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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors. |
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| Description: | View down platform towards locomotive and train at the railroad station. There are people standing on the platform near the depot building. |
| Date: | 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train crossing the Elroy-New Lisbon Road (Highway 80). |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #10, the "Hiawatha," built by the company shop in Milwaukee. There are houses in the far background along a ri... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot surrounded by stacked lumber for wood-burning locomotives. A few homes can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ... |
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| Description: | The Illinois Central Railroad Station and train in Fitchburg. There is snow on the ground, and men and women are waiting outside the depot on the platform.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of a two-story clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower. Groups of children pose outside and another group of children look out on... |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Frisco roundhouse and freight yards, a train yard where many cars and a few locomotives are parked. Painted on the side of many of the ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train yard with six sets of railroad tracks and large wooden buildings. A nearby neighborhood is visible in the background. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of group of men, boys, and girls lined up along railroad tracks, posing sitting and standing on and near two trains. There is a brick buildi... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings... |
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| Description: | View of railroad tracks near a railroad station on the left and a residential road on the right. There is a row of utility lines leading into the far dista... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train. |
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