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During the twentieth century, the Union Pacific Railroad gained worldwide renown for the development and operation of high output locomotives powered by steam, gas-electric, and the internal combustion engine. What is less commonly known is that the railroad embraced the internal combustion engine shortly after the turn of the century—just 36 years after the driving of the Golden Spike—in the form of the gasoline-powered passenger motor car. Although overshadowed by later advance-ments, the passenger motor car, of which many design elements would later be adapted to the railroad’s famous Streamliners, were the inaugural application of internal combustion technology on the Union Pacific.

The culmination of decades of research, this liberally-illustrated volume seeks to tell the definitive story of these unique entires to Union Pacific’s nationwide fleet.

Coming soon from the Union Pacific Historical Society.

With multiple maps, illustrations and photographs, many in color, this 248-page hardcover book will be of great interest to both Union Pacific historians, as well as anyone interested in Union Pacific Motor Car history.

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