1. Focusing on Rensselaer County Segments Three Decades of Service 1899 – 1929

2.   The Albany & Hudson Railway and Power Company was chartered on August 5, 1899.  It consisted of several smaller power companies from Kinderhook, Hudson, and Albany, New York.  This network also acquired the Greenbush and Nassau Electric Railway in 1899. Historical Background

3.   1903 – Renamed to Albany & Hudson Railroad Company  1909 – Company sold to Albany Southern Railroad  1924 to 1929 – Railroad was operated under a new name: the Eastern New York Utilities Corporation.  In 1929, local Railroads close due to Depression Era and the automobile claimed new roadway systems  The former railroad right-of-way was obtained by Niagara Mohawk Utilities Corp, AKA National Grid History Cont’d

4. Corporate Genealogy Tree of the Albany-Hudson Electric Trolley Line

5.   Interurban third rail train/trolley system  Electricity supplied by Stuyvesant Falls hydro- electric power plant.  Converted 12,000 volts to a workable 600 volts at the three substations of Hudson, North Chatham and East Greenbush.  Generated power to local communities.  Covered 37.25 miles of main line track from Albany to Hudson, New York. Technology & Design

6. Map of Railroad Corridor, Circa 1900

7.  City of Rensselaer

8. “Car House” at the bottom of Columbia Turnpike

11. At corners of Partition Street & Broadway at railroad bridge

12.  East Greenbush

13. View of the train trestle adjacent to Columbia Turnpike, Rensselaer, in 1918

14. View of the train trestle adjacent to Columbia Turnpike, Rensselaer, in 1918

15. Conductors, Earl New and Bill Clark, between Columbia Turnpike & Paul Ave

16. Trolley Car #44 at Clinton Heights and Columbia Turnpike crossing

17. East Greenbush Station – Structure is now Residential (18 Electric Avenue)

18.  Nassau

19. Trolly Car float for the Nassau fair in September of 1900

20. Nassau Station, across from D.P.S. Elementary School

21. Nassau Lake Station - Former site address: 20 Trolley Way

22. Collision in 1905 – between “milk extra” and “main line” car in Nassau

23.   Despite numerous fatal accidents, the electric line successfully transported millions of passengers  By 1929, however, advances in road construction and automotive industry eliminated need for the railway  December 21, 1929 marked the last official rides of the Albany Southern Railroad & Eastern New York Utilities Corporation Trolley’s Demise

24. View of the old Railway in Rensselaer - 1939

25. View of the old Railway from Miller Road - 1951

26. Railway Corridor between Electric Ave and Miller Road - 2014

27.   Abele, Fred B. “Fred B. Abele Transportation History Collection, 1905-1985.” New York State Library.  Gordon, William R. 1973. Third Rails, Pantographs,& Trolley Poles: Albany Hudson Fast Line.  Mann, Ernie, and Bill Schilling. 1996. Rensselaer, New York, Then and Now: A Pictorial Journey. Rensselaer Centennial Committee. *Research Performed by Heinz Granderath, East Greenbush Bibliography