List of preserved Union Pacific Railroad rolling stock explained

A large quantity of rolling stock formerly owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations all across North America.

Preserved steam locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement(Whyte notation)DispositionLocationNotesReferences
2371906Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)C-22-8-0Static display
2641907Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)C-22-8-0Static display
4072-8-0Static display
4281900Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)2-8-0Undergoing restorationIllinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois.
4372-8-0Static display
4401900Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)2-8-0Static display
4602-8-0Static display
4772-8-0Static displaySalina, Kansas
4802-8-0Static display
4812-8-0Static display
4852-8-0Static display
52919032-8-0Static display
53519032-8-0Static display
5611906Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)C-22-8-0Static display
6162-8-0Static display
618July 1907Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)-2-8-0Undergoing restoration to operating conditionHeber Valley Railroad in Utah
7371887Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)-4-4-0Static displayDouble-T Agricultural Museum in Stevinson, California
814September 1937American Locomotive Company (ALCO)FEF-14-8-4Static displayRailsWest Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa
833October 1939American Locomotive Company (ALCO)FEF-24-8-4Static displayUtah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[1]
838December 1944American Locomotive Company (ALCO)FEF-34-8-4In storage as source of spare partsUnion Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming
844December 1944American Locomotive Company (ALCO)FEF-34-8-4OperationalUnion Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming
1242T-574-6-0Static display
1243October 1890T-574-6-0Static display
2005April 1911Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)MK-12-8-2Static displayRoss Park in Pocatello, Idaho.
2295June 1920American Locomotive Company (ALCO)MK-92-8-2Static display
2537December 1918American Locomotive Company (ALCO)MK-72-8-2Static displayJefferson Park at Walla Walla, Washington
2564February 1921American Locomotive Company (ALCO)MK-102-8-2Static displayOrange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California[2]
3203May 1905Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)P-24-6-2Undergoing restoration to operating conditionOregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OregonBuilt as Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company 197, renumbered as UP 3203 and is being restored as 197.
3206P-14-6-2
3977June 1943American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4664-44-6-6-4Static displayCody Park in North Platte, Nebraska
3985July 1943American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4664-44-6-6-4Undergoing restoration to operational conditionRailroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, Illinois[3] [4] [5]
4004September 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displayHolliday Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming[6]
4005September 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displayForney Transportation Museum, Denver, ColoradoInvolved in an accident and failed oil conversion.[7] [8]
4006September 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displayNational Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri[9]
4012November 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displaySteamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania[10] [11] [12]
4014November 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4OperationalUnion Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming[13]
4017December 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displayNational Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin[14] [15]
4018December 1941American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-14-8-8-4Static displayMuseum of the American Railroad, Frisco, Texas[16] [17]
4023November 1944American Locomotive Company (ALCO)4884-24-8-8-4Static displayKenefick Park, Omaha, Nebraska
44200-6-0
4436March 1918Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)S-5 or S-510-6-0Static displayUtah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[18]
44391918Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)S-50-6-0Static displayTravel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California[19]
44420-6-0Static display
44550-6-0Static display
4466October 1920Lima Locomotive WorksS-6 (Cabside class S-51)0-6-0Static displayCalifornia State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
5511September 1923Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)TTT-62-10-2Undergoing restoration to operational conditionRailroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, Illinois[20] [21] [22]
60511907Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)2-8-0Static display
60721908C-22-8-0Static display
90001926American Locomotive Company (ALCO)UP-14-12-2Static displayRailGiants Train Museum, in Pomona, California.Prototype of the 9000 class, last of the 9000s to be retired.[23]

Preserved diesel locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelWheel arrangementDispositionLocationNotesReferences
300September 1955Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD GP9B-BUndergoing restorationWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CaliforniaOriginally built as Western Pacific 725[24]
306September 1955Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD GP9B-BStatic displayWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CaliforniaOriginally built as Western Pacific 731[25]
844August 1962Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD GP30B-BOperationalNevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada[26]
942May 1953Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD E8C-CStatic displayOrange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California
9491955Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD E9C-C
9511955Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD E9C-C
10001939Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD NW2B-BOperationalNevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada
1848August 1988General Electric (GE)GE B40-8B-BOperationalIllinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois.[27]
2804June 1966General Electric (GE)U28CC-CStatic displayNational Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MissouriSectioned
3105June 1979Electro-Motive Division (EMD)SD40-2CC-CStatic displayRailGiants Train Museum, in Pomona, California.[28]
6900April 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayKenefick Park, Omaha, Nebraska
6901June 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayRoss Park in Pocatello, Idaho.
6911September 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayMexico Museum of Technology in Mexico City.
6913October 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayMuseum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas[29]
6915October 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayRailGiants Train Museum, in Pomona, California.[30]
6916November 1969Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayUtah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[31]
6922Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayCody Park, North Platte, Nebraska.
69301970Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic DisplayIllinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois.Originally donated to Smoky Hill Railway & Historical Society (Kansas City area); traded and moved to the IRM in 1991.[32]
6936January 1971Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DOperationalSilvis, Illinois[33] [34]
6944August 1971Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayNational Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri[35]
6946September 1971Electro-Motive Division (EMD)DDA40XD-DStatic displayWestern Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[36]
9950Electro-Motive Division (EMD)EMD SD40-2C-CStatic Display

Preserved gas turbine-electric locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderGenerationWheel arrangementDispositionLocationNotesReferences
X-18August 1960General Electric (GE)3rd(C-C)+(C-C)Static displayIllinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois
X-26February 1961General Electric (GE)3rd(C-C)+(C-C)Static displayUtah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[37]
PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderTypeDisposition and LocationNotesReferences
1051917Pullman CompanyBusiness-Observation CarOperational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[38]
36691921Pullman CompanyDining carStatic display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California[39] [40]
66361937Pullman CompanySleeping carStatic display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California[41]
5810January 1942Pullman CompanyFloor Plan 7470Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[42]
LA-7011937Pullman Company-Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CaliforniaNicknamed "Little Nugget"[43]
PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderTypeDisposition and LocationNotesReferences
903658--BoxcarStored, Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[44]
917138--BoxcarStored, Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderPowerDisposition and LocationNotesReferences
900051November 1912ALCO-RogersSteamMid-Continent Railway Museum, in North Freedom, WisconsinBuilt as Oregon Short Line Railroad 762
900061November 1912ALCO-RogersSteamUtah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[45]
900075December 1949Lima-HamiltonSteamIllinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois
900076December 1949Lima-HamiltonSteamHermiston, Oregon
9000811966UP's Omaha ShopsDieselNational Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri
900083February 1910ALCO-CookeElectricHermiston, Oregon
90098December 1917ALCO-CookeSteamHanna, Wyoming
90099December 1909ALCO-CookeSteamForney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado

Preserved cabooses

PhotographyNumberBuild dateClassDisposition and LocationNotesReferences
24535October 1967CA-13-1Static display at the City of Wasco, Oregon
24592December 1967CA-13-2On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[46]
24567November 1967CA-13-2On static display at the RailGiants Train Museum, in Pomona, California.[47]
25049June 1942CA-3On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[48]
25256June 1959CA-5On static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California[49]
25283August 1952CA-5On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[50]
25599 December 1964CA-8On static display at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California
25729August 1975CA-10On static display at Milford, Utah
25732September 1975CA-10On static display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California[51]

References

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