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Train Wreck

Date: 07 1927
Description: On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People looking at the train cars and undamaged front end of the Wisconsin Telephone Company truck involved in the Milwaukee Road passenger train-truck acci...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 09 1881
Description: Wreck of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad line on the Teegarten farm near Menomonie. Dead cows are in the foreground.
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Train Wreck

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off...
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Train Wreck

Date: 05 24 1912
Description: Wreck of a Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie Railroad train on a bridge over the Black River near Withee. The damage is so severe that the cars have ...
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of people standing around the engine of "Soo Line" wreck in winter.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: View through fence looking towards the train wreck of "Soo Line". The engine is leaning off the track. Snow is on the ground.
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Train and Truck Accident

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Police and trainmen for the Northwestern Railroad removing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thompson (Alice) from their truck, which collided with a N...
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Accident

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and train crossing Monona Bay, the site of an accident in which Harry R. Frankey, 112 South Henry Street, was killed i...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 15 1907
Description: View of the train wreck which occurred September 15th. The locomotive lies on its side with a damaged passenger car. Caption reads: "The wreck at Canaan, N...
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Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
Description: View of the train wreck of the Wells Fargo Express, March 27th. Several men sit on the wreckage, and several other men and a women are nearby. Captionh rea...
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Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
Description: View of the wreck of the Wells Fargo Express number 13, March 27th. Number on the front of the train is "2539." Caption reads: "Wreck of the Wells Fargo Ex...
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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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Chicago and Northwestern Train Wreck

Date: 06 21 1900
Description: A crowd of men gather around a wrecked Chicago and North-Western train.
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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 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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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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Train Derailment

Date: 05 30 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view from bank of workmen gathered at the site of a train derailment. The man in suit and hat at far left is identified as a police offic...

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