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UNION PACIFIC
AND RAILROAD

 


LOCATION:
3 East Flaming Gorge Way
Green River, Wyoming  82935
Just blocks from
I-80 Exits 89 & 91

HOURS:
Monday — Saturday
10 am to 6 pm
Closed Sundays
& major holidays

ADMISSION:
FREE!

CONTACT:
(307) 872-6435
(307) 352-6715
(307) 872-3234 fax

Email:
swchm@sweetwater.net 

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$18.00
Paperbound
797 pages

Empire Express

Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity.  

Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History

David Haward Bain



$4.95
Softcover
24 pages

Great Trains
to cut out & put together
From 1 horse-power trains to the UP Big Boy read about the trains and then make paper models to show what they looked like.
Nick Taylor

 

$16.95
Paperbound
330 pages

History of the
Union Pacific Coal Mines 1869 to 1940
Much of the history of the coal fields of southern  Wyoming took place out of sight--beneath the grey soil of this high, desert land. Daily its people would pour into the dark voids of the coal mines to extract the fuel to run railroads, heat houses and power factories of America.  This reprint of a 1940 history of the Union Pacific Coal Company tells the story of these workers and their families who made homes and hometowns in this forbidding land. 
Sweetwater County Historical Society 



$28.00
Hardbound
430 pages

Nothing Like It In 
the World:
The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
The story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad - the investors who risked their businesses and money: the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and lost, their lives; immigrants, soldiers and other laborers who did backbreaking and dangerous work on the
Stephen E. Ambrose



$6.50
Paperbound
39 pages

The Streamliner: Green River in the 1950's

 

The Official Publication of the 
Union Pacific Historical Society -- 
Green River in the 1950's
UP Historical Society



$12.60/Adult

Union Pacific Caps Engineer's Cap looks like the ones proudly donned by UP engineers, this timeless canvas cap is crowned with red, white and blue UP shield on the distinctive blue and white ticking.  Adjusts to fit all sizes.



$3.00

Union Pacific Key Chain A Colorful reproduction of a modern-day UP locomotive, rubberized material with raised handrail, cowcatcher.



$4.50

Union Pacific Pin Hat Pin with the Union Pacific Emblem.  



$2.25
Set of 10 cards

Union Pacific Post Cards Set of postcards depicting notable events from the history of the Union Pacific Railroad



$19.95
Softcover
55 pages

Union Pacific:
Saving a Big Boy and Other Railroad Stories
This book is an effort to preserve some of the oral history of former Union Pacific Railroad employees in Wyoming who experienced the era of both World War II and steam-powered locomotives. These stories, illustrated with historic photographs, provide an enthralling look at arduous times on the railroad in Wyoming and the Union Pacific employees who were up to the challenge.
Bess Arnold



$28.95
Paperbound
128 pages

Union Pacific Steam:
Challenger Portraits
Photographs of all 105 
Union Pacific Challengers 
are represented in this volume.  
Several photographs have 
never been published.
edited by
Matthew E. Kreitzer

 

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