Union Pacific Wooden Passenger Cars
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad (1901-1916)
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad (1916-1921)
This page was last updated on September 21, 2016.
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- Unless noted, all cars were renumbered from their original SPLA&SL series, to a matching LA&SL series with the name change in 1916.
- Roster is arranged based on car numbers after 1916 name change from SPLA&SL to LA&SL.
Roster Listing
Baggage, 52' -- 3 cars
Oregon Short Line, 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 1 | ||
SPLA&SL 2 | ||
SPLA&SL 3 |
General Notes:
- SPLA&SL 1, 2 and 3 were wooden Baggage cars built by Oregon Short Line in 1905.
- Source: ORER, July 1902; August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912
Baggage, 52' -- 1 car
Barney & Smith, 1890
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 4 |
General Notes:
- Built by Barney & Smith in 1890; previous owner unknown (likely OSL, sold to SPLA&SL in 1903 as part of the settlement)
- Source: ORER, July 1902; August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912
Baggage Coach, 46' -- 4 cars
Barney & Smith, 1890
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 6 | ||
SPLA&SL 7 | ||
SPLA&SL 8 | ||
SPLA&SL 9 |
General Notes:
- 20 seats
- Wooden underframe
- Source: ORER, August 1904; January 1905; February 1906; April 1908; April 1912
Baggage Coach, 56' -- 1 car
Pullman (?), 1891
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 12 | ca. 1916 |
General Notes:
- This car predates SPLA&SL organization in 1901, and may have come from its predecessor Los Angeles Terminal Railroad.
- This car may not have been built by Pullman; no record in Eric Neubauer's self-published "Pullman Production to 1911."
- SPLA&SL Coach 12 was used as a temporary depot at Las Vegas until the permanent depot was completed in 1909.
- SPLA&SL Coach 12 was retired by 1916.
Coach -- 2 cars
Mason, 1891
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 14 | ||
SPLA&SL 19 |
General Notes:
- 58 seats
Coach, 70' -- 10 cars
AC&F, 1902
Wood
First Number |
Date Built |
1916 Number |
1921 Number |
Date To 4100 Series |
SPLA&SL 25 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 504 | LA&SL 4119 | Aug 1921 |
SPLA&SL 26 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 505 | LA&SL 4120 | Dec 1921 |
SPLA&SL 27 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 506 | LA&SL 4121 | Dec 1921 |
SPLA&SL 28 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 507 | LA&SL 4122 | Sep 1921 |
SPLA&SL 29 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 508 | LA&SL 4123 | Dec 1921 |
SPLA&SL 30 | LA&SL 509 | |||
SPLA&SL 31 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 510 | LA&SL 4124 | Dec 1921 |
SPLA&SL 32 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 511 | LA&SL 4125 | Feb 1922 |
SPLA&SL 33 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 512 | LA&SL 4126 | Sep 1921 |
SPLA&SL 34 | Jun 1902 | LA&SL 513 | LA&SL 4127 | Dec 1921 |
(See LA&SL 4119-4127; full data)
Mail -- 8 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 Number |
Date Renumbered |
Date Retired |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 80 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4751 | Aug 1921 | 1 | |
SPLA&SL 81 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4752 | Jan 1922 | 2 | |
SPLA&SL 82 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4650 | Dec 1921 | Sep 1934 | 3 |
SPLA&SL 83 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4651 | Jan 1922 | Feb 1927 | 4 |
SPLA&SL 84 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4753 | Oct 1921 | 5 | |
SPLA&SL 85 | Jun 1905 | 6 | |||
SPLA&SL 86 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4652 | Jan 1922 | Dec 1933 | 7 |
SPLA&SL 87 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4653 | Jan 1922 | Dec 1933 | 8 |
General Notes:
- Steel underframe
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1039; r3-1042; r3-1043
Notes:
- SPLA&SL Mail 80 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4751 in 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4476 in 1927; retired in June 1936
- SPLA&SL Mail 81 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4752 in 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4477 in 1927; retired in June 1933
- SPLA&SL Mail 82 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4650 in 1921; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in September1934
- SPLA&SL Mail 83 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4651 in 1921; retired in 1927; sold to Benmar Brothers
- SPLA&SL Mail 84 renumbered to LA&SL Baggage & Mail 4753 in 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4478 in 1927; retired in June 1929
- SPLA&SL Mail 85; dynamo added and renumbered to SPLA&SL 169 in about 1910 (numbered after SPLA&SL Baggage Dynamo 166-168, built by Pullman in 1910); renumbered to (LA&SL 4562); retired before 1921
- SPLA&SL Mail 86 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4652 in 1922; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in December 1933
- SPLA&SL Mail 87 renumbered to LA&SL Postal 4653 in 1922; mail fixtures removed in 1932; retired in December 1933
Baggage -- 1 car
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
SPLA&SL 150 | Mar 1902 | Before 1921 |
SPLA&SL 151 | Mar 1902 | Off roster by June 1914 |
General Notes:
- Built as Baggage (MCB Type BA)
- Pullman Lot 2767; Pullman Plan 1731
- Both cars were off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned
- Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
Baggage -- 1 car
AC&F, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
SPLA&SL 152 | Mar 1902 | Before 1921 |
Additional information from Eric Neubauer in 2016, without analysis.
First, check 1901 and 1902 orders in Railway Age annual order summaries:
1901, multiple Pullman orders including 2 baggage.
1902 10 coach, 1 baggage from AC&F; 2 combine from Pullman
Second, check ORERs:
6-00 nothing
10-02 coach 10-19,21-22,24-34,500-503; baggage 150-151
12-04 coach 504-513 added; baggage 152 added (504-513, 152 verified as original numbers and AC&F as likely builder)
Third, check AC&F builder list for SPLA&SL 1901 orders:
AC&F lot 2082, 10 coach ordered 2-13-02 and built at St. Charles
AC&F lot 2120, 1 baggage ordered 3-4-02 and built at St. Charles
Some of the coaches were apparently renumbered 4119-4127. One was gone by 6/30/14.
General Notes:
- Wooden underframe
- AC&F Lot 2120
- Off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned
Baggage, 60' -- 10 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 Number |
Date Renumbered |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 153 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4454 | Jan 1922 | |
SPLA&SL 154 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4455 | Jan 1922 | |
SPLA&SL 155 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4456 | Dec 1921 | |
SPLA&SL 156 | Jun 1905 | 1 | ||
SPLA&SL 157 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4457 | Jan 1922 | |
SPLA&SL 158 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4556 | Dec 1921 | 2 |
SPLA&SL 159 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4458 | Dec 1921 | 3 |
SPLA&SL 160 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4557 | Jan 1922 | 4 |
SPLA&SL 161 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4459 | Jan 1922 | |
SPLA&SL 162 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4558 | Jan 1922 | 5 |
General Notes:
- Wooden underframe
- LA&SL 158, 160, 162 built as Dynamo Baggage; renumbered to LA&SL 4556-4558 in 1921-1922; dynamos removed and cars renumbered to LA&SL 4463-4465 in 1924
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1039
Notes:
- SPLA&SL 156 was off-roster before 1921; no LA&SL 4400-series assigned
- SPLA&SL 158 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4556 in December 1921; to LA&SL Baggage 4463 in May 1924; retired in September 1934
- SPLA&SL 159 was changed to LA&SL Boarding 10251
- SPLA&SL 160 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4557 in January 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4464 in May 1924; retired in May 1937; to LA&SL Boarding 10250
- SPLA&SL 161 was changed to LA&SL Dynamo 4558 in January 1922; to LA&SL Baggage 4465 in May 1924; retired in December 1933
Baggage Dynamo -- 1 car
St. Louis Car, 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Date To 169 |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 169 | SPLA&SL 85 | ca. 1910 |
General Notes:
- SPLA&SL 169 was built in 1905 as SPLA&SL Mail 85; dynamo added and renumbered to SPLA&SL 169 in about 1910 (numbered after SPLA&SL Baggage Dynamo 166-168, built by Pullman in 1910); renumbered to (LA&SL 4562); retired before 1921
Baggage Mail Coach -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
1916 Number |
1921 Number |
Date To 4100 Series |
Date Built |
Date Delivered |
Date Retired |
SPLA&SL 200 | LA&SL 200 | LA&SL 4853 | Dec 1921 | Apr 1902 | Jun 1902 | Dec 1930 |
SPLA&SL 201 | LA&SL 201 | LA&SL 4854 | Feb 1922 | Apr 1902 | Jun 1902 | Dec 1930 |
SPLA&SL 202 | LA&SL 202 | LA&SL 4855 | Aug 1921 | Apr 1902 | Jun 1902 | Dec 1930 |
General Notes:
- 39 seats
- Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type CV)
- Pullman Lot 2768; Pullman Plan 1700-A
- Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1115
Baggage Mail Coach -- 2 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
1916 Number |
1921 Number |
Date To 4100 Series |
Date Built |
Date Delivered |
Date Retired |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 203 | Apr 1902 | Bef 1914 | 1 | ||||
SPLA&SL 204 | LA&SL 204 | LA&SL 4854 | Feb 1922 | Apr 1902 | Jun 1902 | Dec 1930 |
General Notes:
- 39 seats
- Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type CV)
- Pullman Lot 2970; Pullman Plan 1891
- Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 185
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1115
Notes:
- Eric Neubauer note: "SPLA&SL 203 gone by 6-14."; ORER review of quantity in 200-series suggests gone between October 1908 and December 1911
Chair -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
Build Date |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 300 | Apr 1902 | |
SPLA&SL 301 | Apr 1902 | |
SPLA&SL 302 | Apr 1902 |
General Notes:
- Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type PB); later converted to Chair, 68 seats
- Pullman Lot 2770; Pullman Plan 1697-B
- Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
Chair -- 4 cars
(builder, year)
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 303 | ||
SPLA&SL 304 | ||
SPLA&SL 305 | ||
SPLA&SL 306 |
General Notes:
- 40 seats
- Wooden underframe
Chair, 60' -- 11 cars
St. Louis Car Co., 1904
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 Number |
Date To 4312 Series |
Date Retired |
SPLA&SL 307 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4312 | Aug 1921 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 308 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4313 | Dec 1921 | Oct 1933 |
SPLA&SL 309 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4314 | Jan 1922 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 310 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4315 | Dec 1921 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 311 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4316 | Dec 1921 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 312 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4317 | Dec 1921 | Oct 1928 |
SPLA&SL 313 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4318 | Dec 1921 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 314 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4319 | Feb 1922 | Dec 1933 |
SPLA&SL 315 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4320 | Nov 1921 | Sep 1934 |
SPLA&SL 316 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4321 | Jan 1922 | Sep 1934 |
SPLA&SL 317 | Jun 1904 | LA&SL 4322 | Dec 1921 | Sep 1934 |
General Notes:
- 60 seats
- Wooden underframe
- LA&SL 4312, 4314-4316, 4318-4322 received all-steel underframes
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1037
Parlor -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
Build Date |
Later Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 400 | Apr 1902 | ||
SPLA&SL 401 | Apr 1902 | ||
SPLA&SL 402 | Apr 1902 | LA&SL 4102 | To LA&SL 4102 in (?); to LA&SL 010306 in March 1923; retired in November 1939 (UP equipment Record, r3-0159) |
General Notes:
- 43 seats
- Built as Parlor (MCB Type PC)
- Pullman Lot 2771; Pullman Plan 1698-B
- Source: Eric Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
Coach -- 4 cars
Pullman, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
1916 Number |
1921 Number |
Date To 4100 Series |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 500 | LA&SL 500 | LA&SL 4115 | Apr 1922 | Apr 1902 | Sep 1930 | |
SPLA&SL 501 | LA&SL 501 | LA&SL 4116 | Oct 1921 | Apr 1902 | Jan 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 502 | LA&SL 502 | LA&SL 4117 | Dec 1921 | Apr 1902 | Sep 1930 | |
SPLA&SL 503 | LA&SL 503 | LA&SL 4118 | Apr 1922 | Apr 1902 | Jan 1928 |
General Notes:
- Built as Passenger Baggage (MCB Type PB); later converted to Coach, 84 seats
- Pullman Lot 2769; Pullman Plan 1699-A
- Source: Eric A. Neubauer "Early Pullman Freight and Passenger Car Production", page 172
Coach -- 10 cars
AC&F, 1902
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 504 | ||
SPLA&SL 505 | ||
SPLA&SL 506 | ||
SPLA&SL 507 | ||
SPLA&SL 508 | ||
SPLA&SL 509 | ||
SPLA&SL 510 | ||
SPLA&SL 511 | ||
SPLA&SL 512 | ||
SPLA&SL 513 |
General Notes:
- 84 seats
- Wooden underframe
Coach, 60' -- 10 cars
St. Louis Car, 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 Number |
Date To 4218 Series |
Date Retired |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 514 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4128 | Jan 1922 | Dec 1926 | to LA&SL Officer car 145; retired October 1939 |
SPLA&SL 515 | Jun 1905 | ||||
SPLA&SL 516 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4129 | Dec 1921 | Dec 1933 | |
SPLA&SL 517 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4130 | Dec 1921 | Jan 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 518 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4131 | Feb 1922 | Oct 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 519 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4132 | Jan 1922 | Dec 1933 | |
SPLA&SL 520 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4133 | Nov 1921 | Jan 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 521 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4134 | Dec 1921 | Oct 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 522 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4135 | Dec 1921 | Oct 1928 | |
SPLA&SL 523 | Jun 1905 | LA&SL 4136 | Dec 1921 | Oct 1928 |
General Notes:
- 70 seats
- Wooden underframe
- LA&SL 4128, 4129, and 4132 received all-steel underframes
- UP Equipment Record: r3-1036; r3-959
Coach -- 3 cars
(Builder, year)
Wood
Car Number |
Previous Number |
Notes |
SPLA&SL 524 | ||
SPLA&SL 525 | ||
SPLA&SL 526 |
General Notes:
- 68 seats
- Wooden underframe
Observation Smoking, 72' -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 Number |
SPLA&SL 600 | Dec 1905 | LA&SL 4400 |
SPLA&SL 601 | Dec 1905 | LA&SL 4401 |
SPLA&SL 602 | Dec 1905 | LA&SL 4402 |
General Notes:
- 42 seats
- Wooden underframe
- Pullman Lot 3263; Pullman Plan 2115
- Lettered for "Los Angeles Limited" service; delivered at same time as two identical cars for C&NW and three identical cars for SPLA&SL
- SPLA&SL 600-602 were renumbered to LA&SL 4400-4402 in 1921
- Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 5, Lounge, Dome, and Parlor Cars, page 24
Dining -- 8 cars
Pullman, 1905
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1922 LA&SL Number |
SPLA&SL 700 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4000 |
SPLA&SL 701 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4001 |
SPLA&SL 702 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4002 |
SPLA&SL 703 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4003 |
SPLA&SL 704 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4004 |
SPLA&SL 705 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4005 |
SPLA&SL 706 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4006 |
SPLA&SL 707 | Mar 1905 | LA&SL 4007 |
General Notes:
- Wooden underframe
- Pullman Lot 3153; Pullman Plan 1669-H
- Photo of SPLA&SL 705 in Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 4, Dining Service Cars, page 79
Dining -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1906
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1922 LA&SL Number |
SPLA&SL 708 | Nov 1906 | LA&SL 4008 |
SPLA&SL 709 | Nov 1906 | LA&SL 4009 |
SPLA&SL 710 | Nov 1906 | LA&SL 4010 |
General Notes:
- Wooden underframe
- Pullman Lot 3373; Pullman Plan 1669-J
Dining, 72' -- 3 cars
Pullman, 1910
Wood
Car Number |
Date Built |
1921 LA&SL Number |
Date To 1921 Number |
SPLA&SL 711 | Jun 1910 | LA&SL 4011 | Dec 1922 |
SPLA&SL 712 | Jun 1910 | LA&SL 4012 | Aug 1921 |
SPLA&SL 713 | Jun 1910 | LA&SL 4013 | Dec 1921 |
General Notes:
- Pullman Lot 3733; Pullman Plan 2382 (shared with UP 331-337 and OR&N 509, 510, along with 12 cars for the SP system)
- Wooden underframe; rebuilt to sSteel underframe ca. 1920.
- C.S. Specification 211
- C.S. Class 72-D
- Pitsch gas lighting, and trainline electrical service; axle lighting installed in June 1910
- Source: SP Passenger Cars, Volume 4, page 100 (includes photo of UP 337 on page 101)
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