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Milwaukee Road Switch Engine Derailment
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Onlookers stand near a Milwaukee Road switch engine and two boxcars derailed near the East Johnson Street crossing of the Yahara River.
April 14, 1956
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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