2nd Qtr. 2024 NYCentral Modeler Is Ready For You To Enjoy

Latest Edition of the NYCentral Modeler

(2nd Qtr. 2024)

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The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Dave Wheeler’s  NYC 1/6 Scale NYC Hudson.  Steve Bratina returns with his “The New Commodore Tender”. Tom McHugh debuts with his first article on the “Quest For Fire – Applied Research To Modeling”.  Ed Enyeda,  tells us about  “Creating The Berea Depot”.  Steve Lasher shares “Modeling NYCS H-6 Mikado”. Russ Weis models “Signals On My NYCS Layout”.  NYCentral Modeler editor, Noel Widdifield returns with Part 1 of “If It Doesn’t Run, Make It Look Good Standing Still”. All in the April  2024 edition.And you also get all of the regular features with “NYCentral Modeler’s Tool Shop” with Brain Marotta, “NYCSHS RPO,” “Extra Board,” “What’s New”, and “The Observation Car.” All in the A 2024 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 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!!

2nd Qtr. 2024 Edition

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And Don’t Forget the New NYCentral Modeler 2011 – 2022
Flash Drive

11 Years of NYCS Modeling
All in Digital Format
Don’t miss out on this great value!!!
Click here to order yours in the Collinwood Shop
Click here to download a form to mail in with a check

1st Qtr. 2024 Central Headlight is in the Mail Today

1st Qtr. 2024 Central Headlight is in

the Mail Monday, February 19, 2024

For those you have added the subscription for the

digital Central Headlight, you digital version

has been sent to you February 19, 2024!!!!

Enjoy and thanks for being a member.  If you haven’t already, be sure to renew for 2024.

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1st Qtr. 2024 NYCentral Modeler Is Ready For You To Enjoy

Latest Edition of the NYCentral Modeler

(1st Qtr. 2024)

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The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Noel Widdifield’s article about “NYCS Card Locomotive Models”. Steve Bratina returns with his “Memories of the Model Craftsman Magazine ”. First time author for us, Angela Sutton,  presents  “Modeling a P&LE Phase V NW2 in N-Scale”.  Al Werner shares tells us about “Finishing the Elkhart Station – Part 1”. Seth Lakin shares “NYCSHS Travels To Chicagoland RPM”.  Chuck Beargie returns with Part 6 of “Modeling the NYC Franklin/Oil Branch”. And finally, Robert von Behr asks us “Where Did The Last Fan Go?’

And you also get all of the regular features with “NYCentral Modeler’s Tool Shop” with Brain Marotta, “NYCSHS RPO,” “Extra Board,” “What’s New”, and “The Observation Car.” All in the January 2024 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 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!!

1st Qtr. 2024 Edition

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And Don’t Forget the New NYCentral Modeler 2011 – 2022
Flash Drive

11 Years of NYCS Modeling
All in Digital Format
Don’t miss out on this great value!!!
Click here to order yours in the Collinwood Shop
Click here to download a form to mail in with a check

For a New York Central fan, the Oyster Bar is Sacred

“For  A New York Central fan,

the Oyster Bar is Sacred”

By Kevin P. Keefe

Read this interesting article by NYCSHS member Kevin P. Keefe

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Indianapolis in 2024!!!

  

Indianapolis Airport Crowne Plaza
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
April 26 – 28, 2024

Many NYCS Prototype and Modeling Presentations (Friday & Sunday)

Friday Presentations

Model Railroad Layout Tours (Friday 10:00 – 3:00)

Sunday Presentations

Presentations are still tentative and are subject to change, but all presenters shown have committed at this time and a few more will be added.

If you would be interested in providing a

NYCS, Big Four or modeling presentation,

contact us at: nfwiddifield@NYCSHS.org

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Interesting Tours Saturday (8:15am)

8 Hour Bus Tour – NYC/Big Four facilities in Indianapolis, Franklin, Fairland, Shelbyville, Knightstown, Shirley, and Anderson. Some stops and some drive by. These are existing depots, some open for tours, a BigFour restored caboose, remaining NYCS locations and drive by for those that are not accessible. Photo opportunities at all locations.

Or

6 Hour Bus Tour – Indianapolis Union Station tour, Indianapolis NYC/Big Four Facilities, and lunch at Shapiro’s downtown deli.

(6-Hour Tour is limited to the first 25 people who sign up for it. – You must select it when registering.) Designed for those who want a shorter bus ride.

Knowledgeable NYC Big Four Tour guides will be on each bus and a detailed tour handout will also be provided on each tour.

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Saturday Evening

No- Host Reception (5:00 pm) and Dinner (7:00 pm)
Guest Speaker Richard Baldwin
Annual Meeting

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Sunday

Model Train and Memorabilia Show (10:00 – 3:00)
Open to the Public
Modular Layouts
Many Model Railroad and Memorabilia Vendors

Click Here to Purchase Dealer Tables For Train Show

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Click Here To Register Online

Click Here To Download a Mail In Form

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NYCSHS 2024 Convention T-Shirts

Shirts come in long and short sleeve with and without pocket.

Pick Up At Convention Or Shipped To You

Again this year we worked with Daylight Sales to develop a unique t-shirt for the convention. The shirt features a NYCS red logo on the left front and a graphic for our Albany, NY Convention Poster on the back.  These shirts come in short and long sleeves in sizes  S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXXL. The short sleeve shirts also come with and without pockets. This item is long sleeve with pocket!!

Click Here To Order Online

Click Here To Download An Order Form

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NYCSHS Convention Raffle Tickets – Four Separate Raffles

Tickets $5.00 each but discounts for multiple tickets

For Details on Raffle Click Here

For Raffle Ticket Purchase Online Click Here

For Raffle Ticket Form to Mail In Click Here

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Special Rates for Hotel Rooms

Indianapolis Airport Crowne Plaza
2501 S. High School Road
Indianapolis, IN 46241

Hotel completely renovated in 2023

$125.00 per night, plus tax Thursday, April 25 – Sunday April 28
Free Parking & Free Wi-Fi
Fee Shuttle from Indianapolis Airport
Keurig Coffee and Teas in Room
Free Fitness Center – 24 hours per day
Meals available in hotel and nearby restaurants
List of local restaurants to be provided at registration

Click Here To Register Online.

Click Here To Download a Mail In Form

Click Here To Reserve Your Hotel At NYCSHS Rates

Or Reserve Your Rooms By Calling 317-244-6861 And Asking For

Reservations In The NYCSHS Block

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4th Qtr. 2023 NYCentral Modeler Is Ready For You To Enjoy

Latest Edition of the NYCentral Modeler

(4th Qtr. 2023)

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The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Doug Leffler’s article about “Techniques for Photographing HO-Scale Models”. Dennis Regan returns with his “NYCSHS Participation in the 16th St. Louis RPM”. Long time member Roger Hensley,  presents“Ghost Trains”.  Bob Chapman tells us how to “Build the NYCSHS Diner From Prototype Photos”. Tom Long continues his series on N-scale modeling with“Modeling a Falls Series Bedroom/Lounge in N-scale”. We follow Al Werner as he tells us about his “Building a USRA Boxcar Thoughts”.  And you also get all of the regular features with Brain Marotta’s  “NYCentral Modeler’s Tool Shop”, “NYCSHS RPO,” “Extra Board,” “What’s New”, and “The Observation Car.” All in the October2023 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 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!!

4th Qtr. 2023 Edition

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And Don’t Forget the New NYCentral Modeler 2011 – 2022
Flash Drive

11 Years of NYCS Modeling
All in Digital Format
Don’t miss out on this great value!!!
Click here to order yours in the Collinwood Shop
Click here to download a form to mail in with a check

Two New NYC Big Four HO-Scale Caboose Kits

For Sale Now!!!

Above Tongue & Groove 17445 Springfield, OH 1935-1955
lettering NYCSHS Image PB300064

Below Plywood with window removed NYC 17362
Zanesville OH, 1955-1968 lettering 4/17/1966
NYCSHS Image NG519177

American Model Builders is in production of these kits. You can now buy one or more of each of them.

The NYCSHS is producing an HO-scale kit of a Big Four caboose in two different versions produced by American Model Builders, makers of LASERKits®. This kit is an exclusive to the NYCSHS and will not be available through normal hobby distributors. In HO-scale, ready to run, plastic or wood kits of this caboose have not been offered in the past. Brass models imported more than 30 years ago are the only models of these available and they do not show up on the market often.

The LASERKits® caboose kits represent a caboose that was used by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railway, commonly known as the Big Four. The Big Four had extensive trackage in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and even reaching Michigan. Besides the four large cities in its name Louisville and Indianapolis  were also served by the railroad. The Big Four was merged into the New York Central System in 1930. After that the former Big Four caboose could be seen across the New York Central System.

These cabooses were built between 1904 and 1927 and many earlier cabooses were rebuilt to this design, eventually numbering more than 300. These cabooses were ahead of their time as their rooftop look out called a cupola was wider than the sides of the caboose, a design feature that was common for cabooses built in the 1960’s to the 1980’s. Originally these cabooses had tongue and groove siding. Beginning in the 1950’s plywood siding was added and a window on each side removed to some of the cabooses giving them a slightly different look. These cabooses continued to serve New York Central through the end of the 1960’s when they were retired. Today only two examples of this type of caboose are known to exist. Only one is on public display at the Shirley Historical Society’s Depot Museum in Shirley, Indiana.

Two versions of this HO-scale caboose are being produced, one with the standard tongue & groove siding, the other with plywood siding. The kits feature 100% laser-cut components with laser-scribed side and end walls, Tab & Slot and Peel & Stick construction, laser-cut underframe, end platforms, end railing, and brake wheels, cast resin platform steps and brake gear with fully illustrated instructions that provide information on painting and decaling the assembled model. In addition, the HO-scale kit provides for optional details such as side windows that can be modeled open or closed and a complete set of screen doors and windows. Decals provided allow the modeler to letter their caboose in all the common lettering schemes from 1904 though the 1960’s.

The MSRP of these kits is $64.95 and the NYCSHS member price is $51.96 each plus shipping for either tongue & groove or the plywood siding cabooses.

 

Click Here To Order Online

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Buy them now and

don’t miss out on them!!

3rd Qtr. 2023 Central Headlight is in the Mail Today

3rd Qtr. 2023 Central Headlight is in

the Mail Today

For those you have added the subscription for the

digital Central Headlight, you digital version

has been sent to you today!!!!

Enjoy and thanks for being a member.  If you haven’t already, be sure to renew for 2024.

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Official NYC Drawings on Flash Drive/DVDs

Updated 7/24/2023

Shop for Flash Drives at www.NYCSHS.net (Collinwood Shop)

Note: Structures DVD has been replaced by new flash drive “Standard Plans for Right of Way and Structures DVD.

You may  order these drawing files online at out NYCSHS Store by clicking: NYCSHS “Collinwood Shop”

PLEASE NOTE: We require all purchasers to print, review and sign either a Sales Agreement v 2Final-012615,  a Model Manufacturer Sales Agreement, or a Sales Agreement-Commercial -012615 Sales Agreement which prohibits reproducing, recasting, transforming or adapting the copyrighted Media so as to not devalue the collection for our membership. Copies of either or both the Sales Agreements will be sent to you upon inquiry. Please return the one that meets your needs, along with your payment, in U.S. dollars if you have not paid on the NYCSHS Store, to Tom Gerbracht, NYCSHS Director at the address below.

Mail your order, with payment and signed agreement to:

NYCSHS Drawings
c/o Tom Gerbracht
4883 Thoroughbred Loop
Erie, PA 16506-660

Thank you for supporting the New York Central System Historical Society.

3rd Qtr. 2023 NYCentral Modeler Is Ready For You To Enjoy

Latest Edition of the NYCentral Modeler

(3rd Qtr. 2023)

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The cover photo for this quarter’s edition is from Steve Lasher’s article about “Number 6789 0-6-0 – My NYCS B11.” Bob Chapman returns with his “Modeling NYCS’s #63000 – 63149 Series Boxcar”. First time author for us, John Ruehel,  presents  “Modeling a NYC ACF 9100 – 9199 Series Baggage Car”.  P. Douglas Chapman takes us to “RPM-East Modelers’ Meet” with some photos of their great modeling. Robert vonBehr tells us about “The Case of the Displaced Diesel”. We follow Alex Schneider as he constructs a NYCSHS exclusive model in “Building the NYCS Diner”. Stan Madyda shares “Modeling An R. Duck Locomotive Works NYCS S-1” And you also get all of the regular features with Brain Marotta’s  “NYCentral Modeler’s Tool Shop”, “NYCSHS RPO,” “Extra Board,” “What’s New”, and “The Observation Car.” All in the July 2023 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 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!!

3rd Qtr. 2023 Edition

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And Don’t Forget the New NYCentral Modeler 2011 – 2022
Flash Drive

11 Years of NYCS Modeling
All in Digital Format
Don’t miss out on this great value!!!
Click here to order yours in the Collinwood Shop
Click here to download a form to mail in with a check