Mount Hood Railway Cabooses

This page was last updated on August 3, 2024.

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Overview

Mount Hood Railway was acquired by Union Pacific in November 1968.

Wooden Caboose (Steel Underframe) - Class CA-1

Mount Hood wood caboose No. 7 was built by OWRR&N as UP 2701 in April 1924; renumbered to UP 3201 upon delivery in May 1924; retired by UP in May 1959; sold to Mount Hood Railway as their number 7 in May 1959; Mount Hood Railway sold to UP in November 1968; renumbered to UP 25999 in February 1969; retired by UP (again) in August 1970; briefly stored inside UP's Cheyenne roundhouse; donated to Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island, Nebraska; displayed as Union Pacific "5280" (not a UP number); moved to High Plains Railroad Preservation in Cheyenne in 2018 for restoration.

UP's Equipment Record sheets (r1-0176) also show that LA&SL CA-1 25841 was sold to Mount Hood Railway in April 1966. Its disposition after being sold to Mount Hood (if it actually was) is unknown.

Steel Caboose - Class CA-5

Mount Hood steel caboose 1040 was built in August 1952 as UP 3949, renumbered to UP 25249 in May 1959, retired by UP on April 17, 1986; sold to Mount Hood RR in April 1986; numbered as Mount Hood 1040.

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