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Cows on a Railroad Track

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Description: Two cows are walking down railroad tracks. A man is standing on the road on the right near a small building, looking towards buildings in the distance.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. A group of men are standing by the main building.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Railroad Station

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Description: View from a railroad platform and railroad tracks. A locomotive with railroad cars is parked on the far track. One man is standing next to the locomotive; ...
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Locomotive Hauling Logs

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Description: Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
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J.T. Case Train

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Description: View across open ground towards a group of men and boys moving towards a train. The train is identified as the train for J.T. Case.
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Picnicking by the Train

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Description: View down curving railroad tracks towards a group of men and women sitting and standing on the edge of a forest on the left. There is a passenger train on ...
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Locomotives in a Train Yard

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Description: View down center of railroad tracks towards a train yard, showing several trains with locomotives. A man is standing near a building on the right has a sig...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards men standing and watching machinery clearing train wreckage.
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Cut-Off Bridge from Below

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Description: View looking up at two individuals, perhaps children, sitting at the top of a brick foundation underneath a bridge. Location identified as the cut-off brid...
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Train at a Depot

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Description: View down platform towards a train at a depot, with several people on the wooden platform.
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Three Wagons by a Boxcar

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Description: View towards three horse-drawn wagons to the right of a railroad boxcar.
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Unidentified Railroad Platform

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Description: View down railroad platform towards men waiting near a power line on the left. Railroad tracks stretch from the platform and curve off to the right near a ...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: A group of men, some with shovels, are working near the front of a locomotive that has derailed. There is a pile of sacks in the background on the right. A...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards the front of a locomotive tipped sideways on the set of railroad tracks on the right. On the left set of railroad tracks ...
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Train Travelers

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Description: Portrait of a group of men, women, and a child on a railroad platform. Railroad cars are in the background.
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Train Derailment

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two...
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Sand Haulers at Town Creek

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Description: View towards men standing by a line of sand haulers on a railway. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in ...
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Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the wreckage. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after th...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with men working by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the fill and reconstru...

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