Second Section of the Century in the Post War Era - Part 2 By Dave Staplin 4th Quarter 2016 Volume 6 Number 4 Table of Contents Modeling a Hot Box on a On the Cover Freight Car By Dean Apostal 29 Modeling NYCS Depots By Dave Mackay 36 Making Good Looking, One- of-a-Kind Rolling Stock By Bob Shaw 41 NYC and New Haven in the Shadows of the Taconics By Dan Howard 47 NYCSHS Director Tom Gerbracht’s O-Scale Modeling 2nd Sections of the Hudsons. See page 84 for more of them. Century in Post WW II Era By Dave Staplin Learn About Dan Howard’s Fictitious 54 NYC - New Haven Layout By Larry Faulkner 65 By Manuel Duran- Duran 68 NYC West Shore River Division By David Howarth 74 From the Cab 5 Extra Board 6 What’s New 9 NYCSHS RPO 21 The Observation Car 81 Dan’s ice house. Page 47 The NYCentral Modeler . The NYCentral Modeler focuses on providing information about modeling of the railroad in all scales. This issue features articles, photos, and reviews of NYC-related models and layouts. The objective for the publication is to help members improve their ability to model the New York Central and promote modeling interests. Contact us about doing an article for us. mailto:[email protected] NYCentral Modeler 4th Quarter 2016 2 New York Central System Historical Society The New York Central System Central Headlight, the official Historical Society (NYCSHS) was publication of the NYCSHS. organized in March 1970 by the The Central Headlight is only combined efforts of several available to members, and former employees of the New each issue contains a wealth Board of Directors York Central Railroad. The of information each quarter. Nick Ariemma, R.J. Barrett, J. NYCSHS is chartered as a non- From steam to diesel (and Epperson, T.R. Gerbracht, S.H. Lustig, D.T. Mackay, R.C. profit corporation under the laws electric), from freight to Schiring, D. Simonaitis, R.L. of the state of Ohio. The mission passenger, from branchline Stoving, J.C. Suhs, M.K. of the NYCSHS is to perpetuate to mainline, the Central Vescelus, N.F. Widdifield the legacy of the New York Headlight covers it all. Our Central System and its Annual Meetings focus on Directors Emeriti: P.T. Carver, J.P. Quinlivan (Founder) predecessor lines and subsidiary the preservation of New roads through the acquisition and York Central railroad history preservation of their various with informative speakers, histories, traditions, documents, presentations, and tours. The Editor: Noel Widdifield records, and artifacts; and Society also has many NYC Proof Editors: Julie Sanders through the dissemination of reference books and Bob Shaw accurate information in a manner drawings available for Ann Widdifield Engineering Dept: Manuel that is consistent with good purchase. Membership is Duran-Duran stewardship and preservation. open to all; so don't delay; Harmon Files: Larry Faulkner Your membership gets you four join today! www.nycshs.net Layout Drawing Artist: issues of the popularly acclaimed Frank Knight The NYCSHS Modelers Committee We have a NYCSHS Modelers Committee that now has 15 members. We meet on the phone about once a month to strategize about what to do to support NYC modeling for our members. The members of the committee are Dave Mackay, Chair, Brian Marotta, Jeff English, Dave Staplin, Paul Pickard, Lawrence Faulkner, Manuel Duran-Duran, Kyle Coble, Dan Seligmann, Seth Lakin, Larry Grant, Dale Madison, Ralph Schiring, Noel Widdifield, and Rich Stoving. We have released over 75 models at up to 20% off MSRP to our members and have sold more than 1,500 models and taken pre-orders for many more. We have offered several HO-scale, N-scale, and O-Scale models are in the process of finding more HO-, N-, S-, and even O–scale models to be released in coming months. Watch our website and Collinwood Shop online store for more information. Website: NYCSHS.org and Collinwood Shop: NYCSHS.net We have released many new NYC models over the last three years, but if you have some ideas for us, contact us at [email protected] NYCentral Modeler 4th Quarter 2016 3 Now’s the Time Rich Stoving, NYCSHS President ‘Tis fall, and a model railroader’s fancy turns to thoughts of… well, modeling, of course. Maybe it’s time to get back to the layout, clean off some track, and get it running again. Or maybe it’s time to hit the workbench and build that kit you bought at a hobby shop you visited while on vacation. Or perhaps it’s time to think about how to turn your dream layout into reality. Cooler weather tends to get the model railroading juices flowing again. If you’re reading this magazine, chances are that at least some of your modeling seeks to recapture, in miniature, some of the glory of the mighty New York Central System. It wasn’t all four-track main line and water-level route, you know. There were dozens of single-track branches and secondary lines, some very mountainous. And it wasn’t all Hudsons, Mohawks, or Niagaras hauling sixteen-car limiteds. But it all had a character of its own: a character that was spelled N-Y-C. To capture that character you need to drink up as much NYC atmosphere as possible. This magazine, available to you free through the generosity of the New York Central System Historical Society, is a wonderful resource. But membership in the NYCSHS offers much, much more. For starters, members receive a quarterly magazine, Central Headlight. Every issue is filled with photos and articles that recapture the essence of the New York Central System. And there are many other benefits, too numerous to recount here. So if you’re not yet a member of the NYCSHS, how about it? Now’s the time! October would be a very favorable time for you to join. Why? Because all new members will receive both the 3rd and 4th Quarter 2016 issues of Central Headlight plus all four issues coming up in 2017. That’s six great issues of our highly acclaimed magazine for the price of four. You can’t beat that. Let us welcome you aboard! This Quarter’s Central Headlight features articles on the 2016 NYCSHS Convention, the Norwalk Branch of the NYC, Hudson 5200, a story about growing up in Haldimand County in the Be sure to read the Ontario province surrounded by steam exciting news trains, a story about NYC G-6 about our new Consolidation #2976, some of the NYCSHS railroads that crossed the Michigan Headquarters and Central main in Albion, MI, the the Flight of the memories of a machinist of steam Century campaign engines, and lots of great NYCS photos. on page 100. NYCentral Modeler 4th Quarter 2016 4 The NYCentral Modeler From the Cab This publication of the NYCSHS is for the purpose of providing NYCS modeling Another three months have passed since the last information. It is a publication by the NYCSHS edition and the Society continues to grow and do Modeling Committee –- all rights reserved. It great things. The “Flight of the Century” may be reproduced for personal use only. It is campaign has been a roaring success in raising not for sale. funds for our new headquarters. We encourage articles and photos submitted We continue to provide new NYCS models at for publication. Materials submitted are discounted prices in N-, HO-, S- and O-scales. The considered to be gratis and no reimbursement NYCSHS Modelers Committee has a new chair to will be made to the author(s) or the carry on the modeling activity of the Society. photographer(s) or his/her representative(s). As we move into fall, many of us are returning to The Society reserves the right to reject, for any that layout or collection and planning to get more reason, any material submitted. done this year. It is an exciting time to be We need articles for scales in addition to HO. modeling the NYCS. We have published articles in Z-, S-, N-, HO-, It is my hope that more of you who model the O-, 1/29-, and 1/32-scales. We do need articles NYCS will contact us and let us help you share in all scales but want more non-HO articles. your modeling with the rest of us. Please contact the editor for submission Many railroad historical societies are no longer information and guidelines. We have a style able to have a magazine like this because their guide to be used for articles and will send it to members won’t take the time to share. any aspiring author. Photos should be submitted at not less than 640 x 480 pixels and I hope we are not headed in that direction. I spend in JPG, TIFF or PDF format. Statements and a lot of time trying to round up articles and photos. opinions made are those of the authors and It only takes a few minutes to contact us and we don’t necessarily represent those of the Society. can help you do an article for us. We make every effort to ensure all information Please take a few minutes to get in touch so we can is technically correct but do not guarantee it for help you share this wonderful hobby with our accuracy. All articles and photos should be readers. sent to: [email protected] If you like what we do or have suggestions, send We really want to hear what you think me your articles, comments, and/or corrections.