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Wreckage from the train crash in Cherry Valley, Illinois, suspected switchman's error.
(ca. 1901)

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Nebraska Zephyr
July 19, 2011

The Nebraska Zephyr (1947-68) passed through Cherry Valley July 19, 2011. Click above to see the train on its way from the Railway Museum in Union, IL to a train festival in the Quad Cities.