Slogans on UP Caboose
Greg Ramsey
John Bromley from the Union Pacific was kind enough to send me the following
reply about the UP slogans. He also gave me permission to forward this to
the list.
Greg
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>From: John_E....@notes.up.com (John E. Bromley)
>To: Gr...@roundhouse.com
>Message-Id: <1997Jun19.1152...@uprr-internet.notes.up.com>
>Organization: Union Pacific Corporation
>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:25:20 -0500
>Subject: Re: Slogans on UP Caboose
The slogans were created by UP employees. This was part of a 1979 safety
slogan contest for employees. "Trucking on down the track" was created by
Elizabeth Wickersham, wife of John A. Wickelrsham, an engineer running out
of
Las Vegas, NV.
Winners were selected from each operating division, headquarters and
retirees
in May, 1979. The 19 slogans were applied to cabooses as they received
heavy
shopping.
The 1979 winners were:
Keep on Truckin'...By Train
Safety Aware, Because We Care
Please, Let's Don't Meet by Accident
Safety Reigns On Our Train
Safety A Life Savings Account
U.P.permost in Safety
Safety is an Equal Opportunity ofr All
Safety Pays Dividends If You Pay Interest
Don't Get Carried Away, Think Safety
Absence of Accidents Depends on Presence of Mind
We're Moving the Future Today
Go Big Train
Energy's the GAme, UP's the Name
What do We do? We Work for You
Put it Here - We'll Get it There
Trucking on Down the Track
America, We're Pulling for You
Have Train Will Travel
We Want to Entertrain You
There were other caboose safety slogans created in earlier years as well
during the 70s. In 1980 another contest was held to created "energy saving"
slogans which were on signs mounted on locomotive walkway handrails behind
the
cab.
To: John E. Bromley
cc:
From: Greg @ roundhouse.com @ Internet
Date: 06/18/97 01:43:43 AM
Subject: Re: Slogans on UP Caboose
>From: Greg Ramsey <anacapa!ROUNDHOUSE.COM!greg>
>Newsgroups: railroad
>Subject: Slogans on UP Caboose
>Message-ID: <970618040...@anacapa.ncel.navy.mil>
>Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:30:49 -0700
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>Reply-To: gr...@roundhouse.com
>Organization: Roundhouse Engineering
My ex Union Pacific caboose, UP 25428 has a large white panel painted on
each side with the slogan "Trucking on Down the Track" with the name
"Elizabeth C. Wickersham" printed under it followed by the city name
"Las Vegas."
I'm assuming the Ms. Wickersham was the person that suggested the slogan
and that she is or was from Las Vegas.
Can anybody tell me more? Was she an employee, a schoolchild in a "UP"
town or ? I've seen other slogans but I never bothered to record them
since I wasn't interested until we got this caboose.
Can anybody list others?
Thanks for the help,
Greg
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P.O. Box 785, Port Hueneme, CA, 93044
Providing mechanical services to the Travel Town Museum and the
Crystal Springs & Cahuenga Valley Railroad
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Greg Ramsey gr...@roundhouse.com
Roundhouse Engineering scs...@worldnet.att.net
P.O. Box 785, Port Hueneme, CA, 93044
Providing mechanical services to the Travel Town Museum and the
Crystal Springs & Cahuenga Valley Railroad