Back of photo reads: "Uncle Elliott in front of Telegraph on the South side of Tivoli Station." This may have been an uncle or great-uncle of Joan Navins, Tivoli Village Historian in the 1970s.
This is the only known photograph of the 1915 Chester Erie Station agent’s office taken while the station was in operation. It was taken in October, 1922 for use in the Erie Magazine. L-r: Robert Marvin, Station Master & John I. Edwards.
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Note milk cans at station, kerosene street lamps, no car tracks in snow, lack of snow removal, no trees along tracks, telegraph & telephone wires only - no electric. This photograph was probably taken from the RR Signal Tower.
Photograph of Float in Chester, N.Y. Armistice Day (now called Veteran's Day) Celebration - November 11, 1918. In front of new Erie RR Station constructed in 1915. Left to right: John Bonanno, John Musumeci, Mrs. John Cavallero, Patsy Santucci and...
Photo postcard of Monroe where Main Street crosses Erie Main Line. Depot on right. Arrow points to, Mabel (Kaki) Elizabeth Hunter Schilling, 1888-1976, wearing sailor girl outfit, with her bicycle, near telegraph pole. Businesses visible in photo...
Illustrated pocket train schedule for trains between Middletown & New York City. Effective Oct. 4th. 1885. Took three hours to get to Middletown from NYC.
Engineering drawing showing the proposed Passenger Station, the rearrangement of tracks and elimination of grade crossing at Meadow Ave. in downtown Chester, N.Y.
Colorized photo postcard of the second Erie RR Station at Monroe, NY. Located on the main thoroughfare in the Village of Monroe, Lake Street, is was in service from 1842 until 1913. The building survives and in 2011 became a cafe.
Photo postcard looking west along the Erie Main Line at Chester, N. Y. 1841 Erie RR station in foreground. High Bridge spanning the "cut" carrying the Chester-Washingtonville road in the background.
Note the people on path climbing the right bank.
Machinery; Industrial facilities; Railroads; Electric railroads; Railroad stations
Interior of the substation in the Albany and Hudson Railroad station at North Chatham. Five men are inside the substation room with a turbine on the right. Written on original negative envelope: "No. 44 Sept-2-1900 Interior Power House at No....
