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Dahinda (vicinity), Illinois. The flagman gives the highball sign as the train is ready to start again on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa
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Credit lineDahinda (vicinity), Illinois. The flagman gives the highball sign as the train is ready to start again on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iow. 1943-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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