Ye olde times:
Present day:
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Great picture, good memory. The good old downtown days.
ROZY 205
Another one I had posted on another thread recently.
Washington St Syracuse, NY
How 'bout these Mario?
Pete
Hey Norton/Pete!! I have never seem the "Mercury" in its natural habitat! Thanks so much for that treat!!! Such a treat!!!!
FrankM
Moonson posted:Hey Norton/Pete!! I have never seem the "Mercury" in its natural habitat! Thanks so much for that treat!!! Such a treat!!!!
FrankM
Frank, The Mercury actually didn't run through Syracuse normally but did do a promotional run when it was first built. The Mercurys ran out of Detroit to Cleveland, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
Pete
Norton posted:Moonson posted:Hey Norton/Pete!! I have never seem the "Mercury" in its natural habitat! Thanks so much for that treat!!! Such a treat!!!!
FrankM
Frank, The Mercury actually didn't run through Syracuse normally but did do a promotional run when it was first built. The Mercurys ran out of Detroit to Cleveland, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
Pete
So, is that one going down the Syracuse street?
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Moonson posted:Norton posted:Moonson posted:Hey Norton/Pete!! I have never seem the "Mercury" in its natural habitat! Thanks so much for that treat!!! Such a treat!!!!
FrankM
Frank, The Mercury actually didn't run through Syracuse normally but did do a promotional run when it was first built. The Mercurys ran out of Detroit to Cleveland, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
Pete
So, is that one going down the Syracuse street?
Yes, Washington Street, pausing for a moment in front of City Hall. This and many, many more photographs of New York Central and Delaware Lackawanna & Western running through the streets are preserved in our archives at the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society Inc..
Our club web site is www.cnynrhs.org
Check out a very small portion of our fantastic Phillip Winchester collection. These original photographs and negatives are preserved and archived at our Martisco Station Museum Library.
https://nyheritage.org/contrib...y-historical-society
Phillip Winchester was a division engineer for the New York Central Railroad based in Syracuse. His job required inspections and design work for the NYC throughout Central New York State. This often meant photographing new construction, repairs, rolling stock, locomotives, and derailments as documentation in his territory.
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These photographs provide a historic view of 1930s and 1940s railroading on the NYC that included a new station and grade elimination in Syracuse. Winchester's negatives were donated to the Central New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, which maintains the collection.
http://www.jrjunction.com/cgi-...action&key=15585
New 4th addition, second printing commemorating 75 years since Syracuse was "The city with trains in the streets!" Written by Richard F. Palmer with photo's and research by several people of the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. 48 pages of color and black & white photographs. Features a 2-page spread satellite view of Syracuse with an overlay of all street level tracks as they existed in 1925. Published by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. in 2011.
Great photos! I had no idea that the NYC ran trains on Washington Street.
Norm
I was there! Born in 1939 in White Plains NY. Family went to Ogdensburg 1st 2 weeks in August by rail from Harmon station to friends family farm to help with harvesting crops I did this till 1951 Great memories
Great downtown pictures guys, just fantastic!
PCRR/Dave
Amazing! I grew up in Herkimer NY and always wondered why the Main Street through town was SO wide for a town of 8,000. Saw some old photos from way back and now appreciate even more the impact of the NY Central! Thanks for sharing!
JR Junction Train & Hobby posted:Our club web site is www.cnynrhs.org
Check out a very small portion of our fantastic Phillip Winchester collection. These original photographs and negatives are preserved and archived at our Martisco Station Museum Library.
https://nyheritage.org/contrib...y-historical-society
Phillip Winchester was a division engineer for the New York Central Railroad based in Syracuse. His job required inspections and design work for the NYC throughout Central New York State. This often meant photographing new construction, repairs, rolling stock, locomotives, and derailments as documentation in his territory.
Scope of Collection
These photographs provide a historic view of 1930s and 1940s railroading on the NYC that included a new station and grade elimination in Syracuse. Winchester's negatives were donated to the Central New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, which maintains the collection.
Phil, Thank you for the link. I would encourage everyone to check out the photographs.
Among the collection I found these. Remarkable because they were taken on its inaugural run, December 7, 1941, at the Syracuse station.
Pete
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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew posted:Amazing! I grew up in Herkimer NY and always wondered why the Main Street through town was SO wide for a town of 8,000. Saw some old photos from way back and now appreciate even more the impact of the NY Central! Thanks for sharing!
Looks great!
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Norton and forum members;
Here are a few more Empire State Express photographs straight from the master archive. There are literally hundreds of more photographs, vintage film footage and more that hasn't been digitized yet.
This is our O scale model of the Station the photographs were taken at.
Locomotive 5426 making a stop in Syracuse NY as it heads west. Next stop would have been Rochester.
Mario, sorry we let this thread get out of the streets. I will dig up some more photo's of New York Central's third Franklin and Fayette Street station.
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Speaking of the Empire State Express, here is the famous 999 on display on Washington Street in Syracuse. Note the colors different shades of the boiler, boiler front and other details. I love my MTH model of the 999!
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
These photographs were taken in the train shed of Syracuse's third New York Central Station. This was a special Jubilee Celebration to remove the trains from the streets. New York Central went all-out to help celebrate a new era in Syracuse.
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
This photograph was taken shortly after the Washington Street station was closed and the shed (pictured above) was being dismantled and tracks taken out of the streets. Tragically, the beautiful brownstone station would soon be demolished in this "Art Deco" times.
Photograph is property of Central New York Chapter, NRHS Inc.
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Awesome!
More photographs of the railroad in the streets of Syracuse!
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That pic of installing the rails/repaving the streets is very interesting! A lot to learn there.
St. Louis and Birmingham, AL, once boasted a great deal of street running.
