10 must-visit historic railroad towns will involve a journey through railroading’s past and present in these iconic ...

Troy had several train stations. The last three “Union Stations” were in the same location and were controlled by the ...

The Roundhouse where engines were ... the route that you could hop on. Troy was a railroad city until the late 1950s. In 1957, the New York Central called the station “a deficiency operation.” ...

Throughout this series so far, I have looked at the concept of through-running as applied or envisioned in several different ...

The Boston and Albany Railroad, which later became part of the New York Central Railroad System, had its roundhouse and repair facilities in the city. “Our problem is we’re the little town nex ...

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.

In view of the many changes that the New York Central's terminal has undergone in the course of its history, people are asking, quite naturally, whether the great railroad station that is open to ...

This small Hudson River city is where one of the nation’s oldest European settlements existed around 1630, and where in the 19th century people flocked to enjoy a natural sulphur spring spa. But other ...

He established the first orthopedic residency training program in this country. Because of pressure from the New York Central Railroad, in 1912 the hospital moved to a new building on 42nd Street and ...