Sitting in Thendara is New York Central RS-3 8255. A remembrance of the time when the Central ran on tracks in the Adirondacks.

New York Central train 12, the Southwestern Limited, is seen at Mitchell Illinois in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

New York Central train 5 is departing Wellington Ohio in 1937. Otto Perry photo, my collection.

New York Central FM A 5001 leads an eastbound freight near Rolling Prairie Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, my collection.

"Track change from 1 to 2 allowing this view in Garrison" Amtrak Train 233 heading through the tunnel in former New York Central Territory. United Railroad Historical Society runs trips on Metro N... (more)

Almost three hours late due to a problem with the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, Amtrak train 233 passes the Ossining station, with former NYC observation car Hickory Creek on the rear.

Sitting off to the side, two E8s painted in New York Central have an uncertain future. I'd heard they have been inoperable for over a decade, and recent passenger excursions have run with GVT fre... (more)

NYC FM CFA16-4 6601 leads a freight near South Bend Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A Great Start to The New Year! Former New York Central "T Motor" T-3a 278 (Alco, GE 1913-1926) and "S Motor" S-1 100 (Alco/GE, 1904) arrived at The Danbury Railway Museum on Tuesday, Januar... (more)

The World's First Mainline Electric. 2 years ago today, November 22, 2021, New York Central S-1 100 was stuck in the woods on a disconnected siding in Glenmont, New York. The public did not... (more)

Former New York Central observation car Hickory Creek going to Albany on Amtrak Empire Service train #233.

After an unexpectedly lengthy 36 year stay on Beacon Island the two one of a kind NYCS Electric Locomotives have been moved off the site and are currently sitting on private property. They will be... (more)

United Railroad Historical Society's former NYC observation car Hickory Creek on the back of Amtrak train 233 at Hudson.

Happy 75th! On September 17, 1948, the New York Central's first "20th Century Limited" with new streamlined equipment left Grand Central Terminal for Chicago, Illinois. The "... (more)

A perfectly matched A-B-A set of NYC lightning stripes FA's, hustled westbound on track 3 with a coal train at Lyons, N.Y. on October 17, 1956. Photo by David R. Connor, from my collection. ... (more)