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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Railroad Fair

Railroad Fair

By Angela Cotey | August 20, 2019

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

The Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948–49 included modern equipment displays and a pageant featuring a reenactment of the 1869 Golden Spike ceremony, seen here.
B.L. Stone, Krambles-Peterson Archive

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