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"Strange what a fascination there is about a railway of any kind. One
of the earliest things the baby of the house talks about is the
"Choo-choo," and a train of carriages with engine, etc, is among the
most popular of Christmas and Birthday gifts to the young. The liking
for the Railway does not, like that for dolls and tin soldiers, die out
with years but only grows and takes on more importance. From the toy
train to the actual commercial realization of baby dreams, in the great
Railways of the day, does not seem such a long step, as it is made so
gradually and naturally.
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The WHITE CITY Express is a most perfect and ingenious working model of
our best equipped Railway trains. Made in miniature it at the same time
is lacking in none of the essentials of the best of the regulars. At
frequent intervals all day, and until the closing hour each night, the
"Express" will take trips around the Chutes Lake, through the tunnels
and over the bridges of the route. This ride, while it is very
enjoyable to the adult out for a day's pleasure, is best calculated to
appeal to the younger generation, and as their pleasures are most dear
to the mother heart, it is a certainty that the children will never
appeal in vain to Mamma to give them a ride on the "real little
Choo-choo" and in fact, to many, a day here would be incomplete without
at least one trip on this very particular WHITE CITY Express."
(excerpt from the 1909 program)
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