"Brains AND Brawn" Adirondack Railroaders
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- MOVING a caboose BY HAND? Plenty of brawn needed! This "special move" was accomplished by tough-as-nails Adirondack railroaders on June 5, 2024 when a caboose, painted in Conrail colors, was hand-pulled out of a siding in Thendara NY. The caboose was to be used as a shoving platform (once the Utica-Tupper Lake tie train reached Sabattis) for a twenty mile shove to Tupper Lake.
This video captures the caboose-pulling episode together with views of the train crossing the Mohawk River, Utica, on Remsen Hill in Prospect, in Forestport Station and, finally, in Thendara, the half-way point on the route to Tupper Lake.
The first 23 miles of the trip were on the rails of the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern and two of the MA&N's engines were up front. Behind them: two Adirondack locomotives. Once Remsen's Snow Junction was reached, the MA&N engines were uncoupled and the freight then entered Adirondack's home rails for the journey to Tupper Lake, the end of the tourist hauler's line.
The ties will be used in the reconstruction of the Tupper Lake wye and other projects around the Adirondack town's handsome station.
Living in Washington State from good old HP. The Buffalo Head was were I had my Leaving New York dinner with my family back in 98. Sad to see that closed. Thank you showing home!
Thanks....watching from Timmins ON Canada!
Enjoyed video very much, in 1957 my dad rented a summer cabin on First Lake in the Fulton Chain, my grandfather traveled with us from Rochester by car but had to leave early to return to Omaha, we put him on NYC #165 in Thendara for Utica where he transferred to the Ohio State Limited westbound. My father took a color slide of this train by the Thendara station and I now have it and it’s much prized shows a NYC RS3 and four coaches, train ran daily from Utica to Lake Placid and back. It was great to see the location again in your video. Tom Koller, Denver
Very interesting, thanks for commenting!
Those ALCOs, thankfully... still have PEP in their step!
Greetings from Belton MO!
Last month I was able to visit the Railway Society of Northern New York in Crogan, NY. Very cool place! The staff member who gave my family after-hours access to the museum was great!
Shout-out to that museum staff member!!
Definitely a cool place, I was there back in 2016.
As a kid I loved the sound of the D&H alcos climbing the hill out of Binghamton. I'm watching from Chenango Forks.
Hi from York, UK! Thanks for another great video. The countryside looks beautiful at this time of year! An ingenious way of shunting a caboose ....
It seemed to be a rather nice day to be out for some railroading action, and those Alcos looked pretty sharp for their age! Thanks for sharing the sights, as I watch from near the southern shores of the Salish Sea (aka Puget Sound), in the suburbs of the Pacific Northwest, just north of Tacoma, WA. Hope to see Witold 🐕 back out with you in future videos. 😊
Sarasota, FL. Great shot from above at the start of the video.
Nice video! Came over to watch the full thing from trainorders
Lots of ties, nice to see work being done
Watching in Telford, Pennsylvania. Enjoyable as always!
Small world. I occasionally park in a parking garage in Lansdale, PA to work from my "traveling office". It overlooks a small rail yard that is home to Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad. They interchange with CSX here, serve some industries, and also interchange with East Penn Railroad in Telford as well as New Hope & Ivyland in Warminster (might be a closer relationship with them). Anyhow, I ran into an acquaintance you know. DIdn't get his name, but he is from Schenectady and railfanning down here. He's a conductor out of Selkirk.
I watched it from Watertown, NY. Stay safe out there!
I watched from Chaumont
What a sweet video, with great narration, I like that! I sure do love the Alco's, always have and miss them dearly! (Dave).
Thank you for the video! Medina, NY. I have taken the train from Thendara twice, and from Saranac once 20 or so years ago.
As always, another great video. I hope your assistant was working hard back in the office since he's not supervising you this trip. 😅 Watching from Lisbon, Maine. Those 2 GP's in the handsome green and silver paint remind me of Maine Eastern when it was running here. 😢 Now Fingerlakes is covering that route but lost its biggest freight customer (Dragon cement is closing its plant) so their plans and hopes for scenic rail runs is doubtful. Sigh. Thanks again!
Great video I love the gons from here in Buckeye, Arizona
Nice stretch of weather here too in Atkinson Maine.
Good video , Hello to you and Witold from downstate Long Island
Still enjoying your video's from Decatur,IL.
Very nice down on of the train going through the big bridge. All of the cars were from CSX and are in the numbering system for MOW service but can still go offline. With you standing on the platform some of those ties look used While others appeared to be new but may have been sitting awhile. Trusting that they will pick up a backhoe with a clamp on it to help distribute the ties. It's always good to see major work happening as it prevents mishaps down the line. If we're lucky today Milwaukee won't see rain for the first time in seven days
Hi, I'm writing from Santa Barbara, Ca. I lived in Utica for six months in 1970. I'm old! I thought the caboose was motorized. Good muscles guys!
Thank you John... stellar video as always.... That caboose looks like ex Erie Lackawanna.....
Thanks, Jay. Now that you mention it, I do believe it is an ex-Erie caboose
Watching from Boynton Beach, FL
Watching form Bath NY great video man keep them coming
Enjoy your videos very much! We watch from Charleston, SC
Greeting from Shellman Bluff Georgia. D&H Rules !!!!!!!!!
Watching in Devon UK. Thank you for posting.
Still watching from Winsen / Luhe in Germany, northern edge of Lüneburger Heide
Very impressive captures... Loved the train 2 lash up !! Great coverage of the switching job at the end too...
Thanks for another interesting train video. The caboose pushing was certainly something that I never thought of. Watching this from Clinton NY.
Still watching from Staffordshire in the middle of England! Thank you for making and sharing your videos🙃😉
Hi, looking in from North Yorkshire, England.
I do hope the decking on that bridge is inspected occasionally.
Thanks for documenting the first portion of the tie train’s journey! Pushing the caboose by hand was certainly neat!
Excellent!!
Another fine & interesting video from Morrisville NY
i love The Horn, 7:05
Nice 👍
Upper Mount Bethel Township in Northeast Pennsylvania.
awesome video John thanks again
Enjoy watching your videos from Brooklyn, NY. Wondering why the train you feature in today’s video suddenly went from four engines to two? Keep up the great work and say hello to Vytold.
Wow cool 😊, 0:39
Hey rail rambler great to see alcos working on Man line. Great to hear they are working on Tupper lake area. Don't they creasalt Ties anymore? They aren't treated I noticed
The ties are treated. They are copper naphthenate as opposed to creosote. A more environment friendly wood treatment.
Watching from orange park florida
Great to see the trains up in this area of New York Thank You.🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲
That's really cool footage you got there. You're a bit too close to the tracks. Be safe my friend
South Wales valieys, uk
Great video - love the perspective. That bridge is in desperate need of new ties, at the least. Inheriting structures like this must be a nightmare for shortlines. You could sink your entire annual maintenance budget into a single bridge or viaduct, not doing so could shut down all or part of your line, or be a risk for accidents.
What happened to the two engines? Did they break off at Remsen and head to Boonville ?
I’m not sure if they went up to Boonville afterwards or came straight back to Utica. I do know that 2042 went up to Rome later in the day, however.
North Tonawanda, NY.
At 1:11 Owens Rd is in the town of Trenton, not Prospect
Yes, I realized my mistake after the fact, appreciate your feedback
marysville,ca
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