Rail Fairs

Throughout the existence of railroads, the public has held a fascination with locomotives (especially steam locomotives). Over the years, many gatherings of locomotives, or "rail fairs" have taken place.

The railroad exhibition was only a small portion of this huge fair. However, it layed out the ground-work for future railroad fairs. This fair lasted six months.

Locomotives Present

• Boston & Providence Daniel Nason number 17 4-4-0. This locomotive is the only suviving example of an inside-connected (cylinders and main rods inside the frame) 4-4-0. Number 17 is now on display at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO.
• C&NW Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago History Museum)
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• Buchanan #999
• Standard gauge 0-6-0 named Sampson built in 1838 by Timothy Hackworth, Durham, England. It was brought from England by the General Mining Association, located near Stellarton, to move coal six miles from the mine to the water. The outside of the boiler is lined with wood. It worked for over 40 years hauling coal. After being displayed at the exposition it was moved to the B&O Railroad Museum and displayed until returned to Nova Scotia in 1927. It has been restored at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton.
• Standard gauge 0-6-0 named Albion built around 1850 and later rebuilt by Raynes and Burn of Newcastle, England in 1854. It was shipped to General Mining Association to haul coal at Stellarton. It operated for 30 years. After being displayed at the exposition it was moved to the B&O Railroad Museum until its return to Nova Scotia in 1927. Today, it is also located at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton.
• The General (1853, 4-4-0)
• LNWR Webb compound 2-2-2-2 Queen Empress

Links

• 1893 World's Fair, The Columbian Exposition

This was the first major fair of the 20th century. Starting in May, it ran for seven months. On display were samples of the latest motive power from all of the major locomotive builders.

This fair lasted for eight months. Transportation was one of the largest and most important attractions of this fair.

At the center of the Palace of Transportation was a rotating turntable carrying "a mammoth locomotive weighing over 200,000 pounds." The headlight on this locomotive was illuminated as the locomotive spun around. Also, the body of the locomotive was supported such that the drivers were allowed to continuously rotate. This display was named The Spirit of the Twentieth Century.

A 3D (stereo) view of this same display was provided by John Archibald.

In another location at this fair, the first locomotive testing facility was designed by the PRR and operated as an exhibit. This unique plant consisted of a test stand that let a locomotive run on rotating drums whose rotation could be regulated through braking to simulate the load of a train under various operating conditions. During the course of the fair, a number of locomotives were "tested" while the public viewed. After the fair was over, the testing facility was dismantled and reassembled at the PRR Altoona Works in 1905.

Locomotives Present

• C&NW Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago Historical Museum)
• NYC&HR #3000 4cyl compound Atlantic - 200,000#
• Big Four (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis) Atlantic #373 - 186,000# (displayed on rotating turntable)
• Vandalia (PRR) Atlantic #200 - 184,000#
• B&O Atlantic #1462 - 180,000#
• LSMS Prarie #695 - 190,000# (a striking engine!)
• MoPac Pacific #1123 - 183,000# (first Pacific type)
• B&O 0-6-6-0 Old Maude #2400 - 334,000# (built by ALCO in 1904, first American Mallet)
• NYC&HR Consolidation #2499 - 219,000#
• Erie Consol #1614 - 202,000#
• C&O Consol #525 - 186,000#
• Anhauser Busch 0-6-0 "Adolphus" - 143,000#
• Kiushu (Japan) RR 2-6-0 - 91,000#
• 0-4-0 tank #998 - 31,000#

Links

• The 1904 World's Fair Society
• The Louisiana Purchase Exposition...The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
• 1904 World's Fair

This fair marked the 100th year of the B&O Railroad. The B&O displayed both old and new locomotives. Six steam locomotives from this fair are shown in this photo. There was no caption with this photo stating which locomotives were pictured. However, I have identified most of them. If anyone recognizes one and can fill in more informatin, let me know. From left to right the information I have is:

1. King George V Great Western 4-6-0 #6000, photo (now on display at Swindon Railway Museum, Wiltshire, UK)
2. Canadian National class U-2-a 4-8-4 No. 6100, photo
3. Canadian Pacific class G3D 4-6-2 No. 2333?
4. NYC Hudson 5205
5. PRR K4 Pacific 5475 (sent directly from Altoona), photo of 5475 doubleheaded with 1401
6. B&O Class T 4-8-2 5501. See photos.

Locomotives Present

• C&NW Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago Historical Museum)
• D&H 1401 (experimental high pressure 2-8-0)
• an unidentified locomotive (a Western Maryland 2-10-0 similar to this one?)
• Trevithicks Newcastle Locomotive, built 1805.
• B&O 0-4-0 "Atlantic" (now on display at the B&O RR Museum, Baltimore, MD)
• B&O 4-6-2 "Pacific" 5300 named President Washington, photo (now on display at the B&O RR Museum, Baltimore, MD)
• England, the Mother of Railways
• New York Central 0-4-0 DeWitt Clinton replica (now on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI)
• B&O 4-4-0 Mason #25 renamed William Mason for the fair (now on display at the B&O RR Museum, Baltimore, MD)
• B&O 0-6-6-0 #2400 Old Maude (built by ALCO in 1904, this was the first mallet type locomotive built in the USA)
• B&O #57 Memnon
• B&O #600 J. C. Davis
• B&O #117 Thatcher Perkins
• B&O #217 Ross Winans (built 1845)
• B&O York (Phinias Davis)
• B&O William Galloway (Richard Norris of Philly)
• B&O Thomas Jefferson (Winchester & Patomac RR)
• B&O Philip E. Thomas (looks like #5500, but not sure 4-8-2 or 4-8-4
• Great Western Railway 7 foot gauge 2-2-2 inside cylinder, outside frame tender locomotive, replica, built 1925, original built 1837 (now on display at Swindon Railway Museum, Wiltshire, UK)
• St.P&P, (GN) 4-4-0 William Crooks (Now on display at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum, Duluth, MN)
• WM 2-10-0 1112
• WM 2-10-0 1125
• Tom Thumb replica
• Canada's (Nova Scotia) first locomotive "Samson" 1838
• Canada's (Nova Scotia) second locomotive "Albion" 1839
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• Philadelphia & Reading RY "Rocket" 1838 (built London).
• Stephenson's "Rocket" 0-2-2 (replica)

Links

• Fair of the Iron Horse
• Baltimore Country Public Library History (search for "Fair of the Iron Horse)

Locomotives Present

• London, Midland & Scottish Railway 3-cylinder 4-6-0 number 6100 "Royal Scot" (photos), formerly number 6152 "King's Dragoon Guardsman" (recently restored to operating condition, more information)

Links

• A Century of Progress International Exposition (RGUSRail)

Locomotives Present

• C&NW Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago Historical Museum)
• Northern Pacific #2650
• Illinois Central Railroad Mountain (4-8-2) #2411
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class A-2 4-4-0 #35 Photo courtesy Karen Eveson (restored in Denver, 1932) This locomotive is now on display at the Patee House Museum in St. Joseph, MO.
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class S-4 4-6-4 #3000 Photo courtesy Karen Eveson (no longer exists, however, a number of sister locomotives do)

Over 30,000 people attended this event.

Locomotives Present

• Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe streamlined Hudson #3460 (the Blue Goose)

In 1939 the PRR built their first duplex-drive locomotive. The shrouding was designed by Raymond Loewy. During the first two summers of its existence (1939-40), 6100 was displayed under steam at the New York Worlds Fair. Its drivers were supported by rollers which allowed them to turn (under steam) so that the fair goers could watch. During this period, the tender was lettered "AMERICAN RAILROADS".

Locomotives Present

• B&O 2-6-0 "J. C. Davis" (now on display at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore)
• B&O #217 Ross Winans (built 1845)
• B&O duplex drive 4-4-4-4 #5600 named "George H. Emerson"
• B&M 4-4-0 494, now on display at the CV Station, White River Junction, VT (1990s photo, Locomotive No. 494 Restoration Project)
• Boston & Providence 4-4-0 "Daniel Nason" (built 1844)
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 "John Bull" (owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884)
• CB&Q 35 masquerading as UP 119
• Central Pacific 4-4-0 "Jupiter"
• CNR 6400, a class U-4-a Northern (now on display in Ottawa)
• CPR Class H1d Royal Hudson 2850 (now on display at the Canadian RY Museum, Delson, QC)
• C&S #9 (NG-original)
• Lackawanna Hudson 1151 (ALCO). This locomotive was redesigned with streamlining and renumbered "1939" specifically for this fair. In 1940 it was remodeled again (with feathers painted on the streamlining) and renumbered "1940".
• Delaware Lackawanna & Western Camelback #952 (now on display at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis)
• Great Northern 4-4-0 #1 (now display at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth, MN)
• London, Midland & Scottish Railway streamlined 4-cylinder 4-6-2 number 6229 "Duchess of Hamilton" disguised as "6220 Coronation", de-streamlined in 1946 (now preserved at the National Railway Museum, York at LMS 6229 "Duchess of Hamilton"). See photo of 6229 and B&O Royal Blue Pacific on the Thomas Viaduct (note the addition of a headlamp and bell).
• Long Island Railroad rotary snow blower #193 with an ex-PRR steel tender provided for the fair to replace the original, 1898 wooden tender
• New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 4-4-0 #999 (now on display at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago)
• New York Central streamlined J3 Hudson 5449
• New York Central streamlined J3 Hudson 5453 (photo courtesy Wayne Koch)
• Pennsylvania Railroad H-3 Consolidation 1187 (now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA) Note: 1187 was repurchased by PRR from a rock quarry somewhere in Pennsylvania and rebuilt for the fair. After the fair, it went to Northumberland as part of the PRR steam collection.
• Pennsylvania Railroad M-1 Mountain (no details available)
• Pennsylvania Railroad Duplex drive 6-4-4-6 6100 (photo and photo of Raymond Lowey courtesy Wayne Koch)
• Pennsylvania Railroad K4 Pacific 3768
• Pennsylvania Railroad E-7 Atlantic 7002 (now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA)
• Pennsylvania Railroad flatcar (photo courtesy Wayne Koch)
• Southern Pacific Cab-Forward 4171
• UP 119 (4-4-0)
• W&A 4-4-0 #3 "The General" (built 1853)
• Virginia & Truckee 2-4-0 #21 "J. W. Bowker" (now on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento)
• A Seaboard Air Line E-4 diesel renumbered "1939"
• any others ???

Links

• New York World's Fair (RGUSRail)
• Google Maps View of 1939 New York World's Fair Site
• Images from the 1939 New York World's Fair
• 1939 New York World's Fair
• Welcome to Tomorrow
• Fairgrounds Image Map

The last major display of vintage railroad equipment occurred during this fair.

Locomotives Present

1948

• Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 0-4-0 #5 named Little Buttercup (rebuilt from an 0-4-0T)
• Baltimore & Ohio 2-2-0 Tom Thumb (now on display at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum)
• Baltimore & Ohio 4-2-0 Lafayette
• Baltimore & Ohio 0-4-0 Atlantic (now on display at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum)
• Baltimore & Ohio 4-4-0 #25 "William Mason" (now on display at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum)
• a Baltimore & Ohio EM-1 2-8-8-4
• a Baltimore & Ohio streamlined 4-6-2
• Best Friend of Charleston
• C&O steam turbine #500 (Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois #222
• Chicago & Northwestern Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago Historical Museum)
• Chicago Burlington & Quincy 4-6-0 #637 (now at the Illinois Railway Museum)
• Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 4-6-0 No 801 (Now on display in Black River Falls, WI. Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• Colorado & Southern #9 (NG-original)
• DeWitt Clinton (M&H, NYC)
• Illinois Central 2-4-4 #201 built in 1880
• Illinois Central #2602
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• Jupiter (CP) (stand-in)
• Minnetonka (NP)
• a New York Central 6000 class 4-8-4
• New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 4-4-0 #999 (now on display in Chicago)
• Pennsylvania Railroad 2-2-2 Pioneer (black & white photo color photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• an unspecified PRR "modern steam locomotive"
• Rocket
• The Reuben Wells
• Stourbridge Lion
• UP #119 (stand-in)
• an 1874 UP eight-wheeler
• a UP 400 class loco from the late 1890's
• a UP 2500 class "MacArthur" also from the 1890's
• a 1926 UP 9000 class "Union Pacific"
• a Baldwin 1875 UP eight-wheeler
• The Wabash displayed a replica of a Rogers locomotive which was described as the first steam loco to operate in Illinois in 1838.
• St.P&P, (GN) 4-4-0 William Crooks (Now on display at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum, Duluth, MN)

1949

• Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 4-6-0 No 801 (Now on display in Black River Falls, WI. Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• De Witt Clinton (replica)
• Camden & Amboy #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• Best Freind of Charleston (replica)
• Tom Thumb (replica), Lafayette (original), John Hancock (original)
• C&NW Pioneer 4-2-0 (now on display at the Chicago Historical Museum)
• Rueben Wells (original)
• C&S #9 (NG-original)
• D&RGW 268 (NG-original)
• C&EI #222 (orig.)
• St.P&P, (GN) 4-4-0 William Crooks (Now on display at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum, Duluth, MN)
• Minnetonka (original)
• Little Buttercup (original)
• Atlantic (original)
• Cumberland valley Pioneer (original)
• Baltimore & Ohio 4-4-0 #25 "William Mason" (now on display at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum)
• Jupiter (replica, first used in 1872)
• Union Pacific 119 (replica, first used in 1892)
• No 637 "Zulu" (original immigrants car and combination coach)
• No 201 (original)
• UP Big Boy 4022 (Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• PRR 4-4-2 No 7002 (Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)
• Baltimore & Ohio Class P7d Streamlined 4-6-2 (Could be 5301, 5302, 5303, or 5304. Photo courtesy Bruce Beach)

References

• Chicago Railroad Fair (RGUSRail)
• TRAINS, August 1998

Among the exhibits displayed at this fair were 19 pieces of modern equipment, five pieces of vintage equipment, and an 8-car air-conditioned passenger train.

Powerama was not a "railfair". Instead, it was a promotional event organized by General Motors to exhibit their current and future plans including the world's first solar-powered automobile. It was a 15-inch sunmobile built by William G. Cobb of the General Motors Corporation with 12 selenium photoelectric cells. The light was converted into electric current that powered a tiny electric motor with a driveshaft connected to the rear axle by a pulley.

In spite of the electric car, Powerama was a diesel engine power show. Its purpose was to show modern power on: oil wells, cotton gins, cranes, trucks, tractors, military equipment, and other machinery where power was used. Powerama visitors also witnessed an E-8 demonstrator unit up off the rails and running.

Powerama ran for twenty eight days to show their exhibits to two million five hundred thousand people free of charge. Of course, with a show of this size they had to have a sawmill. Corely Manufacturing Co. of Chattanooga, TN was selected to furnish the sawmill. They were one of the largest manufacturers of sawmills in the business.

The Helle brothers of Savanna and Oregon, Illinois were chosen to furnish the logs and their technical ability at sawing the logs. The Oregon crew sawed thirteen hours a day for fourteen days. Then the Savanna crew ran the mill the same comparable time for the same number of days.

Canadian National and employees of the Rideau Area take pride in welcoming you to RAILWAY WEEK.

Almost everything today is new in railroading. Sleek diesels eat up the miles faster than ever. Research and development keep turning out special kinds of freight. There is also a continuing effort to improve passenger equipment so that train travel is smoother and more comfortable.

Canadian National is your Company. See it in action. Talk to the men who manage part of it.

From the Railway Week Official Program.

Six Canadian National locomotives line up during Railway Week. From left to right they are:

1. 6534, an FP9A (currently active in Winnipeg)
2. 6400, a class U-4-a Northern (currently in Ottawa), was the first of a series of streamlined Northerns built in 1936 for the CNR. In 1939, no. 6400 pulled the Royal Train and was at the New York World's Fair.
3. 6167, a class U-2-e Northern (currently in Guelph), was built in 1940. At the time it was the only operational Northern in Canada. CNR had over 200 dual-purpose locomotives of this design.
4. 5700, a class K-5-a Hudson (currently at the Elgin County Railway Museum (CNR shops), St. Thomas), is one of only five of this type of locomotive. It was built in 1930 for the fast afternoon flyer between Montreal and Toronto.
5. 40, a 4-4-0 (currently in Ottawa), was the only woodburner locomotive in Canada used for exhibition purposes. It was built in 1872 for the GTR and operated for many years in passenger service between Portland, ME and White River Junction, VT.
6. 247, an 0-6-0ST (currently in Ottawa), was built in 1894 for the Grand Trunk Railway. It was used for many years in yard service at Montreal.

Note: The 5700 is "really" 5703. After its retirement, it was acquired by the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. They had some other locomotives which were the first of their series, such as CN 6400 and CP 3100, so 5703 was renumbered 5700 to match the others. 5703/5700 was at the NMST in Ottawa until 1988. Up until August of 1998, 5700 was still the property of Canadian National Railways! The ownership had never been transferred. The Elgin County Railway Museum now owns this locomotive.

Steam Locomotives Present

Photos of The General passing through Carlisle and Miamisburg, OH in the summer of 1963 on its way to the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. Photos courtesy Chuck Smith. The General is currently an exhibit within the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, GA.

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Steam Locomotives Present

• Southern Pacific 0-6-0 #1269 from the Pacific Locomotive Association NOTE: After Railfair '81, 1269 stayed at the CSRM. Ten years later, during Railfair '91, 1269 was displayed with some freight cars south of Miller Park where 4466 ran around her train.
• Dardanelle & Russellville 4-4-0 #8 now at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NV
• Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449
• Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844 (displayed as 8444)
• Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3985

Locomotives Present

• Southern Pacific GS-4 Northern 4449
• Union Pacific FEF-3 Northern 8444
• others???

Vancouver's SteamExpo was held during May-June of 1986. A total of 21 locomotives (and one crane) were in steam for the event, with 18 of those in service for the entire two-week period. This would make SteamExpo North America's largest gathering of operating steam locomotives since the end of the steam era.

Locomotives Present

• Stephenson's "Rocket" 0-2-2 (replica)
• "Tom Thumb" 0-4-0 (replica)
• "Best Friend of Charleston" 0-4-0 (replica)
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• "John Molson" 2-2-2 (replica)
• "Falk" (0-4-0T lumber engine from California)
• V&T "Inyo" 4-4-0
• Prairie Dog Central 4-4-0 #3 (ex CPR #3)
• Highland Railway 0-4-4T "Dunrobin"
• UP 0-6-0 #4466
• MacMillan-Bloedel Shay #2
• MacMillan-Bloedel 2-6-2 #1077
• Mt. Ranier Scenic 3-truck Heisler #91
• GW (Colorado) 2-8-0 #51
• CNR 4-6-0 #1392
• CPR 4-6-2 #1201
• CPR 4-6-4 #2860
• Two Truck Shay #1 (ng) from B.C. Forest Museum
• CNR 4-8-2 #6060
• Pickering Lumber Co. 3-truck Shay #12 from the Pacific Locomotive Association
• Quincy Railroad Co. 2-6-2T #2 from the Pacific Locomotive Association

All these locomotives, except for 6060, were under steam throughout SteamExpo, moving back and forth through the yard as required. The UP engine even spent an afternoon working the regular CN yard trick, and CN 1392 handled switching duties as the many engines arrived. Delayed by a major rebuild in Jasper, Alberta, 6060 made a spirited run to the coast, and arrived in time to take part in the last few days of the show. Two locomotives, the Quincy Railroad 2-6-2T and a red Pickering Lumber Co. 3-truck Shay were in steam for the first day of the show, but had their fires dropped because of problems with boiler certification. A lack of enthusiasm from BN prevented SP 4449 and UP 844 from attending.

Honorable mention can also go to CPR 4-4-0 #374, the first locomotive to pull a train into Vancouver (1886). With low-pressure steam leaking from pops, valves and whistle, the elderly American-type spent the several months of Expo '86 on the turntable of the former CPR Drake St. Roundhouse, right in the middle of the Expo site.

Also, former CPR 2-8-0 #3716 was unable to attend because of commitments on the other side of the city; hauling passengers on B.C. Rail's daily 80 mile (on 2.2 per cent grades!) round trip along the Pacific coast to Squamish.

Coming to historic Old Sacramento, California...May 3-12, 1991...The power...the majesty...the spectacle...and the pageantry of one of the world's greatest collections of operating steam locomotives, railroad equipment and exhibits from across America and as far away as Great Britain...together in one place...at one time...Come to Old Sacramento and see...

• The world's LARGEST operating steam locomotive -- UP No. 3985
• The MOST FAMOUS steam locomotive in America -- Daylight, SP No. 4449
• Camden & Amboy 4-2-0 #1 John Bull owned by Smithsonian Institution since 1884
• British locomotives NEVER BEFORE SEEN in this country -- Locomotion, Duke of Gloucester, and GN No. 1247...
• and dozens more...

Railfair '91 will have something for everyone...Older folks will be fascinated with the nostalgia...and everyone will be intrigued by the sheer size and majesty of a form of transportation many have yet to experience...Children of all ages will marvel at the toy and model trains, and the live steam locomotives...There will be an extensive exhibit of railroad photography and art...and the Railroad Musical Revue will capture the hearts of fair goers as locomotives roll across the stage in a musical salute to railroading... Railfair '91 will commemorate the Museum's 10th anniversary with a grand spectacle emphasizing the history and diversity of the railroad industry. It is destined to be remembered as the great railroad event of the second half of the 20th Century.

Ahhh. The sweet smell of coal smoke in the air! Railfair '91 was one of the largest gathering of steam locomotives during the past 10 years. It took place in Sacramento, CA at the California State Railroad Museum.

Pictured (left-to-right) Western Pacific F-7A #913, Southern Pacific GS-4 #4449,and General Motors EMD FT #103 (GM's 1st diesel engine, used for demoing diesel power).

Steam Locomotives Present

• Virginia & Truckee #22 "Inyo" 4-4-0 Carson City, NV
• Eureka & Palisade #4 4-4-0ng Las Vegas, NV
• Union Pacific #1243 4-6-0 Cheyenne, WY
• Sierra Railway #3 4-6-0 Jamestown, CA
• Bear Harbor Lumber #1 0-4-0T Eureka, CA
• Dunrobin 0-4-4T British Columbia
• Imperial Irrigation Dist. #151 0-4-0T Imperial, CA
• Southern Pacific #1233 0-6-0 Woodland, CA
• Knowles Company "Gwen" 0-4-0Tng Northridge, CA
• Southern Pacific #2472 4-6-2 San Mateo, CA
• Edison Portland Cement #3 0-4-0 Clarksburg, CA
• SP #4449 "Daylight" 4-8-4 Portland, OR
• UP #3985 "Challenger" 4-6-6-4 Cheyenne, WY
• Union Pacific #844 4-8-4 Cheyenne, WY

Diesel Locomotives Present

• WP F7A 913 (Wes Barris photo)
• SP E9A 6051 (Wes Barris photo)

On Nov. 1-3, 1991, Norfolk Southern, in conjunction with the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, hosted a celebration at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, in Chattanooga, TN. The event was highlighted by this triple header excursion with 4501 on the point, followed by 611, and 1218 bringing up the rear. A photo very similar to mine may be seen in the Feb, 1992 issue of TRAINS on page 11. Many more details on this celebration and the envents that led up to it may be seen in the Aug. 1991 issue of TRAINS on pages 30 - 44.

• Railfair 1999