Allen Hilnborn 128 pages softcover
The New York Central System
was a huge, 10,000-mile railroad in the Northeast, stretching from New
York City to Chicago and Boston to St. Louis. This book focuses on the
St. Lawrence Division as it was during the 1940s-1960s; this was the
glory period of its greatest modern-day years. This non-main line
division, located in Upstate New York, contained more than 600 miles of
track, including branches and running rights. The mid-20th century was a
time of enormous change in the railroad industry. New technology
affording economy, competition in transportation, reduced labor, and
politics would be some of the factors leading to the change. Neighboring
division crews had great respect for their Hojack colleagues, as was
the division's nickname.
