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.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #41



At Oneonta, New York on August 22, 1915.

Built at Schenectady in 1906, builder # 39,957.

Ex New York Central 35, 812 and 1225.

Scrapped March 14, 1948.

Archive Id # 6,145.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #37


At Oneonta, New York in July, 1914.

Built at Schenectady in 1907, builder # 43,062.

Archive Id # 6,144.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #27


At Oneonta, New York in July, 1914.

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1904, builder # 25,450.

Archive Id # 6,143.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #8 in March, 1900


Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company in 1882, builder # 3,060.

Archive Id # 6,141.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #41


At Kingston, New York on June 29, 1915.

Built in Schenectady in 1907, builder # 43,066.

Archive Id # 6,140.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #25 in 1896


Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1902, builder #25,800.

Archive Id # 6,138.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Brook's Locomotive


Locomotive #3, Near Grand Gorge in the Winter of 1891-92.

Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company in 1887.

Archive Id # 6,137.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Brook's Locomotive


Locomotive #3, Near Grand Gorge in the Winter of 1891-92.

Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company in 1887.

Archive Id # 6,136.

Friday, August 10, 2007

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad, Steam Locomotive #44


At St. Johnsbury, Vermont on 4/20/48.

Built in Schenectady in 1910, builder #49,003.

Archive Id # 6,127.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Monday, August 06, 2007

Sunday, August 05, 2007

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad, Steam Locomotive #25


At St. Johnsbury, Vermont on 9/4/47.

Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1908, builder #45,118.

Archive # 6,101.

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Friday, August 03, 2007

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad Steam Locomotive #8


At Gloversville, New York in June, 1936.

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1901.

Archive # 5,400.
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.