The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Bob Chapman;  “A NYCS Day at Cincinnati Union Terminal”. Central Headlight editor, Rich Stoving provides the article on “Of Smoke, Mirrors and Some Bargain Basement Boxes”.  Rev. Roland F. Waters shares his construction of the Otis, IN passenger station. Associate Editor Bob Shaw explains “Saving a Lionel #2035 from the Scrap Yard.”  Ed Eynedy returns, building a “NYCS SM Tower in HO-Scale”. Former NYCSHS director, Hugh Guillaume, shows us some of his many “Freight Car Models from the Past”. “The Early Car Shop” editor, Kyle Coble produces a CCC&StL 1895 Flatcar from 3-D drawings. And you also get all of the regular features with “NYCSHS RPO,” “Extra Board,” “What’s New,” and “The Observation Car.” All in the July 1, 2019 edition.

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!!

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Please enjoy our free quarterly magazine, NYC Modeler. Developed and edited by members and friends of the New York Central System Historical Society, we are providing this free resource for anyone interested in creating accurate models of New York Central railroad equipment and structures. The magazine is only available as a PDF file, and you will need the free Acrobat Reader software to view it.

To view please right click on the issue you want to view below and then use the “Save Link As” feature to download the NYCentral Modeler to your desktop.This will allow you to see the magazine in full resolution and also not require you to go back to the website to later view the magazine.  Just opening it with your browser will not provide the photos in the high quality that we have put into them.  

Please send your questions and comments about “NYCentral Modeler” to editor, NYCBigFour@verizon.net  Noel F. Widdifield