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George Stephenson Created The First Steam Locomotive in 1830
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sit back relax and enjoy as we ride the rails as we learn about 160yrs of railroad history of the Union Pacific Railroad
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Abraham Lincoln signed the pacific railroad act on July 1st,1862 directing the Union Pacific & Central Pacific to construct a transcontinental railroad
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On July 10th 1865 the Union Pacific RR layed the first rail down in Omaha pounding the Nails into place
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On May 10th 1869 the first Transcontinental RR was completed and the Golden Spike Was Layed into Place
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On October 13th 1893 the Union Pacific Fell into Bankruptcy
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On September 4th 1941 the Union Pacific Railroad Recived the first 25 of their 4000-class Big Boy steam Locomotives the Largest and most powerful in the world
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On July 23rd 1959 the Union Pacific Ran the last steam locomotive in regular service was the Challenger #3713 it ran from North Platte,Neb to Cheyenne,Wyo
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On May 1st,1971 the Decline of private passenger Rail Service Resulted in the national rail passenger service act,Which Transferred most passenger service to AMTRAK
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On December 22nd,1982 the UP merged with the MP(Missouri Pacific) and the WP(Western Pacific) Railroads
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On August,12th,1988 the Union Pacific Aquires the MKT(Missouri-Kansas-Texas)Railroad
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On July 23rd,1995 the Union Pacific Aquires the CNW(Chicago & Northwestern) Railroad
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On September 11th,1996 the Union Pacific Aquires the SP(Southern Pacific)Railroad
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The Union Pacific Celebrates 154 years of service in Omaha
