American Locomotive Company Photos: October 2007

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

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #5295

Built in Schenectady in 1929, builder #5295.

Archive ID# 7,376.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotive #1041

Archive ID# 7,375.

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, October 16, 2007

Correspondence about Greenwich & Johnsonville Railway Locomotives

Archive ID # 6,792.

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.