UP's Yellowstone Special, Part 2

Union Pacific's
Yellowstone Special
Part 2
Reference Material
& Further Reading

1923 UP Yellowstone Park Brochure:

It's back cover marking the introduction of UP's bear advertising (page top right), this 7"x10", 32 page booklet extensively covered Yellowsone's attractions with verse, photos and maps. Here you'll find some of the more interesting excerpts.

UP's Bears: The bear theme figured highly in UP's advertising from 1923 to 1960. The above is from UP's 1923 brochure, and UP's Web site has a delightful poster from the same year. At one time Thornton Waite offered a booklet of reproductions (see bibliography).

Map of Yellowstone Park and Tributary UP branches (click on image for large image - 235k)

Automobile Tours:
Formal tours of Yellowstone were conducted using the open automobiles of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company. The roads/altitude probably were too much for the era's buses.

Tour itineraries, maps, 1
Tour itineraries, maps, 2

Union Pacific 3-8-1937 Public Timetable:

Large map of Eastern Idaho branches (click on map)
Teton, Yellowstone branch schedules
Butte Line Schedules
Equipment, Yellowstone Special, Yellowstone Express

Union Pacific 6-20-54 Public Timetable:

Union Pacific 10-27-63 Public Timetable:

Union Pacific 5-15-69 Public Timetable:

Yellowstone, Teton branch schedules

UP Yellowstone Park Ads:

UP West Yellowstone Dining Lodge penny postcard views: I bought these new in a store across the street from the Lodge in 1965, and yep, they really cost a penny each.

West Yellowstone Depot: This postcard view apparently dates from shortly after UP constructed the depot. Those familiar with the structure will note that something is wrong here: the photo is a mirror image of the actual scene.

Further Reading

The following is by no means a complete bibliography. Readers are envited to submit other sources for inclusion here.

Printed materials:

YELLOWSTONE BRANCH OF THE UP: Route of the Yellowstone Special, by Thornton Waite. Published by Brueggenjohann/Reese and Author, 1997; ISBN: 096577290X; 100 pages; soft cover; thorough coverage of the Yellowstone Branch, with some info on Teton Valley Branch. An earlier work, Stories from the Yellowstone Branch, appeared in the July, 1988 (Vol.4, No.3) isuue of The Straemliner, the house organ of the Union Pacific Historical Society.

YELLOWSTONE BEARS OF THE UNION PACIFIC, by Thornton Waite. Publishers same as above book? Date? softcover portfolio displaying eight full-color examples of UP's bear advertisements, with history.

Historical Inventory of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1946, by the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 1991; approximately 175 pages; a reprint of UP's 1-1-46 List of Agencies Stations, Equipment, Etc. No. 64, this spiral-wound book shows facilities on the Teton/Yellowstone Branches, and has a picture of UP 4-6-2 # 3215 on the head end of train 46 taking water at Victor in 1947.

Online materials:

To the Tetons by Train, by Robert C. Hoyle; a short history of the Teton Valley Branch, with much info not available elsewhere; http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-10/22-10-9.pdf
HOW IT WAS: 1908-1960,
Yellowstone Historic Center; short history of Yellowstone Special, with photos;
http://www.yellowstonehistoriccenter.org/The_History/body_the_history.html
The Yellowstone Historic Center hopes to obtain funds for preservation of West yellowstone's historic buildings, including the UP depot, baggage room, dining lodge and water tank;
http://www.yellowstonehistoriccenter.org/Programs/Preservation/preservation.html
OGDEN RAILS, Union Pacific’s Streamliners, by Don Strack; history of UP's Streamliners, and Ogden depot operations
http://utahrails.net/ogden/ogden-up-streamliners.htm
PROFILE: Eastern Idaho Railroad, by Steve Spring, Layne Hansen, and Ben Ostenson; history of successor to UP's eastern Idaho branches; located at The Northwest's Own Railfan site:
http://www.nwownrailfan.com/archives/features/0102spring.html


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*1923 UP Yellowstone Park Brochure:* It's back cover marking the introduction of UP's bear advertising (page top right), this 7"x10", 32 page booklet extensively covered Yellowsone's attractions with verse, photos and maps. Here you'll find some of the more interesting excerpts.					UP's Bears: The bear theme figured highly in UP's advertising from 1923 to 1960. The above is from UP's 1923 brochure, and UP's Web site has a delightful poster from the same year. At one time Thornton Waite offered a booklet of reproductions (see bibliography). Map of Yellowstone Park and Tributary UP branches (click on image for large image - 235k)
			Automobile Tours: Formal tours of Yellowstone were conducted using the open automobiles of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company. The roads/altitude probably were too much for the era's buses. Tour itineraries, maps, 1 Tour itineraries, maps, 2


Union Pacific 3-8-1937 Public Timetable: Large map of Eastern Idaho branches (click on map) Teton, Yellowstone branch schedules Butte Line Schedules Equipment, Yellowstone Special, Yellowstone Express *Union Pacific 6-20-54 Public Timetable:* Butte Line, Yellowstone, Teton branch schedules Equipment, connecting train schedules Union Pacific 10-27-63 Public Timetable: Yellowstone, Teton branch schedules Equipment, connecting train scedules *Union Pacific 5-15-69 Public Timetable:* Yellowstone, Teton branch schedules					*UP Yellowstone Park Ads:* April 1931 1920's Bears I 1920's Bears II 1915 Panama Expo Exhibit


UP West Yellowstone Dining Lodge penny postcard views: I bought these new in a store across the street from the Lodge in 1965, and yep, they really cost a penny each.
				*West Yellowstone Depot:* This postcard view apparently dates from shortly after UP constructed the depot. Those familiar with the structure will note that something is wrong here: the photo is a mirror image of the actual scene.

*Further Reading*
	The following is by no means a complete bibliography. Readers are envited to submit other sources for inclusion here. *Printed materials:* YELLOWSTONE BRANCH OF THE UP: Route of the Yellowstone Special, by Thornton Waite. Published by Brueggenjohann/Reese and Author, 1997; ISBN: 096577290X; 100 pages; soft cover; thorough coverage of the Yellowstone Branch, with some info on Teton Valley Branch. An earlier work, *Stories from the Yellowstone Branch, appeared in the July, 1988 (Vol.4, No.3) isuue of The Straemliner, the house organ of the Union Pacific Historical Society. YELLOWSTONE BEARS OF THE UNION PACIFIC, by Thornton Waite. Publishers same as above book? Date? softcover portfolio displaying eight full-color examples of UP's bear advertisements, with history. Historical Inventory of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1946, by the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 1991; approximately 175 pages; a reprint of UP's 1-1-46 List of Agencies Stations, Equipment, Etc. No. 64, this spiral-wound book shows facilities on the Teton/Yellowstone Branches, and has a picture of UP 4-6-2 # 3215 on the head end of train 46 taking water at Victor in 1947. Online materials:* *To the Tetons by Train, by Robert C. Hoyle; a short history of the Teton Valley Branch, with much info not available elsewhere; http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-10/22-10-9.pdf HOW IT WAS: 1908-1960,* Yellowstone Historic Center; short history of Yellowstone Special, with photos; http://www.yellowstonehistoriccenter.org/The_History/body_the_history.html The Yellowstone Historic Center hopes to obtain funds for preservation of West yellowstone's historic buildings, including the UP depot, baggage room, dining lodge and water tank; http://www.yellowstonehistoriccenter.org/Programs/Preservation/preservation.html *OGDEN RAILS, Union Pacific’s Streamliners, by Don Strack; history of UP's Streamliners, and Ogden depot operations http://utahrails.net/ogden/ogden-up-streamliners.htm PROFILE: Eastern Idaho Railroad,* by Steve Spring, Layne Hansen, and Ben Ostenson; history of successor to UP's eastern Idaho branches; located at The Northwest's Own Railfan site: http://www.nwownrailfan.com/archives/features/0102spring.html