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Fitchburg Depot and Train

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors.
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Train Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls.
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Locomotive and Crew

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Description: Locomotive and railroad crew.
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
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Railroad Engineer and Fireman

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Description: An unidentified engineer and fireman in the cab of a Wisconsin & Michigan locomotive.
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First Milwaukee Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot, which was used by the Milwaukee & Waukesha and the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroads. The Milwaukee &...
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Station

Date: 1956
Description: View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ...
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Men on Snow Bank with Madison-Portage Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Winter scene with men standing on snow banks near a Madison-Portage Railroad locomotive. "The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage Railr...
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Railroad Train near Hiawatha City Yard

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Description: View across multiple sets of railroad tracks towards two locomotives at a railroad city yard in Milwaukee (probably the Hiawatha). There is a dense cloud o...
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Logging Museum

Date: 1920
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis."
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Hillsboro & Northeastern Railway No. 4

Date: 1925
Description: One of the locomotives from the Hillsboro and Northeastern Railway with the engineer leaning out of his window.
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UW Band Trumpeters at Train Station

Date: 12 23 1952
Description: Seven U.W. Band members play " California Here We Come" on imported English fanfare trumpets decorated with a red satin Wisconsin banner. They are standing...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive pulling into a railroad depot and yards. The depot is a two-story building. Two wagons are parked near the depot ...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View looking up towards a locomotive and five railroad cars on a railroad bridge crossing a river.
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Railroad Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view looking across river of a railroad train on a railroad bridge crossing a river. On the rocks in the foreground below is a man fishing with a ...
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View upriver towards a train passing over a bridge. Smoke is trailing behind the locomotive, and a man is standing on top of the first railroad car.

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