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First Run For New Mail Train
A new 36-car, coast-to-coast mail train departed 10 minutes early as it passed westward through Council Bluffs Saturday night. The train was to leave here at 7:15 but pulled out at 7:05. The train stopped at the former mail terminal on South…
Bison Head, Typifying Old West, Looks Down on Travelers Crossing U. P. Span
The fine bronze buffalo head which looks down from the east portal as all trains pass over the Union Pacific railroad bridge here.--Nonpareil Engraving.
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 Bridge Carries Transcontinental Traffic
Over the Union Pacific bridge, pictured in the foreground above, passes the nation's transcontinental traffic. The bridge carries the passenger trains and most of the freight trains of all railroads between Council Bluffs and Omaha. In the background…
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…
Intermodal Terminal
To handle the increasing volume of piggy-back freight, Union Pacific Railroad has opened an intermodal freight terminal in Omaha, according to W. J. Fox, UP vice president of operations. The terminal, located on the old Union Station passenger yard,…
U.P. Diesel Shop Nearly Complete
"Three-Level" Construction...in new diesel shop enables workmen to service all parts of a unit at one time. Railroad employes [sic] are shown here taking advantage of the new idea in shop construction.
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…
Foot Bridge Is Demolished
Going Down...the heavy span with supporting legs partially cut through folded like a pair of scissors and landed with a thud on the well-placed timbers for a cushion. The bridge cleared the rail tracks by inches.
Union Pacific Spruces Up
The Union Pacific Railroad yards at Seventeenth Street and Fourteenth Avenue are a bit more glamorous. Trees have been planted along the tracks and all the light poles have been painted a light green. There also are flower pots hanging from each of…
UP Plans 2 1/2 Million Program For Bluffs
New Diesel Engine House...whose site is roughly shown here is part of a $2,500,000 improvement project for the Union Pacific Railroad yards in Council Bluffs. Access tracks to the new engine house will necessitate relocation of the stock yards, lower…
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.
Engineers Plan To Build Underpass From Top Down
Detour Routes...will be constructed on either side of the Union Pacific's tracks at this location to allow train passage while Iowa Highway Commission contractors build an underpass for Interstate 29--from the top down!--Nonpareil Photo.
Three Giant Steamers Are Going West-For Last Time
Greasing Big Drives...on old "823" for its last run is Machinist Robert Swanger of Honey Creek. Drive wheels on the steam engines are six feet in diameter.
New U.P. Viaduct Is Great Convenience for Employes [sic]
This new viaduct, more than 400 feet long, in the Union Pacific yards, was recently completed for the safety and convenience of employes [sic], who formerly were forced to go a roundabout way to their place of employment in the yards. Cost of…
Rail Strike Affects 2 Bluffs Industries
Cars Tied Up...by strike at the Council Bluffs yards of Union Pacific total about 1,200. Some are shown here, looking west from the U.P. yard tower. -Nonpareil Photo.
U.P. Opens New 'Bailey Yard' Friday
Cross-Over Tracks...lead down to the bowl of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s 'Bailey Yard' west of North Platte, Neb. The $12.5 million facility was dedicated Friday.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Map showing tracks owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in the United States west of Chicago.
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."