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UNION PACIFIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Dedicated to the preservation of the history of the Union Pacific Railroad

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LATEST ISSUE



Marc Entze June 25, 2015


NEWS AT THE TOP

The registration form and details for the 2024 Convention May 9-11 in Perris are
posted on the Conventions tab. We will have a great show, please join us!

In Memoriam. Dean Dickerhoof passed away on January 9, 2024. Dean was a founding
member of UPHS. He served on the UPHS Board of Directors from 1985 to 1995 and
served as Secretary 1985-1989 and 1993-1995.

We had a great time at the Pasco Convention! – The UPHS 2023 convention in
Pasco, Washington, July 19-22, 2023, was great fun. Highlights for me were the
Thursday night photo session on the YVT in Yakima and the Friday ride on the
Joseph Branch through the remote portions of the Grande Ronde and Wallowa River
Canyons. Next year, May 8-11, 2024, at the Southern California Railway Museum in
Perris, CA, we will ride behind UP E8 942 and take night shots of a YVT photo
freight. Hope to see you there! Rob L.



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Autumn issue of The Streamliner available now! – In this issue Rich Pennisi
details riding trains between Rawlins and Salt Lake City to observe new
territory he would be dispatching. As Rich relates, understanding how the
railroad looked and operated from the cab provided invaluable information for
dispatchers. Jack Haley provides an interesting account of working as a “boomer”
on the CB&Q when he was temporarily laid off from Union Pacific. The issue
concludes with Jim Griffiths sharing his father Hank’s spectacular photography
of UP steam during the 1957 fall rush.  Available now at the company store!

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New Book on Camas Prairie Railroad!  – Carefully researched from railroad papers
and interviews with employees, this book tells the full story of the Camas
Prairie Railroad. This history presents the origins of the unique cooperation
between the parent companies Union Pacific Railroad and Northern Pacific
Railway, and details the many routes surveyed to the railroad’s namesake Camas
Prairie and to the logging camp at Headquarters, Idaho. Includes maps of the
many surveyed lines considered in Lapwai Canyon, site of the famous Halfmoon
bridge. This 320-page hardbound book is complete with information on operations
and equipment, maps of the full railroad and key points, and over 350
illustrations and photographs. Now available at the company store!

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UPHS Archives at the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming – The
American Heritage Center is developing a digital library of the images and
diagrams in the UPHS Collection at AHC. This is a long-term, gradual process;
only a fraction of our images are digitized at this point. A long-run goal is to
develop an indexed, searchable digital library of small scans of our images for
the benefit of our membership and others. Some of the completed small scans have
been posted on-line by AHC. You can take a look at
https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~107~107.

American Heritage Center – The American Heritage Center at the University of
Wyoming in Laramie is featured the UPHS collection on the home page of their web
site in February. Go to https://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/ [February 4, 2020]

Links have been updated under the Resources tab. In particular, a link has been
added directing you to the Union Pacific Steam Club, where you can sign up and
keep up to date with the steam program and its excursions. [February 27, 2019]

Filed Under: Announcements

Jenai May March 1, 2021


FROM THE BUSINESS CAR

Dear UPHS Members,

The Winter 2024 issue of The Streamliner is the last with Marc Entze as editor.
After a twelve-year run as editor of The Streamliner, Marc is resigning to
devote more time to other pursuits. Marc deserves our gratitude for an
outstanding job as editor. Marc stepped in as editor in 2011 after another
editor was floundering and failing to keep up. Marc got three issues out in
seven months to catch up the publication cycle. Many have told me that The
Streamliner stands out among railroad historical society magazines; that is due
in no small measure to Marc’s efforts. Being editor of a railroad historical
society magazine is a relatively thankless job, a huge amount of work for little
pay and little recognition. It is clearly a labor of love. Thank you, Marc!
Fortunately for us, Marc will remain active in the Society, continuing in his
role as Archive Committee Co-Chair for Photographs.

Starting with the Spring issue, White River Publications will be printing The
Streamliner and Dale Sanders will assume the editor position. Many of you know
Dale for his superb track record of top-quality railroad photography books and
magazines. Welcome, Dale!

Our 2024 Convention in Perris May 9-11 is shaping up to be a great show. Our
banquet presenters Saturday evening will be J. Michael Hemmer, retired UP Senior
Vice President – Law and General Counsel, and Tom Haley, retired UP Vice
President of Network Planning and Operation. Mike and Tom will present “Houston,
We Have a Problem,” explaining the unprecedented melt-down in UP operations in
the wake of the SP merger and what was down to turn things around. Our clinics
during the day on Saturday include the following: Stuart Forsyth, presenting
Cajon Pass Operations During World War II, Gordon Glattenberg, presenting the
LA&SL in the 1950s to the 1970s, Elrond Lawrence, presenting the LA&SL in the
1980s to the present, Tom Gildersleeve, presenting Outstanding UP Steam
Photography by numerous talented photographers. and yours truly presenting the
Conception and Development of the Alameda Corridor. At the museum on Friday we
will ride historic equipment during the day and we will have a night photo
session. On Thursday there will be an excursion to the Rail Giants exhibit and
March Field Air Museum. The good folks at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
have opened their facility Wednesday through Sunday for free attendance to those
showing their UPHS convention name tags. If you have never seen the outstanding
recreations of the Tehachapi Grade and the Carrizo Gorge, and if you can make a
visit, you are in for a treat. On Sunday May 12 you can even run your HO trains
on the San Diego Model Railroad Association’s layout at the Museum. See the
Convention tab on the UPHS website for more details.

I hope you can join us in Perris!

As always, I would be glad to hear your suggestions about how to improve the
Society, just email me at president@uphs.org.

Best regards, Rob Leachman

 

Filed Under: Announcements

Marc Entze September 1, 2018


UNION PACIFIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY ENDOWMENT FUND

The Union Pacific Historical Society Endowment Fund supports the UPHS Archive
Collection at the University of Wyoming – American Heritage Center. The UPHS
Board of Directors voted in September 2020 to establish this new UPHS Endowment
Fund through the University of Wyoming Foundation utilizing their 501(c)(3)
non-profit standing. The University of Wyoming Foundation actively manages a
portfolio of over 1,500 endowment funds that jointly support a wide range of
activities at both the University of Wyoming and the adjoining American Heritage
Center at Laramie. The University of Wyoming Foundation has existing staff well
trained to handle any tax-deductible donations, plus will also generate and
provide tax documentation to all donors. Utilizing the University of Wyoming
Foundation staff ensures continuity of the management and specified use of the
UPHS Endowment Fund should the UPHS cease to exist.

The targeted purpose of the UPHS Endowment Fund is to permanently fund archival
preservation and management activities of the current (and future additions to
the) UPHS Archive Collection now at American Heritage Center, as well as support
other railroad-related transportation collections at AHC. From its founding, the
American Heritage Center at Laramie has prided itself on being accessible to
everyone – from the elementary school students learning about primary resources,
to the college students researching their thesis, to the professional historians
performing primary research for writing up their findings, to a broad
cross-section of the public following their passions. The UPHS Archive
Collection inside AHC in late 2020 measures more than 300 cubic feet of our
physical collection and includes over 100 gigabytes of preserved digital
materials. The primary eventual goal is to establish consistent funding for a
full-time employee inside the American Heritage Center to manage the UPHS
Archive Collection along with other railroad collections held at AHC. Details of
the very specific permissible uses of the UPHS Endowment Fund are available on
the UPHS.org website.

The strength of the Union Pacific Historical Society has always been the strong
involvement and support of the membership. On behalf of the UPHS Board of
Directors, as President I am now asking again for your support with contributing
toward growing this new UPHS Endowment Fund.

Online Donation Instructions:

 1. Go to: www.uwyo.edu/giveonline
 2. Enter the amount you wish to donate.
 3. Select “Single Payment,” “Multiple Payments,” or “Recurring Payments“
 4. Select “View Individual UW Funds“
 5. Select “Other Fund Not Listed (Please Specify)“
 6. Click “Continue“
 7. Enter “UPHS Fund” for the name of the fund.
 8. Enter A21UPHS for the Appeal Code
 9. Click “Next” and complete checkout

You may mail your donation for the newly-formed UPHS Endowment Fund:

View/Download Donation Form and View More Information (pdf file)

Mail To:
University of Wyoming Foundation
Attn: UPHS Endowment Fund
222 S. 22nd St.
Laramie, WY 82070

Bank routing number and wire transfer information is available should you need
it.  Contact 307 766-6300 or 888 831-7795 for this information. Make checks out
to “University of Wyoming Foundation” with “UPHS Endowment Fund” in memo line.

Greg Gardner, President – Union Pacific Historical Society

Filed Under: Announcements

Marc Entze December 14, 2015


MEMBER’S AREA

Members Area – The Member’s Area on the UPHS web site is an “online archive” of
Union Pacific documents provided as a service to our members. Documents include
timetables, dispatcher sheets, Form 70s, train consists, and more! Log-in
information will be emailed to members twice yearly in the Second Section
newsletter. If you are not already a member, please visit the Company Store to
join the UPHS!

Filed Under: Announcements

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Founded in 1984, the Union Pacific Historical Society (UPHS) is an independent
non-profit 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.

Those of you searching for UPRR employment records or genealogy information
please go the Genealogy tab under the Resources section of this website.





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