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This is a picture of one of the Casement Brothers construction trains used in building the Union Pacific railroad. Employes had to be skilled both in the use of tools and guns. Many times they dropped tools and picked up guns to repulse an attack…

An article titled "Railroads in Council Bluffs" by Andrew McMillen

Written for Council Bluffs Public Schools - March 20, 1936

Part of "Transportation and Council Bluffs: A Supplement to Iowa History"

photo of Chicago Great Western Railroad depot, taken from tracks
on back of photo:
File Chicago Great Western
CGW depot

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Illinois Central drawbridge about the turn of the century, when pedestrians were permitted to cross it. A double track railroad bridge and one of the largest of its kind in the world, it was built across…