North Country At Work

Men working the ice harvest move cut ice blocks from a conveyor belt into New York Central Railroad boxcars. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.

Train on the Marion River Carry, a railroad which connected Raquette Lake to Blue Mountain Lake (1898-1929). Circa 1920. Between Raquette Lake and Blue Mountain Lake.

The steamer Clearwater burning on the Old Forge Pond. March 1939. Old Forge, NY.

The Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad locomotive and combination coach which carried passengers from De Kalb Junction to Hermon from January 1, 1907 to February 12, 1921. Photo taken in 1915.  Hermon, NY.

The Antwerp, the fastest engine on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad, with the local station agent and baggage men with their wives.  It delivered mail between De Kalb Junction and Norwood, NY, with stops in Canton and Potsdam, in a record time of less than 35 minutes. 1870. De Kalb Junction, NY.

New York Central Railroad day crew poses in front of the station.  Left to Right- B. E. Jones, station agent, H. F. Timmerman, chief clerk, Claud Penny, telegraph operator, John C. Hurley, baggage man, Ernest Tanner, express agent, James Tanner, pump house operator, Jay Munson, clerk, taken at the south end of the depot. 1904. […]

The BeeLiner, made by Budd Car Company out of Massachusetts. A self-propelled railroad car powered by a World War II tank engine. This car ran between De Kalb Junction and Ogdensburg, NY. 1948. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photo by Chauncy McQueer.

Chauncy McQueer, retiring station agent after many years of service, with his station wagon in front of the waiting room at the railroad station. May 1955. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Frank Goodale, assistant express agent to Ernest Tanner, poses in front of a baggage cart loaded with crates. Circa 1915-1920. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Castle McCarthy working as a flagman directing traffic crossing the railroad tracks at De Kalb Junction, NY. December 24, 1914.