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Thanks for the updates, Milkman, much appreciated!

Now try to get some pics up! Lol

With NYS&W GP40 3040 presently away for major work, CSX GP38 2732 is handling matters on the Utica branch. Here is UT-1 this afternoon, just coming off Utica's Schuyler St trackage.

Here is a video taken yesterday showing UT-1 switching Utica Club Brewery; if differs from my previous 2 videos in that interior views of the switching operation are featured.

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This is the third Utica Club Brewery switching video I've posted, however, this effort features interior scenes of the engine in the brewhouse itself. Note the exceptionally close clearance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wXwIYVwtgU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And here...

Benjamin Maggi wrote:What was the event "Railroads of NY?"

Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern ran a passenger extra yesterday for "Railroads of New York" from Utica to Remsen. The railroad used Adirondack Scenic passenger cars. Here are three photos showing the train in Prospect, 18 miles north of Utica:

With CSX 2732 as the trailing unit, NYS&W 3040 brings a short freight down Paris Hill's 1.8% grade on April 21, 2015.

Cross-posted in NYS&W forum but thought it would be of interest here as well. Here are three pics showing NYS&W switching Utica Club Brewery (officially "FX Matt Brewery" but widely know here as Utica Club Brewery) on Nov 24th:

Here are a few pics showing UT-1 switching Utica Club Brewery (officially "FX Matt Brewery" or "West End Brewery") on Nov 24th:

Hi Lackman: I think Oneida Warehouse in New Hartford receives 5-10 boxcars per week. I haven't seen a boxcar at McCraith Beverage in New York Mills in quite a while, not sure if that is significant. Perhaps I've missed them. The "canal branch" siding (which runs parallel to the North-South...

Hi Lackman: The boxcars are empties out of New Hartford's Oneida Warehouse. With the long siding along the North-South arterial now OOS, the Susquehanna has been been taking empties to Sangerfield along with any loads they have for that location. Here's a video link & a photo showing some rare (...

Night trains are no longer common on the NYS&W's Utica branch. However, darkness had already fallen upon the area when the crew headed down Schuyler Street last night. Here'a a video link & photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3KtCbHa7Q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return f...

Frosty rails & Paris Hill's 1.8% grade combined to offer a challenge to NYS&W's Utica crew on Nov 16th:

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Here is the NYS&W's Utica branch freight battling frosty rails and Paris Hill's 1.8% grade on Nov 16th:

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Here, the NYS&W is shown shoving a short freight northbound today on Schuyler Street:

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