As usual, so much to love about any videos of this operation. Gorgeous K5H, but also the idea that everyone in the neighborhood knows that particular horn blast means to move your car. It'd be a quirky street to live on
Very good video, great shots and we’ll done. I love the fact they still have street running, sit on the porch and watch trains rolling passed your front door.
When I was very young, a restaurant my grandparents took me to had a selection on the jukebox called THE TRAIN RAN THRU THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE. It was a childhood fave. My idea of paradise!!
Schuyler Street was there first, although those tracks have been there since the 1860S. The DL&W put those tracks in when starting their branch southbound and eventually down to Binghampton.
Or the street was there before the railroad. Much of this *dates back to a time in our history* when trains moved much slower and towns wanted trains close for convenience. For many towns, the railroad replaced the stagecoach, wagon trains, and cargo pulled by horses. Towns worked hard to attract the railroad, which helped the towns to grow from the revenue generated by passenger and cargo traffic along with new residents. The railroads benefited from the increased stops for food, water, fuel, and additional passengers.
Ah, memories. I lived in Clark Mills, just west of Utica, from 1988 to 1991 and remember seeing the Susquehanna trains on Schuyler Street. I can recall riding one of the diesel excursions on this line when the late Walter Rich still owned the railroad and contracted with the local NRHS chapters for the trips. At the time, the Susquehanna still had two dome cars, a former CB&Q "Twin Zephyr" parlor-observation and a former UP lounge-observation rebuilt with a theater rear end (this car was called the "Popemobile", after the domed automobile used by Pope John Paul II).
I love street running trains too and it still amazes me there are as many as there are in the U.S. still in the 21st Century. Great video and thanks so much for posting.
I have not driven by here in a while, I think they might have taken down the old watchtower, but if you like street trains you would have liked this. lite987.com/railroad-watch-tower-in-utica/
Or you could just point out that trains (obviously) can't divert away from the tracks and take a long time to stop, so they should automatically be given right of way.
I have watch the Susie Q on many miles of it"s line from Utica South to Rte 20, and hope to use this in my HO RR. This video of Schuyler St is great, never been to see her running here in the snow. Excellent.
at one time many citys had street cars, trolleys , trams . roads were paved around the tracks and when the street railways abandoned passenger ( many had freight(goods) operations , that continued, and many streetcar lines were owned by big railroads and got swolloed up into their system. the other posters are correct too.
There is a street sort of like this in my home town but there is a little more room on the sides. However, they actually closed off the narrowest section to vehicle traffic to avoid stuff like this.
For a second, I thought I was looking at the South Shore Line running down the street in Michigan City, IN. Wasn't aware of other "street running" operations.
I believe the railroad tracks were originally part of the street car line. When the street cars used the line that added value to the homes on the line. As the city grew factories shared the rails. All of Utica has been in decay for a long time.
Utica, NY has been around since 1750. Urban mass transit via rails came along one hundred years later during the industrial revolution. This locomotive traveling down a city street is more a product of urban evolution out of necessity than urban planning.
That car owner was just lazy and arrogant for not moving his car way before the train got there. There's no way he didn't hear the train honking for ages before it got there, he just thinks he's more important than everyone else.
Why don't they paint lines that show where you can't "stick-out-beyond" and let the police enforce it? Or, just plow through. Railroad has right-of-way, right?
Problem is, who would pay for the paint? The railroad is really the only one who would benefit from it, so are they going to pick up the tab for it? I prefer the "plow-through" solution. Usually, yes the railway has the right-of-way, but I don't know the history of (when) this railroad was laid and when the street/road went in. It's nice that they gave the motorist a chance, but the pr!ck sure enough took his sweet-ass time about it.
Yeah, I don't really blame the car owner. Not everyone knows exactly how wide a train in motion is and it doesn't look like there's much in the way of signage or paint telling people how/where to park. If the streets were better cleared of snow there would also be a little more room for people to make sure they are parked well away from the tracks. This is just poorly maintained and signed infrastructure, the railway and the city need to spend the minor amount of money and effort to improve things.
I pretty much agree with you Jarren. THis is an unusual situation and given the snow and lack of understanding the rail line is active perhaps it was just an honest mistake.
Stan Patterson - "who would pay for the paint?" The paint would cost about $500.00 and the legal battle deciding who would pay for it would cost about $500,000.00 !!
Cool street running freight train-this reminds me of the BNSF main that runs down a street in downtown Fort Collins Colorado (BNSF"s Cheyenne Subdivision that runs north from Denver).
Many European cities have trams running down the streets so this is no different. This engine is quite a lot bigger, heavier and more powerful than a tram but whether a tram or this engine hit you it would still be a bad day. If I lived there I'd keep my car well away from the railroad. Out of interest for those living in Schulyer street are there ever accidents?
Yeah, I suppose that must be it... I've seen it before in other videos, but in this case it seemed to be rather close, he just zoomed out a little and then stopped. The weird perspectives usually show up at more extreme distances (or with more extreme lenses)... or at least so I thought.
That's exactly what I was thinking, too. Then the guy comes out and moves the car and I thought "You'd better get your buddy with the red car out there to move his, too," and then...two toots on the horn and we're rolling again.
The city of NY did away with all street level trains in 1941 because so many people were killed by freight trains rolling about walking speed with bells ringing etc., even when the railroad hired cowboys on horseback to ride ahead of the engines waving a large red flag and shouting, the space cadets would STILL wind up under the wheels!!! 10th Ave where a track was, was nicknamed "Death Avenue" The big push came to ban the trains after a kid playing some game with friends climbed on a moving train and fell under the wheels and was ground into hamburger, the last cowboy on horseback leading the train run on 10th Ave was George Hayde on 3-29-1941 with his horse "Cyclone" and the tracks were removed. By 1908, the Bureau of Municipal Research claimed that since 1852, the trains had killed 436 people. A New York Times piece from the same year reported that in the preceding decade there had been almost 200 deaths, mostly of children. The city did, however, take certain precautions in the 1850s, setting an ordinance requiring a person on horseback to ride ahead of the train, making pedestrians and traffic aware of the train's nearing arrival. Known as West Side Cowboys, these legendary figures waved red flags and lanterns to warn those on street level. But these urban cowboys could not keep the hazard at bay, and the tracks remained a danger for city residents. In the late 1800s, neighborhood pressure resulted in the tracks further uptown moving below street level. South of Grand Central, however, the trains remained, and various incidents set off a series of protests against the street-level tracks. In 1894, a man who had lost a leg in an accident caused by the train set fire to a portion of the tracks, and in 1897, thieves took to the cars. Finally, in 1908, the death of a seven-year-old boy sparked mass action, as five-hundred people took to the streets to protest the hazardous conditions. In addition to the public discontent, the city pressured the railroad company to change its practices, ultimately refusing to accept the railroad's licensing fee in 1908. This tactic could not work for long, however, as the railroad was responsible for much of the food supply to the city, running along meat warehouses and grocery outlets. www.thehighline.org/blog/2015/10/22/the-history-of-death-avenue A video of a train rolling down the avenue with a cowboy in front appears here www.livinthehighline.com/the-original-urban-cowboy/
3 Things: 1:Bigger roads or lack of train track through the city. 2: Make it illegal to park on the street. 3: Make all the traffic signals near the tracks stay red when a train is nearby. Because clearly people drive through/over the tracks even though the signal lights are flashing and they can see the train.
Yes, Rev, it's me, lol. Glad you found the Mother Ship! Also, if you're on Facebook, there's a lot more CNY/Utica material on my FB group, also, imaginatively enough, named Railroading Rambler.
Thank you, RR, for sharing this. Would not have hithe car. Did not hit the other which appears closer to the rail. 3:20 Mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* stopped operating after the train stopped. Then operated too late? Wish you had zoomed out and shown everything. Why stop videoing before the train was out of sight?
Weird. In the Puget sound (Seattle region) trains are considered annoying and we tuck them away into tunnels and under freeways. Sometimes tho they end up on top of freeways.
@Joe Mayesky The Puget Sound region is annoying. I moved there early in 2006 because of as girlfriend who relocated to be near her daughter. It took me about three days to figure out what messed up society you have there. Your thought processes, bro, are a symptom of the disease. Just so you know, railroads are where they are. They are not "tucked" anywhere. Development follows the patterns it does because of topography. In central Kent, for example, the railroads are right in the middle of everything because it is flat land and the town grew up around the railroads. In other cases, railroad are located in places a railroad would never be allowed to be built today, such as, along the waterfront in Everett or through the middle of Marysville. Or around the waterfront in Tacoma. You are seriously delusional, though unfortunately typical. The liberal elites thrive off of fools like you.
One time in Lincoln Ne a Burlington local didn’t stop and dragged about 25 cars during a Husker football game, never heard if the rr paid for the damage.
Some comments seem to suggest an unfavorable attitude towards a locomotive pulling freight down the middle of the street. Don’t like it, don’t live there. Don’t want your car towed, don’t block the train. Simply because this is an odd sight for many commenters and not a common occurrence today does not make it inappropriate or wrong. The people who live on the street are aware of the railroad, the either get with the program or they get what they deserve.
I've never seen a train run down a residential st. before,, seen it in industrial areas but this is wacked. LOL My cousin lived in Cahoes NY & the train ran between his house & the nejghbors to get to the GM factory,, I thought that was crazy.
I can't quite see how the front car is obstructing but the rear one isn't, as it looks like the tracks run closer to the rear car, but, eh, I wasn't in the engine driver's seat, perhaps the angles are deceptive. Either way, parking on a road with a rail line down the middle when it's not even really three cars wide in the first place is surely a plain bad idea?!
They could have done more than push the car! They could have helped the guy move the piece of junk to a permanent residence in the local scrap yard! :-)
What? Just because it is a train you seem to think that means it has more legal right of way or something? Wrong. The train has the same legal right of way as any car or truck on the road. If the train does not like to get stuck in "traffic" then perhaps the private company that owns the tracks should move them so they don't have to deal with it.
As usual, so much to love about any videos of this operation. Gorgeous K5H, but also the idea that everyone in the neighborhood knows that particular horn blast means to move your car. It'd be a quirky street to live on
Holy shit. I've seen ice move faster than the guy who was eventually moving his car
True..some poeple just like🤔
It's just common courtesy: Anytime there's a vehicle coming towards you that can flatten you like a pancake, get out of his way.
True that ,the laws of physics will trump your obstinacy every time.
There should be a sign that says "No Parking or the train will move your car for you!"
NO PARKING. Violators will be towed by train.
😂
Very good video, great shots and we’ll done. I love the fact they still have street running, sit on the porch and watch trains rolling passed your front door.
When I was very young, a restaurant my grandparents took me to had a selection on the jukebox called THE TRAIN RAN THRU THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE. It was a childhood fave. My idea of paradise!!
m.ua-cam.com/video/DhmXFXoyw6U/v-deo.html
Awesome combination of street running and snowy weather !!!!
I'm sure that railroad was there long before the street was put in.
Thank you. why is that so hard for people to understand?
"I'm sure that railroad was there long before the street was put in." ?? most certainly not - many railroads in the US were put into existing streets.
Schuyler Street was there first, although those tracks have been there since the 1860S. The DL&W put those tracks in when starting their branch southbound and eventually down to Binghampton.
Or the street was there before the railroad. Much of this *dates back to a time in our history* when trains moved much slower and towns wanted trains close for convenience. For many towns, the railroad replaced the stagecoach, wagon trains, and cargo pulled by horses. Towns worked hard to attract the railroad, which helped the towns to grow from the revenue generated by passenger and cargo traffic along with new residents. The railroads benefited from the increased stops for food, water, fuel, and additional passengers.
H.M. Müller doesn’t really matter the train still has the right of way.
Winter parking and street trains - wicked combo! :D Good ole' upstate NY.
As many times as I was personally in Utica, I never was there to see the trains rolling through. Really cool!
Ah, memories. I lived in Clark Mills, just west of Utica, from 1988 to 1991 and remember seeing the Susquehanna trains on Schuyler Street. I can recall riding one of the diesel excursions on this line when the late Walter Rich still owned the railroad and contracted with the local NRHS chapters for the trips. At the time, the Susquehanna still had two dome cars, a former CB&Q "Twin Zephyr" parlor-observation and a former UP lounge-observation rebuilt with a theater rear end (this car was called the "Popemobile", after the domed automobile used by Pope John Paul II).
GORGEOUS Norman Rockwell living painting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Utica has been called a lot of things, but never a Norman Rockwell painting.
I love street running trains too and it still amazes me there are as many as there are in the U.S. still in the 21st Century. Great video and thanks so much for posting.
Thanks, glad you liked the video!
Jeez I would love to see a list of all these street trains. I would certainlt make a point in trying to see a street train one day.
This is simply awesome! Cara are proceeding casually unmindful of the train's approach! The train driver must be very cautious!
I love street running trains. I have travelled to a handful of states to film them. Nice video!
How many are there of them in the US?
I have not driven by here in a while, I think they might have taken down the old watchtower, but if you like street trains you would have liked this.
lite987.com/railroad-watch-tower-in-utica/
Jaw Tooth sucks there is less now...
MoreMBTA. That’s a good thing! There will be less car/train related accidents in the future!
when they happen they aren't too bad, and a street runner is something special. If you saw a street runner in real life you'd understand
Citys were built around railroad tracks and the automobile wasn't even born.So priority goes to;tadam! TRAINS!!!
Well, George Stephenson did perfect the steam locomotive in 1825, long before the advent of the automobile...
Or you could just point out that trains (obviously) can't divert away from the tracks and take a long time to stop, so they should automatically be given right of way.
That is so awesome.
Love to see it live.
Presumably the driver is the parent of the "slow children" mentioned on the nearby sign?
LMAO !!! good one !
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree
this is neat :) looks like a tram line in the middel of the street until you see a big cargo train on it :)
I LOVE Short line railroad stuff and street running is so cool. Thanks for posting this Railroad Rambler.
awesome footage! I love that horn! sounds like a K5LA
I have watch the Susie Q on many miles of it"s line from Utica South to Rte 20, and hope to use this in my HO RR. This video of Schuyler St is great, never been to see her running here in the snow. Excellent.
The slow children are driving now.
at one time many citys had street cars, trolleys , trams . roads were paved around the tracks and when the street railways abandoned passenger ( many had freight(goods) operations , that continued, and many streetcar lines were owned by big railroads and got swolloed up into their system. the other posters are correct too.
If they ever wanted to do a live-action remake of The Polar Express, they could use this street for filming the opening and closing scenes.
Sure, but where are they going to get a functioning Lima Locomotive Works Berkshire? They'd have to ship 1225 over from the Great Lakes area.
I love EVERYTHING about this video! Earned a new subscriber with this one!
There is a street sort of like this in my home town but there is a little more room on the sides. However, they actually closed off the narrowest section to vehicle traffic to avoid stuff like this.
Love the crossing at 04:42. I've NEVER seen a crossing where the train/track and cross bucks face each other. Happy railroading!!!
very cool i grew up around trains my house was 30 feet away from the tracks.
Running up and down that street was a real pain especially in winter and during the night !
Notch 8 will clear all obstacles
At notch 8, there are no obstacles! Only temporary targets!
Full speed ahead!!
good one!
For a second, I thought I was looking at the South Shore Line running down the street in Michigan City, IN. Wasn't aware of other "street running" operations.
That's some great urban planning. I wonder how it's impacted home prices along that street. I guess Utica was built around the train line huh?
As were most communities in the US and Canada
I believe the railroad tracks were originally part of the street car line. When the street cars used the line that added value to the homes on the line. As the city grew factories shared the rails.
All of Utica has been in decay for a long time.
Those street car lines could not have been used by the railroads without significant upgrades.
Utica, NY has been around since 1750. Urban mass transit via rails came along one hundred years later during the industrial revolution. This locomotive traveling down a city street is more a product of urban evolution out of necessity than urban planning.
And in NY State under Cuomo, pay more than $10,000 a year in property taxes.
That car owner was just lazy and arrogant for not moving his car way before the train got there. There's no way he didn't hear the train honking for ages before it got there, he just thinks he's more important than everyone else.
he must have voted for Obama and Hilary
Philippe Riopel Utica NY is loaded with them unfortunately.
well,nowadays that's PC'ing it.
Maybe there was something on TV that he just couldn't tear himself away from.
Utica is already down the tubes as is every other big city in Upstate NY.
I can imagine those who devised the plan for the streets saying : "Cars? That's only a passing fad".
Why don't they paint lines that show where you can't "stick-out-beyond" and let the police enforce it? Or, just plow through. Railroad has right-of-way, right?
There's a section of street trackage I know of in Anaheim where they painted yellow lines warning cars to stay away, it's pretty effective.
Problem is, who would pay for the paint? The railroad is really the only one who would benefit from it, so are they going to pick up the tab for it? I prefer the "plow-through" solution. Usually, yes the railway has the right-of-way, but I don't know the history of (when) this railroad was laid and when the street/road went in. It's nice that they gave the motorist a chance, but the pr!ck sure enough took his sweet-ass time about it.
Yeah, I don't really blame the car owner. Not everyone knows exactly how wide a train in motion is and it doesn't look like there's much in the way of signage or paint telling people how/where to park. If the streets were better cleared of snow there would also be a little more room for people to make sure they are parked well away from the tracks. This is just poorly maintained and signed infrastructure, the railway and the city need to spend the minor amount of money and effort to improve things.
I pretty much agree with you Jarren. THis is an unusual situation and given the snow and lack of understanding the rail line is active perhaps it was just an honest mistake.
Stan Patterson - "who would pay for the paint?" The paint would cost about $500.00 and the legal battle deciding who would pay for it would cost about $500,000.00 !!
Cool street running freight train-this reminds me of the BNSF main that runs down a street in downtown Fort Collins Colorado (BNSF"s Cheyenne Subdivision that runs north from Denver).
Mr. Engineer, I give you permission to hit those cars!
Many European cities have trams running down the streets so this is no different. This engine is quite a lot bigger, heavier and more powerful than a tram but whether a tram or this engine hit you it would still be a bad day. If I lived there I'd keep my car well away from the railroad. Out of interest for those living in Schulyer street are there ever accidents?
Utica is one of the most beautiful towns in all of o'le America! Voted: Most livable town in the US: 4 years in a freaking row! Go Utica!!!
Bath salts, today? The city is a crime filled dump today.
@Ray C Tide pods may explain it.
There's a sign there that says it all: "Slow children" at play...
Ok, something's seriously fucked with the perspective.
I was 100% sure that the red car was MORE in the way than the one who moved.
WTF?
The telephoto zoom makes it very hard to judge distances.
Yeah, I suppose that must be it...
I've seen it before in other videos, but in this case it seemed to be rather close, he just zoomed out a little and then stopped. The weird perspectives usually show up at more extreme distances (or with more extreme lenses)... or at least so I thought.
That's exactly what I was thinking, too.
Then the guy comes out and moves the car and I thought "You'd better get your buddy with the red car out there to move his, too," and then...two toots on the horn and we're rolling again.
Yeah me too. I thought both cars were well out the way. So did the drivers I guess
When you spawn a train on a tram tracks in GTA San Andreas.
I wouldn’t of had a problem pushing the cars out of the way
And the RR will pay the damages on that one.
At a fire in the old Montréal, a fire truck had to shove police cruisers to get to the fire! It's on UA-cam.
That is OK because the same municipality that owns the fire trucks owns the police cars!
@@pisciatto4385 no its only okay because it was an act to respond to an emergency efficiently.
Enjoyed your vid.Loved colours.
Cheers.
I swear peoples eyesight is getting weaker. Can they not see the 125 ton elephant in the road? It must be from texting. Great video!
The city of NY did away with all street level trains in 1941 because so many people were killed by freight trains rolling about walking speed with bells ringing etc., even when the railroad hired cowboys on horseback to ride ahead of the engines waving a large red flag and shouting, the space cadets would STILL wind up under the wheels!!!
10th Ave where a track was, was nicknamed "Death Avenue"
The big push came to ban the trains after a kid playing some game with friends climbed on a moving train and fell under the wheels and was ground into hamburger, the last cowboy on horseback leading the train run on 10th Ave was George Hayde on 3-29-1941 with his horse "Cyclone" and the tracks were removed.
By 1908, the Bureau of Municipal Research claimed that since 1852, the trains had killed 436 people. A New York Times piece from the same year reported that in the preceding decade there had been almost 200 deaths, mostly of children.
The city did, however, take certain precautions in the 1850s, setting an ordinance
requiring a person on horseback to ride ahead of the train, making
pedestrians and traffic aware of the train's nearing arrival. Known as
West Side Cowboys, these legendary figures waved red flags and lanterns
to warn those on street level.
But these urban cowboys could not keep the hazard at bay, and the
tracks remained a danger for city residents. In the late 1800s,
neighborhood pressure resulted in the tracks further uptown moving below street level.
South of Grand Central, however, the trains remained, and various
incidents set off a series of protests against the street-level tracks.
In 1894, a man who had lost a leg in an accident caused by the train set
fire to a portion of the tracks, and in 1897, thieves took to the cars.
Finally, in 1908, the death of a seven-year-old boy sparked mass
action, as five-hundred people took to the streets to protest the
hazardous conditions.
In addition to the public discontent, the city pressured the railroad
company to change its practices, ultimately refusing to accept the
railroad's licensing fee in 1908. This tactic could not work for long,
however, as the railroad was responsible for much of the food supply to
the city, running along meat warehouses and grocery outlets.
www.thehighline.org/blog/2015/10/22/the-history-of-death-avenue
A video of a train rolling down the avenue with a cowboy in front appears here www.livinthehighline.com/the-original-urban-cowboy/
Great info, thanks for posting!
Victorian Sculptures hey, an interesting comment on youtube
Dead Frt West ii
No. I dont think it's the drivers fault here. We need to have a chat with whom ever created this road way and thought this was safe.
Great video from Okeechobee Florida.
Cool to see in such a contemporary setting.
Kool, i didn't know Susquehanna was still an active railroad. I thought it got absorbed into CSX or another class 1 railroad.
Engineer has good self control God bless him AMEN!
Didn't realize this was hometown for me tilI clicked on it. Nice! Hoping he was going into the Brewery.
I've never seen a freight train run down the middle of the street before. That's crazy. And cool.
Not if you live on that street.
I be up there next January to watch this...way cool..
I wouldn't move onto that street
Love that K5H horn! Nice video!
The railroad might want to spend a few bucks spray painting a traffic lane line. Great video.
And when it gets covered up with snow?
Boy, those metal strip-like things in the middle of the road must be for decoration. Right?
Startled Visitor: What was that???
Veteran Resident: Oh, just a train crushing a couple of cars.
Great and spectacular video! Greetings from Italy. Ciao. Stefano :-)
Cars Will Be Flying In The Air Like Crazy And Up To Heaven
Yah I saw it...a signboard saying "Slow Children at play" on a street where locomotives rubs with cars and pedestrians
Despite living in Utica, I'm curious how Schuyler Street was managed after nor'Easter Stella. My side of Utica (east) was only one lane for a week.
Wow.
I'm surprised they still allow a train line right thru the residential streets like so
Great catch ! I love the street running
reminds me of the trains on 19th trains in Erie pa
Looks just like the DF locomotives in New Zealand!
There was a UA-cam video of a train in the UK at a coastal town running along the road before the line was closed
I liked the brain-e-ack that backed out in front of it!
It was a safe move on the car driver's part. The distance to the train and the train's slow speed allowed for the sharing of the road.
All I can say is WOW! I've never seen anything like it
Trains going down the street. Some of those rust belt cities are really weird!
That's just nuts. I've never seen anything like that before.
Excellent video, life in the "fast" lane??
Tip : Spectacular street running train action in movie "the show", by Larry Semon ! (1922) On UA-cam ! (the location, Glendale,ca , is long gone)
3 Things:
1:Bigger roads or lack of train track through the city.
2: Make it illegal to park on the street.
3: Make all the traffic signals near the tracks stay red when a train is nearby.
Because clearly people drive through/over the tracks even though the signal lights are flashing and they can see the train.
WHAT?a train in the town?no way.i love it
I think this is amazing. The only thing is the road needs to be a little bit wider to comfortibly fit 3 lanes of traffic. Yeah great video too!!
Nice 1 man! U even got the horn in the background!
John - I assume this is your site -- just found it and am enjoying seeing the Utica area railwise. Thanks
Yes, Rev, it's me, lol. Glad you found the Mother Ship! Also, if you're on Facebook, there's a lot more CNY/Utica material on my FB group, also, imaginatively enough, named Railroading Rambler.
Thank you, RR, for sharing this.
Would not have hithe car. Did not hit the other which appears closer to the rail.
3:20 Mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* stopped operating after the train stopped. Then operated too late? Wish you had zoomed out and shown everything. Why stop videoing before the train was out of sight?
Weird. In the Puget sound (Seattle region) trains are considered annoying and we tuck them away into tunnels and under freeways. Sometimes tho they end up on top of freeways.
@Joe Mayesky The Puget Sound region is annoying. I moved there early in 2006 because of as girlfriend who relocated to be near her daughter. It took me about three days to figure out what messed up society you have there. Your thought processes, bro, are a symptom of the disease. Just so you know, railroads are where they are. They are not "tucked" anywhere. Development follows the patterns it does because of topography. In central Kent, for example, the railroads are right in the middle of everything because it is flat land and the town grew up around the railroads. In other cases, railroad are located in places a railroad would never be allowed to be built today, such as, along the waterfront in Everett or through the middle of Marysville. Or around the waterfront in Tacoma.
You are seriously delusional, though unfortunately typical. The liberal elites thrive off of fools like you.
At least he had a green light so he could proceed through the intersection. :-p
One time in Lincoln Ne a Burlington local didn’t stop and dragged about 25 cars during a Husker football game, never heard if the rr paid for the damage.
They should know better than to park there during the winter! The windows take up half the street GREAT VIDEO!
Nice winter video.
At 5:39 the train clears what once was, a turn out or factory spur. It seems that it must have been one really tight turn.
Switch still active for the Utica Club Brewery , switch control is buried under the street had a cover over it for access if i'm not mistaken
Why are the headlights not wig wagging?
I bet the tow truck companies love to see your run schedule.
This is crazy a railway in the middle of the street
Some comments seem to suggest an unfavorable attitude towards a locomotive pulling freight down the middle of the street. Don’t like it, don’t live there. Don’t want your car towed, don’t block the train. Simply because this is an odd sight for many commenters and not a common occurrence today does not make it inappropriate or wrong. The people who live on the street are aware of the railroad, the either get with the program or they get what they deserve.
This is fantastic! :)
Jason
I've never seen a train run down a residential st. before,, seen it in industrial areas but this is wacked. LOL My cousin lived in Cahoes NY & the train ran between his house & the nejghbors to get to the GM factory,, I thought that was crazy.
That's crazy that the train stops and waits for people to move their car.
Ditch lights supposed to be flashing while on street running.
That is the wildest thing, wake up and have the polar express rolling down your street :P
Very nice video and bad spot there too!!!
I can't quite see how the front car is obstructing but the rear one isn't, as it looks like the tracks run closer to the rear car, but, eh, I wasn't in the engine driver's seat, perhaps the angles are deceptive. Either way, parking on a road with a rail line down the middle when it's not even really three cars wide in the first place is surely a plain bad idea?!
The train almost got to Court street and then had to stop for that idiot. Could have just pushed his car out of the way. lol
They could have done more than push the car! They could have helped the guy move the piece of junk to a permanent residence in the local scrap yard! :-)
yeah no......i would let it sit there...to be sure...i would weld a couple things to those tracks
plus. how long did it take him to move -
Hey Brian
What? Just because it is a train you seem to think that means it has more legal right of way or something? Wrong. The train has the same legal right of way as any car or truck on the road. If the train does not like to get stuck in "traffic" then perhaps the private company that owns the tracks should move them so they don't have to deal with it.
Ok it's settled. Utica is the place to go on vacation. It's HAPPENING! Slowly but happening.
Just saw a "Slow - Children at Play" sign on a street @2:15 that has a train going down it. LOL
Cool so see this! Nice!