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'Electro Motive' Train

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a...
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Train Yard from Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Electric Rapid Transit at 20-23rd Streets and St. Paul, looking southeast from a hillside. Snow is on the ground, the buildi...
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Elevated View of Railroad Yard on Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of railroad yard and railroads cars on Jones Island. On the right is a large derrick or crane, and in the background are a number of freighte...
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive #42

Date: 1886
Description: A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company.
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Locomotive No. 40

Date: 1869
Description: Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway locomotive no. 40, called the L.B. Rock, at the Chestnut Street yards. The mast of a ship is visible in the background, and ...
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Railroad Yard at Allis-Chalmers

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of Allis-Chalmers plant showing several trains on the tracks next to a large industrial building. The steam engine tender in front of the loc...
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Lakefront in Chicago

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Description: Elevated view of rows of railroad cars at the lakefront in Chicago, south of the Randolph Street viaduct.
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Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the railroad shipping yards of the Idaho and Washington Northern Railway. Included in the image are numerous buildings, workers, trees, an...
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Water Street

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Description: View of Water Street. Railroad tracks run along the river and split in the distance. A girl looks out at a steamboat that is visible in the river to the ri...
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Shops

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Description: View of the St. Louis-San Francisco train yard and railway shops. Train cars are parked on the track leading into a warehouse. Men are working near the tra...
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Frisco Round House And Freight Yards

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Description: An elevated view of Frisco roundhouse and freight yards, a train yard where many cars and a few locomotives are parked. Painted on the side of many of the ...
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Man in International Truck Near Freight Train

Date: 1913
Description: A man in an International Model M truck parked in a railroad yard beside a freight train. In the background is a locomotive and a refrigerator car. The tra...
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Loading Ore Cars

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Description: Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard.
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Railroad Tracks through Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a train yard with six sets of railroad tracks and large wooden buildings. A nearby neighborhood is visible in the background. Caption read...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: View down railroad tracks of a depot and yards in Ableman. The depot is in the background, among other industrial and commercial buildings.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive pulling into a railroad depot and yards. The depot is a two-story building. Two wagons are parked near the depot ...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1929
Description: View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n...
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Scene at Bangor

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Description: View of railroad tracks near a railroad station on the left and a residential road on the right. There is a row of utility lines leading into the far dista...
Postcard

Railroad Yards

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad yard. Across an empty yard where a few large pipes lay, a locomotive with smoking stack and cars is on railroad track...

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