William R. McKeen Jr. was the inventor of the

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. 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 Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. Early life Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyma ...

. His company was located at the Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing 20th-century American railroad executives Businesspeople from Omaha, Nebraska Union Pacific Railroad people {{Omaha-stub

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