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From New York to Forest City, IA, in 1902
I am doing genealogywork on my norwegian-american family. My granduncle immigrated to America in 1902. An old letter tells us his story about how he got alle the way from Norway to Thompson, IA. I am working on writing a family book, and I try to find out all the details about his travel...- jrher
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- 1902 forest city genealogy iowa
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- Forum: Railroad History
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Couple Cold and Cloudy weekends
Been cold an cloudy around here, but that's not always a bad thing. 12/17/2016 1. Love this scene at Abel on the Sioux City Sub. Something about the trees and grass mixed with the snow really do it for me. 2. Just north of Abel, also on the Sioux City Sub 3. West of Ashland on...- brad_in_omaha
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- bnsf creston sub iowa nebraska sioux city sub
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- Forum: Railroad Photos - Midwestern US
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Past Couple Weekends
Its been way too long since I have posted any photos, but I actually made it out to the tracks with my camera 3 times since Thanksgiving! First off Black Friday: 1. BNSF Bayard Train in the foreground, IAIS CBBI in the background. BNSF has just returned and waiting a crew to take it back to...- brad_in_omaha
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- council bluffs iowa nebraska omaha
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- Forum: Railroad Photos - Midwestern US
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DME and CP in Clinton IA
Pleasantly surprised when this came around.- dw_trainPhotoguy
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- clinton cp dme iowa
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- Category: Central and Midwestern United States
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Union Pacific in Iowa- dw_trainPhotoguy
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- Category: Union Pacific
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Passing on the Diamond
Iowa Interstate 508 passes on the diamond while a BNSF waits in the background. Joliet station in Joliet Illinois- dwjs
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- Category: Central and Midwestern United States
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Shooting With The Sun
The Iowa Northen eastbound through Dewar Iowa on the old Chicago Great Western. The evening light was very nice but not for an eastbound. It took a little scouting ahead of them to find a shot that was with the light but I think it was worth it.- Pat
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- Category: Central and Midwestern United States
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BNSF 2131 Hits a snowdrift at Neola, Iowa
The Bayard Local with BNSF 2131 on the point, hits a drift at about 30 MPH. The Date is January 26, 2010. Neola, Iowa is Northeast of Council Bluffs and this is the former Milwaukee Road mainline to Omaha.- Zoohogger
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- bnsf iowa snowdrift
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- Category: Eastern United States
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Rock Island
In 1971 or so, the last Rock Island passenger train came into Des Moines, Iowa. Rushed to the station with a cheap camera and got this shot from a bad vantage point. Only was able to get passenger car Seminole.- muralist0221
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- Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
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After the flood
The first California Zephyr to run from Chicago to Emeryville after June flood damage was repaired- muralist0221
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- Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
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Iowa Interstate Number 500 at Erie, PA. 9-28-2008
New Iowa Intersate Number 500 in primer paint awaits delivery west.- MarkJL
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Iowa Interstate Railroad
New Iowa Interstate GE ES44AC Number 500 in primer paint, on the Norfolk Southern Interchange at Erie PA.- MarkJL
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- 500 at erie es44ac intersate iowa number pa. railroad
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I.C.E. 6423
A pleasant surprise from the east, heading west through the gorge. This one came out very high in the mids and almost too saturated. Odd. Fought it in editing. Desaturated and lightened. Thoughts? Lighten it more? Add contrast back in? (lowered it)- Leia
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- 6423 chicago eastern iowa
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- Category: Western United States
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IC 6117(CN)
IC 6117(CN) walks a very thin line or in this case a thin trestle; seen here on CN's CR Branch shoving cars into the yard across the waters of Cedar Lake in downtown Cedar Rapids, IA--February 16, 2008.- BuddyBurton
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- Category: Bridges and Trestles
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CR Turn
The daily Cedar Rapids Turn to Manchester finds the SD40-2 IC 6100 making a turn over East Main Street in Central City, IA. Power: SD40-2 IC 6100, GTW GP38-2 5812.- BuddyBurton
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- 5812 6100 cedar gtw ic iowa manchester rapids turn
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- Category: Canada
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