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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Chicago RR Fair photos |
Dozens of photos of the 1948 Chicago RR Fair here: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman ... agesize=20 Page backwards and forwards to see them all. The 4-4-2 below, incidently, was cut up for scrap after the fair, with only the wheels and rods going to the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago. |
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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago RR Fair photos |
Really fascinating photos! Has anyone ever tried to come up with a list of where everything at the Railroad Fair ended up? I know a few that stayed local: the Museum of Science & Industry has the Chicago horsecar and cable car, NYC 999, and - as mentioned - the remains of the C&EI Atlantic; the C&NW "Pioneer" is at the Chicago Historical Society sans tender (that coach, which was a replica, was scrapped within the past year I believe); CB&Q 637 and IC 201 are at the Illinois Railway Museum; and IIRC the CRI&P passenger car is (or was until recently) at Kettle Moraine. |
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| Author: | Eric B. NJMT [ Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago RR Fair photos |
Are those the original UP #119 and the CP Jupiter? And was the the original PRR 7002? -Eric |
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago RR Fair photos |
The original Golden Spike engines were scrapped around the turn of the century. I'd have to go back through the photos again, but I think the 119 was CB&Q's ceremonial 4-4-0 "35" and the Jupiter was one of the V&T 4-4-0s, though not sure if the 11, 12, or 22. |
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| Author: | Joshua K. Blay [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chicago RR Fair photos |
"7002" at the fair is the same "7002" to be seen today at the RRMPA. Joshua |
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| Author: | ontracked [ Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | The REAL Jupiter and 119 |
The "Jupiter" was played by the V&T #12 "Genoa", and was still painted in those colors in the 70s. Operated when first arriving in Old Sacramento in both the "Jupiter" colors (for the 100th anniversary in 1969, and I believe at Promontory Summit until 1979. "Inyo" was the 119 I believe?), then re-lettered, then rebuilt back to V&T appearance and put on display inside. CB&Q #35 did play the #119 as mentioned. The two original engines have interesting stories... Recognize this? http://www.tns.net/~path/GS1909.jpg The "Jupiter" was sold to the Gila Valley Globe & Northern in Arizona, after a stint on the Southern Pacific post-takeover in 1885. The 119 gained a diamond stack, when the Jupiter was modernized and given a straight stack. Picture here http://www.tns.net/~path/GS119-343.jpg Scrapped in 1903 around the same time. There's a page somewhere talking about the disposition of both locomotives after the famous meet-up on May 10th, 1869; I haven't been able to find it again. -Ed Kelley On Track with Ed Kelley: An Online Magazine of Railroading http://www.bjwrr.com/ontrack/ [/url] |
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