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Recorded on 11/22/23. With a short work day before Thanksgiving, it was a perfect opportunity to go railfanning. I returned to North White Plains since it has been a while since I last railfanned here. I didn't get nearly as much as I hoped too here since my phone battery is starting to worsen up. But I still got what I need from M7A's, M3A's and diesel trains. We even saw the laser train which was something I didn't think I would get to see. Enjoy the action!

Recorded on 7/12/23. These are the elevators at a former industrial building that got converted into an extension center for Northampton Community College many years ago. These elevators have been modernized with Otis Series 2 equipment but they still have the original directional lanterns which is very cool!

Recorded on 11/19/21. I realized this video never made it onto the channel which was ironic because this is the first video I recorded in Syracuse! You can tell how times have changed since the closures were still going on with the sights you see in the video. Glad those days are over. Anyway, this is a standard Dover Impulse Elevator. Though what's up with the panic button in the elevator?! Never seen that before!

Recorded on 3/1/24. This is a brand new elevator that opened at the end of February. This elevator was installed in 2023 to connect Route 116 where cars park to the train station. This elevator is a confirmed Mongrain elevator since Mongrain posted their logo on top of the elevator shaft. Despite a rough transition to leveling going down, this elevator runs great. Enjoy a brand new elevator!

Recorded on 6/22/23. I finally got around to getting a 1080p ultra HD take of these elevators! According to William these are Canton elevators. These elevator have always ran fantastic and are well maintained. These are not the original elevators to this train station as these were installed in 2011 and replaced old Heights elevators. Unfortunately the person who filmed the old elevators is no longer on YouTube so we no longer have footage of those elevators.

Recorded on 6/9/23. Here is another city owned parking garage I happened to find in Danbury. This is a newer parking garage. This garage has an Otis Series 5 elevator that runs very nicely. It is also nice how the parking garages in Danbury usually have glass elevators. The exception being the Danbury Fair Mall. Enjoy!

Recorded on 6/9/23. Finally made it to these amazing elevators! Unfortunately we only got to ride one elevator because the left elevator was broken. But at least we got to ride one elevator. These elevators are very fast for six floors and they are a lot of fun to ride! These elevators are very rough while leveling but that makes these elevators a lot of fun lol!

Recorded on 6/9/23. This is the main elevator in the original portion of this library. This was an old elevator that was modernized by Otis. Nothing terribly special here.

Recorded on 11/3/23. On the way out to another one of my Pennsylvania trips, I had an opportunity to finally railfan the Morristown line again! Last time, I stopped at Denville Station and this time I decided to go one stop south to Mount Tabor Station. This station is dead! Very few passengers use this station and not a whole lot of trains stop here. Most of the trains you see in this video pass through here. Non of the Penn Station trains stopped here. Only the Hoboken trains. The parking meters were disabled too. So this is definitely an easy railfanning spot on this line. I had a great time. Enjoy the rush hour train action!

Recorded on 10/24/21. Bonus video this week in honor of leap year! I always try to have a video go live on the rare date of February 29. These elevators have been modernized since the making of this video. Lisa and I rode these probably only a few weeks before the modernization began.

Recorded on 6/9/23. This is just your standard older Otis Series 1 Elevator.

Recorded on 2/23/24. With these elevators being on separate controllers, me and William conducted an elevator drag race since this elevator setup was perfect for the occasion! We had a great time until a rude MBTA employee decided to yell at us and "Go somewhere else." However, we did not comply for the following reasons. This station is a taxpayer-funded PUBLIC property! Therefore, we were able to continue with our ride on the elevators. If this were on private property, we would have complied and left. Some of the edits I made in this video were done because the video was recorded on public property. I am calling out the MBTA on this employee. MBTA, please address this issue to this employee! He was very UNPROFESSIONAL with us! The MBTA has plenty of awesome employees, but this guy was not friendly at all! As a reminder, your First Amendment rights are protected on public taxpayer-funded property, so we could do whatever we wanted here. As you see in the video, we did NOT create a disruption for people who needed the elevators. Anyway, back to the race! These all-glass scenic elevators provide a perfect camera angle to see William and his progress during the race. Honestly, these elevators are quite fun, and they run very well. Enjoy this "adventure".

Recorded on 6/9/23. Finally made it to a couple of office buildings in Downtown Danbury. This building has this interesting little elevator. The brand of this elevator is very hard to determine. Especially since this elevator has three different types of fixtures on it (Epco, GAL and Monitor).

Recorded on 5/11/23. I believe these elevators were installed around 2017.

Recorded on 12/19/23. Right before Christmas, I met up with Eli again and we did some railfanning during the early PM rush hour. It was a nice visit and it was nice to see a few trains before Christmas kicked off. Enjoy!

Recorded on 5/9/23. These are the only elevators in Croton Falls, New York! These are your usual elevators that you would see on the Metro North Railroad on the Northern Harlem Line.

Recorded on 5/9/23. These are the only elevators in Croton Falls, New York! These are your usual elevators that you would see on the Metro North Railroad on the Northern Harlem Line.

Recorded on 5/11/23. I made a brief stop at Roosevelt Field Mall to check out the new modernization of these elevators. These elevators used to be Montgomery Kone and they were modernized at the beginning of last year. This is a fantastic modernization! The right car did a glitch that I tried to demonstrate but of course, it only occurred whenever I was not recording lol. Enjoy!

Recorded on 5/11/23. This is a brand new Residence Inn that opened last year and is located next to the world famous Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall. These are your usual newer Otis elevators but they are pretty fast for four floors. I love the theme design on the floors of this hotel.

Recorded on 5/11/23. This elevator used to be a Dover impulse elevator that was very similar to the world famous Market Parking Garage in Roanoke, Virginia. A couple of years ago, Otis modernized this elevator. Honestly, this is one of those few instances where the modernization is even more cool than the original elevator. The motor is incredible on this elevator. The hydraulic motor could be a MEI motor. The distance this elevator serves is insane for a hydraulic elevator. Enjoy! Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Recorded on 5/11/23. These are probably the closet to the Disney Beach Club Resort elevators before they got modernized. They travel around 350 feet per minute. They do have a fairly similar kickoff to them but it is a little less intense. These are great elevators though. There are two sets of elevators in this building and both of them have circular elevators. Unfortunately both circular sets were broken when I was here. Riding these elevators was still worth it though.

Recorded on 8/13/23. After a failed attempt of getting my Dad to Newark Airport (Because he would miss a connecting flight to St Louis) we stopped at Hastings-on-Hudson Train Station to do a little bit of railfanning so we didn't waste a beautiful summer afternoon away! We caught the usual action here for a Sunday afternoon, but it was fun either way. Enjoy! Royalty free music at danosongs.com

Recorded on 5/11/23. These are two of the platform elevators in the Madison Concourse of Grand Central Terminal. These elevators are quite awesome! These elevators have epic motors and give a great view of the epic new concourse.

Recorded on 5/11/23. These are the elevators that travel down to the Long Island Railroad trains at the Madison Concourse of Grand Central Terminal. As you can see the trains are located way further underground compared to the rest of the new terminal. These elevators do not go nearly as far as some of the DC subway stations but this is still super cool to see.

Recorded on 5/11/23. This is one of the elevators in the new Madison Concourse that takes you from the Madison Concourse directly up to 44th Street. This elevator bypasses the main terminal.