Union Pacific Numbered Passenger Cars, Part 7

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Union Pacific steel passenger cars, numbered 5601 through 9015.

Roster Listing

Baggage -- 30 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1942
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 5601 Jan 1942 Jul 1970 1
UP 5602 Jan 1942 Jul 1970 2
UP 5603 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 3
UP 5604 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 4
UP 5605 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 5
UP 5606 Jan 1942 Nov 1965 6
UP 5607 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 7
UP 5608 Jan 1942 Feb 1966 8
UP 5609 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 9
UP 5610 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 10
UP 5611 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 11
UP 5612 Jan 1942 May 1968 12
UP 5613 Jan 1942 Jul 1970 13
UP 5614 Jan 1942 May 1968 14
UP 5615 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 15
UP 5616 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 16
UP 5617 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 17
UP 5618 Jan 1942 May 1966 18
UP 5619 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 19
UP 5620 Jan 1942 Jul 1966 20
UP 5621 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 21
UP 5622 Jan 1942 May 1966 22
UP 5623 Jan 1942 Nov 1965 23
UP 5624 Feb 1942 Aug 1968 24
UP 5625 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 25
UP 5626 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 26
UP 5627 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 27
UP 5628 Jan 1942 Aug 1968 28
UP 5629 Feb 1942 Feb 1966 29
UP 5630 Feb 1942 Aug 1968 30

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 84'-9"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, clasp brakes (11'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Lightweight steel construction
  2. Pullman-Standard Lot 6664
  3. Pullman-Standard Floor Plan 7469
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-22829
  5. Delivered in olive green paint and Dulux gold lettering; most cars changed to two-tone gray in 1946, others changed to Streamliner yellow and gray in 1947.
  6. Louvered skirt
  7. UP 5601, 5602, 5613, 5626 (4 cars) remodeled to Baggage-Dormitory in 1947
  8. PL&N UP diagram sheet 357-CB-22876
  9. PL&N Source: Davies Volume 2, page 223
  10. Book: Davies, Volume 2, page 3
  11. Book: Kratville, Streamliners, page 415
  12. UP diagram sheet P-1-13-A (1/2/1942), Rev. A (5/12/1942) (as Baggage)
  13. UP diagram sheet P-1-14 (1/2/1942), Rev. A (5/12/1942), Rev. C (12/10/1946) (26 cars remaining), Rev. F (3/2/1959) (27 cars remaining), Rev. G (7/26/1966) (25 cars remaining)

Notes:

  1. UP 5601; rebuilt in 1947 to Baggage Dormitory (see below)
  2. UP 5602; rebuilt in 1947 to Baggage Dormitory (see below)
  3. UP 5603; body on ground at Laramie in 1970
  4. UP 5604; scrapped in 1969
  5. UP 5605;
  6. UP 5606;
  7. UP 5607; body on ground at Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1970
  8. UP 5608; scrapped
  9. UP 5609; body on ground at Salina, Kansas, in 1970
  10. UP 5610; scrapped in 1969
  11. UP 5611; body on ground at Omaha
  12. UP 5612; scrapped in 1968
  13. UP 5613; rebuilt in 1947 to Baggage Dormitory (see below)
  14. UP 5614; body on ground at Los Angeles
  15. UP 5615; body on ground at Salina
  16. UP 5616; body on ground at Cheyenne; scrapped in 1984
  17. UP 5617; body on ground at Salina in 1972
  18. UP 5618; scrapped
  19. UP 5619; body on ground at Laramie in 1970
  20. UP 5620; scrapped
  21. UP 5621; scrapped in 1969
  22. UP 5622; scrapped
  23. UP 5623;
  24. UP 5624; scrapped in 1969
  25. UP 5625; body on ground at Salina
  26. UP 5626; rebuilt in 1947 to Baggage Dormitory (see below)
  27. UP 5627; body on ground at Grand Island in 1970
  28. UP 5628; body on ground at Laramie in 1970
  29. UP 5629; scrapped
  30. UP 5630; body on ground at Laramie

 

Baggage Dormitory (Temporary) -- 4 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1942 (UP, 1947)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Rebuilt
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 5601 Jan 1942 1947 Jul 1970 1
UP 5602 Jan 1942 1947 Jul 1970 2
UP 5613 Jan 1942 1947 Jul 1970 3
UP 5626 Jan 1942 1947 Aug 1968 4

Description: (same as above)

  • Length, Over Buffers: 84'-9"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, clasp brakes (11'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Lightweight steel construction
  2. UP Floor Plan (5601, 5602, 5613 after remodeling): 237-CB-24270
  3. UP Floor Plan (5626 after remodeling): 237-CB-24559
  4. Remodeled from Baggage (same number) in 1947
  5. UP diagram sheet P-1-27 (9/1/1949), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (as Baggage Dormitory 5601, 5602, 5613)
  6. UP diagram sheet P-1-28-A (9/1/1949) (no revision) (UP 5626 only, as Baggage Dormitory)
  7. UP diagram sheet Seidel, p. 75 (UP 5626 only, as Baggage Dormitory)

Notes:

  1. UP 5601; to Hili Winters (Laguna Beach, California) in 1972
  2. UP 5602; to J. W. Kerslake in 1972
  3. UP 5613; sold to Johnsons Junction Motel (Joe Johnson) in Antonito, Colorado in 1970 (along with Imperial Letter, National Command, and UP 4051, 2nd); to Sam McClesney (date?); moved for storage on the Idaho Northern & Pacific Boise Cutoff Branch, near Morrison Knudsen's locomotive shop in Boise, Idaho, by June 1993; moved to Nampa, Idaho, by May 2007; sold to Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, California, left Nampa on February 4, 2009; seen in-transit at Salt Lake City on February 9, 2009, delivered at Perris on February 13, 2009, moved as RPCX 4051. (2007 update from Lance Buckhammer, email dated May 27, 2007) (2009 update from Brian Norden, OERRM, email dated February 14, 2009)
  4. UP 5626; body on ground at Fremont in 1971

 

Baggage -- 33 cars
AC&F, 1953-1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
24400 Series
Number
Date To
24400 Series
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 5631 Aug 1953 UP 24400 Apr 1969 UP 904200 May 1970   1
UP 5632 Aug 1953         Oct 1968 2
UP 5633 Aug 1953 UP 24401 Apr 1969 UP 904201 Apr 1970   3
UP 5634 Aug 1953 UP 24402 Apr 1969 UP 904202 Apr 1970   4
UP 5635 Aug 1953 UP 24403 Apr 1969 UP 904203 Oct 1970   5
UP 5636 Aug 1953 UP 24404 Apr 1969 UP 904204 Mar 1970   6
UP 5637 Sep 1953 UP 24405 Apr 1969 UP 904205 Jan 1970   7
UP 5638 Sep 1953 UP 24406 Apr 1969 UP 904206 Apr 1970   8
UP 5639 Feb 1954 UP 24407 Apr 1969 UP 904207 Jan 1970   9
UP 5640 Feb 1954 UP 24408 Apr 1969 UP 904208 Mar 1970   10
UP 5641 Feb 1954 UP 24409 Apr 1969 UP 904209 Mar 1970   11
UP 5642 Feb 1954 UP 24410 Apr 1969 UP 904210 Oct 1970   12
UP 5643 Feb 1954 UP 24411 Apr 1969 UP 904211 Mar 1970   13
UP 5644 Feb 1954 UP 24412 Apr 1969 UP 904212 Mar 1970   14
UP 5645 Mar 1954 UP 24413 Apr 1969 UP 904213 Apr 1970   15
UP 5646 Mar 1954 UP 24414 Apr 1969 UP 904214 Jan 1970   16
UP 5647 Mar 1954 UP 24415 Apr 1969 (UP 904215)   Sep 1969 17
UP 5648 Mar 1954 UP 24416 Apr 1969 UP 904216 Mar 1970   18
UP 5649 Mar 1954 UP 24417 Apr 1969 UP 904217 Oct 1970   19
UP 5650 Mar 1954 UP 24418 Apr 1969 UP 904218 Jan 1970   20
UP 5651 Mar 1954 UP 24419 Apr 1969 UP 904219 Jan 1970   21
UP 5652 Apr 1954 UP 24420 Apr 1969 UP 904220 Oct 1970   22
UP 5653 Apr 1954 UP 24421 Apr 1969 UP 904221 May 1970   23
UP 5654 Apr 1954 UP 24422 Apr 1969 UP 904222 Mar 1970   24
UP 5655 Apr 1954 UP 24423 Apr 1969 UP 904223 Mar 1970   25
UP 5656 Apr 1954 UP 24424 Apr 1969 UP 904224 Jan 1970   26
UP 5657 Apr 1954 UP 24425 Apr 1969 UP 904225 Jan 1970   27
UP 5658 Apr 1954 UP 24426 Apr 1969 UP 904226 May 1970   28
UP 5659 Apr 1954 UP 24427 Apr 1969 UP 904227 Mar 1970   29
UP 5660 Apr 1954 UP 24428 Apr 1969 UP 904228 Jan 1970   30
UP 5661 Apr 1954 UP 24429 Apr 1969 UP 904229 Nov 1970   31
UP 5662 Apr 1954 UP 24430 Apr 1969 UP 904230 Oct 1970   32
UP 5663 May 1954 UP 24431 Apr 1969 UP 904231 Apr 1970   33

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built in 1953-1954 as UP 5631-5663 series Baggage cars; renumbered to UP 24400 series Express cars in 1969; to 900000 series Roadway Tool cars in 1970
  2. In many cases the UP 24400 series numbers were assigned but many cars did not actually receive those numbers prior to being renumbered to the UP 904200 series numbers.
  3. Aluminum and steel construction.
  4. AC&F Lot 3810 (5331-5638, 8 cars)
  5. AC&F Lot 4094 (5639-5663, 25 cars)
  6. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-29872
  7. "Built by American Car & Foundry to plan 7679560 in two lots, 3810 & 4094, they were delivered in 1954. The cars were equipped with a lavatory, hopper, water cooler, desk, and wardrobe for a riding crew member. Thus, the cars received a red star under the Railway Express Agency lettering denoting that they were equipped for messenger service. They rode on roller bearing equipped 6-wheel trucks." (from model160.com)
  8. All 33 cars to freight service in 1969 as UP 24400 series; to Roadway service in 1970
  9. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 3
  10. UP diagram sheet P-1-17 (1/15/1954), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 5631; to UP 904200
  2. UP 5632; retired in 1968
  3. UP 5633; to UP 904201
  4. UP 5634, to UP 904202, assigned to the Pocatello derrick train by late 1974, and remained as part of the same train until the derrick was retired in late 2019; UP 904202 was scrapped in early December 2019 by Durbano Metals in Ogden, Utah.
  5. UP 5635; to UP 904203
  6. UP 5636; to UP 904204
  7. UP 5637; to UP 904205
  8. UP 5638; to UP 904206
  9. UP 5639; to UP 904207
  10. UP 5640; to UP 24408; to UP 904208; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  11. UP 5641; to UP 904209
  12. UP 5642; to UP 24410; to UP 904210; to UP 904827; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 60015, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; as of August 2012, trucks reinstalled and car moved to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto) (2012 update from William Pou III via email dated August 19, 2012)
  13. UP 5643; to UP 904211
  14. UP 5644; to UP 24412; to UP 904212; to UP 904711, off roster
  15. UP 5645; to UP 90423
  16. UP 5646; to UP 904214
  17. UP 5647; to UP 904215
  18. UP 5648; to UP 24416; to UP 904216; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  19. UP 5649; to UP 904217
  20. UP 5650; to UP 24418; to UP 904218; to UP 904821, as of October 2010, stored on its trucks at Cheyenne
  21. UP 5651; to UP 904219
  22. UP 5652; to UP 24420; to UP 904220; to UP 904710
  23. UP 5653; to UP 904221
  24. UP 5654; to UP 24422; to UP 904222; moved from Portola, California, to Cheyenne, Wyoming in August 2005
  25. UP 5655; to UP 904223
  26. UP 5656; to UP 904224
  27. UP 5657; to UP 904225
  28. UP 5658; to UP 24426; to UP 904226; to UP 904825; on ground Gering, Nebraska (previously reported as being sold to Kirstin Sales in 2001)
  29. UP 5659; to UP 904227
  30. UP 5660; (assigned UP 24428); (assigned UP 904228); moved as UP 5660 to North Platte Bailey Yard Visitor's Center in 2000; seen at Cheyenne on October 30, 2010 numbered as UP 5660.
  31. UP 5661; to UP 904229
  32. UP 5662; to UP 24430; to UP 904230; to UP 904826; scrapped by UP.
  33. (Previously reported in error that UP 5662 was sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999 and became RBBX 60018; RBBX 60018 has been found to be the former UP 904811, which in turn was ex UP 6301)
  34. UP 5663; to UP 24431; to UP 904231; to UP 904824; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 60016, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; car moved by highway truck in 2012 to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto); as of August 2012, car was being converted for use as stationary restrooms.

Baggage -- 15 cars
AC&F, 1957
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Notes
UP 5664 Oct 1957 Sep 1970 UP 904816   1
UP 5665 Oct 1957 Sep 1970 UP 904817   2
UP 5666 Oct 1957 Sep 1970 UP 904809   3
UP 5667 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904820 1976 4
UP 5668 Oct 1957 Sep 1970 UP 904810   5
UP 5669 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904803   6
UP 5670 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904804   7
UP 5671 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904818   8
UP 5672 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904800 1975 9
UP 5673 Oct 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904801 1975 10
UP 5674 Nov 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904802   11
UP 5675 Nov 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904812 1975 12
UP 5676 Nov 1957 Sep 1970     13
UP 5677 Nov 1957 Sep 1970 UP 904813 1975 14
UP 5678 Nov 1957 Dec 1971 UP 904814 1975 15

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Lightweight steel construction
  2. Generator: Spicer drive from axle
  3. AC&F Lot 4895
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-33184
  5. The UP 904800 series numbers may have only been assigned to these cars; some cars may have still carried their 5600 series numbers at the time of disposition.
  6. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 15
  7. UP diagram sheet P-1-22 (11/20/1957), Rev. A (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 5664; to UP 904816; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  2. UP 5665; to UP 904817; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  3. UP 5666; to UP 904809; stored on ground at Cheyenne, as of October 2010 (previously reported as being sold in 2001)
  4. UP 5667; to UP 904820; stored on ground at Cheyenne, as of October 2010
  5. UP 5668; to UP 904810; stored on ground at Cheyenne, as of October 2010
  6. UP 5669; to UP 904803; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  7. UP 5670; to UP 904804; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  8. UP 5671; to UP 904818
  9. UP 5672; to UP 904800
  10. UP 5673; to UP 904801
  11. UP 5674; to UP 904802; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  12. UP 5675; to UP 904812
  13. UP 5676; body on ground at North Platte in 1972
  14. UP 5677; to UP 904813; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, used for parts
  15. UP 5678; to UP 904814

 

Postal Storage -- 11 cars
AC&F, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
24400 Series
Number
Date To
24400 Series
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 5700 Oct 1949 UP 24432 Apr 1969 UP 904232 May 1971    
UP 5701 Oct 1949         Dec 1951 1
UP 5702 Oct 1949 UP 24433 Apr 1969 UP 904233 Apr 1970   2
UP 5703 Oct 1949 UP 24434 Apr 1969 UP 904234 Jul 1970    
UP 5704 Oct 1949 UP 24435 Apr 1969 UP 904235 Oct 1970   3
UP 5705 Oct 1949 UP 24436 Apr 1969 UP 904236 Mar 1970   4
UP 5706 Oct 1949 UP 24437 Apr 1969 UP 904237 Apr 1970    
UP 5707 Oct 1949 UP 24438 Apr 1969 UP 904238 Nov 1970   5
UP 5708 Oct 1949 UP 24439 Apr 1969 UP 904239 Jan 1970    
UP 5709 Oct 1949 UP 24440 Apr 1969 UP 904240 Mar 1970    
UP 5710 Oct 1949 UP 24441 Apr 1969 UP 904241 Apr 1970    

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 85'-0" (over buffers, coupled)
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, clasp brakes (11'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built in 1949 as UP 5700-5710 series Postal Storage cars; renumbered to UP 24400 series Express cars in 1969; to 900000 series Roadway Tool cars in 1970
  2. Aluminum and steel construction.
  3. AC&F Lot 3026
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-25399
  5. Original Lettering: Yellow and Gray
  6. Ten cars to freight service as 24400 series in April 1969, then to Roadway service in about 1975
  7. The UP 24400 and UP 904200 series numbers may have only been assigned to these cars; some cars may have still carried their 5700 series numbers at the time of disposition.
  8. Book: Davies Volume 2, page 13
  9. UP diagram sheet P-2-12 (9/1/1949) (no revision) (Changed to P-2-9)
  10. UP diagram sheet P-2-9 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (12/20/1957) (Changed from P-2-12), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. C (7/7/1961) (10 cars remaining), Rev. D (1/10/1967) (10 cars remaining)
  11. UP Equipment Record: r2-1188 (UP 24400-24488); r3-0701 (UP 904200-904249)

Notes:

  1. UP 5701; wrecked on November 12, 1951 at Wyuta, Utah; scrapped
  2. UP 5702; to UP 24433; to UP 904233; scrapped in 1974
  3. UP 5704; to UP 24435; to UP 904235; sold to Ringling Bros.; sold (date?) to Omni Midwest-OhiRail (OMNI) no. 5704; to Midwest Railway Preservation Society, Cleveland, Ohio, moved about 75 miles from OhiRail property at Minerva, Ohio, on June 30, 2014, temporarily using CTVX 5704 (Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad) reporting mark. (Railway Preservation News, courtesy Jerry LaBoda via email dated July 26, 2014)
  4. UP 5705; to UP 24436; to UP 904236; moved to Mo-Ark Regional Railroad Museum at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, in 1988; relettered back to UP 5705 (Zack Pumphery, email dated November 16, 2006)
  5. UP 5707, as UP 904238 was assigned to the Pocatello derrick train by late 1974, and remained as part of the same train until the derrick was retired in late 2019; UP 904238 was moved to Durbano Metals in Ogden, Utah, to be scrapped, arriving there in early December 2019.

 

Postal Storage -- 35 cars
AC&F, 1957
Lightweight

(Read more about the two cars sold to Amtrak in 1971)

Car
Number
Date
Built
1969
Number
Date To
24400 Series
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 5711 Jul 1957         Oct 1972 1
UP 5712 Jul 1957 UP 24442 Apr 1969 UP 904269 Apr 1970   2
UP 5713 Aug 1957 UP 24443 Apr 1969 UP 904243 Oct 1970   3
UP 5714 Aug 1957           4
UP 5715 Aug 1957         Dec 1971 5
UP 5716 Aug 1957           6
UP 5717 Aug 1957 UP 24444 Apr 1969 UP 904244 Oct 1970   7
UP 5718 Aug 1957 UP 24445 Apr 1969 UP 904245 Nov 1970   8
UP 5719 Aug 1957 UP 24446 Apr 1969 UP 904246 May 1970   9
UP 5720 Aug 1957 UP 24447 Apr 1969 UP 904247 Feb 1970   10
UP 5721 Aug 1957 UP 24448 Apr 1969 UP 904248 Apr 1970   11
UP 5722 Aug 1957 UP 24449 Apr 1969 UP 904249 Apr 1970   12
UP 5723 Aug 1957 UP 24450 Apr 1969 UP 904250 Oct 1970   13
UP 5724 Aug 1957 UP 24451 Apr 1969 UP 904251 Mar 1970   14
UP 5725 Aug 1957 UP 24452 Apr 1969 UP 904252 Jul 1970   15
UP 5726 Aug 1957 UP 24453 Apr 1969 UP 904253 Feb 1971   16
UP 5727 Aug 1957 UP 24454 Apr 1969 UP 904254 Mar 1970   17
UP 5728 Sep 1957         Oct 1972 18
UP 5729 Sep 1957 UP 24455 Apr 1969 UP 904255 Jan 1970   19
UP 5730 Sep 1957 UP 24456 Apr 1969 UP 904256 Apr 1970   20
UP 5731 Sep 1957 UP 24457 Apr 1969 UP 904257 Mar 1970   21
UP 5732 Sep 1957 UP 24458 Apr 1969 UP 904258 Mar 1970   22
UP 5733 Sep 1957 UP 24459 Apr 1969 UP 904259 Apr 1970   23
UP 5734 Sep 1957 UP 24460 Apr 1969 UP 904260 Mar 1970   24
UP 5735 Sep 1957 UP 24461 Apr 1969 UP 904261 Apr 1970   25
UP 5736 Sep 1957 UP 24462 Apr 1969 UP 904262 Apr 1970   26
UP 5737 Sep 1957 UP 24463 Apr 1969 UP 904263 Mar 1970   27
UP 5738 Sep 1957 UP 24464 Apr 1969 UP 904264 Mar 1970   28
UP 5739 Sep 1957 UP 24465 Apr 1969 UP 904265 Mar 1970   29
UP 5740 Sep 1957 UP 24466 Apr 1969 UP 904266 May 1970   30
UP 5741 Sep 1957 UP 24467 Apr 1969 UP 904267 Apr 1970   31
UP 5742 Sep 1957 UP 24468 Apr 1969 UP 904268 May 1970   32
UP 5743 Oct 1957     UP 903012 Aug 1972 Dec 1971 33
UP 5744 Oct 1957 UP 24469 Apr 1969 UP 904242 Dec 1970   34
UP 5745 Oct 1957 UP 24470 Apr 1969 UP 904270 Mar 1970   35

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 73'-10"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 71'-5'
  • Length, Inside: 70'-10"
  • Truck Centers: 48'-4"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, with disc brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Built in 1957 as UP 5711-5745 series Postal Storage cars; renumbered to UP 24400 series Express cars in 1969; renumbered to 900000 series Roadway Tool cars in 1970
  2. Lightweight steel construction; UP generally favored aluminum as the material of choice for their passenger cars. This 1957 order to AC&F included two car types - baggage cars as well as postal storage cars - that were very similar in appearance from the outside. The reason for steel vs. aluminum construction for these late-model cars is not known, but subsequent orders of additional head-end cars to ACF and St. Louis Car Co. reverted to aluminum construction (except for nine baggage RPO cars built in 1963 by Budd). (from Trainorders.com on August 4, 2009)
  3. AC&F Floor Plan 76-5814, Lot 4896
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-33188
  5. Twenty-nine cars to freight service as 24400 series in April 1969, then to Roadway service in about 1975
  6. The UP 24400 and UP 904200 series numbers may have only been assigned to these cars; some cars may have still carried their 5700 series numbers at the time of disposition.
  7. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 45
  8. UP diagram sheet P-2-10 (11/18/1957) (35 cars: 5711-5745), Rev. A (1/10/1967) (35 cars: 5711-5745)

Notes:

  1. UP 5711; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; sold to Amtrak 1075, converted to HEP 1137 in July 1981; sold in January 2003. (Amtrak By The Numbers, pages 111 and 172)
  2. UP 5712; to UP 24442; to UP 904242; to UP 904850 in May 1983, off roster
  3. UP 5713; to UP 24443; to UP 904243; to UP 904854 in March 1984, off roster
  4. UP 5714; removed from active roster in January 1974 and held for special service; to Baggage Recreation Car "Western Lodge" in 1990
  5. UP 5715; to Alaska Railroad 5715; to Northern Rail Car in 1987; to St. Louis Car Co., remodeled to Lounge "Charrette Creek"; to RailCruise America in 2001; sold in February 2006 to KCS 1969 "Laredo".
  6. UP 5716; removed from active roster in January 1974 and held for special service; sold to Mexico in 1987 as NdeM 2281
  7. UP 5717; to UP 24444; to UP 904244; to UP 904853, off roster
  8. UP 5718; to UP 24445; to UP 904245; to UP 904852 in July 1983, off roster
  9. UP 5719; to UP 24446; to UP 904246
  10. UP 5720; to UP 24447; to UP 904247
  11. UP 5721; to UP 24448; to UP 904248; moved from Portola, California, to Cheyenne, Wyoming in August 2005
  12. UP 5722; to UP 24449; to UP 904249
  13. UP 5723; to UP 24450; to UP 904250; to UP 904855 in May 1984, off roster
  14. UP 5724; to UP 24451; to UP 904251; sold to MREX 5724 in 2001
  15. UP 5725; to UP 24452; to UP 904252; to UP 904851; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999
  16. UP 5726; to UP 24453; to UP 904253
  17. UP 5727; to UP 24454; to UP 904254; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999
  18. UP 5728; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; to Amtrak 1076, converted to HEP 1138 in June 1981; to Amtrak 1852 in 1998 (assigned Ethan Allen service); retired in July 2006. (Amtrak By The Numbers, pages 111, 172, 176)
  19. UP 5929; to UP 24455; to UP 904255; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  20. UP 5730; to UP 24456; to UP 904256; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  21. UP 5731; to UP 24457; to UP 904257; used at LaSalle, Colorado, for Roadway service, for at least 25 years; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage; seen on ground on north side of Cheyenne shops on April 13, 2006
  22. UP 5732; to UP 24458; to UP 904258; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  23. UP 5733; to UP 24459; to UP 904259
  24. UP 5734; to UP 24460; to UP 904260; retired, trucks removed and placed on ground at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to serve as storage for steam program and Heritage Fleet equipment; painted brick red, with end roll-up door installed.
  25. UP 5735; to UP 24461; to UP 904261; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 60019, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; later in service as an elephant car until the last circus trains were operated in May 2017; to Norfolk Southern for parts (mainly the recently rebuilt six-wheel trucks).
  26. UP 5736; to UP 24462; to UP 904262
  27. UP 5737; to UP 24463; to UP 904263
  28. UP 5738; to UP 24464; to UP 904264
  29. UP 5739; to UP 24465; to UP 904265
  30. UP 5740; to UP 24466; to UP 904266
  31. UP 5741; to UP 24467; to UP 904267; sold to "Friends of 261" in 2001
  32. UP 5742; to UP 24468; to UP 904268; body on ground at Gering, Nebraska
  33. UP 5743; severely damaged by a fire on November 20, 1958 at Hayden, California (near Kelso); retired in June 1960; rebuilt and reinstated in December 1960; retired in December 1971; to UP 903012 Roadway Office and Tool car in August 1972; retired in September 1981; as of September 2021, in service as Albany & Eastern (RFRX) 1003, as part of A&E's Brunch Train, which operates between Lebanon and Sweet Home, Oregon. (2021 update from Sheldon Perry)
  34. UP 5744; to UP 24469; to UP 904242; to UP 903012 in 1972; off roster; body on ground at Granite, Wyoming.
  35. UP 5745; to UP 24470; to UP 904270; to Wichita Railroad Museum

 

Postal Storage -- 35 cars
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

(Read more about the 13 cars sold to Ringling Bros., RBBX)

Car
Number
Date
Built
1969
Number
Date To
24400 Series
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Date
Retired
RBBX
Number
Notes
UP 5746 May 1962 UP 24471 Apr 1969 UP 904271 Feb 1970     1
UP 5747 May 1962 UP 24472 Apr 1969 UP 904272 May 1970   RBBX 63006 2
UP 5748 Jun 1962 UP 24473 Apr 1969 UP 904273 Apr 1970     3
UP 5749 Jun 1962 UP 24474 Apr 1969 UP 904274 Apr 1970   RBBX 60001 4
UP 5750 Jun 1962 UP 24475 Apr 1969 UP 904275 Mar 1970     5
UP 5751 Jul 1962 UP 24476 Apr 1969 UP 904276 Feb 1970     6
UP 5752 Jul 1962 UP 24477 Apr 1969 UP 904277 Oct 1970     7
UP 5753 Jul 1962 UP 24478 Apr 1969 UP 904278 Jun 1970     8
UP 5754 Aug 1962 UP 24479 Apr 1969 UP 904279 Apr 1970     9
UP 5755 Aug 1962 UP 24480 Apr 1969 UP 904280 Feb 1970   RBBX 60002 10
UP 5756 Aug 1962 UP 24481 Apr 1969 UP 904281 Mar 1970     11
UP 5757 Aug 1962 UP 24482 Apr 1969 UP 904282 Apr 1970   RBBX 60003 12
UP 5758 Aug 1962 UP 24483 Apr 1969 UP 904283 Feb 1971   RBBX 63005 13
UP 5759 Sep 1982 UP 24484 Apr 1969 UP 904284 Jan 1970     14
UP 5760 Sep 1982 UP 24485 Apr 1969 UP 904285 Jan 1970     15
UP 5761 Sep 1982     UP 904289 Mar 1973   RBBX 63007 16
UP 5762 Sep 1982     UP 904290 Dec 1972   RBBX 63009 17
UP 5763 Sep 1982     UP 904291 Dec 1972     18
UP 5764 Sep 1982     UP 904292 Dec 1972   RBBX 63004 19
UP 5765 Sep 1982         Dec 1971   20
UP 5766 Oct 1962     UP 904293 Jun 1972   RBBX 63011 21
UP 5767 Oct 1962     UP 904294 Dec 1972     22
UP 5768 Oct 1962     UP 904295 Dec 1972     23
UP 5769 Oct 1962 UP 24486 Apr 1969 UP 904286 Oct 1970     24
UP 5770 Oct 1962     UP 904296 Dec 1972   RBBX 63010 25
UP 5771 Oct 1962         Sep 1970   26
UP 5772 Oct 1962     UP 904297 Jul 1972     27
UP 5773 Oct 1962     UP 904298 Jul 1972   RBBX 63012 28
UP 5774 Nov 1962         Sep 1970   29
UP 5775 Nov 1962         Dec 1971   30
UP 5776 Nov 1962     UP 904299 Jul 1972   RBBX 63008 31
UP 5777 Nov 1962         Sep 1970   32
UP 5778 Nov 1962         Sep 1970   33.
UP 5779 Nov 1962             34
UP 5780 Nov 1962     UP 904823 Nov 1978   RBBX 60013 35

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. Generator: Spicer drive from axle
  3. St. Louis Car Lot 1821
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-35917
  5. Sixteen cars (UP 5746-5760 and 5769) were reassigned to Express service as 24400 series in April 1969; renumbered to 900000 series Roadway Tool cars in 1970
  6. The UP 24400 and UP 904xxx series numbers may have only been assigned to these cars; some cars may have still carried their 5700 series numbers at the time of disposition.
  7. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 35
  8. UP diagram sheet P-2-8 (6/26/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 5746; to UP 24471; to UP 904271; displayed at Bailey Yard Visitor's Center, North Platte, Nebraska; moved to Cheyenne and stored serviceable; donated to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) at Silvis, Illinois; moved from Cheyenne to Silvis as part of a "Donation Special" that included UP 4-6-6-4 3985, 2-10-2 5511 and DDA40X 6936; departed Cheyenne on November 11, 2022 and arrived at Silvis on the evening of November 19, 2022. (Read more about the donation to RRHMA)
  2. UP 5747; to UP 24472; to UP 904272; to UP 904815; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63006
  3. UP 5748; to UP 24473; to UP 904273
  4. UP 5749; to UP 24474; to UP 904274; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 60001 "Shop Car" in 1986
  5. UP 5750; to UP 24475; to UP 904275; to UP 904821; scrapped in 2001
  6. UP 5751; to UP 24476; to UP 904276
  7. UP 5752; to UP 24477; to UP 904277; retired from MoW service in the 1990s and stored at Union Pacific's coach shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa; refurbished as display car UPP 5752 in October 2018.
  8. UP 5753; to UP 24478; to UP 904278
  9. UP 5754; to UP 24479; to UP 904279
  10. UP 5755; to UP 24480; to UP 904280; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 60002; to South Carolina Railroad Museum, Winnsboro, South Carolina, after the last RBBB trains were operated in May 2017.
  11. UP 5756; to UP 24481; to UP 904281; stored at Cheyenne (on trucks) as of October 2010
  12. UP 5757; to UP 24482; to UP 904282; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 60003, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida
  13. UP 5758; to UP 24483; to UP 904283; to UP 904819; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1994, to RBBX 63005 "Auxiliary/Generator Car"
  14. UP 5759; to UP 24484; to UP 904284; stored at Cheyenne (on trucks) as of October 2010
  15. UP 5760; (assigned UP 24485); (assigned UP 904285); stored at Cheyenne (on trucks) as of October 2010, still lettered as UP 5660 (previously reported as being sold to Kristin Sales in 2001)
  16. UP 5761; to UP 904289; to UP 904706 in November 1981; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63007
  17. UP 5762; to UP 904290; to UP 904707 in October 1982; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63009; in service as a stock car until the last circus trains were operated in May 2017; to Norfolk Southern for parts (mainly the recently rebuilt six-wheel trucks).
  18. UP 5763; to UP 904291; to UP 904703 in July 1981
  19. UP 5764; to UP 904292; to UP 904701 in April 1981; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 63004; in service as a stock car until the last circus trains were operated in May 2017; sold to UP and moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, renumbered as UPP 5764, moved during January 2021 to Relco in Albia, Iowa, for conversion to bunk cars for weed train service.
  20. UP 5765; retired in December 1971; body on ground at Albina (Portland), Oregon, in 1973
  21. UP 5766; to UP 904293; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63011
  22. UP 5767; to UP 904294; assigned to Hinkle derrick service as of October 16, 1974
  23. UP 5768; to UP 904295
  24. UP 5769; to UP 24486 in April 1969; to UP 904286; assigned to special service in 2000 and renumbered/renamed as UPP 5769 Council Bluffs (trucks changed from six-wheel to four-wheel), used during the 2000 U.S. political conventions.
  25. UP 5770; to UP 904296; to UP 904708 in April 1982; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63010, completely rebuilt and reconfigured in 2010 to Diner (known as a "Pie Car" on Ringling Bros.); sold by Ringling Brothers to Vermont Railway at Burlington, Vermont, upon the end of the circus trains in May 2017.
  26. UP 5771; retired in September 1970; body on ground at Hastings, Nebraska
  27. UP 5772; to UP 904297; to UP 904704 (MOW Kitchen Car) in September 1981; stored (on trucks) at Cheyenne, Wyoming as of October 2010, still there in May 2012
  28. UP 5773; to UP 904298; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63012, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida
  29. UP 5774; retired in September 1970; body on ground at Denver, Colorado
  30. UP 5775; retired in December 1971; body on ground at Denver, Colorado
  31. UP 5776; to UP 904299; to UP 904700 in April 1981; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 63008
  32. UP 5777; retired in September 1970; body on ground at Rawlins, Wyoming
  33. UP 5778; retired in September 1970; body on ground at Rawlins, Wyoming
  34. UP 5779; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; removed from service in January 1974 and held for special service; to Museum Car "Western Star" in 1990; to Museum Car "Promontory" in 1993
  35. UP 5780; to UP 904823 in November 1978; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; held for special service; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 63013; rebuilt to power car prior to February 2011; sold to UP at auction in March 2017; after the last RBBB trains were operated in May 2017, RBBX 63013 was moved to UP at Council Bluffs and became UPP 2055; moved from Council Bluffs to Kansas City for repainting on October 24, 2017.

 

Baggage Postal -- 10 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1941-1942
Lightweight

Postal Storage -- 10 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1941-1942
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Vacated
1973 Roadway
Service Number
Date
Renumbered
Notes and Disposition
UP 5801 Dec 1941 Sep 1970 UP 903662 Apr 1973 1
UP 5802 Dec 1941 Sep 1970 UP 903663 May 1973 2
UP 5803 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903664   3
UP 5804 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903665 Dec 1973 4
UP 5805 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903666   5
UP 5806 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903667 Nov 1972 6
UP 5807 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903668 Dec 1972 7
UP 5808 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903669 Apr 1973 8
UP 5809 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903670   9
UP 5810 Jan 1942 Sep 1970 UP 903671 Dec 1972 10

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 84'-10"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-9"
  • Length, Over End Sills (End Posts): 82'-4"
  • Length, Inside: 80'-0" (calculated)
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, clasp brakes (11'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. All-steel construction, with ribbed skirting (skirting removed in 1949-1958)
  2. Pullman-Standard Lot 6664
  3. Pullman-Standard Floor Plan 7470
  4. UP Floor Plan Drawing: 237-CB-22830
  5. Delivered in green paint scheme, with imitation gold lettering.
  6. Baggage Compartment: 50'-11" inside length, with one 7'-0" baggage door on each side.'
  7. Postal Compartment: 30'-1" inside length, with one 2'-10" door on each side.
  8. Remodeled from Baggage Postal to Postal Storage in (?); remodeled floor plan 237-CB-24000.
  9. Photo: UP 5803, in two-tone gray paint with Overland "Baggage" lettering, at Albina, Oregon, in June 1946 in The Streamliner, Volume 4, Number 1, January 1988, page 6.
  10. Renumbered to Roadway Tool Cars 903662-903671 in 1973
  11. UP diagram sheet P-2-24-A (1/2/1942) (as Baggage Postal)
  12. UP diagram sheet P-2-25 (1/2/1942), Rev. B (12/10/1946) (as Baggage Postal) (2 cars remaining, 5801, 5807)
  13. UP diagram sheet P-2-29 (9/1/1949) (as Postal Storage), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. D (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 5801; to UP 903662
  2. UP 5802; to UP 903663
  3. UP 5803; to UP 903664
  4. UP 5804; to UP 903665; scrapped in 1983
  5. UP 5805; to UP 903666; scrapped in 1983
  6. UP 5806; to UP 903667
  7. UP 5807; to UP 903668; body on ground at Cheyenne by October 2010
  8. UP 5808; to UP 903669; body on ground at North Platte; to Sutherland (off I-80)
  9. UP 5809; to UP 903670; to UP 906214
  10. UP 5810; to UP 903671; body on ground at Fremont, California, as as Roadway (MOW) tool house

 

Postal Storage -- 3 cars
AC&F, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Roadway
Service Number
Date
Renumbered
Notes
UP 5811 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903672 Nov 1972 1
UP 5812 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903673 Oct 1972 2
UP 5813 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903674 Dec 1973 3

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers:
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills:
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, clasp brakes (11'-6" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. Generator: Spicer drive from axles
  3. AC&F Lot 3028
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-33424 and 237-CB-36278
  5. Renumbered to Roadway Tool Cars 903672-903674 in 1972-1973
  6. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 55
  7. UP diagram sheet P-2-30 (3/13/1958), Rev. B (7/7/1961), Rev. D (1/10/1967)
  8. UP diagram sheet P-2-31 (9/1/1949), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (2 cars remaining, 5811 missing)

Notes:

  1. UP 5811; to UP 903672; retired by UP in February 1983; sold to Doyle McCormack in 1985 as DLMX 5811, used as part of 4449 Steam Program, painted in SP Daylight colors, named "Yes Dear", changed to "Yes Dear, Eh" after sale to CP; sold in November 2011 to Canadian Pacific as CP 105; offered for sale by CP as of March 2014
  2. UP 5812; to UP 903673; at Museum of Transportation, Barrets, Missouri
  3. UP 5813; to UP 903674; body on ground at Cheyenne by October 2010

 

Postal Storage -- 2 cars
AC&F, 1954
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Roadway
Service Number
Date
Renumbered
Notes
UP 5814 Oct 1954 Sep 1970 UP 903675   1
UP 5815 Oct 1954 Sep 1970 UP 903676 Dec 1973 2

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. AC&F Lot 3809
  3. AC&F Floor Plan 7679577
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-31263
  5. 51'-1" Postal Storage section
  6. 30-1" Railway Post Office section
  7. Lettered as "United States Mail, Railway Post Office, Railway Express Agency"
  8. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 65
  9. UP diagram sheet P-2-32 (2/4/1954), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957), Rev. C (3/2/1959), Rev. E (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 5814; to UP 903675 in 1973; sold to Teleweld, Inc., rebuilt to Rail Detector Car for UP in May 1973 to December 1975; repurchased by UP as DC-4 (903004) in February 1976; (Read more about DC-4, UP 903004)
  2. UP 5815; to UP 903676 in 1973

 

Postal Mail Storage -- 5 cars
St. Louis Car, 1960
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Notes
UP 5816 Oct 1960 Sep 1970 UP 903677 Oct 1972 1
UP 5817 Oct 1960 Sep 1970 UP 903678 Oct 1972 2
UP 5818 Nov 1960 Sep 1970 UP 903679 Oct 1972 3
UP 5819 Dec 1960 Sep 1970 UP 903680 Oct 1972 4
UP 5820 Dec 1960 Sep 1970 UP 903681 Dec 1972 5

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside: 81'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. St. Louis Car Lot 1808
  2. UP Floor Plan 237-CB-36110
  3. 51'-1" Postal Storage section
  4. 30'-1" Railway Post Office section
  5. Lettered as "United States Mail, Railway Post Office, Railway Express Agency"
  6. PL&N UP diagram sheet 357-CB-36119
  7. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 77
  8. UP diagram sheet P-2-34 (6/16/1960), Rev. A (7/7/1961), Rev. B (1/10/1967)
  9. UP Equipment Record: r3-0690 (903650-903699); r3-1190 (5800-5820)

Notes:

  1. UP 5816 was remodeled to Heritage Fleet power car UPP 2066 in May 2004 (Read more about UPP 2066)
  2. UP 5817 was renumbered to UP 903678 in 1972-1973, assigned to Maintenance of Way Tool Car; was seen en route at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on June 1, 2006, and at Butler, Wisconsin on August 24, 2006, loaded on ITTX flatcar; rebuilt as part of UP's Heritage Fleet, completed in mid July 2019 as UPP 5817 "Pony Express" (2nd). (Read more about UPP 5817)
  3. UP 5818 was renumbered to UP 904828 in August 1980; renumbered to UP 904306 (2nd) in 1990 (for steam program); renumbered to UPP 5818 "Sherman Hill" (concession car) in 1992; to UPP 5818 "Reed Jackson" in 2009. (Read more about UPP 5818)
  4. UP 5819 is displayed at Ogden Union Station Museum
  5. UP 5820 was sold to Northern Rail Car in 1990

 

Postal Storage -- 3 cars
AC&F, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
Notes
UP 5900 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903682 Apr 1973 1
UP 5901 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903683 Nov 1972 2
UP 5902 Sep 1949 Sep 1970 UP 903684 Dec 1973 3

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Lot No: 3027
  2. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25404
  3. RPO section was 60'-5"; mail storage section was 21'-6"
  4. As of March 1950, all three cars were assigned to COSF service.
  5. Prior to retirement, all three cars were assigned to City of St. Louis service.
  6. PL&N UP diagram sheet 357-CB-24965
  7. PL&N published in Davies, Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Cars, Volume 2, 1940-1949, page 223 (foldout)
  8. See also: Davies, Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Cars, Volume 2, 1940-1949, page 33
  9. UP diagram sheet P-2-33 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (12/20/1957), Rev. B (3/2/1959), Rev. D (1/10/1967)
  10. UP Equipment Record: r3-1191

These cars ended their "revenue" service in 1965-1967 on Trains 9 and 10, the City of St. Louis. (Art Gibson, email dated July 24, 2007)

The consists mentioned were from Topeka in 1965-67. The cars were evidently bumped off the COSF when the Budd stainless steel Postal Storage cars were received by the UP in 1963 and assigned to the COSF. UP 5900-5902 must not have operated over the entire route of the COSL because that train had a different RPO assigned to it through to Los Angeles both before and after the COSL and the COLA were combined west of Ogden in 1964. (Jim Lancaster, email dated July 24, 2007)

Kansas City-Denver RPO service ended on January 28, 1967. Replaced by State of Kansas-mandated Kansas-only RPO service to Sharon Springs, the last station before Colorado, until end of all RPO service on October 12, 1967.

Notes:

  1. UP 5900 was renumbered to UP 903682 in 1973; stored at Seymour, Nebraska; moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, as on-ground storage shed. (information from David Varilek via email on August 16, 2007)
  2. UP 5901 was renumbered to UP 903683 in 1973; sold to private individual; moved for preservation to Golden Gate Railroad Museum, San Francisco, California; moved for storage during late February 2006 to Pacific Locomotive Association, Fremont, California; moved for storage during early August 2019 to new GGRM property at Schellville, California.
  3. UP 5902 was renumbered to UP 903684 in 1973; sold to Ringling Bros., in 1989, used as parts source; traded to MARC (Maryland Railroad Commuter) for parts in May 1992; refurbished and painted as MARC 199, located at Camden Yards, used as on-track storage.

 

Baggage Mail -- 9 cars
Budd, 1963
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
24400 Series
Number
Date To
24400 Series
Roadway Series
Number
Date To
Roadway Series
1993 VIA Rail
Number
Notes
UP 5903 Aug 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903685 Nov 1972 VIA 8622 1
UP 5904 Aug 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903686 Oct 1972   2
UP 5905 Aug 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903687 Aug 1973 VIA 8623 3
UP 5906 Aug 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903688 Oct 1972 VIA 8621 4
UP 5907 Sep 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903689 Oct 1972 VIA 8618 5
UP 5908 Sep 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903690 Aug 1973   6
UP 5909 Sep 1963 Sep 1970     UP 903691 May 1973 VIA 8619 7
UP 5910 Sep 1963 Apr 1969 UP 24487 Apr 1969 UP 904287 Jun 1970 VIA 8620 8
UP 5911 Sep 1963 Apr 1969 UP 24488 Apr 1969 UP 904288 Sep 1970   9

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-6"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel, clasp brakes (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Stainless steel construction, with ribbed sides and roof, and letterboards painted yellow.
  2. Mail section was 60'-9"; storage section was 21'-9"
  3. Equipped as Railway Post Office cars.
  4. Floor Plan: 236-CB-37199
  5. These nine cars were UP's most modern RPO cars, having been delivered just four years before the Post Office canceled all rail-by-mail contracts in September 1967.
  6. Seven cars (UP 5903-5909) were renumbered to UP 903685-903691 Roadway Tool cars in 1973
  7. Two cars (UP 5910 and 5911) were renumbered to UP 24487 and 24488 Express cars in 1969; renumbered to UP 903287 and 903288 Roadway Tool cars in 1970
  8. All nine cars were donated by UP in the 1980s to the Eastern Nebraska Chapter, NRHS, which operates as the Nebraska Railroad Museum, and operates the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR) between Fremont and Hooper, Nebraska, a distance of 17 miles; six cars leased to VIA in 1993, then sold to VIA at an unknown later date; as of 2014, all six cars were still in service as VIA 8618-8623.
  9. See also: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 421
  10. UP diagram sheet P-2-35 (3/6/1964), Rev. A (7/26/1966), Rev. B (1/10/1967) (shown as Postal Mail Storage)

Notes:

  1. UP 5903; to UP 903685 in 1973; to VIA 8622 in 1993
  2. UP 5904; to UP 903686 in 1973; sold Don Shank in Durango Colorado in 2001; as of August 2007, in excursion service in Colorado. (information from David Varilek via email on August 16, 2007)
  3. UP 5905; to UP 903687 in 1973; to VIA 8623 in 1993
  4. UP 5906; to UP 903688 in 1973; to VIA 8621 in 1993
  5. UP 5907; to UP 903689 in 1973; to VIA 8618 in 1993
  6. UP 5908; to UP 903690 in 1973; sold in 1988, displayed at the Rails West Museum, located at the former Rock Island depot in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  7. UP 5909; to UP 903691 in 1973; to VIA 8619 in 1993
  8. UP 5910; to UP 24487 in April 1969; to UP 904287 in June 1970; to VIA 8620 in 1993
  9. UP 5911; to UP 24488 in April 1969; to UP 904288 in September 1970; sold to Kristin Sales in 2001; to Illinois Transit

 

Baggage Dormitory -- 9 cars
ACF, 1949
Lightweight

(Read more about the four cars sold to Amtrak in 1972)

Car
Number
Date
Built
Boiler-Dormitory
Number
Date To
Boiler-Dormitory
Date
Retired
Amtrak
Number
Notes
UP 6000 Jul 1949 UP 300 Sep 1962     1
UP 6001 Jul 1949 UP 302 Oct 1962     2
UP 6002 Jul 1949     Oct 1972 AMTK 1570 3
UP 6003 Aug 1949     Oct 1972 AMTK 1571 4
UP 6004 Aug 1949 UP 303 Dec 1962     5
UP 6005 Aug 1949     Oct 1972 AMTK 1572 6
UP 6006 Aug 1949 UP 304 Dec 1962     7
UP 6007 Aug 1949     Oct 1972 AMTK 1573 8
UP 6008 Aug 1949 UP 301 Aug 1962     9

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: one 6 wheel truck (11'-0" wheelbase), one 4 wheel truck (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Lot No: 3029
  2. AC&F Floor Plan 7667154
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-25393
  4. Assignment, March 1950: COLA (4 cars), COP (4 cars), COSF (1 car)
  5. UP 6000, 6001, 6004, 6006, 6008 remodeled to Boiler Dormitory cars 300-304 in 1962
  6. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 425
  7. UP diagram sheet P-1-28 (6/12/1962), Rev. A (10/10/1962), Rev. B (3/6/1964), Rev. C (2/21/1966) (as 300-304 Boiler Dormitory)
  8. UP diagram sheet P-1-29 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (10/14/1954), Rev. B (1/13/1955), Rev. C (2/15/1956), Rev. D (12/20/1957), Rev. E (3/2/1957), Rev. F (6/12/1962) (6 cars remaining), Rev. G (3/6/1964), Rev H (7/26/1966) (4 cars: 6002, 6003, 6005, 6007) (as Baggage Dormitory)
  9. UP Equipment Record: r3-1192
  10. Amtrak dispositions from "Amtrak By The Numbers", page 116

Notes:

  1. UP 6000;
  2. UP 6001;
  3. UP 6002; to Amtrak 1570 in 1972; retired by Amtrak in October 1981
  4. UP 6003; to Amtrak 1571 in 1972; retired by Amtrak in July 1981
  5. UP 6004;
  6. UP 6005; to Amtrak 1572 in 1972; retired by Amtrak in July 1981
  7. UP 6006;
  8. UP 6007; to Amtrak 1573 in 1972; retired by Amtrak in July 1981

 

Baggage Dormitory -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1941 (UP, 1945, 1947)
Lightweight

Car
Number
First
Number
Second
Number
Date
Built
Notes
UP 6009 LA-103 CP-103 Jul 1941 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
LA-103 Jul 1941 (new) Jun 1947
CP-103 Jun 1947 Mar 1956
UP 6009 Mar 1956 Sep 1970

General Notes:

  1. Baggage Dormitory (27 beds) (same as SF-104)
  2. Pullman Lot 6635
  3. Pullman Plan 7443
  4. Pullman Floor Plan 82-B-1
  5. UP Floor Plan 237-ST-4571; remodeled by UP at Omaha in 1945 (as LA-103) and 1947 (as CP-103)
  6. Photos and plans in The Official Pullman-Standard Library, Volume 14, pages 21-25
  7. UP folio diagram sheet S-81-A (12-6-46) (as LA-103)
  8. UP folio diagram sheet P-1-24 (7-1-47); Rev. A (1-5-54); Rev. B (2-15-56); Rev. C (3-2-59); Rev. D (1-10-67)
  9. UP Equipment Record: r3-0948 (CP-103); r3-1068 (CP-101 to CP-612); r3-1069 (LA-1 to LA-703); r3-1192 (UP 6000-6010)

Notes:

  1. UP 6009; built in July 1941 as LA-103 as part of the 9th Train (COLA); renumbered to CP-103 in June 1947; to UP ownership when joint UP-C&NW pool ended on December 1, 1948; renumbered to UP 6009 in March 1956 (letter for fleet renumbering dated February 27, 1956); retired by UP in September 1970; sold to J. A. Christensen, Pomona, California; stored in a salvage yard in Santa Fe Springs, California until moved in April 1986 (along with UP Sleeper 1209 "National Progress") to Los Angeles Live Steamers on Zoo Drive on the north side of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California; still there as of November 2014. (previously reported in error as being on display at Travel Town in Los Angeles, California)

 

Baggage Dormitory -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1941
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date
Built
Notes
UP 6010 SF-104 Jul 1941 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

Car History

Car
Number
Date To
Number
Date From
Number
SF-104 Jul 1941 (new) Dec 1948 (UP-owned)
SF-104 Dec 1948 (UP-owned) May 1956
UP 6010 May 1956 Apr 1967

General Notes:

  1. Baggage Dormitory (33'-0" Baggage section; 48'-5" Dormitory section, 32 beds in 10 triple berths and one double berth)
  2. Pullman Lot 6635
  3. Pullman Plan 7443
  4. Pullman Floor Plan 82-B-1
  5. UP Floor Plan 237-ST-3788
  6. Photos and plans in The Official Pullman-Standard Library, Volume 14, pages 21-25
  7. UP folio diagram sheet P-1-25 (10-27-42); Rev. A (12-6-46); Rev. B (1-5-54); Rev. C (2-15-56); Rev. D (3-2-59); Rev. E (1-10-67)
  8. UP Equipment Record: r3-1070 (SF-1 to SF-704); r3-1192 (UP 6000-6010)

Notes:

  1. UP 6010; built in July 1941 as part of the 10th Train (COSF); to UP ownership on December 1, 1948 when the UP-C&NW-SP joint ownership ended; renumbered to UP 6010 in May 1956 (letter for fleet renumbering dated February 27, 1956); retired by UP in April 1967; scrapped June 1968.

 

Dormitory Club -- 6 cars
ACF, 1949
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes and Disposition
UP 6100 Apr 1949 Sep 1970 1
UP 6101 Apr 1949 Dec 1971 2
UP 6102 Apr 1949 Sep 1970 3
UP 6103 Apr 1949 Dec 1971 4
UP 6104 Apr 1949 Dec 1971 5
UP 6105 May 1949 Sep 1970 6

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 9'-0"

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. These six cars were assigned to the City of St. Louis for their entire service life. (Steve Orth, email dated July 9, 2013)
  3. UP Equipment Record, r3-1057 and r3-1193
  4. UP diagram sheet P-5-5 (9/1/1949), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957)

Notes:

  1. UP 6100 was retired by UP in September 1970, and sold to R. Sperry (Los Angeles) in 1972; it was sold in 1985 to Deer Creek Scenic Railroad for operation at Heber City, Utah, but was never moved to Heber; stored at Salt Lake City, pending movement to Heber City, receiving extensive vandalism (stripped of components and interior burned); the car remained stored in Salt Lake City from 1985 until 1992-1993 when it was sold to Nevada State Railroad Museum in 1992 along with other equipment owned by Deer Creek Scenic Railroad; moved to Boulder City, Nevada in February 1993; as of December 2016, the car was still at Boulder City, used for storage.
  2. UP 6101 was sold to Pacific Railroad Society "Cajon Pass" in 1972; as of March 2016 on long term lease to Southern California Railway Plaza Association in Fullerton, California. (Andrew Novak, email dated March 18, 2016)
  3. UP 6102 was sold to C. Rasmussem "Afton Canyon" in 1972; to D. Ryan (San Bernardino); operated by Overland Rail Travel as "Afton Canyon", AMTK 800000; sold to Mexico in 1987-1989 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorios (SCD) 379 "Club Sonora"
  4. UP 6103 was sold to Overland Rail Travel in 1972; to restaurant (San Bernardino, California)
  5. UP 6104 was sold to Overland Rail Travel in 1972; to office (Clarement, California)
  6. UP 6105 was sold to H. Thompson in 1976; to Golden Spike Rail Tours "Vista Pacifica" (Fullerton, California)

 

Dormitory Club -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1937
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Previous
Number
Date
Renumbered
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 6106 Dec 1937 Little Nugget (LA-701) Feb 1956 Jul 1956 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style:

General Notes:

  1. Built as LA-701 in 1937; renumbered to UP 6106 in 1956
  2. Lot: 6524
  3. Builder Plan No.: 7398-A
  4. Floor Plan: 237-ST-806
  5. UP diagram sheet P-5-1 (12/1/1939), Rev. A (11/24/1942), Rev. B 2/1/1943), Rev. C (12/4/1946), Rev. D (1/5/1954), Rev. E (2/15/1956)

Notes:

  1. UP 6106; built in December 1937 as Little Nugget LA-701 as part of the 7th Train (COLA); to UP ownership when UP-SP-C&NW Joint Ownership pool ended on December 1, 1948; renumbered to UP 6106 in March 1956, still in COLA service; retired by UP in July 1956; donated to City of Los Angeles, displayed at Travel Town, Griffith Park. (Photo of car being moved by truck in Trains magazine, February 1957, page 21)

 

Dormitory Club -- 1 car
Pullman-Standard, 1941
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
UP 6107
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 6107 Embarcadero (SF-702) Mar 1956 Mar 1960 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers: (not shown)
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 84'-6"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-4"
  • Length, Inside: (not shown)
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style:

General Notes:

  1. From SF-702 "Embarcadero" in March 1956
  2. Pullman Lot No.6635
  3. Pullman Plan No. 7450
  4. Pullman Floor Plan No. 82-B-8-C
  5. UP diagram [1949] sheet P-5-3 (10/27/1942), Rev. A (12/6/1946)
  6. UP Equipment Record, r3-1193

Notes:

  1. UP 6107; built in June 1941 as part of the revised 8th Train (COSF); to UP ownership on December 1, 1948 when the UP-C&NW-SP joint ownership ended, remained in COSF service; changed to UP 6107 in March 1956 (Embarcadero name removed); retired by UP in March 1960

 

Club Lounge -- 9 cars
ACF, 1949
Lightweight

Lounge -- 9 cars
ACF, 1949 (UP, 1959)
Lightweight

(Read more about the three cars sold to Amtrak in 1972)

Car
Number
Car Name
(removed in 1956)
Date
Delivered
Date "River"
Name Removed
Date
Vacated
Amtrak
Number
Notes
UP 6200 Loup River Jun 1949 Mar 1956 Oct 1972 AMTK 3371 1
UP 6201 Platte River Jun 1949 Mar 1956 Oct 1972 AMTK 3372 2
UP 6202 Columbia River (1st) Jun 1949 Jun 1956 Oct 1972 AMTK 3370 3
UP 6203 Colorado River Jun 1949 Mar 1956 Jan 1974   4
UP 6204 Green River (1st) Jul 1949 Jun 1956 Aug 1968   5
UP 6205 Mojave River Jul 1949 Mar 1956 Aug 1968   6
UP 6206 Portneuf River Jul 1949 Mar 1956 Jan 1974   7
UP 6207 Payette River Jul 1949 Mar 1956 Aug 1968   8
UP 6208 Weber River Jul 1949 Mar 1956 Aug 1968   9

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase) (later with disk brakes)

General Notes:

  1. "River" series Club Lounge; "River" name removed in March and June 1956.
  2. Aluminum and steel construction
  3. AC&F Lot No. 3034
  4. UP Floor Plan: 237-CB-25402
  5. Photos taken at the time of construction in 1949 show that the cars carried their 6200-series at the time of delivery, but only on the interior, above the vestibule doors.
  6. Proposed in 1951 to have the barber shop area changed to a private dining room. (Read more about the proposed Brown Derby Room)
  7. Remodeled from Club Lounge to Lounge in 1959 by UP at Omaha, including conversion of barber shop and valet areas into card rooms.
  8. UP diagram sheet P-5-15 (9/1/1949) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (12/20/1957) (9 cars: 6200-6208), Rev. C (3/2/1959) (9 cars: 6200-6208, "River" names removed), Rev. D (6/12/1962), Rev. E (7/26/1966), Rev. F (8/28/1967) (9 cars: 6200-6208; three cars, 6200, 6202, 6206, refurbished in 1967, with settees at center)
  9. UP diagram sheet P-5-14 (6/21/1962), Rev. A (7/26/1966) (1 car: UP 6200)
  10. Amtrak data based on research completed by Mike Palmieri.

Notes:

  1. UP 6200 was built in 1949, named "Loup River"; changed to UP 6200 in 1956; vacated in December 1971; reinstated in May 1972; sold to Amtrak 3371 in October 1972, retired by Amtrak in October 1981; preserved at Steamtown, Scranton, Pennsylvania
  2. UP 6201 was built in 1949, named "Platte River"; changed to UP 6201 in 1956; vacated in December 1971; reinstated in May 1972; sold to Amtrak 3372 in October 1972, retired by Amtrak in September 1975; sold to H. Wolfe
  3. UP 6202 was built in 1949, named "Columbia River (1st)"; changed to UP 6202 in 1956; vacated in December 1971; reinstated in May 1972; sold to Amtrak 3370 in October 1972, retired by Amtrak in July 1981; to J. L. Hyde (Bellevue, Ohio); sold to Adrian & Blissfield Railroad after 1991 (AMTK 800130), car displayed at Blissfield, Michigan as A&B "Columbia River", painted two-tone green. (update from Jerry LaBoda via email dated December 18, 2009)
  4. UP 6203 was built in 1949, named "Colorado River"; changed to UP 6203 in 1956; held for special service in January 1974; to Lounge UPP 6203 "Sun Valley" (2nd) in 1990
  5. UP 6204 was built in 1949, named "Green River (1st)"; changed to UP 6204 in 1956; vacated in August 1968; to cafe in Redlands, California, in 1969; as of April 2009, sitting on ground along Pipes Canyon Road, about 10 miles north of Yucca Valley, California.
  6. UP 6205 was built in 1949, named "Mojave River"; changed to UP 6205 in 1956; vacated in August 1968; to H. Writers in 1969; sold to Carney's Carney's Express Limited restaurants, cut in half and moved to the Studio City location in 1975, at 12601 Ventura Boulevard.
  7. UP 6206 was built in 1949, named "Portneuf River"; changed to UP 6206 in 1956; held for special service in January 1974; sold to Mexico in 1987 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorios (SCD) 365 "Club Atoyac"
  8. UP 6207 was built in 1949, named "Payette River"; changed to UP 6207 in 1956; vacated in August 1968; sold to Long Island Rail Road in August 1969; assigned to premium fare parlor car service on "The Cannonball" and other trains; redesignated LIRR 2072 "Tackapausha" in 1969; retired circa 1976-1977; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal Company in 1977, presumed scrapped. (update from John Deasy, Dominion Rail Voyages, email dated June 3, 2010 and August 28, 2016)
  9. UP 6208 was sold to Long Island Rail Road in August 1969; assigned to premium fare parlor car service on "The Cannonball" and other trains; redesignated LIRR 2073 "Tuckahoe" in 1969; retired 1979; stored on LIRR property until November 24, 1984; disposition unknown, presumed scrapped. (update from John Deasy, Dominion Rail Voyages, email dated June 3, 2010)

 

Baggage -- 25 cars
AC&F, 1961
Lightweight

(Read more about the 16 cars sold to Ringling Bros., RBBX)

(Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, or RBBB)

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
RBBX
Number
Notes
UP 6300 Feb 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60004 1
UP 6301 Feb 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60018 2
UP 6302 Feb 1961 Dec 1971   3
UP 6303 Feb 1961 Dec 1971   4
UP 6304 Feb 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60017 5
UP 6305 Feb 1961 Dec 1971   6
UP 6306 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   7
UP 6307 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60005 8
UP 6308 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   9
UP 6309 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   10
UP 6310 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   11
UP 6311 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   12
UP 6312 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60006 13
UP 6313 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60007 14
UP 6314 Apr 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX (????) 15
UP 6315 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60008 16
UP 6316 Mar 1961 Dec 1971   17
UP 6317 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60009 18
UP 6318 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60010 19
UP 6319 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60011 20
UP 6320 Mar 1961 Nov 1971 RBX 93 21
UP 6321 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60020 22
UP 6322 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60012 23
UP 6323 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60013 24
UP 6324 Mar 1961 Dec 1971 RBBX 60014 25

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. Lot No: 5529
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-29872
  4. Book: Davies Volume 1, page 25
  5. UP diagram sheet P-1-23 (2/9/1961), Rev. A (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 6300; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60004, as of October 2011, car stored out of service on a spur about one mile east of RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; as of July 2012, car moved to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto)
  2. UP 6301; to UP 904811 in March 1976; retired by UP; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 60018, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; not sold at Ringling's 2017 auction; unmovable on own trucks, scrapped by Ringling Bros. at Palmetto in 2017; reported as damaged by fire at Palmetto on June 22, 2017.
  3. UP 6302; to UP 904808 in June 1975
  4. UP 6303; to UP 904822 in August 1978; on ground Gering, Nebraska; moved to on ground storage at Cheyenne, as of October 2010
  5. UP 6304; to UP 904807 in September 1975; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1995, to RBBX 60017 "Horse Car"
  6. UP 6305; to UP 904300 in January 1973; moved from Portola, California, to Cheyenne, Wyoming in August 2005
  7. UP 6306; to Alaska Railroad 6306, converted to HEP
  8. UP 6307; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60005 (or to Alaska 6307)
  9. UP 6308; to Alaska Railroad 6308; to Northern Rail Car in 1987
  10. UP 6309; to UP 904805 in March 1975; sold to Kristin Sales in 2001
  11. UP 6310; to Alaska Railroad 6310; to Alaska Railroad HEP in 1982; to Alaska Railroad 100 in 1990
  12. UP 6311; to UP 904301 in February 1973, off roster
  13. UP 6312; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60006; in service as a stock car until the last circus trains were operated in May 2017; sold to UP and moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, renumbered as UPP 6312, moved during January 2021 to Relco in Albia, Iowa, for conversion to bunk cars for weed train service.
  14. UP 6313; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60007, scrapped prior to April 2005 (2005 update from Trainorders.com April, 24, 2005)
  15. UP 6314; to UP 904302 in January 1973; to UP 904705 in October 1981; sold to Ringling Bros., to RBBX ????, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida
  16. UP 6315; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60008
  17. UP 6316; to UP 904806 in 1975, off roster
  18. UP 6317; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60009, car stored out of service on a spur about one mile east of RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; as of July 2012, car moved to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto) (2012 update from William Pou III via email dated July 10, 2012)
  19. UP 6318; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60010 "Horse Car"
  20. UP 6319; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60011 "Generator Car"
  21. UP 6320; sold to Penn Central; sold to Jim Blum (Cincinnati, Ohio) 6320; sold to Ringing Brothers in 1978, to RBX 93; wrecked in 1994
  22. UP 6321; to UP 904305 in March 1973; to UP 904702 in June 1981; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1999, to RBBX 60020, as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at Ringling Bros. rail shop at Palmetto, Florida
  23. UP 6322; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60012; interior removed by Ringling Bros. rail shop at Venice, Florida; in service as "tunnel" car, from 1973 to 1989; rebuilt in 1990 to Diner "Pie Car" by Ringling Bros. rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; in service as Diner "Pie Car" from 1990 to 2017.
  24. UP 6323; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60013
  25. UP 6324; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 60014 "Elephant Car," still in service during 1997 season; car stored out of service on a spur about one mile east of RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; as of July 2012, car moved to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto), car being converted to 100-seat open-air coach. (2012 update from William Pou III via email dated July 10, 2012)

 

Baggage -- 10 cars
St. Louis Car, 1962
Lightweight

(Read more about the two cars later sold to Amtrak)

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 6325 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 1
UP 6326 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 2
UP 6327 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 3
UP 6328 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 4
UP 6329 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 5
UP 6330 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 6
UP 6331 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 7
UP 6332 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 8
UP 6333 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 9
UP 6334 Dec 1962 Dec 1971 10

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 6 wheel, with disc brakes (11'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Aluminum and steel construction
  2. Lot No: 1822
  3. Floor Plan: 237-CB-36157
  4. Two, 1-window 7' doors, 1+1 large roof vent
  5. to Roadway service, or sold 1972-73
  6. Book: Ranks, Kratville, Streamliners, page 424
  7. UP diagram sheet P-1-26 (12/24/1962), Rev. A (1/10/1967)

Notes:

  1. UP 6325; sold to Alaska Railroad 6325; converted to HEP in 1982; to Alaska Railroad 101 in 1990
  2. UP 6326; to UP 904306 in March 1973; to UP 904709 in October 1982; sold in 2001
  3. UP 6327; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 63001 Diner "Pie Car," as of October 2011, trucks removed and car stored on jack stands at RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; car moved by highway truck in 2012 to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto), trucks removed and car being converted for use as stationary kitchen/food service for events. (2012 update from William Pou III via email dated August 19, 2012)
  4. UP 6328; sold to Oliver C. Varnes of Covina, California, in 1971, operating as Overland Rail Travel Corporation (ORTC); sold to Tom Pearson (date?); sold to Amtrak 1077 in 1977; converted to HEP 1139 in June 1981; wrecked in September 1993 at Big Bayou Canot, Alabama; listed for sale in January 1995.
  5. UP 6329; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 63002.
  6. UP 6330; sold to Ringling Bros. in 1972, to RBBX 63003, car stored out of service on a spur about one mile east of RBBB rail shop at Palmetto, Florida; as of July 2012, trucks reinstalled and car moved to Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida (10 miles northeast of Palmetto), car being converted to 100-seat open-air coach.. (2012 update from William Pou III via email dated August 19, 2012)
  7. UP 6331; sold to Alaska Railroad 6331 in 1971; to Northern Rail Car (date?); to Amtrak 1126 (3rd) in 1989, out of service at Beech Grove as of July 2005
  8. UP 6332; sold to Alaska Railroad 6332; to Northern Rail Car 1973 in 1987
  9. UP 6333; to UP 904303 in February 1973; retired in January 1975; scrapped
  10. UP 6334; to Roadway Tool Car 904304 in 1973; assigned to special service (steam program) in 1981; to Storage Car "Art Lockman" in 1991

 

Dome Chair -- 10 cars
ACF, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Vacated
Notes
UP 7000 Dec 1954 Dec 1971 1
UP 7001 Dec 1954 Dec 1971 2
UP 7002 Dec 1954 Dec 1971 3
UP 7003 Dec 1954 Dec 1971 4
UP 7004 Dec 1954 Dec 1971 5
UP 7005 Jan 1955 Dec 1971 6
UP 7006 Jan 1955 Jan 1974 7
UP 7007 Jan 1955 Dec 1971 8
UP 7008 Jan 1955 Dec 1971 9
UP 7009 Jan 1955 Dec 1971 10

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: (not shown)
  • Length, Over End Sills: 78'-11"
  • Length, Inside:
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. ACF Floor Plan: 76-1939, Lot No. 4097
  2. Floor Plan: 235-CB-30759
  3. Seating Capacity: 36 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  4. UP 7000-7004 were initially assigned to UP's Challenger service.
  5. UP 7005-7009 were initially assigned to UP's City of Portland service.
  6. UP diagram sheet P-10-5 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959), Rev. E (4/15/1965) (as UP 7000-7009)

Notes:

  1. UP 7000 was sold to Auto Train 700 in June 1972; to Jonathan Gallucki, Atlanta, Georgia in December 1981; to Ken Bitten in 1999, leased to American Orient Express and Montana Rockies Rail Tours service; to Oregon Rail Corporation (Henry Hillman, Jr.) in August 1999; stored in 2000, with primer paint; moved to American Orient Express facility at Chehalis, Washington, in September 2001; moved to Denver, Colorado, stored on Denver Rock Island Railroad trackage north of Denver in suburban Commerce City, numbered as PAXX 7000; moved to Tennessee (possibly East Tennessee Railcar, near Oakridge) beginning in early March 2024; passed through North Platte on March 20th.
  2. UP 7001 was sold to Auto Train 701 in June 1972; to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1981; to KCS Industries in 1982, numbered as KCS 21 (never in service, still in Auto Train colors), stored at Mid America Car, Kansas City; to Northern Rail Car; to UP (still in Auto Train colors, as UPP 7001) in October 1990, arriving at Council Bluffs on October 21, 1990; refurbished and numbered as UPP 7001 "Columbine" (2nd) between December 1991 and April 1992.
  3. UP 7002 was sold to Auto Train 702 in June 1972; to Keene Carpet, Honaker, Virginia in December 1981; passed through several private owners until sold to Virginia Rail Investment Corporation "Roanoke" (VIRX 200) in 1987; to St. Louis Car Company (SLCC) 200 in October 1989; to RailCruise America 800200, "Mark Twain Lake", renamed "Mississippi River" in 1999; sold to Kansas City Southern in January 2006 as KCS 1940 "Kansas City" (still in service as of December 2014).
  4. UP 7003 was sold to Auto Train 703 in June 1972; to James E. Strates Shows in December 1981; to Dixie Railcar; to C. P. Huntington Chapter, NRHS "Sandstone Falls" in 1982, numbered as 800377, then HUNX 7003; sold to Charter Wire, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May 2001; in service as "Charter Club"
  5. UP 7004 was sold to Alaska Railroad 7004, May 1972; wrecked on July 6, 1975 at Hurricane, Alaska; retired.
  6. UP 7005 was sold to Auto Train 704 in June 1972; to Anbel Corporation in 1981 (car not able to be moved), scrapped at Sanford, Florida in 1982.
  7. UP 7006 held for special service; sold to Mexico in 1987 as FNM 366 "Expresso Del Mar"; renumbered to FNM 371 to avoid conflict with a different FNM 366; remodeled by removal of lower seats and renamed to "El Yaqui" in 1989; moved to Puebla Railroad Museum in 1994
  8. UP 7007 was sold to Auto Train 705 in June 1972; to Delaware Otsego Corporation in December 1981; in service on Cooperstown & Charlotte Railroad (Seidel: Blue Mountain Reading Railroad) until 1989; stored at Utica, New York; to CSX in 1999; to Illinois Transit Assembly (formerly Kasten Railcar) in July 2001; to Pete Messina in March 2002; moved to New Orleans in 2003, named "Southern Hospitality", painted in KCS passenger colors, interior remodeled with lounge at one end, two bedroom suites at the other end, and a buffet under the dome
  9. UP 7008 was sold to Alaska Railroad 7008 in May 1972; equipped with self-contained power equipment (HEP) in 1996 and renumbered to Alaska 501.
  10. UP 7009 was sold to Auto Train 706 in June 1972; sold to Robert Snow in December 1981; used as part of Snow's Church Street Station complex at the former Atlantic Coast Line depot in downtown Orlando, Florida (the number four attraction in Florida by 1985), UP 7009 was painted a dark red color, lettered as "Church Street Station"; revenues began falling in the late 1980s and the complex was sold several times trying to keep the complex in business; the equipment at the depot included SL&SF 0-6-0 no. 3749, UP dome car 7009, a Seaboard Air Line diner, and a 10-section Pullman sleeper named "Monte Rosa"; equipment listed as being for sale in 2010, and again in December 2011, to make way for SunRail commuter rail service; during early 2012, the equipment was donated to the Florida Railroad Museum at Parrish, Florida, just south of Tampa; the equipment was moved for temporary storage to a site in Willow, Florida, six miles north of the museum's site in Parrish; UP 7009 was moved in March 2012, and was found to have some serious water damage because one of the dome windows leaked during the 25+ years it was stationary at Orlando (Trains magazine, April 2012).

 

Dome Chair -- 1 car (ex GM Train of Tomorrow)
Pullman-Standard, 1947 (to UP in 1950)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Name
Date To
7000 Series
Date
Vacated
Notes
UP 7010 Star Dust Mar 1956 Nov 1964 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-2"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Seating Capacity: 48 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  2. UP diagram sheet P-10-1 (6/1/1949), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. B (3/2/1959)
  3. UP equipment record

Notes:

  1. UP 7010 was built in May 1947 as "Star Dust", part of General Motors' Train of Tomorrow; entire train sold to UP in April 1950; "Star Dust" name removed and car numbered as UP 7010 in March 1956; retired in November 1964, scrapped

 

Dome Chair -- 5 cars
Pullman-Standard, 1958
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Vacated
Notes
UP 7011 Nov 1958 Dec 1971 1, 3
UP 7012 Nov 1958 Dec 1971 2, 3
UP 7013 Dec 1958 Dec 1971 4
UP 7014 Dec 1958 Dec 1971 5
UP 7015 Dec 1958 Dec 1971 6

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 9'-0"

General Notes:

  1. Seating Capacity: 36 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  2. Pullman-Standard Lot 6993
  3. Initially assigned to City of St. Louis service, along with Wabash dome-coach 203, built at the same time.
  4. UP diagram sheet P-10-6 (3/2/1959) (no revision)
  5. UP Equipment Record

Notes:

  1. UP 7011 was sold to Auto Train 708 in June 1972; to James E. Strates Shows in December 1981; to Kasten Rail Car in 1984; to Hartwell Lowe Corporation, Yucca Valley, California as HLCX 1898, "Marion Mattison"; sold to Northern Rail Car in January 1988 and converted to Dome Diner; in service as Scenic Rail Dining 7011 "Mountain View" (800558) in 1988-1989; sold to Transcisco Tours in October 1990 for "Sierra 49er" service, numbered as "Emerald Bay" (800558); car was repossessed after Transcisco Tour's bankruptcy and returned to Northern Rail Car in August 1991; leased to Kalamazoo Lake Shore & Chicago in August 1991 for Michigan Wine Country Dinner Train service; returned to Northern Rail car and sold to UP in May 1993, numbered as UPP 7011 "Missouri River Eagle" (This history may be for the former UP 7011; see Note 3, below)
  2. UP 7012 was sold to Auto Train 707 in June 1972; to Merrill Ervin, Kanakee, Illinois in December 1981; to John McGoff in 1982; moved to Williamston, Michigan, painted non-UP yellow and numbered 7007; sold on November 8, 1991 by McGoff estate (via D. F. Barnhardt) to Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad (later Reading Blue Mountain & Northern RR); painted dark green as RBMN 3, "Catawissa"; sold (via D. F. Barnhardt) to FNM in Mexico as FXE 149015 in September 1999; seen at Kansas City en route to El Paso on March 1, 2000. (This history may be for the former UP 7012; see Note 3 below)
  3. The difference in histories between UP 7011 and UP 7012 is a confusing mess. Is the current UPP 7011 "Missouri River eagle" actually the former UP 7011, or is it the former UP 7012. Much depends the actual history of Auto Train 707 and 708, and the subsequent sale and re-sale of both cars after the bankruptcy of Auto Train. This roster assumes that at some point in one of its many rebuilds, someone discovered evidence that Auto Train 708 was actually ex UP 7011, rather than ex UP 7012, as first reported in Randall's 1973-1974 Railway Passenger Car Annual, published in 1974.
  4. UP 7013 was sold to Alaska Railroad 7013 in May 1972; converted to self-contained electric power (HEP) in 1981, numbered as ARR 500
  5. UP 7014 was sold to Alaska Railroad 7014 in May 1972; converted to self-contained electric power (HEP) in 1996, numbered as ARR 502
  6. UP 7015 was sold to Auto Train 709 in June 1972; sold in December 1981 to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma; sold to KCS Industries in 1982, numbered as KCS 22 (never in service, still in Auto Train colors), stored at Mid America Car, Kansas City; sold to Northern Rail Car; sold to UP (still in Auto Train colors) in October 1990, arriving at Council Bluffs on October 21, 1990; refurbished and numbered as UPP 7015 "Challenger".

 

Dome Diner -- 10 cars
ACF, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Vacated
Notes
UP 8000 Apr 1955 Jul 1970 1
UP 8001 Apr 1955 Jul 1970 2
UP 8002 Apr 1955 Jul 1970 3
UP 8003 Apr 1955 Jul 1970 4
UP 8004 May 1955 Jul 1970 5
UP 8005 May 1955 Jul 1970 6
UP 8006 May 1955 Jul 1970 7
UP 8007 May 1955 Jul 1970 8
UP 8008 May 1955 Jul 1970 9
UP 8009 May 1955 Jul 1970 10

Description:

  • Length, Over Coupler Pulling Faces: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 82'-7"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 9'-0"

General Notes:

  1. Seating Capacity: 28 seats in lower level, 18 seats in dome level
  2. UP 8000-8004 were assigned to the City of Los Angeles
  3. UP 8005-8009 were assigned to the City of Portland
  4. UP diagram sheet P-10-7 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev c (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959)

Notes:

  1. UP 8000 was sold to Auto Train 800 in June 1972; to Roy Thorpe, Mountainside, N.J. in February 1981; to Washington Central Railway in 1990; remodeled with fluted siding and named "Mount Rainier", used in Spirit of Washington service, numbered as WCRC 800, then WCRC 106; to Columbia Basin Railway in November 2002
  2. UP 8001 was sold to Auto Train 801 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; scrapped at Sanford, Florida, in 1982-1984 (possibly sold to Antique Enterprises, Tampa, Florida, in 1981)
  3. UP 8002 was sold to Auto Train 802 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; sold to Anbel Corporation, in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford, Florida, in 1982-1984
  4. UP 8003 was sold to National Railroad Museum Green Bay, November 1971; named "Edd H. Bailey"
  5. UP 8004 was sold to Auto Train 803 in June 1972; sold in December 1981 to Ken Nichols/Anbel Corporation, Brownsville, Texas, in December 1981, numbered as Anbel (ANBX) 2040; sold to Northern Rail Car in January 1988; in service as Scenic Rail Dining 7011 "Scenic View" (800560) in 1988-1989; sold to Transcisco Tours in October 1990 for "Sierra 49er" service, numbered as "Crystal Bay" (800560); car was repossessed after Transcisco Tour's bankruptcy and returned to Northern Rail Car in August 1991; leased to Kalamazoo Lake Shore & Chicago in August 1991 for Michigan Wine Country Dinner Train service; returned to Northern Rail Car and sold to UP in May 1993, numbered as UPP 8004 "Colorado Eagle"
  6. UP 8005 was sold to Auto Train 804 in June 1972; wrecked in Georgia in June 1972; stored at Sanford, Florida; sold to Anbel Corporation, in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984.
  7. UP 8006 was sold to Auto Train 805 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; sold to Anbel Corporation, in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984
  8. UP 8007 was sold to Auto Train 806 in June 1972; to "The Train", Walkersville, Maryland in December 1981; to Gus Novotny and used as Maryland Midland 58 in EnterTRAINment Line service; used in Maryland Midland Dining Train service; used in Mexico tour service as Sierra Madre Express "Tuscon" in 1993
  9. UP 8008 was sold to Auto Train 807 in June 1972; to A. J. Daniels, Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1981; to KCS Industries in 1982, numbered as KCS 19 (never in service, still in Auto Train colors), stored at Mid America Car, Kansas City; sold to Northern Rail Car; sold to UP (still in Auto Train colors) in October 1990, arriving at Council Bluffs on October 21, 1990; refurbished and numbered as UPP 8008 "City of Portland".
  10. UP 8009 was sold to Auto Train 808 in June 1972; to Don Gage, Inc., Jamestown, New York, in December 1981; to Dixie Railroad Corporation, in 1982; to Frank Dowd, Charlotte, N.C., in August 1984; to Randy Schlotzhower, Los Angeles, California, in 1986, used in Domeliner Tours service as "Columbia River" (AMTK 800031), changed to "Overland Travel" and painted to match American Orient Express in 1995; changed to "Pacific Overland" and used in Rocky Mountain Daylight service; sold to St. Louis Car Company/RailCruise America in August 1999, renamed "Columbia River", used in excursion and lease service; sold to Kansas City Southern in January 2006, renamed "Monterey", assigned in December 2009 to Kansas City Southern de Mexico service, to be based in Monterey, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

 

Dome Diner -- 1 car (ex GM Train of Tomorrow)
Pullman-Standard, 1947 (to UP in 1950)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Name
Date To
8000 Series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 8010 Sky View Mar 1956 Feb 1961 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-2"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Seating Capacity: 34 seats in lower level, 18 seats in dome level
  2. UP diagram sheet P-10-2 (6/1/1949), Rev. B (3/2/1959) (removed from UP diagram book as part of July 1961 revision)

Notes:

  1. UP 8010 was built in May 1947 as "Sky View", part of General Motors' Train of Tomorrow; entire train sold to UP in April 1950; "Sky View" name removed and car numbered as UP 8010 in March 1956; retired in February 1961, scrapped in 1964

 

Dome Lounge -- 15 cars
ACF, 1955
Lightweight

Car
Number
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 9000 Feb 1955 Dec 1971 1
UP 9001 Feb 1955 Dec 1971 2
UP 9002 Feb 1955 Dec 1971 3
UP 9003 Feb 1955 Dec 1971 4
UP 9004 Feb 1955 Apr 1974 5
UP 9005 Feb 1955 Dec 1971 6
UP 9006 Mar 1955 Feb 1969 7
UP 9007 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 8
UP 9008 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 9
UP 9009 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 10
UP 9010 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 11
UP 9011 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 12
UP 9012 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 13
UP 9013 Mar 1955 Dec 1971 14
UP 9014 Apr 1955 Feb 1969 15

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers, Coupled: 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-3"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheels (9'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Between February and April of 1955, the American Car & Foundry's St. Charles, Missouri plant near St. Louis completed a total of 15 (9000-9014) blunt-end observation-dome-lounge cars for the Union Pacific in Lot 4096. (Described in builder record as five bedroom-observation cars) The first five, 9000-9004, were delivered for service on the City of Los Angeles, operated over the rails of the Union Pacific and the Milwaukee Road between Los Angeles and Chicago.
  2. ACF Lot No.: 4096
  3. UP Floor Plan: 235-CB-31669
  4. UP diagram sheet P-10-8 (2/1/1955), Rev. A (7/28/1955), Rev. B (2/15/1956), Rev. C (12/20/1957), Rev. D (3/2/1959) (as 9000 series Dome Lounge)

These 15 cars were delivered in February and March 1955 (with the last one coming in early April) as end-of-train "Dome Observation" cars. These fifteen cars included a Mars red warning and white back-up light was mounted on the roof at the observation end of the car. A neon tail sign extended across most of the rear end of the cars, displaying the assigned train: City of Los Angeles (9000-9004); City of Portland (9005-9009) and The Challenger (9010-9014).

"UP took the plunge in 1954 and ordered ten dome coaches (7000-7009), fifteen dome observations (9000-9014) and ten dome diners-(8000-8009) from ACF at a cost of about $10 million. The City of Portland was to get five of all three types (7005-7009, 8005-8009, 9005-9009). The City of Los Angeles trains were to receive five dome diners (8000-8004) and five dome observations (9000-9004). The Challengers were to have the balance of the dome cars-(7000-7004 coaches and 9010-9014 observations)." (Kratville, Union Pacific Streamliners, page 487)

The fifteen 9000-series Dome Observation cars were ordered by UP in March 1954 as part of a $10 million order from American Car & Foundry for 35 dome cars that included ten 7000-series Dome Coach cars and ten 8000-series Dome Diner cars. The Challenger train received five Dome Coaches (7000-7004) and five Dome Observation cars (9010-9014).

"A Mars red warning and white back-up light was mounted on the roof at the observation end of the car. A neon tail sign extended across most of the rear end of the dome observation cars." (Kratville, Union Pacific Streamliners, page 500)

A recently discovered photo, dated April 16, 1955, shows a 9000-series Dome Observation on the tail end of The Challenger train at DeKalb, Illinois. The train's "drumhead" tail sign displayed the neon-lighted "Challenger Domeliner."

In May 1955 the five Dome Observation cars assigned to The Challenger were reassigned to the City of St. Louis. The new assignment on this train, and its multiple consist changes along its route, made the shortcoming of the tail-end observation apparent and before the end of 1956 the entire fleet of fifteen cars were pulled out of service and were modified for mid-train service.

In late 1956, all fifteen 9000-series Dome Observation cars were pulled from service and modified to be mid-train "Dome Lounge" cars. They returned to service in November 1956, at which time all lights on the tail end had been removed.

"A 9000 series dome lounge car (after the remodeling for mid-train operation) was assigned to each COD train." (Kratville, Union Pacific Streamliners, page 153)

A recently discovered photo dated February 1957 shows a 9000-series dome lounge on the rear of the westbound City of Los Angeles at Green River, Wyoming. The car has an end-of-train lighted COLA tail sign. (Jeff Cauthen, email dated June 15, 2016)

The 9000-series were re-assigned from their rear-end location, to their new mid-train location to increase bar sales. Following SP's example when the SP dome lounge cars were similarly re-located in SP's trains, UP made the change beginning in 1956. (Don Munger, email dated June 15, 2016)

Another reason for the change was to simplify switching when partial-route sleepers were added or removed at the ends of trains. UP drawings for the conversion were issued 9-6-56. (Dick Harley, email dated June 15, 2016)

Notes:

  1. UP 9000; to Auto Train 900 in June 1972; to Robert Snow in December 1981; displayed at Orlando, Florida, as part of Mr. Snow's Church Street Station, in new dark red paint, lettered as "Rosie 'O Grady's" (ROG 300); moved to Las Vegas, Nevada during 1985 for use at Mr. Snow's Main Street Station Casino; car renamed "Orlando Dawn"; car and complex sold in 1987 to Boyd Gaming Corporation; car retains "Church Street Station" title and name and number although the casino is now called "The Main Street Casino"
  2. UP 9001; to Auto Train 901 in June 1972; to Merle Ervin, Kankakee, Illinois in December 1981; to Itel Corporation, in January 1982, in service as Green Bay & Western 901, "Trempealeau River" (initial name, "Cross Lake" was not applied); to Fox Valley Western Railway in 1983, a division of Wisconsin Central, car retained red/white colors and number with the later addition of "Wisconsin Central" title; car remodeled in 1997 as Algoma Central (also a division of Wisconsin Central), painted silver and named "Algoma Country"
  3. UP 9002; to Auto Train 902 in June 1972; to Delaware Otsego Corporation, in December 1981, in service as New York, Susquehanna & Western 902; remodeled in 1982-1984 as a theater car complete with full end glass window, renumbered 509; became a CSX asset in 1999 (thru CSX ownership of Delaware Otsego Corporation).
  4. UP 9003; to Auto Train 903 in June 1972; Auto-Train ended its service on April 30, 1981, all cars were sold at auction on December 8, 1981 at Sanford, Florida; AUT 903 was sold to American Law Center, San Jose, California, in December 1981, planned for use between offices in California and Florida; car was never paid for and was forfeited to Dixie Rail Corporation, Savannah, Georgia during March 1982; sold to the Promontory Chapter, NRHS, in July 1984 and moved to storage on the Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway, Salt Lake City, Utah; car remained unchanged and was sold in 1987 to Bryan Reese (Classic Rail Travel), Fullerton, California, as "Bryce Canyon" (name not applied); sold to Northern Rail Car NRCX 903 in 1988 and moved to Cudahy, Wisconsin, stored until sold to Transcisco Tours in October 1990 for "Sierra 49er" service; car was repossessed after Transcisco Tour's bankruptcy and returned to Northern Rail Car in August 1991; sold in January 1992 to David Hoffman/Northern Sky Inc., Black Falls, Wisconsin, remodeled and repainted to match Wisconsin Southern red/silver colors as "Northern Sky" (800588)
  5. UP 9004; held for special service by UP, named "Harriman" in 1987, renamed "Sun Valley" in 1989, changed back to "Harriman" in 1990
  6. UP 9005; to Auto Train 904 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; stored at Sanford, Florida, until sold to Al Nippert in December 1981, used in Great America Tours service (800621); to UP in March 1988, numbered as UPP 9005, named "Harriman" in 1989, renamed "Walter Dean" in 1990
  7. UP 9006; to Auto Train 905, February 1969; sold in December 1981 to Ken Nichols/Anbel Corporation, Brownsville, Texas, numbered as Anbel (ANBX) 2041; to David Rohr in 1983, used in Golden Spike Rail Tours service, remodeled in 1984 as "Native Son" and repainted as UPRR 800212, leased to Northwestern Pacific Railroad in 1997-1998; sold to Rail Ventures in 1999 and remodeled as a dome sleeper by Northern Rail Car, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with new interior and an open platform at the rear, two large bedrooms in the former rear lounge space, and two smaller bedrooms and a crew room under the dome, along with a large kitchen in the forward end of the car; all lounge and dining space is in the dome; renamed as Rail Ventures "Bella Vista" (RVIX 800212) and painted to match "Yerba Buena", completed in August 2001 and used in special Rail Ventures charter service on Amtrak trains.
  8. UP 9007; to Auto Train 542 in June 1972, remodeled by Auto Train to dome nightclub car; sold to Al Nippert in December 1981; sold to White Auto Parts, Kissimee, Florida, in 1982; sold in 1987 to Northern Rail Car, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, remodeled as Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR) 9007, re-painted WSOR red/silver colors and named "Northern View" (WSOR 800148), adding an open rear platform, a large kitchen, a dining room under the dome area seating 12 people, a rear lounge, open platform, and improved seating in the dome itself; sold in July 2001 to John Kirkwood/Rail Ventures, car remained at WSOR to meet pre-existing charters, then re-named "Glacier Park"; used in Montana Rockies Rail Tours service and in American Orient Express service; sold in 2004 to Patrick Henry's Creative Charters (changed to Patrick Henry Creative Promotions), named in 2006 for Patrick Henry's father Warren R. Henry, a retired AT&SF executive who passed away in 1999 (reporting mark WRHX 800148); the "Warren R. Henry" was still in service as of late 2020 (View a rear-end photo of WRHX 800148) (View a front-end photo of WRHX 800148 at RRPictureArchives.net)
  9. UP 9008; to Auto Train 907 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; stored at Sanford, Florida; to Anbel Corporation in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984
  10. UP 9009; to Auto Train 908 in June 1972; to American Law Center, San Jose, California, in December 1981, planned for use between offices in California and Florida; car was never paid for and was forfeited to Dixie Rail Corporation, Savannah, Georgia during March 1982; sold to Don Lee, Massilon, Ohio, in October 1984; moved to Northern Rail Car, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by spring 1986 and stored; sold to Northern Rail Car in January 1988 and converted to dome diner; in service as Scenic Rail Dining 9009 "River's Edge" (800556), from 1988 to July 1990; sold to Transcisco Tours in 1990 for "Sierra 49er" service, numbered as "Zephyr Cove" (800556); car was repossessed by Northern Rail Car after Transcisco Tour's bankruptcy and returned to Milwaukee in August 1991; leased to Kalamazoo Lake Shore & Chicago in August 1991 for Michigan Wine Country Dinner Train service; returned to Northern Rail Car and sold to UP in May 1993, numbered as UPP 9009 "City of San Francisco"; car retains its original rear windows and lighting for end of train use
  11. UP 9010; to Auto Train 909 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; stored at Sanford, Florida; to Anbel Corporation in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984
  12. UP 9011; to Auto Train 543 in June 1972, remodeled by Auto Train to dome nightclub; sold in December 1981 to Ken Nichols/Anbel Corporation, Brownsville, Texas, numbered as Anbel (ANBX) 2050 "Cafe Bar Ingles"; sold to Mark Dees, Santa Paula, California, in 1992; upon Mr. Dees' death, the car was returned by his estate to Anbel; sold to Joe Goodel, Buffalo, New York in 1993; sold to Henry Hillman/Oregon Rail Corporation, in August 1998 and used in American Orient Express service and Montana Rockies Rail Tours service; moved in April 2001 for storage to American Orient Express facility at Chehalis, Washington, seen there, without brake equipment, in September 2001
  13. UP 9012; to Auto Train 911 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; stored at Sanford, Florida; to Anbel Corporation in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984
  14. UP 9013; to Auto Train 912 in June 1972; not used in Auto Train service; stored at Sanford, Florida; to Anbel Corporation in 1981, car not movable; scrapped at Sanford in 1982-1984
  15. UP 9014; to Auto Train 913, February 1969, wrecked during 1975; sold sight unseen to Ted Bywater, Orlando, Florida, in December 1981, upon inspection, the car was found to be in very poor shape and was sold; new buyer stripped what was wanted out of the car and left it in worse shape, unable to be moved from the former Auto Train site at Sanford, Florida; sold to a metal salvage company in Sarasota, Florida, and scrapped on site.

 

Dome Observation Lounge -- 1 car (ex GM Train of Tomorrow)
Pullman-Standard, 1947 (to UP in 1950)
Lightweight

Car
Number
Previous
Name
Date To
9000 Series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 9015 Moon Glow Mar 1956 Mar 1965 1

Description:

  • Length, Over Buffers (coupled): 85'-0"
  • Length, Over End Sills: 79'-2"
  • Truck Centers: 59'-6"
  • Truck Style: 4 wheel (8'-0" wheelbase)

General Notes:

  1. Seating Capacity: 44 seats in lower level, 24 seats in dome level
  2. Pullman Lot: 6780
  3. Pullman Floor Plan: 93-H-69
  4. Converted to mid train service in 1959.
  5. UP diagram sheet P-10-4 (6/1/1949), Rev. A (2/15/1956), Rev. C (8/17/1960)

Notes:

  1. UP 9015 was built in May 1947 as "Moon Glow", part of General Motors' Train of Tomorrow; entire train sold to UP in April 1950; "Moon Glow" name removed and car numbered as UP 9015 in March 1956; retired in November 1964; sold to scrap yard in Pocatello Idaho in March 1965; "discovered" during 1990, and purchased by the Golden Spike Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society for display by The Ogden Union Station Foundation. Car is currently stored off-site for possible restoration and display at their museum.

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