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Medina Junction Washout
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Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from the old depot at the Chicago and North Western Railway crossing.
1915
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Wisconsin Central Passenger Car
View from road of Wisconsin Central Railroad cafe-chair car No #852 sitting on railroad tracks at a crossing. Snow is on the ground.
Rugby Junction
July 30, 1938
Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway's locomotive #704 photographed at Rugby Junction, where the train made a connection with the main line train. The Soo Line abandoned passenger se...
Train Wreck
Derailment of a Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie Railway train near Waupaca. A large crowd is gathered on an overpass to watch the Soo Line's Wrecker W-1 lift the cars back on the track.
Narrow Gauge Railroad
1900
Group of men transferring bodies of a standard gauge box car (of the Wisconsin Coal Co.) to the narrow gauge tracks of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway at Iron Mountain, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Central Caboose
Brakeman Clarence Commingore (left) and Philip C. Haag on Wisconsin Central Railroad's caboose No #171. The shield caboose markers were exclusive with the Wisconsin Central.
Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car
1907
Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
