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Women railroad wipers
Removing Snow From Tracks, Forest City, 1936
Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936
Train on Trestle, Preston 
Train Crosses Viaduct at Boone
Passenger Train
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Steam Train
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Passenger Train
Time Frame: late 1800s
This passenger train belonged to the Sioux City Rapid Transit Company. Railroads were a welcome new mode of transportation for Iowans in the late 1800s. They were faster and more convenient than horses. Date unknown.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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