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Steam Hauler for Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler used for pulling logs. A man is standing inside of the hauler with his head out of the window. On the right a man is standing in f...
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36 McKinley Furnace

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Description: 36 McKinley Furnace was constructed by Theodore Powers and A. L. Crawford in 1848. Caption reads: "McKinley Furnace, New Castle, PA."
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Locomotive Parked near Courthouse Square

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court...
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Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.
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Wood Burning Locomotive

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Description: View from below of wood burning locomotive and single car on elevated railroad bridge and approach trestle, somewhere along the upper Mississippi River. La...
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Men Working on Tipped Train Cars

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Description: A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a loco...
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Steam Hauler with Log Sleighs

Date: 01 06 1918
Description: Lumber crew posed with a steam hauler and several sleds loaded with logs. The foreman's sleigh pulled by a horse is in the foreground. Possibly foreman, Mi...
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Puzzling Train Wreck

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Description: View of the aftermath of a train wreck that left one locomotive on top of another. A small group of men stand in the snow along the tracks near the wreck. ...
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Engine No. 80 Locomotive Wreck

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Description: Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
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Train Collision

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Description: A collision of a freight train with an excursion train on the Chicago and North Western Railway, resulting in six deaths and at least 46 people injured.
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Locomotive Engine No. 518

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Description: View of locomotive engine no. 518 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Two men are posing on the train.
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Northwestern Engine No. 5001

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Description: Engine no. 5001 of a Northwestern train.
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Engine No. 4076A

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Description: Engine no. 4076A of a Chicago and North Western train.
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Locomotive Explosion

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Description: Four men pose next to a locomotive, which has a hole in its side due to an explosion.
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UW Band Trumpeters at Train Station

Date: 12 23 1952
Description: Seven U.W. Band members play " California Here We Come" on imported English fanfare trumpets decorated with a red satin Wisconsin banner. They are standing...
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Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
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Boys Gathered at Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: View of a group of boys gathered near and on the railroad tracks near a group of adults at a train stop, listening to two well-dressed men speaking. Origin...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1363

Date: 03 1952
Description: Locomotive Engine No. 1363 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 59

Date: 03 26 1940
Description: Locomotive Engine No. 59 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 1213

Date: 08 19 1940
Description: Locomotive Engine No. 1213 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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