1964 Worlds Fair  Contributor's Pick!       
Twenty five years after the 1939 Fair, there was another one in New York. The Long Island RR had an exhibit there with a fabulous model railroad layout featuring LIRR equipment. Hopefully Ill find the slides of that. Im sure Dad took some. There was also a "live diesel" railroad around the exhibit, with a train you could ride. As I recall, it had an EMD cab unit-odd, since LIRR would not get their first EMDs for another dozen years, but I guess the people who built the amusement park trains didnt make FM C Liners-and open cars. Thats me at the ripe age of five in the summer of 1964, enjoying the ride.
Date: 8/23/1964 Location: Flushing, NY   Map Show Flushing on a rail map Views: 361 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Author:  Tom Beckett
1964 Worlds Fair
Picture Categories: Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  Dad at the Worlds Fair
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T. P. Bruss General Quite an interesting and unique railroad photograph. 11/16/2014 4:31:28 AM
Alan Page General Small world! My parents took me to the fair as well at the same age aof 5, Tom! I have a slide of us in front of the Winston Churchill exhibit. Don't think I got to ride the train. 2/14/2016 6:35:11 AM

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