Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #1345


Ex Boston & maine 1025.

Ex Fitchburg Railroad 250 and 172.

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1895, builder #4407.

Scrapped in 1926.

Archived ID# 8,013.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #1204


Built in Schenectady in 1910.

Ex Boston and Maine #3003 and 1294.

Archive ID# 8,012.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3641


Built in Schenectady in 1911, builder #49753.

Scrapped in April, 1951.

Archive ID# 7,691.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3636


Built in Schenectady in 1911, builder #49748.

Scrapped on April 25, 1955.

Archive ID# 7,678.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3630


On April 29, 1911.

Built in Schenectady in 1911, builder #49742.

Scrapped on August 11, 1955.

Archive ID# 7,676.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Concord Railroad #46 "Conqueror"


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1887.

Renumbered in 1911 to 867.

Ccrapped in 1914.

Archive ID# 1,300.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #954


At Boston, Massachusetts on July 4, 1934.

Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1900.

Archive ID# 7,524.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3666


At Boston, Massachusetts in December, 1937.

Built at Schenectady in 1913, bulder #53227.

Lost in collapse of bridge at Portsmouth, N.H. on 9/10/1939.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3667



Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1913.

Archive ID# 7,469.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3654


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1911, builder #49757.

Scrapped 4/25/1955.

Archive ID# 7,470.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #3634


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1911, builder #49746.

Scrapped 2/15/1955.

Archive ID# 7,471.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #420


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1911.

Archive ID# 7,407.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #403


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1911

Scrapped in June, 1950.

Archive ID# 7,405.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #1149


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1901.

Scrapped in December, 1927.

Archive ID# 7,403.

Monday, November 05, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #1091


Built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1900 as Fitchburg Railroad #511.

Later renumbered at 2917 in an "Head-On" at Schaghticoke, New York on March 21, 1901. Fred McNaughton killed.

Scrap in January, 1926.

Picture taken at Billerica, Massachusetts in 1920.

Archive ID# 7,399.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #1091


Built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1900, builder # 3198.

Ex Fitchburg Railroad #515.

Later renumbered to Boston & Maine 2915.

Archived ID# 7,398.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #2939


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1902.

Later renumbered 3939 and 839.

Archived ID# 7,385.

Friday, November 02, 2007

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Steam Locomotive #3881


Built at the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1905, builder #37843.

Archive ID# 7,381.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

New York Central Steam Locomotive #3908



Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1904, builder #29592.

Archive ID# 7,380.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

New York Central Lines Steam Locomotive #3567


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1908, builder #45320.

Archive ID# 7,379.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #3589


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1908, builder #45278.

Archive ID# 7,378.

Monday, October 29, 2007

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #5307


Built at Schenectady in 1930.

Archive ID# 7,377.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #257


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1888.

Scrapped prior to 1924.

Archive ID# 7,374.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #906


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1900.

Scrapped in 1939.

Archive ID# 7,373.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #554


Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1904.

Scrapped about 1930.

Archive ID# 7,372.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #955


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1897.

Scrapped by 1924.

Archive ID# 7,371.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #99


Archive ID# 4,943.

At North Albany Yards in August 1946.

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1902, builder #25116.

Rebuilt at Colonie Shops in Feburary, 1926 to 0-8-0 #99.

Scrapped in July, 1947.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #7


Archive ID# 4,283.

Built by the Dickson Manufacturing Company in 1884, builder #509.

Rebuilt by Delaware & Hudson in 1898.

Scrapped in August, 1928.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Erie Railroad Steam Locomotive #4219


Archive ID# 6,860.

Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company.

Friday, October 19, 2007

New York Central Lines Steam Locomotive #43 at West Albany, New York in July, 1910


Built by the Rogers Locomotive Company in 1888. Builder #3927.

Later renumbered 1155, 1403, 43 & NYC 44.

Archive ID# 1,972.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #196


Built by the Rogers Locomotive Company in 1852, builder #340.

Shown as rebuilt at Syracus in 1867.

Archive ID #1,706.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Erie Railroad Steam Locomotive #1696 at Middletown, New York in October 1940


Built by the Rogers Locomotive Company in 1905. Builder # 31146.

Archive ID # 6,837.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #4


Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company in 1887, builder # 1,235.

Archive Id # 6,146.
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.