History Day Resources

First Person Accounts:
The following articles are from the Union Pacific Magazine.
Begun in 1922 and continuing to the 1930s the magazine ran a series of first person accounts of people who worked on the building of the Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad.

Also see the ICC Reports collection for information on train operations, loco types, train consists, speed and rules.

If you use these resources please credit the
Union Pacific Historical Society as well as the Union Pacific Magazine.

Click on the Title to see the article.

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