Union Pacific Numbered Lightweight Cars
This page was last updated on January 30, 2017.
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Total 758 cars:
- Chair -- 198 cars
- Sleeper -- 189 cars
- Baggage -- 159 cars
- Postal Storage -- 67 cars
- Cafe Lounge -- 17 cars
- Dining -- 17 cars
- Dome Chair -- 16 cars
- Dome Lounge -- 16 cars
- Coach -- 15 cars
- Dome Lounge -- 15 cars
- Dome Dining -- 11 cars
- Dormitory-Kitchen-Diner (articulated) -- 10 cars
- Baggage-Dormitory -- 9 cars
- Club Lounge -- 9 cars
- Dormitory Club -- 6 cars
- Lunch Counter Diner -- 4 cars
Sorted By Car Number
Car Number |
Type | Builder | Year Built |
Qty. | Years In Service |
Notes |
UP 300-304 | Boiler Dormitory Baggage | ACF | 1949 | 5 | 1962-present | From UP 6000-series in 1962 |
UP 997 | Parlor | P-S | 1937 | 1 | 1949-1960 | From UP 1521 in 1949; built as UP 5203 |
UP 1201-1212 | Sleeper | P-S | 1958 | 12 | 1958-1972 | National series; 1200-series numbers added in 1969 |
UP 1500, 1501 (2nd) | Chair | P-S | 1941 | 2 | 1941-1965 | from "Pasadena", "Boulder City"; to Club Lounge in 1953 |
UP 1502, 1503 (3rd) | Club Lounge | P-S | 1937 | 2 | 1954-1965 | from 5200-series Chair in 1947 |
UP 1504 (3rd) | Club | P-S | 1941 | 1 | 1955-1965 | from "Hollywood" in 1955 |
UP 1516-1520 (2nd) | Club Lounge | P-S | 1937 | 5 | 1947-1964 | from 5200-series Chair in 1947 |
UP 1521 | Lounge | P-S | 1937 | 1 | 1946-1949 | from Chair 5203 in 1946; to Parlor 997 in 1949 |
UP 1522, 1523 (2nd) | Club Lounge | P-S | 1937 | 2 | 1947-1962 | from Chair 5204, 5208 in 1947 |
UP 1575, 1576 | Club Lounge | P-S | 1937 | 2 | 1953-1961 | from Observation "Sun Valley" and "Nob Hill" in 1953 |
UP 1601-1612 | Sleeper | ACF | 1949 | 12 | 1965-1974 | Sun series; 1600-series numbers added in 1969 |
UP 4000-4003 | Lunch Counter Diner | ACF | 1955 | 4 | 1955-1972 | |
UP 4800-4816 | Diner | ACF | 1949 | 17 | 1949-1973 | |
UP 4817, 4818 | Diner | P-S | 1941 | 2 | 1941-1958 | from "Biltmore" and "Ambassador" in 1956 |
UP 5000-5006 | Cafe Lounge | ACF | 1949 | 7 | 1949-1971 | rebuilt to Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge in 1959 |
UP 5007, 5008 (1st) | Cafe Lounge | P-S | 1941 | 2 | 1941-1959 | from "Mission Inn" and "Hacienda" in 1956 |
UP 5007-5016 | Cafe Lounge | SLC | 1959 | 10 | 1959-1974 | |
UP 5100 series | Dormitory-Kitchen-Diner (articulated) |
P-S | 1937 | 10 | 1937-1960 | Five two-car sets; renumbered as separate cars in 1956 |
UP 5100 series | Dormitory-Kitchen-Diner (drawbar-connected) |
ACF | 1953 | 4 | 1953-1968 | Two two-car sets; renumbered as separate cars in 1956 |
UP 5200-5211 | Chair | P-S | 1937 | 12 | 1937-1952 | rebuilt to 1500-series Lounge and Club Lounge in 1940 and 1952 |
UP 5300-5327 | Chair | P-S | 1937 | 28 | 1937-1967 | |
UP 5331-5345 | Chair | P-S | 1941 | 15 | 1941-1968 | |
UP 5351-5365 | Chair | P-S | 1941 | 15 | 1941-1968 | |
UP 5400-5449 | Chair | P-S | 1950 | 50 | 1950-1971 | six cars to Amtrak; 23 cars to Ringling Bros. |
UP 5450-5487 | Chair | ACF | 1953 | 38 | 1953-1974 | two cars to Amtrak; eight cars to Ringling Bros. |
UP 5488-5507 | Chair | SLC | 1960 | 20 | 1960-1971 | 17 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
UP 5508-5527 | Chair | Budd | 1961 | 20 | 1961-1971 | all 20 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
UP 5528-5542 | Coach | SLC | 1964 | 15 | 1964-1973 | all 15 cars to Amtrak (eight cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
UP 5543-5556 | Coach | ACF | 1954 | 14 | 1965-1973 | rebuilt from "Alpine" series Sleepers in 1965; all 14 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
UP 5601-5630 | Baggage | P-S | 1942 | 30 | 1942-1970 | |
UP 5631-5663 | Baggage | ACF | 1953 | 33 | 1953-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
UP 5664-5678 | Baggage | ACF | 1957 | 15 | 1957-1970 | to 904800 series for Roadway service |
UP 5700-5710 | Baggage | ACF | 1949 | 11 | 1949-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
UP 5711-5745 | Baggage | ACF | 1957 | 35 | 1957-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
UP 5746-5780 | Postal Storage | SLC | 1962 | 35 | 1962-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
UP 5801-5810 | Postal Storage | P-S | 1941 | 10 | 1941-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
UP 5811-5813 | Postal Storage | ACF | 1949 | 3 | 1949-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
UP 5814, 5815 | Postal Storage | ACF | 1954 | 2 | 1954-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
UP 5816-5820 | Postal Storage | SLC | 1960 | 5 | 1960-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
UP 5900-5902 | Postal Storage | ACF | 1949 | 3 | 1949-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
UP 5903-5911 | Postal Storage | Budd | 1963 | 9 | 1963-1970 | to 903600 and 904200 series for Roadway service |
UP 6000-6008 | Baggage-Dormitory | ACF | 1949 | 9 | 1949-1972 | Five cars to UP 300-304 in 1962; four cars to Amtrak in 1972 |
UP 6009 | Baggage Dormitory | P-S | 1941 | 1 | 1956-1970 | from LA-103 in 1947, from CP-103 in 1956 |
UP 6010 | Baggage Dormitory | P-S | 1941 | 1 | 1956-1967 | from SF-104 in 1956 |
UP 6100-6105 | Dormitory Club | ACF | 1949 | 6 | 1949-1971 | |
UP 6106 | Dormitory Club | P-S | 1937 | 1 | 1956-1956 | from LA-701 "Little Nugget" |
UP 6107 | Dormitory Club | P-S | 1941 | 1 | 1956-1960 | from SF-702 "Embarcadero" |
UP 6200-6208 | Club Lounge | ACF | 1949 | 9 | 1949-1972 | from "River" series in 1956; three cars to Amtrak |
UP 6300-6324 | Baggage | ACF | 1961 | 25 | 1961-1971 | to 904800 series for Roadway service; 14 cars to Ringling Bros. |
UP 6325-6334 | Baggage | SLC | 1962 | 10 | 1962-1971 | |
UP 7000-7009 | Dome Chair | ACF | 1955 | 10 | 1955-1971 | |
UP 7010 | Dome Chair | P-S | 1947 | 1 | 1956-1964 | to UP in 1950; from "Star Dust" in 1956 |
UP 7011-7015 | Dome Chair | P-S | 1958 | 5 | 1958-1971 | |
UP 8000-8009 | Dome Diner | ACF | 1955 | 10 | 1955-1970 | |
UP 8010 | Dome Diner | P-S | 1947 | 1 | 1956-1961 | to UP in 1950; from "Sky View" in 1956 |
UP 9000-9014 | Dome Lounge | ACF | 1955 | 15 | 1955-1974 | |
UP 9015 | Dome Observation Lounge | P-S | 1947 | 1 | 1956-1965 | to UP in 1950; from "Moon Glow" in 1956 |
Sources
- UP diagram folio sheets (updated in 1938, 1941, 1943, 1949, 1962, and 1967)
- UP Equipment Record Sheets
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