NYC Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment

Reviews

Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 1998-10-20
Summary: "This guide is an enormous help to NYC fans and modelers"

This guide is something that every hardcore NYC and Penn Central fan should have in their library. It offers one stop for photos of NYC rolling stock mainly taken from 1955-1970. That said there are some deficiencies. The author chose not to show any kind of progression of equipment, rather the shots are grouped randomly by type. The author inclulde many photos of some cars (i.e. 9 photos of 60' baggage cars) and ignore others (no diners, 1 RPO shot). There is a large emphisis on oddball equipment like jet powered snowblowers where more typical equipment should be illustrated. My complaints are minor however considering the volume of excellent clear shots that has helped my modeling efforts of the Central. Kudos.