William R. McKeen, Jr.

William R. McKeen, Jr. was the inventor of the track motorcar. While serving as the superintendent of motive power and machinery for the Union Pacific he developed the McKeen railmotor, later launching the McKeen Motor Car Company at the insistence of UP head E.H. Harriman.^[1] His company was located at the Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility in Omaha, Nebraska.

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^ Federal Writers Project. (1939) Nebraska. Nebraska State Historical Society. p 242.

v • d • e Railroads in Omaha

Depots	34th Street Station • Amtrak Station • Burlington Station• Florence Depot • Gibson Station • Omaha Quartermaster Depot • Ralston Station • Union Station • Webster Street Station

Major carriers	The Union Pacific • The Burlington • The North Western • The Missouri Pacific • The Rock Island • The Milwaukee • The Illinois Central • The Great Western • The Wabash

Minor carriers	Union Stockyards Railroad Company • Brandon Corporation • Amtrak • Omaha Traction Company • Omaha Belt Line • Omaha Zoo Railroad • Omaha Road • Kansas, Nebraska and Omaha Railway • Omaha and Republican Valley Railway • Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway • South Omaha Railroad • Omaha Southern Railroad • Chicago Great Western Railway • Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway

Facilities	First Transcontinental Railroad • Original Union Pacific Headquarters • Union Pacific Center • Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center • Union Pacific Shops • Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District • Kenefick Park • Burlington Headquarters Building

Public transportation	Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway • Omaha Cable Tramway Company • Omaha Horse Railway Company • Omaha Traction Company

Manufacturing	McKeen Motor Car Company • Nebraska Rail Car