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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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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 towards men standing on railroad tracks and near the wreckage of a train.
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Man on Ladder on Boxcar

Date: 07 1907
Description: A man wearing a hat, bow tie and suspenders is posing standing on a ladder on the side of a boxcar at McCormick Works. There is a poster on the side that r...
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Boxcar at McCormick Works

Date: 07 1907
Description: Boxcar at McCormick Works. There is a poster on the side that reads: "Deering Threshing Machines." The front wall of the boxcar is burst out. Perhaps from ...
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Railroad Accident at Plant

Date: 07 09 1920
Description: Railroad accident outside plant, with a boxcar tipped off a hill. Men are standing in and around the boxcar, which is full of material.

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