Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the
DELAWARE & HUDSON COMPANY
symposium hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Railway Historical Society
Saturday, October 28, 2023 | Binghamton, New York
The Garbely Publishing Company was honored to attend the Susquehanna Valley Railway Historical Society's symposium celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Delaware & Hudson Company. At the Society’s invitation, GPCo set up a sales table of its D&H and related books and also displayed a table of D&H artifacts from the company’s collection.
GPCo owner Rudy Garbely hosted two presentations during the symposium. Just after lunch, Mr. Garbely had the great pleasure to host a panel discussion and live interview with Carl Belke, the final president of the D&H from 1988 to 1991 and the last surviving president of the railroad. Most of the interview was filmed by Mike Eggleston and appears below!
Finally, Mr. Garbely had the great honor to present the keynote speech following the banquet dinner. Entitled “From Concept to Bookshelf: The History of the Delaware & Hudson, from Research to Publication,” this presentation covered Mr. Garbely’s extensive research and interviews regarding the D&H and his resulting 2022 book, Delaware & Hudson: The Final Years, 1968 to 1991. The hour-long program included audio clips of interviews with some of the railroad’s most famous players, including the railroad’s late president Bruce Sterzing and the late general superintendent Howard Hontz. Mr. Garbely was filling some big shoes with this presentation, as the Society’s previous D&H event - hosted 50 years ago on the occasion of the railroad’s sesquicentennial - featured Mr. Sterzing as the keynote speaker.
Print-on-demand reprints of Mr. Garbely’s book are now available for purchase by clicking here.
If you or your organization is interested in booking Mr. Garbely for a speaking engagement regarding railroad history in the northeastern United States, please contact him directly at rudy@garbelypublishing.com.