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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
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Boxcars on Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 23 1915
Description: View of loaded boxcars on railroad tracks outside plant.
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Illinois-Northern Railway Engine

Date: 08 29 1910
Description: Illinois-Northern Railway engine outdoors at McCormick Works.
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Settlement Along A Railway with Locomotive

Date: 1900
Description: A camp or settlement located along a railway in Iron County, WI. Residents and a dog are pictured in the foreground, with a locomotive in the background ne...
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The Hiawatha

Date: 1942
Description: Text on front: "The Hiawatha. Crossing the Wisconsin River at the 'Dells'." On reverse: "The Scenic Route. The Milwaukee Road is the only double tracked ro...
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Riverside & Great Northern Railway

Date: 07 07 1970
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Riverside & Great Northern Railway. R. & G.N. Ry. afternoon local taking water south of Rockdale, at Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A minia...
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Depot and Train

Date: 03 19 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Depot and Train, Wauzeka, Wis." View towards a train depot between two sets of tracks, with a locomotive on the tracks on the left, a...
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Souvenir Greetings

Date: 1907
Description: Text on the front reads: "Souvenir Greetings, Greetings From Shullsburg, Wis." The floral, embossed postcard has a die cut window that opens to reveal a lo...
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Chicago & North Western Depot

Date: 09 14 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "C. & N. W. Depot. Sheboygan, Wis." The Chicago & North Western railroad depot, built of brick in 1906. A train is stopped, pedestrian...
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West of the City

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "West of the City, Sheboygan, Wis." A view of the city looking towards the lake, with a locomotive on the right rounding the bend and ...
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Lannon Railroad Depot

Date: 1911
Description: View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot.
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Omaha Depot and Park

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Hayward Depot, with a train approaching. Several people are on the platform.
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National Railroad Museum; Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008

Date: 1964
Description: Color postcard of a green customized locomotive. Text on reverse reads: "Famous Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008. Built in London and N.E.R.R. in ...
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National Railroad Museum

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Description: Color postcard of the Sumter and Choctaw R.R., Mikado Type Locomotive, freight cars and Milwaukee Road caboose.
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The Yards in Winter

Date: 1950
Description: View down railroad tracks towards a tall building. Smoke is billowing from the locomotive.
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C.M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Grafton Depot and an oncoming train. A man is standing on the platform. St. Paul's Lutheran Church is in the backgr...
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Railroad Crossing on Road

Date: 03 1907
Description: View down dirt road towards a railroad crossing. A man is standing near a fence on the left. A brick factory building is behind the fence, and more buildin...
Poster

El Tren Que No Llegó (Front)

Date: 1936
Description: El Tren.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Men looking at a crushed Wisconsin Telephone Company truck as the result of an accident with the Milwaukee Road passenger train locomotive.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People watching railroad workers attempting to extricate the bodies of three men who died under the wheels of the Milwaukee Road passenger train locomotive...

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