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Nostalgia & History > UP train crews -- the City and a TurbineDate: 02/14/09 12:36 UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: Copy19 I always enjoy pictures of train crews and these two are classics. The passenger train picture was for an ad to show how many people it took to man a domeliner. The other is a shot of the crew on a gas turbine powered train in 1952. Those were the days!
JB Union Pacific Railroad Museum   Date: 02/14/09 15:47 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: rpobill That is interesting I have a framed ad of the City that shows the same group
but back a little more. Are there any more pictures like it? Date: 02/14/09 16:21 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: Waybiller Really neat photos.
If I interpret it correctly, the City was staffed as follows: 1 Conductor 3 Head end crew (engineer, fireman, head man) 2 brakemen/trainmen 1 dining car steward 4 cooks 8 waiters 1 Pullman conductor 7 porters 1 cafe lounge steward 3 cooks 3 waiters 34 people in total. Date: 02/14/09 17:36 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: rehunn If you want a turbine and passenger picture drag out the one with the two steam turbines and
the V&T 4-4-0, now there's a train to go fan. Date: 02/14/09 18:55 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: Copy19 rehunn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > If you want a turbine and passenger picture drag > out the one with the two steam turbines and > the V&T 4-4-0, now there's a train to go fan. I have that. I sent it to John Signor who used it in the latest issue of Streamliner, the Union Pacific Historical Society Magazine. It's a great article with lots of pix. JB Date: 02/15/09 05:43 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: round_house The passenger train photo
You can see the whole film of that on the Pentrex video Up passenger trains. I think it was a publicity film for there City Of LA Train filmed in 58. Samuel Howard Centennial, CO Train Room Photography Date: 02/15/09 06:03 Re: UP train crews -- the City and a Turbine Author: Copy19 rpobill Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That is interesting I have a framed ad of the City > that shows the same group > but back a little more. Are there any more > pictures like it? I also have picture that I didn't scan of the photographers and lighting crew doing the shot. It was quite an elborate set-up. JB |