1.99.2564

Print, Photographic

1900 Approximate

Railroad Employees, C & NW Engine, Roundhouse. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" black and white photograph of 33 railroad employees, standing on and in front of a Chicago & Northwestern steam engine, parked in front of the Waseca Roundhouse circa 1900. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

Reverse side writing: Lyle Clayton, 116 5th Ave. SE. Waseca. Waseca was a C & NW Chicago and North Western division point, or a place where engines were serviced. The roundhouse and car shops were built in 1881 and for many years provided Waseca's largest payroll. Engines were repaired at the roundhouse while cars went on the "riptrack" to the shops for repair. The roundhouse burned in 1953. Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago and Northwestern; Chicago & NorthWestern; Chicago and NorthWestern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago and North Western; Chicago NorthWestern; Chicago North Western; C & NW; C&NW; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.