Troy Line
Here is an old shot of the Troy Line. This was taken on the hill of present day Route 7 (Troy-Schenectady Road) where the border of Niskayuna and Latham meets...
(Frank Dodge Collection)
This shot was taken just a little further up the line near the Lisha Kill
PHOTO: Historian's Office Town of Colonie. Special Thanks To Kevin Franklin.
Photo Digitized By Bill Mischler For Ginosrailpage
Here's 504 on the Troy Line (Present Route 7) in Niskayuna...
Here's Stop 25 near Airport Road in Colonie. How neat having a log cabin for a stop?
PHOTO: Historian's Office Town of Colonie. Special Thanks To Kevin Franklin.
Photo Digitized By Bill Mischler For Ginosrailpage
Here's the Latham Sub-Station. It probably contained transformers, rotary converters and switchgear. No evidence of power generation, probably AC voltage stepdown and conversion to DC 600 volts for the wire. Thanks to Bill Mischler for his electrical knowldege!
PHOTO: Historian's Office Town of Colonie. Special Thanks To Kevin Franklin.
Photo Digitized By Bill Mischler For Ginosrailpage
One more shot of the Latham Sub-Station. Notice how the stop was refered to as Lathams. This was located near the present day Latham Circle and is still there!
PHOTO: Historian's Office Town of Colonie. Special Thanks To Kevin Franklin.
Photo Digitized By Bill Mischler For Ginosrailpage
Here's the Latham Sub-Station today. This is right behind the gas station at the Latham Circle.
(Photo: Bill Mischler)
Here's the Green Island Bridge. It carried the D&H, NYC and the Schenectady Railway over the Hudson River
Here's a great shot of Frankilin Square in downtown Troy. The SRC, Hudson Valley and Albany's United Traction Company all serviced Troy. The car on the lower right is a Hudson Valley Car...
(Len Garver Collection)
Here is Number 555 at Union and Fulton Street in Troy on 7/15/34. This is possibly the last run out of Troy.
(Len Garver Collection)
Here's the same view today. The building on the right is the old W. & L. E. Gurley Building. (PHOTO: Howard C. Ohlhous)
Here's car 66 on the Troy Line
(Len Garver Collection)
Here's a car in front of Troy's Union Station