North Country At Work

Men posing outside the New York Central Railroad station with a trophy deer on a luggage wagon. Circa 1900. Newton Falls, NY.

Robert H. Higbie Co. Engine No. 1 with boxcars on the Newton Fall and Northern railroad. This was the railroad that served the mill in Newbridge. Two railroad workers are visible in engine window and door. 1882. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Newbridge, NY.

Photo taken during Winnie Taylor’s boat livery “empire.” His passenger launch “U-Auto-Go” is tied to a dock beside the Little River bridge. Circa 1910-1915. Canton, NY.

Two men in the Telegraph Office inside the Rensselaer Falls train depot. One sits at a desk behind a typewriter on a typewriter table. Circa 1930s. Rensselaer Falls, NY.

Grasse Paper Company railroad locomotive in front of the Pyrites paper mill. Railroad workers are visible inside and on the ground next to the engine. Circa 1910. Pyrites, NY.

Man stands next to the first snow plow used on the Ogdensburg-Canton Road, which was a Fordson tractor rigged for plowing. Note chains on back tires. Circa 1923 to 1924. Canton, NY.

Exterior of the Train Depot. Note track crossing warning sign. Circa 1880. Lisbon, NY. Donated by Laurie Worden Kirkby.

Engineer Frank Murray at the throttle of a Rutland Railroad switch engine in the Ogdensburg Yard in the days of steam. Circa 1920s or 1930s. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo courtesy of the Murray family.

Pictured is William Duffy, station agent, posing inside the Lisbon Train Depot. He stands to the left of the ticket window. Note the chains for operating semaphore signals and telegraph key to the left of the agent. Station was a part of the Rutland Railroad. May 1913. Lisbon, NY.

Frank Harper, mail carrier, delivering mail with a one horse cutter during winter. 1912. Lisbon, NY. Donated by Jean Harper.