The 1962 calendar opens with a photograph in Chicago. For Union Pacific, which only went as far east as Omaha in 1962 — this was probably an eastern scene, as was a photo of a Midwestern farm. I’ll have to find a western edition of the 1962 calendar, but I suspect when I do I’ll find different photos on these pages as well as on the pages that show the Lincoln Memorial and Worcester, Vermont.
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Aside from these eastern scenes, photos of Crater Lake, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, and Zion parks, as well as Palm Springs, are different from what were seen in the 1950s calendars. The rather prosaic (to 2018 eyes) GP9s in the obligatory freight train photo are also a major change from the impressively gigantic gas-turbines that had been shown in many previous years. Since UP first acquired GP9s in 1954, and look-alike GP7s in 1953, they may even have appeared prosaic in 1962.
Month | Photo | Menu? |
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December 1961 | Chicago Christmas Tree | |
1962 | City of Los Angeles | |
January | San Juan Capistrano | Yes |
February | Lincoln Memorial | |
March | Zion Canyon | |
April | Mount Vernon | |
May | Crater Lake | |
June | Sun Valley Summer | |
July | Tetons | |
August | Midwestern Farm | |
September | Mummy Range, RMNP | |
October | Worcester Vermont | |
November | Palm Springs | |
December | Sun Valley Meeting Place | Yes |
1963 | Freight Train | |
List of Agents | Dome Diner |
The only photos that are real clichés are the June and September photos of Sun Valley and the dome-diner photo on the back cover. On this last photo, the graphics artist who “photoshopped” in the exterior scenery photo — a picture of the Columbia River Gorge — neglected to finish the two left-most windows in the picture. This was probably because the photo used for the backdrop wasn’t big enough.