Train Numbers on UP

This page was last updated on June 28, 2009.

On June 28, 2009, Dave Seidel wrote the following about the end of UP's using train numbers in locomotive number boards:

Was doing some research in old copies of the Camerail Club "The Mixed train" and ran across the following:

"Union Pacific discontinued the use of train number in locomotive indicators. The last train to use train numbers was train #28 that arrived in Omaha. From now on the locomotive number will be displayed and not the train number. The Union Pacific was one of the last railroads to still be using train numbers."

The date of this report was July 5, 1965. Train #28 departed North Platte just after midnight and arrived Omaha 7:00 am - the end of its run. Since the 5th was a Monday, I am guessing the change was effective at 12:01 am, Monday, July 5, 1965.

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