NYCSHS 2008 Calendar Sold Out!

THIS CALENDAR IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!

The NYCSHS 2008 Calendar has completely sold out! Access to a wide variety of photograph collections enables the Society to again present an excellent selection of high quality images. The front cover features S-1b Niagara 6018 uncoupling and J-1e 5404 getting ready to take the train on to Saint Louis (Photo by Richard Baldwin). On the back cover shows an EMD E-7 #4016 leads a Cincinnati, OH bound passenger train east of Shelby Street Yard in Indianapolis, IN in February 1959 (Photo by Richard Baldwin).

Inside the calendar are photographs of FM '"Erie Built" #4402 and a F-3a on Train #44 at Battle Creek, MI in 1956, EMD GP-35 #2370 leading a four unit locomotive consist near Toledo, OH in 1967, Class J-3a #5413 with Westbound James Whitcomb Riley leaving Cincinnati, OH in 1955, Class J-1e #5401 leaving Chesterton, IN on Train #708 in 1955, Class S-1b #6014 on Train #65 at Croton NY in 1946, Alco RS-3 #5227 on a local freight at North Grafton MI in 1967, Class Ra #300 at Harmon NY in 1939, Streamlined class J-3a #5454 leaving Elkhart, IN on eastbound 20th Century Limited in 1944, EMD E-7 #4003 on a passenger train through Croton, NY in 1947, FM "C-Liner #4502 and #4504 in Buffalo, NY, Class J-2c 5474 leaving North White Plains, NY on Train #5 in 1951, B&A class C-36 #229 sometime between 1895 and 1900.

Calendar Back Issues Available
The NYCSHS has a limited supply of previously issued calendars available for purchase. Quantities are limited, so please order soon to ensure we have your calendar in supply! The following years are available:
The price is $5.00 each postage paid. Ohio residents must include $.29 sales tax. Please send your order to:

NYCSHS Calendar
Dept W
17038 Roosevelt Ave
Lockport IL 60441-4734

NYCSHS 2009 Convention Planning

The plans for our NYCSHS 2009 Convention in upstate New York are being finalized now, and details will be forthcoming shortly. The 2008 convention was successful, and we look forward to next year, where I might be able to factor in Hickory Creek excursions also !

More reports and pix of the 2008 Convention to follow.

--Bill Strassner
Webmaster and VP, NYCSHS

NYC 8223 on the Auburn Road again!


NYC 8223 is running a series of excursions on the Finger Lakes Railway up in upstate New York. The Finger Lakes Railway operates portions of the former NYC "Auburn Road" between Canandaigua and Solvay. The 8223, which is usually on the Adirondack Scenic, will be on FGLK though June, when it will return once more to haul tourists into the North Country.

For more information, please visit http://www.fingerlakesscenicrailway.com

New Book Honors Putnam Division


Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County chronicles the life and times of several bygone routes through the New York metropolitan area. Of particular interest to NYCSHS members are the first two chapters, dedicated to the Putnam Division and its Getty Square Branch. The Put was opened in 1880 as the New York & Northern Railroad, and was acquired by the NYC in 1905. It ran from a connection on the Hudson Division at High Bridge to a connection with the Harlem Division at Putnam Junction (Brewster). We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the end of regular passenger service, May 29, 1958. The second chapter outlines the Getty Square Branch, built as the Yonkers Rapid Transit in 1888, running from Van Cortlandt Park Junction to the heart of Yonkers at Getty Square. Double tracked and equipped with automatic block signals, this busy branch quickly opened up southern Westchester to development. It was electrified by the NYC in 1926. Abandonment of the Ninth Avenue Elevated in 1940 made ridership drop dramatically, and the line was abandoned in 1943. Many color and black and white photos take us on a tour of the line, with informative captions to help the reader navigate easily. The rest of the book covers New Haven topics, including the pioneering mainline electrification program of 1907, and the ill-fated subsidiary New York, Westchester & Boston Railway. Hardbound, 174 pages. Available from your local dealer or direct.