The first in our Trackside series, Gene Van Dusen was out “trackside” on the western end of the “Water Level Route” with Leica in-hand and loaded with Kodachrome in the late 1940s and early 1950s. If it wasn’t a Hudson or Niagara, then it had to be a Mohawk or Mike. Notre Dame football specials, blazing streamliners, and quaint country branchlines are all to be found in this marvelous look back.

Item # 1054

The Korean War years on the NYC were a life-or-death race with inflation and loss of business. An all-color tour of the steam-diesel operations on the Western Division photographed by Sandy Goodrick and narrated by Jerry Pinkepank, this book is an excellent look back at those turbulent years on the Central.

Item # 1251

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The classic look of NYC steam is captured in this all-color portfolio of vintage views. System-wide coverage includes everything from the lowliest Mike to the princely Hudson.

Item # 1053

Travel the “Water Level Route” in the 1950’s and see the best of steam and early diesels side-by-side. FT’s, Babyfaces, Erie-builts, Sharks and many other odd-ball diesels were commonplace in these color photos taken along the Boston & Albany, West Shore and in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and many other locales.

Item # 1007

NYC Lightning Stripes Vol. 2 is the sequel to the bestselling Volume 1 (above). Travel the Central system from one end to the other watching vintage diesels and electrics propelling their trains. As the black FT cover suggests, Volume 2 contains plenty of rare color subjects, from Massachusetts to Michigan, New York to Chicago.

Item # 1052

The Great Steel Fleet, Pacemaker Fast Freight, Early Bird Service — all famous slogans carried out by the equipment of the NYC System. Examine these cars in over 300 color photographs taken from the postwar years and into the 1960s, with expert commentary.

Item # 1055

The Great Steel Fleet, Pacemaker Freight Service,Century Green – all the NYC terms and more are examined in almost 300 color photos with expertly researched captions.

Item # 1206

A 128-page hardcover book illustrating the best color work of the official NYC photographer of the 1940’s and 50’s. Hudsons, PA’s, Mohawks, passenger equipment, workers reproduced from Ed’s 4" x 5" color transparencies and captioned by the man who took them forty years ago.

Item # 1008

Book II takes the reader behind the lens of NYC’s official photographer as he visits New York City, the Hudson River Valley, the B&A, Buffalo, Chicago and the 20th CENTURY LTD during the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. The brand new CENTURY is toured in color, stem-to-stern in 1948.

Item # 1056

The New York Central thought quite highly of its passenger service and invested heavily in its “Great Steel Fleet.” Follow the post war development of this service through the color images of its company photographer as detailed by NYC passenger train authority Geoff Doughty.

Item # 1330

A train by train look at the New York Central's premier passenger services in the 1950’s and 60’s as the Central’s attitude toward passenger services changed.

Item  #1361

A fond look back at Al Perlman’s vision of the NYC in the 1960’s through the creative camera of Bill Brennan.

Item  #1384