ILLINOIS HISTORIBAI SURVEY

i s p r e s e n t e d b y — Fe R ailwa S stem M obile O hio T he T he Atchison , Topeka and Santa y y Gulf, and Railroad Alton Route I l l l T he Balt imore and Ohio Railroad Company l inois Centra Rai road Lake min ilr T he Boston and M aine Railroad Superior Ishpe g Ra oad Company l lr B urlington Lines M aine Centra Rai oad Company a ea o hs S l 140 1 1 5 i w T he Chesapeake and Ohio Rail way Company p 5 Ra l ay ll h o n n ahela I i ail way mpa Chicago Eastern I llinois Railroad e é Co ny Eew éorfi é l s stem o uv entra y r a Wes z d — N T he N ew ickel Plate Road York , Chicago And St . Louis 212 222 2 g filino is dfiiglafid Rsi vay Co m panv Ra i lroad Company o i ll a lw m — Chicago , Indianapolis L u svi e R i ay Co pany M onon Norfolk Southern R ailw av Company i i l PaC i fi c il ‘ lw . Ch cago , M aukee, St Pau and Ra road Company Northern Pact fi C Rail way Co m pany Chicago And North Western Rail way System Pennsylvania Railroad T he m i ai w Colorado W yo ng R l ay Company T he Pittsburgh West V irginia Rail way Company R i i Denver and o Grande Western Ra lroad T he P ul lman Company I i w m Duluth . M issabe and ron Range Ra l ay Co pany Rock Island Lines E E w S lgin , Joliet and astern Rail ay Company oo Line E w rie Railroad Spokane , Portland And Seattle Rail ay Company Grand Trunk Railway System T he Texas M exican Rail way Company Great Northern Ra il w ay Company Union Paci fi c Railroad Green Bay 8: Western Lines Wabash Railroad Company

O F F I C E R S

Pres id en t LO LENO X R . H R President M useum of Science and I ndustry

Vice - Presid ent T reasu rer Secretar y

L A M WA E A . H T O . M . A MPB ELL L . W L O R . I I S YN J NS N G C

- P . E A nd P . R President, Chicago resident I ll ino is Central Vice res and xec . epresentat ive North Western R ailw ay System R ailroad T he B altimore and O hio R ailr o ad Company

D I R E C T O R S W “ i n . n M C R T H n . . . i 2 CA Y sid G F ASHBY , Pres de t J DA V IN . Pres de t , Pre e t U fi ai —T he New R io nion Paci c R lroad Nickel Plate Road York , Denver and Grande Western

S t . A i n Chicago And Louis Railroad U . RTH R K ATKINSON . Pres de t Railroad Company E M cG EE id n Wabash Railroad Company H . . , Pres e t

V - . . i sid n S A DOBBS . ce Pre e t r a 8: st r Li s E i n G een B y We e n ne JO HN W . BARRIG R , Pres de t ulf . bil a d hi ailr ad G M o e n O o R o V ~ . C EE . ic Presid ent o s J L . M K e Chicago , Indianapolis L ui ville — T he Alton Ro ute w — N e w rk tral S st m Rail ay Company M onon . Yo Cen y e

I . . . i . D FA RRINGTON Pres dent E i n F . L . S H . r s d t E E i n ‘ C RAD R P e e T . D . B V N , Pres de t Rock Island Line w E Chicago 8. Illinois M idland Rail ay lgin , Joliet and ' - E. EEL H T i i . C . V c r s d t East r ail w a mpa y P e P e en Company e n R y Co n s lva ia ailr ad Penn y n R o i - M r. . G en. i n C . A . SKOG , V ce Pres and g R . J . BOW M AN . Pres de t E . . E id n S FR NCH . Pres e t w T he w Grand Trunk Rail a y System Chesapeake and Ohio Rail ay T h e Boston and M aine Railroad VE Company A . SY RSON , E i n - CHAR L S J . GRA HA M . Pres de t V ic r sid nt a d n ral M ana r i n e P e e n Ge e g e HN . U . r s d t ' JO M B DD P e e T he Pittsburgh 8 West V irginia Lak Sup ri r Ishp mi g hicag East r I lli is ailr ad e e o e n C o e n no R o Rail w ay Company Railroad Company U i n R LEY i n E. . G L RALPH B DD , Pres de t G . Pres de t E id n P . H . V A N HO V N . Pres e t u T he F rli gt Li s . e B n on ne Atchison Topeka and Santa M is abe Duluth , and Iron Range i w m i nt Ra l ay Syste w m . . U C H B FORD , Pres de Rail ay Co pany d w l . . . i . . H IN r s t Chicago M il aukee . St Pau and C R A RD G P e en i n R . L . WILLIA M S . Pres de t fi il a T he ullma mpa Paci c Ra road Comp ny P n Co ny Chicago And North Western Rail w ay

E . i n B U R T N ES S id n N HNS N . r s d t S st m . . WAY A JO TO P e e y e H W , Pres e t w Ill i is Ce nt ral ailr ad hicag r at st r ail ay no R o E i - id n C o G e We e n R WARD WIR . V ce Pres e t

. . E E , i n T he w E i - D L K IS R Pres de t Colorado Wyoming Rail ay G . M . CA M PB LL . V ce Pres . T he w n R n a i Texas M exican Rail ay Company mpa a d Exec . eprese t t v e Co ny T he l E W ‘ i E X . d O DR I T n i . . O U d Baltimore and Ohio Rai road L NO R LOHR , Pres ent R , Pres e t Co mpany M useum o f Science and Industry Erie Railroad

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E . M acMA S T ER E O fi cer E o f . E DANI L M , xecutive CLYD W D M ONDSON , Sup t Operations ' M L . i o f E PA L M ASS M ANN , D rector xhibits M Eno ineer . BLACK . Field E i P . a f M ILTON K RR , Fin ncial Of cer ’ E E o f . U DO X l JA M S A DO GH RTY , Ass t Coordinator Publicity T E . l S M ORRIS , Lega Counse ’ E E K E t o o f D R E BR WST R STIC N Y , Ass t Coordinator Publicity FR E E I CK . o f J ASHL Y, Coordinator Publicity ’ E i o f a E R U E to l fi JOHN A . R ILLY , D rector Speci l vents CA L D D , Ass t Financia Of cer w i . EW ep cs of America are as stirring as the story for years to come Just a century ago this year , hen I n was but of its railroads . the unfold ing at Chicago this little Chicago a muddy frontier outpost , a y ear of the centenn ial Railroad Fai r the history handful of its citiz ens dared risk their reputations of the nation itself is to great degree reenacted in all and fortunes on a faith in the promising i ron horse of its colorful glamor . the rails . The settling and development of the world ’ s most A t that time Ch icago h ad little reason for opti w in w z . prosperous continent , the gro th of agriculture , mism . Surroun ding s amps limited its hori on Plank ’ d ustry and the sciences beyond man s widest imagina roads built out to the plains offered little hope of w new a . M tion , the con q uest of one peak after nother in greatly expanding commerce any of the to nsfolk , O w h uman pportunity , practically all the basic factors as a conseq uence, ere genuinely pessimistic over the ’ ’ B ut w new . in the country s meteoric economy , are brought to chances for the railroad s success hen on ’ - . O 2 5 1 848 fi gether in one convincing presentation No industry ctober , , Chicago s rst steam railroad loco — has ever gone to such extremes in demonstration of motive the tiny Pioneer of the ne w Galena an d Chi — their vital part in the daily life of America as the cago Un ion R ailroad successfully puff ed its way five

- w new was en railroads in this mile long exposition on the shores of miles est and b ack , a ray of hope

Lake M ichigan . kindled . ' In its acres of exhibits the R ailroad Fair o flers There was q uick j ustifi catio n for the new- found

E w w new . hours of fascinating enjoyment , intriguing pageantry , b uoyancy . ver est ard the railroad pressed

. new new invaluable ed ucation Taken back to that early day Then shortly , roads and locomotives , pene w when an un believing America looked askance at the trat ing ever deeper into the untracked ilderness .

w - w O n first ood burn ing locomotive, you ill move rapidly the heels of railroading success came steady

w n - for ard to the mammoth streamli ers that beckon the development of v ast mid con tinent farming territor y ,

wa o wn to m o rro w . wi w w f w o il y into our You ll itness hat or bounti ul logging regions in the north est , rich w w rail transportation h as meant in the commercial prog fields in the south est , and spra ling industrial areas w E S W . ress of the ast , the agrarian gro th of the outh and in the great Far est M w w id est , the more recent fulfillmen t of our destiny Ch icago . starting poin t of this tremendous estern w R . . beyond the ockies movement , kept pace in its gro th From the little Each exhib it will prove an exciting and entirely lakeside city in time b ranched a grow ing net work of r I h b d iflc ent chapter in a stirring melod rama . While one rails . n its role as an important rail u the mudd y railroad in truly duplicated surroundings w ill take frontier out post of 1 848 soon was definitely on its wa we you into the primitive Ind ian country it serves, anoth y to become the massive metropolitan area er w ill carry you a w ay to the playgrounds of Florid a kno w today as the greatest transportation center in all or the romant ic old French "uarter of N ew O rleans . creation . 1 948 ’ Chicago in is the appropriate place and occa This year s Railroad Fair , celeb rating the inspiring

H . co m m em o r sion for such a spectacle . istorically it is the most story of the American miracle on rails , ’ w w o f commemorative setting that railroading ill kno ates one the n ation s most important centennials . TRAV OI S EARLY CART HORSEBACK R I DER

— Ch i c a o T H E V OYAGEUR S l 673 g T oday A merica is a nation on wheel s wheels that w w have rol led through ilderness and astel and , leaving R ai l r o a d Pa i r w in thei r tracks ci ties by the th ousands , to ns by the tens w o f . a thousands Not too man y years ago , the story s ’ T he so vastl y d ifi e rent . I ndian s travel o ver rough trails w w wa w T h s . e and ater ays slo and laborious canoe , the w all n w piroq ue , the horse and crude travois ere he k e . Such were the circumstances in which Father Marquette and Joliet found the In dians w hen the French voyageurs L M 1 673 W the reached the shore of ake ichigan i n . ith P od ed LDR r uc by LENDX R . R w new was w T he coming of the hite man , a era da n ing .

A ssisl d was o n. e by D. M. MacMasI er contest across the continent

A Paqcanl Play With Music by EDWA R D H I INDER FDR D Directed by T echnical Direction by — H ELEN T IER EN DER /I DH T Y AR T H UR MA YB ER R Y T H E NATI ONAL R O AD 1 8 1 5 T he was " e was the w ' frontier falling back No long r hite Musical Direclur IS A A C VA N B R UI E man conten t w ith paths that w ound thru w i lderness and — o H A T c . l. Il i ssistant e hnical Director Earl . r sjt al streams that boi led angril y ar und a frail can oe ere , no w was R o — , the great National ad traversed by you W n o P t ashi gton , the surveyor , and c mp leted during res f ’ w n dent Je ferson s term i n offi ce . Here as a ew artery fo r w o o w the gro ing nati n , pumping the p er o f the pi o neer w w w w P t th spi rit est ard , est ard from the otomac o e Mississippi "

T H E I R ON HOR SE—1 82 9 3 6 T o o i conq uer greater distances , man rein forces his w fensive ith steel and pro pels his transport w ith steam . E R o k t In ngland George Stephenson creates his gallant c e , fi T rst practical steam railroad l o c o motive . hen comes T he S t u b id Li n A nd o r r ge o , operatin g in this country . w — B st F i nd 0 ha l sto e q uickl y fol lo ing the e r e / C r e n, th T o m T hu m b D e Witt linto n ohn B ull the , the C , the J , la a a A t tic the L tt . T m o n , f ye e rue , an old gray are utruns ’ B t Peter Cooper s T o m T hum b. u Dobbin soon lo ses pace ’ as A merica s fi rst railways begin building dynamic new i i ROCKET C t es .

STOURBRI DGE LION JOH N BULL

CON ESTOGA W AGON W ELLS FARGO STAGE COACH

C HI CAGO—4848

H - w o ub deep i n s amp m ud , trade and transp rt churns P into the in fant town of Chicago . lank turnpikes radiate from the bustl ing trade center like spokes of a gian t w T he w heel . spokes lengthen , the hub gro s , and a slightl y used mi racle transfo rms the swamp city into a real O n 2 0 1 84 . 8 metropol is November , , the Chicago ’ G U c h Pio nee alen a n ion s se on d and en gine , the r , pulls

a second - hand train ten mi les west and brings back a load of wheat "I t is the fi rst pay l oad for the greatest rail — road center the w orld has even seen Chicag o "

W ES TW AR D H 0 —1 849

Gold "T he magic word gives lightn in g - like impetus w w to the est ard movement . Frontiers fall back as c o vered w w T he agons and crude carts press agai nst the ilderness . Wells Fargo stage coach transports passengers an d their priceless possessio ns across thousands o f miles of rugged "New terrain , an d becomes a legend legends take shape P E z as the riders of the on y xpress face bla ing sun , bitter. law cold , and band it guns , to carry the mail across the

less O verland T rai l .

— LI NCOLN 1 86 l - 6S L incol n the Emancipator "Lincoln the Statesman "Lin im m o r coln , the neighbor and friend , pauses en rou te to w tality to speak his Fare ell A ddress at Springfield . w heel s of h is carriage tu rn to ward Washingto n and the mighty axle o f a m ighty nation cracks "Five years LI CO L FU ER A L T R A I M L — a N N N N l ater , ister incol n retu rns martyred president on a Passing present site o f the Chicago Railroad Fair o n its T — o f Funeral rai n to live fo rever i n the hearts a free , w o ay from Washington t o Chicag . u n ited A merica .

TH E PION EER HARV E Y HOU SE PON Y E X PRESS

SPANN I NG A CONTI NENT—1 863

O o ver the Sierras from Sacrament . constructi o n gangs P w of the Central acific push thei r l ines east ard . West w o f M ard , from the banks the issou ri , U ni o n Paci fic crews span prairie and peak , prodding restless In dian territory as tw o tw in bands of steel i nch across the co ntinen t w t K to ard heir inevitable j unction . een is the rivalry as ’ the r a n o const uction g ngs , unsu g her es of railroading s w early days , race to ard the common meetin g point .

T H E GOLD EN SPI KE —1 869 A t last the great day comes "A date and a place to be "O n M a 1 0 1 869 P long remembered y , , at romontory P U L w oint , tah , on the rim o f the Great Salt ake , the cre s of the Central Pacific and the Un i o n Pacific j o in their L . n i rails Governor elan d Stanford drives the golde sp ke , t o o as an eager hr ng of great , and near great , an d j ust f l ks ,

o . N o w j oins in a tumu ltuous celebrati n , the east and w the est are one .

HAR VE Y HOU SE—1 878

A s o s o f o the c ast the contin en t are brought ever cl ser , en e 9 the Santa Fe stretches i ts ribb o ns of steel fro m eastern — K w - t PENI NG O F T H E N R T W E ST 1 8788 8 ansas souht an d est , across deep hued deser s and O O H sun baked p lains beyond M esa Verde and the Sangre Front the fj o rds and farms and vil lages of north western fl w Europe i mmigran ts come to till the rich lan ds granted the de Cristo range to meet the Chihuahua T rail . Steel o s

A w . P o straight and guitars play sw eetly as Fred Harvey intro . rai l roads of th e great merican North est e ples of man y nations j o in to tame a w i lderness an d bu i l d emp ires duces w holesome w aitresses and wholesome fo o d to the ' "T he i . i , e o w o i old o w of t mber gra n , and transpo rt farmer th lumber rough and tumble fr ntier to ns the S uth est . A t j ack . and the pioneer of merican i ndustry take heir

p laces i n the common destin y of a magni ficent nation .

EARLY W ORK TRAI N X W 19 06 OCO O I S 1 9 00 CAD I AC 1 9 04 MA ELL FI RST CAR FROM PAR IS L M B LE TEAMER LL

B R O UG H M 8 G I G R B S KE PH E O 7 . A T N TA - EY 4 S TATI O N W AG O N 5 . JA U N TI N G C A T A T A T N A I PH 2 LLY H O 3 . S U R R . E O

W I IAM CROOKS IMMIGRANT TRAI N MI N N ETO N KA LL REO 19 08 SEARS 19 10 CH ICAGO ELECTR IC 19 13 STANLE Y STEAMER 19 1 2

S c en e 1 0 T H E G A Y NI NETI ES

Chicago i n the ga y n ineties is a carefree , gracious T he metropolis . carriage trade has reached its most — elegant stage and something new the fi rst au tomobil e T he has j ust arrived from France . people come in horse

- cars . cable cars and on the Ill i no i s Central suburban

w . a train to vie the sight O thers arri ve in smart brough ms , T the phaetons , victorias , and gigs . hey remain to see its o i fastest railroad engine of time , the a sn rt n g — behemoth of black steel and hot steam and the new

- three horse steam fire engine .

S c en e I I CABLE CAR T H E HOR SELES S CAR R I AGE—1 9 00 1 3 w T he centur y has turned to the rh y thm of rol l i ng heel s . A s metropol itan interests w ander fro m the elegantl y

- e designed horse carriages . there is much conj cture as to ho w far a horseless carriage can go w ith o ut a horse . ’ Chicago s el ite come by T all y - H o for their fi rst ride in the o f the the automobile . Speed becomes essence hour , D A n H and the names of Sel den , uryea , pperso , aynes , ’ w B uick and Ford are on ever y one s tongue . High ays

the w . T he reach across n ation , paralleling the rail ays automobile is here to sta y . TH REE HORSE FI RE ENGI N E

S c ene 12 g i/o u e — 4 g PI ONEER Z EPHY R l 9 3 — 1 931 in Chicago "A C en tury of Progress opens i ts M OD ER N TR ANSPOR TAT I ON 1 9 48 w th “ no e R o - gates in the same park occupied by ail r ad A s the c o lorful pageant W H E EL S A R OL L I N G draws to ' T he B D v Z h — o o f Fair . url ington s en er ep yr b rn the a close , the latest i n motorc ycles , automobiles , trucks and combined —po wer principles of the m o to r car and the fi re engines speed madl y across the massive outdoor iron horse arrives to usher in a new era of railroad T he M A stage . pulsing music of odern merica soars up

- 1 02 4 transportation . Non stop for miles in sixteen hours , to the heavens and out across the fleeting whitec aps of w w o the Di esel En gin e fulfills its destin y as a great modern beautiful Lake M ichigan . No here . n o here t day is T "M agent of transport . oday , on l y fifteen years later , there a frontier odern transport has met the supreme n z "A nd magni ficent diesel electric streamli ers streak across the challenge of the hori on so , an epic of progress

‘ an and ro w th rails to every part of the nation . adventure in speed g comes to a close ’ — as tw o of rai l roading s ne west miracles a giant steam v n new — w locomoti e and a mag ificent diesel slo ly , ma l j estic al y form the final curtain .

ILLI NOI S CENTRAL SUBURBAN TRAI N NUMBER 9 9 9 BURLINGTON Z E PH Y R ‘ 19 33 A rt ist 3 c o nc e p t io n o f t h e nat io nal R ailro ad

N u m e rals ind ic ate

Main en trance 9 Joint dude ranch and rodeo exhibit of the 9 lin to n G P fi A dmin istration b u ild ing g , reat Northern an d N orthern aci c w ays with a function ing replica of O ld Fai 3 L akeside stage 0 geyser , l ive bears an d other d isplays typical 4Pla z a of Flags R ocky Moun tain an d Paci fic coast

“ 5 Merry - g o - round featurin g railroad seatin g eq ui p 1 0 D ead w ood Central narro w

. w - ment system , a n ostalgic thro back to the

years ago . 6 D rani atiz ed exhibits of ra ilroad ind ustry supply

z . and service organ i ations 1 1 R Pacifi Chicago , ock Island an d 7 Florida in Ch icago exhibit of Chicago 8' Village w ith its colorful old time western Eastern Illin ois R ailroad featuring so uthern colon ial an d other attractions capturing the exot w B o k w of the so uth est . mansi on, a replica of the famous singin g to er at L W ’ , . u i ake ales Fla and a reprod ct on of the beach 1 2 Santa Fe s In dian Village of 1 2 5 at M i am i . women representin g si x famous tribes 8 I llinois Cen tral R ailroad exh ibi t "a street scene specially constructed adobe pueblos an d other‘ bu ’ N e w and and patio from the old French "uarter of ings typical of the tribes n atural habitats , st

“ O . a rleans daily singing and d ncin g festivals . ILER ® Z$A ® F R EE

t t t r r t l vi h m ain at rac io ns ap p o p ia e y h ig hlig h t e d . a o f p o i nt s o f int e r e st

’ 1 3 T he imposing exh ib it of n ine eastern railroads 2 1 T he B udd Compan y s exh ibit of new all - stainless

- which includes a 45 foot to wer of chromed rails steel cars . by w topped a large mov ing and j e eled prism ball "a 2 2 T hree m iles of railroad track for display of - w u i 1 2 re n ine foot robot to ans er q est ons " large famo us old time locomotives an d trains as w ell as volving di oramas an d photo m urals "an d gi an t pic the latest luxury liners . w ture books ith mechan ically turn in g pages . ’ 2 3 Pullman - Standard s dramatic behin d - the - scenes 1 4 . Gran dstand seating for Fair pageant story of sleepi ng car man ufacture and the part a ’ ’ 1 5 North Western s reprod uction of Chicago s first freight car plays in the life of the A merican fam ily . w railroad station ith the interior 3 playhouse . w 2 4Island Vie R esta uran t . ’ 1 6 T he P ’ ullman Compan y s display of exact repli 2 5 Un ion Paci fic s presentation of the attractions cas of latest sleeping car accomm odations . an d allure of 1 1 western states . 1 7 Central R estaurant . 2 6 Park ing lot for 1 75 0 cars . 1 8 R i fi . a lroad supply rm tent - - 2 45 0 . 7 U ltra modern , foot pagean t stage

1 9 ’ South R estaurant . 2 8 Den ver and R io G rande Western R ailroad s ex . 2 0 w Central Ci ty , reproduction of old est station b ib it , cen tered around a modern railroad coach

- w l . for n arro gauge rai road system . out fitted as a stud io type motion picture theater A t o tal 1 2 5 w — H of tribesmen , omen and ch ildren Navaj os , opis , z Z L A — Jeme , unis , agun as and paches live in a specially con structed I ndian V illage right on the Fair grounds as the Santa Fe railway

presen ts a true - to - life picture of on e of the most interesting segments

of A mer ican a today . T he colorful village gives you the scen ic n ViH aq e re wards of weeks of travel through the fab ulous In dian T e co un try . here is an auth ntic I ndian arts and crafts build ing "a trading post an d cur io shop "Pueblo type d wellings "i t Po st " H z Z A w for opi , Jeme an d un i tribes "a kiva "an pache ikiup "

and a Navaj o medicine lodge , hogan an d evergreen summer h a . t e n Dance s shelter You see Indi n s staging legen dary dances, sing

- ing age old In dian songs in strange Indian ton gues .

h A t hi n T o e k a and anta F e T e c so , p S R ai lw ay Syst e m

T he R ocky Moun tain and Pacific Coast vacation w onderland comes

to Lake M ichigan shores w ith dramatic impact in the in terest - packed B P exh ibit of the urlington , Great Northern an d Northern aci fic rail w w ays . Here you thrill to a real rodeo ith western ridin g and roping w w T lad en champions and co bo y clo ns . his captivating exh ibit also includes a funct ion ing replica of O ld Faithful geyser live bears w authen tic I ndian tepees , totem poles , pioneer stage coaches and ater ail hf u l e w E we falls gigantic caricatur s of co boys , Indians , skimos and st ern an imal life some of the caricatures bein g so designed that yo

- . A t e rn M u s i c can pose for cartoon type photographs mong o her features is spacious log chalet w ith a balcon y - like stage for western sin gers an d

instrumentalists .

G re at N o rthe rn R ail w ay C o m pany P ac ifi c R ailw ay Co m pany

I t ’ s possible to reproduce Florida in Chicago "I n the Chicago Eastern I llin ois R ailroad ’ s exhibit there ’ s an old southern colon ial

mansion set in a picturesque Florida garden of palm trees , citrus w w trees an d typical Florida plan ts and flo ers . I nside yo u vie a color

- ful transportation m ural an d eye catch ing dioramas , lighted and in

n - S motion . O e of these is a three dimen si on al tephen Foster memorial — “ — sho wn for the fi rst time wh ich dramati z es the immortal Way "la B e ac h ” w w T he E Do n U pon the S anee R iver . C I exhibit also features a l O O —foot scale map of Florida in flo wers beach umbrellas in true Florida style an orange j u ice bar attended b beautiful so uthern girls and a replica of the famo us B o w e L W Fla singi ng to r and sanctuary at ake ales , , giving you

m . . enchanting southern m usic on the ho ur from 2 p . on

C h ica g o E as t e rn I l l ino is R ai l ro ad A c re s o f Ex hi b i t s

' T he Chicago and North Western has re - created Ch icago s fi rst ra ilroad sla

tion . I nterior of the station replica is a popular Fai r grounds pla yho use . St udy w ing the q uain t old b u ilding from the o utside . ho ever , you fin d it easy to

imagine unheralded Chicago of a cent ury ago , a m uddy front ier o utpost serving P as trading center for m iners , merchants . farmers and Ind ians . arked alongside ' ' the station repli ca are motor - driven reproductions of the North Western s Chi t il lfll s Fi rst

T he 1 0- latest and earliest trains . latter is the ton log burn i ng v w 1 00 “il l ll' ll fl d J l il l l ll ll Pioneer . hich on i ts ma iden t ri p out of Chicago years ago literally open ed the w ay to fin al conquest of A merica ’ s great west ’ and the consequen t rise of Chicago T il t"I i u ne c r ’ as the world s rail h ub .

C h icag o A nd N o rt h W e st e rn R ai l w ay S yst e m

" Have y ou ever gone to the mov ies on a train Denver and R io Grande Western R ailroad has bro ught to the Fair grounds a lux urio us modern railroad coach fitted

u p as a stud io - type motion picture theate r seat ing 5 0 T persons . h is un usu al car a regular add ition on one M o v i e s

he s u - - - of t road p to the m i n ute streamliners , is parked on a special section of roadbed and in true theater fashion “I I a T rai n has an elaborate and br ightly lighted and colored en T h trance platform . e exit at the opposite end leads into

- a cool , tree shaded patio full of comfortable chai rs and ‘ “I"“ H I V tEI I w benches . Sho s r un contin uo usly from noon each da y . T hey picture the scen ic w onders as well as the ag ric u l

e U . t ural and industrial r sources , of Colorado and tah

D e nve r and R io G rand e W e st e rn R ail ro ad

' N o w for a touch of New O rleans the I llino is Central o fi ers a street scen e an d pat io lifted o ut ’

- of the city s old French quarter "q u aint old street , half hidden courtyard , tin y shops , tall balcon ies ’ w w ith orn amental grill ork . I nside the co urtyard there s a graceful fo un ta in as the centerpiece , and ’ o u w in the ai r strains of Stephen Foster s m usic . Surr o und in g y are balcon ies , v ine covered alls , a ‘ w w w w O n NE W Ul lti il ll s ind ing stai r ay and French doo rs and indo s so t y pical of the real French "uarter . th ro ugh

t . the co u r yard the exh ibi t theme changes You se e picturesq ue maps an d tran sparencies , and then ‘ w aff o rd l t H ll ti lI Uu arl er en ter an o utdoor area near the lake here shaded seats and tables restful relaxat ion .

I l l i no i s C e nt ral R a i l ro ad fl u l d uu r Lau nq c ‘ I n the j oin t exh ibit of n ine eastern ra ilroads yo u thrill to an exciting collection of man - made scen ic ’ w - w 45 - w onders . First , there s an open air information bo oth , above h ich rises a foot to er of chromed A ra ilroad rails topped by a large j eweled an d movin g prism ball . mon g other spectaculars is Gen ial ” o e - - J , a n ine foot foam rubber robot dressed as a railroad engineman , w w ho ans ers your q uestions . I n the display buildings are 1 2 large revolving cylinders w ith d ioramas on one side and photo m u rals on th e other an operating model

' railroad . giant picture books hav ing mechan ic S E B ll l lI ally turn ing pages original paintings by dis ting u ished A merican artists a motion 5 p I"c t ac u I al‘ 5 picture theater an d a patio where you can enj oy l ight refreshments under brightly

Il i ni nq p tl l i fl colored umbrellas .

B alt im o re O h io — B o st o n M aine

E rie—M ai ne Ce nt ral—M ano n — N ew Y o rk Ce nt ral Nic k e l Plate — P e nnsylv ania W ab ash

T he R ock I sland Lines R ocket Village is de signed to bring you all the gay romance of the w n so uth est . O a brilliantly colored dance floor fea w turin g estern m usic , eight profession al instructors are on hand to teach the sq uare dance an d other n ro ut ines . O special tracks in the village are two “ ” O ne L . a 3 luxurio us railroad cars is Fiesta , club w ’ din er decorated gaily in the sou th est s colors , on w hich l uncheon and dinn er are served each day . — — “ T he other al ways open for inspection is La ” M - irada , an elaborate observation sleeper reflecting P A the colorful hues of the aci fic shor es . lso in the

r a - village a e . large stage lik e diorama a refresh men t pavillion w ith garden chairs an d umbrella covered tables strollin g musicians an d tech nic o lo r t rav e l movi es .

R o ck I s l and Line s

Un ion Paci fic R ailroad believes you also can find m uch to admire in an exhibit presentin g the attrae tions and allure of an en tirely di fferen t part of the

2 5 0- 1 1 co untry . I n a foot tent you find individ ual

booths pointing up the agricultural , industrial and recreation al facilities of the states served by the rail T K W U road . hese are ansas , Colorado , yoming , tah , W M . O on tana I daho , regon , ashin gton , Nevada ,

Californ i a an d Nebraska . I n the exhibit are colored d movies min iatures an d models , i oramas and ani

mated figures . Fron ting all booths in the ten t is a common counter over which three to five model O trains r un sim ultaneously . utside an d in fron t of the ten t is a m in iature streamliner offering free

rides for the k idd ies .

U nio n P ac i fi c R ai l ro ad ’ Each week at T he B udd Compan y s exhibit y o u see a ne w sta inless steel passenger car j ust o ff

- . A w D a w the production lines mong cars scheduled to b e sho n are the Vista ome , car ith a glass roof over a second story observation section "an all - room sleeping car "a diner w ith tables the full length of the car— an adj o in ing car servin g as k itchen "an d a parlor observation car with “ - fi ttin w more comfortable form g chai rs . I n a ten t t hro ugh h ich you pass before reaching the car ” w B tells of the eek , udd its full story of thoro ug h research and engineering , streamlined produc

i u i - i i t on methods an d acc rate test ng through the m eans of three d mens onal symbolical treatments , scale models , dioramas and colored proj ections .

T h e B u d d C o m p any

’ he T he P For a good look i nside a railroad sleepin g car , sure to visit ullman Compan y s exhibit .

O n - f display in a "uonset type b u ilding givin g th e ef ect of a real sleepin g car , are a section , a

- n - w n roomette , a duplex roomette, con n ecti g bedroo ms , a bedroom compartmen t , a dra i g room all few P and an observation loun ge con tainin g impro vements developed in the past years . ullman A t conductors and porters are on han d to demon str ate . one end of the exhib it also there is a linen and eq uipment display featurin g some of the 1 0 million pieces of linen used an nually by the ’ ” “ w orld s greatest housekeeper .

T h e P u l l m an C o m pany

P - ullman Stan dard a leading trai n man ufacturer , h w w - ho w s o s you the engineering kn o , the outstan din g q uality and importan t safety b u ilt right into today ’ s w - r A s ift passenger and heavy d uty f eight cars . graphic “ - fi lm w slide story , ith dialogue carried by the Pullman ” — — Standard T wins t wo an i mated heads takes yo u far A beh in d the scenes in sleeping car man ufacture . fter th is , you exam in e the results in the form of Pullman Standard models and an interest ing array of photo A o graphs . separate section i this exh ib it gives you a realistic pict ure of the important part that freight cars A play in the life of the average merican fam ily . Illustra tive material here sho ws the wide variety of freight cars A I S w used in merica today , of h ich are produced at

P - ullman Standard shops each and every hour .

P u l l m an - S t and ard Car M anu f act u ring C o m pany t M ars S ign al Light Co . has spot ed on top of approximatel y ’ every other pole of the Fair s electric transmission s y stem an d in the p y lon at the adm in istration buildin g powerful " M “ 8 w t w n ars figure lights , some ith red an d o hers ith tra s pa1 ent lenses T he li ghts portray un m istakably the great safet y value of these comparat ively new t y pe locomotive o f t w i T t headlights an d rear rain arn ng signals . es s have

z w w - w R ai lro ad proved that the hori ontal fi gure ith a do n s eep the ff t at the outer loops , is most e ect ive light motion pa tern w y et devised for arn in g motorists .

S u ppli es T he Pyle - N ation al Co m pan y in an other story of lo co m o

tive headlight advancements in railroadin g, displays head lights in chron ological order from the earl y oil b urners u p S erv i ces A - to the most modern t y pes . separate part of the Pyle Na t io nal exh ib it features a w orking model of an ai r d istrib u d raftles tion panel . I t demonstrates s air con dition in g in rail w ay w passen ger cars ith perfectly un iform temperatures . R ailway Ex press A gency sho w s the highl y inter estin g j ob express accomplishes toda y an d w hat constant improvemen ts i n in service mean to the safe , eff cien t an d speed y handli g

. 2 0 A 4 of express materi al From Jul y to ugust , through the B R w courtes y and cooperation of the orden Compan y , ail a y Express exhibits on e of its most un usual stead y customers Fls ie B R w E and her famous calf . eauregard ail ay xpress also dramaticall y portrays the exten t of express service in

o t rv - th is c un and handling from pick u p to deliver y .

A r R ail ad R t i m t B a d n umbe of railroad su ppl y and service fi rms add sig ro e re en o r , govern ment agency charged nifi c antly to the dramatic i mpact of the nation al R a ilroad w ith admin istering th e R ailroad R etiremen t A cts and the

T ind iv id u al ho w l A ct i ’ . R U nfo r Fai r heir exh ib its portra y separate techn o ai road nemploymen t I n surance , operates an

logical advancements mean m uch to the safet y . comfort . mation office at the Fair .

. Ka 8: B s . o speed and con ven ience of railroad transport toda y 5 . rpen ro gives the c mparison of a typical A m er ican Steel Fo u n d ries points up the rapid strides made modern living room an d a sect ion o f a railroad passenger

70 . . w ho w over the past years in design of freight cars . rails t ies coach to sho real living room comfort today is em

trucks an d couplers . Yo u see a very un usual appearing full g ineered right in to the design of railroad passenger coach

O ne - - scale freight car . ha lf of the car and one half of the seats an d loun ge furn iture . — road bed an d track ben eath accurately resemble t y pical T im ken R o ller B earing Co m pan y sho ws ho w with a very T he by — con ditions of seven decades ago . second half is com light pull one hand you can easily move a standard w n and T h L . e plete lv modern . arge m i rrors sunk in the ground beneath eight freight car on sta dard rails road bed H z . A each end of the car emphasi e the contrast ighlightin g the stun t is possible because roller bearings are used . separate — exh ibi t 1s a 34foot three dimension al d iorama on one side of part of the exh ib it demon strates the q uality materials an d w I n z . the freight car . front of a scen ic d ioramic backgro un d fine orkmansh ip utili ed in bearing man ufacture w A m erit t w o W st r R ail ad s S u l m a o sho ing importan t an cities model trains make e e n ro pp y Co p n y , dem n strating the O ne i the n cross co untr y runs . s a l um bering freight train of importan t rel iabilit y of modern railroad crossin g si g als , ’ 805 l tw o , an d the other a modern high speed freight pul ed b y a has placed sets of the signals at po in ts alon g the Fair s w powerful d iesel locomoti ve . n arro ga uge railroad s y stem . ' ’ l - P w l al T w M a a t u i m a s Cr an e Co . has p aced a full scale ullman ashroom on e o n e n uf c r n g Co p n y exhibit proves w and the grounds , along ith the cab of a steam locomotive that speed y loadin g an d unloading of freight cars is a real

- w y o u . B sectional vie ws of diesel and steam po ered trains . Here science i n i tself efore your eyes operators easily han dle see modern plumbin g at w ork in the generation of lo co m o a w i de variety of t y pical freight w ith both mechan ical an d

- tive po w er as well as for san itation and comfort . hand operated l ift trucks and an electric ho ist on an over ’ En cyclop aed ia B ritann ica len ds an interesting and hu head track . For th ese operations there s a sim ulated freight W w m o ro u s w . z to uch to the displa y s ith i ts presen tation of a large car in the exh ib it atch in g the ork , you real i e q uickl y n u mber of railroad passes dating almost to the birth of rai l that the rapid strides made in materials handling techn i q ues B an few roadin g . ritann ica of course , has proved i n val uable and eq uipment durin g the past years have considerabl y

source for man y w an ting informati on on railroads . stepped u p time tables for shipmen t of goods and have put

al El t ic m a safet v w w as - Gen er ec r Co p n y emplo y s an impressive photo real in to hat once dangerous , back break ing w graphic displa y to show ho w advances in the el ectrical field ork .

U i a h v . t l . have mean t m uch to the progress of railroad transport . n C r ne S o e Corp maintain s con tin uous opera T m w heav v w w D . L a in h he H . e 1 n e Co p n y , supplier of much of the ear g tion of a d ut cra ler crane i t mag et attachment w w ho w rn fi apparel used b y railroad orkers , centers its exhibit aro un d to sho th is mode piece of mach inery ef cien tl y

w - w a to ering S O foot h igh pai r of overalls on t o steel poles . loads and unloads hard to handle steel scrap into an d out of

A - T he overalls are proportionate in ever y respect en dure all railroad cars . lso in operation are a on e half y ard cra w ler

w ar w i . eather con ditions an d e n emblems of man y railroads . shovel ith the mach n er y deck completel y exposed "a self

H e i u o o d Wake fi eld Co m panv demon strates the comfort propelled mobile cran e an d a three - q uarters yard crawler w A r and conven i ence of today 5 so called ps y chologicall y de ith clamshell attachment . sepa ate indoor e x hibit in

v elo ed and u clud es w - p . luxurious seats for streamlined coaches lo n ge a orking model of a on e piece gear case and full

T h - v - - ears. 40 m e seats are in a foot free err g o roun d . assemblies of other parts of heavy duty cranes and shovels .

ni R az lu a1 E 1 press A g en c y e x h ibits one of its latest cars . A lso exh ibited b1 L o n Paci fic 1 5 their speciall1 equipped w m 5 i 1 d ram at ic all1 w c w w 1 i i th the c inter or la out indicating the theater car , h i h has a indo less mo n tg pict ure aud i t o riu m 5 2 a d l1 1 m 0 w j ob han dled b1 express shi pment toda1 . for persons n quarters for t o operators . R e y nold s lletals Com pan y man ufacturer of al um in um t1 e t in a a i . i i p US . A m T s t t n s x box cars exh b ts a car of a _ hat has been actual r y r n por o Corp has on e hibition a cap 1 ad 1 ant a es t ured serv ice for several ears , afford in g the g of light German locomotive a hospital kitchen car : a hospital w c a ac it 1 and e . an c . n eight greater carr y in cg p l ss corrosion un it and a mach ine shop car O e reserve offi cer is on ' i m S tand ard R azlnay Eq u zpm ent M an ufact u r ng Co pam han d to answer yo ur q uestions about the G erman lo c o m o

tw o n. 011 . w have exhib ition modern freight cars of latest desig tive I n addition , there are on hand to ans er q uestions Un ion Pacifi c R ailroad demonstrates the pro g ressi1 e de about the other cars one medical officer an d t wo enlisted w 1 elo pm ent of lo co m o ti1 e po er since the earl " 1 8705 . Six men from the medical corps and three enlisted men from P lo c o nio ti1 L . . t . T h es are on displa y , ranging from an old time the ran sportation corps e hospital car s erves as one of

- w - t . I n tw o th ood b urn er to the most modern d iesel elec rics order full y eq uipped first aid stations at e Fair .

: - w of their developmen t . these are an eight heeler origin all y

' ' constructed in 1 874 an other eight - w heeler b u ilt b y B ald w in l nit T r u ck Corporation is represen ted on the tracks b y a ' 0 L W in 1 875 40 . w ocomotive orks a locomotive of the Class boxcar havin g un der it one old and on e ne truck . i 2 5 00 f rst built in the late a Class locomot ive , also

’ ‘ " built in the 1 890s an d no w kno w n as the M acA rthur Wabash R ailroad Com pan y has at the Fair on a site apart “ 0 P lo co m o t i1 e d e1 elo ed t z t 1 e z 9 . 00 U a or n i on acific Class p from the general exh ibi tion racks , a replica in actual si e of _ p o T w by L nio nPaci fic engineers in 1 92 6 an d in the 1 ears si nce the earl y R ogers locomotive . his is the locomotive hich m ainsta1 lo co m o t i1 es : M 1 838 l n a i n steam a Fairban ks orse all in November , became the first rai road steam en gi e

- w T he R w as O ld purpose horsepo er diesel electric of most m odern to operate in I ll in ois . ogers used on the w W design used for road s itch ing an d in limited road service . Northern Cross road , predecessor of the abash .

D E AD W OOD CENTR AL

’ A ride on the Fair s quaint gauge railroad s y stem gives platf orm which w as very familiar to the R ock y Mo untains y o in t ~ 7 w D A t u a chance to appreciate realis ic mann er the real sig traveler of 0 y ears ago at Dead o od S . the southern i “ ” nifi canc R o . e of this big n at on al ailr ad Fair end of the line , Cen tral Cit y station is an exact repro “ ” T he D w Central l w of ead ood ine , runn in g the len gth of the d uction of a n arro gauge station y ears ago at historic

1 i al w ~ t c 1 870 . grounds . is p of n arro gauge operat ions in dur Central City , Colo k w i n g the R oc 1 M ountain s region s bus y m in ing era . T he T he colorful little line is complete ith old time equip s stem w little 1 includes six n arro gauge cars used in the ment , includin g a chattering telegraphic in strumen t at the ” w w “ lo co m o ti1 e . est y ears ago , an d a famous old n arro gauge Cen tral Cit y station . an d old fashion ed high balls , or the l1 T he equipment recent has been recondition ed an d refur earliest railroad safet y si gnals . nished B L A O Fair the D w sv stem at the shops of the urlington ines in urora , Illi In peration at the f ead ood Cen tral th t n ois . serves as a vivid remi nder of e rials an d triumphs of earl y w th e I f you board the n arro gauge s y stem at its n orthern davs of railroading , an d as a clear indication of great “ ” ’ D w s bv l 1 00 termin us , you use the old time st y le ead ood station progre s made the n ation s rai roads during y ears .

R E C O G N I T I O N

Particular appreciation is extended to the M useum o f Science and I nd ust n o f Chicago for the loan o f lo co m o w 1 e h 1 i l u and . for t e use o f the 1 b c c es. ti es , horse dra n chicles , a tomobiles other q uipment and M useum s q uar nd z ters a facilities for organi ation and rehearsal . H O R SE D RAW N V E H I CL E S A U TO M O TI V E E "U I P M E NT w R o . Co . A . Watson Armour Irving S . Florsheim Bo man Dairy y W M onsen o f and Henry B . Babson Otto W . Lehman Chrysler M otors M useum Science R o y The Baltimore and Ohio W . M onsen Ford M otor Company Industry

o f G n r . Railroad Company M useum Science and Indust ry e e al M otors Corp . Lloyd C Partridge ' h rl W w . C a es . E . M rs . Bid ell C . Olsen International Harvester D Cameron Peck w w v s General Charles G . Da es R ail a Expres Ageney Company L O CO M O T H E S AN D TRACK E "U I P M E NT

T he an T he w fi w Atchison . Topeka d Dela are Hudson Railroad Northern Paci c Rail ay Company Santa Fe R ailw a1 S 1 stein G reat Northern Rail way Company Pennsylvania Railroad T he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Illinois Central Railroad Rail w ay 8 Locomotive

E s o - - Chicago a tern Illinois Railroad M iss uri Kansas Texas Lines Historical Societ y . N . Y . Chapter Chicago A nd North Western M useum o f Science and Indust ry Southern Rail w ay System ' Rail way Sy stem N ew York Central System I nion Paci fi c Railroad

N eel P rintin C om an I nc C h ica y g p y , . g o m z M usical Adaptation and Direction by " Dra ati ation by author and Overture Wheel s a- Rolling Van o f m Isaac Grove, from original material Adele Cut an Nathan v w b th hil ax lls “ e P M e o f T om . Scott , Alex Fogerty , and Kurt Weill Lyrics Wyoming by John Robinson

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N ew Co . o M en s Costumes York Costume Construction Carroll Construction C . ’ m s — E S t u Pioneers Costu e milie Costume Electrical Contractor Hecker Co I nc . d io " mm m o f Co ercial Sales Depart ent Sears, Stage Lighting Centu ry Lighting C Roebuck Company Sound System Radio Phone Corp . PR O PER T I E S Horses Furnished by Byron Walter

S . w Co . ts - U . t i g Acme Studio N ew York Costume Co . Ten Ten A n n Pausback Studio Rodeo Riding Stable Orchestra M anager _ Pete Cavallo

fi w Co . Chicago Civic Opera Co . Of cial Pianos Bald in Piano