Union Pacific Railroad P. 48

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Title Union Pacific Railroad P. 48
File Name 39222001652267.tif
Photo Number No. 21884
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date of Photograph 1988
Date 1988
Subject Railroads
Other Subject Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Coal Car; Coal Liners
Description 1988 by Donor & Photog.-Mike Davis. Union Pacific coal car 31949. Called coal liners, these cars were specially built for joint service with the D & RGW from Sunnyside Utah coal mines to the Kaiser Steel Plant in Fontana, CA. This was built when a model unit coal train operation 100 cars (95 U.P. & 5 D & RGW) replaced 1,000 older and smaller coal cars. Later these 100 ton capacity cars were used to take uranium mill tailings from the old vitro plant in So. S.L. to Clive, UT.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 9.3 inches x 7.4 inches
Source Donors Davis, Mike B.
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3731 x 2956
Scanned By Jason VanCott
ARK ark:/87278/s6d22622
Setname dha_cp
ID 439712
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d22622