4th Quarter 2011 edition of Central Headlight now available!

The 4th Quarter 2011 issue of the Central Headlight is in the mail to all NYCSHS members in good standing. The lead is a short photo essay salute to the glory of steam in the winter. The main article is a continuation of Tom Flagg's study of New York Harbor operations, this part focusing on port facilities. Included is a great four-page, fold-out map of the entire harbor, as prepared by the NYC Engineering Department in 1921. Five additional short articles plus the usual columns fill out this exciting issue.

NYCSHS members get the current issue mailed to them each quarter! Not a member? Join today! Not sure if you want to become a member? Members and non-members can purchase back issues of the Central Headlight here.

Also available is the second edition of NYC Modeler, our e-magazine dedicated to model railroaders! You can download it FREE each quarter from our website.

Second edition of NYC Modeler available for download!

A scene from Tom Gerbracht’s O scale New York Central layout. Photo by Tom Gerbracht

The second edition of the NYCentral Modeler is now available for download from our website FREE! This quarter’s issue is an international one with articles by authors and modelers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. It also features an interview with Tony Koester, editor of Kalmbach’s annual Model Railroad Planning and contributing editor to Model Railroader.

Articles include a feature on an O scale layout patterned after NYC's "Lines West," How to model a 3-bay panel side hopper, how to scratchbuild a 1930’s garage in G scale, lighting a basement layout, long with all of the regular features of the magazine.

Are you interested in joining the NYCSHS? Become a member of an exciting organization focused on preserving the history of the New York Central and advancing model railroading!

—Noel Widdifield, Editor

Information wanted

The following eight locomotive builder’s plates, owned by the Society, were found to be missing from the Society’s storage facility on Friday, September 23, 2011. Any person having information concerning the whereabouts of any of these plates is urged to contact the Wickliffe, Ohio Police Department at 440-943-1234.

• EMC s/n 2871, date 1945
• EMD s/n A-155, date 1951
• EMD s/n 18549, date 1953
• EMD s/n 18576, date 1953
• Fairbanks Morse s/n 21L299, date 1950
• Alco-GE s/n 78335, date 1950
• Alco-Schenectady 38771, date 1906, Brooks rebuild 1917
• Alco-Schenectady 73800, date 1946

UPDATE: Six of the builder's plates have been discovered, but we are still looking for information on two items:

• Alco-Schenectady 38771, date 1906, Brooks rebuild 1917
• Alco-Schenectady 73800, date 1946