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The Milwaukee Road
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An old locomotive, marked as 35A, parked on railroad tracks. A chain link fence is on the left, and part of the old train depot is on the right, now serving another function. The train is a relic of the old Milwaukee Road, which ran from Chicago to Minneapolis through Milwaukee and Madison.
September 2013
Quinney, Richard
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