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Title: C. & N.W. Railroad entering Alton, Iowa, Little Floyd River Bridge, Chicago and North Western Railroad
Description: Looking south at Alton, Iowa, from the Chicago and North Western Railway and Little Floyd River Bridge with signs on the right that say "Alton CNE Mile" and "Railroad Crossing Lookout [for] the Cars". You can see the steam rising from the train's smokestack in the background.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13888

Title: C.&N.W.R. Steam Engine, Chicago and North Western Railway Steam Engine
Description: Postcard view of a C.&N.W. Railway steam engine and engineers. Azo stamp box with four triangles pointing up on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:27285

Title: Chicago Great Western train wreck, Clarksville, Iowa
Description: On May 5, 1910, there was a Chicago, Great Western freight train pile up outside Clarksville, Iowa, with one death and 3 injured.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14066

Title: Depot scene, Bremer, Iowa, Bremer Station
Description: Looking at a train pulling in to Bremer Depot with several men waiting on the platform with their bags. Bremer was a stop along the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad and the small community was never incorporated.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14169

Title: Depot, Burt, Iowa, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story wood building with railroad signals and train in background. There are several people standing on the platform waiting for the train. The building was built in the early 1900s and the depot was closed in 1964. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14160

Title: Monster locomotives demolished in cut, March 21, 1910, train wreck, Green Mountain, Iowa
Description: Many volunteers helping to find victims and clear wreckage from a terrible train wreck near Green Mountain, Iowa. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14400

Title: Station, Alvord, Iowa, Railroad station
Description: Two story wooden depot with grain elevator in background. A train is pulling up in front of the depot with passengers waiting to board.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13670

Title: Train wreck near Bagley, Iowa
Description: Crowded gathered around a train wreck with one railroad car turned perpendicular to the rest of the train. Number 3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14219

Title: Unloading Chicago and Northwestern Railroad cars, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of men unloading supplies from the railroad cars into the horsedrawn wagons. 1910 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16069

Title: Wrecked pullman and coach ground to kindling, train wreck, March, 21, 1910, Green Mountain, Iowa
Description: Volunteers helping to clear up the wreckage from a train wreck on March 21, 1910 near Green Mountain, Iowa. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14397