1939 NY World's Fair - 1829 - The Tom Thumb
The Transportation Zone (Zone 6)
1939 New York World's Fair
Railroads on Parade
1829 - The Tom Thumb
Built for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by Peter Cooper of New York, the Tom Thumb, a vertical boiler 1.4 horsepower locomotive, carried 36 passengers at 18 m.p.h. in August 1830.
Tom Thumb - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society
photo wf-268r 
The Pagent Pages Menu
Circa 1820s
1829 - The Stourbridge Lion
1829 -The Tom Thumb
1830 - The Best Friend of Charleston
1831 - The DeWitt Clinton
1832 - The Atlantic
1837 - The William Galloway
Circa 1840 - The Conestoga Wagon
1856 - The William Mason
1861 - William Crooks
1869 - The Joining of the Rails
1860s - Passenger and Baggage Car
1875 - The J K Bowker - 1875
1939 - Pullman Passenger Car
The Grand Finale