Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Transcontinental railroad in a Wyoming frontier town
Union Pacific Railroad at Sherman Station, Wyoming Territory, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grain elevator along railroad yard. North Platte, Nebraska. [Sign: T.B. Hord Grain Co. Coal Hay and Feed. Union Pacific steam locomotive]

USA, Nevada, Rhyolite ghost town, former train station on Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad, old rail wagon marked with LA and SL the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

USA, Nebraska, Lincoln, Haymarket Square, Union Pacific Railroad, Historic District, Restored Warehouses

Grain elevator, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Grain elevator, Caldwell, Idaho

George Francis Train, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Geo. Francis Train, between 1855 and 1865. [Entrepreneur: organised the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; involved in the formation of the Union Pacific Railroad

Yardman, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Yardman. Grand Island, Nebraska

Detail of old railroad station, small farming town, population 108, Irrigon, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Detail of old railroad station. Small farming town, population 108. Irrigon, Oregon

Detail of railroad station painted "railroad yellow", Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939
Detail of railroad station painted " railroad yellow." Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Railroad station, Irrigon, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Railroad station. Irrigon, Oregon. Population: 108. Land was opened to settlers here in 1914

Yardmen, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Yardmen. Grand Island, Nebraska

Union Pacific Train at a Kansas Depot in 1870, 1914 (screen print)
3036033 Union Pacific Train at a Kansas Depot in 1870, 1914 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info)

Dale Creek Bridge, on the Union Pacific Railroad of America (engraving)
1104367 Dale Creek Bridge, on the Union Pacific Railroad of America (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dale Creek Bridge)

Le Chemin De Fer Du Pacifique (engraving)
2783226 Le Chemin De Fer Du Pacifique (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Chemin De Fer Du Pacifique)

Americas first diesel-electric express train on the Union Pacific Railroad (colour litho)
6014737 Americas first diesel-electric express train on the Union Pacific Railroad (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Linking of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads to complete Americas first transcontinental railway line
6014766 Linking of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads to complete Americas first transcontinental railway line, Promontory Summit, Utah

Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Pillars of Hercules, Columbia River, c1897. The Union Pacific rail line went between two basalt columns on the Oregon side of the Columbia River

Completion of the Pacific Railroad, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Completion of the Pacific Railroad, (1878). The First Transcontinental Railroad (originally the Pacific Railroad) was the first uninterrupted railway between New York on the Atlantic Ocean

Speeding Across A Continent. Americas first diesel-electric Express has opened up a new era in railway travel, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

Sunday on the Union Pacific Railway, USA, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 20th March 1875

Palace Hotel Car, Union Pacific Railroad, c1870. Artist: A R Ward
Palace Hotel Car, Union Pacific Railroad, c1870. A black waiter serves customers on board a train. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Passenger train, Pullman of the Pacific Union, America, 20th century

Wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, Dale Creek, Wyoming, USA, 1869. At 150 feet in height, the Dale Creek trestle bridge was the highest on the Union Pacific

Trestle Bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1876. A train crossing a wooden trestle bridge in the Sierra Nevada, California

Construction train on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1868. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862, the Union Pacific Railroad was built to extend the American railway system westwards across

Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, Wyoming, USA, c1870
Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, near Sherman, Wyoming, USA, c1870. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862

1940s Style, 20th Century, Articulated, Big Boy, Day, High Angle View, Illustration and Painting, Innovation, Journey, Motion, No People, Non Urban Scene, Nostalgia, On The Move, Outdoors

Does Not Such A Meeting Make Amends? Contemporary American cartoon commemorating the joining of the Central Pacific
RAILROADING: CONSTRUCTION. Does Not Such A Meeting Make Amends? Contemporary American cartoon commemorating the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads at Promontory Point

PROMONTORY POINT, 1869. Contemporary cartoon commemorating the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads

TRAINS, U. S. A. Union Pacific locomotive (1870) with cars of 1865, 1875 and 1883
TRAINS, U.S.A. Union Pacific locomotive (1870) with cars of 1865, 1875 and 1883

Building the transcontinental railroad
Immigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native Americans
Cheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Financiers of the transcontinental railroad
Railroad kings Huntington, Stanford, Ames, Crocker, Dillon, and Moffat, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dining car on the transcontinental railroad
Palace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad observed by Native Americans
Native Americans getting their first view of the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike, 21-22 July 1877. Contemporary American wood engraving

PROMONTORY SUMMIT, 1869. The joining of the Central Pacific (left) and the Union Pacific Railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah. Oil over a photograph

Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad
Railroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Work party on the transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Blizzard halts a transcontinental train in Utah, 1870s
Immigrant workers digging out a snowbound Union Pacific train near Ogden, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Circle Of Majorettes
United States: c. 1940 Union Pacific Railroad women employees hopeful for roles on the majorette team of the employee marching band

WYOMING TERRITORY, c1868. Carmichaels Camp in Bitter Creek Valley, Wyoming Territory, during the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Photographed by Andrew J. Russell, c1868

WYOMING: RAILROAD, 1868. Construction of temporary and permanent railroad bridges in the Green River Valley, Wyoming, near Citadel Rock. Photograph by Andrew J. Russell, c1865

PULLMAN CAR, 1869. The Pullman Sleeper Car of the Union Pacific Railway. Wood engraving, English, 1869

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. The Union Pacific Railroad depot in Laramie, Wyoming. Photograph by A.J. Russell, c1868

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The Union Pacific Railroad, a symbol of progress and connection, played a vital role in shaping the Transcontinental railroad in the Wyoming frontier town. As it stretched across the vast landscapes of the USA, it left its mark on various towns and cities. In Nevada's Rhyolite ghost town, remnants of a former train station stand as a haunting reminder of the once-thriving Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad. The echoes of bustling activity can almost be heard amidst the abandoned buildings. Traveling east to Nebraska, we find ourselves in Lincoln's Haymarket Square, where history comes alive within the Union Pacific Railroad Historic District. This preserved area tells tales of innovation and hard work that shaped this great nation. But not all stories are filled with triumph; some are tinged with tragedy. On the Great Plains, buffalo fell victim to passing trains - an unfortunate consequence of progress colliding with nature's beauty. Amidst these snapshots from history emerges Russell Lee's photograph capturing a grain elevator in Caldwell, Idaho. It stands tall as a testament to both agricultural prosperity and the railroad's crucial role in transporting goods across vast distances. Delving deeper into time reveals George Francis Train between 1855 and 1865 - his vision for railroads foreshadowing their immense impact on society. From there, Dorothea Lange takes us back to Grand Island, Nebraska in 1939 where yardmen worked tirelessly to keep operations running smoothly. Lange also captures moments frozen in time at Irrigon, Oregon - an old railroad station nestled within a small farming town painted "railroad yellow. " These images evoke nostalgia for simpler times when communities relied on railways for connection and commerce. Finally, Lange transports us to North Platte where she documents another grain elevator along the railroad yard. Here again we witness how these structures served as lifelines for rural communities dependent on agriculture. Through photographs spanning decades and locations across America’s heartland, the Union Pacific Railroad emerges as more than just a company.