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Steam Train Speeds Over Trestle

Date: 1910
Description: The railroad trestle over the Red Cedar River with a steam train passing over.
Photograph

White River Bridges

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri...
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
Photograph

Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

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Description: View of the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossing a railroad bridge at Knowlton.
Photograph

Train Load of Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: A shipment of sisal leaves at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "A train load of sisal leaves coming into t...
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Boys on the Railroad Tracks

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Description: Two boys sitting on the railroad tracks under a train. The boy on the left is looking back over his shoulder and is wearing a straw hat with a small Americ...
Book or Pamphlet

John A. Salzer Seed Co. Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Front cover of the 70th Anniversary (1868-1938) John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog featuring a colorful mix of pansies and a quotation from Shakespeare. The a...
Photograph

New Union Railroad Station

Date: 1915
Description: New Union Railroad Station, a stop of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, was completed in the early 1840's.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Northwestern Engine No. 5001

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Description: Engine no. 5001 of a Northwestern train.
Postcard

Train Making a Stop at the Breed Station

Date: 1943
Description: Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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Description: View from a distance of the train depot. On the left a locomotive is parked along the train platform where a group of people are standing. In the center is...
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 1277

Date: 05 27 1938
Description: Right side view of the engine no. 1277, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. Men are standing on the bridge in front of the locomotive. There is snow on the...
Photograph

Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. There is snow on the ground and ice on the river.
Photograph

Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "The engineer waves as the steam locomotive bears down the track."
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Villa Ferrovieri Menu

Date: 03 26 1944
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Villa Ferrovieri in Italy with the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific (CMSP&P) logo printed in red ink on the cover...
Photograph

Lake Marion from School Section Bluff

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Marion, and the railroad tracks that run along it on the left. A train belching smoke is coming up the tracks. A road runs along the ...

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