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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Tank Car Wreck

Date: 08 1946
Description: Tank car wreck at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad car ferry docks. A man wearing a hat is in the right foreground.
Photograph

Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of train cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks, with men working nearby.
Photograph

Railroad Accident

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks. Two men are crawling on top of the toppled railroad cars.
Photograph

Railroad Accident

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Description: Elevated view of a Northwestern Line railroad accident. Railroad cars have fallen off the railroad tracks and the engine car is lying on its side. Men and ...
Historical Essay

Railroad Disasters in Wisconsin

Brief history of railroad disasters in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Police Accident Report

Date: 10 16 1955
Description: Burkie West and his grandaughter Catherine West answer a police officer's questions after their automobile was hit by a train. Both incurred minor injuries...

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