Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #314 at Schenectady, New York on July 1, 1950

ID# 42,395

Thomas Walter Hodgson Obituary

ID # 60,554

From the February, 1912 issue of LOCO Magazine.

Thomas Walter Hodgson died suddenly at his home, 110 Park Place, at II :30 P. M. January 10th, from heart failure.

Mr. Hodgson was born in Durham, England, in the year 1844. At the age of eight years he came to this country with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia. Here he obtained his early education. When nineteen years of age he enlisted in the I92nd Pennsylvania Volunteers and served with credit during the remainder of the war, having participated in some of its most important battles.

At the close of the war, Mr. Hodgson obtained employment at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, and worked there for thirteen years as foreman in the boiler shop. Upon severing his connection with that company, he became foreman in the Locomotive Works at Rome, N. Y., where he remained eight years. He was also employed for about a year at the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Providence, R. I.

Upon leaving Providence he came to Schenectady, where he has been a foreman in the boiler shop of the American Locomotive Company for the past twenty years. It was here that he was best known.
He was a master mind in his particular business, and there is probably not a man in the country who had a better knowledge of boiler construction than Mr. Hodgson. He was well liked and respected by all men in the shops with Whom he came in contact.

Although in delicate health for some time past, he still came to work regularly and was in the shop all the day preceding his death.

He was a prominent member of St. George’s Episcopal Church, of the G. A. R. and the Mohawk Club. He was well known, having resided in Schenectady during the period of its rapid growth.

All who knew him in any manner whatever will always re member him as a good, square, big-hearted man. and one whom all his friends as well as all the community will miss. We all mourn the loss of such a friend and member of society.

Mr. Hodgson is survived by his widow, two sons, two daughters and two brothers, to whom we take this means of conveying our sympathy.

Patrick Conner Obituary

ID# 61,358
From the November, 1910 issue of LOCO Magazine.

Thomas Walter Hodgson died suddenly at his home, 110 Park Place, at II :30 P. M. January 10th, from heart failure.

Mr. Hodgson was born in Durham, England, in the year 1844. At the age of eight years he came to this country with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia. Here he obtained his early education. When nineteen years of age he enlisted in the 192nd Pennsylvania Volunteers and served with credit during the remainder of the war, having participated in some of its most important battles.

At the close of the war, Mr. Hodgson obtained employment at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, and worked there for thirteen years as foreman in the boiler shop. Upon severing his connection with that company, he became foreman in the Locomotive Works at Rome, N. Y., where he remained eight years. He was also employed for about a year at the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Providence, R. I.

Upon leaving Providence he came to Schenectady, where he has been a foreman in the boiler shop of the American Locomotive Company for the past twenty years. It was here that he was best known.
He was a master mind in his particular business, and there is probably not a man in the country who had a better knowledge of boiler construction than Mr. Hodgson. He was well liked and respected by all men in the shops with Whom he came in contact.

Although in delicate health for some time past, he still came to work regularly and was in the shop all the day preceding his death.

He was a prominent member of St. George’s Episcopal Church, of the G. A. R. and the Mohawk Club. He was well known, having resided in Schenectady during the period of its rapid growth.

All who knew him in any manner whatever will always re member him as a good, square, big-hearted man. and one whom all his friends as well as all the community will miss. We all mourn the loss of such a friend and member of society.

Mr. Hodgson is survived by his widow, two sons, two daughters and two brothers, to whom we take this means of conveying our sympathy.

McQueen Locomotive Works, Factory from the September, 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

ID# 60,202

Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad #11 at Schenectady, New York in March 1904

ID# 11,252

American Locomotive Company Picnic

ID# 49,686

American Locomotive Company Picnic

ID# 49,633

American Locomotive Company Picnic

ID# 49,632

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive #229 at Schenectady City Museum on January 29, 1991

ID# 49,594

Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #1120 at Schenectady, New York on July 1, 1950

ID # 42,393

Steam Locomotive Stain Glass Window in Schenectady, New York

ID # 3,481

Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad #11 at Schenectady, New York in March, 1904

ID # 11,253

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works, built in March, 1904.

Schenectady Railway #207 at State & Fuller Streets on April 10, 1940

ID # 245

Schenectady Railway Trolley #650 at city line on July 21. 1940

ID # 241

The Era of Steam Was Illustrious GNERF Would Preserve This Tradition

ID # 14,946

Women's Locomotive Club Dinner - October 11, 1949

ID # 3,210

American Locomotive Company Dinner

ID # 3,211

Boston and Maine Diesel Locomotive #1212 at Scotia, New York on March 19, 1949

ID # 749

Schenectady Railway Trolley #801

ID # 296

ID # 294

Train Wreck, on Delaware & Hudson Bridge, Schenectady, New York on June 1, 1958

ID # 5,875

ID # 5,876

ID # 5,877

ID # 5,878