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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
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Rugby Junction

Date: 07 30 1938
Description: 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 ...
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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. 1213

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

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right...
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Locomotive Engine No. 2861

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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International Harvester Branch House and Railroad — Philadelphia

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a train stopped at the North Philadelphia depot, surrounded by various industrial buildings, including the International Harvester Company...
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Depot

Date: 1912
Description: Train at Coon Valley depot. Several men stand on the platform. The depot has a water tank. There are advertisements for Pearl White Soap, the inter-state f...
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Group of Men Posed with Railroad Train

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Description: View from steep bank of a large group of men posed standing with shovels by a railroad train with flat cars covered with sand or dirt. Man of the men are h...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down tracks towards a locomotive pulling a passenger train into the depot. A conductor stands in an open door. Another conductor and passengers stand ...
Postcard

Eagle Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View from left side of double set of railroad tracks towards a locomotive approaching the railroad station from the opposite direction. People are in front...
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Dort Automobile Special Train Panorama

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Description: Panoramic right side view of the Dort Automobile special train enroute from Flint, Michigan to Minneapolis, Minnesota via Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad. A ...
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Illinois Northern Railroad Train

Date: 07 1907
Description: View towards the side of an Illinois Northern railroad train, with two engines, a coal car and a car with the front wall burst out. At McCormick Works. The...
Postcard

Riverside & Great Northern Railway

Date: 07 07 1970
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Riverside & Great Northern Railway. R. & G.N. Ry. afternoon local taking water south of Rockdale, at Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A minia...

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