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Railroad History New York Central |
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Links to many interesting railroad-related sites. Of interest to the railroad manager, railfans, advocates of super railroads, railroad historians. Links to many rail-related organizations and museums. The one source to go to for railroad history. |
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The New York Central Home Page
Home to everything you ever wanted to know about the New York Central Railroad. Links to many New York Central Resources. Now we have a Second Section too! |
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The 20th Century Limited and other New York Central Passenger Trains
The 20th Century Limited was probably the all-time most famous train. Name trains in the Empire Corridor. During the 1920's, 37 name trains traveled the Water Level mainline. This huge mass of trains was sometimes referred to as the Great Steel Fleet. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Picture at left is Harlem River Bridge built in the early 1950's
Picture at top is Car Floats in New York Harbor: 1921 (Photo clipped from an old New York Central Headlight) |
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Railroads from Albany to Connecticut
Railroads through the region East of the Hudson from Albany to Connecticut. Includes the rail junction of Chatham (New York Central, Boston & Albany and Rutland ) and the New York Central Harlem Division. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. |
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| The New York Central (Big Four) ran into Benton Harbor from Niles up until about 1980. Includes an article based on recollections of Maurice Newman. |
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| A lot about NY Central's EMPIRE SERVICE. Even more about EMPIRE SERVICE. |
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Catskill Mountain Branch
The Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central connected with the West Shore at Kingston, NY. It was once the Ulster & Delaware. It ran all the way to Oneonta and a connection with the Delaware & Hudson. See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. |
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Several years ago I wrote a story on the major railroads of 1950 and what happened to them.
Now I am following up with a closer examination of the New York Central Railroad. This railroad only lasted until 1968 when it merged into Penn Central. But, what was the NY Central Railroad like in 1950? You will also be interested in "What if the Penn Central Merger Did Not Happen" |
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Robert Young and the New York Central Railroad
Robert Young. The New York Central Railroad. Some of the most fascinating railroad literature of the 1940's are transcripts of this unusual man's testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission. At year-end 1943, New York Central closed at 18 ¾, which meant Delaware and Hudson Railroad had an investment of $5,711,250. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Metro North FL9 in New York Central colors at Harmon Shop Photo courtesy of Wayne Koch |
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Railroads On The Rebound |
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Over the last 50+ years, railroads have changed a lot. Now they are about to change again.
It is all about a combination of economic factors and climate factors. Since 1950 , railroads have consolidated. Freight moved from a "box car mentality" to a "unit train,mentality". Passenger went from a robust business to a "caretaker" arrangement called AMTRAK. This happened as everybody could drive for free on the Interstate Highway System or fly on an airline system where the government subsidized both airlines and airports. In the meantime, railroad express and railroad post offices went "down the tubes". The old Post Office Department and the Railway Express Agency could not adjust to the new way. UPS and Fex Ex could. |
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Carbon Calculator
What's the most environmentally-friendly way to transport goods? The answer is freight rail. The EPA estimates that every ton-mile of freight that moves by rail instead of by highway reduces greenhouse emissions by two-thirds. But what does that really mean? Our easy-to-use carbon calculator will estimate the amount of carbon dioxide that can be prevented from entering our environment just by using freight rail instead of trucks. We'll even tell you how many seedlings you'd need to plant to have the same effect. |
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The Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
The 643-mile Rome Watertown and Ogdensburgh became a part of the New York Central in 1891. As late as the mid-1950's, most of the RW&O was still in service. Everything east of Oswego was part of the St. Lawrence Division. The old Lake Ontario Shore Railroad was part of the Syracuse Division. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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The Original New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
All about the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The New York Central was created in 1853 by the merger of ten other railroads, spearheaded by Albany industrialist Erastus Corning. Commodore Vanderbilt brought it together with the the Hudson River and Harlem Railroads. |
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New York Central's Putnam Division
The New York & Northern was part of a Bronx to Boston route with the New York & New England Railroad via Danbury and Hartford. Financial failure forced the line to be leased to the New York Central in 1895. It became the Putnam Division. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Joint Winter Olympics for Montreal and Lake Placid?
A news story stated that Montreal and Lake Placid officials met to consider a joint bid for the Winter Olympics. This could be great news for more railroads! Provides access to a wealth of railroad history information published over many years about the New York Central and about Montreal railroads. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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New York Central Electric Shops at Harmon
Harmon was a New York Central-created community and came into existence because it was a logical point to be the outer limit of the electric zone. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. See some great pictures of New York Central electrification. |
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Traveling in Europe? You will probably need to make a FERRY RESERVATION. Stop by and see our Reservations Center. |
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All the great train stations of the New York Central System. Grand Central Terminal, Buffalo Central Terminal, Utica Union Station, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis, Harmon, Beacon, Oneonta, Saranac Lake, Malone, and others. Even some not owned by NY Central but a destination for Central trains: like Montreal |
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Webb's Wilderness Railroad
Webb's Wilderness Railroad opened up the Adirondack wilderness. Although educated as a physician, William Seward Webb built two hundred miles of railroad and opened up the Adirondack wilderness where others had failed. New York Central tracks reached into the Adirondacks. One line even went across the Canadian border to Ottawa. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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| Castleton Cutoff | The New York Central's Castleton Cutoff, Hudson River Connecting Railroad, and the Selkirk Yard. |
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Sharing the “Water Level Route” with the New York Central was the West Shore
Sharing the Water Level Route with the New York Central was the West Shore; first as a competitor; later a subsidiary. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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Special Research Section on the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad
This section contains information that is unpublished elsewhere! In the early 1870's, the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad had been built from Oswego along the shore of Lake Ontario to the Niagara River (Suspension Bridge). It bypassed Rochester, had no manufacturing industries and first became part of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburgh which was acquired by the New York Central. Purchase the entire article. |
Timeline of Railroads in the Adirondacks
See what Railroads ran in the Adirondacks. |
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New York Central's West Side Freight Line into Manhattan.
History of New York City's West Side Freight Line. Begun in 1846, the New York Central's West Side Freight Line was the only freight railroad directly into Manhattan. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
Photos on this site of St Johns Park Freight House are from a brochure published by
the New York Central in 1934 and re-issued by the West Side Rail Line Development
Foundation (author was a former member and supporter of this foundation).
St. John's Park was abandoned when some of the High Line ROW below Bank St. was sold for housing. But had traffic there dried up by then? Was there any debate over it at the time? The line was only about 20 years old at that time. When St. John's was in service, there were about 8 tracks running into it-- how was it switched? And what kind of stuff was shipped to St. John's. Also, the line served Nabisco, Armour--when did they stop using the line? And did the RR serve Bell Labs (now Westbeth) whose building it ran through? For answers to these questions, click here or on picture to the left. |
| CONRAIL: Consolidated Rail Corporation |
The break-up of Conrail to CSX and
Norfolk Southern is just really a continuation of a drama that has
gone on for about the last 80 years.
See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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The Troy & Schenectady, Now It Is A Bike Path
The American Museum of Electricity (What! You never heard of it?) stored its collection on the old Troy & Schenectady Railroad. Story of an historic piece of the New York Central Railroad. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
Now we have a Second Section too! |
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The Troy & Schenectady Railroad, What if it Still Existed?
Let's assume that the Troy & Schenectady Railroad was not abandoned. What would it be like today? |
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More about the Troy & Schenectady
Even more material on the Troy & Schenectady. Includes material on the American Locomotive Company as well as the cities of Troy and Schenectady. |
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New York Central Hudson Division
Ride between Albany and New York on the New York Central Hudson Division with the author and learn some fascinating facts about this historic rail route. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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| Grand Central Terminal |
In April 1987, the former New York Central office building was designated a landmark. Other buildings in the area have played an important role in the development of New York City. An electrical fire in 1986 knocked out the signal tower which controls the lower level of Grand Central Terminal. See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. < |
| New Jersey Junction Railroad | The New Jersey Junction Railroad owned a railroad, connecting the CSX River Division (former West Shore Railroad) with the trunk lines terminating at and near Jersey City, extending from Weehawken to a junction with the former Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey City, and a branch to a junction with same road near Harsimus Cove. |
| New York Central Lines Magazine |
This most interesting period in the
history of the New York Central was well-chronicled in its in-house magazine.
Excerpts from 1919-1931. A 1921 article in "Transportation World" by
Charles Frederick Carter provides the basis for an historical sketch of the
New York Central. George H. Daniels was the road's General Passenger Agent for
many years and ranks as one of the greats of American advertising. His article
on "Health and Pleasure" popularized the Thousand Islands.
See a great sample of this material or purchase the entire article. |
| Penn Central Transportation Company |
The Penn Central was born amid great
expectations and promises on February 1,1968 by the merger of the
New York Central System into the Pennsylvania Railroad on that date.
Neither railroad had been forced through the trauma of bankruptcy and
reorganization. With incompatible computer systems ,signal systems,
operating styles, and personalities at the top,
the new railroad remained essentially two in operation
though it was one in name.
See a great sample of this material or read the entire article. |
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| Peoria and Eastern Railway (P&E) Company | Peoria and Eastern Railway (P&E) Company went from Indianapolis to Peoria. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York Central System. It was not until August, 1996, when a portion of the line was sold to Norfolk Southern Corporation, that the line was no longer a part of the "Big Four" System. |
| Railroads in Utica, New York | Utica was served by four railroads: The New York Central, West Shore, Lackawanna and Ontario & Western |
| Gulf Curve Accident in Little Falls | A 1940 wreck here was one of the worst on the NY Central |
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Grand Central was owned by the
New York Central Railroad Do you know who owns Grand Central now? If you said Metro North Railroad, or its parent company, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, then you are wrong. Nor is it Donald Trump, Disney or WalMart. Click here to find the answer and find out a lot of interesting facts. |
See the Railroads of the Adirondacks too!!! |
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Tunnels and Bridges on the New York Central
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The New York Central Railroad See some historic photographs of the New York Central Railroad. First-generation diesels! Passenger and freight runs. Much more! |
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Antibes, plus Biot, Juan-les-pins, Golfe-Juan, and the Vauban Fort
Antibes was a Greek fortified town named Antipolis in the 5th century BC, and later a Roman town, and always an active port for trading along the Mediterranean. Today it's an attractive and active town, popular with "foreigners" from Paris and the north of France, with non-French, and with the local population. |
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See Menton and it's surrounding area
Thanks to a beneficial subtropical microclimate (316 cloudless days a year), winter is practically unknown in Menton. Therefore, you can enjoy a beautiful sea and the nearby sunny mountains all year round. Menton is on the borders of Italy, the Principality of Monaco and the Comté de Nice. |
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Beausoleil.
Beausoleil is a neighboring town of the Principality of Monaco. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea just above Monaco and has a beautiful year-round climate. Beausoleil is situated between the beaches and the winter sports area of the Alps. |
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Ominous Weather on the Mediterranean Sea.
The sea is always beautiful at Nice, France - even when a storm is approaching. |
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Monte Carlo Grand Prix is about the most famous race in the World.
The Casino is magical and crowded with the most famous and richest people in the world. All of them gather for one of
the major events of the year: the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, which takes place in the streets of the city.
The nights are marvelous: charity dinner or gala organized by the Grimaldi family in its Palace, dancing in night-clubs
such as The Living Room, gambling in the Casino.
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There is always a chance of storms in the
Mediterranean Sea.
Ominous Weather is about more than weather. Its about our environment. Its about our social issues that need to be surfaced if we want to save our environment. See Champions of our Environment like Al Gore SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco John R. Stilgoe Ralph Nader. We have other environmental sites on garbage trucks and Rapid response temporary shelters / portable housing. We have addressed several railroad-related projects that will conserve fuel and lessen pollution. Our Window on Europe spotlights projects that can help the rest of the World. See projects that will conserve fuel and lessen pollution. |
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