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| Date: | 1956 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Crew from the Augusta and Knoxville railroad posing with a steam engine. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The Fairchild and Northwestern locomotive the "Gracie May," named for Gracie May Foster. Several people pose near the locomotive, including Robert Holmes a... |
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| Description: | Color illustration of Abraham Lincoln riding a horse behind a wagon as children look on. There is a locomotive in the background. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A deer hunting party pose with carcasses and supplies by a train on the C. St. P. M. & O. railroad. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people standing around the engine of "Soo Line" wreck in winter. |
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| Description: | View through fence looking towards the train wreck of "Soo Line". The engine is leaning off the track. Snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | Soo Line Train wreck with large crane pulling up damaged train engine. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Chicago and North Western Railroad (CN&W) tracks between Brearly and Ingersoll Streets. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Kilbourn Bridge at the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. A locomotive is pulling railroad cars over the bridge. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down left side of railroad tracks towards a railroad station with several figures standing on and around the platform. A sign on the right reads: "Wau... |
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| Description: | View across water toward a railroad train and locomotive on a ferry going across the Mississippi River near New Orleans. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A day passenger train crossing the high North Western railroad bridge over the Chippewa River. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Railroad Depot. North Freedom is the home of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum which operates excursion tours on a steam railroad. |
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