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Train Wreck

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b...
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of people standing around the engine of "Soo Line" wreck in winter.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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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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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of train wreck of Soo Line. There is a box car off the train tracks, with other wreckage in background. There is some snow along the right si...
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Soo Line Train wreck with large crane pulling up damaged train engine. Snow is on the ground.
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou...
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling...
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Puzzling Train Wreck

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Description: View of the aftermath of a train wreck that left one locomotive on top of another. A small group of men stand in the snow along the tracks near the wreck. ...
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
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C.M. St. P. Railroad Wreck

Date: 1912
Description: View of group of men standing around the train wreck of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad near Turkey River, Iowa across the river from...
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Trolley Wreck

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Trolley Wreck at Reedsville, Dec. 22, 1906." A streetcar has rolled onto its side, off of the tracks. Several people are looking at t...

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