2006 NYCSHS Calendar

THIS CALENDAR IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

The Society's 2006 calendar is now available. Several new photograph collections have become available to us, offering an excellent selection of high quality images. The front cover features a 1954 view of Class L-3a #3001 approaching Beech Grove Tower and Hill Yard southeast of Indianapolis, IN. Locomotive 3001 is currently preserved and on display at the National New York Central Museum in Elkhart IN. On the back cover shows EMD GP-9 diesel #6018 at Wabash IN, June 28, 1964. A Wabash railfan excursion with two former Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee cars furnished by the Indiana Railway Museum. Both photographs by Richard Baldwin.

Inside the calendar are photographs of Class J-3a #5413 at Amsterdam, NY in 1951, Class S-1b #6021 at Harmon, NY in 1946, class F-16a 4-6-0 #6307 at Cincinnati, OH , EMD F-7a diesel units led by #1797 at Fostoria, OH in 1956, class Q electric locomotive #1253 at Harmon, NY in 1934, Class L-2d #2945 with two EMD GP type locomotives at Lafayette, IN in 1956, class E-1e 2-6-0 #1924 ar Elkland, PA in 1947, class J-3a 5447 ar Englewood, IL in 1955, EMD GP-35 diesel locomotive #6143 at Boston, MA in 1965, Baldwin RF-16 Diesel Locomotives with #3820 at Terre Haute, IN 1957, Boston & Albany class J-2a #603 at Weehawken, NJ in 1948, and Fairbanks-Morse H-16-44 diesel locomotives #7006 and #7004 at Amsterdam, NY in 1951.

THIS CALENDAR IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

2005 NYCSHS Calendar

The Society's 2005 calendar is now available. Several new photograph collections have become available to us, offering an excellent selection of high quality images. The front cover features a 1955 view of P&LE Class A-2a #9401 at Indianapolis, IN while on lease to the NYC. The back cover shows caboose #17404 at Franklin, IN during the summer of 1954. Also shown is the Franklin water tank with an interesting suspension arrangement for the water spout.

Inside the calendar are photographs of EMD GP-7 diesel units #5800 and #5743 at Anderson, IN 1960, Class J-1c #5257 at Albany, NY in 1936 with a Boxpok main drive wheel center, class P-2b electric #229, class K-3l #4872 with a Big Four passenger train at Goshen, IN 1946, Class S-1b #6010 at Rensselaer, NY in 1950, EMD FT diesel #1600 at Millbury, OH in 1944, Class F-12e 4-6-0 #1243 at Watertown, NY in 1951, EMD E-7 diesel #4015 at Poughkeepsie, NY in 1948, Class L-3a #3006 at Boston, MA in 1947, Class J-2c #616 at Jamesville, MA in 1942, class G-43d 2-8-0 #1111 at Hillsdale, MI in 1949, class J-3a #5429 at Chicago, IL in 1953, FM H-20-44 diesel units #7112 and #7115 at Williamsport, PA in 1952

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 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

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Metro-North's "Farewell to the ACMU" Fan Trip

MTA Metro-North's "Farewell to the ACMU Trip", departing Grand Central Terminal at 9:30 AM on December 5, 2004. Metro-North's soon to be retired, former New York Central 1100-series MU cars will run on all three of Metro-North's divisions out of GCT, including a rare mileage trip to Mount Vernon East on the New Haven Line. After operating on the New Haven and Harlem Lines (to North White Plains), the train will return to GCT where riders will have time to disembark and buy lunch at any of the many restaurants in and around Grand Central. Then the train will depart for the Hudson Line to Croton-Harmon. Trip includes photo opportunities at Mount Vernon East, Ardsley and Philipse Manor, a runby at Bronxville on the Harlem Line, and will also operate thru Metro-North's new Highbridge Car Appearance Facility on the Hudson Line. Fare includes a commemorative ticket, and an official souvenir brochure. Tickets by reservation only.

Fare: $50.00; children under 12 are $25.

For tickets and information:
Metro-North Group Travel
420 Lexington Avenue, 9th Fl
New York, NY 10017

NYCSHS 2005 Annual Meeting - Albany, NY

The NYCSHS 16th Annual Meeting will take place April 29-May 1, 2005. Not a member of the NYCSHS? Membership can be obtained by filling out the membership application and sending in the money. Memberships will also be taken at the annual meeting registration desk.

Clarion Hotel of Albany (formerly the Quality Inn)
3 Watervliet Ave
Albany NY 12206
(518) 438-8431

Friday Tours:

• Buses leave approximately 8:00 AM for Amsterdam Guy Park or Fonda for railfanning along the busy CSX Chicago Line. Possible talk by Assemblyman Paul Tonko on history of stone building. Photography of old canal lock also available.
• Bus tour for Niagara Power facility in Glenmont to see S-motor and T3a-motor in storage, owned by Mohawk & Hudson Chapter NRHS.
• Bus tour of Amtrak facilities.

Saturday Events and Presentations:

• Jeff English - NYC Boxcars, the Classic Era
• Len Killian and Jim Odell - Albany 1949-1968
• Robert Buck - The Boston and Albany, During and After the NYC
• David Staplin - Modeling the NYC 'Bridge' Series cars
• Richard Barrett - Albany and West Albany - Steam to Diesel era
• Fred Furminger - NYC 5201 - The First Production Hudson - My collection and recollections
• Preston Cook - Inside EMD
• Model Contest, Cocktail Hour, Annual Banquet, and Annual Business Meeting