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1939 NY World's Fair - The William Crooks - 1861
The Transportation Zone (Zone 6)
1939 New York World's Fair
Railroads on Parade
The William Crooks - 1861
The William Crooks, a 4-4-0 steam locomotive with 86-inch drivers was designed by William Buchanan and built at the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. It carried Abraham Lincoln to his first inauguration in February 1861, in the coach shown on Photo 185. (below-right)
According to the Railroads On Parade program, this photo is from act 3, scene 2: Lincoln prepares to ride the train from upstate New York to Washington for his inauguration.
The William Crooks - 1861 Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society -
photo wf-274r
The William Crooks - 1861 photo 187
Lincoln's Coach - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society - photo wf-275r
Photo courtesy of Dave Stein of the Kurt Weill Foundation.
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
Lincoln prepares to ride the train - Photo RM23 - captured with permission from Robert Martens from a film taken by his grandfather, Gustave Martens.
Photo 185