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Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
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Cub Cadet Transport

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man uses a forklift to move boxes of Cub Cadet lawn tractors stacked on wooden pallets onto a train car. The Cub Cadets were manufactured at Internationa...
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Depot — Black Earth

Date: 1922
Description: View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside.
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Tree Nursery Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model S truck owned by T.W. Rice is parked alongside an opened railroad boxcar as a man unloads a plant from the truck bed.
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Slumbercoach

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Description: Two women boarding the Slumbercoach car on a B&O Railroad passenger train. A Pullman porter carries two suitcases as a stewardess greets customers. ...
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Engine No. 1009

Date: 1900
Description: Engine no. 1009 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway with engineer Charles S. Pollard seated in the cab. On the ground from the left are switchman...
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Engine No. 404

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Description: View down railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 404, class B4. Standing next to the locomotive is engineer Louis Peterso...
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Engine No. 812

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ...
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Switch Engine No. 1079

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1079, class J2. The engineer was Philip Currie and the fireman was Edward C. McNeill. The third man in th...
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Engine No. 1155

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1155, class I4, built by the company's shop in 1901. Posing in front of the engine from left to right, ar...
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Locomotive Engine No. 8240

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Description: Locomotive engine #8240 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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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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Loading Bananas on a Train

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men loading a large pile of bananas onto a train in Costa Rica. Three men wearing suits and hats are sitting and standing on top of the railroad c...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin Central Railroad Historic Marker

Date: 10 03 1955
Description: Dr. Clifford L. Lord (second from left), director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, unveiled the Wisconsin Central Railroad historical marker at H...
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Delivery Truck at Union Pacific Railroad

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck backed up to a loading dock. The sign painted on the passenger door reads: "Union Pacific, D...
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Man in Driver's Seat of Dump Truck

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Right side view of a truck with a stake body and a sign that reads: "Canadian National Express."
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C.M. & St. P Engine #287

Date: 1860
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway engine #287, which was built by Mason Locomotive Works in 1860. Two men are standing on the locomotive.

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