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

[@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.

[@claudioeternod7064]

EMD diesel sound is inmortal. It is THE DIESEL SOUND

[@DimasArya-ui6vr]

​@@claudioeternod7064100%agree 😅

[@DimasArya-ui6vr]

Indonesian railway company has also these kind of machine

[@rty1955]

As impressive as diesel is, i prefer the steam locos

[@tompaah7503]

Absolutely love footage of small day-to-day operations with street running and small business service.

[@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.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

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]

@@Joe-d7m6k 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

[@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.

[@sokol1235]

There is really good one in Brno, Czech republic the tracks there are acually tram tracks but with little catch they have bigger Track Gauge than normal trams So its its suitable for the trains. In normal circumstances Trams are riding along the tracks but you can somethimes see Diesel engines there or even Steam engines insted of regular trams

[@cesarantunes3816]

@@sokol1235 in Zwickau , east Germany u also have street running from the Central Station to the center of the city. It's passenger traffic.

[@Ghauster]

Portland, ME had street running along the waterfront. It served the docks and business on both sides of the road. It was also a primary interchange between CN and Portland Terminal Roadroad.

[@rusty7720]

I never tire of that awesome EMD idle sound,the sweetest sound to my old ears.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

I am in the UK and I am absolutely fascinated by the street running you have over there.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

You should see footage of the old Western Pacific street running in Oakland California, it was one of those rare times when a railroad was built after the city was established so there’s a bustling street with cars and delivery vans and also freight trains rolling by

[@danielsharon524]

Used to be so much more! There are still small sections of track all over although disappearing.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

@@AppalachianMountaineer1863 I'll see if I can find out about that. Sounds really interesting.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne should also check out Thurmond West Virginia, it didn’t have a Main Street through the town, it just had the mainline for the C&O railroad. Technically not street running but still cool to see a town built right beside a mainline railroad

[@David0lyle]

Your not alone, out in the Western United States we expect trains running at line speeds at our grade level crossings as a matter of course. 😕 Just recently we had a police officer who arrested a woman, handcuffed her and put her in the back of a police car parked on the tracks. 😬 What you would expect to happen happened and the officer will probably be criminally charged. 🤔 it’s rather puzzling to people living in the western United States. Why would you assume that a shiny polished track was a safe place to park a car?

[@mdouglaswray]

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

[@JamesSmith-pm4wz]

I'm from Woodstock,NY, I go through Utica often, now I have a good reason to go back and see for myself! 😊

[@rogertemple7193]

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

[@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?"

[@mikedurhan9941]

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

[@rubenguardado9983]

What a beautiful sound, EMD GP-40

[@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 !!! 😊

[@Floofie_boi]

Hello from the USA I can confirm sometimes cars have to share roads with trains.

[@janfieten2449]

Also in Europe: Rhätische Bahn, starting in Tirano, Italy.

[@gieudowicz]

Find on the map the port in kolobrzeg, Poland. See how cool the tracks are next to the lighthouse....

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

While I was still living in my college house, after I had been working for the railroad a couple years, I got to take home the locomotive! I lived less than 200 yards from an old junction track. We were doing a tourist / commuter excursion for a street exhibition in the next town over, where parking was going to be an absolute nightmare. So I was told to park the locomotive in a safe location near my house and then my coworkers could park at my house and ride the train in to work. Granted there were only 4 seats on the engine so we were a bit overcrowded, but it worked out phenomenally! There were probably 40,000 people milling about the city looking at 8 x 6 square city blocks of exhibits. They got on the train to escape the crowd, or maybe they also parked in the next town over! But either way, we were busy all day giving folks a quick 1-hour ride. But I will never forget the experience of taking home the company locomotive! Not many railroaders can say that with any genuine truth.

[@ВолодяБрусникин]

Просто ты дикарь. Это самый обычный проезд поезда в промзоне.

[@martinbarnes6853]

I drive a city bus in this town. I cross those tracks 20 times a week. I drive at night, so I rarely see the train. It is great to see the 3040 on Schuyler St!

[@tfs4499]

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

[@kutenor]

Hey, sir: that’s a funny looking truck you got there!

[@emdB67]

Such a simple exercise. Locomotive goes in and takes empty hoppers out. Returns with loaded hoppers. But strangely relaxing and enjoyable to watch. And the street running obviously adds that extra "something" missing from other shunting / switching videos. ☺ I've watched many of your other videos of these moves over the years and it doesn't seem to get old. 🥰 [watching from Gippsland, Australia.]

[@railroadingrambler218]

Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoy my efforts!

[@Sven_Okas1967]

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

[@bigdee8189]

Hi Sven. I used to be stationed in Germany, with USAFE at Hahn AB. Beautiful country you have Sven.

[@TheEventRecorder]

I know that by you documenting this, it likely made the crews day with the attention on what they do for a living. Good Job!

[@billyjoejimbob75]

You've never seen any of the ones that hate being recorded?

[@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.

[@alanmcgunnigle4186]

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

[@alfalfa4009]

Another excellent video. Spilkas, a Utica landmark bar from back in the day was famous for clam night I believe on Wednesday nights way before Cans and Clams was ever a thing. Big time gathering place with benches out on the street side.

[@markbickelhaupt4414]

Spilka's, is no more! The building just got demoed! It was a hub of Utica, NY!

[@911porsche]

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

[@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.

[@GrammarPoliceInvestigations]

Low speed limit low traffic streets allow for this. You never see tracks in the street on busy roads. This is an old tradition over here and we know how to act around street running trains.

[@keepcoolgames5896]

But ive seen tons of those street trains hit cars in videos in uk.dont knkw what theyre called and never seen these street trains here either so idk ​@GrammarPoliceInvestigations

[@GrammarPoliceInvestigations]

@@keepcoolgames5896 I think you're thinking of light rail passenger - trams, trolleys.

[@coastermad13]

Yeah we have trams. Nottingham trams actually use a combo of actual tied and ballasted rail and running on the roads. Places like Blackpool have trams but besides the sheds are on their own paved sections that cars can't touch. But standard trains. Nah. Besides. A lot of our traffic is passenger and the vast majority of lines are mixed traffic. Even our freight runs 60mph. Standard trains on roads are not a thing

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

@@GrammarPoliceInvestigationsonly place I recall street running on a busy street was Western Pacific’s Oakland California street running section to get to the yard. That is some cool footage to see

[@winterbliss4459]

amazed that those cars can go through a curve that tight

[@dangeary2134]

From an engineering standpoint, this is the very reason that flanges are on the wheels!

[@damnyankeex1]

Yeah pretty damn close to the building!

[@xHadesStamps]

@@dangeary2134 And only on the inside. Having flanges on the outside as well would make it too constricted and just result in it jumping the track.

[@dangeary2134]

@@xHadesStamps depends on how fast the vehicle is going. At low speeds, the flanges don’t ride up over the rail.

[@xHadesStamps]

@@dangeary2134 You’d have to slow down ridiculously if you had a double flange, and would ruin your wheels.

[@douglasalan5783]

Last mile is where the action is. Nice video.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

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

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

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

[@cmdrflake]

Greetings from Tonawanda NY! Service matters!

[@sanddabz5635]

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

[@kfdrailcar]

I’d say that move was a sweeping success!

[@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.

[@cehayes74]

Lived in Utica from 1984 til 1991 & I saw this move once before. I now live in Northwest Indiana (next door to Chicago) but it’s good to see it still running !!!

[@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!

[@Hawqis1]

My aunt lives near the brewery, she hates the train.

[@jackfrost3254]

When the train stopped before entering the second time you can hear the crossing bells at there's some sort of crossing guards

[@ricksmith4874]

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

[@jamesbutler6253]

When I was a kid, I was amazed while watching the full length passenger trains run the full lengh of the main road by the harbour in Wexford, Ireland, with the pavement and road carriaeway right next to the rails.

[@spaguettoltd.7933]

What a gorgeous livery

[@arthurgerber]

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

[@poofygoof]

they need to get some hop bales delivered via reefers!

[@dj17q]

Great video. Fascinated with how it worked into the premise. Surprised these sorts of shunting's still exist in USA. Had quite a few of those sorts in Adelaide, South Australia but none exist anymore. Last one probably in mid 1980s.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@williammiller2750]

Another great video from Morrisville NY.

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

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

[@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 ....

[@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

[@Rickytrainwrestlingfan55]

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

[@Supernumerary]

Thank you for this excellent video report. I’ve never seen this sort of train action.

[@ph5740]

Love the sound of those EMD`s and yes, im from Europe. We actually had them in some of our older locomotives here in Scandinavia

[@tcbtcb]

Nice video. I lived on Stark Street for 2 years in the 90’s and remember the train.

[@mariofilippi3539]

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

[@johnmaddox4403]

Cool stuff! Makes the railroad more personal on the street like streetcars and light rail. Wish we had this in australia! Jm

[@seanchang1202]

Love to see a locomotive on the road. It would never be possible in my hometown. So surreal! 😊

[@Trenes-en-Rosario7756]

Marvelous video friend!!! Excellent joj👏👏👏👏. Like and greetings👍👋👋👋😃

[@louGriggs1944]

Alway interesting to watch this switching action. Thanks.

[@cfa61]

What a sweet video! Thank you for taping and posting this. All those old spur tracks still really serve a purpose, and we should keep them!

[@datalasse]

Great clip with both pickup and setout! Thanks for sharing

[@glennfoster2423]

Railroading 101. Pull first, then shove.

[@alanmcgunnigle4186]

In a small town called Kawakawa in New Zealand the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway runs trains along the middle of state highway 1with cars, trucks etc passing us on both sides. Good fun!

[@XxBec3509]

Lovely footage, thanks for sharing and subscribed

[@NUKE-W.E.F.]

Great content. Love watching this brewery delivery (and I don't know why). Love the horn on that gp40, it reminds me of my younger days.

[@RT-qd8yl]

6:19 Pretty nice looking Porsche 944 (I think?)

[@JohnLeslie68]

Thanks for shooting such great RR footage. Here in NH we’ve lost most all our rail. There’s some scenic tourist rail up country. In my area (Concord) it’s mostly decommissioned road and a lot has been turned into rail trail. I make good use 9f that but wish it was still active road

[@jamesbutler6253]

Great stuff. Very well filmed. Here in Sweden, Ethan would also be the driver, driving by radio control from a box round his neck, moving the loco as necessary, while he did the ground work on switches and such and especially while backing on to the wagon hitch.

[@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!

[@TwoRailfans]

I love all of these Utica videos!

[@surimenon7660]

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

[@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.

[@ThePaulv12]

That was awesome. I couldn't stop watching.

[@railroadingrambler218]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@LelaE34]

This was a cool video however the screeching is enough to cause a headache but the sound is so necessary to make this video what it is. AWESOME!! TYFS 👍

[@noeldoyle4501]

Thanks for your very enjoyable video.

[@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.

[@adijuniyoutubechannel8581]

Unique train.and bigh size.wow I like it👍. Cheers from Indonesia .

[@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 !!!

[@petevonstettina8627]

What a great vid!! I love street running.

[@philburrows6036]

At a time back in the 1970s Perth Western Australia had some shunting operations similar to this into warehouses, grain mills and wool stores but only using a portion of the main street

[@gregmoyer8959]

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

[@kitchener2200]

Great video.

[@peca_vlaky]

Its amazing when is train in the streets, super video, like.

[@baileylynn6481]

I would absolutely LOVE looking out ly front window and seeing this!

[@BLACKAAROW]

I live in NYC and just came across this video by chance…damn this is cool!

[@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.

[@markbickelhaupt4414]

Rambler, Great Video! I see a load of new box beam guiderail going to Hubbell Galvanizing Plant to get a coat of new silver zinc! Always fun to see the train running on Schuyler St. with the 🟨⬛!!! 👍

[@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.

[@bennettdickmann1602]

An enjoyable watch.

[@MarcCarriage121]

We have trains running on the streets here in Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA on what use to be Delaware avenue and is now Columbus Blvd. They mostly do it in the very early morning hours after 12: a.m. before the mid morning traffic starts the work day at 6:am

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

I can't imagine switching that embedded switch is any fun. I've had some tall old switches that required 4 men and a 6-foot pipe to throw. This one still looks more difficult.

[@waltergrimes8075]

That is freakin awesome!!!! I've never seen anythang like this building before. That's cool!!!!

[@RandomRailfan828]

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

[@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.

[@geoffreyblack3817]

Matt FX Saranac Beer. Now you caught my attention! I visited the website. I look forward to more.

[@techsalesandmore3649]

you are so lucky to have actual trains in your roads like that. I'm totally jealous :)

[@woodstocker1969]

@techsalesandmore3649 When I was a kid, we lived just a few blocks from here, and only a block off the line. My buds and I used to hop the train on this track, catching a ride to the city swimming pool. Seems like we always had to walk home though. Ha!

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Ive actually long wondered why id see brooms on some trains. Now i know and it makes total sense lol simple solution to an age old problem

[@paulfogarty7724]

Theres a few places in Ireland where we have freight being hauled through cities like this - even busier streets, though we do have a " flagman " walking in front - no dinging bell.. Cork and Dublin in particular. The same amazing low thundering sound from the engines as they're GM's imported from America.

[@likesanddislikesetc]

I was a UP conductor for 10 years. Never swept a street though. Lol. My last trip was in 2014. I survived the Hoxie head on train crash.

[@Searchingforinfo]

Nicely edited. The track radius was so small, and the train swung so wide, it looked like a model train scene.

[@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.

[@CousinBasil]

Awesome vid! Well done!

[@bobcannell7603]

All these small businesses in the UK lost their rail connections in the 60s. It all goes on the roads, well the surviving businesses. So much is now just imported, by road of course. Well done USA for keeping it.

[@Jman771]

Fantastic footage well done!!!!! I’d love to incorporate this into a layout!

[@WildWildWeasel]

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

[@Bama817]

This is really awesome!