UP 5691 at North Platte, NE, 5/20/02 |
UP 2922 at Superior, WI, 4/29/01 |
UP 693 at Winona, MN, 11/5/01 |
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The Union Pacific was the first transcontinental railroad; founded in
1862 and completed with driving of the "Golden Spike" at the meeting
point of the Central Pacific Railroad near Promentory, UT, on May 10,
1869.
The UP is currently one of the largest railroads in North America
serving the western 2/3rds of the U.S. with over 32,000 miles of track.
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UP 1982 at North Platte,
NE, 9/05/08. It is 1 of 5 UP's locomotives painted in the
scheme of a predecessor railroad; this one commemorates the Missourri
Pacific and the number is the year MoPac was acquired by UP.
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UP 420 at Winona, MN, 4/13/02 |
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