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‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎The Golden Gate Special: Union Pacific Railway Southern Pacific Company Pullman's Palace Car Company Between Council Bluffs or Omaha and San Francisco Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0267115377.G ISBN : 0267115377 9780267115372

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266789692.G ISBN : 0266789692 9780266789697

‎Union Pacific Railroad‎

‎The Original Engraved Union Pacific Railroad Pass Issued to Jack Casement Who Built the Road Used by Him to Manage and Supervise Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad‎

‎1868. <p>The Transcontinental Railroad made possible the winning settlement and development of the American West. It led to a revolution in interstate and international trade opening the markets of the west coast and Asia to the east and Europe while bringing products of eastern or European industry to the growing populace west of the Mississippi and beyond. The railroad caused a great production boom and was in a sense America’s first technology corridor. As it encouraged the growth of American trade and business so too did the railroad impact the nation's public discourse and intellectual life by making it possible to come and go across the length of the continent in just over a week. Now for the first time the beauties and riches of the central part of the continent could be accessed any anyone in days. Nothing was the same afterwards. Many people consider the Transcontinental Railroad the greatest technological feat of the 19th century and one of the most consequential major construction projects ever undertaken.</p><p>Before the advent of the Transcontinental Railroad a journey across the continent to the west coast meant months of careful preparation and acquisition of a conveyance and supplies then a dangerous six month trek over rivers deserts and mountains all the way risking the loss of necessities and encounters with blizzards and Indians. Alternatively a traveler could hazard a three to six month sea voyage around ferociously stormy Cape Horn which proved a graveyard to many ships or sail to Central America and cross the Isthmus of Panama through the jungle in part by pack animal and in part by rail which took five or six weeks risking exposure to any number of deadly diseases in the crossing.  So it is no surprise that interest in building a railroad uniting the east and west coasts of the continent began soon after the advent of the locomotive.</p><p><strong>Early Trains in the US and the Idea to Build a Train Connecting East and West Coasts</strong></p><p>The first trains began to run in the U.S. in the 1830s along the East Coast and by the 1840s the nation's railway networks extended throughout the East South and Midwest. The annexation of the western territories including California following the Mexican War the almost immediately subsequent discovery of gold in the region in 1848 the resultant Gold Rush starting in 1849 and statehood for California in 1850 brought momentum to the idea of building a railroad across the nation to the Pacific. Meanwhile thousands of immigrants and miners sought their fortune in the West. During the 1850s Congress sponsored numerous survey parties to investigate possible routes for a transcontinental railroad. No particular route emerged as a clear favorite as the project became yet one more point of contention between the North and South before the Civil War with each wanting the railroad to go through their section.</p><p>Theodore Judah was a civil engineer who helped build the first railroad in California and he became obsessed with the idea of a transcontinental railroad running through Nebraska Wyoming Utah Nevada and California. In 1859 he drew up letters of incorporation for the Central Pacific Railroad Company.  Judah surveyed the route creating maps that he used to bolster a presentation of the scheme he made to Congress in October 1861. Many Congressmen were leery of beginning such an expensive venture especially with the Civil War underway but President Abraham Lincoln a long-time supporter of railroads saw in the proposal an important additional opportunity: to help knit California and the West to the Union. He agreed with Judah and on July 1 1862 Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act authorizing land grants and government support which amounted to $32000 per mile of track laid to two companies the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. The Central would start at California’s eastern rail point in Sacramento cross the Sierras go through Nevada and into northern Utah where it would meet up with the Union Pacific. The Central Pacific Railroad spiked the first rail on October 26 1863 and its construction crews began building the line east from Sacramento.</p><p>At the eastern end of the project Gen. Grenville Dodge and his assistant Peter Dey surveyed the potential route the Union Pacific would take. They recommended a line that would follow Nebraska’s Platt River along the North Fork would then cross the Continental Divide at South Pass in Wyoming and continue along to Green River then head into Utah. President Lincoln favored this route and made the decision that the eastern terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad would be Council Bluffs Iowa across the Missouri River from Omaha Nebraska.</p><p><strong>The Union Pacific</strong></p><p>Thomas Durant a medical doctor turned businessman gained control of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in July 1863. Though Durant took the office of vice president he was the actual leader of the railroad. In 1864 Congress passed the second Pacific Railway Act which doubled the size of the land grants and allowed the railroads to sell their own bonds. The Union Pacific began to lay tracks at Omaha Nebraska in July 1865. But Durant's management of the actual building of the rail line was sub par and lacked both organization and people with sufficient knowledge and skills to accomplish its ambitious task.</p><p>So as 1866 dawned Durant hired Grenville Dodge as chief engineer of the railroad Dodge began advising Durant immediately although he would not leave the service until May and Dodge insisted up front that Jack Casement and his brother be hired to lay the track and actually construct the Union Pacific line. John S. Jack Casement had worked as a railroad contractor on the Ohio Railroad prior to the Civil War. During the war he rose to the rank of General and Brigade commander and was admired for his bravery management skills and railroad experience. Jack and his brother Daniel had formed the firm of J.S. & D.T. Casement; “General Jack†was construction leader while Daniel handled financial matters.</p><p><strong>Jack and Dan Casement Build the Railroad</strong></p><p>The Casements came to an understanding with Durant and they agreed upon a proposal letter dated February 6 1866. That letter provided that the Casement firm would ""lay and fill the track on the Union Pacific Rail Road for seven hundred fifty dollars per mile on the following terms and conditions. The Rail Road Company to furnish motive power cars wood and water and tracks for boarding cars and pay for delays of over three consecutive days caused by want of material motive power or other default or neglect of Company. The track to be laid in a good and workmanlike manner and filled and surfaced with material taken from the side of the road the whole to be subject to the approval and acceptance of the Engineer of the Company in charge of the work and the track to be accepted on the completion of every twenty miles and approximate estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge and paid monthly. We will lay the track as fast as required not to exceed one mile per day and will at the option of the Company on ten days notice reduce our gang to a force sufficient to lay one half mile per day. We will furnish engineer men and all other help for the trains used in distribution of material and take the materials for track at any point on the Rail Road within one hundred feet of the track and we will furnish oil waste etc for trains in our employ. All trains used in construction or for any purpose by us are to be run subject to the regulations & schedule time of the Company & under the general control of the Superintendent of the Company. We will make no extra charge in cutting and filling in leveling ties unless it exceeds six inches. No extra charge for putting in frogs and switches for all necessary sidings. And we will place the labor of all our men at the disposal of the  Company whenever the delays exceed three days and charge for their time as per our payroll. We will commence as soon as the Company requires & will lay track during the whole of the present season and longer if the Company requires.†This proposal was signed “J.S. & D.T. Casement.†Durant responded to the Casements two days later on February 8 1866. His letter stated: “J.S. & D. T. Casement Painesville Ohio. Gentlemen: Your proposition to the Union Pacific Railroad Company under date of Feb. 6 1866 in relation to track-laying is received and has been considered. The Company decides to regard your proposition and this acceptance as the agreement upon the subject. The Company reserves the right to terminate this arrangement in case you do not perform the agreement on your part. Yours truly Thomas C. Durant V. P.""</p><p>Jack Casement was responsible for all matters relating to building the Union Pacific. He hired the workers many of whom were former military personal gathered the materials and supplies and went into the field. As during the war his post was at the front in the construction camps which he ran like an army at the end of the line where the work was being done or in his car at the tail of the work train. Scrappy and hard-working he oversaw not just the laying but the grading of the track as well. As one of the necessities of his job to get to and from the work sites the Union Pacific presented him with annual passes to use their cars.</p><p><strong>Jack Casement’s engraved Union Pacific pass for 1868</strong> used by him to manage and supervise work on the Transcontinental Railroad signed by Company President John D. Perry. This pass was retained by Casement’s descendants until recently when we obtained it directly from them.</p><p>Under Casement’s leadership the Union Pacific laid 1087 miles of track from Fremont Nebraska west to Utah where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met to form the transcontinental railroad. His was a magnificent achievement that compares well with the Central Pacific Railroad which laid 690 miles.</p><p>On April 9 1869 with construction work nearing a conclusion and both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific needing a meeting point Congress established it as Promontory Summit north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.  Less than one month later on the morning of May 10 1869 locomotives from the two railroads met nose-to-nose to signal the joining of the two lines. At 12:57 p.m. local time at a ceremony planned to connect the railroads Leland Stanford Governor of California and president of the Central Pacific and Durant as vice-president of the Union Pacific were to pound in the golden spike with silver hammers. Both men proved unable to hit the spike so Jack Casement stepped up to do the job accompanied by much cheering from the workers surrounding him. Telegraphers announced the completion of the Pacific Railway. Canons boomed in San Francisco and Washington. Bells rang and fire whistles shrieked as people celebrated across the country. The nation was indeed united.</p> unknown‎

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‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Resources and Attractions of Nebraska: Facts on Farming Stock-Raising and Other Industries and Notes on Climate Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0666011567.G ISBN : 0666011567 9780666011565

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Resources and Attractions of Kansas for the Home Seeker Capitalist and Tourist Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1330893336.G ISBN : 1330893336 9781330893333

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Resources and Attractions of Utah Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1391624394.G ISBN : 1391624394 9781391624396

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Union Pacific Railroad: Acts of Congress Relating Thereto and Amendments; By-Laws of the Company; And Mortgages Executed for the Security of the . and Sinking Fund Bonds Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1331742021.G ISBN : 1331742021 9781331742029

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎The Union Pacific Railroad Company Chartered by Progress of their Road West from Omaha Nebraska Accross the Continent. Making with Its Connections and Unbroken LIne From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Five Hundred and Forty Miles Completed December 1867.‎

‎New York: Union Pacific Railroad Company 1868. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 32pp. Pamphlet 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches in size describes the company's progress during the construction of their cross continental railroad in 1867. Cover and map are not present. The 32 page booklet is in very good condition unworn condition. <br/> <br/> Union Pacific Railroad Company paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004824

‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎Ticket Agents' Text Book of Yellowstone National Park Via the New and Direct Route: See Picturesque Colorado and Utah En Route; Season 1912 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0266851355.G ISBN : 0266851355 9780266851356

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0259184209.G ISBN : 0259184209 9780259184201

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine Vol. 4: February-December 1889 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0428961452.G ISBN : 0428961452 9780428961459

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine Vol. 6: February 1891 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0483598836.G ISBN : 0483598836 9780483598836

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine Vol. 9: February 1894 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0484791699.G ISBN : 0484791699 9780484791694

‎Union Pacific Historical Society‎

‎Union Pacific Northwest: A Revised and Expanded History‎

‎New. Union Pacific Historical Society hardcover 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in. majority B&W photographs maps. A Revised and Expanded History of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company by Jeff Asay. Originally published in 1991 the first edition of this book has long been out of print. Now Jeff Asay has significantly revised and expanded the book for this new edition including an entirely new chapter that brings the history of the railroad into the new millennium. This new edition has nearly 500 pages and over 500 photographs. Over half of these photographs were not in the original edition and most have not been published anywhere before. Even if you have the original edition this new and expanded edition will add to your collection and provide much new information and insight on UP operations in this far corner of the country. Most photographs are B&W with some Color photographs from the 1970s onward. Contents:. Acknowledgements and Preface pp. 6–8. Henry Villard and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company pp. 9–42. Searching for Safe Harbor pp. 43–66. Turmoil and Revival pp. 67–102. Harriman the Builder pp. 103–150. Strahorn's North Coast Railway pp. 151–184. The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company pp. 185–214. Controversy and Cutbacks pp. 215–252. Old Adversaries - New Wars pp. 253–300. The Challenge to Change pp. 301–354. New Lines New Dams New Rules pp. 355–404. Deregulation Hard Decisions and Renewal pp. 405–481. Bibliography pp. 482–496. History Hobbies & interests hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44449857142960 ISBN : 1932704329 9781932704327

‎Union Pacific Railroad‎

‎Union Pacific Dining Car Cook Book and Service Instructions‎

‎Union Pacific. N.D. Metal post binder. Near Fine in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. Small crease to the right edge of the front cover.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Union Pacific unknown‎

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‎Union Pacific Railroad‎

‎Union Pacific Dining Car Cook Book and Service Instructions‎

‎Union Pacific Railroad. Collectible - Good. Union Pacific Railroad No date stated ca. 1940's-50's. Sm 4to Paperback. Paginated by section. Near Very Good book. trains locomotives cookbook cooking recipes Inquire if you need further information. Union Pacific Railroad paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : MA07C-04408

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine 1893 Vol. 8 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0483955272.G ISBN : 0483955272 9780483955271

‎Union Pacific Railroad‎

‎Union Pacific Dining Car Cook Book and Service Instructions‎

‎Union Pacific Railroad. Collectible - Very Good. n.p.: Union Pacific Railroad n.d. ca. 1955. Sm 4to. Loose leaf bound with brass fasteners. Unpaginated. Near Fine book. Light wear to covers else Fine. Railroads Cookbook Inquire if you need further information. Union Pacific Railroad unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : MA11Q-00095

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9781163244715 ISBN : 1163244716 9781163244715

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1163244716.G ISBN : 1163244716 9781163244715

‎Union Pacific Railway Company‎

‎Union Pacific Employes' Magazine Vol. 4‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1334955778.G ISBN : 1334955778 9781334955778

‎Union Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Lines Southern Pacific Company‎

‎Unites States Railway timetables; Cache of approximately 20 timetables‎

‎Union Pacific Railroad. Missouri Pacific Lines. Southern Pacific Company 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine pamphlet copy; edges slightly dulled. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright and clean. Physical description; Approximately 20 pamphlets; 22 cm. Subjects; Railroads; United States. Railways; United States. Trains. Trains; history. Union Pacific Railroad. Missouri Pacific Lines. Southern Pacific Company paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 371291

‎Union Pacific Historical Society‎

‎W. R. McKeen and the Union Pacific Motor Cars‎

‎New. Hardcover 248 pages 8. 5 x 11 in. Color Photo section roster plans and charts. During the twentieth century the Union Pacific Railroad gained worldwide renown for the development and operation of high output locomotives powered by steam gas-electric and the internal combustion engine. What is less commonly known is that the railroad embraced the internal combustion engine shortly after the turn of the century just 36 years after the driving of the Golden Spike in the form of the gasoline-powered passenger motor car. Although overshadowed by later advancements the passenger motor car of which many design elements would later be adapted to the railroad's famous Streamliners were the inaugural application of internal combustion technology on the Union Pacific. The culmination of decades of research this liberally illustrated volume seeks to tell the definitive story of these unique entries to Union Pacific's nationwide fleet. Contents:. Dedication. Introduction. Acknowledgments pp. 2–12. W.R. McKeen and the McKeen Motor Car Company pp. 13–36. Union Pacific System Motor Cars pp. 37–86. Union Pacific System Trailer Cars pp. 87–100. Motor Car Routes and Operations pp. 101–172. Conclusion. The Motor Car Experiment pp. 173–183. Color Gallery pp. 184–199. Appendix. Roster. Diagrams and Bibliography pp. 200–248 History Hobbies & interests hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44552771993776 ISBN : 1932704345 9781932704341

‎Union Pacific Railroad‎

‎Western Wonderlands‎

‎United States: Union Pacific Railroad n.d. 22 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Very good condition. Attractive pictorial map of the west by the Union Pacific Railroad with headquarters in Omaha NE. The depiction is cartoonish in nature. It displays all the routes Throughout the West and Great Plains. There are cattle in Nebraska and a Cowboy in Wyoming. The locations are numerous making this an important promotional piece for the railroad. Union Pacific Railroad unknown‎

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‎Union Pacific Railroad Company‎

‎Yellowstone National Park Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0484571257.G ISBN : 0484571257 9780484571258