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 Map data ©2015 Google 1 of 2 3/20/15, 10:49 AM 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. ! ! ! ! Steam Locomotives of the the NYC Lines. $30 each or $45.00 for both for NYCSHS members. ! 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.