Two Great Railroad Exhibits at Chicago

by John C Trautwine
Cassier's Magazine 1893

The World's Columbian Exposition opened a year late in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus's journey to the Americas. And it was a spectacular world's fair. One of the greatest ever staged. Mind-bogglingly huge!

Here Trautwine, a civil engineer, reports to the readers of Cassier's magazine on the incredible railroad exhibits at the fair, specifically those of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and that of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Covered are history and state of the railroad art.

You get Trautwine's original text, drawings, and every photograph - including amazing engines - from the John Bull, the 999, and Daniel Nason, to incredible full-size models of the James II, the Campbell, the Sandusky, the Mazeppa, and others built and used before 1850.

Then, from other contemporary publications, we added numerous other photographs and maps in an attempt to show you what the author saw in Chicago. You'll see small "glass case" models, full size engines from Britain and France, outdoor exhibits and more.

This is fun reading. Well-illustrated. True, the author covers so much material so quickly there is not enough detail. But there was so much to see. Almost too much for any one person. And this small, inexpensive booklet is about as close as we can easily come to imaging that we are visiting the fair with millions of other people.

Interesting little booklet. I wish I could have been there. Get a copy! 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 booklet 48 pages

No. 23110 ... $7.95