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Attention please!

In the archives of the Rochester Chapter NRHS are several reel to reel tapes of Penn Central train announcements which were played in many stations across of the Penn Central and previously the New York Central System. The Chapter has transferred these and would like to share two of them here with you as MP3s.

'Attention please! Empire Service...' - A Penn Central Railroad train annoucement announcing Train 61 departing from Harmon Station.

'Atention please! A local train to NY...' - A Penn Central Railroad train annoucement announcing a local train departing from Harmon Station and headed toward Grand Central terminal.

We will share more of these announcements in the future.   We hope you enjoy them.

Air Brake Class Rescheduled, Rules Class Continues

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will have to cancel the Air Brake class scheduled for 1:00 P.M. on Sunday, May 9. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this. We will be re-scheduling the class to a date to be determined. The R&GVRRM Rules Class from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. will still be held as planned.

Latest Rochester Chapter newsletter available

Interested to learn more about what is going on with the Rochester Chapter NRHS and the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum?   Read the April 2010 issue of our newsletter, The Semaphore, online in PDF.    And if you want to read more, please check out our online newsletter archive.

Safety Wherever!

Safety has been something that railroads have tried to keep in the forefront for many years.    They have used many different methods to try to convey good safety practices which are typically spelled out by the railroads' rulebooks.   Here we have a few examples of New York Central Railroad safety posters from the 1950s from the Rochester Chapter's collection.

Latest Rochester Chapter newsletter available

Interested to learn more about what is going on with the Rochester Chapter NRHS and the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum?   Read the March 2010 issue of our newsletter, The Semaphore, online in PDF.    And if you want to read more, please check out our online newsletter archive.

Car illustrations from a 1928 MDT calendar

Merchants Despatch Transportation called East Rochester, NY home and most of its railroad cars were built there starting in 1898.   Here are several illustrations scanned from a 1928 MDT 12-month calendar showing some of the different cars and specifically refrigerator cars that were built by MDT for different purposes.