Grain elevators and other buildings with tracks running in between. Sign for Alta on a short wooden pole. "[V]iew looks E. [Ro]n Sims photo, [27]17 Cornell, [D.M.] IA 50313"--Photograph verso.
Metal shed with sign for Altoona. Railroad cars on tracks. Water tower in background with sign for Altoona. "Depot bldg. @ this location torn down Fall 1986. View looks S. Ronald D. Sims, 2717 Cornell St., Des Moines, Iowa 50313, Railroad…
Single story wooden depot with Rock Island insignia and Iowa Railway Company sign. Altoona water tower. "Looks S. Ron Sims photo, 2717 Cornell, D.M. IA 50313"--Photograph verso.
Shed with sign for Ames. "Ames, Iowa Yard about 2 mi. E. of town proper. Ronald D. Sims, 2717 Cornell St., Des Moines, Iowa 50313, Railroad Photography"--Photograph verso.
Signal box with sign for Ames Jct. "Same location as old Ames tower. W. side of Ames, IA. Ronald D. Sims, 2717 Cornell St., Des Moines, Iowa 50313, Railroad Photography"--Photograph verso.
