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WS old and new trains leaving Aurora Station / LS military soldier marching in parade / CU majorettes followed by band marching toward camera, crowd lining street / Follow wagon past camera, people standing on wagon dressed as settlers and Native Americans / Side view of crowd / Follow wagon carrying ladies wearing old style bonnets / Follow another wagon carrying family followed by cowboys on horsebacks / PAN crowd around sign 1850, guests sitting in front of Burlington sign / MS Ralph Budd of Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Line and Charles G. Dawes together, on open wagon, past / WS officials sitting on the platform of Aurora train station / CU and SOT Dawes, former US Vice President: "...Ralph Budd is the world's pioneer in the introduction and successful operation of these steam line trains which marked the liaison of American railroad and beginning of its turn of its old time place in the business and social life of our country "/ WS Budd, President of Burlington Line, speaking from podium / SOT Budd: "The future of our railways depends upon the stability of our 3 point foundations, namely the public, the employees and the owners. Like all 3 point supports, the failure of one is the disastrous to the entire structure" / Note: exact day not known