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Train Derailment

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"Train derailment. Photo taken from North Pole Road. Hwy 28 can be seen in the distance (left)."

Date Created:
February 1, 1959

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Date Created February 1, 1959

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0132SD
Legacy ID
WHi 88140

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Photographs
Train Derailment

Train Derailment

circa 1950-1959

View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.

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Cows Grazing

Cows Grazing

"Cows graze along the Rock River. In the distance is North Pole Road and beyond that tracks of the Soo Line Railroad."

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Soo Line Tracks

Soo Line Tracks

August 1988

"For nostalgia, a steam locomotive made a run on the Soo Line tracks."

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Photographs
Derailed Railcars

Derailed Railcars

September 22, 1997

"Looking north along this section of track, one can see the overturned car's wheels, and debris after the derailment. The visible bend in the tracks was caused by the derailment."

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Photographs
Rail Fence

Rail Fence

May 30, 1949

"This rail fence was on the Myron Weninger farm on County D. In the distance are buildings on the Paul Beckman farm."

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Photographs
Doyle Road

Doyle Road

1962

"This is Doyle Road, looking north, near where it intersects with Allen Road." Taken through the windsheild of the photograhper's car.

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