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Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Engine #7 of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad, which was purchased in 1917, seen here at Scott Siding, Wisconsin. The known railroad employees in the pict...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

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Description: View across snow-covered railroad tracks towards Wisconsin Central's locomotive #4002. Industrial buildings are sending steam or smoke through smokestacks ...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: View from bottom of snowy hill looking up towards the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #3, which was purchased from the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway.
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Train Pushing Through Snow

Date: 1923
Description: Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Three men stand in the snow in front of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #2 (the second locomotive with this number) in the woods on the Menominee ...
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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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Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. There is snow on the ground and ice on the river.
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Train with Snow Thrower

Date: 1881
Description: Winter scene with three men posing in front of a locomotive with a snow thrower attached to the front of the engine. The snow trough, barely wider than the...
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Five Engines Bucking Snow on Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with five engines bucking snow on the Soo Line. Between January 21 and 22, 1917, 9" of snow fell with drifts up to 11.5 feet covering western ...
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Digging Out Train Stuck in Snow

Date: 1937
Description: Winter scene with a group of men, many holding shovels, standing on the left watching a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train pushing through snow, somewher...
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Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. Men are standing on the bridge in front of the locomotive. There is snow on the...
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou...
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Snow Train in Barron

Date: 03 03 1917
Description: Winter scene of a snow-covered locomotive plowing its way through Barron, following a storm.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of people standing around the engine of "Soo Line" wreck in winter.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: View through fence looking towards the train wreck of "Soo Line". The engine is leaning off the track. Snow is on the ground.
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Freight Train

Date: 1905
Description: Smoke rises from a steam engine pushing (or pulling) a freight train. There are bent rails and snow in the ditch.
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Engine No. 207

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Description: Side view of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 207, a yard engine.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Depot and Train

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Description: A steaming train at the depot platform on a snowy day. A group stands at the platform.

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