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Milwaukee Road Railroad
August 1974
View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
Wisconsin Central Locomotive
View across snow-covered railroad tracks towards Wisconsin Central's locomotive #4002. Industrial buildings are sending steam or smoke through smokestacks in the background.
Wisconsin Central Locomotive
View of the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossing a railroad bridge at Knowlton.
Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car
1907
Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks
1896
Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Jackson County. There is a long, low buildin...
