timestamps also here 00:49 - Departing Tottenville 02:32 - Arthur Kill Station 04:33 - Richmond Valley Station 06:16 - Pleasant Plains Station 08:32 - Prince's Bay Station 10:21 - Huguenot Station 12:38 - Annadale Station 14:41 - Eltingville Staition 17:41 - Great Kills Station 19:58 - Bay Terrace Station0 21:54 - Ooakwood Heights Station 23:49 - New Dorp Station 25:34 - Grant City Station 26:53 - Jefferson Av Station 28:31 - Dongan Hills Station 30:22 - Old Town Station 32:21 - Grasmere Station 35:39 - Clifton Station 37:12 - Stapleton Station 39:12 - Tompkinsville 41:00 - The Only Tunnel of The SIR 41:48 - St. George Terminal Last Stop Bus terminal Above ☝️
I haven't ridden this in about 50 years. I can't believe the B&O color-position signals are still up. The New Dorp Lane grade crossing is long gone, alas. When I was growing up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on a summer night with my windows open, if the wind was blowing just the right way, I could hear the faint wailing of train horns signalling for it so many miles away. Now I'm living in suburban Philly and get awakened many mornings by SEPTA trains bellowing for Rydal Road at 06:30.
Wow this is a neat perspective, from the deck just above the coupler! Last time i took a trip on the SIR was back in the early 80s before i moved to Cali, when many of the stations were still wooden: So neat to see the stations having been rebuilt and the whole line refreshed!! I take it the SIR has completely transitioned off of the old block signaling system? I can see the spots where the signals were located with the boxes between the tracks and i see signals near switches, but none were lit Real neat the little speedo in the upper left, that disappeared after awhile i see... Thank you SO MUCH for providing these views!! Lets me see things i cant do from 2k+ miles away!!
Funny little side note at New Dorp Station 24:18 - 38 a woman left her clothes on the bench for the train and another woman leaving the train picked them up.
ik I haven't been in Staten Island especially the Railway for years but I never realized the overpasses for Nassau and Atlantic finally closed down after being redundant. Heard they were still around long after the platforms were closed off
Yea same I've only rode the SIR once before this video. Also I was reading comments on other videos about the staten island railway and I saw a few that said the overpasses were still there but those comments were from 4 months ago. So I'm assuming they tore them down just recently at beginning of this year 2022
I know the overpasses have been locked off since ~2019 from personal experience but I haven't gone south of my home stop recently enough to realize they were razed
It sounded like there were one or more bad wheels on this train. What a strange sound. Before this video I watched your video of the express train from 96th Street to Coney Island. I enjoyed both of these videos.
Yep the train had flat wheels plus a dead motor because the train had no audible propulsion! Next time when I record the tottenville express hopefully I get a better trainset Thanks for watching 👍
One trivia point: the Tottenville depot is the southern most railway terminus in New York State because Tottenville is the southern most point in New York State. You can't go any further south without going into the drink.
Does St. George Terminal really need that many platforms? Maybe they can all be replaced by one wide island platform and the line can curve west and RCB Ballpark could be restored. That way, St. George can become a through-station rather than being separated with a wye like Hoboken on PATH. This is because the line could continue north of the island as it used to go there.
The Ballpark Station is literally 200 feet west of St. George Terminal and was a complete waste. Fully 95% of SI train and bus riders go through St. George. The old North Shore line is dead and ripped up in many spots and ain’t never coming back. Any $$ should go to new trains, buses and station improvements for the current MTA properties.
@@edwardp3502 Yeah, maybe you’re right. I was outraged when certain station renovations, such as the ESI lacked accessibility upgrades. I guess restoring any abandoned line, such as the Rockaway Beach Branch can wait.
The train to nowhere ! Imagine if these clowns actually finished the subway connection 4th avenue subway in the 1920's and then again the IND second system ? BTW. retired motorman 'B' division. Operated the R44s on the A line , loved them....
Yeah it would've been awesome if all 5 boroughs were all connected as one system. This line seems redundant considering all of the bus lines all over staten island, and that's awesome that you were once a motormen! In the near future I might apply to become one
Yeah it seems like the propulsion is dead D: I got unlucky in regards of that. If only I got a set with 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 motors now that would've been nice example Here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j9uWbPv37gU.html
To this day, if the MTR was really that broke, they should have all stations on this railway with fare turnstiles. Just don't make them pay while exiting.
If you look closely you could actually see them, but its just ramps going towards the platform on each side so no elevators. You can't see Tottenvilles or St. Georges ramp in this video though so only 3/5. In total there's only 5 accessible stations on the whole line: Tottenville, Arthur Kill, Great Kills, Dongan Hills, and St. George. I don't think they care enough to add more accessible stations XD
Considering all the "budget shortfalls" this line appears to be beautifully run and maintained. A real treasure for the NY Transit thanks to the B&O RR for its construction. One question what was that black super rusted iron plate at the bottom of the pictures?
There is a small plate at the front of these trains but the reason it's showing is because I placed the camera a bit too much towards the back of the plate. In My recent video of the SIR I placed it at a better angle
it is because there used a few other train lines before they were abandoned and tore down. Now there's only this line left and they only utilize 4 tracks maximum even though there is around 12 lol
How was the ride quality? when I rode it in 2018 it was crappy. Looking at the video it look better other than a couple of spots when it was swaying. Too bad no horn tho.
It was just OKAY. There was actually alot of swinging side to side in many parts of the ride like you mentioned, but it does run at decent speeds. BTW there is horn at 10:24 and 41:12
Thanks man! Its called digihud speedometer. Usually works fine but it was a bit inaccurate here for some reason. I'm not sure if its on iPhone (If you even have an iphone)
Why can't the Staten Island Railway be converted into a New York City Subway and a new connection between Staten Island and Brooklyn, or even between Staten island and Manhattan?
That work was started almost 100 years ago actually but it got cancelled due to it being too expensive. An alternate universe probably has all 5 boroughs united as one superior transit system but sadly we're not in that and we're stuck by using buses or a boat to get into staten island. They should really reconsider it :(
limes ☹Pity! I still do think the MTA should try making a NYC subway route in Staten Island and connect between there and Brooklyn or Manhattan, or even connect all three boroughs at the same time.
@@dvnrhillary They were in the process of building an underground tunnel, but you can guess what happened. Truth is, Staten Island is far too isolated and economically unbeneficial. That's partially why it's not very dense as Brooklyn or Queens
@@armorpro573 Ye I was like thinking a train line connecting Queens, Brooklyn and SI. But the tunnel from SI and Brooklyn is pretty the same length of the bridge and yet that length is long so it will be expensive.
The other trains all seem to be modern ones but the floor platform on this one looks to be quite old. Do theyuse one old train for nostalgia. Never been on the SIRT.
They say it takes a certain type of person to be a (good) bus driver. Does the occupation of subway train conductor attract a certain type(s) of employee?
This thing still uses the B&O-style signals? With all the bus routes on SI, I continually fail to understand why this Toonerville Trolley is still in operation,
Yup you got a great point. Some stations are in horrible shape and all, but they dont have plans anytime soon to shut this railway down because these R44s will get replaced in the next few coming years with the r211s. I think that's a waste
I visit SI since my dads side of the family lives there so we go there for visits and to be honest, such a quiet and peaceful borough, worth to live if you want to buy a big house , and also if you have a car since there are more bus routes than this one train line
When I lived there a century ago, if you were heading from SI to another boro, you were going to "the city." Reverse course, you're heading back to "the island." So, in that sense, it wasn't "the city," even though it's one of the 5 boroughs of NYC.
@@morganlimes ah los cambian rápido! En argentina 50 años tardan en cambiar! Por ahora tenemos trenes nuevos chinos . Jaja lol !! En unos años voy a ir a visitar en navidad Nueva York! Saludos desde (ciudad de Buenos Aires).
