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UP 1500-1512 (1st) were wooden "Observation" cars, renumbered from UP 801-813.

Cafe Observation — 7 cars
Pullman, 1914 (UP, 1932)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
UP 1500 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
UP 1500 (2nd) UP 1515 Dec 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1000 in 1943
UP 1501 (2nd) UP 1516 Dec 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1001 in 1943
UP 1502 (2nd) UP 1517 Sep 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1002 in 1943
UP 1503 (2nd) UP 1518 Sep 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1003 in 1943
UP 1504 (2nd) UP 1519 Sep 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1004 in 1943
UP 1505 UP 1520 Oct 1932 Jul 1956 To MW Boarding Car 04530 in 1956
UP 1506 UP 1521 Dec 1932 Jul 1943 To UP Chair 1006 in 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 72'-6"
length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel, steel frame (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Built as UP Observation 814-820 in 1914; renumbered to UP Observation 1515-1521 in 1915-1916; remodeled to UP Cafe Observation 1500-1506 in 1932; remodeled to UP Chair 1000-1006 in 1943 (except UP 1505); to various company service cars in 1946-1956.
b. Seating Capacity: 22 seats in cafe compartment, 15 seats in lounge compartment
c. UP Specification 303
d. Floor Plan: D-CB-20025
e. Remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1932 (UP 1503 remodeled at Pocatello)
f. Floor Plan (after 1932 remodeling): BK.3-SK-2931
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-11 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (8 cars: UP 1500-1506, OWR&N 1591)
 

Chair — 2 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1941
Lightweight

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1941 (UP, 1953)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1500 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1500 (3rd) Pasadena (LA-405) Jul 1941 Mar 1960  
1501 (3rd) Boulder City (LA-406) Jul 1941 Dec 1965  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: (not shown)
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-9"
Length, Over End Sills: 78'-11"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 59'-6".
Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Jointly owned by UP and C&NW; sold to UP on 1 December 1948.
b. Built as "Chair Car"; remodeled to Club Lounge in 1953
c. Pullman Floor Plan: 82-B-2-C
d. Floor Plan (after 1953 remodeling): 237-CB-26015
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-24 (5/4/1953), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev C (8/17/1960) (1 car: UP 1501) (Harley: UP Passenger Equipment, p. 86; UP Streamliners, p. 148)
f. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1500-1549, sheet 3 (1500, 1501 only)
 

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1937 (UP, 1951, 1954)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1502 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1502 (3rd) 5201 Jul 1954 Sep 1965  
1503 (3rd) 5209 Jul 1954 Sep 1965  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: (not shown)
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-0"
Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 37 seats
b. Aluminum and steel construction
c. Built as 5200 series Chair car; remodeled to Chair Lounge (same numbers) in 1951; remodeled to 1500 series Club Lounge for "The Pub" service in 1954.
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-25 (4/13/1954), Rev. B (6/12/1962) (2 cars: UP 1502, 1503)
e. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1500-1549, sheet 2
 

Club — 1 car
Pullman, 1941
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Name/Number
Date To
UP 1504
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
UP 1504 (3rd) Hollywood (LA-703) Jul 1955 May 1965  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-9"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 59'-6"
Truck Style: 9'-0"

General Notes:

a. Jointly owned by UP and C&NW; sold to UP on 1 December 1948.
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-4 (10/27/1942), Rev. B (1/5/1954) (as Club "Hollywood", LA-703)
c. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-4 (1/24/1955), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (as Club 1504)
d. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1500-1549, sheet 3
 

Observation — 7 cars
Pullman, 1914
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1515 Series
Last ORER/
ORPTE Entry
Notes and Disposition
1515 814   1932 To Cafe Observation 1500 in 1932
1516 (1st) 815   1932 To Cafe Observation 1501 in 1932
1517 (1st) 816   1932 To Cafe Observation 1502 in 1932
1518 (1st) 817   1932 To Cafe Observation 1503 in 1932
1519 (1st) 818   1932 To Cafe Observation 1504 in 1932
1520 (1st) 819   1932 To Cafe Observation 1505 in 1932
1521 (1st) 820   1932 To Cafe Observation 1506 in 1932

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 72'-6"
length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel, steel frame (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Built as UP Observation 814-820 in 1914; renumbered to UP Observation 1515-1521 in 1915-1916; remodeled to UP Cafe Observation 1500-1506 in 1932; remodeled to UP Chair 1000-1006 in 1943; to various company service cars in 1946-1952.
b. Source: Passenger Car Equipment, April 1927 (updated through May 1929) The Streamliner, Volume 1, Number 4, pages 18-19
c. Source: ORER, September 1916.
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-11 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (8 cars: UP 1500-1506, OWR&N 1591)
 

Club Lounge — 5 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1937 (UP, 1947)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1516 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1516 (2nd) 5205 Feb 1947 Jan 1962 (with blunt end)
1517 (2nd) 5206 Feb 1947 Sep 1963 Donated to Pacific Northwest Chapter-NRHS; to Union Railroad of Oregon (Union, Ore.)
1518 (2nd) 5207 Feb 1947 Nov 1964 (with blunt end)
1519 (2nd) 5210 Feb 1947 Nov 1964 (with blunt end)
1520 (2nd) 5211 Feb 1947 Jan 1962  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-9"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-0"
Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. UP 1519 built as Chair 5210; remodeled to 20 seat Chair Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Lounge 1519 in 1947
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-6 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (1/5/1954), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (6/12/1962) (2 cars: UP 1518, 1519)
 

Lounge — 1 car
Pullman, 1937 (UP, 1940)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1521
Notes and Disposition
1521 (2nd) 5203 Jul 1946 To Parlor 997 in August 1949

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: (not shown)
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-0"
Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Built as Coach 5203; remodeled to 20 seat Coach Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Lounge 1521 in 1947; to Parlor (28 seats) 997 in 1949 (used on Portland Seattle service).
b. Remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1940.
c. Floor Plan (after 1940 remodeling): 235-CB-22778
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-5 (10/16/1940), Rev. A (2/1/1943), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (1 car: UP 1521) (Harley: UP Equipment, p. 50)
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-9 (no date) (1 car: UP 1521) (Harley: UP Equipment, p. 51)
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-23 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (1/5/1954), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (1 car: UP 997) (Harley: UP Passenger Equipment, p. 89; UP Streamliners, p. 388)
 

Observation — 2 cars
Pullman, 1923
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman, 1923 (UP, 1930)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1522 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943
1523 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-6"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 44 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Original Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. Remodeled by UP from Observation to Club Lounge at Omaha in 1930
e. Floor Plan (after remodeling): 234-CB-21633
f. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1934
g. UP 1522, 1523 were remodeled by UP at Omaha for "Columbine" service, named "Colorado Club", painted blue with cream panel with silver stripping and the Colorado state seal on a background of the UP shield on both ends of car. UP 1522, 1523, 1525, 1535 were the only cars with special paint scheme in regular service.
h. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-5 (10/27/1941) (3 cars: UP 1522, 1523, 1535) (no revision)
i. Source: Passenger Car Equipment (April 1927, updated through May 1929) (The Streamliner, Volume 1, Number 4, pages 18-19)
 

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1937 (UP, 1947)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1522 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1522 (2nd) 5204 Apr 1947 Jan 1962  
1523 (2nd) 5208 May 1947 Feb 1961  

Description:

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

General Notes:

a. Built as UP "Chair Car Women" 5204, 5208; remodeled to Club Lounge 1522, 1523 in 1947
 

Observation — 8 cars
Pullman, 1924
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 8 cars
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1930)
Heavyweight

Lounge Observation — 8 cars
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1930, 1936)
Heavyweight

Club Dormitory — 3 cars
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1954)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1524 To (streamlined) Club Dormitory 1530 in 1954
1525 To (streamlined) Club Dormitory 1533 in 1954
1526 Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943
1527 To (streamlined) Club Dormitory 1531 in 1954
1528 Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943
1529 To (streamlined) Club Dormitory 1532 in 1954
1530 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943
1531 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 44 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. UP 1524, 1525 were remodeled to Club Lounge in 1930
e. Floor Plan (after 1930 remodeling): 234-CB-21633
f. UP 1524, 1526-1531 (7 cars) were remodeled to Club Lounge in 1936 for "Portland Rose" service, named "Portland Club"
g. UP 1525 was remodeled to Club Lounge in 1936 for "Columbine" service, named "Colorado Club", painted blue with cream panel with silver stripping and the Colorado state seal on a background of the UP shield on both ends of car. UP 1522, 1523, 1525, 1535 were the only cars with special paint scheme in regular service.
h. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1934
i. UP 1524, 1525, 1527, 1530 remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1936
j. UP 1526, 1528, 1529, 1531 remodeled by OSL at Pocatello in 1937
k. Floor Plan (after 1936-1937 remodeling): 234-CB-21943
l. No vestibules
m. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-6 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
 

Lounge Observation — 2 cars
Pullman, 1924
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman, 1924 (Pullman, 1936)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1532 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943
1533 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 44 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. To Club Lounge by Pullman at Chicago in 1936
e. Floor Plan (after 1936 Pullman remodeling): 74-B-55
f. Furniture Plan: 235-CB-21999
g. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1936
h. No vestibules
i. UP 1532, 1533 remodeled for general service in 1936. (Some cars were named "Los Angeles Club" and "San Francisco Club"; records unclear as to which ones.)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-7 (10/27/1941) (as Club Lounge) (no revision)
k. Source: UP folio diagram sheet ????? (as Club Dormitory)
 

Lounge Observation — 1 car
Pullman, 1924
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 1 car
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1937)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1534 (1st) Sold to U. S. Government in March 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 48 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. Remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1937
e. Floor Plan (1534 after 1937 remodeling): 236-CB-22062
f. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1937
g. No vestibules
h. UP 1534 remodeled for general service in 1936. (Some cars were named "Los Angeles Club" and "San Francisco Club"; records unclear as to which ones.)
i. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-8 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (3 cars: UP 1534, 1537, 1538)
 

Club Dormitory — 7 cars
Pullman, 1924, 1927 (UP, 1954)
Streamlined Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1530 Series
Notes and Disposition
1530 (2nd) 1524 1954 Retired in 1968; to Orange Empire RR museum (Perris, Calif.) in 1969
1531 (2nd) 1527 1954 Retired in 1968; to J. Stodello (San Diego, Calif.) "Mexicali Rose" in 1969
1532 (2nd) 1529 1954 Retired in 1965
1533 (2nd) 1525 1954 Scrapped in 1968
1534 (2nd) 1550 1955 Scrapped in 1957

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. UP 1530-1533, 1535, 1537, 1538 built in 1924
b. UP 1534, 1536 built in 1927
c. Nine cars (UP 1530-1538) remodeled from Club Lounge to Club Dormitory, and streamlined in 1954-1955
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-8 (5/20/1954), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. C (7/26/1966) (UP 1530-1538)
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-9 (3/1/1955), Rev. A (2/15/1956) (UP 1534 only)
 

Lounge Observation — 1 car
Pullman, 1923
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 1 car
Pullman, 1923 (UP, 1930)
Heavyweight

Club Dormitory — 1 car
Pullman, 1923 (UP, 1930, 1954)
Streamlined Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1535 To Club Lounge in 1930; streamlined to Club Dormitory in 1954; retired in 1968; to S. Latkin (Denver) "Janice L" in 1970; to Promontory Chapter, NRHS (Salt Lake City) in (?)

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-6"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 44 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Original Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. UP 1535 (along with 1522, 1523, and 1525) was remodeled to Club Lounge in 1930 for "Columbine" service, named "Colorado Club", painted blue with cream panel with silver stripping and the Colorado state seal on a background of the UP shield on both ends of car. These four cars were the only cars with special paint scheme in regular service.
e. Floor Plan (after 1930 remodeling): 234-CB-21633
f. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1934
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-5 (10/27/1941) (3 cars: UP 1522, 1523, 1535) (no revision)
 

Club Lounge — 1 car
Pullman, 1927 (UP, 1937)
Heavyweight

Club Dormitory — 1 car
Pullman, 1927 (UP, 1937, 1954)
Streamlined Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1536
Notes and Disposition
1536 1556 1948 scrapped in 1956

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. To Streamlined Club Dormitory in 1954
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-8 (5/20/1954), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. C (7/26/1966)
 

Observation — 3 cars
Pullman, 1924
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 3 cars
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1937)
Heavyweight

Club Dormitory — 3 cars
Pullman, 1924 (UP, 1937, 1955)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Notes and Disposition
1537 To Club Dormitory in 1954; scrapped in 1968
1538 To Club Dormitory in 1954; scrapped in 1968
1539 (1st) To Safety Instruction Car 1539 in 1946

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5" (same as ORER)
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 44 seats
b. UP Specification 320
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. To Club Lounge by UP at Omaha in 1937
e. Floor Plan (after 1937 remodeling): 236-CB-22062
f. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1937
g. No vestibules
h. Remodeled for general service in 1937. (Some cars were named "Los Angeles Club" and "San Francisco Club"; records unclear as to which ones.)
i. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-8 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (3 cars: 1534, 1537, 1538)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet ????? (as Club Dormitory)
 

Club Lounge — 1 car
Pullman, (1923?, 1924?, 1927?) (UP, 1935)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1539
Notes and Disposition
1539 (2nd) 1557 1948 To Club Observation in 1942?; scrapped in 1956

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 41 seats, including 16 seats in observation room, 23 seats in smoking room, 2 seats in writing room
b. Equipped with Barber Shop
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20831
d. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1935
e. Remodeled for general service in 1935. (Some cars were named "Los Angeles Club" and "San Francisco Club"; records unclear as to which ones.)
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-13 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (1 car: UP 1539)
 

Observation — 10 cars
Pullman, 1925-1926
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 10 cars
Pullman, 1925-1926 (UP, 1940)
Heavyweight

Club Dormitory — 6 cars
Pullman, 1925-1926 (UP, 1940, 1942)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Last ORER/
ORPTE Entry
Notes and Disposition
1540 1925 1958 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940
1541 1925 1958 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940
1542 1925 1959 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942
1543 1925 1959 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940
1544 1925 1959 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940
1545 1926 1938 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942  
1546 1926 1938 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942  
1547 1926 1938 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942  
1548 1926 1938 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942  
1549 1926 1938 Remodeled Club Lounge in 1940; remodeled to Club Dormitory in 1942  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 22 seats in lounge compartment, 9 seats in smoking compartment
b. Equipped with Buffet compartment
c. As Club Dormitory, equipped with one Waiter's Room, with two 3-tier bunks; one Steward's Room, with two berths; and one Cook's Room, with two 2-tier bunks.
d. UP Specification 320
e. Floor Plan (after 1940 remodeling): 237-CB-22644
f. Floor Plan (after 1942 remodeling): 237-CB-23273
g. Air conditioning added to UP 1540-1546 by Pullman in 1935
h. Air conditioning added to UP 1547-1549 by Pullman in 1934
i. No vestibules
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-8-A (1/12/1943) (no revision) (10 cars, Club Lounge, UP 1540-1549)
k. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-12 (1/12/1943), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (6 cars, Club Dormitory, UP 1542, 1545-1549)
l. Source: Passenger Car Equipment (April 1927, updated through May 1929) (The Streamliner, Volume 1, Number 4, pages 18-19)
 

OSL 1550, 1551 were wooden "Observation" cars, renumbered from OSL 260, 261

Observation — 8 cars
Pullman, 1927
Heavyweight

Club Lounge — 8 cars
Pullman, 1927 (UP, 1941)
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1550 Apr 1927 Nov 1957 (Seidel shows UP 1550 as being remodeled to Club Dormitory (streamlined) 1534 in 1955; equipment register shows UP 1534 as blank after being sold in 1943)
1551 Apr 1927 Mar 1943 Sold to U. S. Government
1552 Apr 1927 Mar 1943 Sold to U. S. Government
1553 Apr 1927 Mar 1943 Sold to U. S. Government
1554 Apr 1927 Mar 1943 Sold to U. S. Government
1555 Apr 1927 Mar 1943 Sold to U. S. Government
1556 Apr 1927 Apr 1956 (Seidel shows UP 1556 as being renumbered to Club Lounge 1536 in 1948; equipment register shows UP 1536 as blank after being wrecked in 1928)
1557 Apr 1927 Apr 1956 (Seidel shows UP 1557 as being renumbered to Club Lounge 1539 in 1948; equipment register shows UP 1539 as blank after being renumbered to 03162 in 1947)

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-11"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-5"
Length: 76'-6" (Equipment Register)
Length, Over End Sills: 75'-5"
length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Converted from Observation to Lounge in May 1941 by enclosing observation platform. (UP Equipment Register)
b. Converted from Observation to Club Lounge in 1937 (1550-1552) and 1940 (1553-1557) (Seidel)
c. Seating Capacity (UP 1550, 1555): 45 seats in lounge compartment; 6 seats in enclosed solarium (former observation platform) (diagram sheet)
d. Seating Capacity (UP 1551-1554, 1556, 1557): 42 seats in lounge compartment; 6 seats in enclosed solarium (former observation platform) (diagram sheet)
e. All 8 cars equipped with Buffet compartment and Barber Shop (diagram sheet)
f. UP Specification 320
g. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-20918
h. UP 1550, 1555 remodeled by Pullman at Chicago in 1934 (diagram sheet)
i. Floor Plan (after 1934 Pullman remodeling): 70-B-54
j. UP 1551-1554, 1556, 1557 remodeled by UP at Denver in 1937 (diagram sheet)
k. Floor Plan (after 1937 remodeling): 236-CB-22060
l. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1934 (diagram sheet)
m. Pintsch gas and brine air conditioning retired in in April to June 1937 (UP Equipment Register)
n. No vestibules
o. UP 1551-1554 remodeled for general service in 1937. (Some cars were named "Los Angeles Club" and "San Francisco Club"; records unclear as to which ones.) (Seidel)
p. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-9-A (10/27/1941) (no revision) (2 cars, Club Lounge, UP 1550, 1555)
q. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-10 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (5/12/1942) (6 cars, Club Lounge, UP 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1556, 1557)
r. Source: Passenger Car Equipment (April 1927, updated through May 1929) (The Streamliner, Volume 1, Number 4, pages 18-19)
s. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1550-1599
t. Source: Seidel, Union Pacific Passenger Equipment, Wooden to Present Day
 

Observation — 5 cars
Pullman, 1926
Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
1563 Series
Notes and Disposition
LA&SL 1563 LA&SL 4403 1942 To LA&SL Business Car 123 in March 1945
LA&SL 1564 LA&SL 4404 1942 To LA&SL Business Car 124 in April 1945
LA&SL 1565 LA&SL 4405 1942 To LA&SL Business Car 121 in March 1944
LA&SL 1566 LA&SL 4406 1942 To LA&SL Business Car 122 in February 1944
LA&SL 1567 LA&SL 4407 1942 To LA&SL Business Car 120 (1st) in September 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 83'-0"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 82'-5"
Length, Over End Sills: 76'-5"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 57'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 35 seats, including 14 seats in observation room, 2 seats in writing room, 8 seats in each of two smoking rooms, 5 in women's lounge
b. UP Specification 320
c. Equipped with Barber Shop
d. Floor Plan: 4-CB-20918
e. Air conditioning added by Pullman in 1935
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-14 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (5 cars: LA&SL 1563-1567)
g. Source: Union Pacific Business Cars, 1870-1991, by Ralph L. Barger (Greenberg, 1992), pages 89-109
 

OSL 1570 and 1572 were wooden Observation cars, built in 1910; last ORER entry was in 1928. (see OSL 1926 folio diagram sheet)

Club Lounge — 2 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1937
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Name/Number
Date To
1575 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1575 Sun Valley (1st)
(LA-901)
1953 1961  
1576 Nob Hill (SF-901) 1953 1960  

Description:

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

General Notes:

a. From Observation "Sun Valley" and "Nob Hill" in 1953
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-18 (1/15/1941), Rev. E (12/20/1957)
 

OWR&N 1575, 1576 were wooden "Observation" cars, renumbered from OWR&N 550, 551 (shown as "Observation, Open Top" in ORER, May 1929)

Observation — 2 cars
Pullman, 1914
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1577 Series
Notes and Disposition
OWR&N 1577 OWR&N 552 May 1915 To OWR&N Cafe Observation 1590 in November 1932
OWR&N 1578 OWR&N 553 Feb 1916 To OWR&N Cafe Observation 1591 in November 1932

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 72'-6"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel, steel frame (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: (not shown)
b. UP Specification (not shown)
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20025
d. Source: ORER, August 1915, OWR&N entries
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-12 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (1 car: OWR&N 1590, from 1577)
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-11 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (8 cars: UP 1500-1506, OWR&N 1591)
 

Lounge — 9 cars
Pullman, 1914
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Renumbered
To
Date
Renumbered
UP 1580 UP 1219 UP Lounge 3580 May 1941
UP 1581 UP 1218 UP Lounge 3581 May 1941
UP 1582 UP 1217 UP Lounge 3582 Aug 1940
UP 1583 UP 1216 UP Lounge 3583 Aug 1940
UP 1584 UP 1215 UP Lounge 3584 Sep 1940
UP 1585 UP 1214 UP Lounge 3585 Oct 1940
UP 1586 UP 1213 UP Lounge 3586 Nov 1940
UP 1587 UP 1212 UP Lounge 3587 May 1940
UP 1588 UP 1211 UP Lounge 3588 May 1940

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 78'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 77'-11"
Length, Over End Sills: 70'-0"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 54'-4"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Built as UP Chair Cars 742-750; renumbered to UP Chair Cars 1211-1219 in 1915-1916; converted to Lounge 1580-1588 in 1937; renumbered to Lounge 3580-3588 in 1940-1941.
b. Seating Capacity: 56 seats
c. UP Specification 301
d. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-20050
e. Remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1937, renumbered from UP 1211-1219 to UP 1580-1588
f. Air conditioning (Carrier) added in 1937
g. Floor Plan (after remodeling): 234-CB-22021
h. Renumbered from UP 1580-1588 to UP 3580-3588 in 1940-1941
i. Photo: UP 3587 (ex 1587), in Challenger service. (The Streamliner, Volume 10, Number 1, Winter 1994-1995, page 38)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-4 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
k. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-16 (10/27/1941), Rev. B (12/20/1957)
 

Cafe Parlor Observation — 3 cars
Pullman, 1912
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1589 Series
Notes and Disposition
OWR&N 1589 OWR&N 496 1916 To OWR&N Business Car 184 in December 1922.
OWR&N 1590 (1st) OWR&N 497 1916 To OWR&N Parlor Observation 993 in 1917
OWR&N 1591 (1st) OWR&N 498 1916 To OWR&N Parlor Observation 994 in 1917

Description:

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

General Notes:

a. ORER, August 1915, OWR&N entries
b. Source: Seidel
 

Cafe Observation — 1 car
Pullman, 1913 (UP, 1932)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1590
Notes and Disposition
OWR&N 1590 (2nd) OWR&N 1577 Nov 1932 To OWR&N Coach 1007 in October 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 72'-6"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel, steel frame (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 22 seats in cafe compartment, 15 seats in lounge compartment
b. UP Specification (not shown)
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20025
d. Remodeled by OSL at Pocatello in 1932
e. Floor Plan (after 1932 remodeling): BK.3-SK-2931
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-12 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (1 car: OWR&N 1590)
 

Cafe Observation — 1 car
Pullman, 1915 (UP, 1932)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1591
Notes and Disposition
OWR&N 1591 (2nd) OWR&N 1578 Nov 1932 To OWR&N Coach 1008 in November 1943

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 81'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 81'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 72'-6"
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-10"
Truck Style: 6 wheel, steel frame (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Seating Capacity: 22 seats in cafe compartment, 15 seats in lounge compartment
b. UP Specification 303
c. Floor Plan: D-CB-20025
d. Remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1932 (UP 1503, OWR&N 1591 remodeled at Pocatello)
e. Floor Plan (after 1932 remodeling): BK.3-SK-2931
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-5-11 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (8 cars: UP 1500-1506, OWR&N 1591)
 

Parlor Observation — 1 car
Pullman, 1912
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1592
Notes and Disposition
OWR&N 1592 OWR&N 499 1916 To OWR&N Business Car 185 in 1923

Description:

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

General Notes:

a. Source: Seidel
 

OWR&N 1593, 1594 were wooden "Parlor Observation" cars, as shown in ORER in October 1919; no previous listing.

UP 1600, 1601 were wooden "Baggage, Cream" cars, renumbered from UP 1020, 1021.

UP 1602-1605 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1051-1055.

UP 1606-1614 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1089-1103.

Sleeper — 12 cars
ACF, 1949-1950 (Pullman-Standard, 1965)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Car
Name
Previous
Car Name
Notes and Disposition
1601 Sun Cape Western Adventure Held for special service; to Mexico NdeM 736 "Iztaccihatl" in 1987
1602 Sun Isle Western Hills Held for special service; partially stripped in 1983 for use as an officer car, work stopped; stored without trucks until sold to Kasten Rail Servicesin 1988, for Classic Rail Tours, car could not be moved; sold back to UP in 1990; remodeled to Deluxe Sleeper UPP 1602 "Green River" in 1991
1603 Sun Lake Western Lodge Held for special service; remodeled to Deluxe Sleeper "Wyoming" in 1974
1604 Sun Lane Western Mountain Held for special service; remodeled to Inspection Car "Idaho" in May 1980
1605 Sun Manor Western Plains Held for special service; remodeled to Deluxe Sleeper UPP 1605 "Powder River" in 1989
1606 Sun Park Western Sea Held for special service; retired in September 1979; stored in early 1980
1607 Sun Point Western Slope Held for special service; to Mexico NdeM 737 "Popocatepetc" in 1987
1608 Sun Rest Western Star Held for special service; remodeled to Deluxe Sleeper "Omaha" (2nd) in 1974
1609 Sun Ridge Western Trail Held for special service; to Mexico NdeM 738 "Paricutin" in 1987
1610 Sun Skies Western Valley Held for special service; remodeled to Deluxe Sleeper "Portola" in 1990
1611 Sun Slope Western Wonderland Held for special service; remodeled to Crew Sleeper 314 in 1987; named "Columbia River" in 1990; remodeled to Crew Sleeper (7 bedroom) in 2001
1612 Sun Villa Western Scene Held for special service; remodeled to Crew Sleeper 315 in July 1987; to Crew Sleeper UPP 1612 "North Platte" (2nd) in 1990; named "Little Rock" in 1995

Description:

Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
Length, Over End Sills: 78'-11" (without vestibule)
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 59'-6"
Truck Style" 4 wheel, disk brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. 11 bedrooms
b. Floor Plan: B-8595-C
c. Remodeled by Pullman-Standard in 1965 from Western series 4 Double Bedroom, 12 Roomette
d. Source: "Western Series Passenger Cars" by Thorton Waite, The Streamliner, Volume 7, Number 2 (published February 1992), pages 17-31
e. Source: Letter To The Editor, "Western Series Update", The Streamliner, Volume 7, Number 4, pages 35-36
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-9-9 (8/10/1965) (no revision)
 

UP 1615-1623 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1041-1050.

UP 1624-1633 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1107-1125.

UP 1635-1639 were wooden "Baggage, Horse" cars, renumbered from UP 1031-1036.

UP 1640-1642 were wooden "Baggage, Horse" cars, renumbered from UP 1129-1131.

UP 1645-1650 were wooden "Baggage, Theatrical" cars, renumbered from UP 1000-1005.

Baggage — 6 cars
Pullman, 1921 (UP, 1940)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1650 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1650 1726 Nov 1940    
1651 1727 Nov 1940    
1652 1728 Nov 1940   To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1653 1731 Nov 1940   Scrapped in 1968
1654 1732 Nov 1940    
1655 1733 Nov 1940    

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63'-7"
Length, Over End Sills: 60' 2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 6-wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-5406 (before 1940 rebuilding)
b. UP specification 314
c. Converted for magazine shipments in 1940, including reinforcements above wide side doors.
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-1 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (6 cars: 1650-1655), Rev. B (6/12/1962) (6 cars: 1650-1655, Rev. D (7/26/1966) (1651, 1654 remaining)
e. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumbering to 1650 series)
 

UP 1653-1660 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1060-1067.

UP 1661, 1662 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1126, 1127.

UP 1663-1679 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1132-1150.

UP 1680-1690 were wooden "Baggage" cars, renumbered from UP 1155-1166.

Baggage — 4 cars
Pullman, 1909
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
Built
Date To
1700 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1700 1151 Jul 1909 Jul 1915 Oct 1956 6-wheel trucks applied in November 1941
1701 1152 Jul 1909 Dec 1915 Mar 1956  
1702 1153 Jul 1909 Oct 1915 Nov 1961  
1703 1154 Jul 1909 Jan 1916 Apr 1956  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 63'-7"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63' 0"
Length, Over End Sills: 60'-2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Floor Plan: D-CB-5406
b. UP specification 214
c. Six wheel trucks applied to UP 1700 at Omaha in November 1941. (UP Equipment Register)
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-2 (10/27/1941) (4-wheel Baggage) (19 cars: UP 1700-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020, 3025), Rev A (1/12/1943) (17 cars: UP 1701-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (changed to P-1-3) (17 cars: UP 1701-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020)
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-3 (10/27/1941) (6-wheel Baggage), Rev. A (1/12/1943), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (changed to P-1-2) (31 cars: UP 1700, 1707, 1708, OSL 1856, 1858, 1859, OWR&N 1936-1946, UP 3001, 3002, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3009, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3018, 3021, 3022, 3024, OSL 3101, 3102)
f. Source: ORER, August 1915
g. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumber dates)
h. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 2 (dispositions)
 

Baggage — 5 cars
Pullman, 1914
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1700 Series
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1704 1167 Sep 1915 Jun 1914 Jun 1958  
1705 1168 Jun 1915 Jun 1914 May 1958  
1706 1169 Aug 1915 Jun 1914 Mar 1957  
1707 1170 Aug 1915 Jun 1914   To Postal Storage (6 wheel trucks?) in April 1943; to 1433 in October 1951
1708 1171 Aug 1915 Jun 1914   To Postal Storage (6 wheel trucks?) in April 1943; to 1434 in October 1951

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 63'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63' 0"
Length, Over End Sills: 60'-2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-0" wheelbase)
Truck Style: 6 wheel (no wheelbase shown)

General Notes:

c. The following cars are shown as being equipped in later years with 4 wheel trucks (2 cars): UP 1707, 1708.
d. The following cars are shown as being equipped in later years (after about 1939) with 6 wheel trucks for catalog and magazine service (3 cars): UP 1704, 1705, 1706.
a. Floor Plan: D-CB-5406
b. Pullman Lot 4176
c. Pullman Plan 2389-B
d. UP specification 214
e. Trucks changed from 6 wheel (P-1-3) to 4 wheel (P-1-2) (date not known)
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-2 (10/27/1941) (4-wheel Baggage) (19 cars: UP 1700-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020, 3025), Rev A (1/12/1943) (17 cars: UP 1701-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (changed to P-1-3) (17 cars: UP 1701-1706, OSL 1857, UP 3003, 3004, 3007, 3010, 3014-3017, 3019, 3020)
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-3 (10/27/1941) (6-wheel Baggage), Rev. A (1/12/1943), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (changed to P-1-2) (31 cars: UP 1700, 1707, 1708, OSL 1856, 1858, 1859, OWR&N 1936-1946, UP 3001, 3002, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3009, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3018, 3021, 3022, 3024, OSL 3101, 3102)
h. Source: ORER, August 1915
i. Source: Barger Harriman Summary
j. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumber dates)
k. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 2 (dispositions)
 

Baggage — 17 cars
Pullman, 1921
Harriman Heavyweight

Postal Storage — 17 cars
Pullman, 1921
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Notes and Disposition
1709 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1435 in October 1951
1710 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1436 in October 1951
1711 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1437 in October 1951
1712 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1438 in October 1951
1713 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1439 in October 1951
1714 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1440 in October 1951
1715 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1441 in October 1951
1716 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1442 in October 1951
1717 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1443 in October 1951
1718 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1444 in October 1951
1719 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1445 in October 1951
1720 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1446 in October 1951
1721 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1447 in October 1951
1722 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1448 in December 1951
1723 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1449 in October 1951
1724 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1450 in October 1951
1725 Mar 1921 To LA&SL Postal Storage 1451 in October 1951

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 63'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63' 0"
Length, Over End Sills: 60'-2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Floor Plan D-CB-5406
b. Pullman Lot 4586 (from Barger)
c. Pullman Plan 2835 (from Barger)
d. UP Specification 314
e. Cars lettered on sides between doors "United States Mail Storage Car".
f. Two 4'-10" doors on each side.
h. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-2-7 (10/27/1941) (17 cars, 1709-1725)
i. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-2-5 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (21 cars: 1707-1725, 1729, 1730)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-2-3 (10/27/1941), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (16 cars: 1435-1449, 1451), Rev. C (12/1/1964) (7 cars remaining)
k. Source: Barger Harriman Summary
 

Baggage —  3 cars
Pullman, 1921
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Notes and Disposition
1726 Mar 1921 To 1650 in November 1940
1727 Mar 1921 To 1651 in November 1940
1728 Mar 1921 To 1652 in November 1940

Description (as 1650-1655):

Length, Over Buffers: 63'-7"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63'-7"
Length, Over End Sills: 60' 2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 6-wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Floor Plan: D-CB-5406 (before 1940 rebuilding)
b. UP specification 314
c. Converted for magazine shipments in 1940, including reinforcements above wide side doors.
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-1 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (6 cars: 1650-1655), Rev. B (6/12/1962) (6 cars: 1650-1655), Rev. D (7/26/1966) (1651, 1654 remaining)
e. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumbering to 1650 series)
 

Baggage — 2 cars
Pullman, 1921
Harriman Heavyweight

Postal Storage — 2 cars
Pullman, 1921 (UP, 1943)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
DateBuilt Notes and Disposition
1729 Mar 1921 To 1452 in October 1951
1730 (1st) Mar 1921 To 1453 in October 1951

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 63'-6"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63' 0"
Length, Over End Sills: 60'-2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-5406
b. UP specification 214
c. Converted from Baggae to Postal Storage in April 1943. (UP Equipment Register)
d. Photo: UP 1729, in olive green paint, lettered for "United States Mail Storage Car", at Council Bluffs (no date), in The Streamliner, Volume 4, Number 2, April 1988, page 38.
e Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-4 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (2 cars: Baggage 1729, 1730)
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-2-5 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (21 cars: Postal Storage 1707-1725, 1729, 1730)
g. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1400-1449, sheet 1 (renumbers)
h. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1400-1449, sheet 2 (renumbers)
i. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumbers, conversion to Postal Storage)
j. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 2 (renumbers)
 

Baggage — 3 cars
Pullman, 1921
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Notes and Disposition
1731 (1st) Mar 1921 To LA&SL Baggage 1653 in November 1940
1732 (1st) Mar 1921 To LA&SL Baggage 1654 in November 1940
1733 (1st) Mar 1921 To LA&SL Baggage 1655 in November 1940

Description (as 1650-1655):

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63'-7"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 63'-0"
Length, Over End Sills: 60' 2"
Length, Inside: 60'-1"
Truck Centers: 44'-2"
Truck Style: 6-wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-5406 (before 1940 rebuilding)
b. UP specification 314
c. Cars stripped and reinforced above side doors and interiors stripped in 1940 for magazine shipments.
d. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-1 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (6 cars, 1650-1655)
e. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-1 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946), Rev. B (6/12/1962), Rev. D (7/26/1966) (1651, 1654 remaining)
e. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 1 (renumbering to 1650 series)
 

Baggage — 1 car
Standard Steel, 1923 (UP, 1965)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1730 Series
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
LA&SL 1730 (2nd) UP 2248 Dec 1965 Aug 1968  
LA&SL 1731 (2nd) UP 2252 1965    
LA&SL 1732 (2nd) UP 2268 1965    

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 71'-11"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 53'-1" (11'-0" wheelbase)
Truck Style:

General Notes:

a. Remodeled from OWR&N 2200 series Postal Baggage in 1965
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-9 (2/3/1965), Rev. A (7/26/1966)
c. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheet 2 (only 1730)
 

Baggage — 1 car
Standard Steel, 1923 (UP, 1965)
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
1733
Notes and Disposition
LA&SL 1733 (2nd) OWR&N 2269 1965 From OWR&N RPO Baggage 2269 in 1965

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 71'-11"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 53'-1" (11'-0" wheelbase)
Truck Style:

General Notes:

a. Remodeled from OWR&N 2200 series Postal Baggage in 1965
b. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-10 (2/3/1965) (no revision)
 

Baggage — 25 cars
ACF, 1922
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1734 Jul 1922 May 1965  
1735 Jul 1922 Oct 1965  
1736 Jul 1922 Aug 1968 Body on ground at Marysville
1737 Jul 1922 Jan 1963  
1738 Aug 1922 Aug 1965  
1739 Aug 1922 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1740 Aug 1922 Nov 1965  
1741 Aug 1922 Sep 1965  
1742 Aug 1922 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1743 Aug 1922 Oct 1965 Burned at Kansas City on 2 July 1965
1744 Aug 1922 Sep 1965  
1745 Aug 1922 Nov 1963  
1746 Aug 1922 May 1966  
1747 Sep 1922 Jun 1963  
1748 Sep 1922 Aug 1965  
1749 Sep 1922 Aug 1965  
1750 Oct 1922 May 1964  
1751 Oct 1922 Aug 1968 Used as "recreation/dance car" in 1961; remodeled to MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1752 Oct 1922 Aug 1965 Burned at Denver on 9 May 1965
1753 Oct 1922 Jul 1967 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1754 Oct 1922 Feb 1966  
1755 Oct 1922 Aug 1965  
1756 Oct 1922 Aug 1968 Used as "recreation/dance car" in 1961; remodeled to MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1757 Oct 1922 Aug 1968 To Purdy Metals in 1968
1758 Oct 1922 Aug 1968 Used as "recreation/dance car" in 1961; remodeled to MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 71'-11"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 53'-1" (11'-0" wheelbase)
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-20067
b. UP specification 315
c. Common Standard Class 69-B-1
d. One 10'-0" door and one 4'-10" door on each side
e. A total of 7 cars were shown as being "stripped" by October 1941: UP 1748, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1756, 1757
f. Photo: UP 1756, green with Gothic letters and numbers. (UP Modeler Volume 1, page 20)
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-5 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
h. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-4 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (6/12/1962) (55 cars: UP 1734-1758, 1769-1775, 1777, 1778, 1779, OSL 1853, 1854, 1855, OWR&N 1949, 1950, 1951, LA&SL 4450, 4451, 4469, 4472, 4474, 4475, 4479, 4480, 4481), Rev. E (3/6/1964), Rev. F (12/1/1964), Rev. G (7/26/1966) (20 cars: UP 1736, 1739, 1742, 1751, 1753, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1770, 1773, 1775, 1779, 1780, 1782, OSL 1854, OWR&N 1951, LA&SL 4450, 4475, 4479, 4481)
i. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1700-1749, sheets 1 and 2
j. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1750-1799, sheets 1 and 2
 

Horse Baggage Automobile — 10 cars
ACF, 1924
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1759 Mar 1924   To Postal Storage 1381 in July 1960
1760 Mar 1924 Mar 1964 Wrecked (burned) on 13 December 1963 at Dell, Mont.
1761 Apr 1924 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)
1762 Mar 1924   To Postal Storage 1361 in October 1959
1763 Apr 1924 May 1965  
1764 Apr 1924   To Postal Storage 1364 in November 1959
1765 Apr 1924 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)
1766 Apr 1924   To Postal Storage 1362 in October 1965
1767 Apr 1924 Dec 1965  
1768 Apr 1924   To Postal Storage 1365 in October 1959

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 77'-1"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-9"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. General Design: D-CB-20764
b. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-20782
c. UP Specification 321
d. Common Standard Class 74-HBA
e. Capacity: 24 horses
f. Large end doors (7'-4" opening) at end opposite handbrake end.
g. LA&SL 1760-1763, 1765-1767 remodeled in 1948 by UP
h. Photo: UP 1760, in two-tone gray paint, at Omaha, in May 1948. (The Streamliner, Volume 4, Number 1, January 1988, page 6)
i. Photo: UP 1762, in two-tone gray paint, with interior views. (The Streamliner, Volume 2, Number 4, October 1986, pages 24-27)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-20 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (1759-1768)
k. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-31-A (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (3 cars, 1759, 1764, 1768)
l. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-31 (9/1/1949), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (3 cars remaining, 1761, 1763, 1765), Rev. C (12/1/1964) (4 cars remaining, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1767)
m. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1750-1799, sheets 1 and 2
 

Baggage — 15 cars
AC&F, 1925
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1769 Jul 1925 Oct 1966  
1770 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 Body on ground at Marysville
1771 Jul 1925 Dec 1965  
1772 Jul 1925 Nov 1965  
1773 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1774 Jul 1925 Oct 1965  
1775 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1776 Jul 1925 Mar 1943 Wrecked on 27 December 1942 on C&NW Ry.
1777 Jul 1925 Apr 1965  
1778 Jul 1925 Feb 1964  
1779 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1780 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1781 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1782 Jul 1925 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1968 (number unknown)
1783 Jul 1925 Oct 1966  

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 71' 11"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 53'-1"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Builder Floor Plan: D-CB-20067
b. UP specification 315
c. Common Standard Class 69-B-1
e. One 10'-0" door and one 4'-10" door
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-5 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-4 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. D (6/12/1962) (55 cars: UP 1734-1758, 1769-1775, 1777, 1778, 1779, OSL 1853, 1854, 1855, OWR&N 1949, 1950, 1951, LA&SL 4450, 4451, 4469, 4472, 4474, 4475, 4479, 4480, 4481), Rev. E (3/6/1964), Rev. F (12/1/1964), Rev. G (7/26/1966) (20 cars: UP 1736, 1739, 1742, 1751, 1753, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1770, 1773, 1775, 1779, 1780, 1782, OSL 1854, OWR&N 1951, LA&SL 4450, 4475, 4479, 4481)
h. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1750-1799, sheets 1 and 2
 

Horse Baggage Automobile — 5 cars
AC&F, 1926
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
1784 Jul 1926 Dec 1966  
1785 Jul 1926 Aug 1968 Body on ground at Marysville; sold and moved off line
1786 Jul 1926 Aug 1968 Body on ground at Marysville; sold and moved off line
1787 Jul 1926   To Postal Storage 1369 in November 1959
1788 Jul 1926   To Postal Storage 1370 in January 1965

Description:

Length, Over Buffers: 77'-7"
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 77'-1"
Length, Over End Sills: 74'-2"
Length, Inside: 73'-11"
Truck Centers: 56'-9"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. Common Standard Class 74-HBA-2
b. General Design: D-CB-20764
c. Interior Arrangement: D-CB-20996
d. UP Specification 321
e. Capacity 24 horses
f. When used as baggage or automobile, the feed troughs and "bull bars" were stored in ceiling racks located at the handbrake end.
g. Three 5'-0" doors on each side.
h. One 7'-4" door at non-handbrake end.
i. UP 1786 remodeled in 1936 by UP at Omaha to remove half of the stall partitions, with floor plan D-CB-21983.
j. Source: UP pre-1941 folio diagram sheet (Kratville, Union Pacific Equipment, page 16)
k. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-21 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (9 cars: UP 1784, 1785, 1787-1793) (changed to P-1-32)
l. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-22 (10/27/1941) (no revision) (UP 1786 only) (changed to P-1-33)
m. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-32 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (9 cars: UP 1784, 1785, 1787-1793) (changed from P-1-21) (no change other than diagram number)
n. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-33 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946) (UP 1786 only) (changed from P-1-22) (no change other than diagram number)
o. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-6 (10/27/1941), Rev. B+ (12/1/1964)
p. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-7 (10/27/1941), Rev. B (12/1/1964)
q. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1750-1799, sheets 1 and 2
 

Horse Baggage Automobile — 5 cars
Bethlehem Steel, 1927
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
UP 1789 May 1927   To UP Postal Storage 1371 in January 1960
UP 1790 Jun 1927   To UP Postal Storage 1372 in March 1959
UP 1791 Jun 1927   To UP Postal Storage 1373 in April 1959
UP 1792 Jun 1927 Jul 1966 (UP 1374 blank and not used)
UP 1793 Jun 1927 Mar 1965 (UP 1375 blank and not used)

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 77'-1"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-9"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. General Design: D-CB-20764
b. Interior Arrangement: D-CB-20996
c. UP Specification 321
d. Common Standard Class 74-HBA-2
e. Capacity: 24 horses
f. When used as baggage or automobile, troughs and "bull bars" were stored in ceiling racks located at the handbrake end.
g. Three 5'-0" doors on each side.
h. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-21 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
i. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-32 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946)
j. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-6 (10/27/1941), Rev. B+ (12/1/1964)
k. Source: UP Equipment Register, Volume 6, 1750-1799, sheets 1 and 2
 

Horse Baggage Automobile — 5 cars
Bethlehem Steel, 1929
Harriman Heavyweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
UP 1794 Jul 1929   To UP Postal Storage 1376 in March 1959
UP 1795 Jul 1929 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)
UP 1796 Jul 1929 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)
UP 1797 Jul 1929 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)
UP 1798 Jul 1929 Aug 1968 To MofW flat car in 1969 (number unknown)

Description:

Length, Over Buffers:
Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 77'-1"
Length, Over End Sills:
Length, Inside:
Truck Centers: 56'-9"
Truck Style: 6 wheel (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

a. General Design: 236-CB-21454
b. Floor Plan: 286-CB-21480
c. Common Standard Class: 74-HBA-3 (74-feet inside length, Horse Baggage Automobile, third series)
d. Maximum Capacity: 24 horses
e. Three 5'-0" doors on each side
f. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-23 (10/27/1941) (no revision)
g. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-34 (10/27/1941), Rev. A (12/10/1946)
h. Source: UP folio diagram sheet P-1-8 (10/27/1941), Rev. B (12/1/1964) (4 cars remaining, 1795-1798)

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