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Lane Cutoff

By Brian Schmidt | September 3, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Streamlined passenger train split semaphore-type signals with overpass in distance

Lane Cutoff

Brand-new in mid-1936, one of the two City of Denver trains poses on the Lane Cutoff west of Omaha, a favorite spot for Union Pacific publicity photos. The portholed cab and booster units rode on two trucks each, but were connected by a span bolster, not couplers. Union Pacific photo

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