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Odanah Railroad Bridge

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Description: A Northwestern Railroad train pulled by locomotive #967 across a bridge with steel supports.
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Railroad Bridge over Tomahawk River

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Soo Line railroad bridge crossing the Tomahawk River at Bradley, Wisconsin. The bridge, built in 1886, was 126 ft. long and...
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Rail Crossing at Elroy

Date: 09 1936
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train crossing the Elroy-New Lisbon Road (Highway 80).
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Horseshoe Curve near Ableman

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Description: View of a passenger train coming down the tracks at the Horseshoe Curve. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947.
Postcard

Soo Round House at Abbottsford

Date: 1909
Description: The Soo line roundhouse. Caption reads: "Soo Round House, Abbottsford, Wis."
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Smelting Furnaces

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Description: Elevated view of industrial buildings identified as smelting furnaces. A railroad train and railroad track runs the length of the foreground of the image a...
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Northwestern Engine No. 5001

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Description: Engine no. 5001 of a Northwestern train.
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Engine No. 4076A

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Description: Engine no. 4076A of a Chicago and North Western train.
Postcard

Hustler Railroad Depot

Date: 07 16 1913
Description: Photographic postcard of men, women and children standing near a railroad train car at the Hustler Depot. Handwritten note along with postcard reads: "Reve...
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Norman Wiese on Location for "The Emigrants"

Date: 09 1969
Description: Close-up of a man wearing a conductor's hat. A train is in the background. Caption reads: "Norman Wiese, North Freedom, Mid-Century RR Museum. Was also in ...

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