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Narrow-Gauge Deadwood Central Train at Chicago Railroad Fair

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $14.95

Stock #:601844
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: Burlington Route
Postmark: 1949 Jun-25
Postmark City: Chicago Railroad Fair
Postmark State: RPO
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Burlington Route - A train of early-day equipment that operated years ago on Burlington Lines in Colorado carries Chicago Railroad Fair visitors from one end of the grounds to the other. The names of the engine and cars are reminiscent of the old Deadwood Central Railroad that served the Black Hills of South Dakota in the exciting days of Deadwood Dick and other well-known western characters. Chicago Railroad Fair - 100 years of railroad progress - 2nd great year 1949

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