Historic Documents

ABOVE: NYSDOT brochure on the successful 1975-85 High Speed Rail Program

Historic Documents of New York State Passenger Rail Service 1890-2020

• "The Railroad and the Dictionary" – A 1893 Pamplet from the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

• New York Central NYC-Buffalo-Chicago Passenger Timetable – November 1967

• "Empire Service" NYC-Albany-Buffalo Timetable – December 1967

• "Empire Service" NYC-Albany-Buffalo Timetable – January 1968

• Delaware & Hudson NYC-Albany-Montreal Timetable – April 1969

• NYSDOT HSR Program Brochure – 1980s

• Amtrak "New York State Routes" Timetable – April 1985

• NYSDOT "Three Year Prospectus for Passenger Service" Rail Division – June 1985

• NYSDOT "HSR Improvements Empire Corridor" By Louis Rossi, Director of Rail Division – July 1985

• NYSDOT "Rail Program-Report 1985" Prepared by the Rail Division – November 1985

• NYSDOT "New York-Albany: Study of Speed Increases for Turbioliners" by the SNCF – December 1986

• New York State Rail Passenger Service Study 1998 – Marist Institute for Public Opinion

• NYSDOT "High-Speed Rail NY... leading the charge for the nation – 2000

• "Brief NYS Turboliner History" – By Bruce Becker

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