Pleasant Grove Review | 1937-06-04 | Page 5 | Steam but Streamlined

Steam, tut Streamlined 1 i v - , I'll Ht K ... -rt - The "iron horse" got a swanky new harness when the Union Pacific streamlined its steam locomotive No. 2906 and equipped it throughout with roller-bearings so that it can speed along at 100 miles or more per hour. This is one of three kinds of streamlined locomotives, one of them a steam turbine electric type, with which the Union Pacific is experimenting. Its brilliant color scheme, with brown and yellow predominant, is similar to that of the Union Pacific's fleet of Diesel-powered streamliners. No. 2906 is the product of long experimentation by Union Pacifio engineers.