Photograph of Paul Smith’s Electric Light and Power and Railroad Co. cars on the tracks. Guests and workers can be seen in and around the cars. A group of five World War One soldiers stand outside the cars. Circa 1917. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.
Railroad depot, where train came from the junction at Lake Clear to Paul Smith’s Hotel, which can be seen in the far back left. Circa 1910. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.
A conductor and the station dog at the railroad station in Clayton, NY. Like many North Country towns, the railroad was a vital part of the Clayton economy, bringing tourists to the riverside community. Circa 1930. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
A postcard showing a tourist train arriving at the riverside dock. Tourists were then taken by steamships to the islands. Clayton, NY. Circa 1910. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
Crew inside locomotive #1989 that hauled the Club Train, in the railroad yard at Clayton, NY. Circa 1908. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
Tourists at the railroad station in Clayton, NY. April 29, 1907. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
New York and Ottawa train at depot in Tupper Lake. Six unidentified men (railroad employees) stand in front of locomotive #3, two other men in front of American Express Company office at left. Photograph by Frank J. McCormick. Circa 1915. Tupper Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Pulp Mill in McKeever. Railroad tracks run in front of it. Finished paper bundled for shipment sits on loading dock. Pulp logs can be seen piled in the background. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. McKeever, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
A steam shovel loads ore into ore cars at Hooper’s Mine. Worker stands nearby, watching. Photograph by AZO Studio. 1930s. North River, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Group of men pose carrying an iron rail. Newly laid ties in foreground still have bark on them. Logging railroads were built quickly to haul logs out of the woods. They were meant to be short lived. Probably for the Mac-a-Mac Lumber Co. Written on photo: “BUILDING A RAILROAD IN THE FOREST. BRANDRETH LAKE.” Photograph […]
