Eastern Railroad Discussion > St. Patrick's Day on the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern, Remsen NY

On March 17th, Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern took 31 tank cars north on the railroad's 45 mile Utica-Boonville-Lyons Falls, NY branch for storage between Boonville-Lyons Falls.

I caught the freight as it passed through Remsen, NY, approx 21 miles north of Utica.

I like bagpipes and pageantry as much as anyone, but this was my idea of a great St. Patrick's Day parade!

A few pictures will be posted below as well. 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/17 01:24 by ut-1.

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Here are a few photos:

1. Departing Utica.

2. Nearing Dean Rd, Boonville, NY.

3. Closer still.

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ut-1, nice video.  Nice touch with the green text for St. Patrick's Day.   Your stuff keeps bringing back memories of my childhood.  I can remember a lot of road construction going on around Remsem sometime in the 1950's, probably on NY route 12.   Went to Boy Scout camp at Woodgate many times, Camp Russell.

i wonder how much of that LPG comes from south jersey ... PBF in Paulsboro puts out a helluva lotta LPG during the winter months ... sometimes making up 1/2 of a 100 car train ...

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I think I rode this line to Potsdam when I was a little kid, maybe 1948 or 1949.  I seem to recall a self-propelled car at a station we stopped at.  Was there a shuttle, perhaps to Ogdensburg?

Is there no business north of Boonville??