Overland Flyer

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"Drumhead" logos such as this often adorned the ends of the observation cars on the Overland Limited.

The Overland Flyer was a passenger train originally operated by the Union Pacific Railroad. The name harkens back to a stagecoach line operated by the Overland Mail Company between Salt Lake City, Utah and Virginia City, Nevada from 1861 to 1866 when Wells Fargo & Company took over the stagecoach's operation. Wells Fargo ended this stagecoach service three years later.

The train (which gave rise to the UP's nickname as "The Overland Route") was inaugurated in 1887. The railroad's nickname was eventually dropped from the company logo in 1942. In time, the line (which took on the name Overland Limited) fell under the joint operation of the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific.