Union Pacific Wooden Passenger Cars

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad (1901-1916)
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad (1916-1921)

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Baggage, 52' -- 3 cars
Oregon Short Line, 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 1    
SPLA&SL 2    
SPLA&SL 3    

General Notes:

  1. SPLA&SL 1, 2 and 3 were wooden Baggage cars built by Oregon Short Line in 1905.
  2. Source: ORER, July 1902; August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912

 

Baggage, 52' -- 1 car
Barney & Smith, 1890
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 4    

General Notes:

  1. Built by Barney & Smith in 1890; previous owner unknown (likely OSL, sold to SPLA&SL in 1903 as part of the settlement)
  2. Source: ORER, July 1902; August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912

 

Baggage Coach, 46' -- 4 cars
Barney & Smith, 1890
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 6    
SPLA&SL 7    
SPLA&SL 8    
SPLA&SL 9    

General Notes:

  1. 20 seats
  2. Wooden underframe
  3. Source: ORER, August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912

 

Baggage Coach, 56' -- 1 car
Pullman (?), 1891
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
Retired
Notes
SPLA&SL 12   ca. 1916  

General Notes:

  1. This car predates SPLA&SL organization in 1901, and may have come from its predecessor Los Angeles Terminal Railroad.
  2. This car may not have been built by Pullman; no record in Eric Neubauer's self-published "Pullman Production to 1911."
  3. SPLA&SL Coach 12 was used as a temporary depot at Las Vegas until the permanent depot was completed in 1909.
  4. SPLA&SL Coach 12 was retired by 1916.

 

Coach -- 2 cars
Mason, 1891
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 14    
SPLA&SL 19    

General Notes:

  1. 58 seats

 

Coach, 70' -- 10 cars
AC&F, 1902
Wood

First
Number
Date
Built
1916
Number
1921
Number
Date To
4100 Series
SPLA&SL 25 Jun 1902 LA&SL 504 LA&SL 4119 Aug 1921
SPLA&SL 26 Jun 1902 LA&SL 505 LA&SL 4120 Dec 1921
SPLA&SL 27 Jun 1902 LA&SL 506 LA&SL 4121 Dec 1921
SPLA&SL 28 Jun 1902 LA&SL 507 LA&SL 4122 Sep 1921
SPLA&SL 29 Jun 1902 LA&SL 508 LA&SL 4123 Dec 1921
SPLA&SL 30   LA&SL 509    
SPLA&SL 31 Jun 1902 LA&SL 510 LA&SL 4124 Dec 1921
SPLA&SL 32 Jun 1902 LA&SL 511 LA&SL 4125 Feb 1922
SPLA&SL 33 Jun 1902 LA&SL 512 LA&SL 4126 Sep 1921
SPLA&SL 34 Jun 1902 LA&SL 513 LA&SL 4127 Dec 1921

(See LA&SL 4119-4127; full data)

 

Mail -- 8 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921
Number
Date
Renumbered
Date
Retired
Notes
SPLA&SL 80 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4751 Aug 1921   1
SPLA&SL 81 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4752 Jan 1922   2
SPLA&SL 82 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4650 Dec 1921 Sep 1934 3
SPLA&SL 83 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4651 Jan 1922 Feb 1927 4
SPLA&SL 84 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4753 Oct 1921   5
SPLA&SL 85 Jun 1905       6
SPLA&SL 86 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4652 Jan 1922 Dec 1933 7
SPLA&SL 87 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4653 Jan 1922 Dec 1933 8

General Notes:

  1. Steel underframe
  2. UP Equipment Record: r3-1039; r3-1042; r3-1043

Notes:

  1. SPLA&SL Mail 80 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4751 in 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4476 in 1927; retired in June 1936
  2. SPLA&SL Mail 81 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4752 in 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4477 in 1927; retired in June 1933
  3. SPLA&SL Mail 82 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4650 in 1921; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in September1934
  4. SPLA&SL Mail 83 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4651 in 1921; retired in 1927; sold to Benmar Brothers
  5. SPLA&SL Mail 84 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4753 in 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4478 in 1927; retired in June 1929
  6. SPLA&SL Mail 85; dynamo added and renumbered to SPLA&SL 169 in about 1910 (numbered after SPLA&SL Baggage Dynamo 166-168, built by Pullman in 1910); renumbered to (LA&SL 4562); retired before 1921
  7. SPLA&SL Mail 86 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4652 in 1922; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in December 1933
  8. SPLA&SL Mail 87 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4653 in 1922; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in December 1933

 

 

Baggage -- 1 car
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
SPLA&SL 150 Mar 1902 Before 1921
SPLA&SL 151 Mar 1902 Off roster by June 1914

General Notes:

  1. Built as Baggage (MCB Type BA)
  2. Pullman Lot 2767; Pullman Plan 1731
  3. Both cars were off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned
  4. Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172

 

Baggage -- 1 car
AC&F, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
SPLA&SL 152 Mar 1902 Before 1921

General Notes:

  1. Wooden underframe
  2. AC&F Lot 2120
  3. Off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned

 

Baggage, 60' -- 10 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921
Number
Date
Renumbered
Notes
SPLA&SL 153 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4454 Jan 1922  
SPLA&SL 154 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4455 Jan 1922  
SPLA&SL 155 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4456 Dec 1921  
SPLA&SL 156 Jun 1905     1
SPLA&SL 157 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4457 Jan 1922  
SPLA&SL 158 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4556 Dec 1921 2
SPLA&SL 159 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4458 Dec 1921 3
SPLA&SL 160 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4557 Jan 1922 4
SPLA&SL 161 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4459 Jan 1922  
SPLA&SL 162 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4558 Jan 1922 5

General Notes:

  1. Wooden underframe
  2. LA&SL 158, 160, 162 built as Dynamo Baggage; renumbered to LA&SL 4556-4558 in 1921-1922; dynamos removed and cars renumbered to LA&SL 4463-4465 in 1924
  3. UP Equipment Record: r3-1039

Notes:

  1. SPLA&SL 156 was off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned
  2. SPLA&SL 158 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4556 in December 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4463 in May 1924; retired in September 1934
  3. SPLA&SL 159 was changed to LA&SL Boarding 10251
  4. SPLA&SL 160 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4557 in January 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4464 in May 1924; retired in May 1937; to LA&SL Boarding 10250
  5. SPLA&SL 161 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4558 in January 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4465 in May 1924; retired in December 1933

 

Baggage Dynamo -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
169
Notes
SPLA&SL 169 SPLA&SL 85 ca. 1910  

General Notes:

  1. SPLA&SL 169 was built in 1905 as SPLA&SL Mail 85; dynamo added and renumbered to SPLA&SL 169 in about 1910 (numbered after SPLA&SL Baggage Dynamo 166-168, built by Pullman in 1910); renumbered to (LA&SL 4562); retired before 1921

 

Baggage Mail Coach -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
1916
Number
1921
Number
Date To
4100 Series
Date
Built
Date
Delivered
Date
Retired
SPLA&SL 200 LA&SL 200 LA&SL 4853 Dec 1921 Apr 1902 Jun 1902 Dec 1930
SPLA&SL 201 LA&SL 201 LA&SL 4854 Feb 1922 Apr 1902 Jun 1902 Dec 1930
SPLA&SL 202 LA&SL 202 LA&SL 4855 Aug 1921 Apr 1902 Jun 1902 Dec 1930

General Notes:

  1. 39 seats
  2. Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type CV)
  3. Pullman Lot 2768; Pullman Plan 1700-A
  4. Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
  5. UP Equipment Record: r3-1115

 

Baggage Mail Coach -- 2 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
1916
Number
1921
Number
Date To
4100 Series
Date
Built
Date
Delivered
Date
Retired
Notes
SPLA&SL 203       Apr 1902   Bef 1914 1
SPLA&SL 204 LA&SL 204 LA&SL 4854 Feb 1922 Apr 1902 Jun 1902 Dec 1930  

General Notes:

  1. 39 seats
  2. Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type CV)
  3. Pullman Lot 2970; Pullman Plan 1891
  4. Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 185
  5. UP Equipment Record: r3-1115

Notes:

  1. Eric Neubauer note: "SPLA&SL 203 gone by 6-14."; ORER review of quantity in 200-series suggests gone between October 1908 and December 1911

 

Chair -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
Build
Date
Notes
SPLA&SL 300 Apr 1902  
SPLA&SL 301 Apr 1902  
SPLA&SL 302 Apr 1902  

General Notes:

  1. Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type PB); later converted to Chair, 68 seats
  2. Pullman Lot 2770; Pullman Plan 1697-B
  3. Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172

 

Chair -- 4 cars
(builder, year)
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 303    
SPLA&SL 304    
SPLA&SL 305    
SPLA&SL 306    

General Notes:

  1. 40 seats
  2. Wooden underframe

 

Chair, 60' -- 11 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1904
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921
Number
Date To
4312 Series
Date
Retired
SPLA&SL 307 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4312 Aug 1921 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 308 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4313 Dec 1921 Oct 1933
SPLA&SL 309 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4314 Jan 1922 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 310 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4315 Dec 1921 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 311 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4316 Dec 1921 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 312 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4317 Dec 1921 Oct 1928
SPLA&SL 313 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4318 Dec 1921 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 314 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4319 Feb 1922 Dec 1933
SPLA&SL 315 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4320 Nov 1921 Sep 1934
SPLA&SL 316 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4321 Jan 1922 Sep 1934
SPLA&SL 317 Jun 1904 LA&SL 4322 Dec 1921 Sep 1934

General Notes:

  1. 60 seats
  2. Wooden underframe
  3. LA&SL 4312, 4314-4316, 4318-4322 received all-steel underframes
  4. UP Equipment Record: r3-1037

 

Parlor -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
Build
Date
Later
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 400 Apr 1902    
SPLA&SL 401 Apr 1902    
SPLA&SL 402 Apr 1902 LA&SL 4102 To LA&SL 4102 in (?); to LA&SL 010306 in March 1923; retired in November 1939 (UP equipment Record, r3-0159)

General Notes:

  1. 43 seats
  2. Built as Parlor (MCB Type PC)
  3. Pullman Lot 2771; Pullman Plan 1698-B
  4. Source: Eric Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172

 

Coach -- 4 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
1916
Number
1921
Number
Date To
4100 Series
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes
SPLA&SL 500 LA&SL 500 LA&SL 4115 Apr 1922 Apr 1902 Sep 1930  
SPLA&SL 501 LA&SL 501 LA&SL 4116 Oct 1921 Apr 1902 Jan 1928  
SPLA&SL 502 LA&SL 502 LA&SL 4117 Dec 1921 Apr 1902 Sep 1930  
SPLA&SL 503 LA&SL 503 LA&SL 4118 Apr 1922 Apr 1902 Jan 1928  

General Notes:

  1. Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type PB); later converted to Coach, 84 seats
  2. Pullman Lot 2769; Pullman Plan 1699-A
  3. Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172

 

Coach -- 10 cars
AC&F, 1902
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 504    
SPLA&SL 505    
SPLA&SL 506    
SPLA&SL 507    
SPLA&SL 508    
SPLA&SL 509    
SPLA&SL 510    
SPLA&SL 511    
SPLA&SL 512    
SPLA&SL 513    

General Notes:

  1. 84 seats
  2. Wooden underframe

 

Coach, 60' -- 10 cars
St. Louis Car, 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921
Number
Date To
4218 Series
Date
Retired
Notes
SPLA&SL 514 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4128 Jan 1922 Dec 1926 to LA&SL Officer car 145; retired October 1939
SPLA&SL 515 Jun 1905        
SPLA&SL 516 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4129 Dec 1921 Dec 1933  
SPLA&SL 517 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4130 Dec 1921 Jan 1928  
SPLA&SL 518 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4131 Feb 1922 Oct 1928  
SPLA&SL 519 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4132 Jan 1922 Dec 1933  
SPLA&SL 520 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4133 Nov 1921 Jan 1928  
SPLA&SL 521 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4134 Dec 1921 Oct 1928  
SPLA&SL 522 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4135 Dec 1921 Oct 1928  
SPLA&SL 523 Jun 1905 LA&SL 4136 Dec 1921 Oct 1928  

General Notes:

  1. 70 seats
  2. Wooden underframe
  3. LA&SL 4128, 4129, and 4132 received all-steel underframes
  4. UP Equipment Record: r3-1036; r3-959

 

Coach -- 3 cars
(Builder, year)
Wood

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Notes
SPLA&SL 524    
SPLA&SL 525    
SPLA&SL 526    

General Notes:

  1. 68 seats
  2. Wooden underframe

 

Observation Smoking, 72' -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921
Number
SPLA&SL 600 Dec 1905 LA&SL 4400
SPLA&SL 601 Dec 1905 LA&SL 4401
SPLA&SL 602 Dec 1905 LA&SL 4402

General Notes:

  1. 42 seats
  2. Wooden underframe
  3. Pullman Lot 3263; Pullman Plan 2115
  4. Lettered for "Los Angeles Limited" service; delivered at same time as two identical cars for C&NW and three identical cars for SPLA&SL
  5. SPLA&SL 600-602 were renumbered to LA&SL 4400-4402 in 1921
  6. Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 5, Lounge, Dome, and Parlor Cars, page 24

 

Dining -- 8 cars
Pullman, 1905
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1922
LA&SL Number
SPLA&SL 700 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4000
SPLA&SL 701 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4001
SPLA&SL 702 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4002
SPLA&SL 703 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4003
SPLA&SL 704 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4004
SPLA&SL 705 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4005
SPLA&SL 706 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4006
SPLA&SL 707 Mar 1905 LA&SL 4007

General Notes:

  1. Wooden underframe
  2. Pullman Lot 3153; Pullman Plan 1669-H
  3. Photo of SPLA&SL 705 in Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 4, Dining Service Cars, page 79

 

Dining -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1906
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1922
LA&SL Number
SPLA&SL 708 Nov 1906 LA&SL 4008
SPLA&SL 709 Nov 1906 LA&SL 4009
SPLA&SL 710 Nov 1906 LA&SL 4010

General Notes:

  1. Wooden underframe
  2. Pullman Lot 3373; Pullman Plan 1669-J

 

Dining, 72' -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1910
Wood

Car
Number
Date
Built
1921 LA&SL
Number
Date To
1921 Number
SPLA&SL 711 Jun 1910 LA&SL 4011 Dec 1922
SPLA&SL 712 Jun 1910 LA&SL 4012 Aug 1921
SPLA&SL 713 Jun 1910 LA&SL 4013 Dec 1921

General Notes:

  1. Pullman Lot 3733; Pullman Plan 2382 (shared with UP 331-337 and OR&N 509, 510, along with 12 cars for the SP system)
  2. Wooden underframe; rebuilt to sSteel underframe ca. 1920.
  3. C.S. Specification 211
  4. C.S. Class 72-D
  5. Pitsch gas lighting, and trainline electrical service; axle lighting installed in June 1910
  6. Source: SP Passenger Cars, Volume 4, page 100 (includes photo of UP 337 on page 101)

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