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About William Riley McKeen
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. His company was located at the Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility in Omaha, Nebraska.
Everything about William Riley McKeen →- Occupation
- businessperson, railway engineer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 2, 1869
- Died
- October 19, 1946