Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

New York Central Lines Steam Locomotive #24 "Chicago"



Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1905, Builder #37935.

Rebuilt in 1912 and retired in 1934.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #1013


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in December, 1890. Builder #3243.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #1124

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in October, 1884. Builder #1924.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

New York Central Lines Steam Locomotive #932

Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works 1896, Builder #4494.

Rebuilt and renumbered 1068 in 1913.

Retired by 1935.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #928

Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in Auguts, 1896, Builder #4490.

Renumbered 1058.

Scrapped by 1935.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Fitchburg Railroad Steam Locomotive #113

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1877, builder #1071.

Troy & Boston #16 "Lyman Wilder".

Fitchburg Railroad #143, #43 and #113.

Boston & Maine #913.

Scrap in 1903.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Friday, October 20, 2006

Beech Creek Clearfield & South Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #2 "Clinton"


Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in January 1884, builder #1868.

Became NYC&HR 2256.

Scrapped in 1905 .

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #885


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in November, 1890. Builder #3241.

Rebuilt in 1901.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #2703


Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in Feburary, 1905. Builder # 30798.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Friday, October 13, 2006

N.Y.C. & H. R. Steam Locomotive #117


N.Y.C. & H. R. #117 First Trip Troy-Albany Belt line March 20, 1882.

Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in June, 1861. Builder #344
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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Fall Brook Coal Company Steam Locomotive #58 "Dresden"


Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1886, builder #2133.

Later became N.Y.C. & H.R. No. 1858

Sunday, October 08, 2006

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad No. 910

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in March, 1892, builder #3648.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Vermont Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive #7


Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1886, builder no. 2145.

Scrapped in 1912.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Boston & Lowell Railroad Steam Locomotive "Lexington"


Built by Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1871.

Later became Boston and Maine No. 333.

Scrapped in 1908.
Joseph A. Smith (1895-1978) was an avid collector of railroad photos, sharing many of them with fellow collectors in the Northeast. A former plumbing contractor, Smith presumably developed his interest in railroads through his father – a trolley motorman in Troy, NY.

His extensive collection focused on the lines that once served Troy: Delaware & Hudson, Rutland, Boston & Maine and New York Central. Many of his children – especially his sons Joseph Jr., James and Paul -- developed a similar interest and added to his collection with photos of their own. Maintaining the collection is now in the hands of his grandson, Kenneth Bradford. Coincidentally, Ken’s other grandfather worked as a manager at the Schenectady plant of the American Locomotive Company.

Smith was a life member of the Capital District Railroad Club of Schenectady. He was also a member of the Mohawk-Hudson Chapter Railway Historical Society and its parent organization, the National Railway Historical Society.