New York Central System Historical Society, Inc. 2015 Convention & Meeting Utica, New York May 1st – May 3rd, 2015 Hotel Utica, Utica, NY 102 Lafayette, Street, Utica, NY 13502
Schedule Historic Sites Presenters • 1914 NYCS Utica Station & U&MV • Allen Bell ”Modeling NYCS passenger Friday, May 1, 2015 Archive, Bill Szymko, Director bridge over the Hudson River” Registration • Mike Bosak “History of the NYCS Utica • • 1914 Rome, NY Station • Archive Open House Station” • 1936 Syracuse, NY Station • Layout Tours (Self-Guided) • Wayne Freed “Fred Beach and NYCS Dewitt Yard – Public Roads Only • Oral History Interviews • Bureau Films” Tom Gerbracht “Know Thy Hudsons” • Afternoon & Evening Speakers • Little Falls, NY Station • Saturday, May 2, 2015 • Piccolo Depot Restaurant • Al Gorney “NYCS in the 1960’s” • Ride the Adirondack Flyer Round • Gulf Curve Memorial Plaque • Mike Huchko “History of Rome, NY Railroads” Trip Utica to Thendara • Canal Place, Little Falls Shel Lustig “Working Mohawk & Hudson • Box Lunch – Thendara • • Fort Stanwix at Rome, NY Divisions” • Annual Banquet at Hotel Utica • FX Matt Brewing Co., Utica • William Moll “Dispatching at Selkirk” Speaker: John Taibi, Author, Member • Schuyler Street Tower & Tracks Jeff Paston “Syracuse Street Railroads” U&MV Chapter, NRHS, “NYCS • Radiating out of Utica” Hobby Stores & Layouts • Darwin Simonaitis “Mohawks, the ‘Middle Child’ of NYC Steam” General Members Meeting • Locomotion Hobby, Rome, NY • Rich Stoving “Publishing Central JR Junction Train & Hobby with • Sunday, May 3, 2015 • Headlight” Train Show - Buy & Sell Layout, Syracuse • • Carl Trainor “Baggage Coach Ahead” Presentations • Jack Dimbleby “HO-Scale” • • Jeff English “Ride on the Rutland” WWW.NYCSHS.ORG • Bessers Whistlestop – Layout with • Carl J. Liba “NYC Niagara Locos” Register in our store: www. NYCSHS.net model of Buffalo Central Terminal Noel Widdifield “NYCSHS Model Disclaimer: The schedule & list of speakers and • Hotel Rooms Program” layouts is the best that the committee understands $119 Plus Tax –Convention Rate. Deadline- April 1, Jeff English “Prototype Modeling” as of April 6, 2014, and may change due to factors • 2015 for Special Rate. Reserve at Hotel Utica beyond its control. • Dave Mackay “Developing a model for the 1-877-906-1912 or 315-724-7829 NYCSHS Model Program” • Ann Widdifield “The NYCSHS Oral History Program” Greetings!
Welcome to the 2015 Convention and Annual Meeting of the New York Central System Historical Society. And welcome to Utica, New York, the “Crossroads of New York” in the historic and beautiful Mohawk Valley.
Without Utica and the other cities that grew up along the Mohawk River, there never would have been a New York Central Railroad – never would have been a Water Level Route. “You can sleep!” Central’s famous slogan proclaimed, with implications that a good night’s sleep would be unthinkable on any other New York-Chicago carrier, and that such a trip might even be dangerous.
So pay homage to the Mohawk Valley as we celebrate the 45th anniversary year of the New York Central System Historical Society here in Utica. Convention Chairman Dick Barrett and his committee have lined up a wonderful array of activities for you, many right here in the historic Utica Hotel. But I also urge you to do a little touring. You might want to visit the former NYC passenger stations at Little Falls, Rome, or Syracuse. If you head east to Little Falls, you might want to look for the spot where the 5315 met her doom on the night of April 19, 1940. If you go west to Rome, you might want to check out the Fort Stanwix National Monument, and if you go as far west as Syracuse, you will want to take a look at DeWitt Yard.
Of course Saturday’s ride up Dr. Webb’s railroad into the Adirondack wilderness to Thendara will be a most remarkable experience for us all, and Saturday evening’s keynote address by noted rail historian John Taibi is certain to be entertaining as well as enlightening.
My thanks go to NYCSHS Director Dick Barrett and to all on his 2015 Convention Committee for planning this wonderful gathering, to all of our presenters and hosts, and to you for your participation and continued support of the NYCSHS.
Highball!
Richard L. Stoving President
New York Central System Historical Society, Inc. 2015 Convention & Meeting Utica, New York May 1 – 3, 2015
National Organizing Committee Richard Stoving – President Shel Lustig – Vice President Jim Suhs - Secretary Joe Epperson – Treasure & Acting Archivist Noel Widdifield – Modeling Committee Chairperson & Webmaster Ralph Schiring – Collinwood Shop Local Organizing Committee Dick Barrett – Chairperson Doug Preston – Chairperson Harry Lenz – President U & MV Chapter, NRHS Al Gorney – Presenter Bill Szymko – Historian U &MV Chapter, NRHS John Taibi – Presenter Wayne Freed – Presenter Mike Bosak – Presenter Earl Higgins –NYCS Mapmaker NYCSHS Board Of Directors
Richard L. Stoving – President Sheldon Lustig – Vice Richard J. Barrett President David T. Mackay James C. Suhs – Secretary Tom Gerbracht Joseph Epperson – Treasurer, Ralph C.Schiring Acting Archivist Arthur F. Biehler Noel Widdifield – Editor, NYCentral Modeler, Webmaster Directors Emeriti Darwin Simonaitis –Recording Paul Carver Secretary John Mills Michael K. Vescelus Joseph Quinlivan - Founder
Self Guided Tours Friday, May 1 1:00pm – 5:00 pm Historic Sites
• 1914 NYCS Station at Utica, NY – U&MV Archive, Bill Szymko, Director • 1914 NYCS Station at Rome, NY • 1936 NYCS Station at Syracuse, NY – Tour Begins at 1:00pm • Dewitt Yard – Public Roads only • NYCS Station at Little Falls, NY • Piccolo Depot Restaurant • Gulf Curve Memorial Plaque – Route 5 • Canal Place, Little Falls, NY • Fort Stanwix at Rome, NY • FX Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY • Schuyler Street Tower & Tracks Hobby Stores & Layouts
• Locomotion Hobby, Rome, NY • J. R. Junction Train & Hobby – O-scale model of Syracuse Station • Beesers Whistlestop – HO-scale model of Buffalo Central Terminal • Jack Dimbleby – HO-scale layout
1914 NYCS Station, Utica, New York
1914 NYCSHS Station, Rome NY
1936 NYCS Station at Syracuse, New York
Hotel Utica, Lafayette Street, Utica, NY to Amtrak Station-SYR... https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hotel+Utica,+Lafayette+Stre...
Drive 55.1 miles, 53 min
Directions from Hotel Utica to Amtrak Station-SYR
Hotel Utica 102 Lafayette Street, Utica, NY 13502
Get on I-90 W from Genesee St
2.2 mi / 5 min
1. Head east on Lafayette St toward Seneca St 295 ft 2. Turn left at the 2nd cross street onto Genesee St 1.2 mi 3. Turn right onto the I-90 ramp to Thruway Toll road 0.4 mi 4. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Interstate 90 W/Buffalo and merge onto I-90 W Toll road 0.6 mi
Follow I-90 W to Hiawatha Blvd E in Syracuse. Take exit 22-23A-23B from I-81 S 52.3 mi / 47 min 5. Merge onto I-90 W Toll road 49.9 mi 6. Take exit 36 to merge onto I-81 S Partial toll road 1.4 mi 7. Take exit 22-23A-23B for Hiawatha Blvd toward NY-298/I-690 W/Carousel Center Dr/Bear St 0.7 mi 8. Keep right to continue on Exit 23A, follow signs for Hiawatha Blvd 0.3 mi
Take Park St to Alliance Bank Parkway/Harborside Dr
0.6 mi / 2 min
9. Turn left onto Hiawatha Blvd E 0.1 mi 10. Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Park St 0.3 mi
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DeWitt Yards, Syracuse, NY (Public Roads Only)
Little Falls, New York (Gulf Curve Plaque & Canal Place)
Wreck Site of the Lake Shore Limited on April 19, 1940.
Route #5 is on the North Side of the CSX Main Line, Mohawk River and NYS Thruway running East and West.
More on Gulf Curve Plaque Leave Hotel, go East on Lafayette Street, turn Left onto Genesee Street, go North over CSX Tracks, Over Mohawk River/Canal, and over NYS Thruway, Turn Right onto Avert Ave., merge with Route #5, proceed East through Herkimer, NY., continue East to Little Falls NY, continue East through Little Falls on Route #5, stop at intersection with Route #169. Dedication Plaque is off the Right Shoulder of Route #5 going East.
Same Directions when going to Canal Place in Downtown Little Falls. Route #5 goes along the CSX Main Line going East. Number of Good Locations for Train Photos. Little Falls, NY, Gulf Curve Plaque is located at the Canal Place is located at: 360-376 Canal Eastern Portal to Little Falls on Route Place, #5, intersecting with Route #169.
Rome, New York Train Station to Fort Stanwix
! ! ! ! Accurail(HO+Scale(NYC(40'(Steel(Boxcar(((Century(Green)(
2015 NYCSHS Convention Car. $16.98 each or $33.96 for pair MSRP or $13.98 each or $26.00 for pair for NYCSHS members. !
F. X. Matt Brewing Company, Utica, New York
Schuyler Street Tower
Schuyler Street Tower: Take Lafayette Street West, merge with Whitesboro Street go West cross Schuyler Street, look Right see Tower.
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Steam Locomotives of the the NYC Lines. $30 each or $45.00 for both for NYCSHS members.
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Locomotion Hobby Store, Rome, New York
JR Junction Train & Hobby
! ! ! ! ! Daylight)Sales)NYCS)Clothing)Items MSRP for Non-Members and 20% off MSRP for NYCSHS members. ! Bresser’s Whistlestop, Baldwinsville, New York
Jack Dimbleby’s HO-Scale Layout
Schedule of Convention Presenters Friday, May 1 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Crystal Room – Jim Suhs - Moderator
1:00 pm – Ann Widdifield, “NYCSHS Oral History Program”
2:15 pm – Rich Stoving, “Publishing the Central Headlight”
3:30 pm – Mike Huchko, “History of Rome, NY, Railroads”
Saranac Room – Shel Lustig – Moderator
1:00 pm – Shel Lustig, “Working the Mohawk & Hudson Divisions”
2:15 pm – Carl Liba, “NYC Niagara Locomotives”
3:30 pm – Al Gorney, “NYCS in the 1960s”
Schedule of Convention Presenters Friday, May 1 5:15pm – 10:00 pm Crystal Room – Jim Suhs – Moderator
5:15 pm – William Moll, “Dispatching at Selkirk”
6:30 pm – Tom Gerbracht, “Know Thy Hudsons”
7:45 pm – Wayne Freed, “Fred Beach and the NYCS Bureau Films”
9:00 pm – Darwin Simonaitis, “Mohawks, The Middle Child of NYC Steam”
Saranac Room – Shel Lustig – Moderator
5:15 pm – Jeff Paston, “Syracuse Street Railroads”
6:30 pm – Jeff English, “Ride on the Rutland”
7:45 pm – Carl J. Liba, “NYC Niagara Locomotives”
9:00 pm – Mike Bosak, “History of the NYCS Utica Station”
10:15 pm – Carl Trainer “Baggage Coach Ahead”
Schedule of Convention Presenters
Sunday, May 3 11:00 am – 2:30 pm Crystal Room – Jim Suhs – Moderator
11:00 am – Ann Widdifield, “The NYCSHS Oral History Program”
12:15 pm – Carl Trainer, “Baggage Coach Ahead”
1:30 pm – William Moll, “Dispatching at Selkirk”
Saranac Room – Shel Lustig – Moderator
11:00 am – Jeff English, “Ride on the Rutland”
12:15 pm – Jeff Paston, “Syracuse Street Railroads”
1:30 pm – Shell Lustig, “Working Mohawk & Hudson Divisions”
Schedule of Modeling Presenters Friday, May 1 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Seneca Room – Noel Widdifield - Moderator
1:00 pm – Allen Bell, “Modeling a NYCS Passenger Bridge Over the Hudson River”
2:15 pm – Dave Mackay, “Developing a Model for the NYCSHS Model Program”
3:30 pm – Jeff English, “Prototype Modeling”
Friday, May 1 5:15pm – 10:00 pm Seneca Room – Noel Widdifield – Moderator
5:15 pm – Allen Bell, “Modeling a NYCS Passenger Bridge Over the Hudson River”
6:30 pm – Jeff English, “Prototype Modeling”
7:45 pm – Dave Mackay, “Developing a Model for the NYCSHS Model Program”
9:00 pm – Noel Widdifield, “History of the NYCSHS Model Program”
Schedule of Modeling Presenters Sunday, May 3 11:00 am – 2:30 pm Seneca Room – Noel Widdifield – Moderator
11:00 am – Jeff English, “Prototype Modeling”
12:15 pm – Allen Bell, “Modeling a NYCS Passenger Bridge Over the Hudson River”
1:30 pm – Dave Mackay, “Developing a Model for the NYCSHS Model Program”
Train Show 10:30 am - 3:00 pm Mezzanine & Saranac Room Collinwood Shop Open
Schedule for Saturday Evening, May 2 Saturday, May 2 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm 5:00 pm – Return to Hotel Utica from Adirondack Flyer Ride
Convention Banquet & Meeting 6:00 pm – Cocktail Hour 7:00 pm – NYCSHS Dinner in the Crystal Ballroom 8:15 pm – Guest Speaker – John Taibi, Author & Member of the U&MV Chapter, NRHS - “NYCS Radiating Out of Utica, NY” 9:15 pm – Break 9:30 pm – NYCSHS General Membership Meeting 10:30 pm – Adjourn – Meeting Ends
Sunday, May 3 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Train Show Mezzanine & Saranac Room Collinwood Shop Open
Convention Ends at 3:00 pm
NYCSHS Modeling For almost three years the NYCSHS Modelers Committee has focused on providing prototypical correct models of NYCS locomotives, rolling stock and structures. We have done this by concluding agreements with leading model manufacturers in all scales. Some of the NYCSHS Exclusive Models being offered in our online Collinwood Shop and here at the Convention.
HO-Scale NYC 19000 Caboose
HO-Scale NYC Lines East Brick Tower NYC 19000 Plywood Side Cabooses HO-Scale
N-Scale Boston & Albany 3-bay Hopper If you haven’t looked at our online NYCSHS Collinwood Shop lately, you have missed out on a very large collection of prototypically correct NYCS locomotive and rolling stock models. All are offered to members at between 10% and 20% discount off MSRP.
You have repeatedly asked us to bring you NYCS models in N-, HO-, S- and O-scales and we have responded with an excellent selection on all of the scales you have asked for. We will continue to provide you with outstanding models at excellent prices.
If you have ordered some models and are waiting for delivery, check out the delivery schedule at http://nycshs.org/for-the-modeler/model-shipping-schedule/ We keep that schedule as up-to-date as possible. If you would like to see what all is being offered, go to www.nycshs.net and click on the “Models” button under the “Category” section. Lots of other NYCS goodies also available there.
Be Sure to Visit the Collinwood Shop at the Convention Models DVDs Central Headlights Calendars Hats, Jackets, Polo Shirts, T-Shirts, Towels Books Memorabilia
45th Anniversary T-Shirt
2015 NYCSHS Convention Car – HO-Scale – Century Green
Open Friday at registration area, Saturday after the Annual Meeting, and Sunday at the Train Show.
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