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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Panoramic View of the Chicago Great Western Train Traveling

Date: 1937
Description: A panoramic view of the Chicago Great Western train traveling across the countryside carrying assorted International Harvester wagons. The majority of the ...
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Train Along Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: Wisconsin Central train running through country along the shoreline, possibly Buffalo Lake.
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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...
Postcard

The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

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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...
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North Vietnamese Children

Date: 1967
Description: North Vietnamese children standing on the railroad track north of Hanoi. The children were photographed by David Schoenbrun, an American journalist.
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Depot and Train

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Description: Train departing the Chaseburg depot, with steam coming out of the smokestack. There are buildings along the tracks, and in the background is a bluff.
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Train Derailment

Date: 02 01 1959
Description: "Train derailment. Photo taken from North Pole Road. Hwy 28 can be seen in the distance (left)."
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
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Farmall Tractors on Railroad Train

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View across field towards the left side of a Chicago Great Western locomotive on railroad tracks pulling cars loaded with Farmall tractors. A sign on the l...
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Railroad Train on a Curve Among Hills

Date: 1902
Description: View alongside railroad cars towards the locomotive in the distance, which is traveling along a curve in the tracks. There are a few buildings near the rai...
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Western Train

Date: 1903
Description: Switchman standing at the switch next to railroad tracks cut through a rock formation. Another man is standing on top of the rock formation on the left. In...

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