Union Pacific 2-8-0 480 built by Baldwin in 1902 as Union Pacific 1901, on display in Memorial Park. From here we drove over to Memorial Park to the other steam engine in North Platte. Train Board inside the Union Pacific station. Union Pacific Railway Post Office Car 2069. The rear of the display train at Cody Park. Two views of Union Pacific caboose 25161. Interior views of Union Pacific Railway Post Office Car 2069. Interior views of Union Pacific baggage/display car 1350. It was retired after being in a wreck at North Platte in August 1971 and was later donated to the park. Union Pacific caboose 25161 built by Pullman-Standard in 1944 as 3861. It was retired in 1968 and went on display in Cody Park the following year. Union Pacific Railway Post Office Car 2069 built by Pullman in 1914. It was converted to a Postal Storage Car by the Union Pacific and renumbered in 1957. Union Pacific baggage/display car 1350 built by American Car and Foundry in 1927 as Baggage Dormitory Car 2760. Union Pacific DD40AX 6922 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1969. The Union Pacific station from Hershey, Nebraska built in 1892. Union Pacific 3977 and the semaphore signal. Immediately after the meeting, Jeffers then sent a memo to the railroad's Advertising Department advising them that he wanted the name "Challenger" to be used in all future press releases about the new locomotive. "It certainly is", Jeffers replied, "Let's call them 'Challengers'". Burnett noted such a run really would be "a challenge for any locomotive". Burnett proposed a test run for the new locomotive operating unassisted from Ogden to Wahsatch, UT, and then running fast to Green River, WY, before returning to Ogden with another train. Burnett, General Superintendent of Motive Power and Machinery. The 4-6-6-4 type received its name "Challenger" in 1936 during a meeting between Otto Jabelmann, Vice President of Research, William Jeffers, Executive Vice President of the UP system and J. Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3977 "Challenger" built by American Locomotive Company in 1943. My first view of Cody Park as I walked through the gate into the park. Robin and I arrived in North Platte and made the first stop of our visit here at Cody Park. Cody Park and the Golden Spike Tower North Platte, Nebraska
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