Title:
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Exhibit, Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Chrome PM 1948 Oct-3
Description:
Beside the blue waters of Lake Michigan, the "Southern Colonial Mansion" which housed the C&EI transportation exhibit is set in the vegetation of Florida. A reproduction of that state in flowers...Stephen Foster diorama...scale model of the route serving all Dixieland.
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Title:
Big Boy 4-8-8-4 Mallet type engine
Chrome PM 1950 May-13
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Title:
Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR Exhibit
Chrome PM 1949 Jun-25
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Title:
Narrow Gauge Deadwood Central Train
Chrome PM 1948 Jul-20
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Title:
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Linen PM 1949 Jun-25
Description:
A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters.
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Title:
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Linen PM 1949 Jun-25
Description:
A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters.
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Title:
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train At Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Linen PM 1948 Aug-2
Description:
A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters.
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Title:
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train At Chicago Railroad Fair
Linen PM 1949 Jun-25
Description:
A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters.
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Title:
Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Linen PM 1949 Jun-25
Description:
A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters.
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Title:
Old New Orleans in Chicago - Chicago Railroad Fair
Chicago Illinois (IL), Linen PM 1949 Oct-2
Description:
Illinois Central Exhibit of Old New Orleans
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Title:
World's Fastest Locomotive - Pennsylvania Railroad's No. 7002 127.1 Miles an Hour
Linen unused
Description:
The world's fastest run by a railroad train was made by the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Monday, June 12, 1905, when it ran 127.1 miles an hour between AY Tower and Elida, Ohio. The Broadway Limited was pulled by coal burning steam Locomotive 7002, and although many swift runs have been made in recent years by steam, electric and diesel locomotives, none has equalled the 127.1 mile an hour record run established in 1905. At the Chicago Railroad Fair of 1949, Locomotive 7002 stands on a section of P.R.R. standard roadbed with rails weighing 155-piounds to the yard - heaviest in the world.
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Title:
Chicago & Eastern Illinois R.R. Exhibit, Chicago Railroad Fair
Chrome unused
Description:
Beside the blue waters of Lake Michigan, the "Southern Colonial Mansion" which houses the C&EI transportation exhibit is set in the vegetation of Florida...scale reproduction of that state in flowers...Stephen Foster diorama...scale model of the route serving all Dixieland.
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Title:
Hall Of Science
Linen unused
Description:
An interesting view of the Hall of Science showing details of modernistic design of architecture. This illustration represents but a very small section of the Science Building. Which is 700 feet long and 400 feet wide
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Title:
Chicago Eastern Illinois Exhibit
Real Photo unused
Description:
Florida in Chicago. Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
New Orleans French Quarter
Real Photo unused
Description:
Illinois Central Exhibit Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Real Photo unused
Description:
"Florida in Chicago". Chicago Railroad Fair 1949.
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Title:
Bank Of Gold Gulch
Real Photo unused
Description:
Continental-Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Eastern Railroads And Pullman Co. Exhibit
Real Photo unused
Description:
Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Eastern Railroads Pylon
Real Photo unused
Description:
Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Etrusan-Wishing Well Florida In Chicago Exhibit
Real Photo unused
Description:
Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Fred Harvey Exhibit
Real Photo unused
Description:
Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Frontier Town Of Gold Rush Days
Real Photo unused
Description:
"Gold Gulch". Chicago Railroad Fair 1949.
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Title:
Gold Gulch Opera House
Real Photo unused
Description:
Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Western Wonderlands Exhibit
Real Photo unused
Description:
Union Pacific Railroad Chicago Railroad Fair 1949
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Title:
Big Boy Mallet Type Engine
Linen unused
Description:
Big Boy, a giant 4-8-8-4 Mallet type engine, is 133 feet long, nearly one-half the length of a city block, weighs 1,208,750 pounds, and has a fuel capacity of 28 tons. This monster of the rails is hinged in the center to permit it to take curves it otherwise could not accomplish. One Big Boy does the work which formerly required two locomotives, and when under full steam consumes 100,000 pounds of water and 22,000 pounds of coal per hour. It sets a world standard for size and power. Union Pacific Railroad has a large fleet of these giants in service. From Union Pacific Exhibit Chicago Railroad Fair. June 25 - October 2, 1949. Travellers think of Union Pacific when they plan trips to or from the Scenic West - Denver - Salt Lake City - Los Angeles - San Francisco - Portland. Fine streamliners and other comfortable passenger trains daily via Union Pacific.
Chicago Railroad Fair June 25-October 2, 1949
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Title:
World's Fastest Locomotive
Linen unused
Description:
The world's fastest run by a railroad train was made by the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Monday, June 12, 1905, when it ran 127.1 miles an hour between AY tower and Elida, Ohio. The Broadway Limited was pulled by coal-burning steam Locomotive 7002, and although many swift runs have been made in recent years by steam, electric and diesel locomotives, none has equaled the 127.1 mile an hour record run established in 1905. At the Chicago Railroad Fair of 1949, Locomotive 7002 stands on a section of P. R.R. standard roadbed with rails weighing 155 - pounds to the yard - heaviest in the world.
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