NYC - New York Central System Includes listings for the New York Central & Hudson River , Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis (Big Four) , Jackson Lansing & Saginaw , Michigan Central and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie .

Aug 9, 2024 · From 1917 to 1961 the New York Central and subsidiary roads acquired a total of 37,947 open-top hopper cars of 70-ton capacity. These cars were of five basic designs, and two designs accounted for over 80% of the total.

NEW YORK CENTRAL'S REBUILT OBSERVATION CARS NEW YORK Q:NTRAL SYSTEM BY RICHARD Back in the late 1920's, when the Central dished up passenger service in the grand manner, eight standard 70' steel coaches were converted to open platform observation cars for use on three deluxe coach trains. These rebuilds, elevated from ob­

The Hickory Creek is the tail car from the New York Central’s flagship train, the 20th Century Limited. The car was built by Pullman-Standard for the postwar re-equipping of the Century in 1948. Its “Lookout Lounge” made it unique from other observation cars, and its exclusivity and high-class service made it world-famous.

NYC St. Mary of the Lake - HW dining car, for use on the 1926 Cardinals' Train. Despite what is on the letterboard, this car was never owned by the NYC. The car was Pullman dining car 16 and only received the NYC lettering while on the train. After the train's service had ended it was repainted back to Pullman dress and given back its number.

In 1948, General Dwight D. Eisenhower ceremoniously inaugurated a new set of cars for the New York Central’s most famous train. Among them was the Hickory Creek, an observation sleeper lounge. The car was acquired by URHS in 1991. The car has been meticulously restored to its historic appearance.

The classic art deco interior of New York Central's tavern lounge observation car 48, photographed in Indianapolis in the summer of 1971, by which time the car had served both NYC and Kansas City Southern and had passed into private ownership.

Dec 9, 2020 · HUNTINGTON, W.V. — Railroad enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to ride a historic New York Central observation car through the mountains of West Virginia in 2021.

Historic New York Central Observation car on the Lake Shore Limited #49. Heritage Unit #145 Trailing. Amtrak #40 with #145 heritage unit trailing 2nd with 2 private cars. the 2nd, the...

Built in 1949 by the Budd Company for the New York Central Railroad as a five double bedroom observation lounge car. Converted to a private car and was in the process of being rebuilt when a spark in the sub floor set the car on fire and burned out the interior.