1939 NY World's Fair Masthead
Railroads - Trains on Display - Page 2

Transportation Zone

Canadian National Railway ♦ Delaware & Hudson ♦ Long Island RR ♦ Norfolk & Western Railroad
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Norfolk & Western Railroad

Norfolk & Western Railroad Engine #1206 which was used in heavy service hauling coal from the mountains of West Virginia to the coast (Norfolk, Virginia) (September 8, 1940)

Norfolk & Western Railroad Engine #1206
Photo W003 by Winnie Ervin, from the collection of Dr. William R. Hanson.

Norfolk & Western Railroad #1206

Norfolk & Western Railroad Engine #1206
Photo W009- by Winnie Ervin, from the collection of Dr. William R. Hanson.

Canadian National Railway

The state-of-the-art # 6400 was on loan from the Canadian National Railway for the 1939 New York World's Fair..

Canadian National 6400 Engine
Canadian National 6400  - Photo 194

Delaware & Hudson

Side view of a Delaware & Hudson Streamlined Coach #1511. Oct 6, 1940

Delaware & Hudson Streamlined Coach #1511.
Photo W020 - by Howard from the collection of Dr. William R. Hanson.- Delaware & Hudson
Streamlined Coach #1511.

Long Island RR

LIRR (PRR System) Rotary snow plow #193. The plow is a boiler covered locomotive with the rotary plow placed in front of the pilot and the controls in the housing on top of the boilers. Use in places of very deep or heavy drifts of snow. (August 25, 1940)

Long Island snow plow # 193
Photo W008 - by Winnie Ervin from the collection of
Dr. William R. Hanson. Long Island snow plow # 193.

LIRR (PRR System) Rotary snow plow #193.
Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society
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