It’s 1972, the first full year without Union Pacific passenger trains, and the railroad’s calendar is full of scenic photos of places that aren’t necessarily destinations for those former trains. Of the twelve photos in this calendar, only one shows a train, a Wyoming freight being pulled by one of General Electric’s U50 locomotives that was also featured on the 1971 calendar.
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The other photos include the San Juan Mountains in Colorado (near what was once the end of the line for the former Denver & Rio Grande Railway), Oregon’s Hood River Valley without Mount Hood, and a city park in Omaha. Only one photo is inside of a national park once served by Union Pacific tour guides, but it’s a view of Zion never seen in UP advertising. UP’s soft-sell was to get people to look at the beautiful photos right next to UP logos.