The New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society meets monthly except for July and August. Our regular meeting date is the first Monday of each month, September through June.
This meeting will be held in person in Manhattan and by Zoom. Entertainment will be by long time Chapter member and retired professional railroader Walter Zullig. Walter's show will cover the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad's once excellent passenger service, and what happened to it. The program will be illustrated with original 35mm color slides starting in 1955 and continuing beyond the controversial, some say illegal, end of passenger service in 1966, and into the 1980s, when the Susquehanna was acquired by Walter Rich's Delaware Otsego Corporation.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING: As the presentation will use original 35mm color slides, a digital version is not available. For viewers on Zoom, we will capture the images with a camera from the projection screen in the in-person location. The quality may not be up to usual standards, and for best results please join us in person if it's feasible.
Our meetings in person are held at St. Margaret's House, 49 Fulton St., Manhattan, between Pearl and Cliff Streets on the north side; enter the main door and turn left, proceed past the double doors and into a corridor, where we meet at Meeting Room 3 on the left. St. Margaret's House is convenient to the Fulton St. subway complex; the closest subway lines in the complex are the 2 and 3 lines, and the south (downtown) end of the A and C lines. The J, Z, 4 and 5 lines also serve the complex; the PATH at World Trade Center and the Wall Street ferry piers are also within walking distance, and the SBS bus lines on 1st and 2d Avenues.
If you have installed the Zoom application on your computer or mobile device, you should be able to log in by clicking here.
If you have trouble logging in to the Zoom meeting, email Gary Kazin, gkazin@yahoo.com, who will be hosting the meeting and will be monitoring this email during the meeting.
Our meetings are open to all; there is no admission charge.
