Union Pacific Railroad Art
Gallery.
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Gil Bennett. Delivered between 1958
and 1961, Union Pacific's 8500 hp gas turbine locomotives
were the largest locomotives ever built. Relegated to
freight runs between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Ogden, Utah
due to their deafening jet engine exhaust noise, the
turbines eventually fell victim to the more efficient
diesels. 24"x 18" print.
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West
& Pioneer Exhibition Sign.
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This porcelain-on-steel enameled sign dramatically
depicts one of Buffalo Bill's shows which included re-enactments of his great
train robberies of the Union Pacific line. Quality craftsmanship assures a
lustrous finish on this durable art form. 12"x 8".
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Robert West. Departing Cheyenne, Wyoming, this Union
Pacific trio - a Big Boy, a Challenger and a second-generation "veranda" gas
turbine locomotive - represents the best of western railroading. 22?"x 12?"
print is signed by the artist.
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Michael Boss. Union Pacific's 3-car, all-aluminum,
articulated M-10000 was the first streamliner in the U.S. Inaugurating
service on January 31, 1935 as the City of Salina, it was as beautiful as it
was advanced. 24"x 16" print is signed and numbered by the artist.
#0R07174
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Stan Stokes. Union Pacific's "art deco" M-10004
pulls the famous City of San Francisco passenger train into Berkley station.
This limited edition gicle?print measures 21"x 14"and is signed and
numbered by the artist.
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John Doughty, Jr. Union Pacific SD40-2 3386 leads
the eastbound LAX hotshot train up the frosty 3% grade to the summit of
Cajon Pass. 20"x 16" print is signed by the artist.
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Robert West. A trio of Union Pacific giants - 4-6-6-4
Challenger 3975, 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4011 and 4-8-4 844 - "feed" at a massive coal
tower in Ogden, Utah. 29"x 16" print is signed by the artist.
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Robert West. A massive Union Pacific turntable in
Ogden, Utah takes Big Boy No. 4011 for "a spin." 29"x 16" print is signed by the
artist.
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The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. Robert West. Very
rarely is a view done of a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy going away from you, but in this
case, it is appropriate because this Big Boy is heading for retirement after its
magnificent service during WWII. 23"x 14?" print is signed by the artist.
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Robert West. Houston Terminal, circa 1950-1955,
with six different forms of motive power! From left to right we see the
CB&Q's Texas Zephyr pulled by an E4, the Texas Chief pulled by an F7,
protection power for the Texas Chief pulled by an E8, the Rock Island's Twin
Star Rocket pulled by an E7, the Missouri Pacific Eagle pulled by an FP7
and, finally, protection power for the Eagle pulled by an Alco PA. 23"x 13?"
print is signed by the artist.
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William Gardoski. Union Pacific gas turbine #5 - one
of the road's 30 "Big Blow" super turbines - hauls westbound freight through
Wyoming on an early autumn day in 1968. 22"x 16" print is signed by the artist.
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Larry Fisher. Kansas City Union Terminal bristles with
excitement under a black canopy as units from Burlington, Kansas City Southern,
Rock Island, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific stand at attention while boxy switchers
finish shuffling the rest of the yard. 25"x 15" print is signed and numbered by
the artist.
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Robert Hunt. A trio of streamlined Rock Island E8s
on the Omaha Rocket offers a stark contrast to the boxy, muscular lines of a
Union Pacific U50C idling on a parallel line. 23"x 14" limited edition
canvas print is signed and numbered by the artist.
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Larry Fisher. Milwaukee Road's famed Olympian Hiawatha
- train No. 15 - has just completed its 2200-mile trek from Chicago to Seattle's
handsome Union Station. On the adjacent tracks, Union Pacific and Great Northern
passenger trains prepare for departure. 27"x 17" limited edition print (only 50
worldwide) is signed and numbered by the artist.
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John Winfield. Featuring a montage of classic
Southern Pacific motive power dating from the 1940s to the last GE units
delivered before the merger with Union Pacific, this 18"x 24" poster is
signed by the artist.
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Tony Fachet. Built to cruise at 100 miles per
hour, a Union Pacific FEF-3 class 4-8-4 Northern is ready to lead its
passenger train out of Denver during a heavy snowstorm. Print measures 22?"x
15?".
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0R72024Stopover at Exciting Las Vegas.
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A streamlined passenger train pulls into Union
Pacific's beautiful art deco depot - the first completely air-conditioned
station in America when it opened in 1940 - at the corner of Main Street and
Freemont in downtown Las Vegas. Hand numbered, limited edition print measures
18"x 24".
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Larry Fisher. Union Pacific was renowned for its
massive locomotives. Leviathans like Challengers, Big Boys and the unique gas
turbine electrics all roamed the valleys and plains under the UP flag. The
twin-engine Centennial joined that club in the 1969, and here we see #6923
leaning hard into a turn with a line of UP's armour yellow boxcars trailing
behind. This limited edition print measures 17"x 22" and is signed and numbered
by the artist.
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0R07612The City of Portland.
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Robert West. Here is one of the Union Pacific's
flagship trains, The Portland Rose, being pulled by three E9s with a full
consist. She is headed eastbound, going up the south bank of the Columbia
River Gorge, around 1956. Lead locomotive #951 is still owned and in use by
the Union Pacific Railroad for mainline excursions. 20"x 13" print is signed
by the artist.
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"East or West, 'tis always best" with this
nostalgic advertisement of the Union Pacific's famous Los Angeles Limited
passenger train. 18"x 24" limited edition reproduction is hand-numbered.
Also available as a limited edition canvas reproduction - R77151.
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"East or West, 'tis always best" with this
nostalgic advertisement of the Union Pacific's famous Los Angeles Limited
passenger train. 18"x 24" limited edition canvas reproduction is
hand-numbered.
Also available as a limited edition heavy paper reproduction - R77150.
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0R77132The Streamliner M-10000.
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Phil Pokorny. In 1934, the Union Pacific M-10000 -
consisting of a driving, power and baggage/RPO car pulling two additional
passenger cars - entered service as America's first internal combustion
engine, light weight, streamlined express passenger train. 29"x 16" limited
edition print is signed and numbered by the artist.
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0R77213Thunder in Weber Canyon.
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John Doughty, Jr. Union Pacific Challenger No.
3985 heads eastbound up the 1.14% grade through the heart of Weber Canyon
while a pair of double-headed Challengers yanks an empty Pacific Fruit
Express reefer train on the westbound track. 20"x 16" print is signed by the
artist.
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Sherman Summit, WY 1950.Howard Fogg. Union Pacific's Overland Limited debuted
in 1890 and was considered the premier way to travel between Omaha and San
Francisco. Following WW II, ridership was falling off and unmatched passenger
consists became the norm. UP pride still reigned, though, and this 1950 run up
Sherman Summit features a classy 4-8-4 - dressed in the road's handsome two-tone
gray livery - at the point. Limited edition print measures 24"x 18" and is
numbered.
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City of Denver.With their long nose and elevated cab, the M10003
through M10006 streamlined trainsets of the 1930s and 1940s looked as good as
they ran, leading the City of Denver on its high-speed run for more than 17
years. This hand numbered, limited edition reproduction poster measures 18"x
24".
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Featuring a Union Pacific M10003-6 series diesel
locomotive, which led the City of Denver streamlined passenger train between
Chicago and Denver from 1936 to '53, this hand numbered, limited edition print
measures 18"x 24".
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City of LA/SF Streamliners.This vibrant poster is a reproduction of an
advertisement used by the Union Pacific to promote its handsome streamliner
passenger trains: the City of Los Angeles, the City of San Francisco and the
City of Portland. 11?"x 16?" poster is suitable for framing.
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Robert West. A Georgia Railroad passenger train
- led by a 4-6-2 Pacific - arrives at the Union Point, Georgia, depot on its way
to Atlanta in the 1940s. 20?"x 14" limited edition artist's proof is signed and
numbered by the artist.
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0R76045Wind Beneath My Wings.
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Robert West. Union Pacific intermodal
trains led by AC6000CWs pass each other in eastern Utah's Echo Canyon during
the winter of 2001. 23"x 12?" print is signed by the artist.
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