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Wamego, Kansas, Awarded Membership in Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry

Omaha, Nebraska, June 10, 2016

Wamego, Kansas has been awarded membership in Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry as part of Union Pacific's ongoing efforts to highlight cities with a historical connection to the railroad. The city received an official Train Town USA resolution signed by Union Pacific Chairman Lance Fritz during a presentation at the community's "Party on Main" celebration, part of Wamego's own 150th anniversary festivities. Union Pacific launched its Train Town USA Registry during the railroad's 150th anniversary celebration in 2012.

"We are proud to recognize Wamego as we celebrate our growing up together," said Lindsey Douglas, Union Pacific's director - Public Affairs for Kansas and Missouri. "Union Pacific was founded to help connect the nation from east to west. Our shared heritage with Wamego is a source of pride as we remember our past while delivering the goods American businesses and families use every day."

Union Pacific's east-west line through Wamego originally began as the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad in 1855, part of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, a southern branch of the transcontinental railroad established by the Pacific Railway Act. The Kansas Pacific began building the rail line in 1863 for passenger and freight trains. Recognizing this opportunity, the Wamego Town Company founded a new town site, Wamego, along the proposed rail line in 1866. By 1874, the town had a railroad station, roundhouse and shops, as well as 28 businesses. Not long after, in 1880, the Kansas Pacific Railway was consolidated with Union Pacific.

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