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  • Tags: Chicago and North Western Railway Company

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Old No. 5...emerges through a cloud of swirling snow with its last string of passenger cards for Council Bluffs

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Swinging Down...from the engine cab are crewmen James Nelson, the fireman, and engineer Tom Ogilvie.

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Getting Them Rolling Again...was the concern of the first work crews reporting back to the Chicago and North Western Railway Saturday. Inspecting locomotives idled for the last 30 days in the Council Bluffs yards were the Division General Foreman…

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Freight office, left...rebuilt by north Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office as completed.

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Freight Office, left...rebuilt by the North Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office was completed.

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A photo of the interior of the Chicago and North Western's repair shop. On back of photo:
C&NW Repair shop
on Ave G
This is CB
1-3-52

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Close-up phot of derailed railroad cars and damaged tracks.
On back of photo:
CNW
Train Crash
1-7-53

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Postcard of Chicago & Northwestern Depot, Council Bluffs, IA

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photo of car approaching the Chicago and North Western Railway's crossing on Washboard Road.

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Aerial photo of downtown Council Bluffs, looking northeast,. West Broadway runs diagonally from upper left to lower right. Landmarks pictured include: Bayliss Park, the old Post Office, Hotel Chieftain, Bennett Building, the old Washington…

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Aerial photo of southwest Council Bluffs, looking north from the northern part of Lake Manawa. South Main Street is pictured in the upper right of the photo, and the Chicago Northwestern Railway yard at 23rd Avenue and South 16th Street. The…

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A Car Crossing...the railroad on Washboard Road must be within 11 feet of the rail before the driver's line of sight is clear to the curve east of the intersection.

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Lakeside Pileup: A piggyback trailer, full of hams, lies on its side only feet away from the pond in Lakeside Park at the north edge of Council Bluffs. The boxcar above is lying on another freight car, behind the trailer. The eight-car derailment…

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Workers Investigate...the best method of pulling this entanglement of freight cars apart. The derailment occurred when a rail broke on a feeder line of the Chicago and North Western at the north edge of Council Bluffs.
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