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1939 NY World's Fair - The Grand Finale
The Transportation Zone (Zone 6)
1939 New York World's Fair
Railroads on Parade
The Grand Finale
Railroads on Parade Grand Finale photo Courtesy of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York
.Left loco is PRR K4s #3768
Right loco is New York Central J-3a #5453 (with Scullin driving wheels).
New York Central J-3a #5449 (with Boxpok driving wheels).
Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society -
photo wf-286r
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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
The J2a - Hudson Streamliner (right engine) and another modern engine used in the Grand Finale for the Railroads On Parade program
The spectacular finish of the show culminated with the cast, both human and steel, making their final appearance on stage. How marvelous it must have been to witness the history and inventiveness of man unfold before the eyes of the visitor to Railroads on Parade.