Union Pacific Cabooses
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This page was last updated on September 10, 2024.
Cabooses shown without a retirement date were in service during May 1995.
Class CA-8
(100 cars built by International Car in Kenton, Ohio)
| Car Number |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP 25500 | Jun 1964 | 8 Dec 1988 | |
| UP 25501 | Jun 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Hazen, Arkansas, September 1989. |
| UP 25502 | Jun 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Displayed on private property at Norfolk, Nebraska; moved to Poolside Park in Osmond, Nebraska, located between Main and Fulton streest, and between 1st and 2nd streets. (update from Roger Kirkpatrick, email dated November 12, 2011) |
| UP 25503 | Jul 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | Stored in Adrian, Missouri |
| UP 25504 | Jul 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25505 | Jul 1964 | 7 Oct 1986 | Repainted and renumbered to UP 25000 at Omaha, November, 1986; displayed, along with new UP 25001 (ex UP 25519) at Linfield, Pennsylvania, for, Drew Lewis, Chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Corporation. Stored at, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. |
| UP 25506 | Jul 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated to Great Plains Chapter, National Railway, Historical Society, Grand Island, Nebraska, September 1989. |
| UP 25507 | Jul 1964 | 25 May 1986 | Unmovable for donation, scrapped by UP, April 1990. |
| UP 25508 | Aug 1964 | 8 Dec 1988 | |
| UP 25509 | Aug 1964 | 1 Jun 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25510 | Aug 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated in 1987 to West Pottawattamie County Fair "Westfair", Council Bluffs, Iowa; caboose had been through the UP shops prior to being retired and was kept locked up at the fair grounds, and was in very good condition when it was sold to a private individual; moved to a private residence on the north side of Kansas City, Missouri on September 7, 2004; interior to be restored to it's "in service" condition. (update via email, March 13, 2009) |
| UP 25511 | Aug 1964 | 15 Sep 1986 | Preserved at Birdseye, Utah. |
| UP 25512 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25513 | Aug 1964 | 23 May 1988 | Donated to Chamber of Commerce, North Platte, Nebraska; sold to a private individual and displayed at the Burger King restaurant in Kimball, Nebraska; sold to Jason Elm in 2003 and moved to his property in Genoa, Nebraska. (update from Jason Elm, emails dated November 13 and 14, 2009) |
| UP 25514 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25515 | Aug 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Sold to Lake of the Ozarks West Resort, Lake Ozark, Missouri |
| UP 25516 | Aug 1964 | 25 Mar 1983 | |
| UP 25517 | Aug 1964 | 27 Aug 1986 | |
| UP 25518 | Aug 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25519 | Aug 1964 | 7 Oct 1986 | Repainted and renumbered to UP 25001 at Omaha, November, 1986; displayed, along with new UP 25000 (ex UP 25505) at Linfield, Pennsylvania, for, Drew Lewis, Chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Corporation. Donated to, Pennsylvania Live Steamers, Rahns, Pennsylvania |
| UP 25520 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25521 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to West Arkansas Planning & Development, Van, Buren, Arkansas, September 1989; stored on Arkansas & Midland Railroad at Van Buren; moved to Springdale, Arkansas, trucks changed by A&M, steps removed, stored at Fort Smith, Arkansas; vandalized while at Fort Smith; as of January 2003, sold to a private individual; located on private property west of Van Buren, Arkansas |
| UP 25522 | Aug 1964 | 1 Jul 1990 | |
| UP 25523 | Aug 1964 | 22 Sep 1988 | Donated to Church of the Sacred Heart, Boise, Idaho; sold, to private individual; reconditioned by Morrison Knudsen in April 1992 and, used as a souvenir store; named as "Serendipity." |
| UP 25524 | Aug 1964 | 12 Apr 1989 | Scrapped by UP. |
| UP 25525 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Troup, Texas, September 1989; sold on September 9, 2014 to Guy Bugg, Tyler, Texas, and moved to his property. |
| UP 25526 | Aug 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated to North Bend Central High School, North Bend, Nebraska, February 1987; moved to Ames, Nebraska |
| UP 25527 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Pacific Northwest Chapter, National Railway, Historical Society; stored at Beaver Bark Co., St. Helens, Oregon; as of November 2002, moved to tracks among the Oregon Business Park in Tigard, Oregon, south of SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, between SW 72nd Avenue and I-5; still there as of August 2022. Donated in September 2022 to Willow Creek Railroad Museum at Powerland Heritage Park near Brooks, Oregon (about 8 miles northeast along Interstate 5 from downtown Salem, Oregon). Moved to the Powerland Heritage Park on November 20, 2022. |
| UP 25528 | Aug 1964 | 24 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25529 | Aug 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25530 | Aug 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Wrecked, scrapped. |
| UP 25531 | Sep 1964 | 3 Apr 1989 | Donated to City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, April 1990. |
| UP 25532 | Sep 1964 | Nov 1980 | Wrecked on October 16, 1980 at Hermosa, Wyoming; scrapped in, October 1983. |
| UP 25533 | Sep 1964 | 8 Dec 1988 | |
| UP 25534 | Sep 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Hutchinson, Kansas, September 1989; displayed near Hutchinson; moved to the depot at Inman, Kansas. |
| UP 25535 | Sep 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | |
| UP 25536 | Sep 1964 | 9 Feb 1989 | Sold to Aaron Ferer and Sons, Omaha, Nebraska |
| UP 25537 | Sep 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated to Oklahoma Trolley Association, McAlester, Oklahoma, November 1989. |
| UP 25538 | Sep 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25539 | Sep 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25540 | Oct 1964 | 27 Aug 1986 | |
| UP 25541 | Sep 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated to Town of Weiser, Idaho; still there as of late April 2019 |
| UP 25542 | Sep 1964 | 1 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25543 | Sep 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Used as visitor information center at North Platte, Nebraska |
| UP 25544 | Sep 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25545 | Oct 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25546 | Sep 1964 | 18 Jul 1990 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, scrapped. |
| UP 25547 | Oct 1964 | 6 Mar 1990 | Displayed at Trolley Museum Restaurant, McAllister, Oklahoma |
| UP 25548 | Oct 1964 | 2 Oct 1990 | Renumbered to 906257, October 1990. |
| UP 25549 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Ellis Pride Committee, Ellis, Kansas, September, 1989. |
| UP 25550 | Oct 1964 | 11 Jul 1985 | |
| UP 25551 | Oct 1964 | Jan 1989 | Donated to Homesteaders Museum, South Torrington, Wyoming; still there June 2008. |
| UP 25552 | Oct 1964 | 27 Mar 1991 | Sold to Ronald Esserman, Dover, Arkansas in about 2003 by a retired UP employee; displayed as part of his private railroad operating museum. (Information from Ronald Esserman, email dated August 21, 2011) |
| UP 25553 | Oct 1964 | 27 Aug 1986 | |
| UP 25554 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25555 | Oct 1964 | 14 Oct 1983 | |
| UP 25556 | Oct 1964 | 3 Apr 1989 | Donated to U. S. Army at Fort Eustis, Virginia; displayed at U. S. Army Transportation Museum as USAX 000; renumbered to USAX 002. |
| UP 25557 | Oct 1964 | 5 Dec 1989 | |
| UP 25558 | Oct 1964 | 18 Jul 1990 | Donated to AAR test track near Pueblo, Colorado; moved to, Columbia, Missouri |
| UP 25559 | Oct 1964 | 11 Aug 1986 | Displayed at Union Station, Omaha, Nebraska |
| UP 25560 | Oct 1964 | 8 Apr 1988 | |
| UP 25561 | Oct 1964 | 15 Jun 1989 | Donated to Town of Sinclair, Wyoming, September 1989; displayed in city park. |
| UP 25562 | Oct 1964 | 5 Feb 1987 | |
| UP 25563 | Oct 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25564 | Oct 1964 | 1 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25565 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25566 | Oct 1964 | 17 Apr 1986 | Sold to private individual, displayed at Train Mountain Park, Chiloquin, Oregon |
| UP 25567 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to 14 Heritage Club, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, October, 1989; still there as of September 2013. |
| UP 25568 | Oct 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | |
| UP 25569 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25570 | Oct 1964 | 1 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25571 | Oct 1964 | Stored on the ground, without trucks, near Liberty, Idaho, west of Montpelier. (Johnny Sutton, email dated September 7, 2017) | |
| UP 25572 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25573 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25574 | Oct 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lander, Wyoming, displayed at Jaycee Park. |
| UP 25575 | Oct 1964 | 9 Sep 1986 | |
| UP 25576 | Nov 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Hoquiam, Washington, November 1989; displayed, as Puget Sound & Pacific 1010. |
| UP 25577 | Nov 1964 | Mar 1979 | Wrecked on 6 August 1969 at Moapa, Nevada |
| UP 25578 | Nov 1964 | 9 Feb 1990 | Renumbered to 906255, April 1990. |
| UP 25579 | Nov 1964 | 1 Jun 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25580 | Nov 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25581 | Nov 1964 | 1 Jun 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25582 | Nov 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25583 | Nov 1964 | 18 Jul 1990 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25584 | Nov 1964 | 4 Apr 1988 | Displayed in Canby, Oregon |
| UP 25585 | Nov 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25586 | Dec 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Donated to City of Chehalis, Washington, January 1987; used by, Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Association, along with UP 25479. |
| UP 25587 | Nov 1964 | 17 Apr 1986 | |
| UP 25588 | Nov 1964 | 11 Jun 1987 | |
| UP 25589 | Nov 1964 | 30 Sep 1994 | Last assigned to Laramie, Wyoming, welded rail train; renumbered to UP 903015 in September 1994; seen in Cheyenne in late 1990s; retained its original yellow body color, but received a, green paint patches under its new 903015 road number; sold to Rio Grande Pacific and shipped to New Orleans & Lower Coast Railroad (officially retired by UP on September 30, 2001; already on NO&LC property). Not used by NO&LC, stored at Belle Chase, Louisiana. In late March 2004, UP 903015 was moved by UP from its location at Goldsboro, Louisiana to Westwego, Louisiana, where it was picked up by UP for movement to Idaho Northern Railroad at Payette, Idaho. The car was in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on April 11, 2004. (Belle Chase information from Greg Slaton, via email dated April 28, 2011, courtesy of Roger Kirkpatrick) (2004 information from Joel Boucher, via Thorton Waite) |
| UP 25590 | Nov 1964 | 22 Sep 1988 | Donated to Owyhee County Historical Society; displayed at, Owyhee County Museum, Murphy, Idaho; still there in June 2007. |
| UP 25591 | Nov 1964 | 21 Sep 1989 | Sold to Smith & Chambers Railroad Salvage, Neodesha, Kansas |
| UP 25592 | Nov 1964 | 27 Jan 1984 | |
| UP 25593 | Nov 1964 | 18 Jul 1990 | Sold to a private individual (date?) and used as part of an antiques business in Washington, Louisiana; business closed and caboose was sold to Town of Washington, Louisiana; reported in December 2002 as being for sale, moved to on-ground storage before April 2011, still there as of January 2022 and June 2023; sold to private individual and moved in June 2023 to Breaux Bridge and converted to an Airbnb, caboose was severely deteriorated at the time of the sale in 2023 and has been restored and attached to a home. (2024 update from Jacob Dent, email dated September 9, 2024) |
| UP 25594 | Nov 1964 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25595 | Nov 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Council of Campfire Girls, Wichita, Kansas, October 1989. |
| UP 25596 | Dec 1964 | 15 Dec 1986 | Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped. |
| UP 25597 | Dec 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Town of Kiowa, Kansas, October 1989. |
| UP 25598 | Dec 1964 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Clyde Historical Museum, Clyde, Texas, October, 1989. |
| UP 25599 | Dec 1964 | 1 Jun 1989 | Displayed near Amtrak depot in Barstow, California, as part of Western America Railroad Museum; still there as of January 23, 2017 (Karl Sollmann, email dated January 23, 2017) |
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