Union Pacific Wooden Passenger Cars

This page was last updated on October 30, 2014.

Roster is arranged based on car numbers after 1885 and before 1915.

Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway (1889-1897)

Coach, 43' -- 2 cars
Union Pacific, 1872
Wood

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Chair, 57' -- 8 cars
Pullman, 1890
Wood

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Pullman Lot C1682; Pullman Plan (??) (Second Class Chair)
Possibly renumbered prior to August 1892 (to OSL 200 series, or UP 500 series)
ORER, July 1902, does not show any Parlor cars among the 117 OSL cars
The OSL 1900 inventory does not show any Parlor cars, or any cars in the 280 series
"Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production" by Eric A. Neubauer

Coach, 51' -- 6 cars
Union Pacific, 1883
Wood

General Notes:

Built by Union Pacific in 1883 for the benefit of the Oregon Short Line Railway; renumbered to OSL&UN 290 series in 1889; renumbered to OSL 290 series (in 1898?)
33 seats

Chair -- 4 cars
Pullman, 1890
Wood

General Notes:

These cars were possibly renumbered to OSL 200 series, then OSL 1300 series. (see R3-996)
The OSL 1900 inventory does not show any Parlor cars, and shows OSL 298 and 299 as Dining cars (built in 1899)
Pullman Lot C1681; Pullman Plan 778 (First Class Chair)
"Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production" by Eric A. Neubauer

Chair -- 10 cars
Pullman, 1890
Wood

General Notes:

These cars were possibly renumbered to OSL 200 series, then OSL 1300 series in 1915. (see R3-996)
Pullman Lot C1686; Pullman Plan 778 (First Class Chair)
"Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production" by Eric A. Neubauer
ORER, Dec 1893; Feb 1898

Baggage & Mail, 56' -- 1 car
Ohio Falls Car Co., 1887
Wood

Car Number	Date Built	1910 Number	1915 Number	Date Retired	Notes
OSL&UN 306	Dec 1887	OSL 508	OSL 2303	Oct 1928

General Notes:

Built as OSL 306 in 1887 by Ohio Falls Car Co.; to OSL&UN 306 in 1889; renumbered to OSL 508 in April 1910; renumbered to OSL 2303 in July 1915; retired in October 1928; to OSL Boarding 01819 in April 1929; renumbered to OSL Boarding 02742; retired in February 1943
ORER, Jul 1911
ORER, Aug 1915
UP Equipment Record: r3-1021, r3-209, r3-240

Baggage & Mail -- 4 cars
builder, year (after 1906)
Wood

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Baggage, 60' -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1890
Wood

Car Number	Date Built	1898 Number	1915 Number	Date To 1806 Series	Date Retired	Notes
OSL&UN 1069	Nov 1890	OSL 413	OSL 1806	Oct 1914	Dec 1930	to OSL Boarding 027xx
OSL&UN 1070	Nov 1890	OSL 414	OSL 1807	Oct 1915	Jan 1926
OSL&UN 1071	Nov 1890	OSL 412	OSL 1808	Oct 1914	Dec 1930	to OSL Boarding 02779; retired May 1946

General Notes:

Pullman Lot C1761; Pullman Plan 877 (shared with UP 1126-1128; lot total 6 cars)
UP Equipment Record: r3-1009; r3-241
"List of Officers, Station Agents, Etc., No. 2" dated January 1, 1900 (only OSL 500-505)
"Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production" by Eric A. Neubauer
ORER, Aug 1892; May 1893

Mail -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1890
Wood

General Notes:

These cars may have been ordered with the original OSLRy 1100 series numbers, and delivered as the newly assigned OSL&UN 300 series Postal cars.
Pullman Lot C1717; Pullman Plan 815 (shared with OR&N 1145-1147, and UP 1183; lot total 7 cars)
"Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production" by Eric A. Neubauer

Mail, 51' -- 3 cars
Union Pacific, 1883
Wood

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