“IRON HORSE CENTENNIAL” 1927 BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION FAIR 40700 HD

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This 1927 film covers a transportation fair organized by the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad at Halethorpe near Baltimore, the oldest railroad in the United States, celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the invention of the steam locomotive. It begins with a short overview of the history of transportation in the USA before the invention of the steam engine, from Native Americans on horseback to Stage Coaches after the Civil War. This is followed by a presentation of different types of steam engines from the B&O but also from other operators across the United States and Canada.
0:09 Blackhawk Films presents “Iron Horse Centennial 1927,” 1:54 cars driving onto the fairgrounds, 3:07 Governor of Maryland Albert C. Ritchie arriving and giving a speech, 4:11 Native Americans of the Blackfeet Nation opening the festivities with a parade, 5:24 a reenactment of Pere Marquette’s crossing of the Mississippi River, 5:50 different Pioneer carriages in the parade, 6:58 a stagecoach arriving, 8:05 a New England Concord Coach, 8:30 a Conestoga Wagon coach, 9:32 float commemorating the first stone on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, 10:20 a float celebrating Samuel Morse, 10:50 a float commemorating Abraham Lincoln driving on the railroad, 11:30 reenactment of the first service on the line with the carriage still pulled by a horse, 12:27 the first American built steam engine the “Tom Thumb,” 13:34 a “York” Steam engine, 14:10 “Atlantic” locomotive puling strange double decker carriages,15:08 the “Thomas Jefferson” Steam Engine, 15:43 the “Lafayette” steam engine, 16:13 the “Memnon” steam engine, 16:36 a stage coach driving past the tracks, 17:01 the 1856 William Mason early locomotive, 17:17 the “Thatcher Perkins” Locomotive, 17:37 the “Camel Back” locomotive, 18:04 the 1875 “J.C. Davis” “Mogul” type locomotive, 18:17 the 1888 “Consolidation” locomotive driving past the crowds, 18:48 the Model no. 1 Electric Locomotive, 19:12 an 1896 1310 Locomotive used on the “Royal Blue” line, 19:30 the “John E. Mulfeld” a “Mallet” locomotive, 19:52 a reproduction of the 1829 “Rocket” locomotive, 20:18 the massive “King George V” locomotive, 20:47 the largest locomotive in the British Empire the “Confederation,” 21:09 a Canadian Pacific Railway No. 2333 Locomotive, 21:29 two 1831 engines the “De Witt Clinton” and the “John Bull”, 22:27 “William Crooks” 1861 locomotive from the Great Northern Railway, 22:43 a New York Central large type locomotive no. 5203, 23:14 demonstration of a rail to motor coach transfer to allow for seamless connection in New York City, 24:15 the “John B, Jervis” of the Delaware and Hudson, 24:35 President L. F. Loree of the Delaware and Hudson, 24:52 a “Mikado” locomotive, 25:02 a 1926 “Sante Fe” Locomotive, 25:30 the 1926 “Philip E. Thomas” Locomotive, 25:48 a “Mallet” locomotive drawing freight cars, 26:36 the “President Washington” locomotive pulling the “Capitol Limited."
The B&O Railroad Museum still preserves many of these locomotives and has more information on them on their website.
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[@louislamonte334]

One of the events in history that I would have LOVED to have attended!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

In 1927 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad staged a pageant of American railroad transportation up to that time, picturing most of the locomotives and important rolling stock then available!

[@Onederland2319]

This is awesome. I believe either my great great grandfather or great great great grandfather was William Galloway. I have pictures of my great grandmother Valetta Galloway Roth and my grandmother, great aunt, and uncle at the fair. This was and still is a big deal to my family.

[@MrBnsftrain]

I'm glad this footage survives! I'm surprised that a lot of the 1900-1927 built locomotives shown in this film didn't survive! Something like this should be done again in 2027! (with most of the oldest engines being put on flatcars and be towed by a modern loco)

[@preston1957]

Extraordinary!

[@Sanjay-nj8yd]

A very good video destroyed by timer in the bottom

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[@rambojambone4586]

1827: “we’ll build a railroad!” 2022: “we’ll get rid of fuel, and go back to wind!” OK