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ID# 23,844 |
One of the big ones, a 2-8-8-2, digs in on the grade Eastbound out of Roanoke, Va. in 1957.
Photo by Richard J. Cook
Joseph A. Smith (1895-1978) was an avid collector of railroad photos, sharing many of them with fellow collectors in the Northeast. A former plumbing contractor, he presumably developed his interest in railroads through his father James H. Smith, a trolley motorman in Troy, NY. His extensive collection focused on the lines that once served Troy: Delaware & Hudson, Rutland, Boston & Maine and New York Central.