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. • '
No. 5752 Promontory''''': Built in 1962 as a U.S. Postal Service/postal storage car. During the 1970s, the car was rebuilt by the Union Pacific's Maintenance of Way (M.o.W.) team into a railway tool car and renumbered 904277. It remained in this configuration until it was retired (mid 1990s) and eventually stored away at the Union Pacific's coach shop until August 2018. During 2018 and 2019, the M.o.W. car
904277 was converted again into the
Experience the Union Pacific car No. 5752 and renamed the
Promontory, a brand new, multi-media walk-through exhibition that provides a glimpse at the past while telling the story of modern-day railroading.
Business in 2019 • '
No. 119 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. 102 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 Lincoln'''
: 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, again in 1968 to No. 102, and again 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. And in 2022, the car was again renamed
Lincoln. This was done for two reasons: 1) to honor the nation's 16th president and 2) to honor the man who initially created the Union Pacific Railroad in 1862. • '
No. 103 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'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. 100 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 died 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 in 1965 as coach No. 272. The coach was sold to the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1972 and renumbered No. 5342. The Chicago and North Western 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. 315 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. 302 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 in 2019 • '
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 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, 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''. • '
No. 9009 City of San Francisco''''': built in 1955 as dome lounge No. 9009 and named in 1993. An
Astra Dome 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 • '
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. 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 ==