Walt Disney Chicago Railroad Fair 1948

Daylight25 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:00 pm **Posts:** 166

It is known that Walt Disney and animator Ward Kimball traveled to the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948 where not only did they get to see the equipment, but also be at the throttle of some of them. My question is, which (steam) locomotives were present at the fair when Walt & Ward attended?

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1264

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Railroad_Fair

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:19 am

The history of the fair does not mention that Lima's last steam locomotive, NKP 779 was there for the 1949 season.

Crescent-Zephyr · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:15 pm **Posts:** 1715

Walt Disney and Ward Kimball also visited the Henry Ford Greenfield Village on that trip - notice this was 1948 and Disneyland opened in 1955. There are several similarities between the original Disneyland park and Greenfield Village.

Walt Disney Chicago Railroad Fair 1948

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