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Train Derailment
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View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two men are working with shovels on one set of the tracks on the right. There are buildings in the background.
Van Schaick, Charles
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Train Wreck
1900
Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls.
Derailed Locomotive
View towards men standing on railroad tracks and near the wreckage of a train.
Train Derailment Clean-Up
Close-up of a group of men cleaning up the wreck of a train. Pieces of railroad cars are in piles of dirt. A railroad car is on the right. A town is in the background.
Men Working on Tipped Train Cars
A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a locomotive and three of the cars, which are no...
Derailed Locomotive
View down railroad tracks towards men standing and watching machinery clearing train wreckage.
Derailed Locomotive
A group of men, some with shovels, are working near the front of a locomotive that has derailed. There is a pile of sacks in the background on the right. A number and identification plate on the fr...
