Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

=== Libraries ===
Located on an upper floor above the Apple Store, the Williamson Library is a meeting space and research center for the New York Railroad Enthusiasts.<ref name="BTU-NYC-Library-1937" /><ref name="Moser 2012" /> Upon its founding in 1937, the association was granted use of the space in perpetuity by Frederick Ely Williamson, once president of the New York Central Railroad as well as a rail enthusiast and member of the association.<ref name="BTU-NYC-Library-1937" /> Today, it contains about 3,000 books, newspapers, films, photographs, and other documents about railroads, along with artifacts, including part of a ''[[20th Century Limited]]'' red carpet.<ref name="Moser 2012" /> The library is only accessible through secure areas, making it little known to the public and not included in tours of the terminal's hidden attributes.<ref name="Moser 2012" /> The association holds monthly meetings in the space, open to new visitors for free, and allows research visits by appointment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meeting Information|work=The New York Railroad Enthusiasts|url=http://www.nyrre.org/|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=January 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130004829/http://www.nyrre.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt19940417" />

Another library, the [[Frank Julian Sprague]] Memorial Library of the Electric Railroaders Association, existed on the terminal's fourth floor from 1979 to 2014. The library had about 500,000 publications and slides, focusing on electric rail and trolley lines.<ref name="nyt19940417" /> A large amount of these works were donated to the New York Transit Museum in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends of the New York Transit Museum 2013 Annual Report|publisher=New York Transit Museum|url=https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2013.AnnualReportforWeb.pdf|year=2013|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124055218/https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2013.AnnualReportforWeb.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> or placed in storage. The now-8,000-volume library was relocated to the [[Shore Line Trolley Museum]] in Connecticut in 2014, where it could operate with more staff attention and public access.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meeting Notice|work=Electric Railroaders' Association|url=https://erausa.org/pdf/meeting-notices/2014/2014-01-17-meeting-notice.pdf|date=January 17, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2023|archive-date=May 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511195255/https://erausa.org/pdf/meeting-notices/2014/2014-01-17-meeting-notice.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>