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| Date: | 11 01 1927 |
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| Description: | Right side profile view of a locomotive pulling a railroad car with a sign painted on the side that reads: "Illinois Northern Ry." The railroad engineer is... |
| Date: | 01 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men in tuxedos smiling and talking to each other. Drapes are in the background. Caption reads: "Among others at the dinner were (from left) W.W. Brown... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks looking towards a long line of railroad cars on another set of tracks. The large banners on the side of some of the cars reads: "... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | German soldiers and Dutch officials in front of a neutral train transporting refugees back to Belgium. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ... |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa... |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Brakeman R.D. DeRoche pressing the button to deactivate the warning lights as the Illinois Central train passes the intersection with Monroe and Regent Str... |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | After passing the intersection of Monroe and Regent Streets, the brakeman gets back on the train for the trip to Freeport on the Illinois Central Railroad. |
| Date: | 08 02 1957 |
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| Description: | North Western Railroad employees demolish a concrete coal chute at the railroad's East Side yard, at Commercial and Sherman Avenues, on their second attemp... |
| Date: | 12 31 1957 |
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| Description: | Patrick J. Donnelly (left) on his last day of work after serving as conductor with the North Western Railway for 52 years. K.M. Prenot (right), a brakeman ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down a set of two railroad tracks towards the Mauston Railroad Station on the right, and an approaching train on the left set of tracks. Workers and p... |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of a steam locomotive and rail mounted steam shovel, probably in the Culebra Cut, during construction of the Panama Canal. Men are seen on... |
| Date: | 09 23 1911 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Road locomotive 5508 resting on its side after a derailment. The engine struck the rail, seen in center foreground, which had been driven upright... |
| Date: | 09 23 1911 |
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| Description: | Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 04 22 1918 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of men posing on a platform in font of a train loaded with products. |
| Date: | 09 1919 |
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| Description: | View of a locomotive on the logging railroad spur, with the engineer. Three men are standing on the tracks. An automobile is parked below on the left in fr... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A railroad worker cleans snow out of a railroad track switch with a broom. He is dressed warmly with a hard hat. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of railroad workers posing for a group portrait on the rails. Three men are standing on a handcar. They all are holding the implements they use in the... |
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