Union Pacific Cabooses
By Don Strack
Cabooses shown without a retirement date were in service during May 1995.
Class CA-9
| Car Number |
Date Built |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP 25600 | Mar 1967 | 19 Feb 1987 | |
| UP 25601 | Mar 1967 | 11 May 1989 | Donated to City of Shoshone, Idaho; sold to private individual in March 2005, moved to temporary location in Shoshone; moved to West Magic Resort in early November 2005, located 27 miles north and west of Shoshone. (2005 update from Don Hartman) |
| UP 25602 | Mar 1967 | 19 Sep 1988 | Donated to City of Atlanta, Texas |
| UP 25603 | Mar 1967 | Sep 1973 | Wrecked on April 28, 1973 on SP |
| UP 25604 | Mar 1967 | Sold to Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad 049, Island City, Oregon | |
| UP 25605 | Mar 1967 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25606 | Mar 1967 | 21 Sep 1989 | Donated to Town of Albin, Kentucky |
| UP 25607 | Mar 1967 | 11 Oct 1991 | Located at Boone County Museum, Albion, Nebraska |
| UP 25608 | Mar 1967 | 12 Jan 1990 | Displayed at Nimbus Winery, Nimbus (Rancho Cordova), California; still there as of early August 2009 |
| UP 25609 | Mar 1967 | 26 Dec 1990 | Located at a metal salvage yard in Green River, Wyoming |
| UP 25610 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25611 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25612 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Wellington, Missouri, September 1989 |
| UP 25613 | Apr 1967 | 26 Dec 1990 | |
| UP 25614 | Apr 1967 | 18 Oct 1989 | Donated to Town of Muldrow, Oklahoma |
| UP 25615 | Apr 1967 | 8 Dec 1988 | |
| UP 25616 | Apr 1967 | 22 Feb 1990 | Donated; displayed at Krupps Scout Hollow Boy Scout Camp, Lorenzo, Idaho |
| UP 25617 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Carbon County Tourist Center, Rawlins, Wyoming, June 1989 |
| UP 25618 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25619 | Apr 1967 | 22 Aug 1989 | |
| UP 25620 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25621 | Apr 1967 | 2 Nov 1989 | Donated to Laramie County Commission, Cheyenne, Wyoming; displayed at Sapp Brothers Big C Truck Stop & Store in Archer, Wyoming |
| UP 25622 | Apr 1967 | 14 Apr 1987 | Wrecked on 22 April 1986 at North Platte, Nebraska; detrucked and sent to Omaha for disposition, January 1987 |
| UP 25623 | Apr 1967 | 11 Jul 1990 | Presented to a retiring UP official; moved to Waco Products, Incorporated at 1330 Knecht Ave., Arbutus (Baltimore), MD (Google map) (Google street view, looking NE from 1325 Knecht Ave.); as of late October 2011, to be moved to an unknown location. |
| UP 25624 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | (See separate note for UP 25624, below) |
| UP 25625 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Wrecked in mid September 1987 at Bliss, Texas, on SP; returned to UP at Los Angeles; moved to UP at Omaha on a flat car for disposition |
| UP 25626 | Apr 1967 | 24 May 1989 | |
| UP 25627 | Apr 1967 | 13 Apr 1989 | UP 25627 was donated to Baker City Chamber of Commerce, Baker City, Oregon; moved to Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration, Baker, Oregon; arrived in Baker in UP colors, later repainted by Sumpter Valley Railway to green; sold to Raymond Myer of West Linn, Oregon; moved on November 2, 2004 to Perry, Oregon just west of La Grande, onto his father's three acres. (update by Elvin Klepzig, "Smitty" at RailroadArchives.net, dated February 6, 2011) |
| UP 25628 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | |
| UP 25629 | Apr 1967 | 2 Oct 1986 | |
| UP 25630 | Apr 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25631 | May 1967 | 28 Apr 1992 | |
| UP 25632 | May 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Thayer County Museum, Belvidere, Nebraska, September 1989 |
| UP 25633 | May 1967 | 17 Jan 1991 | Displayed in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, located about a mile west of the Bartlesville, Oklahoma airport for at least 10 years prior to 2007; sold to JFS Railcar; sold to a private individual and loaded on flatcar by late December 2007 and moved to western South Dakota for use as a summer cabin. (update from Roger Kirkpatrick, Jay Hastings, and John Sullivan, via email dated January 22, 2008) (photo by Jay Hastings) Seen en route at Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 23, 2008. (Railroad Forums.com; email from Jay Hastings via Roger Kirkpatrick) |
| UP 25634 | May 1967 | 20 Apr 1990 | Renumbered to UP 906251, April 1990 |
| UP 25635 | May 1967 | 12 Dec 1988 | Donated to City of Gothenburg, Nebraska; displayed in Hershey, Nebraska |
| UP 25636 | May 1967 | 11 Jul 1985 | |
| UP 25637 | May 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Judsonia, Arkansas; may be the caboose displayed at Higginson, Arkansas as of April 2003. (Information from Roger Kirkpatrick) |
| UP 25638 | May 1967 | 20 Nov 1987 | |
| UP 25639 | May 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25640 | May 1967 | 13 Jun 1990 | |
| UP 25641 | May 1967 | 2 Oct 1990 | Renumbered to UP 906256, October 1990; displayed as UP 25641 at Boulder City, Nevada |
| UP 25642 | May 1967 | 23 Apr 1990 | |
| UP 25643 | May 1967 | 23 Apr 1990 | |
| UP 25644 | May 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to City of Edgewood, Texas, September 1989 |
| UP 25645 | May 1967 | 18 Oct 1989 | Donated to City of Alexandria, Louisiana |
| UP 25646 | May 1967 | 5 Dec 1989 | |
| UP 25647 | May 1967 | 18 Nov 1987 | |
| UP 25648 | May 1967 | ||
| UP 25649 | May 1967 | 5 Dec 1989 | Displayed at Clay Center, Kansas |
| UP 25650 | May 1967 | 30 Aug 1989 | Donated to City of Springfield, Nebraska, September 1989 |
| UP 25651 | May 1967 | 29 Dec 1993 | |
| UP 25652 | May 1967 | Sep 1977 | Wrecked on 19 August 1977 at Lakeside, Utah, scrapped at site |
| UP 25653 | May 1967 | 20 Jan 1988 | |
| UP 25654 | Jun 1967 | 26 Apr 1989 | Donated to Clark County Centennial Commission, Dubois, Idaho, May 1989; displayed in city park |
| UP 25655 | Jun 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25656 | Jun 1967 | 22 Aug 1989 | Donated to Depot Institute, Cascade, Idaho, September 1989; displayed at Cascade airport |
| UP 25657 | Jun 1967 | 1 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25658 | Jun 1967 | 8 Mar 1990 | |
| UP 25659 | Jun 1967 | 22 Aug 1989 | Donated to Boys Scouts of America, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| UP 25660 | Jun 1967 | Displayed at Handley, Texas, on the southeast corner of the intersection of Handley Drive and East Lancaster Avenue, as part of the Old Towne Handley Railroad Museum. | |
| UP 25661 | Jun 1967 | 30 Aug 1989 | Donated to Village of Waterloo, Nebraska |
| UP 25662 | Jun 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25663 | Jun 1967 | 14 Sep 1993 | |
| UP 25664 | Jun 1967 | 28 Dec 1994 | |
| UP 25665 | Jun 1967 | 1 Jun 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25666 | Jun 1967 | Still in service as of January 2002; stored on UP tracks at Fischer (Nampa), Idaho; to be moved to Idaho Historical Railways, Cascade, Idaho | |
| UP 25667 | Jun 1967 | 21 Mar 1985 | |
| UP 25668 | Jun 1967 | Still in service as of January 2002; donated to Montrose, Colorado; displayed at former D&RGW depot; still there as of July 2010 | |
| UP 25669 | Jun 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25670 | Jul 1967 | 9 May 1989 | Donated to Limon Chamber of Commerce, Limon, Colorado, June 1989 |
| UP 25671 | Jun 1967 | 23 Apr 1990 | |
| UP 25672 | Jun 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Homesteaders Museum, Torrington, Wyoming, June 1989 |
| UP 25673 | Jun 1967 | 30 Sep 1994 | To UP 903014; former number confirmed by inspection of car while in storage at Cheyenne, April 2003; stored at Laramie, Wyoming; moved to Cheyenne; sold in 2004 to the Kankakee Railroad Museum in Kankakee, Illinois, displayed at the old Illinois Central Depot. (2004 update from Tom Taylor, by way of Jim Harrawood and Roger Kirkpatrick, September 19, 2004) |
| UP 25674 | Jul 1967 | Displayed at Union County Fairgrounds, LaGrande, Oregon | |
| UP 25675 | Jul 1967 | 27 Jun 1990 | |
| UP 25676 | Jul 1967 | 1 Apr 1987 | Wrecked before October 1984 |
| UP 25677 | Jul 1967 | 17 Jan 1991 | Displayed in Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| UP 25678 | Jul 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Albany Historical Society, Sabetha, Kansas, October 1989 |
| UP 25679 | Jul 1967 | 10 Mar 1989 | |
| UP 25680 | Jul 1967 | 19 Jul 1988 | Displayed at Amlin Realty, Onalaska, Texas |
| UP 25681 | Jul 1967 | 10 May 1991 | |
| UP 25682 | Jul 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25683 | Jul 1967 | Dec 1979 | Wrecked on 4 November 1979 at Ogden, Utah |
| UP 25684 | Jul 1967 | Displayed at Seven Peaks Amusement Park, Provo, Utah | |
| UP 25685 | Jul 1967 | 1992 | Wrecked (collision with coal dumper) on 7 January 1986 at Oologah, Nebraska; currently located on private property in Kansas City, Kansas |
| UP 25686 | Jul 1967 | 13 Dec 1988 | Donated to AAR Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado |
| UP 25687 | Jul 1967 | 27 Jun 1990 | Displayed in Marshall, Texas |
| UP 25688 | Jul 1967 | Jun 1980 | Wrecked on 25 August 1978 at Laramie, Wyoming; sold to Smith & Chambers Railroad Salvage, Neodesha, Kansas; displayed in Neodesha, Kansas |
| UP 25689 | Jul 1967 | 26 Dec 1990 | |
| UP 25690 | Jul 1967 | 26 Dec 1990 | |
| UP 25691 | Jul 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Donated to Potter Historical Museum, Potter, Nebraska, September 1989 |
| UP 25692 | Jul 1967 | 30 Aug 1989 | Donated to Polk County Museum, Osceola, Nebraska |
| UP 25693 | Jul 1967 | 14 Apr 1987 | |
| UP 25694 | Aug 1967 | 25 May 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25695 | Aug 1967 | 18 Oct 1989 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25696 | Aug 1967 | 10 Mar 1989 | |
| UP 25697 | Aug 1967 | 1 Nov 1988 | Sold to Alter Trading Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 4, 1990, scrapped |
| UP 25698 | Aug 1967 | 22 Aug 1989 | Donated to Boy Scouts of America, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| UP 25699 | Aug 1967 | 10 May 1991 |
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UP 25624
UP 25624 was sold to John Larkin, while the caboose was stored in the old MP yard in Omaha, Nebraska, among 200 other cabooses; UP 25624 was moved to the Iowa Interstate, then moved again to the Missouri Central Railroad (MSCI) at Union, Missouri near St. Louis, when that railroad was purchased by Mr. Larkin; the caboose was moved to Iowa Northwestern (IANW) in 2001 when Mr. Larkin sold his interest in MSCI and purchased the Iowa Northwestern; in occasional service as IANW 25624; painted green with a cream-colored band, without lettering; currently stored, available for sale or lease. Another report has 25624 as having been sold to Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad at Fremont, Nebraska, on May 3, 1999. A report from December 2002 had UP 25624 sporting MSCI reporting marks, and being located at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
During January 2012, UP 25624 was being offered for sale at auction. (temporary link)
(Information from Roger Kirkpatrick, and from John Larkin via email dated July 13, 2011)
(Union Pacific records show that UP 25624 was donated to Baker City Chamber of Commerce, Baker City, Oregon, with later reports saying that it was used to advertise the Sumpter Valley Railway tourist train; this was a typographical error in the records, with the number being 25627.)
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