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  • Union Pacific Northwest
    Jeff Asay
    2014, Union Pacific Historical Society, Cheyenne, WY. ISBN 978-1-932704-32-7. 496 pages. Photographs, maps, and text. A revised and expanded history of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company.
  • Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin
    Jeff S. Asay
    2010 Signature Press, Wilton, CA. ISBN 978-1-930013-31-5. 496 pages. History of the Union Pacific and predecessor lines in the Los Angeles Basin. Photographs, maps and text.
  • Union Pacific Salt Lake Route.
    Mark W. Hemphill
    Boston Mills Press, North York, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 1-55046-138-9. 176 pages. Photographs, maps and text. History of Union Pacific’s South Central District (including predecessor lines, extending from McCammon, ID, to San Pedro, CA.
  • Smoke Above the Plains
    James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind
    1965, E. & G. Publications, Callaway, NE. Library of Congress 65-28330. 64 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographic tour of Union Pacific’s Kansas Division in the steam era, with traffic descriptions and historical data by line.
  • Smoke Across the Prairie
    James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind
    1964, Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Golden, CO. 64 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographic tour of Union Pacific’s Nebraska Division in the steam era, with traffic descriptions and historical data by line.
  • Smoke Along the Columbia
    James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind
    1968, E. & G. Publications, Callaway, NE. Library of Congress 68-21825. 64 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographic tour of Union Pacific’s Oregon Division in the steam era, with traffic descriptions and historical data by line.
  • Smoke Down the Canyons
    James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind
    1966, E. & G. Publications, Callaway, NE. Library of Congress 66-20868. 64 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographic tour of Union Pacific’s Idaho Division in the steam era, with traffic descriptions and historical data by line.
  • Smoke Over the Divide
    James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind
    1965, E. & G. Publications, Callaway, NE. Library of Congress 65-23501. 64 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographic tour of Union Pacific’s Idaho Division in the steam era, with traffic descriptions and historical data by line.
  • Union Pacific’s Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era
    A. J. Wolff
    1999, Withers Publishing, Halifax, PA. ISBN 1-881411-20-6. 224 pages. Photos, maps and text. Photographs and history of Union Pacific trains crossing Sherman Hill in the diesel era.

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