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Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Train cars in the Union Pacific rail yard with the Union Pacific Transfer depot in the background.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
"Chief Red Cloud didn't want the 'Iron Horse' because it 'scared away the buffalo.'"
Caption written on the reverse side.
Caption written on the reverse side.
Early History of Union Pacific
Gone Are the Days! Scene at the Union Pacific Railroad depot at 'Omaha City,' taken September 12, 1868.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Transition from sledges, crowbars, and backbreaking labor to the modern rail machines shown here has put the business of maintaining a railroad's right of way into the realm of a science. And it's a science that's expensive. Union Pacific Railroad…
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
The Streamliner 'City of Los Angeles'; the Chicago and North Western - Union Pacific high speed eleven car streamline train started from Chicago this morning (Friday, May 1st) on a trial run to Omaha. It is shown as it stood in the North Western…
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Union Pacific Railroad yards in Council Bluffs, looking towards the southwest. The road in the foreground where the railroad tracks cross is Ninth Avenue. The Golden Spike Monument is at middle right.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
On the reverse side: "Workers on the U.P. exchanging picks and shovel for rifles to repel an Indian attack."
Union Pacific Transfer
Photograph of the Union Pacific Transfer. Depot and Hotel South 21st Street and Twelfth Avenue. Closed and torn down about 1935. Later site of United States Mail Terminal.
Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871. (copy)
Vol 5 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Transportation News: The Golden Spike Centennial Issue
The Golden Spike Centennial Issue published in Transportation News. Published by United Transportation Union.
Know Your Scenes:
The high riding object in the distance is a tower for a battery of flood lights. Crisscrossing steel rods and girders in the foreground are part of a pedestrian bridge. Railroad workers should be able to identify the Council Bluffs locale.
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Railroad Yards
Council Bluffs, Iowa--Railroads and the Union Pacific roundhouse stabilize the economy of the city.
$750,000 Mail Conveyor System Is Given Test Run
New Mail Conveyor...carries mail sacks on enclosed endless belt at left, travels underground to sorting tables at right. Sorted mail is moved on trucks fastened to endless overhead chain that is 2,900 feet long. Control panel for the system is near…
U.P. To Raze Mail Transfer Building
Luxurious Facilities...were available to rail travelers in 1879 when this transfer building was opened here by the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1938, the southern two-thirds of the building, left, were removed to make way for the glass and steel mail…
Old 8444 Rolls Again
Billowing Steam...blossoms from the stack of locomotive 8444 in Omaha Sunday. The top of the stack is 16 feet 2 inches above the tracks. The engine has logged more than 1.7 million miles since it was placed in operation in 1944. After refitting in…
Train Ride for Mayor
The Union Pacific's...8444 steam locomotive will be on display at the Golden Spike Monument in Council Bluffs Sept. 27 and 28 as part of the River City Roundup festivities. Crew members will be at the monument from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 28 allowing…
Old 8444 Rolls Again
Huge Drivers...are 80 inches in diameter and develop a starting tractive force of 63,800 pounds. Many in the crowd at Valley, Neb., held tape recorders near the hissing steam locomotive to record a sound that isn't heard much anymore.