Company overview the union pacific historical society was founded september 1, 1984 in denver, colorado. The unions past is important because it is alive in the present. Find great deals on ebay for union pacific booklet. In 1967 i received these 3 publicity photos in the mail when i wrote a letter and asked for anything related to union pacific passenger trains. Jbexc excursion to the panamapacific international exposition brooklyn teachers association. Five years of research covers every aspect of these famous trains including 43 timetables, 17 menus, 73 diagrams of locomotives and cars, profit and loss statements, operating contracts with partner railroads, equipment values, over 1200 photographs and 56,000 words of text. The museum featured documents relating to the first transcontinental railroad signed by president lincoln, an original silver service that came from a pullman car built for lincoln that served as his funeral car, and plenty of other mementos of the railroad and the early history of the west. This day in history may 10, 1869 mystic stamp discovery. Founded july 1, 1862, when president lincoln signed the pacific railway act, union pacific has been building america for more than 150 years.
The central pacific began work on their end of the railroad on january 8, 1863. Booklets brochures panama pacific international exposition. It was established in 1969 and is headquartered in omaha, nebraska. Incorporated on july 1, 1862, under an act of congress entitled pacific railroad act of 1862. May 08, 2020 washington, may 8, 2020 prnewswire the national park service nps, union pacific railroad and the national park foundation npf today announced the release of the junior ranger railroad explorer activity booklet that can be obtained for free from nps. Volume ii, 18941969 earlier edition titled union pacific. Union pacific electronic book brings 150year railroad history to life. The union pacific railroad reporting marks up, upp, upy, legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific, is a freighthauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles 51,800 km routes in 23 u. Issued just ahead of national train day and the golden spike anniversary on may 9 and may 10, respectively, the new educational booklet traces the journey of. Union pacific historical society dedicated to the preservation of. The union pacific had put the bulk of its remaining steam locomotives into storage, but a surge of traffic in the summer of 1957 taxed the capacity of its diesel and gas turbine power and resulted in the recall of much of its modern, highhorsepower steam fleet. Two new union pacific books union pacific historical society. Americas greatest railroad from 1969 to the present published in 2011. Union pacific, national parks service, and foundation, team.
Union pacific coal company, union pacific railroad company. Union pacifics first bankruptcy on october th 1893 the union pacific fell into bankruptcy sep 4, 1941. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from sacramento, california, to complete the western part of the first transcontinental railroad in north america. Union pacific celebrates the shared stories that have shaped our country since 1862.
Washington the national park service nps, union pacific railroad and the national park foundation npf today announced the release of the junior ranger railroad explorer activity booklet that can be obtained for free from nps. It begins long before the lumber pile on folsom street wharf in 1885. If youre interested in the up or are a fan of the railroad, then you really have no reason not to buy this book. Two vintage summer tour booklets produced by union pacific and chicago and north western to promote their overland route fleet of passenger train routes in the western usa. Incorporated in 1861, cprr ceased operation in 1885 when it was acquired by southern pacific railroad as a leased line. The highest point on the union pacific line, lone tree pass, at 8200 feet, was reached on april 16, 1868 later renamed sherman summit in honor of general william tecumseh sherman. The first big boys in service on september 4th 1941 the union pacific railroad recived the first 25 of their 4000class. This 320page hardbound book is complete with information on operations and equipment, maps of the full railroad. Founded in 1984, the union pacific historical society uphs is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the union pacific railroad from its beginning in 1862 to the operation as it is today.
The railroads history collection is an assembled collection of business records and histories from and about a variety of railroads operating in kansas. Jbcae california and the expositions union pacific system how to go and what to see en route. It starts with the phoenicians, the vikings, and the laws of oleron. As of the beginning of 2016, the society has about 1,900 members.
Apr 03, 2000 fort worthbased union pacific resources group inc. New junior ranger railroad program available online. Union pacific resources to merge, move dallas business. Click on the brief description underneath the image to go to a post describing that item. Union pacific historical society is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the union pacific railroad. Union pacific and its west coast port partners are keeping the supply chain moving for medical supplies and other essential goods coming into the u.
A must for any serious transportation history holding and particularly for any collection solid in railroad history. Issued just ahead of national train day and the golden spike anniversary this weekend, the educational booklet traces the journey of the first transcontinental railroad and brings the. Richard leonards steam locomotive archive union pacific. New listing antique booklet brochure canadian pacific railway challenge of the mountains. Located only a few steps off the lobby on the first floor of union pacific railroads 12story headquarters building in downtown omaha, neb. Union pacific railroad company photographic roster, locomotive model. It is the parent company of the current form of the union pacific railroad union pacific was located in new york city from the companys refounding in 1969 until drew lewis became ceo in the mid1980s. Issued just ahead of national train day and the golden spike anniversary on may 9. History of the union pacific coal mines, 18681940 and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Railroads history collection state archives kansas. Union pacific resources to merge, move dallas business journal.
A number of american railroads operated simple articulated locomotives of the 4664 wheel arrangement, but the union pacific had originated the type and given it its name, and owned about forty percent of them. Vintage vistadome california zephyr brochure pamphlet burlington rio grande. Issued by the union pacific railroad on the occasion of the celebration at ogden, utah, may 10th, 1919, in. Historical equipment and information union pacific. Union pacific, national parks service, and foundation. This day in history may 10, 1869 mystic stamp discovery center. Marx said that history does nothing, possesses no enormous wealth, fights no battles. We do not have historical records on employees to share. The event took place may 10, 1869, in promontory summit, utah, and changed the course of history forever.
Union pacific once housed a museum in its omaha headquarters building. Union pacific historical society is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the union. The history of the sailors union of the pacific is as rich as its possibilities. It consists of records that were compiled by railroad collectors or donated separately, and do not fit with existing railroad collections such as the atchison. Union pacific historical documents the raab collection. The overland route was a train route operated jointly by the union pacific railroad and the central pacific railroad southern pacific railroad, between council bluffs, iowa omaha, nebraska, and san francisco, california over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad aka the pacific railroad which had been opened on may 10, 1869. In february 1866, the union pacific had laid only forty miles of track when durant also contracted with brothers jack. Lillards collection of union pacific railroad records including correspondence, railroad schedules, quarterly reports, receipts, ledgers, oil leases, bank books, records on floods of 19031904, volumes entitled west traffic, and testimonies from litigation that union pacific was involved in. In 1866, thomas durant hired former union general grenville dodge as the chief engineer for the union pacific railroad. One of americas most recognized companies, union pacific railroad connects 23 states in the western twothirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain.
Click the brief description underneath to go to the web page describing that item. The society is not supported by, or affiliated with the railroad other than the preservation of its rich and. Union pacific is a western television series starring jeff morrow, judson pratt and susan cummings that aired in syndication from 1958 until 1959. History of the union pacific coal mines, 1868 to 1940 union. History union pacific coal mines 1868 1940 abebooks. This purports to be the definitive history of the first three decades of a major western railroad, union pacific, which in its time was also one of the nations biggest business enterprises. Washingtonthe national park service nps, union pacific railroad and the national park foundation npf today announced the release of the junior ranger railroad explorer activity booklet that can be obtained for free from nps. The union pacific corporation union pacific is a publicly traded railroad holding company. View historical unp stock price data to see stock performance over time. Using the companys archives and other original records enables klein to tell the story from the inside. As early as 1832 people were dreaming of a railroad to the pacific coast as perhaps first expressed in the emigrant, an ann arbor, michigan newspaper.
History of the union pacific railroad timeline timetoast. The majority of the collection consists of thomas m. In 1836, john plumbe, a civil engineer in dubuque, iowa, called a public meeting to discuss the concept, the first of many such meetings to be called throughout the nation. The union pacific railroad was appropriately named, as the company hired on a number of union army veterans. The central pacific railroad cprr was a rail company chartered by u.
Dedicated to the preservation of the history of the union pacific railroad. We invite you to explore how the nations largest railroad came to be and how up continues to build america with innovation and tenacity, touching the lives of nearly every citizen. The 2018 investor fact book provides additional explanatory information regarding union pacific that may not be available, included or directly derived from information in the companys annual report. The collection documents general railroad history throughout the state. Historians, railfans, employees, and modelers have found the uphs to be a matchless source of accurate and indepth material concerning. This purports to be the definitive history of the first three decades of a major western railroad, union pacific, which in its time was also one. The union pacific railroad company began heading west from council bluffs, iowa, while the central pacific built eastward from sacramento, california. The union pacific historical society has added two new up related books, not published by uphs, to the uphs company store. The laws were passed as war measures to forge closer ties with california and oregon, which otherwise took six months to reach.
The act was approved by president abraham lincoln, and it provided for the construction of railroads from the missouri river to the pacific as a war measure for the preservation of the union. The uprr not only sent me these photos, but a box of public timetables, pamphlets, a few booklets and a book about the history of the railroad. The union pacific reached cheyenne, wyoming november, 1867. For their efforts, congress granted these railroad companies large tracts of land and millions of dollars in loans. May 09, 2020 the national park service, union pacific railroad, and the national park foundation have released the junior ranger railroad explorer activity booklet that can be obtained for free from nps. The original company, union pacific rail road uprr, was created and funded by the federal government by laws passed in 1862 and 1864. This map of the month appeared in the october 2004 issue of trains magazine. This history presents the origins of the unique cooperation between the parent companies union pacific railroad and northern pacific railway, and details the many routes surveyed to the railroads namesake camas prairie. Maury kleins trilogy is probably the last word in the history of the company. Great northern time tables glacier national park june 1928. The purpose of the society is to collect, organize, distribute and publish information. Carefully researched from railroad papers and interviews with employees, this book tells the full story of the camas prairie railroad. The union pacific completed 450 miles of track to the utah wyoming border by the end of 1868. The union pacific historical society was founded september 1, 1984 in denver, colorado.
The 3900series challengers of class 4664 were erected by american locomotive company during world war ii in three groups. The information provided is supplemental in nature and is not, and should not be considered or deemed to be better than that available in the companys publicly available reports filed with the. Home used books union pacific railroad a brief history. He has authored more than 30 books about railroads and motive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in trains, railway age, passenger. A history of the construction, conspiracies, extortions, robberies and villainous acts of the central pacific, southern pacific of kentucky, union pacific, and other subsidized railroads. The union pacific railroad was established on july 1, 1862, by congress in the pacific railroad act of 1862. Union pacific railroad by brian solomon is a good detailed look at the operations, history and locomotives of the union pacific railroad. A comprehensive history of the union pacific streamliners. Union pacific hopes that you will enjoy your visit. We suggest you try some of the railroad historical societies, or the railroad retirement board.