Explore the newest release in the Fallen Flags special issue series! Classic Trains is back with New York Central Remembered, 100-pages covering the history of New York Central, 20th Century Limited passenger trains, Grand Central Terminal, Water Level Route, and more.
Where I come from, it’s NYC
Fallen Flags: New York Central Remembered
New York Central timeline, 1968 to present
Remembering the New York Central System • THE WATER LEVEL ROUTE LEAVES A SOLID LEGACY
Frontier Yard in Buffalo, N.Y.
the Hudson • A MAN NAMED PAUL KIEFER MOLDED HIGH HORSEPOWER INTO CONTOURS SO CLASSIC THAT ONLY A BEAUTIFUL RIVER COULD BE HER NAMESAKE
History of the Hudsons
Pacifics to Placid • OIL-BURNING NYC K-11s WHEEL TONNAGE AND TOURISTS OVER AN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN BRANCH LEASED FROM DELAWARE & HUDSON
Central’s Courtright branch throwbacks • ON ENCOUNTERING ANCIENT 4-6-0s AT ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, IN 1956
Selkirk Yard near Albany, N.Y.
The grandest terminal of them all • STARS STILL TWINKLE IN THE CEILING
West Side story • THE RISE AND FALL OF MANHATTAN’S HIGH LINE
New York Central’s New England beachhead
Filming the 20th Century • ALFRED HITCHCOCK PROVIDES A CAMEO ROLE FOR THE ‘WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS TRAIN’ … OR DOES HE?
Making connections on the 20thCentury Limited • HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO WINSTON CHURCHILL?
What is (and what’s not) in a picture • A 1959 TRACKSIDE EXPERIENCE WITH THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED TELLS A STORY THEN AND NOW
Where the Central’s diesels met • THE MOTOR CITY WAS NEW YORK CENTRAL’S MELTING POT
Michigan Central yard at Niles, Mich.
A train for CEOs • NEW YORK CENTRAL’S TWILIGHT LIMITED CAME ROARING OUT OF THE TWENTIES TO SET THE STANDARD IN PARLOR-CAR TRAVEL
Heyday of the parlor car • THE ULTIMATE: NEW HAVEN’S MERCHANTS LIMITED
The Big Four shops at Beech Grove, Ind.
Everyone’s favorite: The 700E