Chicago for a Complete Vacation Railroad Fair JUST A CENTURY AGO the first railroad train STIRRING CELEBRATION Your visit to 'the Chicago Railroad Fair can be the high spot of a steamed out of Chicago thrill-filled vacation in this great metropolitan city. Miles of —the famous old Pioneer. OF 100 YEARS beautiful bathing beaches on the shores of Lake Michigan offer Thus began a century of 1848 1948 all the lure of the most enticing summer resort. You can also enjoy boating on the nearby lagoons, or a lake steamer excursion. progress and achievement OF RAILROAD PROGRESS in railroad transportation SEE THE SEVEN WONDERS OF which has made America's passenger and freight service CHICAGO. Most of Chicago's the marvel of the world. world-famous attractions are right along +he Lake Front, like the Museum of Science and Industry, whose thousands of actually work- THE WINNING OF ing exhibits attract millions an- THE WEST was in great nually; Adler Planetarium, first measure accomplished by, institution of its kind in America; Chicago Historical Society with one of the finest collections in the and with the cooperation nation; and Shedd Aquarium with over 10,000 specimens. of, the railroads of America. Where the rails Round out your visit with a trip to pushed in, there too the Oriental Institute, at the Univer- settlers followed. The sity of Chicago, where ancient linking of East and West at Promontory Point, Utah, Babylon, Persia, Thebes and other old world settings have been marked the spanning of a continent and the final opening reconstructed in the 20th Century; up of a vast new territory. the Chicago Museum of Natural History, with exhibits of all ages; and the renowned Art Institute. THROUGH THE GAY VISIT THE NATION'S BUSIEST SHOPPING DISTRICT. One of NINETIES, the railroads the big moments of a Chicago holiday is a tour of State Street and continued their steady Michigan Avenue, the world's most highly concentrated shopping growth. Through the era district with hundreds of glamour stores serving 500,000 daily. when the first Chicago GAY DAYS AND BRIGHT World's Fair made his- NIGHTS. Every day in Chicago is tory and set a precedent a headliner for the sports fan. rr I for joyous celebration Baseball, racing, water sports, r ,, which has endured; while the nation fought two world everything in outdoor entertain- wars and assumed world leadership — the railroads were, ment—you will find them all. And, I" , at night, there is Chicago's stir- r I as now, the great arteries of transportation. •11.., 411r r • • ring Rialto with its big name ,;•:r149j,!,.` bands, unusual restaurants and GREATEST EVENT OF THE 1948 VACATION SEASON sparkling amusement centers. In a setting of World's Fair proportions on the TODAY — LUXURIOUS shores of Lake Michigan, U. S. railroads portray PARKS AND ZOOS. Chicago is world renowned for its beautiful parks. Brookfield Zoo features man-made gullies, mountains and PASSENGER TRAVEL the growth of a nation—the spectacular miracle forest enabling visitors to see specimens in their native habitats. At at its economical best, of America on rails setting a pace for the world. Lincoln Park you will find Bushman, finest gorilla in captivity. and the expeditious trans- port of freight, are the NEVER A DULL MOMENT. If Your trip will not be complete without contributions of the Rail- a trip to the Stock Yards, food center for the universe; and the Chicago Board of Trade, world's largest grain market. Whatever you roads to an America want in entertainment, you can be certain of one thing, there is grown great. Truly a fitting culmination for a century ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY never a dull moment in Chicago, America's second largest city. of pioneering, struggle, work and glorious achievement. Scenic Route of the East Be Sure to Visit the Your Local Railroad Ticket Agent Will CHICAGO RAILROAD FAIR Be Glad To Help You Plan Your Trip From the early wood-burners to the most modern streamliners THE RAILROADS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN PROGRESS Railroading In an ted Americ Presen tiers RETRACING THE GROWTH OF A NATION e World's Within the Fair grounds you will find Indian tribes he Inspiring Story of TIts Conquest of the Notion's fron carrying on their normal day-to-day routine . a As American railroading for 1948 Sumnier Vocation Visitors in th full-scale and actually functioning reproduction of Old has grown so has the nation. Greatest Railroad Center Faithful, the picturesque geyser in Yellowstone National Steel rails have been the ver- v. Park that has intrigued millions of tourists . side- itable backbone of our coun- lights on western life in the U. S. including a dude try in its development from ranch with a rodeo show . a reconstructed version a loosely-knit federation of of early Chicago's first railroad station . a scene infant states on the eastern lifted from Florida's Everglades ... dioramic presenta- sea board to a thoroughly tion of western mountain country . graphic illustra- FAMOUS OLD TRAINS united empire. tion of the agriculture and economy of many western The B & O's initial efforts IN ACTUAL OPERATION states ... Mexican scenes ... many views of the best shortly after the War of 1812 known U. S. tourist attractions and examples of how making American railroading a practical reality for the U. S. railroads keep the nation humming. first time ... the history-making debuts shortly later of such famed early trains as the old DeWitt Clinton in MIRACLE ON RAILS upper New York ... the Pioneer puffing its way out of Chicago on its maiden trip only a century ago to open Trains on display will in- up the plains of the West ... and the great streamlined clude models of every period mammoths of recent years have all played their part in from the first steam-powered American destiny. Illustrious ancestors of today's swift luxury trains will locomotives to the name In Chicago this summer, the Chicago Railroad Fair steam across the great stage. You will see the Pioneer, trains of 1948. There will be graphically retraces this parallel history of railroading Chicago's 100-year veteran; the Best Friend of Charles- special exhibits of the latest and the nation to give America its first great outdoor in rail equipment and appli- exposition since the war. ton, which made its debut in 1830; the Tom Thumb, of early Maryland history; and many others. ances for convenience, com- fort and safety. 'WHEELS A-ROLLING' On stage during the pageant will be full dress re- enactments of the railroads' early struggles to fight their Biggest thrill of the Chicago Railroad Fair will be way through mountain passes and over lake and river. ENTERTAINMENT the magnificent pageant of transportation. In an out- And, of course, such a performance would not be com- door theater on the shore of Lake Michigan you will plete without the scene at Promontory Point where two While attending Chicago's 1948 centennial of rail- see the drama of American progress unfolded with engines met and the spanning of a continent by rail roading you will enjoy the finest in dining facilities ... all its historical glamor. Before you on a stage 450 feet finally was celebrated. have the benefit of indoor and outdoor theater attrac- wide hundreds of actors will combine in this great As a fitting climax for the pageant, entrance of latest tions daily . witness colorful fireworks displays on a centennial production to trace the twin development model luxury trains will point the way brilliantly to magnificent scale. of transport and the nation from the earliest days of railroad progress of the future. For your comfort, nothing has been overlooked in ad- our conquest of a continent. vance planning of the Chicago Railroad Fair. All forms From the crude travois of AMERICA ON DISPLAY of transportation will be available to speed you to the Indian and the small the Fair grounds. Inside bateaux of the early French Acres of ingenious and realistic exhibits by the rail- the 50-acre area you will explorers, through the days roads and the nation's outstanding railroad equipment find ample parking space. of the circuit riders, the and supply firms will give Fair visitors the scenic rewards A narrow gauge railroad stage coach and the freight- of a hundred tours telescoped into the physical dimen- train with colorful open ing wagon, the story of sions of a mile-long exposition. cars will carry you from transport will be reenacted one end of the Fair graphically and faithfully. grounds to the other. MAKE IT A 'MUST' TO VISIT THE CHICAGO RAILROAD FAIR • • ASK FOR; YOUR TRAIN RESERVATIONS TODAY! .