Train film - "The Freight Yard" - New York Central RailRoad 1950's Trains in America

New York Central Railroad (NYC) publicity film from the late 1940's, part of their "Running the Railroad" series. Archival footage shows freight yards of all types, along with steam and diesel locomotives.


The New York Central Railroad (NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States. Headquartered in New York, the railroad served most of the Northeast, including extensive trackage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Massachusetts, plus additional trackage in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St.Louis in the midwest along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Detroit. The NYC's Grand Central Terminal in New York City is one of its best known landmarks.

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[traingp7]

How could this video of came out in 1947 when they show a GP 7 locomotive which didn't come out until October of 49 where Chicago and Northwestern bought the very first one.

[wdtvlive42]

@traingp7

Thanks for the info, details updated. These films were often re-released every few years with some updated footage making it hard to know which version a film is.

[robsky49]

Is their a video of the old Pennsylvania freight yard on the west side of Manhattan?

[flatgone]

The old head conductor in the yard office handing off his wheel report is my grandfather Hollis Williams.

[fpkayser]

Fantastic footage of the NYC steam engines. Thanks allot!