Union Pacific Train Numbers

This page lists some of the train numbers of Union Pacific passenger trains. This is by no means a complete list, and not all of these numbers were used at the same time. This information came from the book The Union Pacific Streamliners by Harold E. Ranks and William W. Kratville and Journey to Amtrak by Harold A. Edmonson.

Number Origin Destination Name
1 Chicago Portland Streamliner City of Portland
2 Portland Chicago Streamliner City of Portland
1 Chicago Los Angeles Los Angeles Limited
2 Los Angeles Chicago Los Angeles Limited
3 Chicago Los Angeles Utahn
4 Los Angeles Chicago Utahn
9 St. Louis Cheyenne Streamliner City of St. Louis
10 Cheyenne St. Louis Streamliner City of St. Louis
9 Kansas City Cheyenne Streamliner City of Kansas City
10 Cheyenne Kansas City Streamliner City of Kansas City
17 Chicago Portland Portland Rose
18 Portland Chicago Portland Rose
19 Spokane Hinkle Spokane
20 Hinkle Spokane Spokane
21 Chicago San Francisco Pacific Coast Limited
22 San Francisco Chicago Pacific Coast Limited
23 Chicago San Francisco San Francisco Challenger
24 San Francisco Chicago San Francisco Challenger
27 Chicago San Francisco San Francisco Overland Limited
28 San Francisco Chicago San Francisco Overland Limited
35 Salt Lake City Butte Butte Special
36 Butte Salt Lake City Butte Special
37 St. Louis Salt Lake City Pony Express
38 Salt Lake City St. Louis Pony Express
39 Kansas City Salina  
40 Salina Kansas City  
48 San Francisco Chicago Forty Niner/Treasure Island Special
49 Chicago San Francisco Forty Niner/Treasure Island Special
79 Columbus Spaulding  
80 Spaulding Columbus  
81 Columbus Albion  
82 Albion Columbus  
87 Chicago San Francisco Challenger
88 San Francisco Chicago Challenger
93 North Platte South Torrington Platte Valley Express
94 South Torrington North Platte Platte Valley Express
95 Kearney Stapleton  
96 Stapleton Kearney  
99 Kansas City Salina Streamliner City of Salina
100 Salina Kansas City Streamliner City of Salina
101 Chicago San Francisco Streamliner City of San Francisco
102 San Francisco Chicago Streamliner City of San Francisco
103 Chicago Los Angeles Streamliner City of Los Angeles
104 Los Angeles Chicago Streamliner City of Los Angeles
105 Kansas City Topeka Streamliner
106 Topeka Kansas City Streamliner
105 Chicago Portland Streamliner City of Portland
106 Portland Chicago Streamliner City of Portland
107 Chicago Los Angeles Challenger
108 Los Angeles Chicago Challenger
111 Chicago Denver Streamliner City of Denver
112 Denver Chicago Streamliner City of Denver
115 Las Vegas Los Angeles Streamliner City of Las Vegas
116 Los Angeles Las Vegas Streamliner City of Las Vegas
401 Portland Seattle  
402 Seattle Portland  
405 Portland Seattle Streamliner
406 Seattle Portland Streamliner
407 Portland Seattle  
408 Seattle Portland  
457 Portland Seattle "City of Seattle"
458 Seattle Portland "City of Seattle"
459 Portland Seattle  
460 Seattle Portland  
557 Denver Cheyenne "City of Cheyenne"
558 Cheyenne Denver "City of Cheyenne"
561 Portland Seattle  
562 Seattle Portland  

NOTE: The "City of Seattle" and "City of Cheyenne" were not official names for those trains.

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