Union Pacific Locomotive #119 and Central Pacific Locomotive #60 ...

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The first U,P. locomotives were delivered to St. Joseph, Missouri
on railroad flatesrs on the St. Joe Railroad* There they were
transferred to Missouri Biver steamboats and moved upstream to Omaha
where they were unloaded. This short river trip cost about $1,000
per locomotive. At this time there v&s no railroad connection from
the east with Qsaha. The nearest approaching railroad was the Chicago
& northwestern Hailrcad building throiagh Iowa. The U.P. soon found
that it eonld. get its locomotives to Omaha cheaper by hauling theja by
ox-teams Trcm th£ Chicago-^ Northwestern Bailhe&d 100 miles east of
Council Bluffs, then ferry them across the river to Osahaj than to move
thesti upstream from St. Joe "by river steamer, and this method was
generally followed. ., #119 arrived at Ctasha by this
method5 although I have seen no documentation to prove it.