Sign for Colfax next to intersection of road and tracks. Grain elevator, other buildings and freight cars nearby. "View looks E. Ronald D. Sims, 2717 Cornell St., Des Moines, Iowa 50313"--Photograph verso.
Single story brick depot with people standing next to depot and train. "No. 522. Class A-3, 4-4-0, built by Schenectady 1883, builder's No. 1742, scrapped 1913. Photographed at Clinton, Iowa about 1900. A. W. Johnson collection"--Caption on photo.
Railroad cars on tracks. Buildings behind. Sign for Cleghorn next to tracks. Railroad ties on ground between tracks. "[Vi]ew looks E. [R]on Sims photo, [2]717 Cornell, [D.] M. IA 50313"--Photograph verso.