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Dedicated to the preservation of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad
Welcome to the Union Pacific Historical Society! Founded in 1984, … Read More
Details for the clinics comprising our on-line 2024 Convention are posted on the Conventions tab. The Convention will span two half-day Saturdays, August 17 and 24. Tickets are not available yet but will be soon in the Company Store.
Spring issue of The Streamliner available now! – In this issue Rob Leachman provides the history of Union Pacific’s main line over the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon as well as a photo tour of the line. Scenic action photos from the1970s double-diesel era are highlighted. Available now at the company store!
In Memoriam. Dean Dickerhoof passed away on January 9, 2024. Dean was a founding member of UPHS. He served on the UPHS Board of Directors from 1985 to 1995 and served as Secretary 1985-1989 and 1993-1995.
We had a great time at the Pasco Convention! – The UPHS 2023 convention in Pasco, Washington, July 19-22, 2023, was great fun. Highlights for me were the Thursday night photo session on the YVT in Yakima and the Friday ride on the Joseph Branch through the remote portions of the Grande Ronde and Wallowa River Canyons. Next year, May 8-11, 2024, at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, CA, we will ride behind UP E8 942 and take night shots of a YVT photo freight. Hope to see you there! Rob L.
New Book on Camas Prairie Railroad! – Carefully researched from railroad papers and interviews with employees, this book tells the full story of the Camas Prairie Railroad. 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 railroad’s namesake Camas Prairie and to the logging camp at Headquarters, Idaho. Includes maps of the many surveyed lines considered in Lapwai Canyon, site of the famous Halfmoon bridge. This 320-page hardbound book is complete with information on operations and equipment, maps of the full railroad and key points, and over 350 illustrations and photographs. Now available at the company store!
UPHS Archives at the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming – The American Heritage Center is developing a digital library of the images and diagrams in the UPHS Collection at AHC. This is a long-term, gradual process; only a fraction of our images are digitized at this point. A long-run goal is to develop an indexed, searchable digital library of small scans of our images for the benefit of our membership and others. Some of the completed small scans have been posted on-line by AHC. You can take a look at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~107~107.
American Heritage Center – The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming in Laramie is featured the UPHS collection on the home page of their web site in February. Go to https://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/ [February 4, 2020]
Links have been updated under the Resources tab. In particular, a link has been added directing you to the Union Pacific Steam Club, where you can sign up and keep up to date with the steam program and its excursions. [February 27, 2019]
Union Pacific Northwest book errata – Corrections and updates relating to Jeff Asay’s book, Union Pacific Northwest, published by the Union Pacific Historical Society, can be found on the UPHS Publications page. Click here to go directly the errata sheet for this publication. [May 23, 2015]
WE WELCOME OUR NEWEST UPHS MEMBERS
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Chuck Brough
Clovis, CA
Dennis Coufal
Schuyler, NE
Kevin Bush
Omaha, NE
Edie O’Connor
Quincy, CA
Gary Rogers
Lawrenceville, GA
David Thompson
Hoffman Estates, IL
Kirk Baer
Portola, CA
John Bryant
Hawthorne, CA
Pat Halpin
San Antonio, TX
Steven Landfried
Edgerton, WI
Gil Bennett
Sarasota Springs, UT
Wayne R Cross
Portland, OR
Edward Meyer
San Antonio, TX
John Hamman
Madison, MS
Jim Griffiths
Mindarie, West Australia
Nelson Freeman
Highlands Ranch, CO
Lewis Thompson
Cranks, KY
Karl Huelsenbeck
Kendallville, IN
James Erick Johnson
Philipsburg, MT
Daryl Lund
Chehalis, WA
Scott Krause
Shawnee, KS
Kathleen Currie
North Oaks, MN
Jacob Giglio
Canyon Lake, CA
David Wheeler
Chanhassen, MN
Edison Pennock
Richland, OR
Malcolm Robinson
San Bruno, CA
Kenneth Cohen
Morgan Hills, CA
Tad Calcara
Salt Lake City, UT
Rod Petranek
Newcastle, WY
Jon Cure
Moorpark, CA
Galen Witham
Millington, MI
Michael McGinley
Washougal, WA
John J. Biehl
Arlington, TX
Leroy Huntington
Huntsville, AL
Jonathon Miller
Omaha, NE
Donald Helmholtz
Lafayette, CA
Daniel Krug
Russell, KS
Richard Hawkinson
Everett, WA
Bruce Brackley
Jackson, WY
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New Members since March 5, 2019
As of June 3, 2019 RCL