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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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Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers repairing railroad tracks in Serbia during World War I.
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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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National Guardsmen at the Depot

Date: 1885
Description: Group of Wisconsin National Guardmen standing on a platform, possibly at the Union Depot in Camp Douglas.
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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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Railroad Guards

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Description: German railroad guards on the eastern border.
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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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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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East Prussian Reservists

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Description: East Prussian Landsturm (reservists) marching.
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Guarding Railways

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Description: Railway track guard. On guard with a rifle.
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On the Road to Antivari (Bar)

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Description: Civilians working on improving the railroad track bed.
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Turkish Landsturm (Reservists)

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Guarding a bridge in Adana.
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Turkish Reservists

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Description: Turkish Landsturmleute (reservists) being detailed to improve rail and road beds.
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24th US Infantry Division Leaves for Japan

Date: 01 29 1952
Description: Personnel of the 24th US Infantry Division, carrying duffel bags, prepare to board a train to Northern Japan.
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Parade Down City Street

Date: 1918
Description: View down street of an approaching column of American officers and soldiers parading through the downtown of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia.
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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 in Merxen Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees passing through a line of soldiers.
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Refugees from Antwerp Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees from Antwerp awaiting the train that will take them home.

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