I have made four videos since "Winter Railroaders" which I thought would be best to include here rather than making new threads for each:
1) "Blizzard Railroaders" (8:21) features the NYS&W switching Matt's Brewery, Utica, and Di-Highway, New York Mills, on February 25th. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning that day for the Utica-area:
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2) "Into The Snowbelt (2:06) features MA&N running Alcos Nos. 805 and 2456 light on February 27th. The plan was for the engines to travel to the line's end in Lyons Falls, 45 miles north of Utica, to clear the way for plowing-in-earnest by the railroad's Jordan Spreader, already positioned in Boonville. The engines made it to Boonville just fine; however, once there, the crew ran into great difficulty with compacted snow/ice plowed on the tracks paralleling Water St in the village. By the time the way north was cleared, it was too late to proceed to Lyons Falls. So, the engines returned, again light, to Utica.
This video shows the train kicking up a lot of snow in the morning as it runs parallel to Barneveld's Sand Road and as it passes through a picture-perfect, snowy Remsen in the late afternoon:
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3) "Clearing the Way" (4:11) features MA&N's Jordan Spreader in action southbound in both the village and town of Boonville and in Remsen on March 1st. The MA&N ran No. 805 up to Boonville on Feb 28th where it picked-up the Jordan Spreader. However, it only made it a few miles north of Boonville before derailing just beyond Thomas Rd, Denley, due to compacted snow on the tracks resulting from illegal snowmobile usage. On March 1st, No. 2456 ran up to the derailment site and the MA&N re-railed 805, and proceeded to Lyons Falls. They then began plowing southward using the Jordan Spreader. Unfortunately, I was unable to catch the plowing between LF-BOON.
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4) "A 12-Mile Winter Shove" (6:34) With the line now open to Lyons Falls, the MA&N ran the first train of the year with cars destined for storage on the otherwise unused 10-mile section of track between Boonville-Lyons Falls. The railroad has stored cars here the past several years. This video features switching activity in Boonville, the shove move's arrival in Lyons Falls, and the train's return run south with glimpses in Port Leyden and Denley.
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