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Photographer: Alvis Hendley
Taken: October 19, 2016
Caption: Union Pacific Crew Shuttle Car
Additional Description: Gerlach was founded as a company town for the Western Pacific Railroad, the last of the transcontinental railroads. Many years ago, the California Zephyr stopped here between Portola, California, and Winnemucca, Nevada. Although no passenger trains now pass through Gerlach, Union Pacific freight trains are still active.

The photograph shows a lightweight Pullman-Standard bi-level commute car built in 1968 for Chicago & North Western Railway. UPRR purchased six of these cars from C&NW in 2004 and converted them to Crew Shuttle Cars for movement of track maintenance crews when highway transportation is either unavailable or difficult due to weather conditions.
Submitted: May 15, 2020, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p521932
File Size: 0.125 Megabytes

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