<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_and_Western_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:Burlington and Western Railway">Burlington and Western Railway</a> Locomotive #5 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_gauge" class="extiw" title="w:Dual gauge">dual-gauge</a> mainline of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_Cedar_Rapids_and_Northern_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway">Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern</a> pulling a northbound train headed by 2 standard-gauge cars, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_and_St._Louis_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway">Minneapols and St. Louis</a> box car and a Burlington and Western stock car.  Both cars are mounted on narrow-gauge trucks. Locomotive #5 is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-6-0" class="extiw" title="w:2-6-0">2-6-0</a> built by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Locomotive_Works" class="extiw" title="w:Grant Locomotive Works">Grant Locomotive Works</a> and renumbered 55 around the time of this photo.
<p>The track at this point is on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trestle_bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Trestle bridge">timber trestle</a> over Dry Branch Creek, with new stone abutments for a 110 foot two-span bridge under construction and new fill behind the abutments.  The next bridge up the line is very similar and dated 1898; this photo was probably taken that summer.
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Note: This image has been edited to remove numerous speckles from the sky and a few scratches.
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Burlington Route Historical Society, Corbin-Wagner collection