On December 4, 2020, New York, Susquehanna & Western engine No. 3040 experienced mechanical failure and was tied-down dead on the road's Utica main in Washington Mills, NY. Three days later, on December 7th, the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern, leant one of their Alco's, No. 2453, to the Susquehanna in order to move NYS&W No. 3040, and its four-car train, back to the Utica yard.
We first catch the action in Utica as the MA&N, exercising trackage rights over CSX between Utica-Rome, stops at the Susquehanna yard to drop-off No. 2453. We next observe No. 2453 (about 90 minutes after delivery to the NYS&W} as it heads south on Utica's Schuyler Street with two boxcars for Oneida Warehouse, New Hartford.
Next, No. 2453 is observed in South Utica, back on the Utica main.
In the final scene, we watch No. 2453 lead its train (now 5 cars bigger after having picked-up empty boxcars in South Utica just west of French Road, accessed via an industrial spur) northbound on Schuyler Street, the yard about a mile away.
MA&N No. 2453 was built in Oct 1964 and was first owned by Erie-Lackawanna and regularly ran on the Utica branch. After its service with Erie-Lackawanna, it was operated by Conrail and next by BC Rail before coming under MA&N ownership.
6 дек 2020
