Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad "Commodore Vanderbilt"

PIONEER IN TROY - The "Commodore Vanderbilt," the first coal-burning locomotive to run on a Troy railway line, posed for a formal picture outside the Union Depot back in 1872. This photograph, owned by 81-year-old Charles Brewer of Troy, was taken on the section of track at Fulton street and Sixth avenue, looking down Fulton toward the Hudson River. The engine carried a picture of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, organizer of the New York Central Railroad, on its front headlight. (From an undated newspaper clipping.)

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1871.

Renumbered to 416 by the Delaware & Hudson Railroad in 1899. Retired on August 20, 1905.

Archive # 302.