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NYC passenger-equipped F-3 dieaels

 by TCurtin ¦  Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:47 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: NYC passenger-equipped F-3 dieaels ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 270

Does any one have (or has anyone seen) a photo of a 3500-series passenger-equipped F-3 in the "cigar band" paint & letter scheme?

Re: Commuter club cars on Harlem Div. train

 by TCurtin ¦  Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:29 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Commuter club cars on Harlem Div. train ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 8316

Another comment: I located from the NYCHS a commuter ckub car floor plan for one of the other guys in the Stamford CT O Scale club. I'll see if I can find it or if the person I located for still has it. His O scale models are gorgeous and look spectacular behind his P-2 motor

Re: Commuter club cars on Harlem Div. train

 by TCurtin ¦  Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:23 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Commuter club cars on Harlem Div. train ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 8316

PAul, one of the three cars (99?) I don't know the number) was used on the Hudson Div. I was outfitted for use either as an MU trailer or a locomotive hauled consist, and operated in service on both kinds of consists. It was painted and lettered in the MU car scheme. I saw it in service occasionally...

Mail train question

 by TCurtin ¦  Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:26 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Mail train question ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 338

Back in the mid 1960s I used to see late night mail train coming northbound on the Hudson Div. I presume it departed from the US Postal center on the West side line, ran up the west side, and continued up the Hudson. I recallthat I'd see it going through Tarrytown around 1:00 AM. According to an ETT...

Re: Terminal City (Grand Central Terminal)

 by TCurtin ¦  Wed May 19, 2021 6:38 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Terminal City (Grand Central Terminal) ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1365

Very interesting.... Additional comments That proposal was the first to replace the Metropolitan opera on 7th Ave which was only 30 years old at the time. Apparently the opera community was never happy with that opera house. The opera house that got built was not a second proposal but a third! The &...

Comment on Harlem Div. time line

 by TCurtin ¦  Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:31 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Comment on Harlem Div. time line ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 843

My wife and I were having lunch one day recently in "Locali", the very good restaurant in Mt. Kisco station (Note: those station-to-restaurant conversions aren 't all good --- this one is) , and it occurred to me the the Harlem has now been electrified for 36 years, since 1984 --- which is...

Re: 20th Century Limited Final Consist Question

 by TCurtin ¦  Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:45 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: 20th Century Limited Final Consist Question ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 1836

I did not know that

What's the current status of this? ................ (Item from 2016) "The bar once again will be open on the New Haven Line of the Metro-North Railroad. Bar cars, phased out in 2014, will be making a return to the line, according to people familiar with the matter. “The Connecticut Department o...

Re: Question about NYC RS-3s

 by TCurtin ¦  Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:55 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Question about NYC RS-3s ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 1624

But so far no responder seems to know where the RS-3s were used between their delivery in July 1951 and their assignment to "kill steam" on the Harlem in September 1952

Re: 20th Century Limited Final Consist Question

 by TCurtin ¦  Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:03 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: 20th Century Limited Final Consist Question ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 1836

I presume you mean the Century and NE States were combined west of Buffalo after the Dec 1967 last run, yes? Here are a couple of other question about the Century near the end: 1. The observation car Sandy Creek had not been running on the train for quite a while --- replaced, I think , by Wingate B...

Question about NYC RS-3s

 by TCurtin ¦  Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:40 pm ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: Question about NYC RS-3s ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 1624

The fondly remembered fleet of RS-3s that dominated the Harlem Division on the 1950s and 60s all had Alco Builder's plates dated July 1951 (according to a couple of items in an old notebook of mine from that era). However, it's well known that steam operation there continued until September 1952.** ...

Re: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div.

 by TCurtin ¦  Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:58 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div. ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 2024

I got it from Ron's Books [www.ronsbooks.com]. Quick and reliable service

Re: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div.

 by TCurtin ¦  Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:04 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div. ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 2024

Well folks, I just acquired the book --- published last year --- From Gotham to the Berkshires - New York Central's Harlem Division by John Ham. It contains many good photos from every era. And wouldn't you know, one is a 1954 aerial photo of the station area in Mt. Kisco before any relocation was d...

Re: NYC West Side Line Questions

 by TCurtin ¦  Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:19 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: NYC West Side Line Questions ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 6201

It was on the ground (except for some bridges) from Spuyten Duyvil to about 120th St. where it entered a tunnel under Riverside Park. The tunnel continued to 72nd St and the tracks emerged at the beginning of 72nd St. yard (or 60th St yard depending on which end you reckon from!). The tunnel from 12...

Re: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div.

 by TCurtin ¦  Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:29 am ¦  Forum: New York Central ¦  Topic: 1950's station relocations on Harlem Div. ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 2024

Can't comment on the location of the MT. Kisco freight house but it would be interesting to know I got the Headlights issue containing the Pleasantville article. Very interesting!! I see it contains a number of photos from the Westchester County Historical Society. They must have a large photo libra...

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