Schenectady — Big engines and big wheels always were part of Schenectady. They rolled out of the city’s massive American Locomotive Co. plant every year: locomotives that pulled train cars through ...
From the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady to Albany's Delaware & Hudson Railway, the Capital Region forged new ground in transportation. Today, the former ALCO site is being developed into a ...
Orestes Sparks, 74, grew up along the tracks of the New Jersey Central railroad. Trains with 300 freight cars would pass his house, carrying coal and heavy equipment into New York City. “(The house) ...