Union Pacific

(1958-1959)

30 minutes

Western

Directed by Sobey Martin

Cast:

Jeff Morrow as Bart McClelland  
Judson Pratt as Bill Kinkaid   
Susan Cummings as Georgia

Union Pacific is a Western television series starring Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt and Susan Cummings which aired in syndication for 38 episodes from 1958 until 1959. Inspired by the 1939 film also named Union Pacific starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck, the series follows the exploits of Bart McClelland, played by Jeff Morrow, as he supervises the construction and extension of the Union Pacific Railroad west of Omaha, Nebraska, to Promontory, northwest of Salt Lake City, Utah . McClelland was mostly concerned with right-of-way issues, which could be impacted by stubborn landowners, ranchers, Indians, outlaws, many other factors. Helping McClelland with his work was surveyor Billy Kincaid, played by Pratt. Susan Cummings, was cast as Georgia, proprietor of the Golden Nugget Saloon, the rolling bar that followed the railroad workers along the track.