Pictured is the D&H shop in Green Island on December 22, 1987. At one time it was the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad's shop building, but it was later acquired by the D&H. It was located right where the D&H's "Green Island branch" terminated. Some more information about that branch can be found here.
I like the green switch engine on the left. I don't know if it was a shop switcher, or if it was about to be scrapped.
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It was later sold and operated as R.K. Freedman and Sons as a scrapyard, until it suffered a fire in March 2011 and the place was leveled. The area today is surrounded by chain link fences and warning signs.
The building is somewhat special to me as I was told that it served as the basis for the Adirondack Live Steamers' car barn. I can sort of see the resemblance. This project was inspired by, and heavily worked on by, member Myron Rapaport. I was later approached by Myron to write an article about the car barn's construction, which was published in the March/April 2009 issue of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading magazine.
Even the weathervane is a 1/8 scale side profile of a steam locomotive.
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