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Flooded Railroad Tracks
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A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Second Avenue.
April 22, 1965
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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Railroad Tracks Flooding
April 21, 1965
View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the background is a bluff.
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Line
1920
A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left.
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
1886
View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle.
Depot and Train
Locomotive at the De Soto depot on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line. The Mississippi River is on the left.
La Crosse Railroad Bridge
1880
Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the shoreline.
Onalaska Quadrangle / Wisconsin / 7.5 Minute Series (topographic)
1963
This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct rail lines around the community of Onalask...
