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Train Wreck

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b...
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Railway Crane lifting Boxcar

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Description: Crowd watching a railway crane lift a boxcar from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway back on the track.
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou...
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Puzzling Train Wreck

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Description: View of the aftermath of a train wreck that left one locomotive on top of another. A small group of men stand in the snow along the tracks near the wreck. ...
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
Historical Essay

Railroad Disasters in Wisconsin

Brief history of railroad disasters in Wisconsin.

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