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Train Wreck

Date: 06 21 1900
Description: Wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Little Rapids. A group of men and boys are viewing the damage to the locomotive.
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Head-On Train Collision

Date: 10 1891
Description: The wreckage of a head-on collision of two Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad trains at Tramway. Men stand near and on top of the railroad cars...
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Train Derailment

Date: 05 30 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view from bank of workmen gathered at the site of a train derailment. The man in suit and hat at far left is identified as a police offic...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Milwaukee Road locomotive 5508 resting on its side after a derailment. The engine struck the rail, seen in center foreground, which had been driven upright...

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