Series XXXII: Union Pacific Railroad: Denver Union Terminal and Freight Houses

This series consists of photographs of the Union Pacific's facilities in Denver, Colorado. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 44, are referred to by the letter X in testimony, and were taken by Walter Shimel. Mr. Shimel was employed as both a fireman and engineer by the Union Pacific and a member of BLF&E Lodge 77. The UP is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans. The Union Pacific Railroad system is the largest in the United States and it is one of the world's largest transportation companies. The photographs in this series were taken on November 15 and 16, 1960, and document yard operations in Denver, Colorado. Additionally, the photographs in this series document Denver neighborhoods around Denver Union Station, and in some case show similar locations to those found in Series VII.