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beginning in the 16 50's, the first trade drove the economy. hosted by our time warner cable manyers, the staff visited sites, showcasing the history of green bay, wisconsin. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are currently standing in the national railroad museum center in front of the eisenhower locomotive. the national railroad museum has 33 acres total. the main part of the property is 22 acres where we have exhibits in the exterior and interior. where we are standing right now really is the highlight of the exhibit. we have the eisenhower locomotive. newly brought back from england. we have the big boy union largest4017, one of the locomotives ever built and the

most powerful. we have an electric locomotive. and of course the pullman porters exhibit, which is a highlight of the exam. we are -- of the museum. front of theng in eisenhower locomotive. it is a special one. extremely aerodynamic. it was a model after a race car. it was very popular in england. had 80 inch diameter wheels. well, a veryrs as different sign from the two cylinder and four-cylinder rains. this particular train was built in england. there are only six remaining. we have they one -- only one in the united states.

its sister train was able to reach the world steams beat record of 126 miles per hour. this is the fastest steam locomotive in the world. the eisenhower locomotive was originally called the sparrowhawk. and then became known as the golden shuttle. it was used for high-speed transportation between leeds and london before world war ii. >> ♪ over there over there send the word, send the word over there ♪ >> they took the entire fleet of and used itted them primarily to move troops from one place to the other. general eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in world war ii usehe european theater, this type of train as his air force one, so to speak.

passenger cars, which we have, then add one and bayonet one in bayonet two. after the war, it was back to passenger service until the 1960's. the engine we have was renamed to the dwight d eisenhower in 1945 is an honor to eisenhower. he had a tremendous impact on how the war ended in the european theater. they wanted to honor him in some way. 's was the type of engine used by dwight d eisenhower. it wasn't necessarily the same one. they switched out trains all the time. cars behindenger it, one of which was armored, these were used by eisenhower and his staff. if you go into the armored car,

the horrible grey car, it doesn't look like much. it was used extensively in england between england and scotland. he would need to make the run between the two. this is the car he was used. it was called the bayonet two. it is dark in there because of the armor plating. room where they converted sleeping rooms into a kind of office area. use this for meetings and working with his staff. -- he used this for meetings and working with his staff. he had a room attached that was a dressing room and private office. the other rooms are all basic small bedrooms that his staff used. he had a private attendant that helped him out.

the locomotive got here first. arrivinglong process, to the museum. in 1959, shortly after the exam a woman came in. she had grown up in england in the leeds area. she started talking to the gardener. she was telling him about how there was a train called the dwight eisenhower. it turned out the gardener was our board chairman. we did not have a big staff at that time. she said, we should get this train for the national railroad museum. the gardener/chairman of the into his head we were going to get the train.

he started a series of letters to the british railway board saying we want the train. he was promptly rebuffed. he said there were many years of service left and they were not going to send it over. he left it alone and started bargaining for another train. the union pacific big boy locomotive. in the process of speaking to that individual, the president of the union pacific, they found people they knew in common. we were able to eventually get an audience with prince philip, who was the final person to give approval to give us the locomotive. in 1963, approval was given. in 1964, it found its way to the u.s. in september, it was dedicated with dwight d eisenhower here. to really appreciate something or understand something, humans

need to see things in person. you need to be immersed by them. touch them, taste them, smell them. dot is a big part of what we or any museum does. have those actual objects so you can learn. doing that, the people who you are with add to the experience. you have the whole family walking onto the train, or up to the big boy, it is the discussion between the generations that become so important and intrinsic to how you learn and enjoy things. weekend,hout the american history tv is featuring green bay, wisconsin. the city tour staff troubled or to learn about its rich history. to learn about green bay and other stops, go to c-span.org. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> next on the civil war, when

congress met in december of 1865, occupation of the south, , occupation of the south, designation of wartime powers, and transition to peace occupied members of both offices. gregory downs explains how they navigated those chances -- those challenges. this was part of a symposium hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. it is about 45 minutes. >> our next speaker is gregory downs who is an associate professor of history at the city college and graduate center of the city university of new york and his first book was dependence, the long reconstruction of popular politics in the south, 1861-1908." his next book will be on the ends of the war, fighting the