End Of The Line: A Lomovideo

[pumpkinhead4449]

sad, there was probably nothing wrong with the trains, just old and not wanted

[aalamo12]

I love the old Long Island Railroad Alco Fa and New York Central Pullman but sad that they are left there to rot! Thats a shame! Some museum should take those two and restore them to operable condition. The music is great it gave me the idea of riding the rails on that pullamn... Great video!

[ConrailSD70MAC]

If this equipment is in Colonie NY, who's abandoned equipment do I see on Google Maps in Glenmont NY? There's a train on some abandoned track or mainline, off RT 144-River Rd. Just north of some plant. Is this ex-NYC?

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

think that the spot where the old rail lines were should be turned into roads to drive on

[TrainGuy18]

Did you know the Long Island FA-2 Has been moved to West Virginia and is going to be restored to Its original Paint scheme as Western Maryland #302. But will remain a cab controll unit

[KASPLARFO]

Thats Sad. (*****)

[twinscrwed]

i live right up the road from this, watervliet NY

[donjuandonjuan]

that NYC pullman passenger car is worth saving ....

[owlking149]

Those are some tired ALCOs. S1, RS3 and the more rare ALCO FAs to be exact. Thanx fur sharin'!

[armyabn]

Outstanding birds eye view of this train on msn maps.Located southwest of Troy, NY.

[ColonelSamatoshi]

Thanks for that armyabn. In google earth it shows it roughly 200ft east of 97 lincoln ave in Troy NY.

Sent this video to a RR preservation group - if they give the go we'll be looking at a rescue mission for this old gal. :))

[absoluteauthority08]

Just west of the Watervliet arsenal. North track lead that led down to the former D&H Colonie diesel shops. I read that these had to be moved by 2009 or be scrapped on site

[absoluteauthority08]

North end of former D&H "Colonie" yard, Watervliet NY, just west of the aresenal. Practically sitting on the north lead track to the former diesel shops. I read that this stuff had to be moved out by 2009 or be scrapped on site.

[ColonelSamatoshi]

Somebody needs their ass kicked for leaving that Alco PA to sit & rust like that!

Anyone think of claiming it as abandoned?

[Cockroach2008]

This great stuff! Where is it?

We would like to contract to acquire it all, haul it out and cut it up for scrap!

If it's just sitting like this, it can be melted down and the materials used to make new products.

We would like to drag it off to our scrap yard for disposal!

[msc4lf]

Very Nice Vid, I really like the music too.

[shamuslauer1]

stuff like this makes me want to go ther and see the old stuff i dont know why

[GandaraVideos]

cool video... I love the blue jazz music. Wow! I didn't know trains were abandoned like this...

[SpeakerPolice]

Where exactly is this? I'd love to go see these, especially that Alco FA, and assess their restorability. =)

[ultragor]

How sad to see a sleeping car from the famous New York Central go to waste like that.

[synthesizerman]

How do you take pictures that use the whole film? Or am I fooled my a plug-in fx?

[sl3media]

No special effects no cheesy Photoshop plug-ins. Those photos were shot using a 1930's vintage Agfa Bily folding camera. That camera takes 120 film, but I used 35mm film in it so the picture spills over the sprocket holes. It's a really neat thing you can do with almost any 120 camera.

[ChuckNLead67]

cool.

[albionreiver]

Anything like this in the United Kindom would get wrecked by kids!! -such as the times we live in..

[jackiesparrow91]

same thing here in the US

[Miluz6]

I wish I could visit this beautiful forgotten place... :(

[Nec1228]

ive been there! thats just outside Trop NY. they still have a switcher running there but its a slightly newer model i believe. i think one of the RS models or a coach caught on fire a few years back though. i keep wondering if i could just go there and take one of em away on a big flatbed to fix it up. i think that would be awsome, letting such power die is a horrible thing to do. the club that they belong to is LAZY

[Burnoutmaster1]

what cities were these pics taken at

[sl3media]

In Colonie, NY, about 10 miles north of Albany.

[IntoGear]

Actually it was a group of collectors that left them there. The group was trying to buy the Colonie yards to start a railroad museum there.

For awhile the group rented one of the buildings from Guild to store items and do work out of there. Clean up issues and Guildford's skyhigh asking price kept the museum from ever getting opened, now after the buildings being demolished after the fire...sad,just plan sad.

[daynamichellerobs]

poor trains

[i2455]

There are company's that bye small diesel switchers, jerk out the engine and install a smaller engine then refurbish the switcher.The switchers are sold to companies for use on their property to move their products from place to place...an example would be a large foundry,sawmill etc.The speed these switchers move at is 10mph or slower.

[clm64]

that is kinda sad but sounds wired but i love trains thers some engins at work thay r like my ouwn truck lol

[mpracing4]

Good news, the FA2 shown at 3:12 now belongs to the Western Maryland Railroad Historical Society and she should be in Belington, WV now on the West Virginia Central. No idea if she even has a prime mover in it, since the Long Island Railroad used them as cab control units for a while.

[sl3media]

Sure enough! I went back to the site a few weeks ago to take some pictures, and yes, the FA-2 was gone, gone, gone. I *think* I had read someplace that the 302 was one of the few FA's the LIRR had where they didn't convert to a cab control car and left the prime mover intact.

[giuliano85]

which plug-in did you use to make the lomo effect in the video???? Please answer soon

[AeroPolice]

Isn't that irresponsible just leaving it like that?

[thegoosebrain]

With the price of scrap metal being what it is, NOTHING will ever sit around this long because it has tremendous scrap value now.

[andersersand]

NICE ALCOS

[skinnysammy]

Sad

[humvee600]

yea, i went there before and saw those abandoned train, at 2:07 was the one I went on and saw the key still in it

[TheDarkFalcon]

oi you got picture you could send me of that? its such a sad sight but a good capture of emotion and an era.

[TheDarkFalcon]

wow thats depressing they just pulled a whole train up and just dumped it there :'(

[sl3media]

Yesterday I stopped by where these trains are stored, and the FA-2 in in fact, GONE. So, it does seem if it is been taken someplace where it will hopefully be restored.

[jay611]

The FA-2 is now on the WMRHS to be restored into full WMRY Fireball paint

[FoxGTR34Nismo]

If you ever see that old Alco FA-2...and shes restored to her original beauty...I wanna see a video of her, running if they start her.

Shes just to beautiful to die like that

[hoscaletrains500]

Everything there should be saved from the scrap! Especially the locomotives and those nyc pullman cars.

[RosyB9]

Love this!!! So well done. The images and music are haunting.

[ClassicUndertaker120]

They should really restore the NYC Pullman car. It has to be saved from being scraped.

[railfanner91019]

the first one looked like a still operating yard

[Master784]

Thats dangerous if parts fall off and animals get into it.

[Pup1234567]

holy crap. that was a pullman. and people had shit all over it with graffiti. those were vintage alcos too. someone should really take those and restore them for future generations

[jtreign9097]

those trains would probably still start. the engines in those trains dont die.

[kinger12872]

no thay wood need a lot of work toltal overhall

[economistBR]

I agree, it would take a whole a lot of money to repair them without available spare parts.

Imagine reparing the engine and the rusted wiring...nightmare. It's way better to buy a new one.

Still they should either scrap it or send to a museum, don't just leave it out there.

[microbusss]

I'd rather restore car & USE it on rails & travel NA via Amtrak

[WMProductions83]

The "OLD ALCO" im referring to is the FA-2.

[WMProductions83]

Yes it looks like 3 other ALCO's. Possibly an S-1 and 2 RS-3's?

[johnnyx07860]

so we all know that there's a S2 and a FA-2, but what are the other locomotives in the pictures. I think i see 2 more behind the pullman cars.  great video, it pulls at my heartstrings to know that our railroad history is rotting away.

[WMProductions83]

The old ALCO diesel is Western Maryland Railway #302. It was built in the early 1950's. And spend it's later days on the WM in helper service. It was sold to GE then GE sold it to the LIRR as a power car. This unti along with No.'s 303 and 304 are the only survivors. The WM only ordered 4 wiht 301 being scrapped sometime in the 1980's.

[freightstreakz]

Such a shame to see these blank cars with no paintin on the sides..tsk tsk

[RichAtCamp]

I would love to own one of those "Pullman" cars. Just set it up in my backyard and restore it to perfection.

[tom12020]

I was by here today and the locomotive has been moved to the end of the siding and is ready to be moved to its new home. The LIRR coach car is still with the other abandoned rail cars farther up te siding. Looks as though the Loco will be gone within the next few days.

[dumbbuff]

colonie NY (watervliet)

[motor1218]

the 417 must be an ALCO S 2 switcher

[RELeeOnTraveller]

This video and tunes almost madw mw cry. To see such fine eguipment dead and forgotten is sad. However, it is still carried 'on the books', somewhere. Nice mesh with tunes and video. Location of video shots would be nice, however, in documentation.

[jdbugnu]

It would be cool if one would start. I would drive it :)

[irishany]

once i saw the new york central cars made into a resturant.Preety wierd dont you think?

[PsalmzOner]

Great Video!!!

I wish I could see them in person, that would be awesome

[PennsyK4s]

As an early Alco fan, it kinda' breaks my heart to see this. In the early 80s, Altoona yard had several rip tracks loaded with locomotives of all makes and many fallen flags. They're all gone now, and I wonder how few, if any, were preserved.

[boeingLL747]

theres a bigger yard in Jim Thorpe PA right next to the Lehigh Gorge Scienic Ry. theres an old A-A unit, two ALCO RS2s a bunch of passenger cars, an old CN 4-8-2, and a line of cabooses but surprisingly, you can buy a caboose and make it your own room and you can ship it anywhere they'll let you move it to. all the cars and locos are horribly damaged but the LGSR who owns the line says they're going to take them and restore them. or so they say.

[CountVonBoco]

Looks like your right, if you notice carefully at 3:23, you'll notice MRYHS and 5112 stenclied on the nose of the FA2. looks like she's gonna be restored afterall..

But it saddens me to see the old S2 rot away. Pull her out, use her again. im sure that old 244 still has life in it.

[sl3media]

A few months ago I was over at the site and the WMRYHS marks had been painted out and replaced with BDLX marks. AFAIK, BDLX is a motive power leasing company. There were brand new air hoses, safety stenciling and more.

[sl3media]

The last time I was there was last month taking some photos, and have a close up of the front truck. There is stenciling indicating the journals were repacked and relubed in July 2007. So yeah.....someone is getting ready to move the FA-2.

But, they do need to move the S-2 first.....it's head out on the storage track.

[locohog91]

so how is the equipment now is the S1 still there?

[sl3media]

You can't tell from the horrible YouTube compression, but the reporting marks are actually WMRYHS: Western Maryland Railway Historical Society. Best I can tell, the FA-2 was a WM unit prior to becoming an LIRR cab control car.

[transaxel]

I don't like when people let things like this sit and rot! They should restore them or something insted of letting them rot away.

[Troyc20]

I live in central Iowa and I know the Boone scenic valley railroad would be in the buissnes of restoring those and using them. You should contact them, they are in Boone Iowa

[terminalfrk28]

once again, a great peace of history left to rot.......

[Undertaker415]

Save The New York Central Couch Please! It has to be restored!

[UnionPacific7004]

That Alco Diesel, Is it a Long Island one. If it is, there's another one just like that at the Illinois Railway Museum.

[sl3media]

Yeah, that's old old LIRR Alco FA-2, one of he ones they converted to a cab control car, I believe.

[sl3media]

I was just out there yesterday taking some new pictures, and found that someone has been doing some work on it. They have painted out all the LIRR lettering and patched up the sides with plywood.

It has new reporting marks stenciled on as well as brand new air hoses for the brake line couplings. There are also new stencils indication the location of the handbrake.

Methinks it may be moved soon.

[leftcoastrangers]

Excellent choice of soundtrack to accompany this amazing photodocumentation, really works well as a testament to the glories of the heyday of rail. Awesome concept and superior execution!

[wagrailroad]

Great video!!

Thanks!!

[TVRRMAN]

Looks like that Alco S Series switcher sitting amongst the weeds may still be sound enough for restoration even. Thanks for the neat video.

[McMike321]

If i had the money I'd gladly take all of those loco's and restore them.

[patmix]

wata the souvenir but whatta shame to left this to rust train on !!!!!

[bluehachiroku]

Man, that spoke words.

Probably the best vid I've seen on yootoob.

There is something about old railroad equipment,be it the rolling stock, the track or even the structures,rotting away silently remembering past glories. You can almost hear the hustle and bustle. I thought the old art deco fonts on the NYC car spoke volumes..

Like old movie stars..

[sl3media]

Thanks. Very much appreciated!

Yeah, being a longtime rail buff it breaks my heart to see these trains rust away into nothing. There is alot of history in old equipment like this that most people just can't see or appreciate.

[wncigonzo]

I grew up on Long Island. That is def. one of their older units!

[sl3media]

Yeah. Some of the FAs on the LIRR were actually converted to cab control cars. Not sure if all of them were or if this was one of them, but there isn't a whole lot of it left. But, I was at the site a few weeks ago and there were signs that someone had been doing some paint work to this unit. It had also been moved about four feet away from the NYC Pullman.

[Ham549]

417 looks in great condition what is with it is it striped in the inside or something

[Dagamerguy]

Is that what i think it is. Is that a K line long Island railroad diseal and a 20th century limited back car? I think that somebody should restore them.

[WW11914]

where is this place where you recorded this?

[sl3media]

It's along the Delaware and Hudson mainline, in Colonie, New York.

[patmix]

where located exactly colonie ?

[sl3media]

On Rt. 32 behind the Watervliet Arsenal....right alongside the CP/D&H mainline.

[kelvintwt]

thats awesome but sad to see them left to rust