The following is a list of links to additional resources that may be of interest to New York Central System enthusiasts and historians. This is not a definitive list, as there are thousands of resources available on the Internet. This is a short list of web sites that are maintained with regular updates. Would you like your New York Central-related web site listed here? Please contact us at nfwiddifield@nycshs.org

Discussion Forums

• NYCSHS Members Groups.io

• NYC-Railroad Groups.io

• New York Central Forum at RAILROAD.NET

• Fans of the New York Central’s Big Four Lines Facebook page

• New York Central Railroad on flickr
• NYCSHS Facebook Page
• New York Central Steam Tansition Era Modelers Facebook

Museums, Historical Societies and Historical Information Sites

• Central New York Chapter, NRHS – Syracuse, New York

• Central Terminal Restoration Corp. – Buffalo, New York

• Medina Railroad Museum – Medina, New York

• National New York Central Museum – Elkhart, Indiana

• Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Society

• Rochester Chapter, NRHS – Rochester, New York

• Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Historical Society

• Boston & Albany Steam Site
• Penn Central Railroad Historical Society

• Toledo and Ohio Central
• Lake Shore Historical Society

• American Locomotive Company (ALCO) Historical Society

• Baldwin Locomotive Works Records, 1856 – 1956

• Lima Locomotive Works
• Ingersoll-Rand (ALCO/GE/Ingersoll-Rand) Locomotives
• List of Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives
• NYC West Side Line in the 1930s
• Nickel Plate Road
• History of the CCC&StL Railroad Company
• Empire State Railway Museum

Heritage Railways

• Adirondack Scenic – former Adirondack Division

• Catskill Mountain Railroad – former Ulster & Delaware

• Delaware & Ulster Railroad – former Ulster & Delaware

Other Sites of Interest

• Canada Southern – Contains resources for other NYC lines as well
• Railroad Magazine Index – Contains links to a huge number of railroad related magazines and  their issues
• Indiana Division – by Brian Hall

• Ottawa Division – by Chris Granger

• Richard Leonard’s New York Central Collection

• Toledo & Ohio Central – by Mark Plank

• Hickory Creek – Official web site

• Railroads of Madison County – Roger Hensley’s Indiana railroading site

• Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg – The Hojack – by John Stewart

• Railfan Net NYCS

• Fallen Flags NYC

• New York Central Steam Photos -by George Elwood

• Harold K. Vollrath’s Photo Collection (NYC)

• Gino’s Railpage

• Hoosier Rail Postcards

• Boston & Albany Railroad

• Multimodal Ways – New York Central Railroad Co. Archives

• West Side Freight Line – NYC

• Web Ring – New York Central Railroad

• Fall Brook Railway Company

• Kingly Heirs – NYC 1st Section

• Kingly Heirs – NYC 2nd Section

• Flickr – NYC

• The London (Ontario) Roundhouse Project
• Streamliner Schedules
• New England States Schedule
• Commodore Vanderbilt & Advance Commodore Vanderbilt
• The Wolverine
• The 20th Century Limited 1938
• The 20th Century Limited 1956
• The 20th Century Limited 1967
• Boston & Albany Track Charts
• Boston & Albany Company Photos
•  NYC Passenger Cars
• Eastern Roads Diesel Locomotives
• Railroad Terminology, Slang and Definitions
• Passenger Car Photo Index NYC 1
• Passenger Car Photo Index NYC 2
• The Pulp Magazine Project  –  The Railroad Man’s Magazine.
• Industrial Directory and Shippers’ Guide (NYC)
• New York Central Electrification
• New York Central System Locomotive Roster, 1940
• John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Photos 1  Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Engineering Photos
• John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Photos 2  Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Engineering Photos
• Association of American Railroads – Field Guide to Tank Cars
• 53 Tracks Abreast in the Heart of New York City
• Passenger Car Photo Index
• You Tube Model Builders
• Southern Michigan Railroad’s NYC Newest NYC Coach
• Brooks Steam Locomotive Catalog
• Brass Loco and Rolling Stock Guide
• I Ride the Harlem Line
• A Practical Evaluation of Railroad Motive Power, by P.W. Kiefer – Covers Several NYC Steam Locomotives – 1948
• 20th Century Limited Outtakes
• North American Interlockings
• Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC) Operating Manual
• Operating Data NYC Western District.
• 20th Century Limited Red Carpet Treatment
• North American Interlockins
• New York State Archives
• Ohio Raidroad Stations
• Columbus, Ohio Railroads
• National Park Service – Steamtown Photos
• Denver Public Library – Otto Perry NYC Photo Collection
• Central Florida Railroad Modelers – NYCS in West Virginia
• John Barriger III Scrapbook Album of the NYC

 You Tube NYCS Videos

• NYC Signals
• The Freight Yard
• Flight of the Century
• Railroads – Big Trains1950s – New York Central
• New York Central Odyssey Vol 2
• New York Central Hudson Steam Locomotive
• Debut of the NYC’s Empire State Express
• New York Central Railroad – Within the Oval – 1952
• The Steam Locomotive NYC RR 1938
• NYCS – New York Calling Circa 1952
• New York Central Volume 1
• New York Central – 1960s Educational Documentary
• New York Central Railroad
• Steam & Diesel on the NYC Preview Volumes 1,2, 3
• The NYC RR 1950s The Big Train
• NYC Water Level Route
• Joe Burgess’s 1’=1′ Caboose
• NYC Hudson No. 5213 Cab Ride, November 1928
• NYC Streamlined Hudson Commodore Vanderbilt – Press Release Dec 14, 1934
• NYC Locomotive Engineer Retires, November 1929
• Three Giant Steps
• Arteries of New York City – 1940
• Hudsons Along the Hudson
• The New York Central Railroad – The Right Track
• The New York Central in 1928 – 1929
• Metro North – Yonkers to Tarrytown, NY – Old NYC signal bridges and old passenger foot bridges still standing even if they haven’t been used in years.
• A Look at the NYC Mohawk 3001
• New York Central – Ghosts of the Rails
• NYC 4-8-4 Niagara at Stapleford Miniature Railway
• NYC From the Library of Arnold Jones and Bob Hanna
• Railroading in the East 1897 – 1906      This video contains shots of Empire State Express, West Shore and U&D coverage.  It also shows early track pans in use.  Historic movies.
• NYC Commodore Vanderbilt 1934
• NYC Observation Trains for Rowing Regattas, 1929 and 1934
• Empire State Express 1941
• 1952 Freight Handeling Film (Not NYCS, but interesting)
• NYC To Greensburg, IN
• NYC Class K-5b
• Walt Berko’s NYC Railroad Films
• NYC From the 1940s
• Trains Unlimited – The New York Central
• Cybernetics at Selkirk
• 1939 Films NYC Railroad at Westfield, NY
• NYC Steam Big Four 1948 – 1952
• Three Giant Steps
• NYC Streamlined Steam Locomotive, 20th Century Express
• NYCRR Albany to Buffalo – Narrated by Richard Pearson
• Semaphore Records New York Central LP – Sounds of Steam

NYCSHS Members’ NYCS Sites

• Noel Widdifield’s NYCS BigFour Railroad YouTube

• Noel Widdifield’s 2-8-0 YouTube

• Richard Karnes Modeling the NYCS in S-Scale
• Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson
• John Dick’s You Tube 1 (HO-Scale Sells Floto Circus Train
• John Dick’s You Tube 2 (HO-Scale Sells Floto Circus Train)
• Mike Clements Boston  & Albany

Updated March 2022