Union Pacific Official Color Photography Book 1 Stagner The X-shaped CGW was

Stagner The X-shaped CGW was a fast moving bridge line between Chicago-Omaha and Minneapolis-Kansas City

These photos were commissioned by the SP in the late 1930s

The railroad that ran “Through the Heart of the South” was known as an innovator and effective competitor against its two larger neighbors

Gene Green

In this all-color

Union Pacific Official Color Photography Book 1 Stagner The X-shaped CGW wasRobert LeMassena and Robert J. Yanosey Straight from the UP Museum Archives. This 128 page hardcover book illustrates the very best camera work of UP company photographers. Many of these photos have remained unseen for more than half a century. The railroads photographic staff sought unusual scenic locations for remarkable views of the earliest UP streamliners, the oldest and newest steam locomotives and the modern look of handsome diesel and gas