Union Pacific Museum

Those who can remember riding on Union Pacific may remember the dinner announcement played on a handheld xylophone, shown here by a UP employee, circa 1954.

Can anyone hum it? What major TV network used the same tune?

Have you heard of a turntable? Have you seen one getting installed?

November 1941, the center bearing for the turntable is being installed at the Bayshore Roundhouse in San Francisco, California.

When you think about railroads, do you think about the many individuals behind the scenes, researching the next innovation?
This photograph was taken inside Southern Pacific's research laboratory in Sacramento, California, November 1954.

Welcome to November! To start off this month with a challenge, here is this month's Aerial Ask.
This aerial view shows a California highway and a rail crossing as it existed on April 15, 1966.
Where do you think this crossing is?

October is almost over, so here is our Aerial Ask for this month.

This color photograph shows a classification yard as it existed in 1982.

Where is this yard is located?