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CSX picked up the 2732 Monday afternoon while making a pickup from NYS&W.

Alek S

Yes, that was a branch of the West Shore. It is often thought that it connected to the NYC Chicago main, or to the DL&W's "Blue Line" ( An industrial spur that ran along Oriskany Boulevard for a good distance), which is understandable considering that it came reasonably close to both. ...

Thanks guys! There is sure a fascinating history, and a fascinating amount of remaining bits and pieces, in that area. I'm a bit of an O&W foamer so I was curious to know if that was actually O&W to Oneida WH and if there was any more to it than that, so you gave a great explanation. Makes ...

Good answer, Alek. Also, there was a spur off the spur, if you will, to behind the old Sears store in the New Hartford Shopping Center. A section of track was still visible through the blacktop a few years ago. UT-1, Thanks for verifying that, I did notice what appeared to be the outline of a spur ...

OIBU - Yes, the spur to present-day Oneida Warehouse is indeed an O&W-era Branch! It was accessed how it is now, from the switch off the main over by Wilbur Road. On the other end, it ran further than it does now, along Campion Road for a few hundred feet where it turned to the West and crossed ...

Gone now. Didn't see the cars down by the old UBR roundhouse yesterday evening, anyway.

I did see it last week though. Possibly one of the longest trains to be on that line since the days of UM-2/MU-1, eh?

They run South to Sangerfield more often in the spring than in the winter, due to the fertilizer rush and the growing season starting up. How often I can't say exactly but during peak (Late March, April, early May), multiple times per week. I'd say your best bet is later in the work week (Wednesday,...

I'm sure this has been asked on here before, but I was curious on the dates sections of the NYC four-track main from Albany to Buffalo was downsized to two mains.

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Does anybody know what happened to the 40 foot boxcar that was parked behind the Earlville depot?It was there last fall,went by yesterday now its gone.This had been there many years,know of a few guys who would take pictures from the top it.Maybe hauled to Utica to be cut up for scrap? Hope not. Ye...

I got some, Steve! I sent you a PM.

Alek S

ut-1: That "Other Railfan" was me! What kind of car were you driving? I was in a green Subaru. I chased them from Schuyler Street in Utica to Sangerfield. I could swear I was being followed! :wink: And you are right...WHAT a sound as they tore it up on the Paris Hill grade! Apparently, The...

I have a photo from February 9th that shows the horn still on 1835 at least, but in another photo of mine from March 16, it's gone. And that only shows 1835 and not the others but I would assume they did them all at the same time. You never know, though. I know it's not much of a help but it narrows...

LackMan To answer some of your questions...Oneida Warehouse (What you are referring to nearby the New Hartford Shopping Center) is getting a lot of boxcars. Always a lot for them in the Utica Yard when I am down there. Must be good business. Motive power is still what is now the only active four-axl...

That Lackawanna-painted E8 unit behind the #3000 was an excursion locomotive. It was owned by I think the NRHS(?) along with another just like it. They ran many excursions on the Syracuse and Utica Branches back in the late 1980's and 1990's. They were not actual original DL&W E units but I beli...

Charlie, for some reason I never really thought about the EL Centuries when I made that statement but yeah! Interesting.

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