Blue Chip Casino is the closest rooms to the library, about 1/4 mile, its right downtown with excellent views of Lake Michigan, but its the most expensive room in town. Other hotels are 3.5/4 miles away on the south end of town off the expressway. Luckily all of these are right off the main north/south street in town. Heading north on Franklin St (US421) you will run into the library. Franklin St used to go all the way to the lake, but in the 60’s downtown redevelopment, closed Franklin St at 4th St. and the library built. If you kept driving north on Franklin, you would drive right into the front door of the library.
Hoiday Inn Express, 401 W Kieffer Road, Michigan City, IN, 219-243-8300
Quality Inn, 3801 Frontage Road, Michigan City, IN, 463-213-2998
Comfort Suites, 100 Kieffer Road, Michigan City, IN, 219-210-4384,
Baymount, 4128 South Franklin Street, Michigan City, IN, 219-210-4384
Micro Inn & Suites by Wyndham, 9834 W 400 N., Michigan City, In, 219-210-3430
Hampton Inn, 3674 Frontage Rd, Michigan City, IN, 219-814-4164
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, 3805 Frontage Rd, Michigan City, IN, 219-879-3600
The NYCSHS does not take any responsibility for the quality of these hotels. We are only listing some in the area for your convenience. This listing does not mean they we endorse these hotels over any other in the area. Hotel selection is up to the individual attendee.
The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Noel Widdifield, “The Inevitable Day.” Stan Madyda shows us his modeling skills in “Stan’s Promise of Things to Come.” Tom Long returns with “NYCS Passenger Cars in N-Scale.” Rich Stoving shares his layout building in “Scenicking Spurious Tunnel.” Ed Enyedy shows us what might have been at the 2020 convention in “It Was a 2020 Convention Layout.” Bob Shaw tells us about “Rerouting My Water Level Route #2.” Seth Lakin reports on “Modifying N Scale Architect’s NYC Lines West Station.” Steve Lasher recounts “Bringing Up Baby (Face).” And you also get all of the regular features with “NYCSHS RPO,” “NYCSHS Models” featuring photos from our members, “Extra Board,” “What’s New,” “The RPO,” and “The Observation Car.” All in the July 2020 edition.
This online NYCSHS magazine is available quarterly on the NYCS website. Each edition contains five to seven articles covering different scales of NYCS modeling, a section reviewing all new NYCS models being offered by manufacturers for the quarter, letters and emails from members and readers, the latest news on models being offered by the NYCSHS at 20% discounts, and a variety of other information about modeling and happenings at the NYCSHS.
If you haven’t been reading this NYCSHS magazine, you have been missing out on a lot of NYCS action. Each edition contains five to seven articles covering different scales of NYCS modeling, a section reviewing all new NYCS models being offered by manufacturers for the quarter, letters and emails from members and readers, the latest news on models being offered by the NYCSHS at 20% discounts, and a variety of other information about modeling and happenings at the NYCSHS.
The magazine is free, and all you need to do to read or download it is to go to the NYCSHS website. To do that, go to www.NYCSHS.org. Then put your curser on the “Modeling Resources” button and drop down to the “NYCentral Modeler” tab. Then just follow the instruction on the page. ENJOY!!
Publishing this magazine continues to be a major challenge each quarter as I receive very few articles for publication. I spend as much time trying to find modelers to write articles as I do focused on the publishing of the magazine. In our recent NYCSHS Modelers Survey, we received over 600 responses to the survey indicating that the respondents modeled the NYCS. If you model the NYC, please contact me to let me help you display your modeling to the rest of the readers. Writing an article is not very hard and we can help you do it. Without article contributions, we cannot publish the magazine. We really need your help with this, if you enjoy reading the NYCentral Modeler each quarter. Take a couple of minutes and send me an email and let us help you display your modeling or collecting talent to our readers. Contact me at: NYCSHS@verizon.net
The New York Central System Historical Society announces the another book of the Central’s steam power triumvirate. This hard cover book completes the documentation of the New York Central’s Mohawk class, the L-3 and L-4 Mohawks.
The book describes and illustrates the original late Mohawk design, and the evolution of the basic design that resulted in the L-4 Mohawk, perhaps the best dual service two-cylinder steam locomotive design ever developed. Included is a separate section on late Mohawk tenders, one of the secrets of the Mohawk’s success. Oddities are identified, and the final days of late Mohawk operation are also fully documented, including last runs. The late Mohawk design is compared with contemporary steam designs used by other railroads in the Central’s service area.
If you have registered for the 2020 convention, you will be able to ask for a refund, or tell us to move your registration for the 2021 convention. Refunds will be issue in full upon request, but please allow some time because multiple people working from home have to get the payment records and addresses together and the treasurer will have to produce a stack of checks.
Specific details for the 2021 Convention will be announced once they are all worked out by the Society.
If you do not wish to have your registrations moved to the new dates, please contact Ralph Schiring at nycrrstore@cox.net or 402-203-5931 and he will arrange for a refund.
If you wish to have your registrations moved to next year at the new date, please contact Ralph Schiring at nycrrstore@cox.net or 402-203-5931
The Holiday Inn Cleveland South asks that you contact them to cancel your reservation for 2020 if you have already made them, or move or reserve your 2021 hotel room. They can be reached at 216-524-8050.
We will be holding a belated 50th Anniversary celebration in our 51st year as a Society. Don’t miss it.
Produced by Manual Duran-Duran, NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee Member
Check out this NYCSHS produced video highlighting some of the modeling of the NYCS that has been going on during the Lock-Down over the last two months.
Featuring the modeling of the following NYCSHS members:
Dave Mackay – NYCSHS President
Noel Widdifield – NYCSHS Business Manager/Treasurer – Editor NYCentral Modeler
Seth Lakin – NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee Chair
Frank Bongiovanni – Member NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee
Lary Faulkner – Member NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee
Rich Stoving – NYCSHS Past President – Editor Central Headlight – Member NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee
Manuel Duran-Duran – Video Editor – Member NYCSHS Modelers’ Committee
The secondCentral Headlight for 2020 went into the mail today. If you are a member you will be receiving it shortly. For those who subscribe for the digital copy, it was emailed to you this morning.
This issue contains the following articles:
Enjoy and thanks for being a member. If you haven’t already, be sure to renew for 2020. It will be a wonderful 50th Anniversary year for the us.
Don’t forget to register when you get to the store!!!
Given the importance of our Golden Anniversary, your Board of Directors and Convention Committee collectively decided to reschedule this event as opposed to outright cancellation.
If you have not registered for the Convention and wish to do that you can do it in the Collinwood Shop by: Clicking Here
You may also download a registration form and mail it in with a check. To download a registration form Click Here
The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Bob Shaw “Rerouting My Water Level Route Layout To Make It More Interesting”. Russ Briggs shows us his designing skills in “Designing the NYC Mark III Flexi-Van in O-Scale”. Steve Bratina returns with “Rebirth of the CASO and Copetown RPK 2020”. Seth Lakin is busy “Adding NYC Details to a Kitbashed Freight House.” Howie Mann continues with “Modeling the Putnam Division”. Tom Long shows us some of his many “Wood Cabooses of the B&A in N-Scale”. And you also get all of the regular features with “NYCSHS RPO,” “NYCSHS Models” featuring photos from our members, “Extra Board,” “What’s New,” “The RPO”, and “The Observation Car.” All in the April 2020 edition.
This online NYCSHS magazine is available quarterly on the NYCS website. Each edition contains five to seven articles covering different scales of NYCS modeling, a section reviewing all new NYCS models being offered by manufacturers for the quarter, letters and emails from members and readers, the latest news on models being offered by the NYCSHS at 20% discounts, and a variety of other information about modeling and happenings at the NYCSHS.
If you haven’t been reading this NYCSHS magazine, you have been missing out on a lot of NYCS action. Each edition contains five to seven articles covering different scales of NYCS modeling, a section reviewing all new NYCS models being offered by manufacturers for the quarter, letters and emails from members and readers, the latest news on models being offered by the NYCSHS at 20% discounts, and a variety of other information about modeling and happenings at the NYCSHS.
The magazine is free, and all you need to do to read or download it is to go to the NYCSHS website. To do that, go to www.NYCSHS.org. Then put your curser on the “Modeling Resources” button and drop down to the “NYCentral Modeler” tab. Then just follow the instruction on the page. ENJOY!!
Publishing this magazine continues to be a major challenge each quarter as I receive very few articles for publication. I spend as much time trying to find modelers to write articles as I do focused on the publishing of the magazine. In our recent NYCSHS Modelers Survey, we received over 600 responses to the survey indicating that the respondents modeled the NYCS. If you model the NYC, please contact me to let me help you display your modeling to the rest of the readers.
Writing an article is not very hard and we can help you do it. Without article contributions, we cannot publish the magazine. We really need your help with this, if you enjoy reading the NYCentral Modeler each quarter. Take a couple of minutes and send me an email and let us help you display your modeling or collecting talent to our readers. Contact me at: NYCSHS@verizon.net
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