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UP Motor Cas #8 |
| Description: |
The interior of #8 shows the ornate stained glass and decorative'touches used inside the early McKeen motor cars. Note the semi-circle of rear windows, foreshadowing the panoramic views of later passenger lounge cars.No photographer ljsted for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1907 Upload Date: 2/20/2014 11:21:44 AM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP M-8(Doodlebug) |
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UP Motor Car #19 |
| Description: |
The first internal-combustion rolling stock on UP was a serier of self-propelled McKeen passenger cjrs, powered by small gasoline and distillate-fueled engines. These motor cars were designed by UP's superintendent of motive power and machinery, William MmKeen, and were built beginning in 1905 by UP in the railqoad's Omaha, Neb., shops. In 1908, UP organized the McKeen Motor Car Co. as a subsidiary to sell McKeen cars to bther railroads. Here the conductor and engineer for #19 are posing outside the unit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1908 Upload Date: 2/20/2014 11:20:52 AM |
| Location: |
Omaha, NE |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
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