Walking the Troy Industrial

[@earlhall2338]

WOW! Now retired living in North Carolina, but grew up in Rensselaer. Have memories of the South Troy Industrial area in it's "hayday!" Lots and lots of railroading back then. Gave me an interest in railroads which lasts until this day. Really appreciate the effort that went into making this documentary possible-Earl Hall

[@abuzuhm]

This content is awesome. If you're into decrepit Troy stuff (which I am) this was huge treat. Thank you!

[@charlottabrower7968]

Thanks for this. We are Troylettes and hubby is an ex-railroad worker. He still talks about the local into Troy. Thanks for this. We love our city and its history.

[@WilliamCGill]

I can hear the local every time it rolls into Troy and sometimes walk down to watch - while a lot of the industrial buildings are gone, I love our industrial heritage.

[@willdayer68]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@philpots48]

I enjoyed your video, I watched a documentary about Troy on PBS years ago and love to hear about industrial history.

[@johnhill7585]

Very interesting!! Nice job! That whole Troy area has always been historically fascinating to me since i lived there in the 60's. Thank's for your presentation! Have seen the Troy stoves in different places around the country. They are still around! The NiMo gasification plant I was a security guard there at night. Very creepy place doing rounds. I also felt it was probably pretty toxic!

[@paulbergen9114]

I truly had no idea of how extensive the industry was in Troy so I thank you for going over the details. Having lived in Milwaukee all my life I can guarantee we had some great Spurs and Industrial sections. Are sewage plants produces the sludge into something called Milorganite that can be sent out in bulk or in 50 lb bags. And usually got tank cars of chlorine inbound. We had a fairly large Coke plant until 1981 which kept falling apart for 30 years after it shut down. There also was the large AO Smith play on which produced Auto and Truck frames and that has been leveled. Again very nice job pointing out the once Mighty industrial base

[@chuck8664]

Enjoyed the video. There are a couple hiking trails, leading up to the Tech Park, off the section between the sewer plant and Rensselaer. I recently saw 17 hopper cars headed north there. In the late 1960s a friend and I walked the tracks from Fulton St thru the tunnel under Congress and Ferry and then diagonally across South Troy and all the way south to Staats Island. Supposedly the tunnel is still there.

[@richardhover2131]

This was a very informative video for me, i've never been here before - I can only imagine what it must have been like in the heyday of all the industries - Thanks for taking the time to explain things and film the complete branch - someday i gotta get at least one shot of the CSX local here! LOL! - Thanks Will!!

[@WilliamCGill]

I saw some of the big mills, but wish I'd seen it really filled in and busy! Must have been a sight!

[@upstairsdave]

Great stuff.

[@jimquackenbush2821]

Great video, thanks for the info 👍!

[@howardmiller2054]

Hello William, I had done some photo documentation of parts of the Troy Industrial track as preparation for an N scale module I have plans of building. I found your presentation to be excellent. Thank you for adding to the knowledge base of this historic section of railroad.

[@WilliamCGill]

Oh cool. I live right by the tracks in Troy and have been building some HO models. Would love to see your project.

[@ProtoLancer]

Hi Will, Your Dad sent me this link to watch your walk of the Troy area. I'm the guy that got your little 0-4-0 to run so nicely. I like all the history of the Troy area. Subscribed so I don't miss another of your walks. Maybe one of these days we'll meet in person. Take care in your walks.

[@RussellNelson]

I've been to a bunch of those places. There are still rails across the Wymants Kill on the bridges west of Main Street. Also still rails going into County Waste and Recycling, on the north side of the bridge under the fence. Suggestion: Walk the White Trail at the south end of the American Oil Road in the Port of Albany-Rensselaer. Not going to tell you what you will find there. :-)

[@WilliamCGill]

I'll have to check it out!

[@dennismccarthy8396]

Really enjoyed this, thanks. Love the scenery, history, and Woodrow!

[@ArkOmen1]

Good stuff! Subbed!

[@tct855]

Will~, Great walk! Really informative history talk with this awesome video footage. I remember this area well from years past. Great historic captures with the actual maps, pictures and local business'. Good job, thanks for posting, look forward to the next one. Also I hope you capture any and all night shots which I know will be fantastic. Now if you can only get the trains to cooperate! Thanx Thom...

[@WilliamCGill]

Thank you - defiantly want to film some of the night stuff...we'll see how I do at that.

[@bruceking8515]

Great Walk Will

[@WilliamCGill]

Thanks!

[@guntrain212]

That's fantastic. You explored all the spots - including the sewer plant - that I wish I had time to check out when I was working near that area. Troy Industrial branch ends at the southbound home signal for CPLAB. That's where you ended the walk and that's where my playground began.

[@WilliamCGill]

Glad you liked the tour of it! Yeah, as soon as I was getting to the wye, with the lead onto LAB, figured it was my time to crawl out through the brush and leave the shops there alone.

[@kufguyvh]

Thanks so much for this video. I grew up in Troy and remember taking the the train from downtown troy to my Grandma's home the Catskills. Do you have any photo of what the train station looked like in Troy?

[@WilliamCGill]

I've seen photos - just amazing - there was also an interesting depot just south of Washington Park. Both were gone well before I showed up and never took any photos of them myself. Jim Shaughnessy's "The Call of Trains" has a few great images of the station downtown

[@jerrydavies3784]

well done bud - I'm from the UK, I went to troy in 2009 to work on some wind turbines. i stayed in a B&B and had the most amazing breakfast i have ever had to this date in downtown Troy. Whilst there i was really facinated with the industrial history, i vaguely remember there being a high speed water turbine in the main town that powered the mills? could you and your trusty hound cover this?

[@WilliamCGill]

Cohoes, right across the river, had an impressive, centralized, power canal system and some modern turbines. Back when you were doing the wind turbines I was exploring the tunnels left under that city. I’ll check on Troy, see if I can find any leftovers from water power flic.kr/p/7xPfsT

[@jerrydavies3784]

@@WilliamCGill yes i seem to remember what looked like a angled waterfall near the centre of Troy coming down the hillside - looked like some early hydro scheme. I have been reading up about the giant waterwheel at Burden - was it connected with that?

[@JohnButler-w4i]

Check out the old water pipes behind Cumberland farms on Campbells Ave troy ny

[@meghanlong3494]

im interested to see how the train moved through south Troy, downtown, & north Troy

[@WilliamCGill]

I should do a walking tour of that! There are a bunch of spots where you can see angled buildings where the tracks cut through

[@meghanlong3494]

@@WilliamCGill somehow the train went through hoosik street, through north Troy and around that way to Vermont. i wonder what hoosik street looked like before they built 787. RPI has a huge model train

[@foghat62]

maybe ashland chemicals