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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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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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Scout and Locomotive

Date: 1967
Description: Family in red Scout convertible. The man in the driver's seat is pointing at the locomotive they are parked in front of. A woman is sitting in the passenge...
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J.T. Case Train

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Description: View across open ground towards a group of men and boys moving towards a train. The train is identified as the train for J.T. Case.
Postcard

Snow Plow That Did the Work at Dorchester, Wis.

Date: 03 18 1917
Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of people standing in front of two locomotives, the one on the right with a snowplow attached. Caption reads: "Snow P...
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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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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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Train Cars Containing McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractors

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Description: A rail load containing five McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors, New Zealand.
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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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Engine No. 934

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Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 934, Class H6, sitting on the railroad tracks next to a train car.
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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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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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View of Waterfront of McCormick Works

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Description: View from shoreline towards McCormick Works buildings and railroad cars along the water.
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Construction on River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a work train on railroad tracks on a railroad bridge, over a river, that is under construction. Several workmen are standing and posing on...
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Construction on Railroad Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of several workmen standing on a platform near the shoreline of the Wisconsin River during construction of a railroad bridge. There is a work...
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Train Entering Railroad Yard

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view across dirt road towards a train entering a railroad yard.
Postcard

The Depot, Iola, Wis.

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the depot building in Iola. A caboose is on the railroad tracks on the right side. Text on reverse reads: "The Depot, Iola, Wisconsin....
Photograph

"Old Vanderbilt" Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: Upham Lumber Company locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1847 from the New York providence and Boston Railroad where she...
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Milwaukee Railroad Yard

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Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee railroad yard. The skyline of Milwaukee is in the background.
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Circus Train

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Description: View across field towards a train of open railroad cars carrying circus wagons.

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