Union Pacific Heritage Fleet, Part 1

General Notes:

1. UP "Eagle" was built as MP Sleeper (10 roomette, 6 double bedroom) "Crystal River"; numbered as MP 611 in 1963; to MP Staff Sleeper in 1971; to UP "Eagle" in 1985, painted yellow and gray; retired in November 1986; sold to Mexico in 1987
2. Stainless steel construction
3. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 141, 142
4. Source: Sale to Mexico, CTC Board, February 1987, page 33; Pacific RailNews, June 1987

General Notes:

1. UP "Houston" was built as MP Parlor 10613; to MP Business Car 8 in September 1951; rebuilt to all-new configuration in August 1974; to UP Business Car "Houston" (1st) in 1985; traded to Kasten Railcar in August 1990 in exchange for former UP E9 locomotive 949.
2. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger, page 137
3. Randall, in Railway Passenger Car Annual 1984, page 115, shows rebuilt from Parlor to Business Car in 1966

General Notes:

1. To UP by merger in 1996; to UPP 100 "Airslie" in (?); retired in 2000; sold to a private party; during 2005 through 2007, the car was stored on Pacific Harbor Line at Los Angeles harbor at Wilmington; stored at Irwindale, California until April 2008, briefly moved to Mexico during April 2008; stored at Mexicali, BC (seen at Calexico, California en route to Mexicali on April 7, 2008; seen returning to the U.S. at El Centro, California on June 3, 2009); moved to Fullerton, California, where it was stored from July 2009 to June 2010; sold to Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR), moved to Star, North Carolina, in late June 2010.
2. One of three business cars ordered by Southern Pacific in the 1920s from Pullman (the other two cars were SP 140 "Stanford" and SP 99 "Houston"). SP 100 Airslie was delivered in late May 1926 and assigned to the Board Chairman Henry Wheeler DeForrest (with offices in New York). The car was regularly stationed on the private car tracks of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York while the Board Chairman's offices were in that city. DeForrest had the car named for his family's hunting lodge in Scotland, "Airslie". (Bob Pecotich)

General Notes:

1. Built as Chair 5447; remodeled to Business Car 100 (5th) in February 1957; to Business Car 103 (5th) in May 1965; to Business Car 102 (4th) in June 1968; to Business Car 101 (4th) in April 1971; to UPP 101 "Pocatello" in 1989; to UPP 101 "Lone Star" in September 2001; to UPP "Lincoln" in January 2022
2. UPP 101 "Lone Star" was the last car of UP's Heritage Fleet to be released by UP's Omaha Coach Shops on Sepember 21, 2001. After that date, all maintenance and other work on the Heritage Fleet was done at the former C&NW shops in Council Bluffs.
3. Named "Lone Star" to commemorate the state of Texas, nicknamed The Lone Star State.
4. Floor Plan: 235-CB-37678
5. Built with 4 wheel trucks; 6 wheel trucks added in 1957 rebuilding to Business Car.
6. This was the only UP Business car to have the extra long window in the observation room, which makes spotting the car in photographs a bit easier.
7. UP diagram sheet P-7-1 (2/28/1957), Rev. A (6/12/1962), Rev. B (4/29/1963), Rev. C (3/6/1964), Rev. D (4/15/1965), Rev. E (7/26/1966), Rev. F (5/1/1970), Rev. G (4/19/1971), Rev. H (1/17/1973) (as UP 101, Barger, p. 63)

General Notes:

1. Built as Chair 5448 in October 1950; to Business Car 100 (4th) in March 1952; to Business Car 101 (3rd) in April 1957; to Business Car 102 (5th) in April 1971; to Business Car UPP 102 "St. Louis" (2nd) in 1989.
2. Floor Plan: 235-CB-37694.
3. UP diagram sheet P-7-2 (10/1/1952), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (3/6/1964), Rev. C (8/10/1965), Rev. D (5/1/1970), Rev. E (4/19/1971), Rev. F (1/10/1973) (as UP 102).
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-3 (10/1/1952), Rev. A (2/15/1956) (as UP 101).

General Notes:

1. Built as T&P Business Car 2; to T&P (MP) Business Car 10 in 1963; to UP in 1985, name "Dallas" planned but not applied; to UP Business Car 105 (4th) in April 1986; to UP Business Car 103 (7th) in 1987; stored in 1990; to California State Railroad Museum in 1992 in exchange for Business Car "Shoshone"
2. UP 103 (7th) renumbered from UP 105 (4th) in July 1987, as shown in a photo by Warren Johnson showing the car stripped and ready for repainting at Salt Lake City.
3. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), page 140

General Notes:

1. Built as Sleeper Lounge "Baker", with 5 double bedrooms and redwood-paneled lounge area; to Business Car 102 (3rd) in September 1965; to Business Car 103 (6th) in June 1968; to Business Car 106 (3rd) in 1987; to Business Car UPP 103 "Cheyenne" in 1989
2. Named "Cheyenne" to commemorate Cheyenne, Wyoming, Union Pacific's center of operations in the state of Wyoming, and the last location on the railroad to maintain steam locomotives. During the early 1950s, at the peak of steam locomotive operations, Cheyenne had the largest roundhouse on the Union Pacific system, large enough to form almost a complete circle.
3. Floor Plan (after 1965 remodeling): 235-CB-37081
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-18 (8/10/1965), Rev. A (7/26/1966)
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-3 (8/10/1965), Rev. A (7/26/1966), Rev. B (5/1/1970) (as UP 103, 6th) (Barger, p. 73)

General Notes:

1. Built as LA&SL Observation 4403; to LA&SL Cafe Observation 1563 in October 1942; to LA&SL Business Car 123 in March 1945; to LA&SL Business Car 102 (2nd) in July 1952; to LA&SL Business Car 104 (3rd) in April 1957; remodeled with streamlined roof in 1968; changed from LA&SL 104 (3rd) to UP 104 in 1988; stored in 1990; remodeled to Business Car "North Platte" (3rd) in 1995.
2. LA&SL was controlled by UP after 1921; leased to UP for operation in 1936; formally merged with UP on December 30, 1987.
3. Air conditioning added by Pullman-Standard in 1935.
4. Floor Plan (after 1944 remodeling to Business Car): 237-CB-23766.
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-6 (9/9/1954), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. C (3/6/1964) (as LA&SL 104).
6. UP diagram sheet P-7-4 (8/9/1954), rev. F (4/21/1971), Rev. G (1/22/1973) (as LA&SL 104).
7. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 102-106.

General Notes:

1. Built as Business Car 100 (3rd) in March 1917; to Business Car 101 (2nd) in May 1952; to Business Car 102 (2nd) in April 1957; to Business Car 105 (3rd) in September 1965; to Portola Railroad Museum in March 1986.
2. Air conditioning added by Pullman-Standard in 1935.
3. Floor Plan (after 1935 remodeling): 235-CB-22301.
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-2 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (as UP 100).
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-4 (9/1/1949), Rev. F (8/2/1967), Rev. J (1/24/1973).

General Notes:

1. Built as CE&I Sleeper "Lobolly Pine"; to CE&I Staff Sleeper 652 in 1968; to L&N Staff Sleeper 652 in 1969; sold to Auto-Liner Corp. in 1974 and remodeled to Auto-Liner Business Car 101; sold to MP as MP Business Car 2 in 1976; to UP Business Car "Little Rock" in 1985; to Business Car 109 (3rd) in 1986; to Business Car 105 (5th) in 1987; to Business Car UPP 105 "Houston" (2nd) in 1990; to Railcar Preservation (Mike Margrave) in 1997; to Arizona Railway Museum, arrived in November 1997, car is undergoing mechanical upgrade to Amtrak standards and car interior is being restored and upgraded.
2. In 1990, UPP 315 Crew Sleeper was renamed from "North Platte" to "Little Rock".
3. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), page 134

General Notes:

1. Built as Business Car 99 (1st); to Business Car 106 (2nd) in June 1952; stored in 1970 (retired in February 1972, reinstated in May 1973); refurbished in 1978 and named "Shoshone"; to California State Railroad Museum in 1985; to UP in 1992 in exchange for Business Car 103 (7th); to Business Car UPP 106 "Shoshone" in 1992.
2. As of April 13, 1984, Shoshone was assigned to James H. Evans, chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Corporation from 1977 until his retirement in July 1985. (The Mixed Train, September 1984, page 13)
3. Air conditioning added by Pullman-Standard in 1935.
4. Floor Plans (after 1935 remodeling): 235-CB-22300.
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-1 (10/27/1941) (no revision).
6. UP diagram sheet P-7-8 (10/27/1941), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (8/10/1965).
7. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), page 48.

General Notes:

1. Built as UP 102 (1st) "Overland"; carried "Overland" after 1926; to Business Car 107 (2nd) in May 1952; retired on 1 Jul 1970; donated in May 1971 to Meadowcroft Village and displayed at Meadow Lands Farm, site of The Meadows Racetrack (Washington, Pennsylvania); moved in August 1987 to new location at Meadowcroft Village near Avella, Pennsylvania; location later renamed as Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village; donated to California State Railroad Museum in May 2013; moved by truck to Weirton, West Virginia, where it was loaded on a TTX flat car 142429, then moved to California in November 2013 (seen loaded on TTX flat car 142429 at Roseville, California, on December 1, 2013).
2. (View a photo of UP 107 loaded on the TTX flat car at Weirton, West Virginia, on November 8, 2013)
3. (Read more about how a Union Pacific business car came to Western Pennsylvania)
2. Air conditioning added by Pullman-Standard in 1935
3. Floor Plan (after remodeling): 235-CB-22303
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-4 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (as UP 102, 1st)
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-9 (10/27/1941), Rev. A 12/10/1946), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (8/10/1965), Rev. D (8/2/1967) (as UP 107) (Barger, p. 72)
6. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 70-72
7. Source: Car moved to California. (Trains News Wire, November 11, 2013)

General Notes:

1. Built as MP Business Car 12; to MP Business Car 1 "Eagle" in 1957; to UP Business Car "St. Louis" in 1985; to UP Business Car 107 (3rd) in 1986; to H. Gussman (Tulsa, Oklahoma) in 1996
2. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), page 131

General Notes:

1. Built as OWRR&N Cafe Parlor Observation 499; to OWRR&N Cafe Parlor Observation 1592 in 1916; to OWRR&N Business Car 185 in March 1923; sold to UP in June 1926; to UP Business Car 103 (2nd) in September 1926; to UP Business Car 115 (2nd) in February 1952; to UP Business Car 108 (2nd) in March 1961; retired in November 1986; sold to Mexico in 1987.
2. (Barger, page 114, shows that UP 108 [2nd] became UP 102 [6th] after 1983; no other record of this is available -- UP 102 [5th, nee UP 100 ca. 1952] held the UP 102 number from 1971 until it became UPP 102 "St. Louis" in 1989; UP records confirm this.)
2. Remodeled in 1941.
3. Air conditioning (Waukesha) installed in 1942.
4. Floor Plan (after 1941 remodeling): 237-CB-23005.
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-5 (10/27/1941) (no revision).
6. UP diagram sheet P-7-12 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (1/12/1943), Rev. B (12/10/1946), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (4/21/1961) (as UP 108).

General Notes:

1. Built as LA&SL Observation 4405; to LA&SL Cafe Observation 1565 in January 1941; to LA&SL Business Car 121 in March 1944; to LA&SL Business Car 110 in July 1952; lettered briefly during 1985 as "City of Salt Lake" (see photo of UP 110, "City of Salt Lake" in Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger, page 98)
2. UP (LA&SL) 110 was sold to Mexico in 1987 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorios (SCD) 3592 "Monte Alban"; to TFM business car 400 "Monte Alban" in 1997; to Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM) in 2005; as of December 2009 the car was in the former KCS New Orleans enginehouse being rebuilt and upgraded; moved to KCS Shreveport car shops and finished as KCSM business car 1810 "Ciudad de Mexico", completed during October 2010, based in Monterery, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
3. UP diagram sheet P-7-7 (12/10/1946), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (10/18/1965)
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-10 (5/1/1970), Rev. A (1/31/1973) (as UP 110)
5. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 96-98
6. Source (UP 110 as SCD 3592): MexList message no. 981, dated December 5, 1999, and message 13244, dated January 23, 2009.

General Notes:

1. Built as LA&SL Observation 4407; to LA&SL Cafe Observation 1567 in October 1942; to LA&SL Business Car 120 (1st) in September 1943; to LA&SL Business Car 111 in January 1952; streamlined roof added and 6 wheel trucks changed to 4 wheel trucks in 1968
2. UP (LA&SL) 111 was sold to Mexico in 1987 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorios (SCD) 3593 "Agualeguas"; reported in May 1999 as being for sale
3. Original UP Specification 320
4. Air conditioning added by Pullman-Standard in 1935
5. Floor Plan (after remodeling to Business Car): 237-CB-23563
6. Remodeled in 1968 to include a streamlined roof
7. Remodeled in 1971
8. UP diagram sheet P-7-10 (12/10/1946) (as Business Car 120), Rev. A (12/20/1957) (as Business Car 111), Rev. B (7/7/1961), Rev. C (12/1/1964)
9. UP diagram sheet P-7-11 (5/1/1970), Rev. A (2/2/1973) (as Business Car 111)
10. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 89-95

General Notes:

1. Built as LA&SL Observation 4406; to LA&SL Cafe Observation 1566 in January 1941; to LA&SL Business Car 122 in February 1944; to LA&SL Business Car 112 in January 1952; retired in 1986 and sold to Mexico in 1987.
2. Remodeled with streamlined roof and 4 wheel trucks in 1968.
3. Remodeled in 1972.
4. Floor Plan (after remodeling) 235-CB-37650. (1968 remodeling?).
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-7 (12/10/1946), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (10/18/1965).
6. UP diagram sheet P-7-12 (5/1/1970), Rev. A (2/5/1973) (as UP 112).
7. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages-99-101.

General Notes:

1. Built for Bureau of Mines in 1919, not delivered; remodeled in 1919 by Hotchkiss Blue Co., to private car "Anoakia" for Anita M. Baldwin; purchased by UP from her estate in January 1942 after being stored for eight years; to Business Car 119 (1st) in 1942; to Business Car 105 (2nd) in November 1951; to Business Car 113 (2nd) in April 1957; retired in June 1970; sold to a Houston Allred (Wichita Falls, Texas) in March 1971; used as a cottage in Woody Creek, Colorado.
2. Anita M. Baldwin was the daughter of Southern California real estate developer E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, the owner of the 8,000 acre Rancho Santa Anita, one of the original land grants in Los Angeles, on which all lands on which today's cities of Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte, Baldwin Park are located, along with the famous Santa Anita Racetrack (originally known as the Los Angeles Turf Club). After her father's death in 1909, Anita Baldwin became one of the richest women in California, establishing the Anoakia Stock and Breeding Farm in Arcadia. Large portions of the original Rancho Santa Anita were sold throughout the 1930s, with portions becoming the Los Angels County Fairgrounds. Anita Baldwin sold the remaining 1300 acres of Rancho Santa Anita to Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler in 1936. She died in 1939.
3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-23023
4. UP diagram sheet P-7-15 (6/29/1942) (no revision)
5. UP diagram sheet P-7-11 (6/29/1942), Rev. B (12/20/1957)
6. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), page 87.

General Notes:

1. Built as "City" series Sleeper Lounge "Boise", with 5 bedrooms and redwood-paneled lounge area; remodeled to Business Car 103 (4th) in May 1964; to Business Car 114 (3rd) in May 1965; remodeled in 1972; to Business Car "Feather River" in November 1983; to UPP 114 "Feather River" in 1989.
2. Named "Feather River" to commemorate the river and canyon in northern California along which Western Pacific built its route in 1905. Western Pacific was known as the Feather River Route, and the Feather River name was also used by Western Pacific for its president's business car.
3. As of April 13, 1984, Feather River was assigned to R. G. "Mike" Flannery, Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific president after January 3, 1983. (The Mixed Train, September 1984, page 13)
4. Floor Plan (after 1964 remodeling): 235-CB-35953
5. Floor Plan (after 1972 remodeling): 235-CB-37685
6. UP diagram sheet P-7-15 (5/12/1964), Rev. A 12/3/1964 (as UP 103, 4th) (Barger, p. 76)
7. UP diagram sheet P-7-14 (5/12/1-64), Rev. C (7/26/1966), Rev. E (1/10/1973) (as UP 114, 3rd) (Barger, p. 77)
8. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 76-79

General Notes:

1. Built as UP Officer's Car 101, "Overland"; name removed in July 1926; to Business Car 103 (3rd) in June 1952; to Business Car 109 (2nd) in April 1964; remodeled in 1969; stored from July 1970 until sold to Western Pacific Business Car "Feather River" in August 1971; to UP by merger in 1983; to Missouri Pacific Business Car 3 "Kansas City" in 1985; to UP Business Car 115 (3rd) in 1985, named "Selma" in August 1987; to UPP 115 in (?).
2. Remodeled to Streamlined Heavyweight by UP in 1937
3. Floor Plan (after 1937 remodeling): 235-CB-22191
4. Air conditioning (Waukasha-Carrier) added by UP at Omaha in 1937
5. Equipped with axle generator
6. Photo: UP 101 in two-tone gray paint, at Omaha, in 1946, in The Streamliner, Volume 4, Number 1, January 1988, page 6.
7. UP diagram sheet P-7-3 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (as UP 101, 1st)
8. UP diagram sheet P-7-5 (10/27/1941), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. F (8/15/1967)
9. See also: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 66-69
10. On April 28, 2022, Union Pacific, in a joint press release with the non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America organization, announced the donation of UP 2-10-2 5511, together with 4-6-6-4 3985, and other equipment, including Business Car "Selma". The equipment was moved as part of what was called a "Donation Special" that departed Cheyenne on November 11, 2022, and arrived at Silvis, Illinois, on November 19, 2022.
11. (Read more about the donation to RRHMA)