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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd boarding a passenger car at the railroad depot.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
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Southern Pacific Depot

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Description: A crowd is gathered on railroad tracks near passenger cars outside Southern Pacific Depot, built in 1880. Published by S. Friedman.
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Large Log on a Railway Flat Car

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Description: An enormous log is secured on a flat rail car parked in a rail yard. Three men are making sure it is fastened properly. More logs are visible on rail cars ...
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Round House

Date: 1924
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of two trains entering a Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse. A man in overalls stands near the tracks.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "The engineer waves as the steam locomotive bears down the track."
Postcard

Union Railroad Depot

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Union Railroad depot. A railroad worker stands on the tracks, one man walks on the platform with his baggage and two men sit on a...
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Survey Group

Date: 1895
Description: Group of surveyors from the Agricultural Department at the University of Wisconsin posing on the back platform of their railroad car 404, "the Palace Car."...
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Loading Dock and Train at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: View down platform of train stopped at a loading dock at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the dock is a large stac...
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Wood Burning Locomotive

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Description: Men posed on the front cowcatcher, or pilot, of a wood burning locomotive, with a few cars attached. Three other men pose on the locomotive.
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Retiring Conductor C.R. Odekirk

Date: 08 30 1957
Description: While standing on the steps of a passenger car, North Western Railway conductor C.R. Odekirk is preparing for his final run on the Dakota 400. He is retiri...
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Guy S. Keefer, Senior Citizen

Date: 08 03 1958
Description: Guy S. Keefer, a senior citizen who is "past 81" years old.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards depot with railroad train pulling into the station. Passengers are waiting on the platform, and other people are standing...
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Union Depot

Date: 1924
Description: View down tracks towards man standing in front of the Union Depot. There is a "Seeds Feed" sign on a building in the background. In the foreground is a lam...
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Western Union Crew

Date: 05 01 1912
Description: A group of 16 men, some in suits, some in work clothes, posing with railroad cars from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
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Depot and Train

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Description: A winter view of the depot with a passenger train. Passengers are on the platform. The engineer is leaning out the window of the locomotive. In the backgro...

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