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It Is Time to Register for This NYCS Event!! The First NYCSHS Mini On September 24, 2022 Middleburg Heights, OH Crown Plaza Hotel NYCSHS Members $20.00 Non-members $30.00 and NYCSHS Headquarters Presenters 8:30 am – 9:00 am       … Continue reading →

The BLI HO-Scale Hudsons Are Due Out In December 2022 and We Have Them To Order!!! Broadway Limited Paragon 3 HO-Scale NYC Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson(#5344 Spoked Drivers, Paragon 4 Sound DC/DCC, Smoke) Broadway Limited Paragon 3 HO-Scale NYC Commodore Vanderbilt … Continue reading →

You Don’t Want To Miss This New & Exciting NYCS Book That Will Soon Be On Its Way To The Printer This book has 384 pages of interesting NYCS photos, information and drawings.  It is a must for any true … Continue reading →

The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Seth Lakin’s article “NYC NW2 Switchers – Part 2”. Tom Long provides “Modeling an ACF Baggage/Coach in N-Scale”.  Jeff Mann tells us about “Building a NYCS 4’ X 6’ Layout”. The … Continue reading →

It Was A Great Convention If you weren’t there, we are sorry you missed it!!!!   Banquet Guest Speaker John Taibi Co-author of the current NYCSHS book Hojack – Remembering The RW&O Railroad and Division Mr. Taibi is a well … Continue reading →

The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Steve Lasher’s article “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”. Charlie Crawford provides “Upgrading an Atlas/Kato RS3”.  The NYCSHS receives Jim Welsh’s collection donation. Seth Lakin begins a three-part … Continue reading →

Pieces Of NYCS History Rusting NYCS Original S-1 Prototype and the only remaining NYCS T-motor to finally be moved!! After years of worry by NYCS fans and historians, these locos, owned by the Danbury Railway Museum are going to be … Continue reading →

We No Longer Have Any Left !!!! Sorry You Missed Out.   HOJACK is the definitive story of the historic and surviving contemporary lines of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad and – after its 1891 acquisition by the New … Continue reading →

The first article for this quarter’s edition is from Noel Widdifield, who shares the “A NYC Operating Session on Pete LaGuardia’s Layout”. Dave Staplin returns with ”Part 2 Upgrading and Air Conditioning A Branchline Coach”. Steve Lasher explains a”Wnow Swite … Continue reading →

Take A Look!!! From Grand Central to Albany – New York Central’s Water Level Route Over the years numerous books have been produced depicting trains along the old New York Central Main Line between New York City and Albany. Early … Continue reading →