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| Date: | 03 27 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A man in an International Model M truck parked in a railroad yard beside a freight train. In the background is a locomotive and a refrigerator car. The tra... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | New Union Railroad Station, a stop of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, was completed in the early 1840's. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Originally known as the Cincinnati and Eastern Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railroad received its new name in October 1901. Caption reads: "N. & W. R.R... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of Erie Depot on South Market Street, one of Galion's two large railroad depots. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train yard with six sets of railroad tracks and large wooden buildings. A nearby neighborhood is visible in the background. Caption read... |
| Date: | 04 10 1916 |
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| Description: | Group of men with Mogul 8-16 tractors coming off of a box car near Minneapolis. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the Crawford, McGregor & Caney Manufacturing Co. with people, horses and wagons, trains, and other buildings visible as well. Text on the photogr... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Refugees traveling by boxcar. Although the location is unidentified it was probably taken by Sigurd Olson in or near Berlin either late in 1945 or early i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the kiddie train at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). The train was donated by the Madison Lions Club and operated from 1953-1968... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia. |
| Date: | 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing near the Imperial train carrying members of the Root Commission at a railroad station. Original caption reads: "General Horwaeth, chief of Rus... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a long coat belted at the waist, and a cap, is standing on a platform. The original caption identifies the man as a "Buryat prince." In the b... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A bearded man wearing a hat and boots is standing near a passenger train. On the left is a woman with a young girl looking on. The original caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway].... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
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