UP 900000 Series Pile Drivers
This file was last updated on December 1, 2016.
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Overview
Until the 1950s, Union Pacific used a group of Roadway machines specifically to drive pilings for the construction of its bridges and buildings. These machines were built specifically as Pile Drivers by the same companies that manufactured wreck derricks and locomotive cranes. On UP, these were built by Industrial Works of Bay City, Michigan, and its successor after 1931, Industrial Brownhoist.
UP entered the modern era with 11 pile drivers. All were retired between 1971 and 1982. UP 903111 was retired in 1971; 900322 and 910011 were retired in 1972; 900319, 900320 were retired in 1973; 902081, 902082 were retired in 1974; 903110 and 903112 were retired in 1975; and the last two, 903113 and 903114 were retired in 1982.
Although they had offered smaller versions of pile driving attachments for their cranes, in the 1950s, locomotive crane manufacturers had increased the capacity of their machines, which allowed larger and more stable pile driving attachments. These new and larger machines allowed the newer locomotive cranes to serve their multi-function purposes of being both self-propelled locomotive cranes, and self-propelled pile drivers.
Union Pacific records indicate that in the late 1960s and early 1970s, UP began buying new locomotive cranes with pile driving attachments, and these machines are described as being Pile Drivers, although they look almost entirely like a normal locomotive crane, with an unusual boom. These include UP 903075 and 903077, both built in December 1972.
Roster Listing
UP Pile Driver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
Previous Number |
Date To 03000 Series |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
| UP 03120 | UP 02804 | Oct 1918 | 37'-3" | Industrial Works | Aug 1913 | Dec 1938 |
| UP 03121 | 37'-3" | Industrial Works |
General Notes:
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (UP 03120, 03121); #61, 1931 (UP 03120, 03121); #62, 1942 (not shown); #63, 1943 (not shown); #64, 1946 (not shown); #65, 1951 (not shown)
- UP Equipment Record: r3-0306 (UP 03100-03149)
OWRR&N Pile Diver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Date To OWRR&N Series |
Date To 900219 Series |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| OWRR&N 900319 | OWRR&N 0309 | OWRR&N 0319 | Apr 1926 | Feb 1959 | 45'-2" | Industrial Works | Mar 1912 | Aug 1973 | |
| OWRR&N 0310 | 30'-0" | ORy&N Albina | Sep 1893 | Nov 1925 | 1 | ||||
| OWRR&N 0311 | OWRR&N 0320 (1st) | May 1926 | Jan 1960 | 37'-1" | Industrial Works | Jul 1898 | Jul 1929 | ||
| OWRR&N 900320 | OSL 02080 | OWRR&N 0320 (2nd) | Sep 1931 | 45'-1" | Industrial Works | Oct 1912 | Sep 1973 | ||
| OWRR&N 900321 | OWRR&N 0321 | Jun 1959 | Industrial Brownhoist | Feb 1941 |
General Notes:
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (OWRR&N 0319); #61, 1931 (OWRR&N 0319); #62, 1942 (OWRR&N 0319, 0320, 0321); #63, 1943 (OWRR&N 0319, 0320, 0321); #64, 1946 (OWRR&N 0319, 0320, 0321); #65, 1951 (OWRR&N 0319, 0320, 0321)
- UP Equipment Record: r2-0052 (OWRR&N 0300-0349); r2-0054 (OWRR&N 0300-0349); r3-0638 (OWRR&N 0300-0349, includes OWRR&N 900305-900310, 900319-900322)
Notes:
- OWRR&N 0310 was built in September 1893 as OWRy&N 02489; renumbered to OWRy&N 0310 in 1894
UP Pile Diver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Date To 900522 |
Date To 900322 |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
| UP 900322 | StJ&GI 1 | StJ&GI 900322 | Jun 1959 | Apr 1972 | 45'-2" | Industrial Works | Jun 1910 | Oct 1972 |
General Notes:
- UP 900322 was built as St. Joseph & Grand Island no. 1 in June 1910; renumbered to StJ&GI 900322 in June 1959; renumbered to UP 900322 in April 1972; retired in October 1972
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (not shown); #61, 1931 (not shown); #62, 1942 (StJ&GI 1); #63, 1943 (StJ&GI 1); #64, 1946 (StJ&GI 1); #65, 1951 (StJ&GI 1)
- UP Equipment Record: r3-0638 (OWRR&N 0300-0349)
OSL Pile Driver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Date To 902081 Series |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| OSL 02041 | OSL 02080 | 45-'1" | Industrial Works | Oct 1912 | Sep 1931 | 1 | ||
| OSL 902081 | OSL 02042 | OSL 02081 | Jan 1959 | 45'-2" | Industrial Works | May 1913 | Oct 1974 | |
| OSL 902082 | OSL 02043 | OSL 02082 | Mar 1959 | 45'-2" | Industrial Works | Jul 1913 | Oct 1974 | 2 |
| OSL 02044 | OSL 02083 | 41'-2" | OSL Pocatello | Apr 1915 | Nov 1941 | 3 |
General Notes:
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (four "cars"; OSL 02080-02089); #61, 1931 (four "cars"; OSL 02080-02089); #62, 1942 (OSL 02081, 02082); #63, 1943 (OSL 02081, 02082); #64, 1946 (OSL 02081, 02082); #65, 1951 (OSL 02081, 02082)
- UP Equipment Record: r3-0214 (OSL 02050-02099); r3--0223 (OSL 02300-02349); r3-0287 (OSL 902050-902099); r3-0290 (OSL 02300-02349)
Notes:
- OSL 02080 was built as OSL 758, renumbered upon delivery to OSL 02041; renumbered to OSL 02080 in March 1922; sold to OWRR&N 0320 (2nd) in September 1931
- OSL 02082 was converted to oil-burning in May 1957.
- OSL 02083 was converted to Roadway Flat 02307 in November 1941, retired November 1957
UP Pile Driver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
02900 Series Number |
03000 Series Number |
Date To 03000 Series |
Date To 903000 Series |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
| UP 903110 (1st) | UP 02805 | UP 03110 | Sep 1959 | 40' | Industrial Works | May 1916 | Jul 1975 | |
| UP 903111 | UP 02811 | UP 03111 | Mar 1919 | May 1959 | 40' | Industrial Works | Jun 1916 | Mar 1971 |
| UP 903112 | UP 03112 | Mar 1959 | 45' | Industrial Works | Jul 1920 | Jul 1975 | ||
| UP 903113 | UP 03113 | Apr 1959 | Industrial Brownhoist Corp. | Apr 1931 | Oct 1982 | |||
| UP 903114 (1st) | UP 03114 | Dec 1959 | Industrial Brownhoist Corp. | Jun 1945 | Apr 1982 |
General Notes:
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112); #61, 1931 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112); #62, 1942 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112, 03113); #63, 1943 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112, 03113, 03114); #64, 1946 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112, 03113, 03114); #65, 1951 (UP 03110, 03111, 03112, 03113, 03114)
- UP Equipment Record: r3-0306 (UP 03100-03149); r3-0679 (UP 903100-903149)
LA&SL Pile Driver
(builder, length and date, see below)
| Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Date To Second Number |
Date To 900xxx Series |
Length | Builder | Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| LA&SL 00500 | LA&SL 010009 | May 1922 | 38-10" | LA&SL RR | Nov 1913 | May 1926 | |||
| LA&SL 1 | LA&SL 010010 | Nov 1922 | 38'-10" | Industrial Works | Jan 1907 | Sep 1935 | 1 | ||
| LA&SL 910011 | LA&SL 010011 | Feb 1959 | 38'-10" | Industrial Works | Jul 1923 | Oct 1972 | 2 |
General Notes:
- UP Form 70 #60, 1930 (LA&SL 010010, 010011); #61, 1931 (LA&SL 010010, 010011); #62, 1942 (LA&SL 010011); #63, 1943 (LA&SL 010011); #64, 1946 (LA&SL 010011); #65, 1951 (LA&SL 010011)
- UP Equipment Record: r3-0147 (LA&SL 010000-010049); r3-0175 (UP 910011)
Notes:
- LA&SL 010010 was sold to "CC&C Ry."
- LA&SL 910011 was sold to UP in October 1972
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