Grand Centennial Parade of Trains May 11-12

[calzephyr]

This looks to be a fun time for anyone around the NYC area.
Larry



Grand Centennial Parade of Trains
May 11 - 12, 2013 | 10AM-4PM

Vanderbilt Hall, Tracks 34-37, and other locations in Grand Central





Grand Central, Metro-North Railroad, the New York Transit Museum, plus a few additional sponsors and stakeholders are bringing 35+ historic and private train cars into Grand Central during the weekend of "National Train Day" for visitors and VIP-s to tour throughout the weekend. MTA's Arts for Transit, Music Under New York, NYTM and sponsors are also bringing engaging, family-friendly programming - Chuggington, Lego Master Builders, Guinness World Records & the New York Transit Museum will be there with interactive experiences, in addition to model train displays and memorabilia from regional clubs, museums, and historic societies.

[jamesbrodie67281]

Sirs,
Might anyone in the exhibition area be able to take any photographs of the show so we can enjoy the experience as well--please--.
May 1st forty years back I drove a Royal Train and for the forty year celebration a special train was run and my fireman of the time was now the driver of it. Steam engine back and front then for the final run from Grosmont to Pickering the two steam engines hauled the train. A steam engine at each end initially as at Whitby it made it easier instead of de-training all the passengers while shunting the coaching stock into the run round loop.photo's later...jim brodie

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May 9, 2013 0:30:48 GMT -8 jamesbrodie67281 said:

Sirs,
Might anyone in the exhibition area be able to take any photographs of the show so we can enjoy the experience as well--please--.
May 1st forty years back I drove a Royal Train and for the forty year celebration a special train was run and my fireman of the time was now the driver of it. Steam engine back and front then for the final run from Grosmont to Pickering the two steam engines hauled the train. A steam engine at each end initially as at Whitby it made it easier instead of de-training all the passengers while shunting the coaching stock into the run round loop.photo's later...jim brodie

A future issue of Trains magazine should have extensive coverage.

[alcoc430]

I was there with my daughter on Saturday. It was jammed about a two hour + wait to visit the locomotives and passenger cars. The line snaked around the terminal including sitting down in air conditioned metro north commuter coaches (Thankfully). Kalmbach had a table along the line giving out free reprints of their recent Grand Central issue of Trains Magazine. The parade of trains were on 4 tracks (2 platforms). I only visited one platform having decided seeing a NYC FL-9 and former CR RS-3m (?) was enough. Vanderbuilt hall is a long but narrow area. 1/2 of the hall was kid related activities and the other half was the exhibitors with tiny booths as compared to normal train shows. I was under the impression that Trainworld would be there but as far as I could tell was not. The one large layout that they had was good but again had to wait to get close. Oh the other neat thing was that the MTA was running vintage subway cars on one track of the shuttle (between grand central and times square)

[calzephyr]

May 9, 2013 3:19:45 GMT -8 @australianterrier said:

May 9, 2013 0:30:48 GMT -8 jamesbrodie67281 said:

Sirs,
Might anyone in the exhibition area be able to take any photographs of the show so we can enjoy the experience as well--please--.
May 1st forty years back I drove a Royal Train and for the forty year celebration a special train was run and my fireman of the time was now the driver of it. Steam engine back and front then for the final run from Grosmont to Pickering the two steam engines hauled the train. A steam engine at each end initially as at Whitby it made it easier instead of de-training all the passengers while shunting the coaching stock into the run round loop.photo's later...jim brodie

A future issue of Trains magazine should have extensive coverage.

Jim
I rode the Grosmont to Pickering several times in the late 1996 to 2000 era. It is a nice run and provides some great scenes today with the steam powered trains. If I read your post correctly, you ran the Royal Train for the Forty year celebration. I would like to see pictures of that run if you have any. Thanks.

Larry