Union Pacific Lightweight Cars
This page was last updated on February 16, 2014.
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Sorted By Year Built
Includes Sleepers built in 1942 and later.
Does not include cars from the 7th [14 cars] and 8th [14 cars] Streamliner trains in 1937.
Does not include cars from the 9th [16 cars] and 10th [16 cars] Streamliner trains in 1941.
(Read more about the 19 identical sleepers built in 1941)
(Read more about Named Lightweight Sleepers)
| Year Built |
Car Number |
Type | Builder | Qty. | Years In Service |
Notes |
| 1937 | UP 5100 series | Dormitory-Kitchen-Diner (articulated) |
P-S | 10 | 1937-1960 | Five two-car sets; renumbered as separate cars in 1956 |
| 1937 | UP 5200-5211 | Chair | P-S | 12 | 1937-1952 | Rebuilt to 1500-series Lounge and Club Lounge in 1940 and 1952 |
| 1937 | UP 5300-5327 | Chair | P-S | 28 | 1937-1967 | |
| 1941 | UP 5331-5345 | Chair | P-S | 15 | 1941-1968 | |
| 1941 | UP 5351-5365 | Chair | P-S | 15 | 1941-1968 | |
| 1941 | UP 5801-5810 | Postal Storage | P-S | 10 | 1941-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
| 1942 | UP 5601-5630 | Baggage | P-S | 30 | 1942-1970 | |
| 1942 | "American" series | Sleeper | P-S | 42 | 1942-1972 | 60 cars Pullman-owned until 1945; 42 cars to UP in 1946; 11 cars to SP; seven cars to C&NW |
| 1942 | "Imperial" series | Sleeper | P-S | 18 | 1942-1972 | seven cars to 900000 series |
| 1949 | "Western" series | Sleeper | ACF | 12 | 1949-1965 | all 12 cars to "Sun" series in 1965 |
| 1949 | "Pacific" series | Sleeper | Budd | 50 | 1949-1971 | 43 cars to Amtrak |
| 1949 | UP 4800-4816 | Diner | ACF | 17 | 1949-1973 | |
| 1949 | UP 5000-5006 | Cafe Lounge | ACF | 7 | 1949-1971 | rebuilt to Lunch Counter Cafe Lounge in 1959 |
| 1949 | UP 5700-5710 | Baggage | ACF | 11 | 1949-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
| 1949 | UP 5811-5813 | Postal Storage | ACF | 3 | 1949-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
| 1949 | UP 5900-5902 | Postal Storage | ACF | 3 | 1949-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
| 1949 | UP 6000-6008 | Baggage-Dormitory | ACF | 9 | 1949-1972 | Five cars to UP 300-304 in 1962; four cars to Amtrak in 1972 |
| 1949 | UP 6100-6105 | Dormitory Club | ACF | 6 | 1949-1971 | |
| 1949 | "River" series | Club Lounge | ACF | 9 | 1949-1972 | to 6200-6208 in 1956; three cars to Amtrak |
| 1950 | "American" series | Sleeper | ACF | 4 | 1950-1971 | six cars Pullman-owned; four cars to UP in 1950; two cars to C&NW |
| (1950) | "Star Dust" | Dome Chair | P-S | 1 | 1956-1964 | built in 1947, to UP in 1950; to UP 7101 in 1956 |
| (1950) | "Sky View" | Dome Diner | P-S | 1 | 1956-1961 | built in 1947, to UP in 1950; to UP 8010 in 1956 |
| (1950) | "Moon Glow" | Dome Observation Lounge | P-S | 1 | 1956-1965 | built in 1947, to UP in 1950; to UP 9015 in 1956 |
| 1950 | UP 5400-5449 | Chair | P-S | 50 | 1950-1971 | six cars to Amtrak; 23 cars to Ringling Bros. |
| 1953 | UP 5100 series | Dormitory-Kitchen-Diner (articulated) |
ACF | 4 | 1953-1968 | Two two-car sets; renumbered as separate cars in 1956 |
| 1953 | UP 5450-5487 | Chair | ACF | 38 | 1953-1974 | two cars to Amtrak; eight cars to Ringling Bros. |
| 1953 | UP 5631-5663 | Baggage | ACF | 33 | 1953-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
| 1954 | "Alpine" series | Sleeper | ACF | 14 | 1954-1965 | to Coach 5543-5556 in 1965; all 14 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
| 1954 | UP 5814, 5815 | Postal Storage | ACF | 2 | 1954-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
| 1954 | "Ocean" series | Sleeper | ACF | 2 | 1954-1971 | to Auto-Train |
| 1955 | "National" series | Sleeper | P-S | 12 | 1955-1971 | 1200-series numbers added in 1969 |
| 1955 | UP 4000-4003 | Lunch Counter Diner | ACF | 4 | 1955-1972 | |
| 1955 | UP 7000-7009 | Dome Chair | ACF | 10 | 1955-1971 | |
| 1955 | UP 8000-8009 | Dome Diner | ACF | 10 | 1955-1970 | |
| 1955 | UP 9000-9014 | Dome Lounge | ACF | 15 | 1955-1974 | |
| 1956 | "Placid" series | Sleeper | P-S | 10 | 1956-1971 | all 10 cars to Amtrak |
| 1956 | "City" series | Sleeper | P-S | 10 | 1956-1965 | seven cars to "Star" series in 1965 |
| 1956 | "Ocean" series | Sleeper | P-S | 3 | 1956-1971 | to Auto-Train |
| 1957 | UP 5664-5678 | Baggage | ACF | 15 | 1957-1970 | to 904800 series for Roadway service |
| 1957 | UP 5711-5745 | Baggage | ACF | 35 | 1957-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
| 1955 | "National" series | Sleeper | P-S | 12 | 1955-1972 | 1200-series numbers added in 1969 |
| 1958 | UP 7011-7015 | Dome Chair | P-S | 5 | 1958-1971 | |
| 1959 | UP 5007-5016 | Cafe Lounge | SLC | 10 | 1959-1974 | |
| 1960 | UP 5488-5507 | Chair | SLC | 20 | 1960-1971 | 17 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
| 1960 | UP 5816-5820 | Postal Storage | SLC | 5 | 1960-1970 | to 903600 series for Roadway service |
| 1961 | UP 5508-5527 | Chair | Budd | 20 | 1961-1971 | all 20 cars to Amtrak (four cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
| 1961 | UP 6300-6324 | Baggage | ACF | 25 | 1961-1971 | to 904800 series for Roadway service; 14 cars to Ringling Bros. |
| 1962 | UP 5746-5780 | Postal Storage | SLC | 35 | 1962-1970 | to 904200 series for Roadway service |
| 1962 | UP 6325-6334 | Baggage | SLC | 10 | 1962-1971 | |
| 1963 | UP 5903-5911 | Postal Storage | Budd | 9 | 1963-1970 | to 903600 and 904200 series for Roadway service |
| 1964 | UP 5528-5542 | Coach | SLC | 15 | 1964-1973 | all 15 cars to Amtrak (eight cars later to Ringling Bros.) |
| (1965) | "Star" series | Sleeper | P-S | 7 | 1965-1971 | remodeled from "City" series in 1965; all seven cars to Amtrak |
| (1965) | "Sun" series | Sleeper | ACF | 12 | 1965-1974 | remodeled from "Western" series in 1965; 1600-series numbers added in 1969 |
Sources
UP diagram folio sheets (updated in 1938, 1941, 1943, 1949, 1962, and 1967)
UP Equipment Record Sheets
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