Floating cars through New York Harbor
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2012
- We are now well underway on our journey from 65th Street Yard in Sunset Park in Brooklyn to Greenville Yard in New Jersey, where we have a chance to walk around the rail barge itself and see the tugboat John P. Brown as she hip tows us through New York Harbor. There are about 10 or 11 cars spread out over 3 tracks on the barge. Do not worry about where I am standing or where I walk, as all the cars are heavily tied down and the wheels are chocked, and I am wearing a PFD (personal flotation device). When we reach Greenville, the engine waiting on that side will unload the cars. That will be seen in a later video. Enjoy the sights of the cars, the tugboat, and our surroundings. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The video was taken on September 20th, 2012.
Those Buchanan scows are from Branford Gravel, up the Long Island Sound in CT, and often are rafted at a mooring in Bridgeport CT, running stone for O&G Industries. I've been watching them come and go from the seawall park at St Mary's in Black Rock for many years, and when I drove launch in the 90's for Black Rock Yacht Club. Then I was a deckhand for Turecamo, then Reinauer towing fuel oil up and down the coast
Greenville Yard is in Jersey City, my birth place. Thanks for uploading this. I had no idea that train cars were transported this way. And, yes, I did catch my breath when you started walking around the cars.
Wow this brings back some memories. My grandfather was a tugboat captain from the late 20's until the late 70's. I used to go with him when I was a child up until about 12years old. He was captain at BEDT for about 30 years. I used to climb on the floats, go into the piers, throw the ropes. It was a blast. This brings back some awesome memories, thanks for posting.
I hope that this service is greatly expanded! NYC really needs more rail service!
That's pretty freaking awesome. Never thought that such a thing was even a thing. I see stuff like this in toy set ups and fictional things, but I never thought it was an actual thing in real life.
From the 1900s till about mid 1970s NYC harbor had a whole fleet of railroad car float barges and tugs when the west side of Manhattan had piers, in particular before the WTC was built, as well as the w72 st railyards, great video!!!
TOTALLY COOL OPERATION!!!
Top Hat the Railway Tug.
Now this is extreme railfaning! Awesome video!
That Ole girl gets ER dunn! real nice! cat power at its best!! thumbs up! to ya capt
I'm glad they still build new tugboats that aren't boxy towers! I first thought this tug was a refurbished 60+ year-old one!
thank you for posting this.
thats soooooo cool man wow
Awesome video!
I bet that can get pretty splashy up front
Fascinating!
thats kind of scary walking the edge ofthe barge.
ive been n2 trains my whole life and have never heard of something like this let alone seen it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
I went all the way to NYC in September this year from the UK ad was told there was no railroad freight action in Manhattan! Which I suppose is true, as these destinations are not Manhattan, but they're not far away! Would have loved to have seen this in action :-( Maybe I'll get back there one day.....thanks for posting, I thought car floats had died out.