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Pacific Junction is becoming the end of the line for many of the Burlington Railroad's old steam locomotives which have been crowded off the road by modern diesel units. The steamers are brought to the marshalling yards at Pacific Junction where…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is one of the early "Iron Horses" that chugged into Council Bluffs as the city became a leading railroad point shortly before the turn of the century. The billowing black smoke and the old fashioned "coal car"…

Today...diesel locomotives like this switch engine in the Union Pacific yard move smoothly across millions of miles of U.S. tracks. Burning of oil has cut down on coal consumption to the point where cinders are becoming scarce for city streets. …

Council Bluffs Changing Scene: The old Union Pacific Transfer Depot and Tenth Ave. and Twenty-first St. was a busy place at the time this picture was made. Not only mail was transferred in the open sheds at left, but cross-country passengers as…

Today...The Union Pacific Mail Terminal has taken on a streamlined appearance, having lost it's [sic] upper story in remodeling. it is still a mighty busy place, handling an ever increasing volume of mail from the many railroads that converge at the…

Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

First temporary bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha and the first train of cars crossing, Winter 1867.