A little bit of old reading…
If I haven’t mentioned it before, I am a big fan of both Project Gutenberg, and Google Books. Both have available many old books free to read. And who doesn’t like free? If you...
Edna St. Vincent Millay – Poet & Harlem Division Rider
As riders of the train, every day we share our commute with advertisements – there are ads on the platforms, and ads in the train cars themselves. Some of the ads are interesting and...
Trains & The Beautiful Harlem Valley – Never-before-seen Photos from the 80’s.
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting Lou Grogan, who is the author of the definitive guide to the Harlem Line and all its predecessors: The Coming of the New York and Harlem...
Early Harlem Line Timetables, and new timetable catalog
Quite a while ago I started up a minor project, what I called the Historical Archives. My goal was to collect as much old paper history of the Harlem Line and assemble a museum...
Lettie Carson, and Old Posters from the Harlem Valley Transportation Association
Reading all about the history of the Harlem Line intrigues me. It was New York City’s first railroad, chartered in 1831, and an early example of a rail horsecar in the United States. As...
Conversations With My Neighbor: Fireman for the New York Central
It has been my opinion for quite a while that my house ought to be a reality TV show. Not far from Goldens Bridge train station, we roommates met via Craigslist. We currently have...