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Log Hauling Train

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Description: Train pulling a long load of logs through the woods. Horses replaced oxen teams and are used along with wood burning trains to haul logs.
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Lumber Railroad Crew

Date: 1903
Description: A work crew of the Upham Lumber and Manufacturing Company near Athens, Wisconsin. The men are riding on a flatbed car of the Abbottsford and Northeastern R...
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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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Locomotive Trailing Logs

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Description: Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew.
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Locomotive Hauling Logs

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Description: Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
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Locomotive on Logging Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 1919
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...

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