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Monticello Historical Society: 1954 train wreck
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Photo supplied by the Monticello Historical Society
The 1954 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific train wreck between Monticello and New Glarus. Engine 1811 derailed on a wooden trestle that had been destroyed by an earlier grass fire. Photo is by the late Howard Steinmann.