Railroads
Removing Snow From Tracks, Forest City, 1936
Modern Railroad Transportation, 2004
Train on Trestle, Preston 
Passenger Train
Early Train Engine
Electric Locomotive, ca. 1950
Train Crossing Bridge, 2004
Modern Diesel Train, 2004
Loading Grain Onto Train, 2004
Steam Train Crossing Bridge 2004
Steam Train
Railroad Tracks Across Iowa
Early Train Engine
Time Frame: Early 1870s
This train pulls into a depot. Trains were used to transport products and passengers. They were a welcome new form of transportation in the early 1870s in Iowa.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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