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Railway Shopmen
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A group of railway shopmen of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad pose at the terminal roundhouse in Madison's west side yards bordering Regent Street. The roundhouse foreman, A.J. (Arthur Jacob) Edmonds, stands in the doorway wearing a vest, tie and hat.
1913
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Madison Roundhouse
1896
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Locomotive #280 at the Madison roundhouse. Identified railroad employees posed outdoors with the locomotive include: fireman Omro B. Mills on the gangway, and (left to...
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway
July 20, 1886
Group of people posing in the rail yard of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railway.
Portage Turn Table and Pump House
1885
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul engine #689 on the turn table, surrounded by railroad employees. The pump house is in the background.
Engine No. 207
Side view of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 207, a yard engine.
Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Locomotive No. 71
1883
CM&StP Railway locomotive no. 71 and a coal car at a roundhouse.
Locomotive no. 141
Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive no. 141, built by the American Locomotive Company. It was later renumbered 2323 on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault St. Marie Railway.
