Freight Car Scrapping Utica Yard

I noticed a string of older freight cars located in the NYS&W yard while I was traveling past the freight house a few days ago. Present were two boxcars of different lengths (both in PC green w/o PC markings), two ancient NYS&W stone hoppers and a wood chip car. When I travelled by the same location yesterday, observed that three of the cars (the smaller boxcar, a hopper & the wood chip car) had seemingly been moved. Then, much to my surprise, observed scrapping activity afoot. One end of a crushed boxcar was clearly visible while, nearby, man and machine were busy at work (the machine was picking up and dropping a car's trucks) It was an interesting scene, especially since I was unaware that this kind of work was occurring in Utica.

Not the first time. Scrap is up, so I'm not that surprised.

Thanks for the news.

These are probably the cars being scrapped:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=r5j13h ... rapping%3F____

Quite a few of the old BAR woodchip cars had been shipped up to Lowell, MA for scrapping a few months ago.

That storage line had 19 or so of those cars.

I'm glad they will be gone. Those cars always blocked my view of the NYS&W enginehouse when I traveled through Utica on Amtrak.

Any updates?

I took pictures on April 13th and will try to post them soon.

Thanks. How many cars are left?

Here's a link to photos I took on April 13th.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1101271252 ... i-XZjInweQ#

^Thank you for the pics!

How many cars are left?

Viewed from the nearby overpass, it appears all of the woodchip cars are gone (although, however, other freight cars are occupying the tracks on which the woodchip cars had previously been spotted). As of today, moreover, no evidence of salvaging exists near or around the spur depicted in my photos. The area is now as clean as a hound's tooth.

Some cars were scrapped last week in Ridgefield Park.

Any more scrapping in Utica?

I passed through on Amtrak last week, and I saw RDC 11 (New Haven 37, later Amtrak 11 and Metro-North 11) was gutted, off its trucks, with only the shell of the body and frame left. I take it it's not going out for rehab...

-otto-

Correct Otto.
Scheduled for scrap this month.

i had seem pics on someone's gallery of a nysw single side russell snow plow parked in utica. is this still owned by nysw or is it long scrapped?