The BRE Collection contains publications and documents that were originally part of the Bureau of Railway Economics Library, a unit of the Association of American Railroads in Washington, DC. The collection is focused on the wide and varied history of North American Railroading including technological advancement, marketing, economics and historical works. The collection spans from the 1800s to the 1960s.
Text printed on newsprint, 4 columns per page.
"This sheet was printed on the Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Department tableau car in the grand Sesqui-Centennial Parade, Baltimore, Monday October 11th 1880, upon the first cylinder power press ever introduced and run by steam power in a parade. The power, as well as the coupon and local ticket presses, from the printing house of John D. Lucas, Baltimore."