Railroad workers posing with a wood-fired steam locomotive drawing tender car and flat cars. Photo taken in a rail yard, with spare wheels for train cars on right. The engine was owned by the Lake Champlain and Montreal Railroad. Circa 1870-1880. Along Lake Champlain, in either Essex or Clinton County in New York State.
A J.B. Brinsmade wood-fired steam locomotive running on the L.C. & M.R.R., which may stand for the Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad. J.B. Brinsmade was associated with the mining industry and the railroad in the town of Moriah. Engine #6. Circa 1870-1880. Along Lake Champlain, in either Essex or Clinton County in NYS.
Three (unidentified) men dressed in hats and suits standing beside electric trolley and two sets of tracks. Circa 1900-1910. Paul Smiths, NY.
Trolley motormen/ employees in front of a parked trolley at the end of the line. Circa 1920s. Paul Smiths, NY.
Train depot shot, including train crew on left, and an “excursion” tour group on the right, with a photographer holding his camera in the group. In front of them is a rail track worker with a sledge hammer over his shoulder. DeLack House hotel in background. Circa 1890s. Morristown, NY.
Depot and Comstock Inn at the edge of the St. Lawrence River. Behind the ferry dock is a train unloading supplies. On the far right is the Indian Root Pill Factory. Circa 1900-1910. Morristown, NY. Photo donated by Tom Baker of Machesney Park, Illinois. Publisher: F.W. McCullough. Check out our story on Morristown’s Indian Root […]
Unidentified men (members of the train crew) next to locomotive engine #173. Morristown area, possibly on the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1900-1910. Saint Lawrence County in NYS.
New York Central Railroad station in Ogdensburg, NY. Porter is helping a woman with luggage. Circa 1930.
The last run of the Ogdensburg, NY trolley was on April 1, 1932. The trolley had been running since August 14, 1886. When it first started, it carried over 1,400 passengers in the first two days, but by 1932 it was times for buses to take over. Pictured above, from left standing, are Williams Rowledge, […]
Drivers of the Ogdensburg Street Railway, a trolley that ran on State Street. The motormen are Fox (left) and Stevens. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1920.
