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I think I can

Ridership increases; Steep grade ahead; Amtrak; Fat chance, unless Congress comes through with some more cash

Look out! There's a cod on the tracks

England; France; Channel Express; Cod catcher

Train passing Rock Island School, early 1900's; Mahaska County, Iowa

This is a picture of a train passing the Rock Island School in Mahaska County in the early 1900's. When the opportunity arrived, many school teachers would taken passenger trains to and from work in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

The Coming of the Train, 7 miles west of Rose Hill, 1875; Mahaska County, Iowa

This 1875 photograph illustrates the hard work and effort put into creating a railroad track by a crew seven miles west of Rose Hill, Iowa.

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