Friday, October 08, 2010

Built for the Green Bay & Western




From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Built for the United States Gypsum Company



From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Built for the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company




From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Built for the Standard Soapstone Corporation




From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.

Monday, October 04, 2010

Built for the Richmond Car Works, Inc.




From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Built for the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates



From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.


Saturday, October 02, 2010

Built for the United States Portland Cement Company



From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.



Friday, October 01, 2010

Built for the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation



From the American Locomotive Company Light Locomotive Parts & General Products Catalog No. 10057.
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.