Union Pacific Historical Society

The Streamliner Vol. 28 No. 1, Winter 2014, is now being delivered to UPHS members in good standing.

Please click on the cover to see larger image of the latest edition of The Streamliner.

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WE WELCOME OUR NEWEST UPHS MEMBERS!

Patrick Baker, Spring Branch, TX          Albert Barnier, Winston-Salem, NC

Michael Cisson, Walnut Creek, CA          Martin Dincher, Wallenhorst, Germany

Kenneth Eaton, Running Springs, CA          Peter Faithful, Kyneton, Vic., Australia

Marc Hall, Bowie, MD          Thomas Hammond Jr, Titusville, FL

Michael Hartnett, San Diego, CA          Ken Holster, Cuero, Texas

William Howell, LaGrande, OR          Charles Kenyon, Torrington, WY

Steve Krupa, Monroe Twp, NJ         Brent Lowery, Katy, TX

Willam Loyer, Cheyenne, WY          David Marshall, Pinole, CA

Ray Osterwald, Bailey, CO          Georges Prebandier, Cormondreche, Switzerland

Timothy Renn, Valatie, NY         Gary Reynolds, Piedmont, SD

 Donald Robson, Vail, AZ         Sanford Samuels, Misson Hills, CA

Tom Shirely, Portland, TX          Kerry Skidmore, Cheyenne, WY

Ed Stribley, Omaha, NE          Sho Tagawa, Westlake Village, CA

Christopher Walat, Plano, IL          Harold Webb, Waddell, AZ

George Williamson, Kemmerer, WY          Robert Yocum, Longmont, CO

       IN MEMORIAM

Brad Slaney of Las Vegas, NV          Doug Anderson of Springfield, MO

T. J. Thomson of Pocatello, ID          John Costa of San Diego, CA

Larry Ostresh of Laramie, WY          Steve Shutt of LaSalle, IL

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UPHS members planning to attend the Society’s annual meeting in Ogden, UT can now book their room(s) at the Summit Hotel and Conference Center, the headquarters for this year’s convention. Please call the hotel to make your reservation.

Please click here for hotel room reservation information.

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Membership in the Union Pacific Historical Society  makes a great gift for a railfan buddy, a family member or anyone who has an interest in trains, railroading or the history of the Union Pacific Railroad. The person who receives the new membership will enjoy all the benefits of being a UPHS member and your purchase will help to grow the Society. When you purchase a gift UPHS membership, at any level, the Society will say thanks by giving you a gift.

Please click here to give the gift that can be enjoyed throughout the whole year and future years to come.

Post revised December 26, 2013

An article featured in The Union Pacific Historical Society’s magazine, The Streamliner, has won a prestigious award from The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The R&LHS has announced that author Rob Leachman is the recipient of the David P. Morgan Article Award for 2013. This was awarded for part one of Rob’s article in The Streamliner entitled “Fresh From the West: Union Pacific’s Efforts to Promote Pacific Fruit Express Traffic in the 1970s,”

This two-part article was published in Vol. 26 No. 2 and Vol. 26 No.3 of The Streamliner in 2012. Please go to the R&LHS webiste at http://www.rlhs.org/Awards/article.shtml for more information.

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