Number 14, the eastbound Land O'Corn, pauses at Dubuque to discharge and receive passengers. All of the railroad buildings in this shot were torn down for a major highway project in the 1990s. The CMStP&P mainline on the far left was also removed. From a 120 Ektachrome slide, ASA unknown, reduced to B&W due to age related color problems. Taken from the Julien Dubuque Bridge when the side walk was on the north side. A color version of the original slide can be seen here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/editPicture.aspx?id=2414229 If you look very carefully at the brick on the west end of the depot, you can see a change in the gray tone--this was the high water mark of the flood of 1965.
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