Spring 2019

A notable member of UP’s Streamliner fleet plied its historic path for three and a half decades

Study train consists of the Overland Route’s top train from the years 1936, 1939, 1947, and 1955.

Union Pacific considered ordering a new class of oil-fired 4-8-8-4s for service on its line to Southern California

The original line via Promontory, long unwanted by SP, was sacrificed for World War II

In 1984, Southern Pacific workers replaced one of the last wooden snowsheds with a concrete structure

14 photos from six decades on the Overland Route

Eastward freight fleet ready to follow the City of Los Angeles/Challenger out of the UP-SP meeting point

After the steam era, UP and SP continued the tradition of massive, distinctive locomotives with turbines, double diesels, and diesel-hydraulics

A sunny morning around Altoona in 1969 yielded a successful first visit

Watch Dick Wallin’s movies of Penn Central action in the Alleghenies.

Catching the action on an important Reading line without ever leaving home

Loss of service in the Upper Peninsula brought “friends” out in droves

New York Central’s management trainee program led to a fulfilling career