Union Pacific Historical Society Library List

    Engines, Locomotives :

  • Motive Power of the Union Pacific;
    Kratville, William & Ranks, Harold E.: ;
    Omaha 1959 Barnhart Press. 300pp B&W photos & illus
  • Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos, James Ehernberger, 11 x 8.5 horizontal soft cover, 80 pages, 78 photos each, Published by the UPHS, CLICK HERE for more info
  • Volume 1, 0-6-0's of the LA&SL and UP
  • Volume 2, 0-6-0's of the UP
  • Volume 3, 0-6-0's of the UP, OSL, & OWR&N
  • Volume 4, 4-8-4's of the UP (800-819)
  • Volume 5, 4-8-4's of the UP (820-844)
  • Volume 6, 2-8-8-0's of the UP
  • Union Pacific Locomotives, Volume 1
    Kratville & Ranks, 1960 Union Pacific locomotives
  • Union Pacific Locomotives, Volume 2
    Kratville & Ranks, 1960, Locomotives of OSL, OWRR&N, LA&SL, SJ&GI, LNP&W
  • "Big Boy" Portraits
    John Bush & James Ehernberger: pictorial roster of 4000 series locomotives. 128 pages
  • Big Boy
    W M Kratville; Kratville Publications; 1972.
  • The Mighty 800
    W M Kratville; Kratville Publications
  • Challenger Portraits
    James Ehernberger: pictorial roster of all 105 Challenger class locomotives. 128 pages
  • The Challenger Locomotives
    W M Kratville; Kratville Publications; 1980.
  • High Iron to North Platte
    Arthur E. Stensvad 1997: 80 pages Covers the last of steam, early diesels, facilities and operations in North Platte 1940-1959.
  • Steam Roster for the Union Pacific System
    Gordon McCulloh, published by Smokerise Publications 1988.
    This book is a comprehensive Union Pacific Steam Locomotive roster with 81 pages of lists and several plates of steam locomotive and tender diagrams.
  • The Union Pacific Type, Volumes I and II
    William W. Kratville & John E. Bush, published by Autoliner, Vol. I contains 288 pages & Vol. II contains 352 pages. These books are an excellent anthology of the development and operation of the Union Pacific type, three cylindered 4-12-2 locomotives that graced the entire Union Pacific System.
  • Oregon Short Line Locomotive and Tender Diagrams
    Union Pacific OSL Locomotive and Tender Diagrams folio booklet number 4253 for the Oregon Short Line motive power on a CD with an Excel index to the drawings and information. The CD has over 90 pages of OSL mechanical drawings and information pages.Union Pacific Historical Society
  • Union Pacific 3985
    William E. Botkin, Ronald C. Hill, R.H. Kindig, 1985, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colo. ISBN 0-918654-36-X. 64 pp. Photos. Early photos and coverage of restoration and fan trips to 1985.
  • Big Guys
    R.P. Olmsted: photos & captions of UP's largest locomotives,both steam and diesel.104 B&W photos
  • Union Pacific Steam in Color. An Eastern District Pictorial
    Lloyd Stragner; Edison. Morning Side Pub. 1995. 128 pps.
  • Union Pacific 8444
    KINDIG, R.H.: Denver. Obenchain Pub. 1978. 64 pps.
  • Three Barrels of Steam
    James E. Boynton, Gregg Glenwood Publishers, Felton, Ca. Hardbound 160 pages Information on the three cylinder 4-10-2 locomotive UP/LA&SL 8800's
  • Emil Albrecht's Union Pacific Small Steam Power
    James W. Watson and Hol Wagner Jr., 1985, Motive Power Services. 112 pp. Photos. Small classes from 0-6-0 through 4-8-4 locomotives, 1930s, '40s and '50s.
  • Motive Power of the Union Pacific, Plan Package, 1869-1974
    1975, Kratville Publications, Omaha, Neb. 48 pp. Photos and drawings. Units owned as of Dec. 1, 1974.
  • Union Pacific Steam In Color Lloyd E. Stagner This all-color 128-page hardcover book highlights everything from 0-6-0's to Big Boys on the historic Eastern District of the UP. Steam expert Lloyd Stagner skillfully narrates the story of this steam stronghold from class-to-class taking the reader through over 200 in-service photos in the yards and on the road.
  • Giants of the West, George Cockle, UP supper power locos from 4500hp gas turbines to "Centennial" 6600hp DDA40X. B&W 208 pages Overland Press 1981 ISBN 0-916160-12-2
  • Roaring U50's, Union Pacific's Twin Diesels
    Rev. Harold Keekley, 1978, George R. Cockle and Associates, Omaha, Neb.
    ISBN 0-916160-06-8. 80 pp. Pictorial with detailed captions of U50C and U50D locomotives.
  • Union Pacific Across Sherman Hill
    George Drury, Covers the hard working Big Boys and Challengers. 120 B&W photos, soft cover, Kalmbach
  • Union Pacific Motive Power in Transition 1936-1960
    Lloyd E. Stagner, 1993, South Platte Press, David City, Neb. ISBN 0-942035-24-0. Photos. "Why's and hows" of motive power policy in the steam-to-diesel transition, from company correspondence
  • Union Pacific Switchers and Slugs
    Don Strack, 1996, Withers Publishing, Halifax, Pa. ISBN 1-881411-11-7. 116 pp. Detailed, illustrated roster and discussion of diesel switching and slug units.
  • Turbines Westward
    Thomas R. Lee, published by Ag Press 1975, 184 pages.
    An excellent history of the evolution of the turbine electric locomotive on the Union Pacific through text and photos.
  • Centennials in Action
    George R. Cockle, Overland Models Inc. June 1980, 88 pages, soft cover, B&W photos
  • Diesels of the Union Pacific, The Classic Era, Volume I.
    Strack, Don.(Halifax, Pa.: Withers Publishing Co., 1999) 224 pages; 308 black & white photographs; abbreviated bibliography; 14-page 1934-1982 chronology of Union Pacific diesel locomotives; four-page summary of road numbers, with years in service; four-page summary of locomotive model quantities; 40-page history of Union Pacific dieselization; 153-page unit-by-unit roster of Union Pacific diesel and turbine locomotives numbered from 1 to 999. ISBN 1-881411-24-9.
  • Diesels of the Union Pacific, The Classic Era, Volume II
    Strack, Don.(Halifax, Pa.: Withers Publishing Co., 2005) 176 pages; 257 black & white photographs; 73 color photographs; 12-page summary of Union Pacific diesel locomotive paint schemes and lettering for the 1934-1982 era; abbreviated bibliography; four-page summary of road numbers, with years in service; 129-page unit-by-unit roster of Union Pacific diesel locomotives numbered from 1000 to 903999. (ISBN 1-881411-29-X)
  • The Union Pacific Diesel, Volume One: Dieselization - 1959.
    Priest, Dr. Cinthia.(Kansas City, Mo.: Paired Rail Railroad Publications, Ltd., 1999) 192
    pages; 124 black & white photographs; 402 color photographs; four graphic
    illustrations. ISBN 0-9651896-3-5
  • Union Pacific Power
    Dick Winegar, , Willamette Falls Publications, Beaverton, Ore. 184 pp. Unit-by-unit roster, modifications, dispositions. Historical Roster of Diesel, Turbine and Electric Locomotives, Vol. 1, Diesel Cabs 1934-1962. Vol. 2, Six Axle Hi-Tech Diesels 1986, 1996.
  • Union Pacific Motive Power Review 1968-1977
    F. Hol Wagner Jr. and James W. Watson, published by Motive Power Services 1978, 120 pages. This book covers the Union Pacifics diesel fleet through 1977.
  • Union Pacific 1977-1980
    George Cockle, published by Overland Models Inc. 1980, 208 pages.
    This book covers Union Pacific motive power prevalent during the 1970's.
  • Union Pacific 1990
    George R. Cockle, Paul K. Withers, Don Strack, 1991, Withers Publishing, Halifax, Pa. ISBN 0-9618503-8-8. 224 pp. Detailed and illustrated locomotive roster. 1990 condensed operational service plan, retained passenger equipment listing.
  • Union Pacific 1992 Annual
    Don Strack, 1992, Hyrail Publications, Denver, Colo. ISBN 0-0628699-3-7. 144 pp. Detailed, illustrated roster, plus articles on Wahsatch Crossing by Mark Hemphill, U.P.'s GE Fleet, Western Helpers, UP/WP/MP Merger, Katy Merger, Spinoffs.
  • Union Pacific 1997 Motive Power Annual
    Bill Shippen, 1998, Four Ways West Publications, La Mirada, Calif. 159 pp. ISBN 1-885614-18-7. Detailed and illustrated locomotive roster. Articles: UP's Feather River Route, Col Unloading at Los Angeles Harbor, Union Pacific Invest for the Future with AC, Southern Pacific Repainted Locomotives.
  • Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 1998
    Don Strack, 1998, Withers Publishing, Halifax, Pa. ISBN 1-881411-16-8. Detailed locomotive roster as of Jan. 1, 1998. 208 pp. Photos.
  • Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 1999
    Don Strack, 1999, Withers Publishing Co., Halifax, Penn., ISBN 1-881411-21-4. Detailed roster of UP's diesel locomotive fleet as of Jan. 1, 1999, including cross reference listings of former C&NW, SP, SSW, and D&RGW unit numbers to planned UP unit numbers, along with a quantity listing of locomotive model types on UP. 240 pages, 159 photos.
  • UP 1998/1999 Motive Power Annual
    David Curlee, Four Ways West color and B&W 159 pages
  • Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 2000
    Don Strack, A unit by unit listing of every unit on the UP roster. Soft Cover
  • Union Pacific Offical Color Photography, VOL 1
    Le Massena & Robert Yanosey
  • Union Pacific Offical Color Photography, VOL 2
    Lou Schmitz & Robert Yanosey, 128 pages, hard cover, 250 photos of steam ,diesels, turbines
  • Union Pacific Trackside with Lou Schmitz
    by Lou Schmitz
    The fifth Trackside book exhibits the steam to diesel transition on the
    Eastern District of the UP through more than 260 vivid color photos. Former
    UP employee Lou Schmitz was there shooting everything from 4-8-8-4s to F3s
    to Centennials.
  • Union Pacific Diesels in Color, Vol 1: 1934-1959, Ed Austin, 2003, Morning Sun Books, ISBN 1-582248-111-3 128 pages
 
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