Union Pacific
Compiled by Don Strack
This page was last updated on March 15, 2006
Union Pacific Corporate History — A brief narrative of Union Pacific's corporate history, with full company names and dates.
Union Pacific In Utah — A history of the construction and operation of all of Union Pacific's lines in Utah, including descriptions and abandonments of its many branchlines in the state.
Diesel Locomotives — Information about Union Pacific's diesel and turbine locomotives.
Steam Locomotives — Information about UP's steam locomotives.
Freight Cars — Information about Union Pacific's freight cars.
Passenger Cars — Information about Union Pacific's steel and Streamliner passenger cars, from 1909 through the last new cars in 1964, and the Heritage Fleet equipment UP uses today for its various excursions and special operations.
Cabooses — Information about Union Pacific's wooden and steel cabooses, plus three photo albums of UP 25007, a steel CA-3 caboose.
Motor Cars — Information about Union Pacific motor cars, including McKeen motor cars, EMC motor cars, and Brill motor cars.
Painting and Lettering, Diesels — Information about Union Pacific's Painting, Lettering and Numbering (PL&N) on its fleet of diesel locomotives.
Painting and Lettering, Steam — Information about Union Pacific's Painting, Lettering and Numbering (PL&N) on its fleet of steam locomotives (just the Two-Tone Gray Challengers, for now).
UP Q&A — Miscellaneous questions, answers, and comments about Union Pacific stuff, based on various emails and notes from my research.
INFO Magazine — Information taken from UP's INFO magazine for employees, first published in about 1969.
UP City Codes — A listing of Circ 7 city codes, along with their corresponding cities and two-letter city codes, which themselves are used in UP's train designations.
Sounds
Great Big Rollin' Railroad - Union Pacific Railroad's theme song from the late 1970s to mid 1980s.
UP's 4-12-2 Steam Locomotive - Howard Fogg's recording of a Union Pacific-type 4-12-2
