Friday, January 15, 2021

A commentor who chooses to not use a name in the comments section, made a terrific comment about the Schuyler Street in Utica railroad tracks, which are operated by the New York, Susquehanna & Western (it's the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Utica Branch).

Not only do the trains run down the middle of the road, they make a delivery into the FX Matt Brewery with a locomotive and a hopper car.

I think this is a rare thing, but hell, I'm often wrong.

A train engine going INTO a business, and using city streets for connecting and shunting rail cars so it can pick up or drop off cargo to a company? 


Wow.

This happens to be a brewery that makes Utica Club, McKenzies Hard Ciders, and soft drinks, 



This seems to be the F.X. Matt Brewery in Saranac ( that city name I recall from a post about 4 years ago about John Hawkinson https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hawkinson-died-without-selling-his.html )

   

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  1. The line in the street is a former secondary mainline of the DL&W and goes from Utica to Binghamton. The brewery makes many different brands of beer and has been in operation a very long time.

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    1. Thanks! I just updated the post with some of their drinks!

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  2. And here are "Schultz & Dooley" the original Utica Club pitchmen singing the Utica Club jingle. https://vimeo.com/124722999

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