Union Pacific Cabooses

Caboose Painting, Lettering & Numbering

This page was last updated on March 5, 2013

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Caboose Paint

Red Paint Scheme -- Information about UP's red caboose paint scheme.

Yellow Paint Scheme -- Information about UP's yellow caboose paint scheme.

Yellow Paint Scheme Information -- Dick Harley compiled this information in answer to questions from two different restoration projects that are currently [August 2011] under way.

Aluminum Paint Scheme -- Information about the few UP steel cabooses that received the road's aluminum-colored paint scheme.

Caboose Lettering

Caboose Lettering -- Information about UP's caboose lettering designs.

Safety Slogans -- Information about the safety slogan used on UP's wooden and steel cabooses.

Steel Caboose Safety Slogans -- A list of caboose safety slogans compiled by Craig Walker in 2020

Caboose Numbering

Caboose Numbering -- Information about how UP numbered its wooden and steel cabooses.

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