Ames & College Railway engine trying out bridge over Squaw Creek during high water, 1905 or 1906.

Ames & College Railway engine trying out bridge over Squaw Creek during high water, 1905 or 1906.

The Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) engine is attempting to cross a over Squaw Creek. The creek is high, but not covering the bridge. The Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW) coal chute is in the distance.

The Ames & College Railway, better known as the Dinkey, provided transportation between the City of Ames, Iowa and the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University).� As a joint venture of Ames and the College, the Dinkey began operating on July 4, 1891. The Ames & College Railway was sold to the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad in 1907. That year the Dinkey was replaced with an electric streetcar, known as the interurban.

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1905 or 1906

2012-10-29

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16.9 x 11.8 cm

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