Throwback Thursday: Engine Number 3196

All aboard! We’ve got another #ThrowbackThursday coming your way!

This week’s #throwback features a 5″ x 8″ black and white photograph of Engine Number 3196 of the C.B.&Q. Railroad. This engine ran from Alliance, Nebraska to Billings, Montana in the early 1900s.

This image is published by Crawford Public Library and is owned by Crawford Historical Society and Museum. The contents of this collection feature images of the Crawford area from the late 1800s and early 1900s. The collection also includes portraits of Crawford residents, images of local businesses, and souvenir postcards.

Check out this collection and more on the Nebraska Memories archive.

Nebraska Memories is a cooperative project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials and make them available to researchers of all ages via the Internet. The Nebraska Memories archive is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission. If your institution is interested in participating in Nebraska Memories, see http://nlc.nebraska.gov/nebraskamemories/participation.aspx for more information.

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