Get ready for our 2011 Annual Meeting in Albany, NY! April 29-May 1, 2011
Get ready for the 2011 Annual Meeting and Convention at the Albany Ramada Plaza Hotel in Albany, New York! A crossroads of the New York Central, featuring the Boston & Albany, as well as the the Hudson, River, and Mohawk Divisions! Albany was once home to large passenger terminals downtown and in nearby Troy. Come join us in this historic city as we celebrate the history and heritage of the New York Central System!Friday, April 29
10:00am to 8:00pm - Convention Registration at the desk in the hotel lobby
2:00pm to 6:00pm - Tour of HO scale model railroads, incuding Vic Roman's New York Central Hudson Division from Albany to Tivoli; Jim Cesare's Rennselaer Engine Terminal to Amsterdam; and Henry Propst's Mohawk Division from Albany to Utica. Tour of O scale model railroads, including "Rocky's Rambling Railroad" by Harold "Rocky" Rockowitz; Fil Fillion's freelanced railroad; Don Klose's Bellevue & Schenectady Railroad, and Jim Policastro's Central New York Railroad. Directions to visit these layouts will be provided upon registration. Be sure to have your convention ID badge when visiting these layouts.
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Friday evening speakers program
TIME | LOCATION | SPEAKER, TOPIC |
| 7:00pm | Conference Room | Rich Stoving, "Publishing the Central Headlight" |
| 7:00pm | Ampitheatre | Len Kilian, "Long Life and Slow Death of the NYC Station in Schenectady" |
| 8:00pm | Ampitheatre | Dick Steinbrenner, "Alco Historical & Technical Society Future Plans and Goals" |
| 8:00pm | Conference Room | Shel Lustig, "My Career with the NYC, Penn Central, and Conrail" |
Saturday, April 30
7:30 am to 5:45pm - "Adirondack Flyer" excursion on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. 104 mile round trip from Utica to Thendara, with box lunch. Board buses at hotel at 7:30am.
6:30pm - Annual NYCSHS Banquet, cash bar opens
7:00pm - Annual NYCSHS Banquet, dinner is served
7:45pm - Welcome by NYCSHS president Darwin Simonaitis, followed by brief remarks from NYCSHS officers.
8:00pm - Presentation by Thomas R. Gerbracht, NYCSHS, "Locomotive Building at Erie, PA."
9:00pm - Intermission - Coffee and tea served with dessert
9:15pm - NYCSHS Annal Membership Meeting
10:15pm - Meeting adjourns
Sunday, May 1
8:30am - Railroadiana Show vendor set up in the Ball Room
10:00am - Railroadiana Show and Sale opens to the public
10:15am - Catskill, Adirondack & Berkshire Railroad Club HO scale modular layout opens for display
11:00am - All-Day Speakers Program
TIME | LOCATION | SPEAKER, TOPIC |
| 11:00am | Ampitheatre | Carl J. Liba , "New York Central Hudsons and Their Trains " |
| 11:00am | Conference Room | Ernie Mann , "Railroads of Rennselaer" |
| 12:00pm | Ampitheatre | Alan Bell , "Modeling the NYC at the Albany Gateway" |
| 12:00pm | Conference Room | Darwin Simonaitis, "Locomotives of the New York Central System" |
| 1:00pm | Ampitheatre | Michael Kudish, "Where Did the Tracks Go? The Adirondack and Catskill Lines" |
| 1:00pm | Conference Room | Ron Parisi, "West Side Freight Line to High Line Park - Part 1" |
| 2:00pm | Ampitheatre | Jim Shaughnessy, "Remembering the NYC at Troy and Albany" |
| 2:00pm | Conference Room | Ron Parisi, "West Side Freight Line to High Line Park - Part 2" |
Registration Fee:
- $154.00 before April 1, 2011- $179.00 after April 1, 2011
- Non-members may register for $154.00 plus $39.00 extra to cover your one year membership in the New York Central System Historical Society, which provides all the rights and priveldges of membership, including four issues of the Central Headlight.
