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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad
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View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large homes are on a hill in the background.
1884
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The "Gracie May" Locomotive
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