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Wings of a Century Parade Highlights Rail Progress at Exposition
A descriptive travel pageant titled The Wings of a Century traces transportation from Indian trails to the iron horse. It recalls Baltimore & Ohio’s 1828–30 early rail era, Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb, and races against horses, plus notable locomotives like De Witt Clinton, Grasshopper, and 1893 Empire State Express. The display culminates with modern giants and a future stainless streamlined train envisioned for speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travois
Concord
Oregon
Pony Express
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Tearus
Iron Horse
Peter Cooper
Sam
America
United States of America
Baltimore & Ohio
Ford
Baltimore
Milcott’s Mills
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Péter Cooper
Tom Thumb
Tom ‘Thumb
Baltimore & Ellicott’s Mills
Cooper
Gray Horse
Phineas Davis
York, Pa
York
Pioneer
Atlantic
Pacific
Central Pacific
C. P. Huntington
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Minnetonka
New York Central
Mohawk & Hudson
Schen
Krom
CG. P. Huntington
Central Pacific Railroad
Promontory Point
Utah
Stanford
Huntington
Hopkins
Fort Douglass
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Boston
Rio Grande
Dixie
Deserts
Chicago
Ilinois Central
Jackson Park
United States
Chicago & Northwestern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rock Island