The track repair crew and station agent posing in front of the Richville Depot. Ralph Willard stands on semaphore tower. Behind the building on the left is the stock ramp for loading cattle into boxcars. Circa 1890s -1900s. Hamlet of Bigelow in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
Man walking across the train tracks in front of the De Kalb Junction Railroad Station. The railroad section boss’s office is on the far left. Ten trains a day would come through this station, five running south and five running north. Circa 1906-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.
The Union Hotel, originally built in 1863 by Clark Goulding, was sold to Patrick Green within a year. The building was destroyed by fire in 1887. Stage coaches transported people arriving by railroad to multiple destinations in the town. De Kalb Junction was home to 41 railroad employees in 1870 half of whom boarded at […]
Agway store, originally a freight depot, in front of the railroad tracks. On the right a railroad crane unloads new railroad ties for building tracks. Circa 1980s-1990s. De Kalb Junction, NY.
The New York Central railroad depot, Harrsiville. A locomotive is at the station, as well as a carriage and baggage cart drawn by horses. 1915. Harrisville, NY.
Train crew standing in front of a New York Lime Company steam locomotive (named Bonaparte engine #1) with attached coal tender. It traveled between Lewisburg and Natural Bridge NY. Workers posing in front of the parked engine. Circa 1890-1900. Natural Bridge, NY.
The Lake Bonaparte train depot, with passengers and luggage waiting for the train next to the train tracks. In the background one can see a “depot hack”, a special carriage used to transport people from a hotel to the depot. Circa 1890-1900. Town of Diana.
Posed shot of Ingraham’s Mill (a sawmill and lumber operation), pictured are six workers on and around a coal fired steam locomotive, probably used to move things about the yard. In the Town of Diana, NY, between Harrisville and Natural Bridge. Circa 1890-1900.
Workers and horse drawn wagon (filled with rocking chairs) outside the New York Central Railroad station. The cars on the track are identified as New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad box cars. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville, NY.
Benson Mines train depot, where trains were run by Carthage & Adirondack Railroad. Hunters pictured are right next to the tracks. They are returning from the “big woods” with deer killed. 1904. Benson Mines, NY.
