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Union Pacific Railroad Circa 1940 Spiral bound 1981 reprint
The Union Pacific Railroad Circa 1940
Spiral Bound
46 pages
Copyright 1981 Reprinted from the UP Railroad
CONTENTS
The General Sherman No 1 1865
Challenger High Speed Passenger & Freight Locomotive 1938
The New 800 Class high speed locomotive used in fast passenger service 1940
Giant Steam Locomotives
Giant streamliners
Front view of Steam Locomotive 7002
Front view of same steam locomotive 7002 after it was streamlined
View of Steam Locomotive 7002 just before it streamlined
View of steam locomotive and tender after they were streamlined
The Los Angeles Limited
The City of Los Angeles
Engineer in cab of 17 car Streamliner City of Los Angeles
Interior of Streamliner Cab
The Auxiliary Car City of Los Angeles
Challenger Streamline-type coaches
The Challenger Diner
Challenger de luxe Tourist sleeping car
Challenger Lounge car
City of Los Angeles streamliner kitchen
City of Los Angeles Streamliner Dining Car
Open section standard Pullman City of Los Angeles
Registered Nurse Stewardess service on trains
A Roomette city of Los Angeles Streamliner single bedroom
City of Los Angeles Streamliner Observation Lounge
Fast Freight Train in action
Flat Car with Steel Frame
Tank Car
Advent of Refrigerator Cars in the late eighties
Stock Car
Hopper type Gondola Car
Automobile Car
Box Cars
Flat bottom Gondola Car
Challenger Merchandise Car
The Caboose
Articulation
Seventy two foot steel
Post office compartment
Baggage and Express end of combination car
The Challenger
Steel Turntable
Modern Coaling Station
Engine taking water
Typical Omaha shop
ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER
This book has been prepared and published by the Union Pacific Railroad as an aid to those who are interested in the important study and teaching of rail transportation. All illustrations show Union Pacific property. Equipment is the most modern of its class. All passenger cars are air conditioned.
The Union Pacific was the first transcontinental railroad. In 1862 Congress passed the Enabling Act creating the Union Pacific Railroad Company. President Lincoln signed the Act July 1, 1862 He personally located the eastern terminal at Council Bluffs, Iowa. A beautiful marble shaft now marks the spot where he stood on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River when the momentous decision was made. The name Union Pacific signified the great purpose of the railroad-to bind the Pacific Coast to the rest of the Union.
Ground 'was broken in December, 1863; grading began in 1864. The first rails were laid July 10, 1865, and by January, 1866, 40 miles of railroad had been built. For much of its distance the road follows the old "Overland Route" and the "Oregon Trail", blazed by early explorers and immigrant trains. The first transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869. The ceremony of driving the last spike, made of gold from California, took place just before noon. Telegraph lines were linked in the first national "hook-up'" and relayed to a waiting nation the completion of this epoch making event.
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