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Wisconsin Central Railway Locomotive no. 221
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Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive no. 221, the first "big engine" on the Wisconsin Central. Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works in 1898, and later renumbered 2619 on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, where she was a class E-22. Engineer Arthur Willett and fireman Al Follett are also pictured.
1898
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