The Union Pacific Heritage Fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
. The fleet currently consists two historic
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s, three historic
diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving whee ...
s, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and
excursion trains.
Steam locomotives
![Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Union_Pacific_4014_Big_Boy.jpg)
Since 1960, the
Union Pacific has operated steam locomotives on a variety of excursions. These include:
*
UP 844: a
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type w ...
''Northern'' type express passenger
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
(class
FEF-3), operated in
excursion service since 1960. It was the last
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
built for UP and has been in continuous service since its 1944 delivery. Many people know the engine as the No. 8444, since an extra '4' was added to its number in 1962 to distinguish it from a diesel numbered in the 800 series. It regained its original number in June 1989, after the diesel was retired and donated to the
Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
The Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City is a railroad museum in Boulder City, Nevada which is an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The railway is located on the tracks that were installed to support constructio ...
in
Boulder City, Nevada. A mechanical failure occurred on June 24, 1999, in which the boiler tubes from the 1996 overhaul, being made of the wrong material, collapsed inside the boiler and put the steam locomotive out of commission. The UP steam crew repaired it and returned it to service on November 10, 2004. It was rebuilt again in 2015 and returned to service in 2016. In addition to being one of UP's oldest locomotives, it is the only steam locomotive to never be officially retired from a North American
Class I railroad.
*
UP 4014: a
4-8-8-4
A 4-8-8-4 in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. Only one model of locomotives ha ...
''
Big Boy'' class freight
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
, began operating in
excursion service in 2019. It is the largest operational steam locomotive in the world. Delivered in 1941, the locomotive operated in revenue service until it made its last run on July 21, 1959 and was placed in storage until it was officially retired in 1961. Following retirement, it was donated in late 1961 to the
RailGiants Train Museum
RailGiants Train Museum is a railroad museum of historic trains located at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States.
The museum was closed indefinitely in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but after renovations, it reopen ...
in
Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polyte ...
, where it became one of the eight Big Boys preserved around the United States. On July 23, 2013, it was announced that the UP was acquiring UP 4014 from The Southern California Chapter of The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, with the goal of restoring it to service. No. 4014 was moved from Pomona to the Union Pacific West Colton yard on January 26, 2014, then to
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 US Census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical ...
from April 28, 2014 to May 8, 2014. Restoration to full operating condition was completed in May 2019, with its first excursion called "The Great Race to Ogden" taking place during the same month.
Steam operations helper
UP 4015: a
EMD SD70M
The EMD SD70 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives produced by the US company Electro-Motive Diesel in response to the GE Dash 9-44CW. Production commenced in late 1992 and since then over 5,700 units have been produced; most of these are th ...
, assigned to steam operations as the dedicated helper unit to the steam locomotives. No. 4015 operates behind the water cars, providing
positive train control data to screens on No. 4014 and additional motive force to the train as necessary. It is painted in a heritage livery with a green nose and silver trucks, which pay homage to the paint scheme worn by E9s 949, 951, and 963B.
Historic diesel locomotives
![19950813 10 UP Clinton, Iowa (5368209041)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/19950813_10_UP_Clinton%2C_Iowa_%285368209041%29.jpg)
UP 949, 951 and 963B are a trio of streamlined
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...
E9 passenger locomotives built in 1955. They are used to haul the UP business cars during excursions and charter specials. Originally built in 1955, the original twin 1,200-hp 12-cylinder 567 series engines have been replaced with single EMD 16-645E 2000 hp (1.5 MW) engines and the electrical and control equipment similarly upgraded, making them more compatible with more modern locomotives. The set is made of two
A unit
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s and one
B unit
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, the latter which contains an
HEP engine-generator set for powering passenger cars. The two A units have been modified to eliminate the nose doors to increase safety in a collision.
The units are painted in a historic paint scheme that Union Pacific Streamliners wore on such trains as the
City of San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
and the
City of Los Angeles
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.
UP 951 has carried its original number since its entry into service. UP 949 was built with its current number, but later was sent to the
Chicago and North Western Railway
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befor ...
and
Regional Transportation Authority as CNW/RTA #511 before being reacquired by the UP. UP 963B was built as UP E9B 970B and served as a heater car on Amtrak upon its formation before being reacquired by the UP. The heater car number was AMTK 669/1919.
The locomotives last ran in 2017. Since then, they have remained stored in the roundhouse at Cheyenne, WY, awaiting wheel work.
Modern locomotives with special paint schemes
Heritage paint schemes
Six
EMD SD70ACe locomotives are painted in the liveries of railroads acquired by Union Pacific. The company says the locomotives "pay homage to those railroads and the generations of men and women who helped to build a great nation and the foundation for our future".
* UP 1982: honors the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
, which became part of Union Pacific in 1982.
Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) delivered the locomotive on May 29, 2005. The locomotive was unveiled together with No. 1983 in a private ceremony on July 30, 2005 in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
, after which it entered regular revenue service.
* UP 1983: honors the
Western Pacific Railroad
The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern California. WP's Feather River Route dire ...
, which became part of Union Pacific in 1983. Delivered on June 6, 2005 and unveiled together with No. 1982 in a private ceremony on July 30, 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska, after which it entered regular revenue service.
* UP 1988: honors the
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ("the Katy"), which became part of Union Pacific in 1988. Delivered on June 15, 2005, it was unveiled in early August 2005, after which it entered regular revenue service on August 4, pulling a train from
Chicago
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East St. Louis, Illinois.
* UP 1989: honors the
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad , often shortened to ''Rio Grande'', D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a narrow-gauge line running south from De ...
, which became part of the Southern Pacific in 1988. Delivered on May 24, 2006, unveiled on June 17, 2006, at a special UP employee event in
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
. It also refers to the people who "went everywhere the hard way.
* UP 1995: honors the
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW), which became a part of Union Pacific in 1995. The locomotive, painted at the
Horicon, Wisconsin, shops of
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is a Class II regional railroad in Southern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois currently operated by Watco. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chicago ...
, was unveiled at a private ceremony for UP's ex-CNW employees at
Proviso Rail Yard
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
in suburban Chicago on July 15, 2006, before being publicly displayed at
North Western Station
The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (; formerly Chicago and North Western Terminal) is a commuter rail train station, terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is the terminus for the three commuter rail lines of Metra's Union Pacific Ra ...
(CNW's former station) in
Chicago
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. After its unveiling, the locomotive pulled
freight train from Proviso to
Council Bluffs, Iowa
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, in conjunction with Nos. 8646 and 8701 (a set of
GE Dash 9-44CW
The GE C44-9W is a diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania. Keeping in tradition with GE's locomotive series nicknames beginning with the "Dash 7" of the 1970s, the C44-9W was dubbed the Dash 9 upon i ...
locomotives at the time still in CNW paint). The 1995 then entered regular revenue service.
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. I ...
has a heritage unit painted in similar CNW colors.
* UP 1996: honors the
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
, which became a part of Union Pacific in 1996. It was unveiled on August 19, 2006, and is currently operating in regular revenue service.
Southern Pacific 6051, a Daylight-painted
EMD E9 locomotive that is preserved at the
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic ...
was in attendance at UP 1996's unveiling. UP 1996's road number was previously held by an
EMD SD40-2, which was repainted and renumbered for the
1996 Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
.
On January 26, 2014, No. 1996 helped move
"Big Boy" locomotive No. 4014 out of the
Los Angeles County Fairplex in
Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polyte ...
, to
West Colton, California
Colton Crossing is a railway crossing situated in Colton, California, directly south of Interstate 10. First built in 1883, it was the site of one of the most intense frog wars in railroad construction history, leading to a personal confrontation ...
.
File:UP 1982 EMD SD70ACe.jpg, UP 1982, which honors the Missouri Pacific Railroad
File:UP 1983 - Western Pacific Heritage Unit (4492771467) (cropped).jpg, UP 1983, which honors the Western Pacific Railroad
File:UP 1988 Freight FortWorthTX.jpg, UP 1988, which honors the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ("the Katy")
File:Up1989 (4740457280).jpg, UP 1989, which honors the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
File:UP 1995, Rochelle, 2007-03-11.jpg, UP 1995, which honors the Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW), leads the last two un-repainted locomotives inherited from the CNW
File:UP 1996 (1290120334).jpg, UP 1996, which honors the Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Community service paint schemes
Six locomotives are painted to honor various people, organizations and sports events:
* UP 1111: an EMD SD70ACe locomotive painted to honor the employees of the Union Pacific Railroad. It wears the words "Powered by our People" just under the windows, while 1111 was moved forward on to the short hood.
* UP 1943: an EMD SD70AH locomotive painted to honor the
United States Armed Forces
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. It wears the name "Spirit of the Union Pacific" as a nod to a
Boeing B-17 that was shot down in
WW2
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
while performing an air raid on enemy installations in
Muenster, Germany.
* UP 1979: an EMD SD70M locomotive painted to support diversity throughout the railroad and beyond. The number 1979 refers to the Black Employee Network of the railroad, which was founded in 1979.
* UP 2001 and 2002: two EMD SD70M locomotives painted for the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
in Salt Lake City.
* UP 7400: a GE ES44AC unit painted to honor the
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen (formerly known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure; originally as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; often simply as Komen) is a breast cancer organization in the United States.
Komen focuses on patient navigation and advo ...
organization, and those affected by breast cancer.
Five locomotives painted to honor sports events, one organization, a military victory and a U.S. President have been retired or repainted in standard Union Pacific livery:
* UP 1896 and 1996: two SD-40-2 locomotives that were rebuilt and repainted for the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in Atlanta (which marked 100 years since the first modern games, the
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Ol ...
). From April 30 to June 3, 1996, a 19-car Olympic Torch Relay train that featured a specially designed "cauldron car" transported the Olympic flame across much of the western United States. The two locomotives have since been repainted and are still in service as UP 1684 and UP 1838, respectively. The number 1996 has since been given to the Southern Pacific Heritage Unit.
* UP 2010: a
GE ES44AC
The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems (now owned by Wabtec), initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005. The first pre-production u ...
locomotive that was painted to honor the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
's 100th Anniversary. The locomotive has since been repainted in standard Union Pacific livery, but retains its original number.
* UP 3300: an EMD SD40-2 locomotive that was painted in a red, white and blue paint scheme to publicize the 1994 United Way campaign. Unveiled on August 18, 1994. Since repainted and still in service as UP 1878.
* UP 3593: an EMD SD40-2 locomotive that was painted in a camouflage tan and brown livery. Nicknamed the "Desert Victory Locomotive," it was unveiled on February 27, 1991, following the first
Gulf War
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. As of July 2021, the locomotive is owned by
Genesee & Wyoming and working on the
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad
Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad is a Class II railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming and Nebraska. It is owned and opera ...
as No. 3422.
*
UP 4141: an EMD SD70ACe locomotive painted to honor
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
, the 41st President of the United States. The unit was removed from active service in 2007 and stored in North Little Rock until 2018, when it was reactivated to pull Bush's funeral train after his death in November 2018. Following the tour, it returned to active service and continued to run until November 2019, when the Union Pacific donated it to the
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and burial site of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States (1989–1993), and his wife Barbara Bush. Located on a site on the west campus of T ...
for display.
File:Union Pacific 4141 And 1111 Omaha (49526499968).jpg, UP 1111 and 4141 on display in Omaha, Nebraska
File:The Spirit Salutes Military Service 3882453.jpg, UP 1943 on a business train (2017)
File:Union Pacific 2002 (3382157872).jpg, UP 2002 in Ogden, Utah (2009)
File:Union Pacific 4141.jpg, UP 4141 (now retired) at the George Bush Presidential Library (2005)
Passenger cars
The Union Pacific operates a fleet of passenger cars that are often used for excursions and office car specials. Originally ordered by a variety of railroads, the oldest dates to 1912, but most were built in the mid-20th century, at the height of passenger train service. The fleet also carries a variety of important people, such as presidents, senators, generals, soldiers, artists, architects, singers and actors.
Baggage
* No. 5769 ''Council Bluffs'': built in 1962 as a postal storage car. It was converted for use as a baggage recreation car for a special train sent to the U.S. political conventions in 2000.
On December 6, 2018, the car carried the casket of George H. W. Bush to College Station, Texas. It currently wears a large American Flag wrap on both sides.
* No. 5779 ''Promontory'': built in 1962 as postal storage car No. 5779. It is the newest car in Union Pacific's Heritage Passenger Fleet. The car was renamed the ''Promontory'' in 1993, and was converted to a museum car originally designed for the Wyoming-Idaho Centennial train. Carpeted walls permit exhibits to be changed to reflect special needs. When not in use for displays, it is often equipped as an exercise car for long trips. In celebration of Union Pacific's 150th anniversary, the Building America exhibit was installed. The state-of-the-art traveling museum told the story of building the Transcontinental railroad through interactive touch-screen monitors, large display graphics and artifacts.
In 2019, the ''Promontory'' was converted again into the ''Experience the Union Pacific'' car, a brand new, multi-media walk-through exhibition that provides a glimpse at the past while telling the story of modern-day railroading.
Business
![The Great Race Across the Southwest November 2019 05 (Overton)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/The_Great_Race_Across_the_Southwest_November_2019_05_%28Overton%29.jpg)
* No. 99 ''Kenefick'': built in 1950 as coach No. 5446. It was rebuilt to business car no. 99 in 1963, and officially named the ''Kenefick'' in 1988.
* No. 100 ''St. Louis'': built in 1950 as 44-seat coach No. 5448. It was rebuilt into business car No. 100 in May 1952, and was named the ''St. Louis'' in 1989. In 2010, the car was remodeled with a wood interior.
* No. 101 ''Lone Star'': built in 1950 as coach No. 5447. It was rebuilt in 1957 to the business car No. 100. It was renumbered in 1965 to No. 103 and again in 1968 to No. 102 and in 1971 to No. 101. In 1989 the car was named ''Pocatello'', after Shoshoni tribal Chief Pocatello, who granted the right of way for Union Pacific pioneer subsidiary Oregon Short Line to build across Native American land in southeastern Idaho. The car received an extensive interior wood upgrade and was renamed ''Lone Star'' in 2001 in recognition of UP's operations in Texas, the Lone Star state.
* No. 102 ''Cheyenne'': built in 1950 as a five-bedroom lounge car called the ''Baker''. It was rebuilt as business car No. 102 in 1965, and named the ''Cheyenne'' in 1989.
* No. 104 ''North Platte'': built in 1926 as the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was a rail company in California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities (Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California), via Las Ve ...
's Observation car No. 4403. The car was rebuilt in 1942 as Cafe Observation car No. 1563. In 1945, the car was remodeled and became LA&SL business car No. 123. The car was renumbered to No. 102 in 1952 and to No. 104 in 1957. No. 104 was remodeled in 1968 and stored in 1990. The car was brought out of storage, remodeled and named the ''North Platte'' in 1995.
* No. 106 ''Shoshone'': built in 1914 as business car No. 99 for then Union Pacific Chairman Robert Lovett. It was renumbered No. 106 in June 1952, and named ''Shoshone'' in 1978. It was donated to the California State Railroad Museum in 1985. ''Shoshone'' was loaned back to Union Pacific in 1992 in exchange for business car No. 103.
* No. 114 ''Feather River'': built in 1956 as a five-bedroom lounge car called ''Boise''. In 1963, this car was converted to business car No. 114.
* No. 5449 ''Arden'': built in 1950 as a standard coach, rebuilt in 1952 as a business coach.
Club Lounge
* No. 6203 ''Sun Valley'': built in 1949 by American Car & Foundry as club lounge No. 6203, then named the ''Colorado River'', a part of the Rivers rail car series, which featured barber shops and valet service. The car was rebuilt in 1959, and the barber shop and valet areas were converted into card rooms. The car was named ''Sun Valley'' in 1989.
Coach
* No. 5483 ''Texas Eagle'': built in 1953 as 44-seat coach No. 5483. It was named the ''Texas Eagle'' in 1990.
Concession
* No. 5818 ''Reed Jackson'': built in 1961 by the St. Louis Car Company as Railroad Post Office (RPO) UP5818. It was converted into a maintenance of way tool car in 1968 and then into a maintenance of way kitchen car in 1981. The car became part of the Heritage Passenger Fleet in 1992 and was converted into the concession car ''Sherman Hill'' that same year. In August 2009, the car was renamed the ''Reed Jackson'', in honor of the Union Pacific Steam Team's conductor who suddenly passed away on August 15, 2009.
Deluxe Sleeper
* No. 412 ''Lake Forest'': built in 1965 as a 72-seat coach for the Kansas City Southern Railway and numbered No. 270. In 1972, it was sold to the New Jersey Department of Transportation and renumbered No. 5341. The coach served in
New Jersey area commuter service until 1986, when it was sold to the Chicago & North Western. The C&NW rebuilt the car into an eight-bedroom stateroom sleeper, No. 412, and was named ''Lake Forest''. Union Pacific acquired the Lake Forest in 1995 as a result of the C&NW merger. It was reconfigured as a deluxe four-bedroom sleeper in 2008.
* No. 413 ''Lake Bluff'': built for the
Kansas City Southern Railway
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
in 1965 as coach No. 272. The coach was sold to the
New Jersey Department of Transportation
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in 1972 and renumbered No. 5342. The
Chicago and North Western
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befor ...
acquired it in 1986, renumbered it to No. 413, and was renamed ''Lake Bluff''. The ''Lake Bluff'' was an eight-bedroom sleeper that became part of Union Pacific's Heritage Passenger Fleet as the result of the 1995 Union Pacific and C&NW merger. It was reconfigured as a deluxe four-bedroom sleeper in 2008.
* No. 1602 ''Green River'': built in 1949 as the 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper, the No. 1602 ''Western Hills''. It was rebuilt in 1965 to an 11-bedroom sleeper, ''Sun Isle''. In 1991, the car was reconfigured into an eight-bedroom deluxe sleeper and renamed the ''Green River''.
* No. 1603 ''Wyoming'': built in 1949 by as the 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper named ''Western Lodge''. It was rebuilt in 1965 into an 11-bedroom sleeper No. 1603, ''Sun Lake''. In 1974 it was rebuilt into a four-bedroom deluxe sleeper and renamed ''Wyoming''.
* No. 1605 ''Powder River'': built in 1949 as a 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper named ''Western Plains''. It was rebuilt in 1965 into an 11-bedroom sleeper named ''Sun Manor''. In 1989 it was rebuilt into a four-bedroom deluxe sleeper and renamed the ''Powder River''. It received a full wood interior upgrade in 2003.
* No. 1608 ''Omaha'': built in 1949 as the 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper called the ''Western Star''. It was rebuilt in 1965 to an 11-bedroom sleeper, No. 1608 ''Sun Rest'', and rebuilt again in 1974 to an eight-bedroom sleeper and renamed the ''Omaha''.
* No. 1610 ''Portola'': built in 1949 as a 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper, named the ''Western Valley''. It was rebuilt in 1965 to an 11-bedroom sleeper, the No. 1610 ''Sun Skies''. In 1989, the car was converted into an eight-bedroom sleeper and renamed the ''Portola". It received a full wood interior upgrade in 2004.
* No. 1612 ''Little Rock'': built in 1949 as the 12-roomette, four-bedroom sleeper ''Western Scene''. It was rebuilt to an 11-bedroom sleeper, No. 1612 ''Sun Villa'', in 1965. It was renamed the ''North Platte'' in 1990, and finally ''Little Rock'' in 1995. The car was rebuilt as a four-bedroom deluxe sleeper in 2008.
* No. 4003 ''Pacific Limited'': built in 1955 as cafeteria lounge No. 4003, one of only four cars in that configuration for Union Pacific. As the name implies, it had a typical lunch counter in addition to regular seating. It was reacquired by Union Pacific in 1993 and named ''Pacific Limited''. In 2012, the car was reconfigured into a four-bedroom deluxe sleeper.
Diner
* No. 5011 ''City of Denver'': built in 1959 as lunch counter cafe and lounge No. 5011. It was sold to Golden Wool Co. in 1972. Union Pacific reacquired the car in 1989, when it was rebuilt into a 36-seat dining car and named the ''City of Denver''.
* No. 4808 ''City of Los Angeles'': was built in 1949 as 48-seat diner No. 4808. The car still retains its original configuration and was named the ''City of Los Angeles'' in 1991.
* No. 5015 ''Overland'': built in 1949 as lunch counter cafe and lounge No. 5015. It was rebuilt as a 36-seat diner in 1988. It received a wood interior upgrade in 2005.
Dome Coach
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* No. 7001 ''Columbine'': built in 1955 as dome coach No. 7001. It was reacquired by Union Pacific in 1989.
* No. 7015 ''Challenger'': built in 1958 as dome coach No. 7015, the last dome car built. It was reacquired by Union Pacific in 1989.
Dome Diner
* No. 7011 ''Missouri River Eagle'': built in 1958 as dome coach No. 7011. In 1993, it was named the ''Missouri River Eagle'', after a Missouri Pacific Railroad passenger train. The car was converted to a dome diner in the mid 1980s by Transico, an excursion train operator. UP repurchased the car in the early 1990s.
* No. 8004 ''Colorado Eagle'': built in 1955 as dome diner No. 8004. It was reacquired by Union Pacific in 1993 and named the ''Colorado Eagle'' after the synonymous streamliner, which began service on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
on June 21, 1942.
* No. 8008 ''City of Portland'': one of ten dome cars built in 1955. Union Pacific reacquired the car in 1990 and rebuilt it for excursion service. The car was named ''City of Portland'' after the famous streamliner passenger train.
Dome Lounge
* No. 9004 ''Harriman'': built in 1955 as dome lounge No. 9004. It was remodeled and named ''Harriman'' in 1988. This car received a full wood interior upgrade in 2006. The car is named in honor of
Edward Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive.
Early life
Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyman ...
, an American railroad executive and the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1904 to 1909.
* No. 9005 ''Walter Dean'': built in 1955 as dome lounge No. 9005. It was sold to the
Auto-Train Corporation, then reacquired by Union Pacific and named the ''Walter Dean'' in 1990. The car is named for Walter Dean, who began his service with Union Pacific in 1942 as a dining car waiter on the ''
Challenger
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Comics and manga
* Challenger (character), comic book character
* ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga
Film and TV
* ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ...
''.
* No. 9009 ''City of San Francisco'': built in 1955 as dome lounge No. 9009 and named in 1993. An
Astra Dome
The Astra Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company ("ACF") and later by Pullman-Standard ("PS") for the Union Pacific Railroad between 1954–1958. ACF built a total of 35 cars including coaches ...
car, it is the only dome lounge in the Union Pacific Heritage Passenger Fleet that is still configured for end-of-train service. The car still has windows in the back wall, and the necessary exterior lighting so it can be used as the last car of a train.
Crew Car/Crew Sleeper
* No. 202 ''Willie James'': built in 1949 as a 10-roomette, six-bedroom sleeper named the ''Pacific Domain''. In 1973, it was rebuilt and named No. 202. The car was renamed the ''Cabarton'' in 1980 by John C. Kenefick, then Union Pacific's president, in honor of R.L. Richmond, Union Pacific's then vice president of operations. The car was renamed ''Willie James'' in January 2009 to honor long-time business car chef Willie James.
* No. 314 ''Columbia River'': built in 1949 as the ''Western Wonderland'', a 12-roomette (single), four-bedroom sleeper. It was converted to an 11-bedroom car, the No. 1611 ''Sun Slope'', in 1965. The car resembles traditional passenger sleeping cars because upper berths still remain in some rooms. In 1989, it was named the ''Columbia River''.
Inspection
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* No. 203 ''Idaho'': built in 1949 as a 12-roomette, four-double bedroom car named the ''Western Mountain''. It was rebuilt in 1965 as an 11-bedroom sleeper named ''Sun Lane'', and was converted to the inspection car ''Idaho'' in 1980.
* No. 420 ''Fox River'': built in 1954 as a two-bedroom, two-compartment, buffet-lounge-sleeper for the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN i ...
. In 1984, Milwaukee Rail Car reconstructed it into a theater inspection car.
Power
* No. 207: built in 1949 as a boiler/baggage/dormitory car, later rebuilt as steam generator dormitory car No. 303, and renumbered to No. 207 in 1987.
* No. 208: built in 1949 as a boiler/baggage/dormitory car, later rebuilt as steam generator dormitory car No. 304, and renumbered to No. 208 in 1987.
* No. 2055: built in 1962 as a commissary/postal storage car, later sold to
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, who converted it into a power car. In 2017, Union Pacific reacquired the power car as the circus disbanded.
* No. 2066: built as postal storage car No. 5816.
Tool Car
* No. 6334 ''Art Lockman'': built in 1962 as baggage car No. 6334. It was one of the last baggage cars purchased by Union Pacific. The car was converted to a tool car for snowplow service and renumbered No. 904304 in 1973. It was assigned to the Heritage Passenger Fleet in 1981. The car was named ''Art Lockman'' in 1992 and was renumbered UPP 6334 in 2003.
Rolling stock acquisition by RRHMA
On April 28, 2022, Union Pacific announced that several pieces of equipment from their Heritage Fleet roster would be donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA), a museum in
Silvis, Illinois, associated with the
Milwaukee Road 261.
The full list of equipment being donated includes three main pieces:
*
UP 3985: a
4-6-6-4
In Whyte notation, a 4-6-6-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six driving wheels and four trailing wheels. 4-6-6-4's are commonly known as Challengers.
Other equi ...
"Challenger" class dual-service
steam locomotive
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, operated in
excursion service from 1981 to 2010 and currently retired as of January 2020. Delivered in 1943, it operated in revenue service until it was withdrawn from service in 1962. Following retirement, it was stored in the UP
roundhouse until 1975, when it was moved to the employees' parking lot outside the
depot
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* Depot, Poland, a village
* Depot Island, Kemp Land, Antarctica
* Depot Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica
* Depot Island Formation, Greenland
Brands and enterprises
* Maxwell Street Depot, a restaurant in ...
in
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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. It sat on display until 1979, when a team of employee volunteers restored it to service in 1981. Following the restoration, it was the largest operating steam locomotive in the world until it lost the title to UP 4014. In 2007, it underwent repairs for service and was back up and running in 2008 to continue its run, but further mechanical problems caused it to be placed back into storage in October 2010. It was subsequently retired in January 2020 following 4014's restoration.
*
UP 5511: a
2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels. In the United States of America and elsewhere the is ...
Class TTT-6 steam locomotive. It is the last remaining member of its class and the only remaining 2-10-2 to be operated by the Union Pacific. It ran in revenue service until being withdrawn in 1956, but was used briefly in December 1958 during filming of the documentary ''Last of the Giants''. Prior to being donated, the locomotive never operated in excursion service and has always remained in storage.
*
UP 6936: an
EMD DDA40X "Centennial" diesel-electric locomotive, the last of its class in service. These were the largest diesel locomotives ever built and were manufactured specifically for UP. Built in January 1971, it served in revenue service over the next decade and into the mid-1980s across the Union Pacific system until making its last regular freight trip on May 6, 1985. It then became a part of the railroad's excursion fleet until being placed into storage in 2016. Union Pacific has marked DD40X on the cab exteriors, while EMD literature inconsistently refers to this model as either DD-40X or DDA40X.
Besides the three locomotives, other pieces of equipment being donated include an unrestored E9B locomotive, four coaches, a diner lounge car, two business cars, a baggage car, and a caboose.
RRHMA has plans to eventually restore the No. 3985 and 5511 steam locomotives to operating condition, with the No. 3985 to be restored first. As part of the deal, the Union Pacific has the option to reclaim the equipment at any time upon reimbursing the museum for its costs. On May 13, 2022, RRHMA launched a
fundraiser to raise enough money for the restoration of the Nos. 3985 and 5511 steam locomotives. The first five cars were moved to Silvis on August 25, 2022, while the rest of the donated equipment began the move to their new home on November 11, 2022. Despite multiple issues during the trip, the Heritage Donation Special arrived as scheduled at the RRHMA Silvis shops on November 19 of that same year.
File:Union Pacific Challenger 3985 01.jpg, UP 3985 running through Alton, Iowa on October 1, 2008.
File:Union Pacific TTT-6 No. 5511.jpg, alt=UP 5511 in Brady, Nebraska, being towed to Silvis, Illinois, in November 2022., UP 5511 in Brady, Nebraska
Brady is a village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the North Platte, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 428 at the 2010 census.
History
Brady was laid out in 1889. The community was named for a ...
, being towed to Silvis, Illinois, in November 2022.
File:UP 6936 EMD DDA40X.jpg, UP 6936 near Watseka, Illinois
Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately west of the Illinois-Indiana state line on U.S. Route 24.
The population of Watseka was 5,255 according to the 2010 census, which ...
in February 2008.
References
External links
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C-C locomotives
Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States