The 1983 calendar was the last one that featured the “old” Union Pacific, that is, before UP went on a merger spree. Five of the dozen photos in this calendar show UP trains, one up from the year before. Most … Continue reading
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The 1982 calendar has four photos of freight trains. Although the January photo shown below is shot into the sun, the other three are more conventional. In all, there are two photos each from Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, and one … Continue reading
Following the tradition of the previous few years, UP’s 1981 calendar included four photos of trains while the rest were mountain and farm scenery — no ocean views this year, though there is a nice sunset photo of a large … Continue reading
The 1980 calendar includes four photos of freight trains, but in two of them the trains are just part of the scenic background. Getting out of the rut of the 1970s, UP selected increasingly creative and almost experimental photos: two … Continue reading
The 1979 calendar includes just three photos of trains, two of which show DD40s. UP was justifiably proud of these locomotives, which were the largest and most powerful Diesels ever built. However, they were operated for just a few more … Continue reading
Like the 1977 calendar, this one includes five railroad scenes, only four of which show trains. The fifth shows Union Pacific’s beautiful Boise train depot that was then being used by Amtrak’s Pioneer. Click image to download a 11.9-MB PDF … Continue reading
For 1977 Union Pacific included five photos of its rail line (though UP trains appear in only four of them). The March photo shows a General Electric U50C locomotive, which was a six-axle version of the eight-axle U50. This locomotive … Continue reading
The opening photograph on the 1975 calendar is strongly reminiscent of the opening painting on the 1969 Howard Fogg calendar. Sadly, I’m pretty sure the tracks shown in the photo were taken up in 1981. Click image to download a … Continue reading
The 1975 calendar had four photos of Union Pacific trains. Two of them show General Electric U50 locomotives. Though barely a decade old, they were in their last years of service. The squat-looking GP-30s shown in the other photos were … Continue reading
Union Pacific stepped up its advertising in this calendar, which includes not one but three different photos of trains. We’ve seen one of the tunnels shown in the January photo below in an old postcard made when there was only … Continue reading