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............................................................................................................................................................................... Andes & Delhi     Andes & Middletown     Cairo     Canajorharie & Catskill    Catskill Mountain     Catskill & Tannersville     Delaware & Eastern      Delaware & Northern   Delaware & Otsego     Delaware Valley & Kingston     Delhi & Middletown     Ellenville & Kingston Hancock & East Branch     Hancock & Wilkes Barre     Hobart Branch Kaaterskill N.Y. RAILROAD MEMORABILIA Kingston & Lake Katrine Kingston & Rondout (streetcar) Kingston & Rondout Valley New York, Kingston & Syracuse     New York & Oswego Midland     Otis Elevating     Penn Central "Catskill Mountain Branch"     Rondout & Oswego     Schenectady & Margaretville     South Cairo & East Durham     Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain     Ulster & Delaware     Wallkill Valley    West Shore "Catskill Mountain Branch" from the collection of P. M. GOLDSTEIN revised: MONDAY,  27 OCTOBER 2008 - 12:00 First train on the Delaware & Eastern Railroad October 28, 1905 E.P. Baumgardner collection

Hello & Welcome to another of my websites!

My name is Phil, and this website showcases my interests in collecting railroad emphera, exonumia and memorabilia from the following topics:

• Railroads that operated in the Northern Catskill region of New York State, more specifically: Delaware, Ulster and Greene Counties;
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• "Freight only" (industrial & terminal) railroads located in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island & the Bronx, NY;
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• Military Railroads that operated in the New York Metropolitan Area
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• Erie Railroad L-1 class locomotives;
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• Transportation Emphera from New York City Transit & its predecessor Transportation Companies;
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• Idlewild Airport Baggage Destination Tags;
(ok, so it's not railroad, but it is transportation related!)

This webpage is respectively divided into those sections :

Memorabilia and Information of
Railroads operating in the Northern Catskills Region of New York:

I primarily collect all types of memorabilia from the following Railroads that operated in
Delaware, Ulster, Greene & Schoharie Counties of New York State, i.e.:

§ = As the WEST SHORE RAILROAD (New York Central) connected with the Ulster & Delaware at Kingston, NY;
and the NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN connected with the Delaware & Eastern / Delaware & Northern
at East Branch, NY; and the Ulster & Delaware in Kingston, NY:
I also collect those items from the West Shore and NYO&W when also marked with a railroad from above..

As a result of this collecting, I have begun updating old data, and collating new data pertaining to the information of those railroads listed above.

Northern Catskills Railroad Collection Showcase

Please click on the link to view items for the topic listed.
Duplicate items are not shown unless differences or significant history is evident.
These pages are updated individually as warranted. Please check back frequently.

Too big to scan, or not yet photographed, I own the following:

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Eventually, all the material in my collection will be photographed or scanned and shown here.

I have, for the convenience of historians and collectors;
compiled and created a webpage with information pertaining to these railroads listed above.
Please feel free to visit it at:

Delaware, Ulster, Greene & Schoharie County, NY;
Railroad Information

Freight / Industrial / Terminal Railroads operating in:
Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx, NY

I am a historian of, and collect all memorabilia from the following "Freight Only" Industrial & Terminal Railroads,
which operated in:
Brooklyn (Kings), Queens, Staten Island (Richmond) and Bronx Counties, NY:

Please visit my websites on these subjects at:

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Military Railroads operating in:
The New York Metropolitan Area

I am a historian of, and collect all memorabilia and photographsof Military Railroads that operated in
which operated in:
New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Bronx Counties, NY:

Please visit my website on this subject at:

Military Railroads of the
New York Metropolitan Area

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Erie RR L-1 class
0-8-8-0
#2600,  #2601  &   #2602

   Simply put: I also collect anything in reference to Erie Railroad L1 Class Locomotives #2600, 2601 & 2602:

Erie RR - L1 Class #2600 "Angus type" AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, built: 1907 L-1 class Specifications road Erie driver diameter 51" class L-1 .              . boiler diameter (min) 84" wheel arrangement 0-8-8-0 steam pressure 215 p.s.i. builder ALCo (Schenectady, NY) grate area 100 sq. ft. number built three heating surface (total) 5313.6 sq. ft. numbers 2600, 2601, 2602 weight (on drivers) 410,000 lbs. cylinders (front) 39" d  x  28" s (simple) weight (total) 410,000 lbs. cylinders (rear) 25" d  x  28" s (compound) tractive force 94,070 lbs.

   At the time of their construction in 1907 and for several years of operation, these L-1 Class engines were the largest steam locomotives built, and they operated in pusher service over the famed Starrucca Viaduct on the New York - Pennsylvania border.

   The L-1 class were the only Articulated Camelback steam locomotives ever built.

   Necessity dictated the cab be located on the center of the boiler instead of on the rear as normal,
and this was due to the availability of anthracite coal in the Eastern U.S. It should be noted, these locomotives has 100 sq. ft. of grate area, and were hand fired!

   As anthracite coal was harder than bituminous (soft) coal, and taking longer to burn, locomotives using anthracite therefore needed more "grate area" to sufficiently "fire" a locomotive. As a result, oversized "Wootten" fireboxes took up most if not all of the space on the rear of the boiler, and the cab was relocated to middle of the boiler. Such locomotives became known as "Camelbacks" or "Mother Hubbards".

   In 1921, Baldwin Locomotive Works was contracted to rebuild these three L-1 class locomotives into rear cab
2-8-8-2 locomotives. Upon rebuilding, they were also equipped with superheaters, automatic stokers and feedwater heaters. Just nine years later, all three of these behemoths would be scrapped.

   There is not much in the way of memorabilia for these engines, with the exception of postcards and litho prints, which I collect as they present themselves.

Erie L1 Postcards & Pictures

New York City Subway & Surface
Transportation Companies

   Now, after the present day New York City Transit Authority absorbed the Brooklyn passenger railroads (mentoned below), and likewise the other individually owned and operated transportation companies, I find that these items have a place in my collection as well.

   There were dozens of competing transportation companies in the City of New York before the formation of the present Transit Authority. While not listed here, I have in my collection a 3 cent ticket from the horsedrawn 5th Avenue "stage" line. So, in short; I collect tickets, tokens, coupons, passes, transfers, metrocards and other fiscal memorabilia from these companies.

   Of these, a particularly favorite topic of mine are the school / student passes of the New York City Transit Authority. As a former student of the NYC Board of Education myself, I have many fond memories of these passes. Here is a small sampling of my NYC Transit school pass collection:
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   As my entire collection of New York City Transit Memorabilia is quite vast, and it would be extremely labor intensive to scan all the items in my collection, so unfortunately, I do not have them available for viewing. However, if there is sommething specific you request to see, I would be most pleased to accomodate.

   By no means have I listed all the companies below, and the names below are merely an incomplete representative listing.

Passenger Railroads of Brooklyn, NY

   Also gaining favoritism in my topics of collecting, is exonumia and emphera from railroads that operated in the City of Brooklyn, NY. Most of these railroads were created to service the growing visitors to the hotels located at that glorious resort by the sea; Coney Island, and the Brighton and Manhattan Beaches.

   As these railroads changed names whenever a new owner purchased it, one railroad may have had several names during it's operational lifespan. These railroads were eventually purchased and consolidated into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.; and which after many years of successful operation, the BRT itself was absorbed into the present day New York City Transit Authority.

Idlewild Airport Baggage Destination Tags

   About the oddest items I collect and that I am most fondest of, are Baggage Destination Tags, marked "IDL" for Idlewild Airport, NY (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport). The name change took place to honor the slain president, so this dates all IDL baggage tags to pre-1964.

   My first IDL baggage tag was found hanging from a piece of luggage amongst a huge pile of others set by the curb outside an apartment house for sanitation department removal. I happened to be going by on my bike and saw the tag from Trans World Airlines (TWA) swirling in the breeze. I cut it off and brought home where I show my father, who smiles and says follow me. He brings me to our basement, roots around under some boxes and pulls out his old army issue duffle bag from his service days. What should happen to be attached to the canvas strap handle? Another IDL Tag from Eastern Airlines! Well, I put both in my miscellaneous album.

   Well, several years pass, and I locate only one other IDL Baggage Tag on eBay, this one from American Airlines (AA). I email the seller and it turns out, he has two others (United, KLM). Many years pass, and I was unable to locate any others, but wouldn't you know it; two show up on eBay at the same time! (Pan Am & BOAC).

   So, in short; I collect these very obscure markers of aviation history. 
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