General Electric - Schenectady, NY




Ge has two facalities in Schenectady: River Road and Nott Street. The Nott Street plant is the former ALCO plant. The D & H used to connect these two facalities, but the rail connection was disconnected before the 1970's.



Address 1 River Rd.
Schenectady, NY
 301 Nott St.
Schenectady, NY
Open/Closed Open Open
Manufactures Generators
Large Motors
Steam Turbines 		Turbines
Locomotive #17
#18
#19
#20 GE 85 ton - {Steve Myers Photo}
#21 GE 85 ton - {Steve Myers Photo}
#21 GE 85 ton - {Steve Myers Photo}
Photos from the Fallen Flags web site 		#5 ALCO
Assigned freight cars GEX 5002 - 8 axle well flat
GEX 711 - 12 axle flat 781,000 cap
GEX 712 - 12 axle flat 781,000 cap
GEX 2002 - 2009 - 4 axle depressed flat
GEX 40002 - 40004 10 axle depressed 512,000 cap 30' platfom
GEX 40005, 40007 112 axle well 700,000 cap 32.5' platfom
GEX 40011 10 axle depressed 512,000 cap 29' platfom
GEX 40016 12 axle depressed 640,000 cap 36' platfom
GEX 80000 - 16 axle depressed flat
GEX 80002 - 16 axle depressed flat
GEX 80003 - 20 axle depressed flat
GEX 81021 - 8 axle depressed flat
GEX 81022 - 8 axle depressed flat
  
Rail service CSX, Conrail, Penn Central, NYC
and
Delaware & Hudson 		Delaware & Hudson

Loads in print

Generator May June 1967 Pennsy Magazine
Generator November 1960 B & O Magazine
Generator May 1955 Southern Railway Ties Magazine

Plant Photos

from EBay



Interior view building #86, 1908
1912
1939

Interior view building #86

Interior view building #86

1907 Panorama View
Magnified view

River Road

Nott Street

May 7, 1995
Aerial Image 252K
July 1, 1986
Topo Map 467K
May 7, 1995
Aerial Image 252K
July 1, 1986
Topo Map 467K


The following images are from the The Schenectady Digital History Archive web page.

Most of the images are from a brochure produced by GE in 1949.


Modified map with building tips


All USGS aerial imagery and
USGS topographic maps are from

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