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Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
Spring 2016 Historical Society newsletter.
IC Works From Both Ends to Repair Flooded Track; 12-mile Stretch Damaged
Roller Coaster Roadbed...faces Illinois Central crewmen for two miles where rails and ties sagged of their own weight when roadbed was washed out.
Illinois Central Bridge
Photograph of the Illinois Central Bridge construction - 12th St. and Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Illinois Central Bridge postcards
Six postcards of Illinois Central Railroad Bridge over the Missouri River.
Illinois Central Railroad Trestle
Photograph of the Illinois Central Railroad Trestle over Big Lake north of Council Bluffs
Illinois Central Station, Council Bluffs, IA
Three postcards depicting the Illinois Central Station.
Looking For Trouble
Tons of diesel locomotive above him doesn't bother this Burlington Railroad yard man as he checks the alignment of the engine's wheels. The lead wheels on the three trucks of a double diesel unit dropped off the track near Main Street and Eleventh…
Make-Believe Trains
Readers who squint--and squint hard--and imagine themselves atop a railroad trestle looking over the yards, can almost believe that these old ties are long, shiny-white passenger trains coming from the passenger station. The damages rails, unlike…
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.
New Electronic System Keeps Tabs On Freight Cars For CNW; CAR_FAX 'Eliminates Many Problems'
Transmitting A List...of eastbound freight cars is Chief Clerk Odell Waffle, Route 4, and Asst. Supt. L.C. McDowell. Information is transmitted directly from punched cards.
New Power For CGW
Edward T. Reity, president of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, accepts delivery of one of eight powerful new diesels the line is placing into service this month from R.L. Terrell (on left), vice president of General Motors and general…
Old and New IC Bridge
Photograph of the old and new IC Bridge over the Missouri river.
One Hurt In 11-Car Derailment of Train
Fishtail motion...is evident in derailed cars of Overland Limited passenger train. Several hundred feet of train is damaged.
Pacific Fruit Express Company's Ice Plant
Postcard of the Pacific Fruit Express Company's Ice Plant. From back, "The Pacific Fruit Express Company's new ice plant at Council Bluffs, which has a capacity of 270 tons daily and a storage capacity of 25,000 tons. The mammoth iceing platform is…
Photograph of Jay Gould
Printed on back of image: "Jay Gould's picture given to Gen. Dodge when Dodge was building the Texas Pacific."
Photograph of train at Union Pacific Transfer
Photograph of a train at Union Pacific Transfer carrying troops from Council Bluffs, IA on their way the Philippines.
Postcards of the Union Pacific Transfer Station
Four postcards of the Union Pacific Transfer Station in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Railroad Bridge across the Missouri
Photograph of a train crossing the Missouri River.
Railroad Bridge across the Missouri
Photograph of a train crossing a railroad bridge across the Missouri River.
Railroad Tracks "Vanishing"
Railroad tracks belonging to the Chicago Great Western Railroad Co., are disappearing from the scene in the southeast part of Council Bluffs. Five sets of tracks have already been torn up and trackage pictured in foreground is slated for removal in…