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
Train Crossing Bridge, 2004
Time Frame: 2004
Bridges allowed trains to cross otherwise impassable terrain like rivers and valleys. After rail bridges were built, steamboats played a lesser role compared to railroads. By the early 1870s railroads had changed the economic structure of Iowa. 2004.
Photo by Cory Heintz.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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