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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] UP Archives
From: Bob Yarger <bobyar2001@y...>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:09:14 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <AA-0728CCD24644A3EE91A2953EDFD531B5-ZZ@h...>
What happened to the plan to move the collection to
the old library in Council Bluffs? Is this material
considered duplicate or not relevant?

--- sjl@p... wrote:
> Don 
> 
> UP's contribution to its heritage does not make up
> for 
> its currently anti-passenger stance and continued 
> failures to operate Amtrak trains in a timely
> manner. 
> In fact, they really do not care about Amtrak and
> have 
> shown antipathy at times to rail supporters.
> 
> The Burlington Northern Santa Fe, on the other hand,
> 
> is doing what it can to support Amtrak and also
> public 
> efforts to improve rail passenger service.
> 
> I'll take the Burlington over the UP any day.
> 
> sjl
> 
> --- Original Message ---
> From: Don Zinnecker <dzinnecker@j...>
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BRHSlist] UP Archives
> 
> >BRHSlisters: 
> >
> >Here's a recent press release from the Union 
> Pacific: (Sure would be
> >nice if the BNSF would make this kind of commitment
> 
> to its rich
> >heritage!) 
> >
> >Union Pacific Makes Donation to Historical Society
> >OMAHA, November 8 -- Thousands of mechanical 
> drawings, plans and prints
> >of
> >historic steam locomotives and other railroad 
> equipment have been donated
> >by Union Pacific Railroad to the Union Pacific 
> Historical Society for
> >preservation.
> >
> >The society recently entered into an archival 
> agreement with the American
> >Heritage Center in Laramie at the University of 
> Wyoming. The center will
> >store the documents and, with the assistance of the
> 
> society, scan the
> >fragile paper records for long-term electronic 
> preservation. The records
> >will be
> > available to the public for research.
> >
> >The drawings and prints have been in storage at the
> 
> Union Pacific Museum
> >in Omaha as well as in Cheyenne where the company 
> bases its operational
> >steam
> > locomotives and other heritage equipment.
> >
> >The Union Pacific Historical Society has more than 
> 2,300 members
> >worldwide. Its annual convention, held at various 
> locations along the
> >Union Pacific
> >Railroad, attracts upwards of 400 people each year.
> 
> The society publishes
> >a quarterly magazine, The Streamliner. UPHS also 
> sponsors special train
> >operations, produces models of important Union 
> Pacific railroad cars and
> >publishes works of interest to both modelers and 
> students of Union
> >Pacific
> >history.
> >
> >Union Pacific, the nation's oldest and largest 
> railroad, has a long
> >record of historical preservation. It is the only 
> major railroad in the
> >United
> >States that maintains and operates steam
> locomotives 
> for special events,
> >retains a small fleet of 1950s vintage passenger
> cars 
> for company and
> >public
> >use, and preserves and operates historical diesel 
> electric locomotives.
> >Its company museum dates back to 1922.
> >
> >Union Pacific Corporation is one of America's
> leading 
> transportation
> >companies. Its principal operating company, Union 
> Pacific Railroad, is
> >the
> >largest railroad in North America, covering 23
> states 
> across the western
> >two-thirds of the United States. A strong focus on 
> quality and a
> >strategically advantageous route structure enable
> the 
> company to serve
> >customers in critical and fast growing markets. It
> is 
> a leading carrier
> >of
> >low-sulfur coal used in electrical power generation
> 
> and has broad
> >coverage of the large chemical-producing areas
> along 
> the Gulf Coast. With
> >competitive long-haul routes between all major West
> 
> Coast ports and
> >eastern gateways, and as the only railroad to serve
> 
> all six gateways to
> >Mexico,
> >Union Pacific has the premier rail franchise in
> North 
> America. The
> >Corporation also owns Overnite Transportation, a 
> nationwide
> >less-than-truckload
> >carrier, and Fenix, a group of affiliated
> technology 
> companies.
> >
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=====
Bob Yarger
Railway Preservation News (free website)
www.rypn.org

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