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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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Middleton Railroad

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be...
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking northwest along the 100 block of South Blair Street.
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Trolley

Date: 02 27 1930
Description: Six men posing with the first trackless trolley. Wisconsin Valley Electric Company #4.
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Streetcar Conductors

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Description: Streetcar conductors pose next to street car #109 on the Oshkosh/Omro line, with the H.C. Roenitz wholesale shoe and rubber company warehouse in the backgr...
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Beloit Railway Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot at Beloit. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis."
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Construction Crew at Northwestern Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Elevated view of a construction crew working on Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, showing the W.R. Baker Tavern at 601 E. Wilson Street, and the Pa...
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Railroad Track Clean-up

Date: 1910
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive #2035 and a work train on a track clean-up assignment. Locomotive #102 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 18...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
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Railroad Workers at Boardinghouse

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of boarders, all railroad shop workers, sitting on the front porch at Mrs. Armour's boarding house. Left to right are: Bill Salsig, Roy Mart...
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Train at Stevens Point Depot

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Description: View down platform towards locomotive and train at the railroad station. There are people standing on the platform near the depot building.
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Wisconsin & Michigan Locomotive at Marinette

Date: 05 24 1936
Description: A Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad pulling into the station at Marinette. The conductor on the step has been identified as Ray Campbell.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. The employees posed in front of the depot are identified only by their last names, left to right: L...
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Short Train at Rice Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad engine pulling a pay car. Identified employees include: (left to right) brakeman E.W. Sweet and fireman C...
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Portage Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: A group of men and boys posed around Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive # 313, a switch engine. The Fox House is in the background.
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Railroad Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach.
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Hiawatha Locomotive

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Description: The "Chippewa," one of the Milwaukee Road's high speed Hiawatha locomotives at the Union Station. The station clock tower can be seen in the background.

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