Union Pacific Historical Society Library List

    Freight Cars :

  • Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Vol. 2. ;SCHMITZ, Lou.: Edison. Morning Sun Books. 1996.300 photos, 128 pages.
  • Modern Union Pacific Grain Hoppers
    David G. Casdorph, 1994, Society of Freight Car Historians. ISSN 0884-027X. 40 pp. Photos. Freight Cars Journal Monograph 22. Types, lease-outs, paint schemes, roster.
  • UP Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
    Lloyd Stagner and Robert J. Yanosey. 1993 Morning Sun Books Inc., Edison, N.J. ISBN 1-878887-26-2. 128 pp. Collection of color work by company photographers, 1940s through 1960s, from UP Museum collection.
  • Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-51
    Terry Metcalfe, 1989, Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. ISBN 0-9623347-0-7. 217 pp. Photos, diagrams and drawings. Appendices on auto car assignments, light weight stenciling, Jan. 1, 1946 Official Railway Equipment Register (UP), roster by class as of October 1951.
  • Union Pacific Railroad, Freight Cars of the 1950's
    Greg B. Davies, Mid-America Publications, Fremont, Neb. 1979, 102 pages. 2 sheets inside back cover w/8 PLN diagrams
  • Union Pacific Freight Cars Today
    David G. Casdorph, 1993, Society of Freight Car Historians. 64 pp. Photos. Roster, bibliography of published photos, tank containers, chronology 1981-1993, dispositions 1985-1993, class roster.
  • Union Pacific Official Color Photography, Book 1
    Robert A. LaMassena and Robert J. Yanosey. 1993 Morning Sun Books Inc., Edison, N.J. ISBN 1-878887-25-4. Collection of color work by company photographers, 1940s through 1960s, from UP Museum collection. 128 pp.
  • Union Pacific Equipment, William Kratville & Harold Ranks, 1969, 144 pages of B&W photos and diagrams of passenger cars, freight cars and misc. equipment. Kratville Publishing

    NON-REVENUE EQUIPMENT
  • CA-11 Cabooses
    George R. Cockle, 1979, Overland Models Inc., Muncie, Ind. 40 pp. Photos, diagrams. History of UP cabooses with emphasis on CA-11 series.
  • Cabooses, Crummies and Hacks, Vol 4, The Southwest
    John Henderson, 1993, H&M Productions, Flushing, N.Y. ISBN 9629037-4-4. 80 pp. Photos. Collection includes color photos of UP CA-1 through CA-13 classes.

  • DRAWINGS AND DIAGRAMS
  • Steam Era Freight Car Lettering Diagrams
    Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Six sheets in envelope. G-50-11, 13, 14; O-50-6, A-50-18, B-50-18 through B-50-39, HK-50-1 through 5, F-50-10, F-50-11, F-50-15, CA-3 and 4.
  • Union Pacific Common Standard Drawings
    James L. Ehernberger Collection. 1994, Challenger Press, Cheyenne, Wyo.
    Vol 1: Bridges and Buildings, cattle guards, stock chutes and fire protection. Vol. 2: Roadway Signs, miscellaneous signs and structures. Vol 3: Signals and Track. Vol. 4: Roundhouse, Turntables and Water Tanks, fences, stores department and track tools.
    Reproduction of Common Standard drawings between 1904 and 1990.
  • Union Pacific Diesel Painting and Lettering
    Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Eight sheets in envelope. 1972-73 painting and lettering standards. GP7, AS616, S2, SD24B, GP30B, DD35B, U50, H20-44, GP38-2, U50C, SD40-2, DD40X, U28C, U30C, GP40X, SW10.
  • Union Pacific Freight Cars Mechanical Design Drawings
    Metcalfe Publications, Englewood, Colo. Eight sheets in envelope. G-50-13, B-50-24 & 27, B-50-41, A-50-18, A-50-14, A-50-19, CH-70-1, HK-50-5, HK-70-1, HK-50-4, S-40-12, G-50-11, O-50-6, F-50-10, G-70-1, CA-3 and 4.
  • Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Vol 2
    Lou Schmitz, From the early 1950's 128 pages Hard Cover, MorningSun Books
  • Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide, 1903-1930.
    COMMON STANDARD NO. 22.

    Omaha: U.P.Railroad Historical Society, 1981. 1st edition. Paperback. 108pp. Photos, diagrams. Reprints pages from U.P. common standards for paint with mixing instructions.
    Laid in is a laminated reproduction color chip page.

    Original Railway Equipment Registers
  • These books list all freight cars in service at the publication date. Some have been reprinted by the NMRA at nmra.org. Here is a list of some older copies in librarys:
  • Stanford Univ. Green Library has 6/1885 - 4/1917 then 4/1950 on with gaps.
    http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ils/geninfo.html
  • Barringer Library in St. Louis 1/1886 - 12/1891
    http://www.umsl.edu/barriger/
  • California Railroad Museum 1900-1932 and to current with gaps
    http://www.csrmf.org
  • Westerfield has several early ones for sale on CD.
    http://users.multipro.com/westerfield/cg040001.htm
 
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