Welcome to the UPHS!! Founded in 1984, the Union Pacific Historical Society is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad from its beginning in 1862 to the operation as it is today. The society is not supported by, or affiliated with, the railroad other than the preservation of its rich and colorful history.

Neither we nor the railroad have any information to help genealogists.

This web site is intended to tell you about the Union Pacific Historical Society, and to be a clearing house for information about the history and current events of the Union Pacific Railroad. Information includes books, magazines, and CDs available to the general public.

One of the benefits of being a UPHS member is the society's magazine "The Streamliner", which is distributed to its members four times each year. The magazine is full of in-depth articles and photographs on the Union Pacific both past and present. We also hold a 3 to 4 day convention each summer with informative seminars and slide shows by the experts, tours of UP facilities, and excursions on current and former UP lines.. Take advantage of this wonderful source of information and become a UPHS member today.

 

 

If you have a question concerning the UPHS, or about the railroad's rich history, E-mail us at info@uphs.org . We will do our best to answer your question but, please realize we are volunteers and your question may need to be referred by snail mail to one of our historians or experts. We do not have any information on past employees.
   

Link to the UPHS Library Book List

A listing of all the books we know of containing information on the UPRR

   
Current News
   

The 24th Annual Convention
will be held in

Topeka, KS
July 23 - 26, 2008

Capitol Plaza Hotel, rooms $89.

CLICK HERE for the Registration Form
   

More in our Series of Prototype Locomotive Photos

from the Ehernberger Collection

NOW IN STOCK for 2008:

Volume 22: 2-8-0 Class UP 105-275

Volume 23: 2-8-0 Class UP 276-358

Volume 24: 2-8-0 Class UP 400-498

Volume 25: 2-8-0 Class OSL 510-599

Volume 26: 2-8-0 Class OSL 600-622; OWR&N 700-768

Volume 27: 2-8-0 Class LA&SL 6001-6085; UP6200-6300;
OSL 6500's

Click Here for the full list

 
   

The Streamliner,
Volume 22, No. 1
Is now in the mail

Contents:
A Guide to UP Diesel Locomotive Painting & Lettering:
Part One 1934-1980
By Don Strack & Dick Harley

The Camas Prairie, A Joint Operation of the UP & NP
By Thornton Waite

Chasing a UP Rotary in Kansas
By Marvin Bush

Click Here for a picture of the cover

 
   

 
   

The 2009 UPHS Calendar needs you!
(Or at least your photographs)

We are calling for your submissions for the Union Pacific Historical Society 2009 calendar. We need photos from all over the Union Pacific system, and from any era. We would like to see a mix of trains, locomotives, structures, cars, activities or people. All submissions need to be received by July 1, 2008. We are also seeking volunteers to help evaluate the entries at the annual convention in Topeka.
We can work from large prints (8X10), original slides, or digital image files (Tiff or Jpeg files, 300 dpi minimum for B/W, 400 dpi minimum for color). All submitted photographs will be kept by the UPHS. Please send your photograph to;
UPHS Calendar Committee
Mike Connor
2301 South 48 Street
Omaha, NE 68106
USA
   

WANTED:
For an upcoming UPHS project:
UP Passenger Car Diagrams.

The UPHS Archives Committee is preparing a set of UP Passenger Car Diagram books for sale. We would like them to be as complete as possible. If you have any UP or OSL, OWR&N or LA&SL Passenger Car Diagrams (folio sheets) from any era, please contact
Dick Harley at P.O. Box 178, Laguna Beach, CA 92652-0178,
or email : dick.harley4up@earthlink.net
   

 

Photos of our Recent Convention in Chicago

Click Here

   


A New Detailed Index to the back issues of the Streamliner has been prepared by member Alan Potts.

Down load it here in .doc format
   

OGDEN RAILS

    A History of Railroading at the Crossroads of the West

    By Don Strack

    The Union Pacific Historical Society and Don Strack are proud to announce that they have collaborated to republish Dons Ogden Rails book of 1977 in a new and considerably expanded, redesigned format. Compared to the original 96-page vertical format, soft cover book, the new edition is 172 pages, hardcover in a 11" x 8.5" horizontal format. It contains 217 photographs, with 75 in color, along with 24 maps, including a double-page full color map of the Ogden facilities in 1969.

    Click Here for more information

     
   


Big Boy 4023 and
Centennial 6900

have moved to a new home in Omaha

Click Here to see their progress

 
   

The Jack Whitmeyer Collection
of steam era photos taken in the southern California is available for viewing and the purchase of copies.

Click Here: www.snowcrest.net/photobob/uphindex.html
   

UPRR Museum in Council Bluffs

A railroad legacy spanning more than 140 years is celebrated at the new Union Pacific Railroad Museum, located in Council Bluffs. The Carnegie Museum in Council Bluffs is the new location of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection that was last housed in the Western Heritage Museum (The original Union Station) in Omaha.
The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is located at 200 Pearl St. in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Regular museum hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.

Volunteers Needed

The museum needs volunteers to help out with reception, floor host duties, at the Gift Shop, research support and photo support. Those who participate are promised an equal amount of time accessing the collection on their own in exchange for the time volunteered. Since the inception of the UPHS, the Museum has supported us in so many ways and now is our chance to return the favor. Remember much of the material that is utilized in the Streamliner is obtained from this collection. Please try to help in this rewarding opportunity to not only help our UPHS endeavors but also that of the Carnegie Museum’s efforts. If you live in the Omaha area please contact Andi Hodge, Volunteer Coordinator, Carnegie Museum at 712-329-8307.

contents copyright 2006 Union Pacific Historical Society
   
Union Pacific HistoricalSociety
P.O. Box 4006
Cheyenne, WY 82003
email: uphs@uphs.org

 

 

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