Union Pacific Cabooses
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Class CA-4
| Car Number |
Date Built |
Previous Number |
Date Renumbered |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP 25100 | Sep 1944 | UP 3800 | Jun 1959 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903227, April 1975. |
| UP 25101 | Sep 1944 | UP 3801 | Apr 1959 | Mar 1979 | Donated to Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, Mountain Home, Idaho, September 1979. |
| UP 25102 | Sep 1944 | UP 3802 | May 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | (The caboose that is at the Cassia County Museum in Burley is actually the former 25182. When the histoical society repainted the caboose, the 8 was transposed as a 0.) |
| UP 25103 | Sep 1944 | UP 3803 | Jun 1959 | Aug 1982 | Scrapped |
| UP 25104 | Sep 1944 | UP 3804 | Mar 1959 | Nov 1980 | Wrecked on June 19, 1980 at Sinclair, Wyoming |
| UP 25105 | Oct 1944 | UP 3805 | Jun 1959 | Apr 1979 | Wrecked on February 15, 1979 at Kemmerer, Wyoming |
| UP 25106 | Oct 1944 | UP 3806 | Mar 1959 | Apr 1980 | |
| UP 25107 | Oct 1944 | UP 3807 | Jun 1959 | Dec 1978 | Renumbered to UP 903018, December 1978. |
| UP 25108 | Oct 1944 | UP 3808 | Feb 1959 | Mar 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903224, March 1975. |
| UP 25109 | Oct 1944 | UP 3809 | Oct 1959 | Oct 1976 | Wrecked on July 24, 1976 at Rock Springs, Wyoming |
| UP 25110 | Oct 1944 | UP 3810 | Jun 1959 | Apr 1980 | |
| UP 25111 | Oct 1944 | UP 3811 | Mar 1959 | Apr 1980 | Donated to USMC Ladies Auxiliary, Marine Corps Logistics, Base, Barstow, California, used at base golf course as concession stand. |
| UP 25112 | Oct 1944 | UP 3812 | Apr 1959 | 20 Aug 1986 | Donated to City of West Helena, Arkansas, December 1986. |
| UP 25113 | Oct 1944 | UP 3813 | May 1959 | Apr 1976 | Donated to Town of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, July 1988; displayed at Railroad Park, at former site of depot. |
| UP 25114 | Oct 1944 | UP 3814 | May 1959 | Sep 1978 | Wrecked on May 23, 1977 at North Platte, Nebraska |
| UP 25115 | Nov 1944 | UP 3815 | Apr 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25116 | Nov 1944 | UP 3816 | Nov 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated (along with 25341) to Salvation Army Camp Kuratli, Boring Oregon, July 1986; still there as of March 2003; moved to Mount Rainier Scenic Railway (MRSR) at Mineral, Washington. (Still there as of May 9, 2011) |
| UP 25117 | Nov 1944 | UP 3817 | Mar 1959 | 20 Aug 1986 | Donated to Sherwood, Arkansas |
| UP 25118 | Nov 1944 | UP 3818 | Mar 1959 | Jul 1981 | |
| UP 25119 | Nov 1944 | UP 3819 | Apr 1959 | Jan 1982 | Sold, November 1983. |
| UP 25120 | Sep 1944 | UP 3820 | Jun 1960 | Nov 1969 | Sold to Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad number 530. |
| UP 25121 | Sep 1944 | UP 3821 | Apr 1959 | 21 Jan 1992 | Displayed at Ukiah Junction, Oregon; displayed 10 miles west, of LaGrande, Oregon |
| UP 25122 | Sep 1944 | UP 3822 | May 1959 | Mar 1981 | Donated to Minidoka County Historical Society, October, 1983; displayed at Minidoka County Museum, Rupert, Idaho |
| UP 25123 | Sep 1944 | UP 3823 | Jun 1959 | Jul 1977 | Burned on April 9, 1977 at Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| UP 25124 | Sep 1944 | UP 3824 | May 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25125 | Sep 1944 | UP 3825 | Mar 1959 | 24 May 1989 | |
| UP 25126 | Sep 1944 | UP 3826 | Feb 1959 | Mar 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903221, March 1975; retired in April 1984; donated to Centennial Valley Historical Association, Centennial, Wyoming., May, 1985, delivered in July 1985; displayed as UP 903221. |
| UP 25127 | Sep 1944 | UP 3827 | Mar 1959 | 24 May 1989 | |
| UP 25128 | Oct 1944 | UP 3828 | May 1959 | Aug 1983 | Donated to City of Kemmerer, Wyoming, February 1984, displayed in Archie Neil Park; moved in September 2019 to Grey's River Cove RV Park, Alpine Junction, Wyoming, still there in September 2020. |
| UP 25129 | Oct 1944 | UP 3829 | Apr 1959 | Apr 1980 | Wrecked on March 19, 1979 at Kansas City, Missouri; donated to, Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, California |
| UP 25130 | Oct 1944 | UP 3830 | May 1959 | Jul 1981 | |
| UP 25131 | Oct 1944 | UP 3831 | May 1959 | 24 May 1989 | |
| UP 25132 | Oct 1944 | UP 3832 | May 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated to Port of Umatilla, Oregon, February 1986; displayed at railroad museum (along with snowplows) at Hermiston, Oregon |
| UP 25133 | Oct 1944 | UP 3833 | Apr 1959 | Jul 1982 | Sold to private individual, October 1983. |
| UP 25134 | Oct 1944 | UP 3834 | Mar 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold to Pittsburgh & Lake Erie in November 1969 (one of a total of 11 cabooses sold to P&LE); sold to Montour RR as their number 31; sold back to P&LE as their number 532; as of January 2016, owned by T. A. Robinson Paving, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. |
| UP 25135 | Oct 1944 | UP 3835 | Aug 1959 | Apr 1977 | Wrecked on April 12, 1975 at Kansas City, Kansas |
| UP 25136 | Oct 1944 | UP 3836 | May 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25137 | Oct 1944 | UP 3837 | Mar 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Donated to City of Victoria, Kansas, September 1989. |
| UP 25138 | Oct 1944 | UP 3838 | Apr 1959 | 3 Aug 1989 | |
| UP 25139 | Oct 1944 | UP 3839 | May 1959 | 5 Feb 1987 | Donated to City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, displayed at Fort, Smith Trolley Museum. (photo as of June 2012) |
| UP 25140 | Oct 1944 | UP 3840 | Feb 1959 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25141 | Oct 1944 | UP 3841 | May 1959 | Mar 1981 | |
| UP 25142 | Oct 1944 | UP 3842 | Jun 1959 | Aug 1982 | Sold to Great Western Railway, November 1983 |
| UP 25143 | Oct 1944 | UP 3843 | Apr 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25144 | Oct 1944 | UP 3844 | Apr 1959 | Nov 1981 | Preserved on private property near Route 26, east of Idaho, Falls, Idaho, near Ririe, Idaho. |
| UP 25145 | Oct 1944 | UP 3845 | Jan 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25146 | Oct 1944 | UP 3846 | Jun 1959 | Sep 1963 | Wrecked on July 16, 1963 at Juntura, Oregon (on Oregon, Eastern Branch) |
| UP 25147 | Oct 1944 | UP 3847 | Apr 1959 | Nov 1981 | Donated to Clark County, Nevada, displayed at Clark County, Museum, Henderson, Nevada |
| UP 25148 | Oct 1944 | UP 3848 | Apr 1959 | Nov 1970 | Wrecked on July 8, 1970 at North Platte, Nebraska |
| (UP 25149) | Oct 1944 | UP 3849 | (Jul 1947) | UP 3849 was wrecked on July 9, 1947 at Black Buttes, Wyoming; not renumbered to 25000 series. | |
| UP 25150 | Oct 1944 | UP 3850 | Aug 1960 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903225, April 1975. |
| UP 25151 | Oct 1944 | UP 3851 | Apr 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Donated to Van Horn Convention Center, Van Horn, Texas, September 1989. |
| UP 25152 | Oct 1944 | UP 3852 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated to Port of Umatilla, Oregon, March 1986. |
| UP 25153 | Oct 1944 | UP 3853 | Apr 1959 | Aug 1979 | |
| UP 25154 | Oct 1944 | UP 3854 | Apr 1959 | Jan 1980 | |
| UP 25155 | Oct 1944 | UP 3855 | May 1959 | Oct 1983 | Donated to Pacific Locomotive Association, Richmond, California, August 1984; displayed at Train Town Mall, Sonoma, California |
| UP 25156 | Oct 1944 | UP 3856 | Dec 1959 | Apr 1980 | |
| UP 25157 | Nov 1944 | UP 3857 | Feb 1959 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903228, April 1975. |
| UP 25158 | Nov 1944 | UP 3858 | Aug 1959 | Dec 1970 | Wrecked on November 11, 1970 at Elgin, Oregon; sold to a, private individual, sitting on private property in Elgin, without trucks. |
| UP 25159 | Nov 1944 | UP 3859 | May 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25160 | Nov 1944 | UP 3860 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | |
| UP 25161 | Nov 1944 | UP 3861 | Jun 1959 | Sep 1971 | Wrecked on August 9, 1971 at North Platte, Nebraska; retired and donated to group in North Platte, Nebraska, which had been organized on July 19, 1970; repaired and displayed in Cody Railroad Park, North Platte, Nebraska |
| UP 25162 | Nov 1944 | UP 3862 | Jun 1959 | 27 Aug 1986 | |
| UP 25163 | Nov 1944 | UP 3863 | May 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold to Montour Railroad number 39; to Anthracite Railway number 88; to Octoraro Railway number 88; displayed as Avondale Railroad Center number 88 (with PRR 0-6-0 number 60) at Hockessin, Delaware, east of intersection of Lancaster Pike and Yorklyn Road. (Hockessin is five miles southeast of Avondale, Pennsylvania) |
| UP 25164 | Nov 1944 | UP 3864 | Mar 1959 | Oct 1979 | |
| UP 25165 | Nov 1944 | UP 3865 | May 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25166 | Nov 1944 | UP 3866 | May 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Donated to City of Chetopa, Kansas, September 1989. |
| UP 25167 | Nov 1944 | UP 3867 | May 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25168 | Nov 1944 | UP 3868 | Feb 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25169 | Nov 1944 | UP 3869 | Jun 1959 | Aug 1979 | |
| UP 25170 | Sep 1944 | UP 3870 | Jun 1960 | Jun 1977 | Sold to Great Western Railway, Longmont, Colorado; during the summer of 1996, GW was owned by an employee of Wyoming Colorado Railroad, and was stored on a spur at Fox Park, Wyoming; by September 1999, GW 3870 had been moved to an isolated piece of track and was in use as the trailhead structure for the U. S. Forest Service's Lake Owen Trail, about 42 miles southeast of Laramie. |
| UP 25171 | Sep 1944 | UP 3871 | Mar 1959 | Dec 1976 | As of November 1997, stored at Battle Ground, Washington; as of December 26, 2016, moved to private property south of Sutter, California (date of move unknown). |
| UP 25172 | Sep 1944 | UP 3872 | Sep 1959 | Nov 1969 | Seen en route at Kelso, California on January 5, 2006 |
| UP 25173 | Sep 1944 | UP 3873 | Apr 1959 | Jun 1970 | Renumbered to UP 903003, June 1970. |
| UP 25174 | Oct 1944 | UP 3874 | Mar 1959 | Nov 1980 | |
| UP 25175 | Oct 1944 | UP 3875 | May 1959 | 15 Dec 1986 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April, 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25176 | Oct 1944 | UP 3876 | Mar 1959 | 3 Jan 1989 | Donated to Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah. |
| UP 25177 | Oct 1944 | UP 3877 | Apr 1959 | Apr 1980 | Wrecked on December 20, 1979 at Omaha, Nebraska |
| UP 25178 | Oct 1944 | UP 3878 | Jun 1959 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25179 | Oct 1944 | UP 3879 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated to FMC Corporation, Pocatello, Idaho, February, 1986. |
| UP 25180 | Oct 1944 | UP 3880 | Jun 1960 | Sep 1979 | Renumbered to UP 903038, September 1979. |
| UP 25181 | Oct 1944 | UP 3881 | Jun 1959 | Jun 1983 | Sold for scrap, February 1984. |
| UP 25182 | Oct 1944 | UP 3882 | Mar 1959 | 12 Sep 1985 | Donated to Cassia County Historical Society, Burley, Idaho. Displayed at the Cassia County History Museum at the Cassia County fairgrounds on U. S. 30. Displayed as UP 25102 (the 8 was transposed as a 0). |
| UP 25183 | Oct 1944 | UP 3883 | Dec 1959 | 24 Jul 1986 | Stored on Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad, Abilene, Kansas |
| UP 25184 | Oct 1944 | UP 3884 | May 1959 | 9 Dec 1988 | Donated to City of Evanston, Wyoming; displayed near depot as, part of Historic Depot Square. |
| UP 25185 | Oct 1944 | UP 3885 | May 1959 | 14 Apr 1987 | Sold to David Joseph Co., Plymouth, Utah, August 1987. Resold to Sam Kalman, San Francisco, California |
| UP 25186 | Oct 1944 | UP 3886 | Apr 1959 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903229, April 1975. |
| UP 25187 | Oct 1944 | UP 3887 | May 1959 | Aug 1979 | (or 25189; number was handpainted on rusty sides) Sold to Scenic Canyons, Inc., April 1986; delivered to Hardy, Utah. |
| UP 25188 | Oct 1944 | UP 3888 | Mar 1959 | Nov 1980 | |
| UP 25189 | Oct 1944 | UP 3889 | Mar 1959 | Jul 1985 | (or 25187; number was handpainted on rusty sides) Sold to private party; moved by truck from UP's Hardy spur in Orem, Utah, to the privately owned Bridal Veil Falls tourist attraction in Provo Canyon, moved in mid April 1986, set in place as a snack bar and gift shop in mid May 1986, destroyed by an avalanche on January 31, 1996. (photo by James Belmont at Hardy on April, 15, 1986; Provo Daily Herald, May 16, 1986; February 1, 1996) |
| UP 25190 | Oct 1944 | UP 3890 | Feb 1959 | 28 Jan 1988 | |
| UP 25191 | Oct 1944 | UP 3891 | Nov 1959 | 12 Dec 1988 | Donated to AAR Transportation Test Center, east of Pueblo, Colorado; sold to private individual; moved to Pueblo. |
| UP 25192 | Oct 1944 | UP 3892 | Mar 1959 | Aug 1979 | |
| UP 25193 | Oct 1944 | UP 3893 | Apr 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Donated to City of North Richland Hills, Texas, September, 1989; used as golf course restroom in Grapevine, Texas. |
| UP 25194 | Nov 1944 | UP 3894 | May 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25195 | Nov 1944 | UP 3895 | Apr 1959 | 14 Apr 1987 | Sold to Sam Kalman, San Francisco, California, September 1987. |
| UP 25196 | Nov 1944 | UP 3896 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated to City of Huntington, Oregon, April 1986. |
| UP 25197 | Nov 1944 | UP 3897 | Jun 1959 | Nov 1969 | Sold |
| UP 25198 | Nov 1944 | UP 3898 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Regularly assigned to Albina-Rockwood Local out of Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon; donated to City of Montpelier, Idaho, March 1986; stored on UP tracks at Montpelier; moved by UP in 1991 (after June 1991) to UP's Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon; donated by UP to Pacific Railroad Preservation Association (PRPA); stored on Mount Hood Railroad, Hood River, Oregon, for restoration and repairs; moved to Pasco, Washington in (??); ownership changed from PRPA to Chris McClarney for eventual restoration, and moved to former Portland Traction yard in Portland, Oregon in March 2009. (August 2006 update for PRPA from Bruce Moore via email; March 2009 update from Chris McClarney via email) |
| UP 25199 | Oct 1944 | UP 3899 | Dec 1959 | Jun 1977 |
General Notes:
- Delivered in 1944 as UP 3800-3899; renumbered to UP, 25100-25199 in 1959 and 1960.
- A total of eleven CA-4 Union Pacific steel cabooses were sold to Pittsburgh and Lake Erie in November 1969. At least seven were sold to Montour Railroad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of P&LE. Several were later sold to other companies upon the shutdown of Montour Railroad in 1983. (Read more about the sale of these 11 UP cabooses)
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