Copyright: 745.17529 Burlington Railroad Giants of Speed, 1933
Name/Title
Burlington Railroad Giants of Speed Photo Postcard, 1933
Entry/Object ID
AM9999.745.17529
Scope and Content
Burlington Railroad Giants of Speed Photo Postcard, 1933. "Giants of Speed and Power at A Century of Progress." b/w photos of three locomotives exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934. The trains were the "Royal Scot", The Burlington, and the Pride of the Prairie. The latter included a replica of the first railway mail car, which began on the St. Joseph Route of Hannibal & Josephn in 1862. "This card furnised for mailing in the Postal Car on the Burlington World's Fair Exhibition Train."
The Burlington Railroad exhibit was on a 600-foot track immediately south of the Travel & Transport Building. It was a deluxe passenger train consisting of a giant locomotive and six ultra modern units of equipment:
Alongside this composite train were two units of old-fashioned equipment having historic significance. Opposite the modern locomotive stood a little old "tea kettle" engine with elongated cow catcher and diamond smokestack--No. 35, the Pride of the Prairies in the early 1880's. Behind the little pioneer engine was a reproduction of the first car in which U.S. Mail was assorted in transit, and thus the actual starting point of the Railway Post Office service.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Railroads
Search Terms
Railway Mail Service, Mail Sorting Enroute on Railroads, Burlington Railroad, Chicago's World's Fair, 1933
