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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
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...
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Hiawatha Engine

Date: 1939
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...
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Jones Island Dwellings

Date: 10 28 1938
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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Frisco Round House And Freight Yards

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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 ...
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Train Arriving at the Depot

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Description: The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be...
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Scene at Bangor

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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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Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
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Train Depot — Looking North

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the...
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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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Depot and Train

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Description: View down platform toward the Waunakee depot and an arriving train. Freight cars are on the tracks on the left. A group of men are standing on the platform...
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Special Train Engine 1

Date: 1905
Description: A group of women and children and one man pose standing on the railroad tracks behind a saddle back train. On the low hill behind them is a log building, a...
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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Train Pulling in to Zenda

Date: 04 12 1931
Description: Ernst Schmidt has captioned this photograph, "The C. M. & St. P. train arriving at Zenda at 10:30 A. M. on Sunday, April 12. Alma, Edward and Conrad came u...
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McCormick Works

Date: 11 09 1914
Description: View from elevated railroad tracks towards railroad yard, and newly constructed plant addition. Men are in the yard below. A tower on one of the buildings ...

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