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Pages in category "Passenger trains of the New York Central Railroad" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse.
The train service was originally conceived to be the main New York Central route to the American Southwest and California via the St. Louis gateway. The New York Central had strong relationships with railroads in the US west. The Southwestern Limited was all-Pullman equipped on April 26, 1925. By 1933, the train included coaches. [2]
The D&H inaugurated the Laurentian in 1923 as a daytime service between New York City and Montreal, Quebec, via Albany and Lake Champlain. [1] On the D&H section, steam locomotives pulled the train from its inception until 1953, when it received diesel equipment. [2] [page needed] The New York Central Railroad handled the train between New York ...
These were the first New York Central units to offer air conditioning, with sealed windows replacing the drop sash and clerestory types found on earlier cars. The initial set of 100 cars was retired in 1970, upon completion of the M1 railcar delivery, while the second and third orders, totaling 87 cars, remained in service until 2004, when they ...
Row upon row of reefers in various stages of construction fill MDT's car shop, circa 1905. The East Rochester plant would grow in time to encompass some 64 acres (with an adjacent rail yard of equal size), and would produce on the order of 36 cars per day. The installation became the main car plant within the New York Central system.
The New York Central Railroad Company, freight station and 10.3 miles of tracks, at Buffalo, N.Y.; for indefinite period from Apr. 26, 1916; rental 5 per cent on valuation of property plus a proportion, on tonnage basis, of operation; 50 cents for each engine and 20 cents for each car handled. $4,701.40 rental. The New York Central Railroad ...
New York Central 1290 and 1291; New York Central 2933; New York Central 3001; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999; New York Central Hudson; New York Central MU Cars; New York Central Niagara; New York Central P Motor; New York Central R-Motor; New York Central S-Motor; New York Central T-Motor; New York Central Mohawk