New York Central Putnam Division

Apples55 posted:

A really cool shot from my Facebook feed today... the caption reads:

”NYC F12 class 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler steam locomotive # 1244, is seen hauling a passenger train at Yorktown Heights, New York, 07-20-1951, NYC Putnam Division........if only the Put survived thru to Metro-North, would be nice to have a Metro-North Putnam Line, GCT to Mahopac, or even Brewster and Southeast via the Put........what could've been!!!!       Train Man Paul collection; Sylvain Assez photo”

I was going to say it looks like Yorktown Heights when I saw the bridge in the distance, then I read the caption. The bridge is near where today's fire station is today. 

Tom 

Paul,

The bridge was "humped up" to cross over the tracks (you might be able to tell...it is way in the distance). Sometime after the tracks were removed the area was regraded and the rail trail crosses even with the road like a grade crossing. Today, that is Commerce Street. Not sure if it was called that in 1958 and before.

Tom 

If I had to choose between the train and the "woody" station wagon, I'd be at a loss!

Kent,

  Good catch on the Woody, I totally missed it. Thanks for pointing it out. 

Tom 

Kent Loudon posted:

If I had to choose between the train and the "woody" station wagon, I'd be at a loss!

 

Simple solution, Kent... ride the train and take a window seat and watch the cars as you go by!!!

Better idea.  Use the woody to chase the train!

Recreation as promised.......

Peter

No baggage car ?  I'll have my bicycle with me so will have to take a different train  .. 

As a teen, I lived in Scarsdale near the Hartsdale station.  Once a friend and I rode our bicycles down to Scarsdale (M.P. 19.0), checked them at the station, rode the train to Hartsdale(M.P. 20.6) and retrieved our bikes from the baggage man.  Cost us 10 cents each, the minimum fare between stations.  That was an MU train with an MU combine.

MNCW posted:

Here a Frank Schlegel photo, taken at East View. The northbound (closest) train has no baggage/combine car, but the second car of the southbound train appears to be what you guys are looking for.

Tom 

Tom;

Let’s not encourage the bicyclists   But seriously, that is a great shot. I’m afraid I’m going to have to start looking for a Lionel 10-wheeler and make up an Old Put train... reading this Forum is an expensive habit!!!

P.S. where is East View???

Apples55 posted:

Putnam Division posted:

Recreation as promised.......

Now, as for @mlaughlinnyc... when I was riding the Harlem Line before I retired, there regularly was SOMEONE who decided they wanted to take their bicycle on the train - I guess we have identified one of the miscreants!!! But I do believe the original photo does include a baggage car. I expanded the photo and it looks like the second car definitely has a door on the side. I have been putting together my version of a 1950’s Harlem Line train and I included a combo car for those pesky bicyclists!!!

Obviously Paul does not understand how checked baggage worked.  There is no way anyone would have known what baggage was checked by a passenger.  Passengers took their baggage to the station agent and checked it for movement on the next train that had a baggage car.  When that train arrived at the passenger's destination, the baggage was unloaded by the agent.  If that passenger happened to be on the platform at the time of unloading, he could give his agent the claim check right there and get the baggage, saving effort by both agent and passenger.  There was no inconvenience to other passengers.  That the baggage happened to be a bicycle was unimportant.

Maybe Paul is out of time context and thinking of passengers taking bicycles into a car next to a high level platform - long after the Put was abandoned and checked baggage service discontinued.

 

I will vary it a bit with some of my other Atlas Trainman cars.......

Peter

I wish someone made those “turtle back” 4 wheel truck coaches...

Guys...got some alerts on this thread....  This is the real trains forum so keep the pictures to postings of real trains please.  Nothing wrong with posting those neat pics by starting a new topic in one of the model trains...

Found this interesting YouTube video of the Putnam Division... Enjoy!!!

https://youtu.be/VoV8rgHyqdU