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Meeting the Train

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Description: A group of women, probably wearing their best dresses and hats, meeting a Green Bay & Western train. The photograph was probably taken near Black River Fal...
Photograph

Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
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Wisconsin & Michigan Locomotive at Marinette

Date: 05 24 1936
Description: A Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad pulling into the station at Marinette. The conductor on the step has been identified as Ray Campbell.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. The employees posed in front of the depot are identified only by their last names, left to right: L...
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Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
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Hiawatha Locomotive

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Description: The "Chippewa," one of the Milwaukee Road's high speed Hiawatha locomotives at the Union Station. The station clock tower can be seen in the background.
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Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
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Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Railroad Depot

Date: 1869
Description: The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. Included in the photograph is an omnibus operated by Major Throup.
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Amtrak Celebration

Date: 10 30 1989
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson, a member of the Amtrak governing board, joins an unidentified Amtrak official as the train breaks a ceremonial banner...
Postcard

Merrill Railroad Depot

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Description: Colorized view of a crowd at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul station. Caption reads: "C. M. & St. P. Depot Depot, Merrill, Wis."
Photograph

Armstrong Creek Railroad Tracks

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Description: A view of the Soo Line Depot and railroad tracks running through the town at Armstrong Creek. A man, child, and a dog are walking on the railroad tracks.
Postcard

Kenosha Trolley Station

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Description: View across tracks toward the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Station. Caption reads: "C. & M. Electric Station, Kenosha, Wis."
Photograph

Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 06 10 1906
Description: View of car #466, which was then one of Milwaukee's newest streetcars. The car was put in service by TMERL about 1905 and was rebuilt as a duplex car in 1...
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Train Station with Water Tower

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Description: Train station with several men, including one standing atop a large water tower.
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Deer Hunters at Harshaw

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Description: A group of men pose with guns and deer carcasses on the railroad platform at Harshaw.
Photograph

Depot and Mineral Springs Hotel

Date: 1875
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of men standing on the platform at the train depot, with the Mineral Springs Hotel behind and to the right. Anothe...
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...

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