NEB&W Guide to Green Island, NY Not Modeled - Rensselaer & Saratoga Shops

Last Update: 2009-06-01

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• The Rensselaer & Saratoga built their loco and car shops just north of Tibbets. (The complex seen at the top of the first topographic map, above the pink area.)
  • [Photo c. 1900, from the Tony Steele Collection.]
  This photo shows the roundhouse to the left and the gambrel-roof shops themselves in the background. Unfortunately, we didn't have room to model this, particularly as it would make no sense in competition with our Rutland yard.
  This old postcard view shows the back of the roundhouse, with the car shops in the distance. Note the wood fence surrounding the property.
  • [Postcard.]
  The shops were real long.
  • [Valuation photo c. 1917.]
  In 1911, the D&H consolidated their loco repair operations in Colonie (behind the Arsenal in Watervliet). The Green Island shops continued to repair freight cars, and frequently made national news in the trade publications during the 1930's for their experimenting with such things as light-weight steels, welding, etc.
  • [Sanborn map, maybe c. 1901.]
  Other views c. 1917 (photocopies of Valuation photos).
  • [Valuation photo 61 showing the enclosed brick water tower.]
  They are still standing c. 2002, although probably not much longer.
  • [View c. 2000.]
  • [View c. 2002.]
  • [View c. 2002.]
  • [View c. 2002.]
  • [View c. 2002.]

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