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Troops Leaving Menomonie

Date: 07 16 1918
Description: Elevated view of the departure of the drafted soldiers at the Menomonie railroad station, with a crowd present to see them off.
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Locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool"

Date: 1864
Description: The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War.
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Destruction of Hood's Ordinance (Ordnance) Train

Date: 1864
Description: General Hood ordered a train full of gunpowder set on fire so that the Union Army couldn't use it, resulting in a series of explosions
Plate 44
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Church Service in Roundhouse

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us...
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Church Service in Cherbourg

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us...
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Wisconsin Soldiers Pose on Locomotive

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Five railroad soldiers pose on a locomotive near the roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. From Wisconsin are, (top) Se...
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Destroyed Serbian Rail Wagons

Date: 1914
Description: A Serbian freight train with provisions that had been bombarded by the Austrians and later burned completely.
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Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers repairing railroad tracks in Serbia during World War I.
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Ruma Train Station

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian Soldiers detraining in the City of Ruma, located in the Province of Syrmien. These soldiers are massing for the invasion of Serbia in 1915.
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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Captured Russian Artillery

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Description: Captured Russian artillery limbers and ammunition carts. Aftermath of the Battle of Tannenberg.
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The First Neutral Train Pulling into Merxen

Date: 1914
Description: The first neutral train carrying returning refugees is pulling into the Merxen station in Antwerp. Soldiers are posing in front of the engine.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: View of the neutral train entering Merxen (Merskem), near Antwerp, bringing refugees from Holland.
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German Soldiers and Dutch Officials

Date: 1914
Description: Dutch officials and German soldiers in front of the locomotive pulling the train returning Belgian refugees from Holland.
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Truck Frame for Army Use

Date: 06 03 1918
Description: A truck frame for army use is set up on blocks in the yard at McCormick Works. The frame would be covered with a tarp. In the background are railroad track...
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Truck Frame for Army Use

Date: 06 03 1918
Description: A truck frame for army use is set up on blocks in the yard at McCormick Works. The frame would be covered with a tarp. Railroad tracks and stacks of lumber...
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Repairing Railbed in Enemy Territory

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Description: Necessary work in enemy territory. Austrian engineers laying rails for a roadbed to make the transport of provisions easier.

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