Union Pacific Cabooses
By Don Strack
Class CA-3
| Car Number |
Date Built |
Previous Number |
Date Renumbered |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP 25000 | May 1942 | UP 3700 | May 1959 | Jun 1977 | Burned; seen en route at Salt Lake City for disposition during 1977. (The caboose numbered as UP 25000 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is the former UP 25505.) |
| UP 25001 | May 1942 | UP 3701 | Apr 1959 | Jun 1962 | Sold to Spokane International Railway C-18. (The caboose numbered as UP 25001 in Rahn, Pennsylvania, is the former UP 25519.) |
| UP 25002 | May 1942 | UP 3702 | May 1959 | Jun 1962 | Sold to Spokane International Railway C-19; retired in August 1985; renumbered back to UP 25002; preserved behind business at 89th & J streets, Omaha, Nebraska; moved to a field near Valley, Nebraska. (March 2011 photo at RRPicturesArchives) |
| UP 25003 | May 1942 | UP 3703 | Mar 1959 | Mar 1979 | |
| UP 25004 | May 1942 | UP 3704 | Feb 1959 | Oct 1970 | Used as visitor information center (painted purple) near the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah; later moved to Midvale, Utah. |
| UP 25005 | May 1942 | UP 3705 | Jun 1959 | Jul 1963 | Sold to Spokane International Railway C-20. |
| UP 25006 | May 1942 | UP 3706 | Feb 1959 | Apr 1980 | |
| UP 25007 | May 1942 | UP 3707 | Feb 1959 | Apr 1980 | Displayed at museum in Lodgepole, Nebraska |
| UP 25008 | May 1942 | UP 3708 | Apr 1959 | Jul 1963 | Sold to Spokane International Railway C-21. |
| UP 25009 | May 1942 | UP 3709 | Jan 1959 | May 1973 | Sold |
| (UP 25010) | May 1942 | UP 3710 | UP 3710 wrecked on October 13, 1946 at Pegram, Idaho; not renumbered to 25000 series. | ||
| UP 25011 | May 1942 | UP 3711 | Feb 1959 | Aug 1973 | Sold |
| UP 25012 | May 1942 | UP 3712 | Feb 1959 | 16 Nov 1989 | Wrecked at Sterlington, Louisiana |
| UP 25013 | May 1942 | UP 3713 | May 1959 | 30 Dec 1982 | |
| UP 25014 | May 1942 | UP 3714 | Feb 1959 | 9 Feb 1989 | |
| UP 25015 | May 1942 | UP 3715 | Jun 1959 | Jul 1972 | Sold |
| UP 25016 | May 1942 | UP 3716 | Apr 1959 | Mar 1971 | |
| UP 25017 | May 1942 | UP 3717 | Apr 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25018 | May 1942 | UP 3718 | Jan 1959 | Apr 1980 | |
| UP 25019 | May 1942 | UP 3719 | Jan 1960 | 15 Dec 1986 | |
| UP 25020 | May 1942 | UP 3720 | Feb 1959 | 20 Aug 1986 | |
| UP 25021 | May 1942 | UP 3721 | Mar 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25022 | May 1942 | UP 3722 | Feb 1959 | Feb 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903217, February 1975. |
| UP 25023 | May 1942 | UP 3723 | Jun 1960 | Mar 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903222, March 1975. |
| UP 25024 | May 1942 | UP 3724 | Apr 1959 | Nov 1969 | Renumbered to UP 903001, December 1971. |
| UP 25025 | May 1942 | UP 3725 | Jan 1959 | Aug 1971 | Renumbered to UP 903002, August 1971. |
| UP 25026 | May 1942 | UP 3726 | Feb 1959 | 9 Oct 1986 | |
| UP 25027 | May 1942 | UP 3727 | May 1959 | Nov 1982 | Located at Salvation Army Camp Kuratli, Boring, Oregon, as of January 2003. (Information from Roger Kirkpatrick) |
| UP 25028 | May 1942 | UP 3728 | Apr 1959 | May 1974 | |
| UP 25029 | May 1942 | UP 3729 | Mar 1959 | May 1971 | Wrecked on August 27, 1970 on SLSF; sold to Erman. |
| UP 25030 | May 1942 | UP 3730 | Jan 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25031 | May 1942 | UP 3731 | Jan 1959 | May 1973 | In April 2009, UP 25031 and 25033 were borarded up and stored near the yard office of Los Angeles Junction Railway in Bell, California. (updated from Ray Danowski via email dated April 2, 2009) |
| UP 25032 | Jun 1942 | UP 3732 | Mar 1959 | 15 Dec 1986 | |
| UP 25033 | Jun 1942 | UP 3733 | Jan 1959 | May 1973 | In April 2009, UP 25031 and 25033 were borarded up and stored near the yard office of Los Angeles Junction Railway in Bell, California. (updated from Ray Danowski via email dated April 2, 2009) |
| UP 25034 | Jun 1942 | UP 3734 | Feb 1959 | Jun 1977 | |
| UP 25035 | Jun 1942 | UP 3735 | Feb 1959 | Mar 1983 | |
| UP 25036 | Jun 1942 | UP 3736 | Feb 1959 | Jul 1981 | Wrecked on April 23, 1981 at Albina, Oregon |
| UP 25037 | Jun 1942 | UP 3737 | Jan 1959 | May 1973 | Displayed at real estate offices of MJB Realty Co., Brea, California |
| UP 25038 | Jun 1942 | UP 3738 | May 1959 | 12 Sep 1985 | |
| UP 25039 | Jun 1942 | UP 3739 | Feb 1959 | Feb 1984 | |
| UP 25040 | Jun 1942 | UP 3740 | Aug 1959 | May 1973 | Displayed at Truckee Brew Pub, Truckee, California |
| UP 25041 | Jun 1942 | UP 3741 | Feb 1959 | Nov 1980 | |
| UP 25042 | Jun 1942 | UP 3742 | Jan 1960 | July 1973 | |
| UP 25043 | Jun 1942 | UP 3743 | Mar 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25044 | Jun 1942 | UP 3744 | Apr 1959 | Oct 1972 | Wrecked on September 5, 1972 at Dry Valley, Idaho |
| UP 25045 | Jun 1942 | UP 3745 | Jun 1959 | Nov 1980 | Wrecked on April 2, 1979 at Kemmerer, Wyoming |
| (UP 25046) | Jun 1942 | UP 3746 | (Nov 1947) | UP 3746 wrecked on November 21, 1947 at Medicine Bow, Wyoming; not renumbered to 25000 series. | |
| UP 25047 | Jun 1942 | UP 3747 | Apr 1959 | Aug 1982 | Sold to private individual, October 1983. |
| UP 25048 | Jun 1942 | UP 3748 | Mar 1959 | Nov 1980 | |
| UP 25049 | Jun 1942 | UP 3749 | Jan 1959 | 12 Sep 1985 | Donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, December 1985; delivered on 2 April 1986. |
| UP 25050 | Jun 1942 | UP 3750 | May 1959 | Mar 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903223, March 1975. |
| UP 25051 | Jun 1942 | UP 3751 | May 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Removed from service on September 4, 1984. |
| UP 25052 | Jun 1942 | UP 3752 | Aug 1959 | May 1973 | Sold to private individual in Los Angeles, California; stored on a siding about three miles from San Dimas; leased to Pacific Railroad Society in December 1991, moved to the society's museum in San Dimas, California, at that time. |
| UP 25053 | Jun 1942 | UP 3753 | Apr 1959 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903226, April 1975; retired in August 1983; donated to Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, January 1984 to replace UP 25353 which was burned during its conversion to a cabin; displayed at Two Rivers State Recreation Area, Venice, Nebraska |
| UP 25054 | Jun 1942 | UP 3754 | May 1959 | Aug 1982 | Displayed at Pony Express District Tourist Center, St. Joseph, Missouri |
| UP 25055 | Jun 1942 | UP 3755 | Jan 1959 | Sep 1973 | Wrecked on July 18, 1973 at Epco, Idaho |
| UP 25056 | Jun 1942 | UP 3756 | Feb 1959 | Feb 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903219, February 1975; last assigned to Portola wreck train, circa November 1983; displayed as UP 25056 in city park at Green River, Wyoming |
| (UP 25057) | Jun 1942 | UP 3757 | (Jan 1959) | UP 3757 wrecked on January 15, 1959 at North Platte, Nebraska; not renumbered to 25000 series. | |
| UP 25058 | Jun 1942 | UP 3758 | Jan 1959 | Aug 1979 | Wrecked. |
| UP 25059 | Jun 1942 | UP 3759 | Apr 1959 | Feb 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903220, February 1975 retired in September 1985; donated to Old West Frontier Days Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 1986; displayed as UP 22605; sold to a private individual and moved, July 1991. |
| UP 25060 | Jun 1942 | UP 3760 | Feb 1960 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25061 | Jun 1942 | UP 3761 | Apr 1959 | Jan 1970 | Displayed at Old Albany Museum, Sabetha, Kansas |
| UP 25062 | Jun 1942 | UP 3762 | Mar 1959 | 16 Apr 1987 | Sold to Sam Kalman, San Francisco, California, September 1987. |
| UP 25063 | Jun 1942 | UP 3763 | Mar 1959 | Apr 1971 | Wrecked on August 27, 1970 on St. Louis-San Francisco Railway |
| UP 25064 | Jun 1942 | UP 3764 | Jun 1960 | Mar 1979 | Donated to Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California |
| UP 25065 | Jun 1942 | UP 3765 | Nov 1959 | 9 Dec 1988 | Donated to Umatilla County Historical Society, Pendleton, Oregon; displayed adjacent to former UP depot at Pendleton, Oregon |
| UP 25066 | Jun 1942 | UP 3766 | Nov 1959 | May 1973 | Sold to Victoria Station, a railroad-themed restaurant in Burlingame, California; Richard Silagi took a photo of UP 25066 in January 1978 on SP at San Mateo still on its own trucks; the Victoria Station restaurant closed in about 1992-1993; UP 25066 (and an accompanying boxcar) were sold and moved by truck to Pacifica, California, and used as a gift shop by the name "Successories In The Caboose On Hwy 1"; still there in March 2004. (photo) |
| UP 25067 | Jun 1942 | UP 3767 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Displayed until late 1995 at Burger King in west Rock Springs, Wyoming; listed as for sale on eBay in January 2010, located at Heber, Utah. (2010 update from S. C. Lewis via email on January 7, 2010) |
| UP 25068 | Jun 1942 | UP 3768 | Apr 1959 | May 1973 | Located in Kissimmee, Florida |
| UP 25069 | Jun 1942 | UP 3769 | Jan 1959 | Aug 1982 | Donated to State of Utah; stored at Salt Lake City as part of the collection of Promontory Chapter of National Railway Historical Society; moved to Heber City, Utah on May 18, 1992; displayed at Heber City, Utah, as UP 3700. (information for 1992 move from Salt Lake Tribune, May 19, 1992) |
| UP 25070 | Jun 1942 | UP 3770 | Feb 1959 | Apr 1980 | Wrecked on 4 May 1979 at Rupert, Idaho |
| UP 25071 | Jun 1942 | UP 3771 | Jan 1959 | Nov 1968 | Wrecked on 26 June 1968 at Carleton, Nebraska |
| UP 25072 | Jun 1942 | UP 3772 | Apr 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25073 | Jun 1942 | UP 3773 | Apr 1959 | May 1973 | Displayed on private property near Flathead Lake, Montana; still there on February 25, 2010. (photo) (update from J. B. Mentzer via email, March 4, 2010) |
| UP 25074 | Jun 1942 | UP 3774 | Aug 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25075 | Jun 1942 | UP 3775 | Feb 1959 | Nov 1982 | Sold to private individual after October 1984; stored west of I-15 at Spencer, Idaho |
| UP 25076 | Jun 1942 | UP 3776 | Feb 1959 | Jan 1980 | Donated to Nampa, Idaho, July 1988, together with UP derrick 902006 and derrick tender 907969; displayed at Canyon County Museum in former Nampa depot. |
| UP 25077 | Jun 1942 | UP 3777 | May 1959 | Jan 1982 | Scrapped, October 1983. |
| UP 25078 | Jun 1942 | UP 3778 | Aug 1960 | Mar 1981 | Used as school classroom, Flintridge, California |
| UP 25079 | Jun 1942 | UP 3779 | Jun 1960 | May 1974 | |
| UP 25080 | Jun 1942 | UP 3780 | Mar 1959 | Mar 1971 | |
| UP 25081 | Jun 1942 | UP 3781 | Jun 1959 | Dec 1976 | Wrecked on 29 August 1976 at Montpelier, Idaho |
| UP 25082 | Jun 1942 | UP 3782 | Jan 1959 | Jan 1982 | Scrapped, October 1983. |
| UP 25083 | Jun 1942 | UP 3783 | May 1959 | Jul 1981 | Wrecked on November 3, 1980 at Henderson, Nevada |
| UP 25084 | Jun 1942 | UP 3784 | Jan 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25085 | Jun 1942 | UP 3785 | Jan 1959 | Jan 1971 | Used as visitor information center in Julesburg, Colorado |
| UP 25086 | Jun 1942 | UP 3786 | Apr 1959 | 24 May 1989 | Donated to Illinois Railroad Museum, Union, Illinois (photo at RRPicturesArchives) |
| UP 25087 | Jun 1942 | UP 3787 | Apr 1959 | Aug 1971 | |
| UP 25088 | Jul 1942 | UP 3788 | Jun 1959 | Jul 1981 | Wrecked on April 15, 1980 at Green River, Wyoming |
| UP 25089 | Jul 1942 | UP 3789 | Feb 1959 | 16 Mar 1984 | |
| UP 25090 | Jul 1942 | UP 3790 | Nov 1959 | Aug 1979 | Wrecked on October 7, 1978 at Blackfoot, Idaho |
| UP 25091 | Jul 1942 | UP 3791 | Apr 1959 | Jul 1973 | |
| UP 25092 | Jul 1942 | UP 3792 | Jan 1959 | Apr 1980 | Wrecked on May 30, 1979 at Nampa, Idaho |
| UP 25093 | Jul 1942 | UP 3793 | May 1959 | Nov 1980 | |
| UP 25094 | Jul 1942 | UP 3794 | May 1959 | Aug 1970 | Wrecked |
| UP 25095 | Jul 1942 | UP 3795 | Feb 1959 | May 1973 | |
| UP 25096 | Jul 1942 | UP 3796 | Apr 1959 | 11 Jul 1985 | Donated to City of Eureka, Utah, March 1986; displayed on north side of Main Street, across from re-located UP depot; still there in May 2004. |
| UP 25097 | Jul 1942 | UP 3797 | Apr 1959 | Mar 1983 | |
| UP 25098 | Jul 1942 | UP 3798 | Apr 1959 | Apr 1975 | Renumbered to UP 903218, April 1975. |
| UP 25099 | Jul 1942 | UP 3799 | Jun 1959 | 9 Sep 1987 |
General Note:
| a. | Delivered in 1942 as UP 3700-3799; renumbered to UP 25000-25099 in 1959 and 1960. |
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