Dillon Depot, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

When the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) decided to build the Utah & Northern to the Montana mines, Richard Deacon named a kingly sum for his prized grazing land. UPRR, unwilling to pay the $8,000, sought businessmen willing to invest along ...

Humphrey, Idaho on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

Humphrey, Idaho, is a ghost town.

     In 1902, Humphrey was the site of Patt Ranch, where the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) built a dam and ice pond along the early Utah & Northern route. Workers harvested up to 31,000 ...

Idaho Falls, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

In 1880, as the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) was advancing the former Utah & Northern north toward Silver Bow, Montana, UPRR officials chose Idaho Falls for their principal workshops. A team of one hundred men built “a station, several two-story ...

Southern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho, is the southern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UPRR's) Montana Subdivision, formally known as the Utah & Northern line, which stretched north to the former silver and copper mines of Butte, Montana.

     Rail lines used to ...

Site of Union Pacific's Omaha Shops

You are standing at the site of the original Union Pacific Omaha Shops.

From this point a railroad was begun that would fulfill a national destiny.

Even before Union Pacific was an American icon, it was an American dream. It was a ...

National Historic Landmark - Union Pacific Railroad Depot

The depot is the last of the grand 19th-century depots remaining on the transcontinental railroad. It formed a strategic point along the Union Pacific Railroad, America's first transcontinental rail line, and was easily the Union Pacific's most grandiose facility west ...

Union Pacific Depot

Built 1928

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1991

Marker is on NW 2nd Street near Broadway, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Union Pacific #4012

Locomotive #4012 is a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. The Big Boys were the longest and among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives in the world.

Even with their great size, the Big Boys were capable of reaching speeds in excess of ...

Union Pacific 18

1960 Gas Turbine-Electric Cab Unit

Early diesels had relatively low power (800-2000 hp). Beginning in 1948, the Union Pacific and GE developed alternatives for heavy freight. The resulting 55 units replaced the usual diesel prime mover with an aircraft gas turbine.

The ...