UP Centennial Celebration Postcard

Three locomotives pose at Promontory Point, Utah in 1969, for the centennial celebration of the Transcontinental Railroad. The old steam engine at the right, dressed up as UP #119, is actually the Virginia & Truckee #18, "The Dayton". The engine was on display in Utah from 1969 to 1978, when it came back to Carson City and was restored to its V&T appearance.

Date Uploaded: June 10, 2009

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Contributor: El Cobrador (via Flickr)

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Source Caption: Scanned postcard from the scrapbook/photo album that I bought recently at a Sacramento, California, antique shop.

From the back: "Union Pacific #8444 4-8-4 Northern class steam locomotive, #6900 EMD DDA-40X 6600 H.P. diesel and the #119 4-4-0 stand in Ogden, Utah, for their Centennial Celebration portrait in May 1969."

Of course, the 8444 is now known as 844.

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