The New York Division of the Electric Railroaders’ Association meets monthly (usually the third Friday of each month) at the St. John’s University Manhattan Campus, located at 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich and West Streets), near the Chambers St. stations of the 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, and E lines, and the PATH World Trade Center station.
Division members receive our monthly newsletter, The Bulletin, which consists primarily of news about New York-area transit, with additional reporting devoted to national and international systems. The Division also sponsors numerous tours of transit systems throughout the northeastern United States.
If you would like to join us, click below to download our membership application. For additional information, call 718-784-3643 or email Larry Furlong at furlong@erausa.org.
The New York Division of the Electric Railroaders’ Association meets monthly (usually the third Friday of each month) at the St. John’s University Manhattan Campus, located at 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich and West Streets), near the Chambers St. stations of the 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, and E lines, and the PATH World Trade Center station. [More]
January 18 • February 15 • March 28 • April 18 • May 16 • June 20 • July 18 • August 15 • September 19 • October 17 • November 21 • December 19
The Division sponsors numerous tours of transit systems throughout the northeastern United States. Here is the current list of tentative dates and proposed itineraries. The intent is to advise our members of upcoming dates as soon as is feasible. Please keep in mind that all dates are tentative until a trip flyer is mailed. In some cases, no planning has yet been done and all future trips are subject to date changes and/or cancellation. [More]
Nearly sold out! Trip to Scranton, Pa. to visit Electric City Trolley and Steamtown. Visit to Steamtown will include two-hour trip to Moscow, Pa. [More]
Tour of Coney Island Yard. This trip is definitely on.
Trip to be determined. May be a very short tour of a nearby facility or may be eliminated. See future mailings for the latest information.
Tours of the LIRR Hillside Maintenance Facility and the Morris Park Shop. As previously advised, due to difficulties setting our visits up with LIRR personnel, this trip had to be postponed. No further progress has been made, so stay tuned in future notices as to whether we will be able to set a new trip date.
From time to time, the ERA makes excess inventory in the Sprague Library available for sale to members. These rare items may have been filed away years, forgotten, until now. Enhance your personal collection by purchasing them for your own use. [More]
Charlie passed away on March 22 after a long battle with cancer. His service to the ERA and its NY Division was lengthy and distinguished. Charlie first joined the ERA in 1964 and essentially held a variety of offices in both the Division and the ERA for more than 30 years, including two long periods as division chairman in the 1970s and 1990s. He continued as first national vice-president and held that office until his death. Charlie will be remembered in the years ahead as a leading light of our organization, full of ideas to improve the way we operated. Many considered his the connecting link between the great founders of this organization in the years before World War II and the ERA we know today. [More]