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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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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People looking at the train cars and undamaged front end of the Wisconsin Telephone Company truck involved in the Milwaukee Road passenger train-truck acci...
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
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Train at Stevens Point Depot

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Description: View down platform towards locomotive and train at the railroad station. There are people standing on the platform near the depot building.
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The Old Wood Train

Date: 03 29 1933
Description: "The old wood train." It is a class H3 train built in 1880 by Manchester Locomotive Works. John Rhine, the engineer, is shown. A large group of men are sta...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Engine #7 of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad, which was purchased in 1917, seen here at Scott Siding, Wisconsin. The known railroad employees in the pict...
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Original caption reads: "The St. Cloud district sales organization looks over the 29-car trainload of McCormick harvester-threshers bound for 47 dealers wh...
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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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Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
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Men along Snowy Railroad Tracks

Date: 1875
Description: Winter scene with men along railroad tracks in snow and a train engine behind the men. "The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage Railroa...
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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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Man along Railroad Tracks

Date: 1940
Description: A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background.
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Train at Railroad Crossing

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the...
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Caravan at Railroad Crossing

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a t...
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Men Walking Away from Train

Date: 1897
Description: A group of men carrying lunch boxes are walking away from a steam engine train, which is near another train and power lines.
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Men Escorting Woman on Railroad Platform

Date: 1897
Description: Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t...
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'Electro Motive' Train

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a...
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Man Waving from "Trainload of Twine"

Date: 1949
Description: A man hangs on to the side of a train from a ladder and waves his hand. Original caption reads: "Giving his engineer the 'highball' upon arrival of the 25-...

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