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Overland Route, The UP By Ross Grenard and John Krause Union Pacific Soft Cove
The Overland Route UP By Ross Grenard and John Krause
Soft Cover
82 Pages
Copyright 1979, 1988 SECOND PRINTING
Created by the Pacific Railway Act of 1462, at a moment in American history when sober and realistic men had good reason to doubt that the nation they intended to bind would survive, the Union Pacific has been many things in history: source of national pride and national scandal, mother of the transcontinentals, crown jewel of the Harriman empire, holder in fee of vast mineral wealth, stubborn traditionalist, and technological innovator. It is a property admired by both investor and train watcher and a name at which, as Lucius Beebe once said, "The American imagination stand to attention.-
The history, operations, and personalities which have created this fascination have been, and even now are being chronicled and there is little which can be added in this brief space to what such authors as Kratville, Ehernberger, Athearn, Kennan and others have told us. We would only point out that the magnitude and immensity of the Union Pacific during the period covered is something which one had to experience to appreciate properly. What other railroad for instance, operated passenger trains in the postwar season of every sort and condition, from extra-fare Streamliners to mixed trains, behind two-tone gray 4-6-6-9's, fluted dome 2-8-0s, and diesels from every major builder? Was traffic density any greater out of Cheyenne and Laramie than Altoona or Gonemaugh? Perhaps the Pennsylvania Railroad moved more trains, but no one moved them faster up 1.55% grades. What other Mechanical Department could credit themselves with the development of not one, hut three highly successful locomotive types? It was and remains a great railroad, but never was it more fascinating than in those years when steam reached its apogee, when diesels first arrived on the property, and when Streamliner became a household word for the finest in rail travel. It is this Union Pacific we seek to describe, although the limitations of space have forced us to omit some aspects of operations.
The diversity and scope of the Union Pacific made it both a photographer's challenge and delight. We have been fortunate in securing the contributions of three of the foremost lensman in the field of rail photography. Bob Collins, Dick Kindig, and Ross Grenard all faithfully haunted the Overland Route during the years of the great changeover from steam to diesel. The Union Pacific was a pioneer in the field of diesel locomotives and yet hung on to their faithful steam engines long after many other roads had discarded them. It would be remiss not to remember the contributions of a vast legion of Union Pacific employees and officers whose cooperation made so many of these photographs possible. They were always willing to provide assistance and information to those who took an interest in their railroad.
So come along with us for a trip back into time and a look at both the scenic and man made wonders that flourished along The Overland Route.
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