NEB&W Guide to Troy, NY - The Railroad YMCA

Last Update: 2009-08-28

Troy Depot Area Table of Contents
Troy Table of Contents
Layout Photo Gallery Table of Contents

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• Aerial view of the depot area. The RR YMCA is at the lower left, but alongside the tracks.
  • [Photo courtesy RCHS.]

• The YMCA got started in England in 1844, with the first American Y established in Boston in 1851, and the following year, in New York City. Not sure when the Troy Y was established.
  • [Postcard of the Y for the general public, located over on First Street.]

• There was a separate YMCA just for the railroad workers up on Broadway.
  • [Prototype view c. 1890's, with the older depot (trainshed) in the background. Photo courtesy RCHS. (Love the sign of the pointing hand.)]
  • [Prototype view c. 1890's, from the other direction. Photo courtesy RCHS.]
  • [The front, looking east c. 1917 Valuation photo.]
  • [Prototype view c. 1917 of the rear. In the background is Troy Laundry, across the street. Valuation photo.]
  • [Postcard probably c. 1910.]
  • [Looking up Broadway from the grade crossing c. 1930's.]
  • [Prototype color photo c. 1946, with just a portion of the Y showing.]
  • [Prototype view c. '60's. Photo by Jack Waite.]

• This Jack Waite photo, c. 1960, shows the D&H ore train returning from South Troy through the site of the depot. The Railroad Y is on the left, with Winkler's Hotel freshly painted in orange and black. Troy Laundry is just to the left of Winkler's (at this point, Cunningham's Garage.)
  • [Prototype view.]

• Here is newsletter c. 1884 that John Stanford uncovered when he was doing research on the Y. (Note how religious it was.)
  • [Front page. Notice the depiction of the front of a loco, with all the Biblical quotes all over.]
  • [Page 2.]
  • [Page 3.]
  • [Page 4.]
  • [Page 5.]

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