@erichimes3062
Come to the New York Central National Museum in Elkhart, IN *the former New York Central tool shops just west of downtown has several buildings standing . The oldest building was built around 1875, and the craftsmanship still impresses me.
@discodave4190
The railroad system built by New York Central and its predecessors linking New York City, Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago are still very important freight and passenger rail lines, even if the New York Central Railroad no longer exists. The railroad line along the west shore of the Hudson river is an important CSX freight rail line and the line along the east shore is well-used by Metro North and Amtrak trains. West of Albany, the former New York Central line continues to be one the nation's most important freight rail lines with a few Amtrak trains using it. In other words, the New York Central may be lost forever, but its successor rail carriers are very much alive.
@nomnomnomymous
4:45 Extra facts: Vanderbilt got the nickname Commodore as a kid. He had a boat and ran a small scale ferry service, shuttling passengers and cargo across the river. There were a lot of people doing this and the adults started jokingly calling Vanderbilt The Commodore because of how seriously he took his business and the maintenence of his boat. Compared to them he seemed like a navy man, obsessed with the cleanliness and orderliness of his operation and holding himself to a fast higher standard than most other ferry operators. Even though it was originally a joke, he came to take pride in the nickname and carried with him for the rest of his life. Bonus fact: among the surviving descendents of the Vanderbilt family is Anderson Cooper, whose grandmother was the granddaughter or great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the original Cornelius Vanderbilt's grandson. That's not really significant in any way, but you know, interesting bit of trivia that I picked up while going down an industrial revolution wikihole.
@joycecross4998
As a senior in high school my class took the New York Central Railroad From Ohio to NYC. It was fabulous! Loved your segment 9:29 .
@fedupdomer5654
highline and the bronx terminal are imo two of the most fascinating railroad facilities. the interface between rail and urban environment and maritime service is just very cool
@robertewalt7789
Much of the west side High Line has been turned into a great urban park over the past 15 years or so. Remarkable turnaround in the neighborhoods.
@TheRedneckIllinisans
Please respond! My family owns some of what’s left of the New York Central railway in Illinois. Where were you able to find this map 0:38 I actually have an old picture of passenger cars traveling the railway on what is now our land!
@robertewalt7789
The New York Central crossed the Niagara River on the Suspension Bridge, the first railroad suspension bridge. This bridge was a few miles north (downstream) of the Falls. The site of this bridge is still used as a rail and road crossing. Passenger trains from Toronto to NYC, among others, cross the river and the international border there.
@jake531ful
I started my Railroad career in 1974 with the Penn Central RR at the West Side Yard in Manhattan ,it was a former NY Central yard had old timers from as back as 1927 working there .One person was a West Side Cowboy .He rode a horse in front of the trains going down 10 Ave . and of course all the stories I heard . Great Experience !
@reggierattler7253
In my home town, there's an active railway run by CSX, and there's a bridge the tracks go over that say "New York Central" on the side. I don't know how many of those bridges are left, but I can confirm one of them is still there and in use
@Jimmy_Jam_99
I was a Special Agent back in the day for Conrail in Chicago. On one of the NY Central properties is an old railroad building still being used as a yard office. On the building is a plaque which explains that at this location Abraham Lincolns' body laid in State during the funeral tour. 😁
@codysmithling2741
I live in Rome. Utica still has an old New York Central Railroad Steam Engine on display. The Railroad played a huge role in Upstate New Yorks development. Thank you for this video!
@oslonorway547
Geezus, I must be the first positive comment here. You're doing a great job, I listen to your videos in the background and watch some of the footage when you're talking about a place I've been. Apparently, it means a lot to some persons to use accurate footage throughout the video, so maybe replace sections where you can't find accurate films, with your face narrating the history. Maybe it would calm those subscribers down?
@jfmezei
Another interesting aspect of the railroad barons is Albany in particular the one bridge across the Hudson. (the original bridge was located where the current Dunn Memrial car bridge is). IIRC it was one of the first anti trust rulings that declared New York Central to be a monopoly and to force it to allow other railroads to cross the river on its bridge. New York Central's response was to share that old bridge but build a brand new bridge for itself just south of Castleton on Husodn, the Alfred H Smith bridge (fairly spectacular and very high off the river). This allowed NYC to avoid Albany to to get Chicago (so no slowdowns caused by the other users of the old bridge) and also it created a very long and gentle climb from the water level route up to the new bridge level. And once on western side, it was level tracks our of Albany while those using old bridge had a climb out of Albany. Albany was also the home of the Delaware and Hudson railroad whose majestic hearquarters are now a SUNY facility near shore. The shore whee there is now a highway were the rail yards for the various railways that came to Albany, and the rail station still stands today a south of Columbian ave on Broadway. (and all that land to the river were tracks at the time). As with PRR selling Penn Station, New York Central sold the albany station and built a new bridge, the Livingston Ave bridge (still statnding today) that is north of the old Albany station. In the past decade, Albany ahs tried to recover the shores of the Hudson by creating a linear park with bike path that allows one to traverse much of Albany along the shore. Prior to that, the land was desolate betwene highway and river. There were a number of railroads from New York to the north, such as the Putnam, the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad , New York and Harlem line (citrently the line to Wassaic) and possibly more that competed for traffic, many got their trains to ski centres in the north and a few to Montréal in Canada. The New York , new Haven and hartford had the southernmost bridge on the hudson at Poughkeepsie, another grandiose bridge (now "Walkway over the Hudson bike/pedestrian path). It was abandonned in 1974 after a file, leaving Conrail as the southernmost bridge at Castleton on Hudson. So any traffic to/from New York city would need to travel north to near Albany and then back south on other side of river. At mechanicville, there was another tail bridge across the hudson, which is now owned by Pan Am Railway (yes, they bought the trademark from the airline- though lack I checked they were in talsk for merger). Then the final bridge across the hudson is at Fort Edward, the original Delaware and Hudson bridge which was purchased by CP Rail (now CPKC).
@keithlewis9106
I am from Louisville and the big four bridge is now a walk way over the Ohio River. But I still remember when rails ran over this bridge.
@danielkennedy1524
Excellent! As a pre teen I had the privilege to ride both Broadway Limited and 20 th Century Limited! Now as an old guy wish they were back! Outstanding history ! Thanks!
@zyxw2000
The Highline, where the tracks had been elevated, is an incredible park. We've gone 4 or 5 times. It's been planted with native species, there are loads of benches, sculptures, interesting sights. In the summer it's in bloom like a botanical garden.
@mikesmith2905
Interesting, thanks. For what it's worth many years ago I helped a chap build a model railway, the space was very tight so he ended up with a model based on the 'high line' on a shelf around the walls. That worked out well and over time he added an incredible amount of detail to the ground level street scenes, all based on photographs.
@Rafael-716
The Central also ran the first “Fast Mail”. A train consisting of four Railway Post Office cars in 1875.
@ITSHISTORY