From Gotham to the Berkshires: New York Central’s Harlem Division

John Ham’s story of the old New York and Harlem Railroad begins back in 1931 when New York City authorized construction of a horse-drawn streetcar system for Manhattan Island. Over the decades this evolved into a major commuter railroad connecting upstate communities with the city. This book is not a detailed narrative of the New York Central System’s Harlem Division. Rather it is a photographic look at the history of this railroad that was the driving force in developing the region along the eastern border of New York State from New York City to the heart of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Includes nearly 600 images, maps and timetables. Hardcover, 304 pages, trim size 9 by 11 inches. Published by Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Press in 2019.