Union Pacific Heritage Fleet, Part 3

This page was last updated on February 18, 2024.

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Passenger cars of Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet, UP 1869 through UP 904304.

Exhibition Car -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1941 (UP, 1968)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Car
Name
Date
Retired
UP 1869 UP 5338 Mar 1995

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces:
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers:
  • Truck Style:

General Notes:

  1. UP 1869 was remodeled from Chair Car 5338 in November 1968 for "Centennial Expo" service; retired in December 1969; loaned by UP to Western Heritage Museum (Omaha); sold to Empire Builder Private Cars in March 1995; to Ogden Union Station in March 1996; still there as of December 2013. (part from David Varilek via email on August 16, 2007)

 

Power Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1962 (RBBB 2011)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
UPP 2055 RBBX 63013

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5780 Nov 1962 Nov 1978
UP 904823 Nov 1978 (ca. 1999)
RBBX (#?) (ca. 1999) Feb 2011
RBBX 63013 Feb 2011 May 2017
UPP 2055 May 2017  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 2055 was built in 1962 by St. Louis Car as UP Baggage 5780; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; held for special service; to UP MoW Commissary 904823 in November 1978; sold in 1999 to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 63013; rebuilt to power car prior to February 2011; sold to UP at auction in March 2017; after the last RBBB trains were operated in May 2017, RBBX 63013 was moved to UP at Council Bluffs and became UPP 2055; moved from Council Bluffs to Kansas City for repainting on October 24, 2017; repainted to standard UP yellow and gray, completed during the first week of January 2018.

 

Power Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1960 (UP, 2004)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
UPP 2066 UP 903677

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5816 Oct 1960 Sep 1970
UP 903677 Oct 1972 May 2004
UPP 2066 May 2004  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 2066 was built in 1960 as Postal Storage 5816; renumbered to UP 903677 Roadway Tool Car in 1972; to Power Car UPP 2066 in 2004
  2. This is new power car has roughly twice the power capability of our existing power cars. It should be able to handle a 17 or 18-car passenger train by itself. Currently when we run very large passenger specials, we have to use two power cars, one on the head-end and another mid-train. We'll be able to keep this one on the head-end of the train and out of the way of the guests. It was built from a former baggage car. The heightened roof houses locomotive cooling fans to dissipate the enormous amount of heat generated. The car is 16' 1" high, slightly higher than a dome car. It should be ready for service later this year. (John Bromley, Trainorders.com, May 3, 2004)
  3. (Read more about UP Postal Storage 5816)
  4. Photo: UPP 2066 upon completion. (The Streamliner, Volume 18, Number 3, Summer 2004, page 5)

 

Baggage Dormitory -- 1 car
Budd, 1950
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date Retired
By UP
UPP 2500 SP 250 Mar 2003

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
SP 3104 1950 1951
T&NO 302 1951 1961
SP 3104 1961 1971
SP 250 1971 2002
UPP 2500 2002 Mar 2003

General Notes:

  1. UPP 2500 was built as SP Baggage Dormitory 3104; to T&NO Baggage Dormitory 302 in 1951; to SP Baggage Dormitory 3104 in 1961; to SP Test Car 250 in 1971; to SP Rider Car 250 in (?); to UP by merger in 1996; to UPP 2500 (steam program) in 2002, stored; sold to Empire Builder Private Cars in March 2003, still owned by them as of August 2007. (part from David Varilek via email on August 16, 2007)
  2. Fluted stainless steel construction
  3. A photo taken at Cheyenne on February 15, 2003 showed UPP 2500 still in SP paint, with graffiti, and a temporary UPP 2500 number.
  4. While on SP, the car was equipped with small bay windows and was used by SP's police force to protect automobiles on auto rack trains.
  5. (See also: Richard Percy's article at Espee.Railfan.net -- SP Police-Passenger)

 

Lounge -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1949 (SP, 1971)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
UPP 2986 "City of Angels" SP 289

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces:
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers:
  • Truck Style:

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
SP 2986 Dec 1949 May 1971
SP 206 Oct 1971 1975
SP 216 1975 1984
SP 289 1984 1999
UPP 2986 "City of Angels" 1999  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 2986 "City of Angels" was built as SP Lounge 2986; to SP Conference Instruction Car 206 in 1971, used for rules examinations; to SP Conference Instruction Car 216 in 1975; restored to SP Lounge 289 "City of Angels" by SP Los Angeles Division shop forces for 1984 Los Angeles Olympics; to UP by merger in 1996; to UPP 2986 in 1999; displayed as SP 2986 at Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.

 

Flat Car -- 1 car
UP, Omaha, 1977

Car
Number
First
Number
Second
Number
UPP 3008 UP 52134 UP 903008 (2nd)

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 72'-5"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 68'-0"
  • Truck Centers: 49'-0"
  • Truck Style: A.S.F.

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 52134 1977 May 1981
UP 903008 May 1981 2002
UPP 3008 2002  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 3008 was built in 1977 as a heavy-duty agricultural service flat car UP 52134 (class F-100-12); retired in May 1981 and renumbered to UP 903008 (2nd); assigned to the steam program in Cheyenne in about 1990; used to carry UP 4-6-0 1243 to Railfair 1991 in Sacramento, California; used to transport UP 1243 in June 1996 for display at Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, returned to Cheyenne when UP 1243 was removed and placed on permanent static display in October 1996; renumbered to UPP 3008 in 2002. (David Seidel)
  2. During 2005, UPP 3008 was used to transport 20-foot bulk containers of water and diesel fuel, needed to support steam locomotive operations.
  3. During 2012, UPP 3008 was used to transport Civil War-era cannons to the reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh, as part of the Shiloh Limited, March 22 to April, 2012, commemorating the 150th anniversary of that battle.

 

Cafeteria Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955 (UP, 1960)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
UP 4000 Jun 1955 Nov 1986

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)
  • Truck Wheelbase: 9'-0"

General Notes:

  1. UP 4000 was built in 1955 as Lunch Counter Diner 4000; remodeled to Cafeteria Lounge in 1960; retired in December 1971; reinstated in February 1972 and held for special service; sold to Mexico in 1987
  2. Lot No: 3813
  3. Floor Plan (as Lunch Counter Diner): 237-CB-31265
  4. Floor Plan (as Cafeteria Lounge): 237-CB-35525
  5. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 141 (as Lunch Counter Diner)
  6. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 456 (as Cafeteria Lounge)
  7. UP diagram sheet P-4-19 (2/23/1955), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. E (6/12/1962) (as Lunch Counter Diner)
  8. UP diagram sheet P-4-20 (11/23/1960), Rev. A (6/12/1962) (as Cafeteria Lounge)
  9. UP Equipment Record: r3-1161 (UP 4000-4003)

 

Lunch Counter Dining -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Kitchen -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955 (UP, 1960)
Lightweight

Sleeper -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955 (UP, 1960, 2012)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date To
UP
UPP 4003 "Pacific Limited" 1993

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)
  • Truck Wheelbase: 9'-0"

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 4003 Jun 1955 Oct 1972
AMTK 8399 Oct 1972 Jul 1981
UPP 4003 1993  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 4003 was built in 1955 as a Lunch Counter Dining 4003; rebuilt by Union Pacific in 1960 as a Cafeteria Lounge car; sold to Amtrak 8399 in 1972, retired in July 1981; sold to Northern Rail Car in 1987, remodeled to a Kitchen car for service on Scenic Rails Dining Train, named "Pine River"; to Transcisco Tours in 1990.
  2. Purchased by UP in 1993 for special service, numbered as UPP 4003 and named "Pacific Limited."
  3. Rebuilt by Union Pacific in 2012 as a Sleeper, with four staterooms; returned to service in March 2012. Each of the four staterooms is reported as having a sitting room with an attached bedroom, with an entrance from hallway into the sitting room, and a shower and rest room between the sitting room and bedroom (with fire exit to hallway from bedroom). This layout is said to be similar to an executive suite in a hotel.
  4. Named "Pacific Limited" to commemorate an all-Pullman electric-lighted train between Chicago and Ogden, Utah, where it split and separate sections went on to either Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. The train operated over Union Pacific between Omaha and Ogden, and between Ogden and Los Angeles. The train ran from 1913 to 1947, when it was combined with the Portland Rose, another all-Pullman train which had added coach service when the streamliners went to daily service.
  5. Lot No: 3813
  6. Floor Plan (as Lunch Counter Diner): 237-CB-31265
  7. Floor Plan (as Cafeteria Lounge): 237-CB-35525
  8. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 141 (as Lunch Counter Diner)
  9. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 456 (as Cafeteria Lounge)
  10. UP diagram sheet P-4-19 (2/23/1955), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. E (6/12/1962) (as 4000-series Lunch Counter Diner)
  11. UP diagram sheet P-4-20 (11/23/1960), Rev. A (6/12/1962) (as 4000-series Cafeteria Lounge)
  12. UP Equipment Record: r3-1161 (UP 4000-4003)

 

Diner -- 1 car
AC&F, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 4808 "City of Los Angeles" (2nd) Jul 1989 Apr 1991

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. UPP 4808 was built March 1949 as UP Diner 4808; held for special service; to Northern Rail Car in July 1989; sold back to UP in April 1991 (in exchange for UPP 4810, the first "City of Los Angeles")
  2. Named "City of Los Angeles" to commemorate the jointly owned Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles, from May 1936 to April 1971.
  3. Seating capacity: 48 seats
  4. Lot No: 3032
  5. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25394
  6. UP diagram sheet P-4-29 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (12/20/1957), Rev. C (7/25/1967) (as UP 4800-4816)

 

Diner -- 1 car
AC&F, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Retired
UPP 4810 "City of Los Angeles" (1st) Apr 1991

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. UPP 4810 was built in February 1949 as UP Diner 4810; held for special service; named "City of Los Angeles" (1st) in 1988; planned upgrade was to be completed in November 1989, but UP 4810 was found to be unserviceable and was sold to Northern Rail Car in April 1991 (in exchange for the former UP 4808); Northern Rail Car Company sold UPP 4810 in 1993 to North Star Rail/Friends of 261.
  2. Named "City of Los Angeles" to commemorate the jointly owned Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles, from May 1936 to April 1971.
  3. Seating capacity: 48 seats
  4. Lot No: 3032
  5. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25394
  6. UP diagram sheet P-4-29 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (12/20/1957), Rev. C (7/25/1967) (as UP 4800-4816)

 

Cafe Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1949 (UP, 1959)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
Date Retired
UP 5000 Oct 1968 Mar 1977 Nov 1986

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built as Cafe Lounge 5000; remodeled to Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge 5000 in May 1959; retired in October 1968; sold to Overland Rail Travel in 1970; sold back to UP 5000 in March 1977 for special service; to Mexico NdeM 3673 "Nuevo Leon" in 1987
  2. Lot No: 3031
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25400
  4. Remodeled to Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge (same number) in 1959 by adding lunch counter
  5. Floor Plan (after remodeling): 237-CB-33459
  6. Source: Davies, Volume 2, pages 81-93 (as Cafe Lounge)
  7. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 457 (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge)
  8. UP diagram sheet P-4-39 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (2/15/1956) (as Cafe Lounge)
  9. UP diagram sheet P-4-39 (3/2/1959), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (7/7/1961) (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge) (2 cars remaining, 5002, 5004)

 

Diner Lounge -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1959
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 5011 "City of Denver" Dec 1971 1989

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built as UP Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge 5011; retired by UP and sold to Golden Wool Company in 1972; to Classic Rail Travel; to Northern Rail Car; sold to UP in 1989 for special service, numbered as UPP 5011 and named "City of Denver."
  2. Named "City of Denver" to commemorate the jointly owned Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western train that ran between Chicago and Denver, from June 1936 to April 1971.
  3. City of Denver UPP 5011 out of service in September 2022 following a derailment in Los Angeles, California; moved to Council Bluffs for repairs.
  4. St. Louis Car Lot No: 1806
  5. UP Floor Plan: 234-CB-35162
  6. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 179 (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge)
  7. UP diagram sheet P-4-40 (6/18/1959) (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge), Rev. B (7/7/1961)

 

Diner Lounge -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1959
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 5016 UP 5016 May 1972 Apr 2004

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. UP 5016 was sold to Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad in 1972; donated to Golden Gate Railroad Museum, San Francisco, California, in 2003; sold to Rail Journeys West in late 2003; sold to Empire Builder Private Cars in March 2004; sold to UP in April 2004 for use in the Steam Program at Cheyenne, Wyoming; seen on UP in Oakland, California, on April 3, 2004; moved (as UPP 5016) to Portola, California; moved to Cheyenne in August 2005, still there in April 2018.
  2. Lot No: 1806
  3. Floor Plan: 234-CB-35162
  4. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 179 (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge)
  5. UP diagram sheet P-4-40 (6/18/1959) (as Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge), Rev. B (7/7/1961)
  6. 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 Diner Lounge UPP 5016.
  7. 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.
  8. (Read more about the donation to RRHMA)

 

Business Car -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1950 (UP, 1952)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes and Disposition
UPP 5449 "Arden" UPP 100 "Arden" As of 2010, out of service at Cheyenne.

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills (End Posts): 79'-2"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5449 Oct 1950 (new) Mar 1952
"Arden" Mar 1952 Apr 1986
UPP 100 "Arden" Apr 1986 (1997)
UPP 5449 "Arden" (1997)  

General Notes:

  1. Built and delivered as Chair Car 5449 in October 1950, which was retired in November 1951 to be rebuilt to Business Car "Arden" (2nd), completed in March 1952; to Business Car UPP 100 (1st) in April 1986; to UPP 5449 "Arden" to clear the UPP 100 number for use by the former SP Business Car 100 "Airslie" (which was retired in 2000)
  2. Arden (2nd) was assigned to E. Roland Harriman, Chairman of the Board of Union Pacific Railroad from 1946-1969.
  3. Arden was unassigned, as of April 13, 1984. (The Mixed Train, September 1984, page 13)
  4. Arden (1st) was a wood-bodied business car constructed in 1899 for Edward H. Harriman, and was named for Arden, his estate on the Hudson River in New York. That car remained in service until 1940, when it was retired and scrapped.
  5. Chair Car 5449 and "Arden" (when initially converted) were equipped with four-wheel trucks; changed to six-wheel trucks in 1958.
  6. UP diagram sheet P-7-1 (10/1/1952), Rev. A (2/15/1955), Rev. B (5/30/1958), Rev. C (4/10/1963), Rev. D (8/10/1965), Rev. E (1/10/1967) (as "Arden").

 

Chair (Coach) -- 5 cars
AC&F, 1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Later
Car Number
UP 5472 NdeM 4207
UP 5474 NdeM 4208
UP 5475 NdeM 4209
UP 5482 NdeM 4210
UP 5484 NdeM 4211

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. All five cars held for special service in January 1974; sold to Mexico NdeM in 1987
  2. Seating capacity: 44 seats
  3. Lot No: 3812 and 4095
  4. Floor Plan: 237-CB-32473
  5. Equipped with radio antenna
  6. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 99
  7. UP diagram sheet P-3-43 (12/21/1953), Rev. C (8/17/1960), Rev. D (7/26/1966)

 

Coach -- 5 cars
AC&F, 1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Car
Name
Notes
UPP 5468 Katy Flyer 1
UPP 5473 Portland Rose 2
UPP 5480 Sunshine Special 3
UPP 5483 Texas Eagle 4
UPP 5486 City of Salina 5

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Seating capacity: 44 seats
  2. Floor Plan: 237-CB-32473
  3. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 99
  4. UP diagram sheet P-3-43 (12/21/1953), Rev. C (8/17/1960), Rev. D (7/26/1966)

Notes:

  1. UPP 5468 named "Katy Flyer" to commemorate the Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT or Katy) train that ran between St. Louis and Galveston, Texas, by way of Dallas, Texas, McAlester, Oklahoma, and Parson, Kansas., from 1896 to 1961; UP 5468 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and and renumbered to UPP 5468 in November 1988; to UPP 5468 "Columbine" (1st) in 1989; to "City of San Francisco" (1st) in 1992; to "Katy Flyer" in 1993
  2. UPP 5473 named "Portland Rose" to commemorate the Union Pacific train that ran between Chicago and Portland, Oregon, from September 1930 to April 1971. In February 1947, the train's route was changed to run between Portland and Denver, and in January 1954, the eastern terminal was changed from Denver to Kansas City; UP 5473 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and and renumbered to UPP 5473 in December 1988; to UPP 5473 "Portland Rose" in 1989
  3. UPP 5480 named "Sunshine Special" to commemorate the Missouri Pacific train that ran between St. Louis and each of the large cities in Texas, from December 1915 to August 1948, when the train was replaced by the Texas Eagle; UP 5480 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and and renumbered to UPP 5480 "Sunshine Special" in February 1989
  4. UPP 5483 named "Texas Eagle" to commemorate the Missouri Pacific streamlined, diesel-powered train that ran between St. Louis and each of the large cities in Texas, from August 1948 to April 1971; UP 5483 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and renumbered to UPP 5483 in March 1989; to UPP 5483 "Texas Eagle" in 1990; "Texas Eagle" was moved from Oakland to Council Bluffs as part of the same move for the four other coaches; still in Council Bluffs (not donated to RRHMA) as UP's last remaining Coach.
  5. UPP 5486 named "City of Salina" to commemorate the Union Pacific train that ran between Kansas City and Topeka and Salina, Kansas, from January 1935 to March 1936 as the "Kansas Streamliner", then as the City of Salina until December 1941. The City of Salina was a complete three-car set, and was America's first high-speed train set, powered by an internal combustion engine; UP 5486 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and and renumbered to UPP 5486 "Challenger" (1st) in May 1989; to "City of Salina" in 1992.
  6. 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 four coaches (City of Salina, Katy Flyer, Portland Rose, Sunshine Special).
  7. The four coaches (City of Salina, Katy Flyer, Portland Rose, Sunshine Special) departed their normal storage location in Oakland, California, on August 10, 2022, along with Business Car UPP 140 "Stanford" with Council Bluffs, Iowa, as the destination. The four coaches and Business Car "Stanford" were moved from Council Bluffs to Silvis on August 25, 2022, in a special move by the Iowa Interstate Railroad, arriving at Silvis that evening.
  8. (Read more about the donation to RRHMA)

 

Sleeper -- 1 car
AC&F, 1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5548 "Lake Mead" Mar 1954

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP "Alpine Meadows" Mar 1954 Dec 1965
UP 5548 Dec 1965 1973
Amtrak 4588 1973 Sep 1983
AEE "Bay Point Club" (??) (??)
AEE "Seattle" (??) 2010
ARE "Mount Rushmore" 2010 Sep 2014
UPP 5548 Sep 2014  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 5548 "Lake Mead" was built in March 1954 as 16-Section Sleeper "Alpine Meadows"; rebuilt in December 1965 as UP 44-Seat Coach 5548; sold to Amtrak 4588 in 1973; retired by Amtrak and sold in September 1983; later to American European Express "Bay Point" (AE-9; AEE 800310), rebuilt as a club car; sold to American Orient Express "Seattle" (AOEX 800310); to GrandLuxe Rail Journeys in April 2006, stored after August 2008; to Xanterra (American Railway Explorer) in 2010, renamed as "Mount Rushmore"; to Greenbrier Express in 2011, interior completely stripped; sold at auction on September 18, 2014 to Union Pacific, moved to UP at Council Bluffs; refurbishment in process as of January 2023.
  2. Refurbishment of UPP 5548 as an 8-Bedroom Sleeper began in January 2023; completed in mid August 2023; painted as UPP 5548 "Lake Mead" in mid September 2023.
  3. First formal assignment was on February 1, 2024 when "Lake Mead" was part of the 26-car Super Bowl Special between Council Bluffs and Las Vegas, Nevada.
  4. UP diagram sheet P-9-6 (2/15/1954), Rev. B (12/20/1957) (as 14 Section Alpine-series Sleepers)
  5. UP diagram sheet P-3-47 (8/10/1965) (no revision) (as 5543-series Coaches)
  6. Amtrak information taken from "Amtrak By The Numbers" page 141

 

Baggage Recreation -- 1 car
AC&F, 1957
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5714 "Lynn Nystrom" Aug 1957

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5714 Aug 1957 1990
UPP 5714 "Western Lodge" 1990 1993
UPP 5714 "Pony Express" (1st) 1993 Jun 2004
UPP 5714 "Golden State Limited" Jun 2004 Aug 2010
UPP 5714 "Lynn Nystrom" Aug 2010  

General Notes:

  1. Built as Postal Storage Car 5714; remodeled to Baggage Recreation Car UPP 5714 "Western Lodge" in 1990 for ski train service to Sun Valley; name changed to "Pony Express" (1st) in 1993; name changed to "Golden State Limited" in 2004; name changed to "Lynn Nystrom" in August 2010.
  2. Named "Golden State Limited" to commemorate a joint train of the Rock Island and Southern Pacific that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles, from October 1902 to January 1948, when it was replaced by the all lightweight "Golden State".
  3. Named "Lynn Nystrom" in memory of Lynn Nystrom, who was a member of the UP Steam Team until his death in May 2010.
  4. Lot No: 4896
  5. Floor Plan: 237-CB-33188
  6. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 45
  7. UP diagram sheet P-2-10 (11/18/1957), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Postal Storage 5711-5745)

 

Storage Car -- 1 car
AC&F, 1957
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
UP 5716 Aug 1957 Nov 1986

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 71'-5'
  • Length, Inside: 70'-10"
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built as Postal Storage 5716; held for special service; sold to Mexico NdeM 2281 in 1987
  2. AC&F Floor Plan: 76-5814, Lot 4896
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-33188
  4. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 45
  5. UP diagram sheet P-2-10 (11/18/1957) (35 cars: 5711-5745), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (35 cars: 5711-5745)

 

Display Car -- 1 car
AC&F, 1957
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5752 "Promontory" (2nd) Oct 1962

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"'
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5752 Oct 1962 Oct 1970
UP 904277 Oct 1970 Aug 2018
UPP 5752 Aug 2018  

Built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1962, No. 5752 was originally used to transport mail by the U.S. Postal Service. In the 1970s, Union Pacific's Maintenance of Way team transitioned the car into a tool car and renumbered it No. 904277. It was retired from service in the 1990s and stored at Union Pacific's coach shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Union Pacific information data sheet)

Named "Promontory" when equipped as the "Experience The Union Pacific" car as part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike. UPP 5752 "Promontory" was part of Union Pacific's display at Ogden Union Station during May 9-12, 2019.

After completion as the "Experience The Union Pacific" car, UPP 5752 was first displayed for four days beginning on April 19, 2019 at Sacramento, California, at Old Town Sacramento and the California Railroad Museum. It was displayed again at Ogden, Utah, for 15 days from April 27, 2019 to May 11, 2019. The car was displayed on May 12th at Evanston, and May 14th and 15th at Rock Springs as the train returned to Cheyenne along with UP 4-8-8-4 4014. After arriving in Cheyenne, the car returned to Council Bluffs. A total of 26,000 persons visited the display in April and May. (The Mixed Train, Issue 2019-5, page 5)

(View a photo of the recently refurbished car in October 2018)

General Notes:

  1. UPP 5752 was built in 1962 by AC&F as UP Postal Storage 5752; retired from revenue service in October 1970; assigned to Roadway (MoW) service, renumbered to UP 904277; retired from MoW service in 1997 and held for parts at Council Bluffs coach shop; refurbished as UPP 5752 in August 2018, painted by Mid America Car in St. Louis in September 2018.
  2. St. Louis Car Co. Lot 1821
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-35917
  4. Photos and plans in Union Pacific Passenger Cars (Davies), Volume 1, pages 35-45.
  5. UP diagram sheet P-2-8 (6/26/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Postal Storage 5746-5780)

 

Baggage Recreation Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5769 "Council Bluffs" Oct 1962

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"'
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase) (changed from original six-wheel trucks)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5769 Oct 1962 Oct 1970
UP 904286 Oct 1970 2000
UPP 5769 2000  

Named "Council Bluffs" until late July 2000.

General Notes:

  1. Built as built as Postal Storage 5769; to UP 24486 in April 1969 for a proposed express service that did not work out; to UP 904286 in October 1970 for maintenance of way service; assigned to special service in 2000 and renumbered/renamed as UPP 5769 Council Bluffs; trucks were changed from six-wheel to four-wheel at the same time.
  2. Named "Council Bluffs" to commemorate Council Bluffs, Iowa, the location of Union Pacific's Mile Post 0. Although Omaha was the 1866 starting point for the railroad's initial construction, in 1874 the railroad moved its eastern terminal across the Missouri River from Omaha to Council Bluffs to improve connections with other railroads.
  3. Name "Council Bluffs" removed in July 2000; car used during the 2000 U.S. political conventions.
  4. Large U. S. flag decal across side was applied after July 2005 (Cheyenne Frontier Days) and just prior to trip to Kansas City in September 2006 for the Kansas City Union Station Heritage celebration.
  5. UPP 5769 was used as part of the George H. W. Bush funeral train in November 2018, with a clear see-through door to allow public viewing of the casket as the train traveled the 70 miles between Spring and College Station, Texas.
  6. St. Louis Car Co. Lot 1821
  7. Floor Plan: 237-CB-35917
  8. Photos and plans in Union Pacific Passenger Cars (Davies), Volume 1, pages 35-45.
  9. UP diagram sheet P-2-8 (6/26/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Postal Storage 5746-5780)

 

Museum Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5779 "Western Star" Oct 1962

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5779 Oct 1962 1990
UPP 5779 "Western Star" 1990 1993
UPP 5779 "Promontory" (1st) 1993 Mar 2009
UPP 5779 "Western Star" 2020  

Named "Promontory" until late March 2009 when the car received a full-side U. S. flag decal, at which time the name was apparently removed. ("Promontory" name used again in 2019 for UPP 5752, a newly completed car.)

General Notes:

  1. Built as Postal Storage 5779; first retired in December 1971, and reinstated May 1972; removed from regular service in January 1974 and held for special (excursion and executive) service; to Museum Car "Western Star" in 1990; to Museum Car UPP 5779 "Promontory" in 1993; "Promontory" name removed in Late March 2009 when the car received a decal of part of a large U. S. flag across side of car; used as part of the consist of the 150 Express during May 2012 to celebrate UP's 150 year anniversary.
  2. Converted from a Postal Storage Car in 1990 to serve as a traveling museum car for the Wyoming-Idaho Centennial train. The museum car has been used in numerous special trains and displayed at special events at various cities and towns all along the Union Pacific system. Carpeted walls permit exhibits to be changed to reflect special needs. When not in use for displays, the museum car is often equipped as an exercise car
  3. Named "Promontory" (1st) to commemorate Promontory, Utah, the site of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869, which signaled the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
  4. U. S. flag decal applied in late March 2009; name "Promontory" removed.
  5. St. Louis Car Co. Lot 1821
  6. Floor Plan: 237-CB-35917
  7. Photos and plans in Union Pacific Passenger Cars (Davies), Volume 1, pages 35-45.
  8. UP diagram sheet P-2-8 (6/26/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Postal Storage 5746-5780)

 

Baggage Recreation Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1960
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date To
Heritage Fleet
UPP 5817 "Pony Express" (2nd) Nov 1960 July 2019

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5817 Nov 1960 Oct 1972
UP 903678 Oct 1972 July 2019
UPP 5817 "Pony Express" (2nd) July 2019  

General Notes:

  1. Built in 1960 as Postal Storage 5817; to UP 903678 in October 1972; held for special service, stored at Council Bluffs (seen loaded on flar car at Council Bluffs on June 1, 2006, and at Butler, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, on August 24, 2006); rebuilt for Heritage Fleet, completed in mid July 2019 as UPP 5817 "Pony Express" (2nd), arrived at Mid America Car in Kansas City in early May 2019 still in full UP Roadway (MoW) green, with spots of fresh primer.

 

Concession Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1960
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 5818 "Reed Jackson" Nov 1960

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 5818 Nov 1960 Oct 1972
UP 903679 Oct 1972 Aug 1980
UP 904828 Aug 1980 Aug 1986
UP 904306 (2nd) Aug 1986 1992
UPP 5818 "Sherman Hill" 1992 Aug 2009
UPP 5818 "Reed Jackson" Aug 2009  

General Notes:

  1. Built in 1960 as Postal Storage 5818; to UP 903679 in October 1972; to UP 904828 in August 1980; to UP 904306 (2nd) in 1990 (for steam program); to Concession Car UPP 5818 "Sherman Hill" in 1992; renamed to "Reed Jackson" in August 2009.
  2. Named "Sherman Hill" to commemorate the toughest up-hill climb for trains on Union Pacific in Wyoming. The ability to move trains over Sherman Hill with both speed and economy was a requirement of every locomotive design Union Pacific operated in the pre-merger era, before 1983, both steam and diesel.
  3. Named "Reed Jackson" in memory of Reed Jackson, a Union Pacific conductor at Cheyenne and member of the steam crew who passed away on August 15, 2009.

 

Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1949 (UP, 1959)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 6203 "Sun Valley" (2nd) Jun 1949

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase) (later with disc brakes)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 6203 "Colorado River" Jun 1949 (new) Mar 1956
UP 6203 Mar 1956 Jun 1989
UPP 6203 "Sun Valley" (2nd) Jun 1989  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 6203 built in June 1949 as Club Lounge 6203, "Colorado River"; name removed in March 1956; remodeled to full Lounge in 1959 by UP at Omaha, including conversion of barber shop and valet areas into card rooms (car name removed); held for special service in January 1974; converted to Lounge and renumbered to UPP 6203 "Sun Valley" (2nd) in June 1989.
  2. UPP 6203 named "Sun Valley" to commemorate the Sun Valley ski resort in central Idaho, established by Union Pacific in 1936 as a destination for passengers on Union Pacific passenger trains.
  3. AC&F Lot 3034
  4. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25402
  5. UP diagram sheet P-5-15 (9/1/1949) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. C (3/2/1959) (9 cars: 6200-6208, "River" names removed), Rev. D (6/12/1962), Rev. E (7/26/1966), Rev. F (8/28/1967) (9 cars: 6200-6208; three cars, 6200, 6202, 6206, refurbished in 1967, with settees at center)
  6. UP Equipment Record: r3-0868 (6200 series)

 

Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1949 (UP, 1959)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
UP 6206 Jul 1949 Nov 1986

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase) (later with disc brakes)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 6206 "Portneuf River" Jun 1949 (new) Mar 1956
UP 6206 Mar 1956 Nov 1986

General Notes:

  1. UP 6206 built in July 1949 as Club Lounge "Portneuf River"; name removed in March 1956; remodeled to full Lounge in 1959 by UP at Omaha, including conversion of barber shop and valet areas into card rooms; set aside in January 1974 and held for special service; retired and sold to Mexico in 1987.
  2. AC&F Lot 3034
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25402
  4. UP diagram sheet P-5-15 (9/1/1949) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. C (3/2/1959) (9 cars: 6200-6208, "River" names removed), Rev. D (6/12/1962), Rev. E (7/26/1966), Rev. F (8/28/1967) (9 cars: 6200-6208; three cars, 6200, 6202, 6206, refurbished in 1967, with settees at center)
  5. UP Equipment Record: r3-0868 (6200 series)

 

Tool Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 6334 "Art Lockman" Dec 1962

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 6334 Dec 1962 (new) Dec 1971
UP 904304 Feb 1973 1991
UPP 904304 "Art Lockman" 1991 Jul 2003
UPP 6334 "Art Lockman" Jul 2003  

General Notes:

  1. Built as Baggage 6334; to Roadway Tool Car 904304 in 1973; assigned to steam program (painted yellow) in 1981; named "Art Lockman" in 1991; to UPP 6334 on July 30, 2003
  2. Named "Art Lockman" to acknowledge Art Lockman upon his retirement from Union Pacific in 1991. Mr. Lockman was the UP steam shop foreman in Cheyenne and the last full time steam employee hired by the UP. Mr. Lockman retired as roundhouse foreman in Cheyenne after working 43 years for Union Pacific. He passed away in early May 2021.
  3. Equipped with small tanks to hold various types of lubricants, along with welding equipment, small machine tools, storage racks and cupboards, small cranes to load and unload equipment, tool boxes, and cleaning tools and materials. The car also has an office, and limited space for food preparation and crew dining.
  4. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 424
  5. UP diagram sheet P-1-26 (12/24/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Baggage 6325-6334)
  6. UP Equipment Record: r3-0704 (904300 series); r3-1194 (6300 series)

 

Dome Coach -- 1 car
AC&F, 1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 7001 "Columbine" Dec 1954 Dec 1971 Oct 1990

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 78'-11"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 7001 Dec 1954 (new) Dec 1971
Auto Train 701 Jun 1972 Dec 1981
KCS 21 1982 Oct 1990
UPP 7001 Oct 1990 Dec 1991
UPP 7001 "Columbine" Dec 1991  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 7001 "Columbine" was built as UP Dome Chair 7001 in December 1954; retired by UP in December 1971 and sold to Auto Train 701 in June 1972; to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1981; to KCS Industries in 1982, numbered as KCS 21 (never in service, still in Auto Train colors), stored at Mid America Car, Kansas City; to Northern Rail Car; to UP (still in Auto Train colors, as UPP 7001) in October 1990, refurbished and numbered as UPP 7001 "Columbine" (2nd) between December 1991 and April 1992
  2. Named "Columbine" to commemorate the Union Pacific train that ran between Omaha and Denver, from 1929 to 1950.
  3. AC&F Floor Plan: 76-1939, Lot No. 4097
  4. Floor Plan: 235-CB-30759
  5. 36 seats, 16 dome seats
  6. UP diagram sheet P-10-5 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959), Rev. E (4/15/1965) (as UP 7000-7009)
  7. UP Equipment Record: r3-1195 (7000-series)

 

Dome Coach -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
UP 7006 Jan 1955 Nov 1986

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. UP 7006 was built in January 1955; first retired by UP in January 1974; reinstated and held for special service; retired in November 1986; sold to Mexico FNM on January 1, 1987; numbered as FNM 366 (2nd) and painted FNM two-tone blue, named "Expresso Del Mar"; renumbered to FNM 371 to avoid conflict with a different FNM 366; remodeled by removal of lower seats and renamed to "El Yaqui" in 1989; donated to Puebla Railroad Museum in 1994
  2. Seating Capacity: 36 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level.
  3. UP diagram sheet P-10-5 (2/1/1955), Rev. D (3/2/1959), Rev. E (4/15/1965).
  4. UP Equipment Record: r3-1195 (7000-series)

 

Dome Diner -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1958
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 7011 "Missouri River Eagle" Jan 1955 Dec 1971 May 1993

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 7011 Nov 1958 (new) Dec 1971
Auto Train 708 Jun 1972 Dec 1981
(various owners) Dec 1981 May 1993
UPP 7011 "Missouri River Eagle" May 1993  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 7011 "Missouri River Eagle" was built as UP Dome Coach 7011 in November 1958; retired by UP in December 1971 and sold to Auto Train 708 in June 1972 (not Auto Train 707, as previously reported); to James E. Strates Shows in December 1981; to Kasten Rail Car in 1984; to Hartwell Lowe Corporation, Yucca Valley, California as HLCX 1898, "Marion Mattison"; sold to Northern Rail Car in January 1988 and converted to Dome Diner; in service as Scenic Rail Dining 7011 "Mountain View" (800558) in 1988-1989; sold to Transcisco Tours in October 1990 for "Sierra 49er" service, numbered as "Emerald Bay" (800558); car was repossessed after Transcisco Tour's bankruptcy and returned to Northern Rail Car in August 1991; leased to Kalamazoo Lake Shore & Chicago in August 1991 for Michigan Wine Country Dinner Train service; returned to Northern Rail car and sold to UP in May 1993, numbered as UPP 7011 "Missouri River Eagle"
  2. Is this car the former UP 7011 or UP 7012? The sequence of UP 7011 to Auto Train 707, and UP 7012 to Auto Train 708 was first reported in Randall's 1973-1974 Railway Passenger Car Annual, published in 1974. This roster assumes that at some point in one of its many rebuilds, someone discovered evidence that Auto Train 708 was actually ex UP 7011, rather than ex UP 7012.
  3. Named "Missouri River Eagle" to commemorate the Missouri Pacific train that ran between St. Louis and Omaha, from March 1940 to April 1971 (the Kansas City to Omaha segment was discontinued in September 1965). The Missouri River Eagle was the first and last diesel streamliner on the Missouri Pacific.
  4. Seating Capacity: 36 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  5. UP diagram sheet P-10-6 (3/2/1959) (no revision)
  6. UP Equipment Record: r3-1195 (7000-series)

 

Dome Coach -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1958
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 7015 "Challenger" Dec 1958 Dec 1971 Oct 1990

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 7015 Dec 1958 (new) Dec 1971
Auto Train 709 Jun 1972 Dec 1981
KCS 22 1982 Oct 1990
UPP 7015 "Challenger" Oct 1990  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 7015 "Challenger" was built as UP Dome Chair 7015 in December 1958; first retired by UP in December 1971 and sold to Auto Train 709 in June 1972; sold in December 1981 to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma; sold to KCS Industries in 1982, numbered as KCS 22 (never in service, still in Auto Train colors), stored at Mid America Car, Kansas City; sold to Northern Rail Car; sold to UP (still in Auto Train colors) in October 1990, refurbished and numbered as UPP 7015 "Challenger"
  2. Named "Challenger" to commemorate the Union Pacific train that ran between Omaha and Los Angeles, from May 1936 to April 1971.
  3. Seating Capacity: 36 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  4. Initially assigned to City of St. Louis service, along with Wabash dome-coach 203, built at the same time.
  5. UP diagram sheet P-10-6 (3/2/1959) (no revision)
  6. UP Equipment Record: r3-1195 (7000-series)

 

Dome Diner -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 8004 "Colorado Eagle" May 1955 Jul 1970 May 1993

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 8004 May 1955 (new) Jul 1970
Auto Train 803 Jun 1972 1981
(various owners; see below) 1981 May 1993
UPP 8004 "Colorado Eagle" May 1993  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 8004 "Colorado Eagle" was built in May 1955 as UP Dome Diner 8004; to Auto Train 803 in June 1972; to Anbel Corp., in 1981; to Northern Rail Car in 1988; to Transcisco Tours "Crystal Bay" in 1990; to Northern Rail Car in 1991; to UP in May 1993, numbered as UPP 8004 "Colorado Eagle"
  2. Removed from service in late 2013 to be refurbished (interior modifications made during Transcisco service removed); sent to Mid America Car in Kansas City during August 2016 to have exterior repainted.
  3. Named "Colorado Eagle" to commemorate the Missouri Pacific train that ran between St. Louis and Denver, from June 1942 to April 1966. The first dome coaches were acquired by Missouri Pacific in June, 1948, and assigned to the Colorado Eagle.
  4. Seating Capacity: 28 seats in lower level, 18 seats in dome level
  5. UP diagram sheet P-10-7 (2/1/1955), Rev. D (3/2/1959)
  6. UP Equipment Record: r3-1196 (8000-series)

 

Dome Diner -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 8008 "City of Portland" May 1955 Jul 1970 Oct 1990

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 8008 May 1955 (new) Jul 1970
Auto Train 807 Jun 1972 1981
KCS 19 1982 Oct 1990
UPP 8008 "City of Portland" Oct 1990  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 8008 "City of Portland" was built as UP Dome Diner 8008; to Auto Train 807 in June 1972; to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1981; to KCS Industries in 1982, to be numbered as KCS 19, never in service (still in Auto Train colors); to Northern Rail Car in 1990; to UP (still in Auto Train colors, as UPP 8008) in October 1990, refurbished and named as "City of Portland" between June and August 1991
  2. Named "City of Portland" to commemorate the jointly owned Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western train that ran between Chicago and Portland, Oregon, from June 1935 to April 1971.
  3. Seating Capacity: 28 seats in lower level, 18 seats in dome level
  4. UP diagram sheet P-10-7 (2/1/1955), Rev. D (3/2/1959)
  5. UP Equipment Record: r3-1196 (8000-series)

 

Dome Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
UPP 9004 "Harriman" (1st) Feb 1955

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-3"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 9004 Feb 1955 (new) 1987
UP 9004 "Harriman" (1st) 1987 1989
UPP 9004 "Sun Valley" (1st) 1989 1990
UPP 9004 "Harriman" (3rd) 1990  

General Notes:

  1. UPP "Harriman" was built in February 1955 as UP 9004; set aside in January 1974 and held for special service; renumbered to UP 9004 "Harriman" (1st) in 1987; changed to UPP 9004 "Sun Valley" (1st) in 1989; changed UPP 9004 "Harriman" (3rd) in 1990
  2. Named "Harriman" in memory of Edward Harriman, and his two sons Averell and Roland. The Harrimans served as successive chairmen of Union Pacific's board of directors from 1898-1909 (Edward), and again from 1932-1941 (Averell) and from 1941-1953 (Roland). Roland Harriman remained a director of the company until his death in 1978.
  3. Seating Capacity:
  4. AC&F Lot No.: 4096
  5. Floor Plan: 235-CB-31669
  6. UP diagram sheet P-10-8 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959) (as 9000 series Dome Lounge)
  7. UP Equipment Record: r3-1197 (9000-series)

 

Dome Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 9005 "Walter Dean" Feb 1955 Dec 1971 Mar 1988

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-3"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 9005 Feb 1955 (new) Dec 1971
Auto Train 904 Jun 1972 Dec 1981
(various owners; see below) 1982 Mar 1988
UPP 9005 "Harriman" (2nd) Oct 1989 1990
UPP 9005 "Walter Dean" 1990  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 9005 "Walter Dean" was built as UP Dome Lounge 9005; to Auto Train 904 in June 1972, stored until 1981; to Al Nippert in 1981, used in Great America Tours service (800621); sold to UP in March 1988 for special service; UP 9005 was included in the general upgrade program for 12 cars in the Heritage Fleet; completed and and renumbered to UPP 9005 in October 1989, named "Harriman" (2nd) at the same time; to "Walter Dean" in 1990
  2. Named "Walter Dean" in memory of Walter Dean, an attendant on UP's business car fleet from 1971 until he passed away in 1999.
  3. Walter Dean UPP 9005 out of service in September 2022 following a derailment in Los Angeles, California; moved to Council Bluffs for repairs.
  4. Seating Capacity:
  5. AC&F Lot No.: 4096
  6. Floor Plan: 235-CB-31669
  7. UP diagram sheet P-10-8 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959) (as 9000 series Dome Lounge)
  8. UP Equipment Record: r3-1197 (9000-series)

 

Dome Lounge -- 1 car
AC&F, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date First
Retired
Date Back
To UP
UPP 9009 "City of San Francisco" Mar 1955 Dec 1971 May 1993

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-3"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
UP 9009 Mar 1955 (new) Dec 1971
Auto Train 908 Jun 1972 Dec 1981
(various owners) 1981 May 1993
UPP 9009 "City of San Francisco" May 1993  

General Notes:

  1. UPP 9009 "City of San Francisco" was built in March 1955 as UP Dome Lounge 9009; to Auto Train 908 in June 1972, multiple owners,1981-1993; sold to UP in May 1993 for special service, numbered as UPP 9009 "City of San Francisco" (2nd)
  2. Named "City of San Francisco" to commemorate the jointly-owned Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Chicago & North Western train that ran between Chicago and Oakland, California, from June 1936 to April 1971.
  3. Seating Capacity:
  4. AC&F Lot No.: 4096
  5. Floor Plan: 235-CB-31669
  6. UP diagram sheet P-10-8 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959) (as 9000 series Dome Lounge)
  7. UP Equipment Record: r3-1197 (9000-series)

 

Express Box Car -- 5 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1964

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
Built
Date To
UPP Number
Notes
UPP 9313 UP 915510 Jul 1964 2003 1
UPP 9336 UPP 24336 Aug 1964 2003 2
(UPP 9364) UPP 24364 Sep 1964 2003 3
UPP 9374 UP 904842 Oct 1964 2003 4
UPP 9391 UP 915579 Nov 1964 2003 5

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 65'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 46'-2"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (6'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Original class was BE-70-1
  2. UP diagram sheet P-2-36 (4/16/1965), Rev. B (1/10/1967)
  3. (Read more about the 100 9300-series Express Box Cars)

Notes:

  1. UPP 9313 was built in July 1964 as Postal Storage 9313; to Express Box Car 24313 in 1968; to Roadway Box Car 915510 in 1971; assigned to steam program in (?) (painted yellow); to UPP 9313 in 2003; assigned to the Rotary Snow Plow train
  2. UPP 9336 was built in August 1964 as Postal Storage 9336; to Express Box Car 24336 in 1968; to Roadway Box Car 915532 in 1971; assigned to steam program in (?); to UPP 24336 in 1989; to UPP 9336 in 2003; wrecked at Georgetown, Texas, in mid April 2012.
  3. (UPP 9364) was built in September 1964 as Postal Storage 9364; to Express Box Car 24364 in 1968; assigned as Roadway Box Car 915559 in 1971, not renumbered; assigned to Heritage Fleet at Council Bluffs; to UPP 24364 in 2000; stored at Council Bluffs after about 2010, sold for scrap in June 2020; sold to private individual and moved to private property in September 2020; moved to Milwaukee in September 2022. (Previously reported in error as being renumbered to UPP 9364 in 2003, not renumbered)
  4. UPP 9374 was built October 1964 as Postal Storage 9374; to Express Box Car 24374 in 1968; to Roadway Boarding (Bunk Kitchen) 904842 in January 1978; assigned to steam program in 1982 (painted yellow); to UPP 9374 in 2003; assigned to the Rotary Snow Plow train; moved to Council Bluffs in about 2010; scrapped by UP for parts in November 2021.
  5. UPP 9391 was built November 1964 as Postal Storage 9391; to Express Box Car 24391 in 1968; to Roadway Box Car 915579 in 1971; assigned to steam program in 1981; to UPP 9391 in 2003

 

Express Box Car -- 2 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1964

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
Built
Notes
UPP 24336 UP 915532 Aug 1964 1
UPP 24364 UP 915559 Sep 1964 2

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 65'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 46'-2"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (6'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Original class was BE-70-1
  2. UP diagram sheet P-2-36 (4/16/1965), Rev. B (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UPP 24336 was built in August 1964 as Postal Storage 9336; to Express Box Car 24336 in 1968; to Roadway Box Car 915532 in 1971; assigned to steam program in (?); to UPP 24336 in 1989; to UPP 9336 in 2003
  2. UPP 24364 was built in September 1964 as Postal Storage 9364; to Express Box Car 24364 in 1968; to Roadway Box Car 915559 in 1971; assigned to steam program in (?); to UPP 24364 in 2000; to UPP 9364 in 2003

 

Steam Program Tool Car -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

Car
Number
Car
Name
Notes and Disposition
UP 904304 Art Lockman to UPP 6334 on July 30, 2003

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. UP 904304 was built as Baggage 6334; to Roadway Tool Car 904304 in 1973; assigned to steam program (painted yellow) in 1981; named "Art Lockman" in 1991; to UPP 6334 on July 30, 2003
  2. Named in memory of Art Lockman, retired UP steam shop foreman in Cheyenne and the last full time steam employee hired by the UP.
  3. Equipped with small tanks to hold various types of lubricants, along with welding equipment, small machine tools, storage racks and cupboards, small cranes to load and unload equipment, tool boxes, and cleaning tools and materials. The car also has an office, and limited space for food preparation and crew dining.
  4. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 424
  5. UP diagram sheet P-1-26 (12/24/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (as Baggage 6325-6334)

(Read more about UP's three Water Cars, UP 907853, 907856, and 907857)

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