Union Pacific Cabooses
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Cabooses shown without a retirement date were in service during May 1995, the last date information was available.
Class CA-11
| Car Number |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP 25800 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25801 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25802 | May 1979 | Still in service out of Hinkle, Oregon, as of late 2004. (information from Sheldon Perry) | |
| UP 25803 | May 1979 |
Rebuilt by Fitzgerald Railcar Services, Millard, Nebraska; shipped to University of Nebraska, Mechanical Engineering Department, completed in August 2004. Painted red with a small UP logo and lettered for "University of Nebraska-Lincoln" "Truck Safety Research Vehicle"; seen in April 2012, stored on spur on the property of Ready Mixed Concrete Co. plant at 1800 Y St in Lincoln, Nebraska, near University of Nebraska-Lincoln Facilities Management shops; lettered UNLX 001 (visible on Google Maps street view; stored with Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice GE 44T 101) (View photos of UNLX 001 on RRPictureArchives.net) |
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| UP 25804 | May 1979 | 26 Dec 1990 | |
| UP 25805 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25806 | May 1979 | Out of service at Longview, Washington (with UP 25888) since at least November 2004; moved during January 2017 to Oregon Coast Historical Railway in Coos Bay, Oregon. | |
| UP 25807 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25808 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25809 | May 1979 | Still in service as of February 2009 at Green River, Wyoming; as of March 2016, in service at Denver, Colorado; body modified by enclosing "porches" for special "snow bus" service moving crews to remote locations during bad weather. | |
| UP 25810 | May 1979 | Removed from service at Houston, Texas on September 14, 1992; located at Freight Masters in Fort Worth, Texas. | |
| UP 25811 | May 1979 | 26 Feb 1990 | |
| UP 25812 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25813 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25814 | May 1979 | May have been sold; stored on UP tracks at Fischer (Nampa), Idaho. | |
| UP 25815 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25816 | May 1979 | 23 Aug 1993 | Displayed at Depot Museum, Gering, Nebraska; sold to a private individual and moved to Torrington, Wyoming |
| UP 25817 | May 1979 | For sale by UP in Alexandra, Louisiana, December 2002; to Addis Historical Museum in Addis, Louisiana | |
| UP 25818 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25819 | May 1979 | 17 Jan 1991 | |
| UP 25820 | May 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25821 | May 1979 | ||
| UP 25822 | May 1979 | 2019 | During October 2016, UP 25822 was seen equipped with large propane fuel tanks and assigned for "snow bus" service at Ogden, Utah, to move crews between stopped trains and crew change points; stored at Morgan, used as maintenance of way office. Retired by UP in 2019 and seen sitting in Morgan yard in March 2019; donated to Morgan City on November 18, 2019; Morgan City accepted the donation on April 28, 2020; moved on September 1, 2020 to off-track display on city property southeast of Morgan depot; repainted in non-standard UP yellow and gray paint scheme. |
| UP 25823 | May 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25824 | May 1979 | 13 Oct 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25825 | May 1979 | 12 Jan 1990 | |
| UP 25826 | May 1979 | 5 Dec 1989 | |
| UP 25827 | May 1979 | 25 Oct 1994 | Sold to Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad 81660, North Dardanelle, Arkansas |
| UP 25828 | Jun 1979 | 26 Dec 1990 | |
| UP 25829 | Jun 1979 | 25 Oct 1994 | Sold to Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad 80166, North Dardanelle, Arkansas |
| UP 25830 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25831 | Jun 1979 | In service at Oxnard, California during July 2003 | |
| UP 25832 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25833 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25834 | Jun 1979 | 19 Nov 1990 | |
| UP 25835 | Jun 1979 | Stored at Clearfield, Utah, during 2001; retired and listed as being for sale. | |
| UP 25836 | Jun 1979 | After Jan 2002 | Sold at some time before 2006 to private owners in Topeka, Kansas; displayed near intersection of NW Docking Road and NW Frontage Road on the north side of Interstate 70, just west of the Valencia exit, about 12 miles west of Topeka, Kansas; listed for sale on both eBay and Craigslist during 2008; donated in August 2013 to Community Pride Railroad Park in Melvern, Kansas, about 50 miles south and west of Valencia location; moved to Melvern on October 2, 2013. Property for the park in Melvern was purchased in October 2006, with plans to construct an elevated platform to allow photography of passing BNSF trains. |
| UP 25837 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25838 | Jun 1979 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25839 | Jun 1979 | 8 Aug 1994 | Sold to Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad (INPR) 047, Pasco, Washington |
| UP 25840 | Jun 1979 | Sep 2001 | Displayed at Convoy Co., Kent, Washington |
| UP 25841 | Jun 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25842 | Jun 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | CA-12 prototype |
| UP 25843 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25844 | Jun 1979 | 17 Jan 1991 | As of April 2008, moved to Newberry, South Carolina; sold to a private individual in Lexington, South Carolina. (update via email from Todd Goff, April 17, 2008) |
| UP 25845 | Jun 1979 | 8 Aug 1994 | Sold to Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad (INPR) 046, Emmett, Idaho. |
| UP 25846 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25847 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25848 | Jun 1979 | 17 Jan 1991 | |
| UP 25849 | Jun 1979 | 15 Aug 1991 | |
| UP 25850 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25851 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25852 | Jun 1979 | Feb 2019 | Assigned for many years to UP's switching yards at City of Industry and Los Nietos (Santa Fe Springs), California, used as a shoving platform; moved in July 2017 for disposition to Stockton, California; moved in February 2019 to former SP yard at Stockton to be scrapped; still there in early June 2019; sold for scrap (along with several other cars) to Jim Dobbas, Inc.; moved by Dobbas to their facility at Antelope, California (at the west end of the Roseville yard); seen at Dobbas site in Antelope in late June 2019; sold to Virginia & Truckee, moved to Virginia City in early June 2020, changed to open-air car and numbered as V&T 52 by October 2020. |
| UP 25853 | Jun 1979 | 28 Jun 1989 | |
| UP 25854 | Jun 1979 | (still in service as of mid August 2019, assigned to local service at Stockton, California; painted non-standard yelllow) | |
| UP 25855 | Jun 1979 | ||
| UP 25856 | Jun 1979 | 18 May 1994 | Sold to Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad 048, Island City, Oregon; delivered on 18 November 1993. |
| UP 25857 | Jun 1979 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25858 | Jun 1979 | 5 Dec 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25859 | Jun 1979 | 7 May 1990 | |
| UP 25860 | Jul 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | Removed from service on September 20, 1988 at Dupo, Illinois |
| UP 25861 | Jul 1979 | 17 Jan 1991 | |
| UP 25862 | Jul 1979 | 25 Nov 1992 | |
| UP 25863 | Jul 1979 | 15 Jun 1989 | Donated to The Heaths, Gilroy, California; moved to San Martin, California |
| UP 25864 | Jul 1979 | 4 May 1990 | |
| UP 25865 | Jul 1979 | 13 Mar 1992 | Displayed at Yukon's Best Railroad Museum, Yukon, Oklahoma |
| UP 25866 | Jul 1979 | 4 Aug 1987 | |
| UP 25867 | Jul 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25868 | Jul 1979 | 23 Mar 1989 | Donated to Red River Historical Society, Shreveport, Louisiana; reported in December 2002 as being for sale in Minden, Louisiana |
| UP 25869 | Jul 1979 | 13 Feb 1989 | Displayed near airport at Monroe, Louisiana; reported in December 2002 as no longer being located in Monroe. |
| UP 25870 | Jul 1979 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25871 | Jul 1979 | 5 Jun 1992 | Located on private property in Kansas City, Kansas |
| UP 25872 | Jul 1979 | Rebuilt to enclose the end platforms and weather-seal all the windows and doors; assigned to crew shuttle service for movement of track maintenance crews when highway transportation is either unavailable or difficult due to weather conditions. (Read more about UP's special "snow bus" cars) | |
| UP 25873 | Jul 1979 | 1 Nov 1988 | |
| UP 25874 | Jul 1979 | 21 Apr 1995 | |
| UP 25875 | Jul 1979 | Reported as retired in January 2002, but seen in service in February 2008 on UP's Umatilla Local near Hinkle yard near Hermiston, Oregon; stored on Pacific Harbor Line in Wilmington, California, since about January 2020; sold to Rainier Rail (WRL) in Tennio, Washington, as WRL 25875, moved from California to Washington in February 2023. | |
| UP 25876 | Jul 1979 | 22 May 1990 | Wrecked on May 2, 1990 at Lane, Nebraska; scrapped at wreck site. |
| UP 25877 | Jul 1979 | ||
| UP 25878 | Jul 1979 | 3 Feb 1989 | |
| UP 25879 | Jul 1979 | 8 Feb 1989 | Wrecked during early 1982; sold to Aaron Ferer and Sons, Omaha, Nebraska, scrapped. |
| UP 25880 | Jul 1979 | 3 Jan 1989 | Donated to Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah; leased to, and painted for Utah Central, Railway 25880. |
| UP 25881 | Jul 1979 | ||
| UP 25882 | Jul 1979 | 5 Apr 1989 | |
| UP 25883 | Jul 1979 | ||
| UP 25884 | Jul 1979 | ||
| UP 25885 | Jul 1979 | 18 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25886 | Jul 1979 | Donated to Pacific Railroad Society, stored at Commerce, California. | |
| UP 25887 | Jul 1979 | ||
| UP 25888 | Jul 1979 | Out of service at Longview, Washington (with UP 25806) since at least November 2004; sold in January 2017 to Oregon Coast Historical Railway, Coos Bay, Oregon; immediately re-sold to private party at Elmira, Oregon. | |
| UP 25889 | Jul 1979 | 25 Apr 2019 | Assigned to crew shuttle service at Salt Lake City and Ogden for when highway transportation is either unavailable or difficult due to weather conditions. UP 25889 was retired and sold for scrap on April 25, 2019. (Read more about UP's special "snow bus" cars) |
| UP 25890 | Jul 1979 | 1 Dec 1987 | |
| UP 25891 | Jul 1979 | 16 Jan 1987 | |
| UP 25892 | Jul 1979 | Out of service at Council Bluffs, Iowa as of May 8, 1999; repaired and returned to service by July 2003 | |
| UP 25893 | Jul 1979 | In service in Washington during July 2003. | |
| UP 25894 | Jul 1979 | 12 Sep 1990 | Displayed in Clear Creek Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| UP 25895 | Aug 1979 | ||
| UP 25896 | Aug 1979 | Sold to Eastern Idaho Railroad 100, Rupert, Idaho. | |
| UP 25897 | Aug 1979 | 14 Jun 1991 | |
| UP 25898 | Aug 1979 | 11 Jul 1985 | Wrecked (fire damage), circa January 1984. |
| UP 25899 | Aug 1979 |
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