First Ward Local Works General Mills

It was another beautiful October morning in Buffalo, NY's Old First Ward neighborhood, and while the sun shined brightly overhead, CSX local Y133 worked the General Mills plant on Ganson Street, and pulls boxcars out of a dry goods warehouse near the footprint of where the mighty Great Northern once stood with an ex-Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2!
Filmed 10/4/2023
©2023 M'G:20 Productions - Matty Gunn
!!!!DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!!
Train/Engine information:
Y133 (Buffalo, NY Local)
-CSXT GP40-2 [YN3] #6143
Equipment used:
-Canon Vixia HF R800
-Canon EOS Rebel T6 DSLR
-DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone
-Uniden Bearcat BC125AT Handheld Scanner

[@tfs4499]

Great catch!

[@scottlindquist8417]

Very cool! Switching on the 1/1 scale!👍

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

VERY 🆒🔥🙌🏼✨👌🏽

[@3rdTrickGang]

Looks so strange now that they knocked down the old great northern grain elevator. Great videos, I really enjoy them especially the ones from around the Buffalo area.

[@mattygunn693]

It really does too, and it's a damn shame that old historic structure had to meet its fate because of a windstorm. Thank you very much, and I'm glad you enjoy the videos!

[@KCTopDawg]

Nice video Matty

[@mattygunn693]

Thank you!

[@yankee1789]

Really awesome

[@mattygunn693]

Thank you!

[@Nurvington]

Great views. Surreal looking against the distant backdrop.

[@mattygunn693]

Thanks!

[@garymartz7587]

That was way cool!!

[@mattygunn693]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@alanpearce9071]

Great drone and ground shots!

[@mattygunn693]

Thank you!

[@johndanaher6371]

Another fascinating video. Really cool mural on that brick building. Also caught sight of the drone shadow but lost it not long after. LOL Seeing that footprint of that huge building was a bit amazing. Seems they made quick work of it.

[@mattygunn693]

Thank you! Yeah it took a few months roughly for them to finish the demo, but I honestly don't know why they've been holding off on taking down the rest of the rear wall.

[@canadiannationalrailroad9201]

I'm here alot. Very cool. The bldg that had the boxcars is used for what? Are they loading cereal?

[@canadiannationalrailroad9201]

@@wesmoore4365 thanks

[@mattygunn693]

That's the Gold Medal flour warehouse, which is a division of General Mills.

[@canadiannationalrailroad9201]

@@mattygunn693 pretty cool. I never see anything going in there.

[@jeffhacker3323]

So either that car around 7:00 didn't have brakes set, or they dragged it with brakes on I guess? There's so much I don't understand about basic operations.
I didn't see anyone connect the air and it seems that happens sometimes as I watch switching vids, so I'm confused.

[@mattygunn693]

Yeah there was still a handbrake set when they moved that car. It didn't have to go far, so they probably didn't feel the need to release the handbrake then set it again.