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from the collection of PHILIP M. GOLDSTEIN
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Hello & Welcome!
My name is Philip M. Goldstein,
and this webpage showcases my interests in collecting railroad emphera, exonumia
and memorabilia from the following topics:
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Industrial
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Railroads operating in the Northern
Catskills Region of New York:
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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.:
| ANDES & DELHI | ... | ELLENVILLE & KINGSTON | ... | NEW YORK & OSWEGO MIDLAND |
| ANDES & MIDDLETOWN | HANCOCK & EAST BRANCH | OTIS ELEVATING | ||
| CAIRO | HANCOCK & WILKES-BARRE | PENN CENTRAL (Catskill Mountain Branch) | ||
| CANAJOHARIE & CATSKILL | HOBART BRANCH | RONDOUT & OSWEGO | ||
| CATSKILL MOUNTAIN | KAATERSKILL | SCHENECTADY & MARGARETVILLE | ||
| CATSKILL & TANNERSVILLE | KINGSTON & RONDOUT (streetcar) | SOUTH CAIRO & EAST DURHAM | ||
| DELAWARE & EASTERN | KINGSTON & RONDOUT VALLEY | STONY CLOVE & CATSKILL MOUNTAIN | ||
| DELAWARE & NORTHERN | KINGSTON & LAKE KATRINE | ULSTER & DELAWARE | ||
| DELAWARE VALLEY & KINGSTON | § NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN | WALLKILL VALLEY | ||
DELHI & MIDDLETOWN |
NEW YORK, KINGSTON & SYRACUSE | § WEST SHORE (Catskill Mountain Branch) |
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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.
This data, which includes but not limited to locomotive rosters, administration
personnel, dates of incorporation, abandonment, etc; may be viewed here:
Northern Catskills Railroad Information & Data
Memorabilia of Northern
Catskills Railroading
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.
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Too big to scan, or not yet photographed, my collection also contains the following:
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Eventually, all the material in my collection will be photographed or scanned and shown here.
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New
York City Subway & Surface
Transportation Companies - Student / School
Passes
Now, after the present day New York City Transit Authority absorbed the Brooklyn passenger railroads (mentioned 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 I began purchasing all items from the various Transportation Companies of New York City, I realized I would need to seriously limit my scope of collecting, due to both limited financial resources and limited space in which to store.
Of all the items, 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. So, I chose an item I remember fondly from my student days: the "Bus Pass"!
In short; I collect tickets, tokens, coupons,
passes, transfers, metrocards and other fiscal memorabilia
pertaining to student or school fares from these companies.
Here is a small sampling of my NYC Transit school pass collection:
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Idlewild "IDL" Airport
Baggage Destination Tags
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About the oddest items I collect
and that I am most fondest of, are Baggage Destination Tags that are marked
"IDL" for Idlewild Airport, NY.
Idlewild Airport is 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.
"IDL" was the International Air Transport Association's three letter designation for Idlewild Airport.
My first IDL baggage tag was found hanging from a piece of luggage. I happened to be biking by an apartment building located on the southeast corner of East 16th Street and Avenue T in Brooklyn enroute to my local coin shop, when I encountered a huge pile of luggage and steamer trunks set by the curb outside the apartment house for sanitation department removal. If my estimation is correct, management / janitorial was cleaning out the basement storage area of all the abandoned property that accumulated over the decades.
One tag in particular happened to catch my eye, which swirling in the breeze: Trans World Airlines (TWA). I cut it off and brought it home, where some hours later, I showed my father. He smiles and says, "follow me". We head to our basement, where he 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.
Several years pass, and I locate only one other IDL Baggage Tag on eBay, and this one from American Airlines (AA). I email the seller and it turns out, he has two others (United, KLM), which I purchase as well.
Many more years pass, and I was unable to locate any others. I mentioned this to my friend Paul Strubeck, he looks and wouldn't you know it; there were two were listed on eBay at the same time! (Pan Am & BOAC). And so, I added these to my collection.
As of January 2013; I have since added the National Airlines handwritten type to my collection as well.
So, in short; I collect these very obscure
markers of aviation history.
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Offline Freight Terminal,
Industrial & Pier Stations
of:
Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Manhattan,
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I am a historian of, and collect all memorabilia
from the following "Freight Only" Industrial & Offline
Terminal Railroads,
which operated in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Manhattan,
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Please visit my websites on these subjects at:
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
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Industrial & Offline Terminal Railroads of
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Military Railroads
of
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New York Metropolitan Area
I am a historian of, and collect all memorabilia
and photographs of Military Railroads that operated in
the New York Metropolitan Area:
| BROOKLYN NAVY YARD | Brooklyn | ... | FORT TILDEN | Queens |
| FLEET SUPPLY BASE - SOUTH BROOKLYN | Brooklyn | FORT WADSWORTH | Staten Island | |
| BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL | Brooklyn | FORT SCHUYLER | Bronx | |
| FORT HAMILTON | Brooklyn | FORT TERRY | Suffolk | |
| GOVERNORS ISLAND / FORT JAY | Manhattan | FORT HANCOCK / SANDY HOOK P.G. | Monmouth County, NJ | |
| FORT WOOD / BEDLOE'S ISLAND | Manhattan |
Please visit my website on this subject at:
Military Railroads of the
New York Metropolitan Area
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Suggested Reading:
title |
author |
publisher |
pub. date | isbn |
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| The Damn Nuisance (Delaware & Northern) |
Archer, Harry D. |
unattributed | 1971 |
I am proud owner of copy
#91 |
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| The Delaware & Northern | Horton, Gertrude Fitch |
Purple Mountain Press Fleischmanns, NY |
1989 |
0-935796-15-0 (hc) 0-935796-15-4 (pb) |
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| Rip Van Winkle Railroads | Helmer, William F. |
Howell-North Berkeley, CA |
1970 |
0-8310-7079-X | |
| The Ulster & Delaware | Best, Gerald M. |
Golden West Pub. San Marino, CA |
1972 |
87095-041-X | |
| To the Mountains By Rail (New York, Ontario & Western) |
Wakefield, Manville B. |
Wakefair Press Grahamsville, NY |
1970 | 0-935796-13-4 | |
| Listen To The Whistle (Wallkill Valley) |
Mabee, Carlton |
Purple Mountain Press Fleischmanns, NY |
1995 | 0-935796-69-X | |
| Brooklyn's Waterfront Railways | Bendersky, Jay |
Weekend Chief Mineola, NY |
1988 | 0-9620237-0-1 | |
| New York Harbor Railroads (2 volume set) |
Flagg, Thomas R. |
Morning Sun Books Scotch Plains, NJ |
2002 | Vol 1: 1-58248-042-6 Vol 2: 1-58248-048-6 |
Contact
Me
If you should find errors on this website; should you
wish to contact me regarding any of the above topics, whether it be for
information you need, or to offer me something you have; please feel free
to contact me at:
P. M. Goldstein
(845) 586 - 4672
This website is fondly dedicated to the memory of my father Stan.
Quite simply, he is solely responsible for my interest in railroading, and for that I shall forever be indebted.
See you at the next stop dad.

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