Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Bennington & Rutland Railroad Steam Locomotive #7 "M.S. Colburn"
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Lehigh & New England Locomotive #709
Friday, March 23, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Lehigh Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive #475
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #1057
Built in Schenectady in 1912, builder #51086.
Engine blew up on ash pit of Turcott Engine Terminal, Montreal on February 2, 1947, while on lease to Canadian National Railways.
Shaughnessy-D&H Book Page 459
Monday, March 19, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #210
Monday, March 12, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad Steam Locomotive #37 "Commodore Vanderbilt"
Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in May, 1870. Builder #629.
Later Delaware and Hudson #132 and #416.
Later Delaware and Hudson #132 and #416.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Fall Brook Coal Company Steam Locomotive #49 "Nickel Plate"
Nickel Plate No 49.
Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1884, builder #1875 in 1884.
Later NYC & HR No. 1849.
Built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1884, builder #1875 in 1884.
Later NYC & HR No. 1849.
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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.
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.