Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
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
Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
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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.