if that makes any sense to you.

[@railroadingrambler218]

@@sanddabz5635 All Utica-bound cars are exchanged by CSX into the Susquehanna's Utica yard. The line north from Binghamton was in regaular operation through 2006. Several floods caused major damage. Repairs have occurred, however, since there are no customers on the line in the 60 miles between Chenango Forks (12 miles north of Binghamton) and Sangerfield, there is no economic sense in running up those 60 miles. The NYS&W did run a short train up the line (1 engine & two empty hoppers) earlier this year, the first such move in a couple of years.

[@sanddabz5635]

@@railroadingrambler218 Thank you for the additional info. Your videos are fantastic!

[@JKBlay]

Nice! Wonder the last time boxcars were spotted at Matt's?

[@AndrewDerrick-sq4bm]

With all that onboard air.. i would have a long hose with a wand to blow the switches out.

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

Man thats a tight curve along that wall! Also, what the heck is that tiny garage door suspended in the air above the tunnel for?

[@railroadingrambler218]

The entrance is usually always closed unless a shipment is inbound (rail or truck---yes, I've seen 18 wheelers back up in there!)

[@briank.8925]

I wonder why the full hoppers werent brought in on the same trip and left ahead of the switch where 3040 would go in and pull the empties out and grab a d shove the full ones in.

[@railroadingrambler218]

They used to do that regularly but not so much of late.

[@johanlourens6070]

How do they keep the carridges so clean.

[@arkadykuznetsov5607]

поезд на трамвайных путях , круто

[@AWSmith1955]

Is that neat tiny tower still down there at the end of the street by the signals?

[@zekemedia1310]

Yes it is

[@doctordeath.5716]

They forgot to take the two covered hopper car's that they switched out.

[@rickchapman9232]

Have you ever been on a tour of the plant before?

[@andrewh.8403]

That would have to be close to minimum radius.

[@athensboy123]

July 5th 24....? That was just few days ago.. say why the heck are they working on a holiday weekend or week we call it? Thought they would be off

[@coryhoover01]

You should ask if you can put a camera on a hand rail when they are going in

[@lesashiminski690]

Hey rail rambler did they goto Sangerfeild after doing Utica work?

[@railroadingrambler218]

Not today