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This photograph documents the official opening of the Hoosac Tunnel in 1876. Engineers, investors, and other observers of the ceremony and some of their wives are all posed around a locomotive at the mouth of the tunnel.

This postcard depicts the West Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, and bears a label which reads "Hoosac Tunnel, No. Adams, Mass".

This photograph shows workers constructing the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal.

This photograph captured a steam locomotive exiting the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal. Though it is undated, the photo was taken before the electrification of the Hoosac Tunnel in 1911.

This photograph features a steam locomotive loaded with coal in a North Adams rail yard. Though undated, it was likely taken a short time before 1900 -- after the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel and the building behind the train, and before the 1911…

This is a photograph of trains in a rail yard in North Adams, with a steeple, smokestacks, and some of the city's skyline visible in the background.

The Town Council of Tampa gives tax cuts and property to the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company. Ceded also to the railway company is the right to have input in any negotiations with other railway companies during the construction of…