Union Pacific Cabooses

This page was last updated on March 5, 2023.

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Cabooses shown without a retirement date were in service during May 1995.

Class CA-10

(50 cars built by International Car in Kenton, Ohio)

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 25700 Jul 1975 14 Apr 1987  
UP 25701 Jul 1975 17 Jan 1991  
UP 25702 Jul 1975 14 Apr 1987  
UP 25703 Jul 1975 12 Jan 1990  
UP 25704 Jul 1975   In service as late as January 2002; moved to Bunkie, Louisiana, before July 2005.
UP 25705 Jul 1975 9 Sep 1986  
UP 25706 Jul 1975 25 May 1989  
UP 25707 Jul 1975   Stored at Clearfield, Utah.
UP 25708 Jul 1975 21 Jul 1987 Wrecked at Weatherby, Oregon Scrapped by UP.
UP 25709 Jul 1975 Bef Jul 2004 Stored on a spur at Transylvania, Louisiana; used by Delta Southern Railroad as a shoving platform. (information from Ken Ardinger, July 2004) (Delta Southern information from Greg Slaton via email dated April 30, 2011, courtesy of Roger Kirkpatrick)
UP 25710 Aug 1975 15 Jul 1987  
UP 25711 Aug 1975 18 Nov 1987  
UP 25712 Aug 1975 25 May 1989 Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped.
UP 25713 Aug 1975 Jul 1984 Wrecked.
UP 25714 Aug 1975 25 Feb 1993 Displayed on private property on Pocatello Creek Road in Pocatello, Idado, as part of private live steam layout.
UP 25715 Aug 1975 7 May 1990  
UP 25716 Aug 1975 18 Nov 1987  
UP 25717 Aug 1975 13 Dec 1993 Sold to New Orleans & Lower Coast in Louisana for use on the "Big Easy Train" in, early 2001.
UP 25718 Aug 1975 26 Jan 1990 Displayed at Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, Pennsylvania
UP 25719 Aug 1975 Dec 1997 Reconditioned and repainted by Mid America Car, Kansas, City, delivered to Norristown, Pennsylvania, December 1997, for use in Children's, Zoo.
UP 25720 Aug 1975 22 Sep 1988 Donated to Teton County Centennial Commission, Driggs, Idaho; shipped to Rexburg, Idaho; displayed in St. Anthony city park; moved to private property as falling into disrepair; as of December 2002, located on private property one mile north of Teton City, Idaho; used as a storage building, stored on ground, without trucks. (Information from Leo Harker, via Roger Kirkpatrick)
UP 25721 Aug 1975 14 Nov 1991  
UP 25722 Aug 1975 27 Aug 1987  
UP 25723 Aug 1975 Sep 1978 Wrecked on 20 October 1977 at Bushnell, Nebraska
UP 25724 Aug 1975 25 May 1989 UP records show that UP 25724 was donated to City of Pacific, Missouri, but the donation may not have taken place; sold to a private individual between 1996 and 2003; after about 2003 or earlier, the caboose has been displayed on private property at Owney Construction on Norland Court in Independence, Missouri.
UP 25725 Aug 1975 1 May 1992  
UP 25726 Aug 1975 8 Dec 1988  
UP 25727 Aug 1975 25 May 1989  
UP 25728 Aug 1975 23 Apr 1990 Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April, 23, 1990, scrapped.
UP 25729 Aug 1975 25 May 1989 Donated to City of Milford, Utah, September 1989.
UP 25730 Aug 1975 Mar 1998 Damaged in switching and stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa in January 1998; sold for scrap to Tie Yard of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, March 16, 1998; as of June 2020, the caboose still sits in Council Bluffs near Bartlett Grain, on a land-locked piece of track with 18 rail cars, two other cabooses and a passenger car; UP 25730 was scrapped on site in Council Bluffs on July 16, 2020. (2020 update from The Mixed Train, Issue 2020-8, August 2020) (Previously reported as to be donated to Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California; in fact it is UP wooden caboose 25730 that is at Lomita.)
UP 25731 Sep 1975 27 Jun 1990 Donated to Kearney Area Children's Museum, Kearney, Nebraska, October 28, 1990.
UP 25732 Sep 1975 17 Oct 1988 Donated to Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Junction, California
UP 25733 Sep 1975 18 Oct 1889 Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped.
UP 25734 Sep 1975   Out of service at Council Bluffs, Iowa, as of May 1999; donated to the City of Missouri Valley, Iowa, in 2001; still there as of December 2011; moved in October 2014 to a newly created "Caboose Park," which was completed and dedicated on August 6, 2016.
UP 25735 Sep 1975 16 Apr 1993 Sold to John and Susan Maggy, preserved on private property at Wilton, California
UP 25736 Sep 1975 25 May 1989  
UP 25737 Sep 1975 5 Dec 1989 Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped.
UP 25738 Sep 1975 17 Jan 1991 Sold to Great Smoky Mountains Railway, Dillsboro, North Carolina
UP 25739 Sep 1975 5 Dec 1989 Donated to Grand Saline Historical Society, Grand Saline, Texas.
UP 25740 Sep 1975 15 Jun 1993 Converted to MoW service in 1993 and renumbered to UP 903011; stored at Laramie, Wyoming; moved to Cheyenne by 2018; donated to Railroad Heritage of Midwest America, Silvis, Illinois, April 2022
UP 25741 Sep 1975 5 Dec 1989 Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped.
UP 25742 Sep 1975 8 Dec 1988  
UP 25743 Sep 1975 28 Jul 1992 Displayed at White Haven, Pennsylvania (information from Peter Elmendorf)
(photo 1)  (photo 2)
UP 25744 Sep 1975 6 Feb 1991 Displayed at Cooper County Fairgrounds, Boonville, Missouri
UP 25745 Sep 1975 1 May 1992 Sold to Sunnen Crane Co., Sequim, Washington; moved about 10 miles to Discovery Bay, Washington, and used as part of sandwich shop (along with two former CN cabooses), still there in November 2004. (2004 update from Sheldon Perry.)
UP 25746 Sep 1975 Feb 1981 Wrecked on November 17, 1980 at Kelso, California
UP 25747 Sep 1975 3 Nov 1988 Donated to American Historical Society of Germans From, Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska
UP 25748 Oct 1975   Donated in October 1999 to Troutdale Historical Society, Troutdale, Oregon; displayed at Troutdale Historical Society's Rail Depot Museum near the Troutdale city hall; undergoing restoration, as of late April 2016. (2016 update from David Rimpa, email dated April 27, 2016)
UP 25749 Oct 1975   Stored at Cheyenne, Wyoming, until about 2000, then donated to the City of Campbell, Texas; still there as of September 2012.

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