Central Headlight - Q4 2007

Central Headlight Editor Rich Stoving has been working overtime to help our publications schedule catch up to the real world calendar. The issue for Fourth Quarter 2007 is about to be mailed out to all current members. The cover feature is "Pacifics and Mikes and Moguls, Oh My!" This feature chronicles the unique oil-burning steamers used on New York Central's lines in the Adirondack north woods country. Watch your mailboxes!

2009 Calendar Update

The Society’s 2009 Calendar is now available. Our calendar is priced at $11.00 per copy, postpaid. Ohio residents must include 77 cents sales tax. Front cover image is the "Hoodlum" employee shuttle train powered by L-2c #2821 near Beech Grove Shops, 1954. Rear cover is the westbound James Whitcomb Riley with J-3a #5415 in the lead at Addyston, OH in 1955.

Calendar photographs include: Chicago Junction Railway Class B-61c 0-6-0 #201 in 1949; Class DEs-A diesel electric switching locomotive #1505 (previously battery powered) in New York City in 1935; Class S-1b 4-8-4 #6017 in Bellefontaine, OH in 1953: Cleveland Union Terminal Class P-1a electric unit #219 in 1947; Lima Class LRS-12as road-switcher diesel at Framingham, MA in 1951; Big Four Class Ij 4-4-2 #6949 at Cincinnati, OH in 1919; A westbound mail and express train passes through Ann Arbor, MI in 1948; Class K-14e 4-6-2 #4395 at Schenectady, NY in 1936; Class J-2a 4-6-4 #5457 at N. White Plains, NY in 1951; FM Class CPA-24-4 #4506 with an EMD F-3 B-unit leads the westbound Mercury through Battle Creek, MI in 1956; Class J-1d 4-6-4 #5372 on a westbound freight train at Welland, Ontario in 1951; Class NE-2g 2-6-6-2 #1947 and Class L-2d 4-8-2 #2988 in Bellefontaine, OH ca. 1936; NYC wood automobile boxcar S-234607.

Address all orders for the 2009 calendar to:

NYCSHS
Dept. E
17038 Roosevelt Ave.
Lockport, IL 60441-4734

Download the order form here (Free Adobe Acrobat Reader required). BACK ISSUES: Although our 2007 and 2008 calendars are sold out, calendars for many other previous years are still available; please inquire.

2006 Calendar :: 2005 Calendar :: 2004 Calendar :: 2003 Calendar

2002 Calendar :: 2001 Calendar :: 2000 Calendar :: 1999 Calendar

1998 Calendar :: 1990 Calendar :: 1989 Calendar

2010 NYCSHS Convention - Dearborn, Michigan

The 2010 NYCSHS Annual Meeting will be held in Dearborn, Michigan, April 29 - May 2, 2010. Mark your calendar now, and stay tuned for hotel and program information!

—John D. Martin
2010 NYCSHS Annual Meeting Committee Chair
Assistant Editor, Central Headlight

2009 Convention Hotel Update

A reminder to convention attendees that in order to get the Convention Rate advertised, reservations need to be made directly with the Geneva Lakefront Ramada. The phone number is (800) 990-0907 and you must mention the NYCSHS Convention. There is a wedding booked for the same weekend, so make your reservations early!